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Regulatory avoidance in the temporary work agency industry: Evidence from Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Angela Knox
Angela Knox*
Affiliation:
The University of Sydney, Australia
*
Angela Knox, Work and Organisational Studies, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Email: angela.knox@syney.edu.au
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Abstract

Within the context of the Australian Senate’s Inquiry into corporate avoidance of the Fair Work Act 2009, this research examines regulatory avoidance in the temporary work agency industry. The findings highlight that regulatory avoidance in Australian temporary work agencies has intensified and expanded, normalising exploitation and further exacerbating precarious work and its detrimental outcomes. The study contributes to debates regarding regulation of temporary work agencies and illustrates the importance of examining how regulatory avoidance is constructed and played out in national contexts.

Keywords

Fair Work Actlabour hireregulatory avoidancetemporary work agency
Type
Symposium Articles
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The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 29 , Issue 2: Symposium: Wage Theft and Minimum Labour Standards Enforcement Part 2 , June 2018 , pp. 190 - 206
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© The Author(s) 2018

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