Migrant Domestic Workers in Europe

Law and the Construction of Vulnerability
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5099-4241-1
Verlag: Hart Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 1080 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pavlou, Vera

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht Antidiskriminierung (AGG), Gleichbehandlung
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Sicherheitsrecht Ausländerrecht, Asylrecht, Flüchtlingsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Arbeits- und Sozialrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung

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' Rights under Labour Law

Conclusion

3. Migrant Domestic Workers under EU Migration Law: Fragmentation and the Value of Work

Introduction

EU Sources on the Movement of EU and Non-EU Workers

Fragmentation, Different Hierarchies and the Value of Work: Implications for Migrant Domestic Workers

Domestic Workers under EU Law Sources on the Integration of Non-EU Migrants

EU Migration Law Norms on Illegally Resident Domestic Workers

Conclusion

4. Using EU Labour Law Sources to Challenge Domestic Workers' Vulnerability

Introduction

Domestic Work and the Personal Scope of EU Labour Law Sources

Substantive Rights in Selected Areas

How Does National Law Fare?

Conclusion

5. Challenging Vulnerability

Introduction

Organising Migrant Domestic Workers

Processes of Reform and Avenues to Challenge Domestic Workers' Vulnerability

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Pavlou, Vera
Vera Pavlou is Lecturer in Labour Law at the University of Glasgow, UK.