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SUMMARY:Human rights in employment: Definitions\, applications\, and futur
 e prospects - Prof Harry van Buren (University of New Mexico)
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DESCRIPTION:Much of the discourse about human rights in employment has foc
 used on the developing world\, often suggesting that frameworks and instit
 utions that protect employees in developed countries can be transplanted t
 o the developing world.  However\, many critical observers of employment p
 ractices in the developed world have proposed that for many employees—es
 pecially those who are perceived by employers to lack rare and valuable sk
 ills—respect for human rights in employment has declined.   Increasingly
  the labor market can be bifurcated into two segments: employees whose ski
 lls allow them some degree of market power and ability to negotiate with e
 mployers about the terms of employment\, and employees whose skills are pe
 rceived to be commodities and thus are subject to “contracts of adhesion
 ” that they can either accept or reject but not change or negotiate.  \n
 \nI will first review some of the key issues related to human rights in em
 ployment\, focusing on the specification of hypernorms that are applicable
  to all employment relationships\, and analyze how changes in employment p
 ractices have worked to the detriment of employees and respect for their r
 ights.  I will then discuss the different types of employment relationship
 s that can be observed with reference to two factors: perceived skill leve
 l of the employee and level of attachment (high or low) to the ultimate em
 ployer from the ultimate employer’s perspective.   Based on the identifi
 cation of hypernorms and the different types of employment relationships\,
  I will conclude by discussing the different sorts of institutional struct
 ures—including industry groupings\, multilateral institutions\, and netw
 orks of non-governmental organizations—that might have positive effects 
 on respect for human rights in employment and the prospects for the develo
 pment of these structures.\n\nChair of the event: Prof Simon Deakin (Law/J
 udge Business School)\n\nhttp://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/cisa/Events.html\n
LOCATION:Senior Common room of the Centre of International Studies (17 Mil
 l Lane\, 1st floor)
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