Temporary Labour Migration in the Global Era: The Regulatory Challenges

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In the global era, controversies abound over temporary labour migration; however, it has not previously been subjected to a sustained socio-legal analysis on a comparative basis, critiquing the underpinning concepts conventionally accepted as fundamental in this area. This collection of essays aims to fill that void. Complex regulatory challenges arise from temporary labour migration. This collection examines these challenges and the extent to which temporary labour migration programmes can be ethical, equitable and efficacious and so deliver decent work for workers. Whilst the tendency for migration law to divide labour laws worker-protective mission has been observed before, the authors of the chapters comprising this collection seek not only to interrogate why and how this is so, but to go further in examining the implications and effects of a wide range of regulatory mechanisms on temporary labour migration.

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[T]he collection does provide anyone with an interest in migration law and policy with a stimulating and sometimes provocative range of perspectives from different jurisdictions and disciplines. -- James Gillespie * Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law *
The book is written in a comprehensible manner and represents a significant enrichment of the discussion on temporary labour migration, a phenomenon that is ever more important... It is therefore recommended to a wide range of readers, especially those wishing to gain insight and advance their knowledge in this field, while being especially relevant for researchers, social partners and policymakers. -- Primoz Rataj, University of Ljubljana * European Journal of Social Security *

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Joanna Howe is Senior Lecturer and Rosemary Owens is Emerita Professor, both at the University of Adelaide.