‘Lost in translation’: an analysis of temporary work agency employment in hotels

Angela Knox
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Angela Knox: University of Sydney, Australia, a.knox@econ.usyd.edu.au

Work, Employment & Society, 2010, vol. 24, issue 3, 449-467

Abstract: Temporary work continues to stimulate research and debate in many developed countries. This research provides contemporary data on temporary work agency employment in the Australian hotel industry. Findings reveal that an absence of regulation governing the temporary work agency industry in conjunction with strong migrant labour supply and extremely active agency-client firm interactions has entrenched TWA employment and restructured the labour market in a coercive fashion.

Keywords: hospitality; hotels; migrant labour; temporary work agency regulation; temporary workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/0950017010371652

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