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The Vulnerable Worker

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Is Work Working? Work Laws that Do a Better Job


Discussion Paper
December 2004

Video Clips - Case Studies of Vulnerable Types of Work


Table of Contents


Preface

Introduction

I. WORK AND VULNERABILITY TODAY
  1. Self-Employed and Part-Time Workers
  2. Temporary Agency Workers
  3. Low-paid and Marginalized Workers
  4. Stigmatized Workers
II. SOCIETY, LAW AND WORK
  1. The Regulatory Framework
  2. Society’s Interests in Worker Protection
III. WORK LAWS THAT WORK BETTER
  1. Regulation and Enforcement
  2. Modernizing Labour Law Concepts
  3. Rethinking the Employee-Employer Relationship

Conclusion

Endnotes


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