The presence of migrant workers has become a central feature of labour
markets in highly developed countries. The International Labour
Organisation estimates that in 2013 there were 112 million resident
migrant workers in the 58 highest-income countries, who made up 16% of
the workforce. Non-resident workers have also increasingly become part
of the labour available for employment in other states, often on a
temporary basis.
This work takes a thematic and comparative approach to examine the
profound implications of contemporary labour migration for employment
law regimes in highly developed countries. In so doing, it aims to
promote greater recognition of labour migration-related questions, and
of the interests of migrant workers, within employment law scholarship.
The work comprises original analyses by leading scholars of migration
and employment law at the European Union level, and in Australia,
Canada, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom and
the United States. The specific position of migrant workers is
addressed, for example as regards equality of treatment, or the position
in employment law of migrant workers without a right to work. The work
also explores the effects of migration levels and patterns upon general
employment law - including the law relating to collective bargaining,
and remedies against exploitation.
