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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Re-Inventing Labour Law Enforcement: A Socio-Legal Analysis by Louise Munkholm
The monograph investigates labour law enforcement from a socio-legal perspective. It analyses how local Italian enforcement actors promote the protection of workers in Prato – a city that has seen a significant influx of Chinese migrants who run small workshops as part of the local clothing industry. Many of the Chinese firms fail to live up to core labour standards such as maximum working hours safety and health at work and payment of social security contributions. Based on interviews observations and document material the book analyses the strategies and practices employed by three types of local enforcement actors (inspectors unionists and consultants) in their efforts to assist Chinese firms in improving their level of labour law compliance.