Objectif Proposal SummaryThis is a proposal to study the growth of posted migrant work in the European Union, and the impact of this on industrial relations. Within the European Union, changes in the application of EU law have resulted in the deterritorialization of sovereign regulatory authority. National industrial relations systems have been subordinated to internal market freedoms in four recent European Court of Justice decisions. These constrain the rights of unions and governments to regulate working conditions of foreign service providers operating in their territory, in effect allowing firms to create “spaces of exception” by exploiting enclaves of alternative, deterritorialized sovereignty. For example, a Polish construction worker on a German construction site working for a Polish subcontractor does not, either in practice or in law, have the same rights as a German or Polish worker working for a German subcontractor because the employment relationship in the first instance is in many respects regulated from Poland. Sovereignty has been reconfigured, through EU law and firm practice, so that it is no longer entirely dependent on territory, but also on other contingencies. It is hypothesized that variegated sovereignty is facilitating the segmentation of labor markets, via transnational subcontracting and agency work.The project will involve fieldwork in Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and at the EU level. The study will be based on ethnographic interviews, to record the experiences of posted migrants and 'native' workers who work with them, and 'expert' interviews of managers, union officials, and policy makers. Two industries have been selected for study: construction and metalworking, because of the prevalence of posted workers in those industries. There will also be a series of policy interviews aimed at understanding the political/legal changes taking place in the European Union which facilitate the growth of variegated sovereignty. These will be used to construct a series of comparative case studies of work sites and industries. The research team will include the Principle Investigator and three other researchers under his supervision. Champ scientifique social sciencessociologyindustrial relationssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemploymentsocial sciencessociologydemographyhuman migrationssocial scienceslaw Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Thème(s) ERC-SG-SH2 - ERC Starting Grant - Institutions, values, beliefs and behaviour Appel à propositions ERC-2010-StG_20091209 Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Institution d’accueil JYVASKYLAN YLIOPISTO Contribution de l’UE € 554 139,00 Adresse SEMINAARINKATU 15 40100 Jyvaskyla Finlande Voir sur la carte Région Manner-Suomi Länsi-Suomi Keski-Suomi Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contact administratif Mikko Yrjönsuuri (Prof.) Chercheur principal Nathan Alan Lillie (Dr.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée Bénéficiaires (2) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire JYVASKYLAN YLIOPISTO Finlande Contribution de l’UE € 554 139,00 Adresse SEMINAARINKATU 15 40100 Jyvaskyla Voir sur la carte Région Manner-Suomi Länsi-Suomi Keski-Suomi Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contact administratif Mikko Yrjönsuuri (Prof.) Chercheur principal Nathan Alan Lillie (Dr.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN Participation terminée Pays-Bas Contribution de l’UE € 358 943,00 Adresse Broerstraat 5 9712CP Groningen Voir sur la carte Région Noord-Nederland Groningen Overig Groningen Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contact administratif Rob Willems (Mr.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée
