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abstract: 'Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of specific
active labour market policies (ALMP) and increased use of zero hour
contracts (ZHCs) in creating an environment in which low-wage jobs
flourish. Alongside these, it examines the role of financialization over
the last 30 years in fostering the nuturalization of policies that
institutionalize low wages and deregulate the economy in favour of big
business.
Design/methodology/approach - This paper draws upon academic literature,
official statistics, and analyses via the concept of neoliberalism.
Findings - This paper demonstrates that via a set of interconnected
macro and micro factors low pay is set to remain entrenched in the UK.
It has demonstrated that this is not the result of some natural response
to labour market demands. Far from it, it has argued that these policy
choices are neoliberal in motivation and the outcome of establishing low
pay and insecure employment is a significant character of the
contemporary labour market is deliberate.
Research limitations/implications - This paper encourages a re-think of
how the authors address this issue of low pay in the UK by highlighting
alternative forms of understanding the causes of low pay.
Practical implications - It presents an alternative analysis of low pay
in the UK which allows us to understand and call into question the
low-pay economy. In doing so it demonstrates that crucial to this
understanding is state regulation.
Social implications - This paper allows for a more nuanced understanding
of the economic conditions of the inequality caused by low pay, and
provides an argument as to alternative ways in which this can be
addressed.
Originality/value - The paper examines the relationship between the rise
of neoliberalism and finance capital, the subsequent emergence of the
neoliberal organization, the associated proliferation of ALMP and ZHCs,
and the impact of these on creating a low-wage economy. It makes the
argument that the UK''s low-wage economy is the result of regulatory
choices influenced by a political preference for financialization, even
if such choices are presented as not being so. Thus, the contribution of
this paper is that it brings together distinct and important
contemporary issues for scholars of employee relations, but connects
them to the role of the state and neoliberal regulation.'
affiliation: 'Grady, J (Corresponding Author), Univ Leicester, Sch Management, Leicester,
Leics, England.
Grady, Jo, Univ Leicester, Sch Management, Leicester, Leics, England.'
author: Grady, Jo
author-email: jkg10@le.ac.uk
author_list:
- family: Grady
given: Jo
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1108/ER-03-2016-0059
eissn: 1758-7069
files: []
issn: 0142-5455
journal: EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
keywords: 'Regulation; Inequality; Workfare; National minimum wage; New living
wage; Zero hour contracts'
keywords-plus: 'DISCONNECTED CAPITALISM; INCOME INEQUALITY; FINANCIALIZATION;
COMMODIFICATION; NEOLIBERALISM; WELFARE; LABOR; UK'
language: English
number: 3, SI
number-of-cited-references: '108'
pages: 274-290
papis_id: 3f714bef930754239f09b17350a8e666
ref: Grady2017stateemployment
times-cited: '10'
title: 'The state, employment, and regulation: making work not pay'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000401015400003
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '31'
volume: '39'
web-of-science-categories: Industrial Relations \& Labor; Management
year: '2017'