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Zusatztext Through meticulous, detailed and smart comparative legal analysis, Vera Pavlou shows us the range of regime options states have – both in migration and labour law – and exposes the very rich policy toolbox available to policy makers and activists in this area. Informationen zum Autor Vera Pavlou is Lecturer in Labour Law at the University of Glasgow, UK. Klappentext This book explores the often neglected, but overwhelmingly common, everyday vulnerability of those who support the smooth functioning of contemporary societies: paid domestic workers. With a focus on the multiple disadvantages these - often migrant - workers face when working and living in Europe, the book investigates the role of law in producing, reinforcing - or, alternatively, attenuating - vulnerability to exploitation. It departs from approaches that focus on extreme abuse such as 'modern' slavery or trafficking, to consider the much more widespread day-to-day vulnerabilities created at the intersection of different legal regimes. The book, therefore, examines issues such as low wages, unregulated working time, dismissals and the impact of migration status on enforcing rights at work. The complex legal regimes regulating migrant domestic labour in Europe include migration and labour law sources at different levels: international, national and, as this book demonstrates, also EU. With an innovative lens that combines national, comparative, and multilevel analysis, this book opens up space for transformative legal change for migrant domestic workers in Europe and beyond. Vorwort This book provides a comprehensive and rigorous study of the role of law in creating, sustaining and, alternatively, reducing migrant domestic workers’ vulnerability to exploitation, with a focus on European states and the EU. Zusammenfassung This book explores the often neglected, but overwhelmingly common, everyday vulnerability of those who support the smooth functioning of contemporary societies: paid domestic workers. With a focus on the multiple disadvantages these – often migrant – workers face when working and living in Europe, the book investigates the role of law in producing, reinforcing – or, alternatively, attenuating – vulnerability to exploitation. It departs from approaches that focus on extreme abuse such as ‘modern’ slavery or trafficking, to consider the much more widespread day-to-day vulnerabilities created at the intersection of different legal regimes. The book, therefore, examines issues such as low wages, unregulated working time, dismissals and the impact of migration status on enforcing rights at work. The complex legal regimes regulating migrant domestic labour in Europe include migration and labour law sources at different levels: international, national and, as this book demonstrates, also EU. With an innovative lens that combines national, comparative, and multilevel analysis, this book opens up space for transformative legal change for migrant domestic workers in Europe and beyond. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Globalisation and Migrant Domestic Labour Migrating for Domestic Work and Vulnerability to Exploitation Framing and Contesting the Role of Law in Structuring Migrant Domestic Workers’ Vulnerability Th e ILO Instruments: Potential and Limitations Migrant Domestic Labour in Europe Aims and Approach Chapter Overview Data Collection 1. Domestic Workers under National Migration Regimes Introduction Migration Regime Features as Vulnerability Vectors A Typology of European Migration Regimes on Domestic Workers Comparing the Construction of Vulnerabilities under European Migration Regimes Conclusion 2. Labour Law Regimes and Vulnerability Introduction Labour Law Regulation of Domestic Work in the UK, Cyprus, Sweden and Spain Approaches to Illegally Employed Migrant Domestic Workers Illegality Doctrines and Migrant Workers...
