Chris F Wright
@ChrisFWright
Academic specialising in labour market policy, industrial relations, migration and skills
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29-01-2014 03:11:36
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Decent labour standards are a prerequisite for perceived justice and social cohesion.
Read again Chris F Wright & William Brown’s 2018 'Policies for Decent Labour Standards in Britain'. Free to view for one month
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…
#minimumwage #collectivebargaining
Looking forward to presenting Colm McLaughlin and my research on ‘Social dialogue and job retention policy reform in response to COVID: The triumph of pragmatism over ideology’ at the inaugural International Labour Organization / ILERA Research Webinar on 24 April. Details below👇
Workers in Australia will soon have the ‘right to disconnect’. Some thoughts from me in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand on what this reform means — and why it is necessary to protect workers from employers encroaching upon their free-time
theconversation.com/smart-phones-m…
New The Economic and Labour Relations Review article with Stephen Clibborn on mobility visas as a fair and more effective alternative to employer-sponsorship cited in the Australian government’s Migration Strategy released this week
Replacing the flawed, employer-tied TSS visa with a Skills in Demand visa allowing workers to leave exploitative jobs more easily is a key aspect of the new 🇦🇺 Migration Strategy. @stephenclibborn and me on why this ‘mobility visa’ model is a game-changer thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2023/1…
Pleased the new ‘Skills in Demand visa’ (encouraging, evidence-based migration policy, addressing major flaws in TSS visa that contribute to exploitation) draws on Chris F Wright and my ‘mobility visa’ submission to the Parkinson Review
See also: researchgate.net/publication/37…
Lots of talk from the Australian government today about closing immigration back doors and side doors
Here’s some detail from Chris F Wright and me on problems with those doors (from 2018): researchgate.net/publication/32…
We’ll that’s a pleasant surprise and an honour. Thanks The Economic and Labour Relations Review - ping co-author Chris F Wright
Mainstream Parties’ Construction of Populist Discourse in Australia’s Temporary Migration Policy. New article with Kyoung-Hee Yu in Organization journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…
Improving pay and productivity with sector collective bargaining — new King's Business School research impact report with Chiara Benassi. We find bargaining systems covering broad segments of the workforce can bring positive outcomes to workers, firms & wider society
kcl.ac.uk/business/asset…