Description

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Protecting the Future of Work analyses the changes that worker protection institutions have undergone with the decline of traditional measures such as trade unions, mapping out the new systems and approaches to protect wages, conditions and job security.

About the Author

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Barry Colfer is Research Fellow at St Edmund's College and the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. As of January 2022, he is the Director of Research at the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) think tank in Dublin, Ireland. Brian Harney is Professor of Strategy and HRM at Dublin City University Business School. His research explores the intersection of strategy and employment relations with a particular focus on small, growing and knowledge intensive firms. Colm McLaughlin is Professor of Employment Relations at the UCD College of Business, University College Dublin, and Co-Director of the UCD Centre for Business and Society (UCD CeBaS). His research focuses on comparative and institutional employment, comparing the effectiveness of employment regulation in achieving public policy outcomes around decent work and equality. Chris F. Wright is an Associate Professor in the Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney Business School. His research focuses primarily on migrant labour, comparative employment relations and sustainable supply chains.