| Document ID (ISN) | 108557 |
| CIS number |
08-1017 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0020-7780 - International Labour Review - Revue internationale du Travail - Revista internacional del trabajo |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
|
| Author(s) |
Piore M.J., Schrank A. |
| Title |
Towards managed flexibility: The revival of labour inspection in the Latin world |
| Original title |
Le renouveau de l'inspection du travail dans le monde latin [in French]
Gestión de la flexibilidad e inspección del trabajo en el mundo latino [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
2008, Vol.147, No.1, p.1-23. 32 ref. |
| Abstract |
Examining the role of labour inspection in the context of the revival of labour market regulation, this article distinguishes between the Latin model, where inspectors have authority to tailor enforcement to firms' exigencies, and the less flexible United States approach. The Latin model can reconcile regulation with economic flexibility and transform inspectors into the shock troops of a campaign for decent work. But its vulnerability to arbitrary behaviour on their part needs to be addressed through management of organizational cultures, exposure and systematization of the tacit knowledge underpinning inspectors' judgments and research into the relationship between labour standards and business practices. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
ILO; labour inspection; role of government |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; Spain; comparative study; France; Latin America |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Generalities
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Labour inspection
|
