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Labour Law,
Vulnerability and the
Regulation of
Precarious Work
LisaRodgers
LawSchool,UniversityofLeicester,UK
Cheltenham,UK+Northampton,MA,USA
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Contents
Listofabbreviations vii
Tableofcases viii
Tableoflegislation x
1. Introduction 1
1.1 Context 1
1.2 From classical labour law to regulation for precarious
work 4
1.3 Liberal theory and the under-theorisation of the labour
subject 9
1.4 Putting vulnerability centre stage 12
1.5 Structure of the book 16
2. Vulnerabilityincontext 18
2.1 Introduction 18
2.2 The external creation of vulnerability 19
2.3 The personal nature of vulnerability 31
2.4 Conclusions 39
3. Thegoalsoftheregulationoflabourlawforvulnerability 42
3.1 Introduction 42
3.2 Overview of characterisations of vulnerability and their
solutions 43
3.3 Goals under classical labour law 45
3.4 Goals under efficiency theories 61
3.5 Goals of social law and vulnerability theory 74
3.6 Conclusions 92
4. Vulnerabilityandprecariousworkinthelaw 94
4.1 Introduction 94
4.2 The ILO and law and policy concerning precarious work 95
4.3 EU law and policy on precarious work 107
4.4 UK law and policy on precarious work 115
4.5 Conclusions 128
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5. Temporaryagencywork 131
5.1 Introduction 131
5.2 Overview of instruments 134
5.3 Classical labour law and temporary agency work 136
5.4 Efficiency theories and temporary agency work 142
5.5 Social law and temporary agency work 147
5.6 The vulnerable subject and temporary agency work 154
5.7 Conclusions 158
6. Domesticwork 161
6.1 Introduction 161
6.2 Overview of instruments 164
6.3 Classical labour law and domestic work 167
6.4 Efficiency theories and domestic work 174
6.5 Social law and domestic work 179
6.6 The vulnerable subject and domestic work 187
6.7 Conclusions 193
7. Conclusions 196
7.1 On vulnerability 196
7.2 Different views of vulnerability and precarious work 198
7.3 Policy suggestions 213
Bibliography 223
Index 237
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Abbreviations
BERR Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory
Reform
BIS Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
DTI Department ofTrade and Industry
ILJ Industrial Law Journal
ILO International Labour Organization
MLR Modern Law Review
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Table of cases
UK CASES
AutoclenzLtdvBelcher&Ors[2009]EWCA1046 .....................................71,145
BrookStreetBureau(UK)vDacas[2004]IRLR358..................................143,144
BuncevPostworthLtd[2005]IRLR557 ............................................................143
ByrneBrothers(Formwork)LtdvBaird[2002]IRLR96(EAT)...........................68
Cable&WirelessvMuscat[2006]IRLR354 .....................................................144
ConsistentGroupvKalwak[2008]IRLR505.......................................71,120,144
EricMuschettvHMPrisonService[2010]EWCACiv25 .................................144
ExpressandEchoPublicationsLtdvTanton[1999]ICR693(CA) ......................69
FergusonvJohnDawson&Partners(Contractors)Ltd[1976]IRLR346
(CA).............................................................................................................71
FirthglowLtd(t/aProtectacoat)vDescombesandAnother[2004]AllER(D) ....68
FranksvReutersLtd[2003]IRLR423 ...............................................................144
HoungavAllen[2012]EWCACiv609 ......................................................177,178
HoungavAllen[2014]UKSC47................................................................177,178
JamesvGreenwichLondonBoroughCouncil[2008]ICR545 ...................120,144
JivrajvHashwani[2012]IRLR827.....................................................................72
LesLaboratoiresServiervApotex[2014]UKSC55...........................................178
LanevShireRoofingCoLtd[1995]IRLR493(CA) ............................................65
MasseyvCrownLifeInsuranceCompany[1978]ICR590(CA) ....................65,71
McMeechamvSecretaryofStateforEmployment[1997]IRLR353 ..................143
MontgomeryvJohnsonUnderwoodLtd[2001]IRLR269 .................................143
MoranvIdealCleaningServicesLtd[2014]2CMLR37 ...................................155
MrMPCoopervMonzurMiaht/aMonty’sCareET1305328/2006 ..................185
MrsSBicknellvMissIHughesET1305506/2007 .............................................186
MsPOnuvMrOAkwiwu,MsEAkwiwu[2013]WL1841654 ...................165,179
MsTNambalatvMrTaherandMrsSTayeb[2012]EWCACiv1249................165
O’KellyvTrusthouseForteLtd[1983]ICR728....................................................65
ProtectacoatFirthglowLtdvSzilagyi[2009]IRLR365 .......................71,120,145
PulseHealthcarevCarewatchCareServicesLtd[2012]AllER(D)113(Aug)...71
RvK[2011]EWCACrim1691..........................................................................169
ReadyMixedConcretevMinisterforPensionsandNationalInsurance[1968]2QB
497(QB) ......................................................................................................65
RedrowHomes(Yorkshire)LimitedvWright[2004]3AllER98..........................68
SmithvCarillion[2014]WL16572....................................................................144
TilsonvAlstomTransport[2010]EWCACiv1308 ............................................144
WalkervNorthumberlandCountyCouncil[1995]IRLR35.................................13
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Tableof cases ix
EUROPEAN UNION CASES
CNvUnitedKingdom(2013)56EHRR24.................................................165,166
INPSvBrunoandPettini,INPSvLottiandMatteucci(CasesC-395/08andC396/
08)[2010]3CMLR....................................................................................109
KiriakiAngelidakiandOthersvOrganismosNomarkhiakiAftodiikisiRethimnis
andDimosGeropotamu(CasesC-378/07toC-380/07)[2009]ECR
I-03071 ......................................................................................................150
Lawrie-Blum(Case66/85)[1986]ECR2121.....................................................182
Levin(Case53/81)[1982]ECR1035 .................................................................182
RaulinvMinistervanOnderwijsenWetenseur(CaseC-357/89)[1992]ECR
I-1027 ........................................................................................................182
SiliadinvFrance(73316/01)(2006)43EHRR16(ECHR) ................168,169,179
WilsonandtheNationalUnionofJournalists:Palmer,WyethandtheNational
UnionofRail,MaritimeandTransportWorkers:DoolanandothersvUnited
Kingdom[2002]IRLR128 ........................................................................127
ILO COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS REPORTS
CEACR:IndividualObservationontheForcedLabourConvention(n29)United
Kingdom(ratification1931)Submitted:2011 ...........................................100
CEACR:IndividualObservationontheForcedLabourConvention1930(n29)
UnitedKingdom(ratification1931)Submitted:2013................................100
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