Between decent work and forced labour: examining the continuum of exploitation
Klara Skrivankova
The paper examines how forced labour is currently framed within national legislations and introduces a continuum of exploitation and interventions, ranging from decent work to extreme exploitation.
The paper:
- examines how forced labour is currently framed within national legislations;
- introduces a continuum of exploitation and interventions, ranging from decent work to extreme exploitation and covering both labour law and criminal law; and
- uses case studies to demonstrate how the concept of a continuum can be applied in practice in the UK.
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