Individual employment rights and the renewal of economic citizenship: lessons from the Rights Commissioners in Ireland

Hann, Deborah Jane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6217-4634 and Teague, Paul 2012. Individual employment rights and the renewal of economic citizenship: lessons from the Rights Commissioners in Ireland. Work, Employment and Society 26 (4) , pp. 623-637. 10.1177/0950017012445092

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Abstract

Using a large-scale data set, this article considers the role and growing importance of the Rights Commissioners in Ireland. The Rights Commissioners’ service, which has no parallel in any other anglophone industrial relations system, provides an informal and accessible method for the resolution of disputes and the vindication of employment rights. In recent years, the number of cases handled by the Rights Commissioners has grown hugely. A close examination of the cases handled by the service suggests that the Rights Commissioners allow vulnerable workers to pursue cases of alleged breaches of employment rights. The service is seen as holding lessons for other economies in terms of developing a model of economic citizenship that has as a dimension the enforcement of employment rights.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Uncontrolled Keywords:	governing the employment relationship; labour market protection; Republic of Ireland; vulnerable workers; workplace conflict
Publisher:	Sage
ISSN:	0950-0170
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 09:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/37568

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