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Understanding Non‐Compliant Work and Employment in the United Kingdom? The Field of Research and Policy Limitations

Industrial Relations Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Official discourse suggests that 12% of Britain's workforce engages in precarious work where non‐compliance is concentrated. Research reported here suggests this provides a partial picture and that, in specific sectors, non‐compliant employers, organized crime groups and criminalized employment are ceded by the state, where many ...
Ian Clark, Nidhi Sharma, Darryl Dixon, Richard Pickford   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘I've Never Seen That Money’: Retirement Insecurities and State‐Pension Access for Older Low‐Paid EU‐Migrants in Post‐Brexit UK

Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using qualitative data with older (50+) EU‐migrants and NGO representatives, this study investigates the drivers of old‐age poverty and retirement insecurity for low‐income EU‐migrants. Our findings indicate that the nature of work that many are/were engaged in and education, along with timing and age of arrival to the UK, influenced poverty ...
David Smith, Egle Dagilyte, Margaret Greenfields, Anna Dadswell, Gargi Ghosh, Chantal Radley   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Affective Politics of the Precariat: Reconsidering Alternative Histories of Grassroots Worker Organising

Global Labour Journal, 2016
This article engages with Guy Standing’s arguments about the affective politics of the precariat by reflecting on the conditions that facilitate, as well as constrain, the solidaristic transformation of the precariat.
Jennifer Jihye Chun
doaj   +1 more source

On Racialized, Gendered, Precarious Work: Struggles of Community Health Workers During the National Health Insurance Pilot Program in the Tshwane District, South Africa

Gender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 5, Page 1806-1818, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The infrastructure of precarious work is racialized and gendered, affecting disenfranchised Black women who carry the burden of low paid caregiving within the healthcare system. In South Africa, Community Health Workers, predominantly Black women from marginalized communities, have been vital in providing primary healthcare services at home ...
Sivuyisiwe Wonci
wiley   +1 more source

‘It's all very well having a diverse curriculum, but if there is no curriculum, it can be as diverse as you like’: Precarity and decolonising in the neoliberal UK higher education system

British Educational Research Journal, Volume 52, Issue 4, Page 2884-2902, August 2026.
Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton, Barbara Adewumi, Laura R. Bailey, Jacob W. Moore, Lauren‐Marie Aba Amoah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability: The Forgotten Arena of eSports Research—A Systematic Literature Review From an ESG Perspective

Sustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 5487-5514, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Despite the growth of eSports, the sector faces critical challenges related to its sustainability. This research analyzes these issues from an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) perspective. This paper consists of a systematic literature review on eSports and its implications for sustainability.
M. Ertz, C. Ouerghemmi, Y. Laghrib, M. Kordi, J. Bousquet, A. Kazemipour   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prekarizasyon Bağlamında Öğretmenlik

Anadolu Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi dergisi, 2020
Bu çalışmanın amacı, öğretmenlik mesleğini prekarizasyon olgusu bağlamında incelemektir. Çalışma mevcut literatürün, fikirlerin ve bilgilerin taranmasına, özetlenmesine, değerlendirilmesine ve yorumlayıcı analizine dayanan bir eleştirel inceleme ve ...
Nilgün Dağ
doaj   +1 more source

Islamophobia and Danish academia

Journal of Law and Society, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 263-290, June 2026.
Abstract This article investigates how Danish academics participate in, interpret, and reproduce debates on the legal and normative regulation of Muslims in Denmark since the early 2000s. Through a thematic analysis of journal articles and public dissemination outputs authored by Danish researchers, it explores the social production of legal knowledge ...
SOFIE AALTONEN
wiley   +1 more source

Twin Precarities in the Platform Economy: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Geography Compass, Volume 20, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT With the rise of neoliberal globalised markets and large‐scale irregular migration, temporary migrant labour has become central to the economic growth of the global North within a changing global economy. However, the restructuring of national and regional economies has also brought about the informalisation of labour markets and the ...
Lutfun Nahar Lata
wiley   +1 more source

HIERARCHICAL PRECARITY: Dance Hosting, Labor Struggles, and Masculine Insecurities in China

Cultural Anthropology, Volume 41, Issue 2, Page 376-401, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Young Chinese male migrant workers partner with middle‐aged women in dance halls, and sell intimacy and romantic relationships in everyday locations as “dance hosts.” Dance hosts experience considerable job precarity and masculine insecurities.
JUAN CHEN
wiley   +1 more source