TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berg,Laurie
TI  - Migrant rights at work: law's precariousness at the intersection of immigration and labour 
T2  - Routledge research in asylum, migration and refugee law
SN  - 9781138805552
AV  - KU1278.A44 B47 2016
U1  - 344.9401/162 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Foreign workers
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Australia
KW  - Emigration and immigration law
KW  - LAW
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Emigration & Immigration
KW  - Labor & Employment
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-315) and index; Migrant rights at work -- Inclusion and precariousness -- Part I. Temporary migrant labour -- Keeping up the 'Australian standard' : the regulation of temporary migrant workers in Australia -- Worker protection for which workers? : successive reforms to the temporary skilled 457 visa programme -- Part II. Unauthorised migrant labour -- How immigration controls produce unauthorised migrant workers -- A jurisprudence of unauthorised work -- Employer sanctions against unauthorised workers -- Part III. Forced migrant labour -- Working with coercion : labour trafficking in Australia -- Getting our priorities straight : connecting forced labour and labour
N2  - "Public debates about immigration and membership have intensified alongside developed economies' increasing reliance on temporary migrant workers. While most agree that temporary migrant workers are entitled to the general protection of employment laws, temporary immigration programs necessitate the restriction of rights to residence, occupational and geographic mobility, and full social protections. This book examines the ways in which immigration law and enforcement reconfigure the relationships between migrant workers and employers, causing uncertainty and worsening working conditions. Taking the regulatory reforms of Australia as a key case-study, Laurie Berg explores how the influence of immigration law extends beyond its functions in regulating admission to and exclusion from a country. Berg asks where should differences lie between temporary and permanent residents, what further restrictions should apply to migrants who lack immigration authorisation, and where should the line be drawn between exploitation and legitimate employment. In presenting an analytical approach to issues of temporary labour migration, the book develops a unique theoretical framework, contending that the concept of precariousness, rather than equality or vulnerability, is the most fruitful way to evaluate and address issues of temporary migrant labour. The book will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners of immigration law and employment law and policy"--
ER  -