| Description |
viii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
The Russell Sage Foundation case studies of job quality in advanced economies |
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Russell Sage Foundation case studies of job quality in advanced economies.
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| Contents |
The United Kingdom story / Robert Solow -- Low-paid work in the United Kingdom : an overview / Geoff Mason, Ken Mayhew, and Matthew Osborne -- Low pay, labor market institutions, and job quality in the United Kingdom / Geoff Mason ... [et al.] -- "Just like the elves in Harry Potter" : room attendants in United Kingdom hotels / Eli Dutton ... [et al.] -- Business strategies, work organization, and low pay in United Kingdom retailing / Geoff Mason and Matthew Osborne -- Improving the position of low-wage workers through new coordinating institutions : the case of public hospitals / Damian Grimshaw and Marilyn Carroll -- Supply chain pressures and migrant workers : deteriorating job quality in the United Kingdom food-processing industry / Susan James and Caroline Lloyd -- "It's just the nature of the job at the end of the day" : pay and job quality in United Kingdom mass-market call centers / Caroline Lloyd ... [et al.] -- Low-wage work in the United Kingdom : employment practices, institutional effects, and policy responses / Damian Grimshaw, Caroline Lloyd, and Chris Warhurst |
| Summary |
"Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom explains why the current level of low-paying work remains one of the highest in Europe. The authors argue that the failure to deal with low pay reflects a policy approach which stresses reducing poverty, but also centers on the importance of moving people off benefits and into work, even at low wages. The UK government has introduced a version of the U.S. welfare to work policies and continues to stress the importance of a highly flexible and competitive labor market. A central policy theme has been that education and training can empower people to both enter work and to move into better paying jobs. Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom illustrates the way that the interactions between government policies, labor market institutions, and the economy have ensured that low pay remains a persistent problem within the United Kingdom."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Unskilled labor -- Great Britain.
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Wages -- Great Britain.
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Minimum wage -- Great Britain.
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Labor market -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Lloyd, Caroline, 1965-
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Mason, Geoff, 1949-
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Mayhew, Ken.
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Russell Sage Foundation.
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| LC no. |
2007045928 |
| ISBN |
9780871545633 |
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0871545632 |
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