The Economic and Labour Relations Review Assignment

Assignment Task

The literature on precarious work has extensively documented its rise in the UK. Critically discuss the growth of precarious work and its implications for workers. In your answer, refer to the effect of policy, labour market changes, and employer strategies that has made many workers vulnerable to exploitation.

• Planning and structure
• Reading, preparation – use materials from across the module reading list
• Definitions, theoretical background, unpacking the question
• Constructing a narrative and answering the question
• Use of evidence - survey material, case studies, policy issues, legal change and legislation

Case studies and examples

Sports Direct, zero hours contracts, the ‘gig economy’, extreme examples of vulnerable work and exploitation - see Gangmasters Licensing Authority and debates on modern slavery; wider debates on employment of young people, women, migrants and other groups overrepresented among precarious workers.

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