Posted work as an extreme case of hierarchised mobility
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Posted work as an extreme case of hierarchised mobility. / Arnholtz, Jens; Lillie, Nathan.
I: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Bind 49, Nr. 16, 2023, s. 4206-4223.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Posted work as an extreme case of hierarchised mobility
AU - Arnholtz, Jens
AU - Lillie, Nathan
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This article draws on a range of case studies to explain how worker posting can cause hierarchised labour mobility, involving nationality-based hierarchies in pay and conditions between workers in the same labour markets or work sites. This hierarchisation is most apparent on large construction sites, where companies systematically use posting for labour cost advantage, but it is also found on smaller sites and in other sectors besides construction. The article outlines three features of this low-wage posting system – worker hypermobility and dependency, transnational enforcement challenges, and multifaceted employer arbitrage strategies – that conspire to maintain posting as a form of hierarchised mobility. We argue that posting undermines many countervailing forces that typically mediate hierarchisation.
AB - This article draws on a range of case studies to explain how worker posting can cause hierarchised labour mobility, involving nationality-based hierarchies in pay and conditions between workers in the same labour markets or work sites. This hierarchisation is most apparent on large construction sites, where companies systematically use posting for labour cost advantage, but it is also found on smaller sites and in other sectors besides construction. The article outlines three features of this low-wage posting system – worker hypermobility and dependency, transnational enforcement challenges, and multifaceted employer arbitrage strategies – that conspire to maintain posting as a form of hierarchised mobility. We argue that posting undermines many countervailing forces that typically mediate hierarchisation.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Posted workers
KW - EU
KW - labour mobility
U2 - 10.1080/1369183X.2023.2207341
DO - 10.1080/1369183X.2023.2207341
M3 - Journal article
VL - 49
SP - 4206
EP - 4223
JO - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
JF - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
SN - 1369-183X
IS - 16
ER -
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