Placing Filipino Caregivers in Canadian Homes: Regulating Transnational Employment Agencies in British Columbia
Resource type
Authors/contributors
- Fudge, Judy (Editor)
- Strauss, Kendra (Editor)
- Fudge, Judy (Author)
- Parrott, Daniel (Author)
Title
Placing Filipino Caregivers in Canadian Homes: Regulating Transnational Employment Agencies in British Columbia
Abstract
Compares the legal regimes of British Columbia and Manitoba for employment agencies that recruit women from the Philippines to work as caregivers in Canadian homes. Concludes that the Manitoba regulatory framework is much more effective in protecting caregivers from the abusive practices of these agencies.
Book Title
Temporary Work, Agencies and Unfree Labour: Insecurity in the New World of Work
Series
Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context
Series Number
11
Place
New York
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Date
June 2013
Pages
70-93
Language
English
ISBN
978-0-415-53650-9
Call Number
HD 5854 T46 2014
Notes
Abstract by Desmond Maley.
Citation
Fudge, J., & Parrott, D. (2013). Placing Filipino Caregivers in Canadian Homes: Regulating Transnational Employment Agencies in British Columbia. In J. Fudge & K. Strauss (Eds.), Temporary Work, Agencies and Unfree Labour: Insecurity in the New World of Work (pp. 70–93). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415536509/
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