Unions and Non-Standard Work: Union Representation and Wage Premiums across Non-Standard Work Arrangements in Canada, 1997–2014

ILR Review ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 1009-1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Gomez ◽  
Danielle Lamb
Keyword(s):  
Union Wage ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Wage Premium ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Work Arrangements ◽  
Standard Work ◽  
Union Wage Premium ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Wage Premiums ◽  
Union Representation

The authors examine the association between unionization and non-standard work in terms of coverage and wages. They use data from the master files of Canada’s Labour Force Survey (LFS) between 1997–98 and 2013–14 to define and measure non-standard work and to provide a continuum of vulnerability across work arrangements. The estimated probability of being employed in some form of non-permanent job increased 2.9 percentage points from 1997 to 2014. During that same period, the estimated probability of being in a non-full-time, non-permanent job—another way of capturing non-standard work—increased 2.5 percentage points. Although estimated union wage premiums declined rather precipitously for all groups, the union wage advantage remained highest among non-standard workers. Further, the authors find the union wage premium is largest for the most vulnerable of non-standard workers. In terms of estimates that look across the earnings distribution, the union wage premium among non-standard workers is larger for workers higher up the earnings profile.

scholarly journals State substitution for the trade union good: the case of paid holiday entitlements

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-23
Author(s):  
John Forth ◽  
Alex Bryson
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Union Wage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Paid Leave ◽  
Union Wage Premium ◽  
Union Representation ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Statutory Regulation

Purpose The literature on the union wage premium is among the most extensive in labour economics but unions’ effects on other aspects of the wage-effort bargain have received much less attention. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature through a study of the union premium in paid holiday entitlements. Design/methodology/approach The authors examine the size of the union premium on paid holidays over time, with a particular focus on how the premium was affected by the introduction of a statutory right to paid holidays. The data come from nationally representative surveys of employees and workplaces. Findings The authors find that the union premium on paid holidays is substantially larger than the union premium on wages. However, the premium fell with the introduction of a statutory minimum entitlement to paid leave. Originality/value This is the first study to examine explicitly the interaction between union representation and the law in this setting. The findings indicate the difficulties that unions have faced in protecting the most vulnerable employees in the UK labour market. The authors argue that the supplanting of voluntary joint regulation with statutory regulation is symptomatic of a wider decrease in the regulatory role of unions in the UK.

scholarly journals The changing concept of work

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 306-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Schoukens ◽  
Alberto Barrio
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Employment Relationship ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Social Security Systems ◽  
Security Systems ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Work Arrangements ◽  
Standard Work ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Recent Developments

In most countries, a standard (or core) model of employment relationship (i.e. full-time work under an open-ended employment contract) typically receives the greatest labour and social security protection, with divergent work arrangements receiving less protection in correlation to the magnitude of the differences between the former and the latter. However, recent developments concerning non-standard forms of work may question this dynamic. In this article, we examine the nature and current evolution of the standard employment relationship, then analyse how other forms of work deviate from this standard. In order to do so, we draw on the conclusions of the numerous studies recently published by scholars and international organisations in the wake of the growing public debate on the ‘new world of work’. Afterwards, we analyse the situation of non-standard workers under certain social security systems, in order to determine how those systems have approached the divergent character of these forms of work. This leads us to identify the main challenges that social security systems experience when faced with non-standard forms of work. The article concludes by addressing the need to adapt the basic principles of social security to the atypical features of non-standard work.

scholarly journals Countercyclical union wage premium? Evidence for the 1980s

1996 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phanindra V. Wunnava ◽  
Albert Ade Okunade
Keyword(s):  
Union Wage ◽  
Wage Premium ◽  
Union Wage Premium

Trapped in Precariousness? Risks and Opportunities of Female Immigrants and Natives Transitioning from Part-Time Jobs in Spain

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 749-768
Author(s):  
Jacobo Muñoz-Comet ◽  
Stephanie Steinmetz
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
Substantial Part ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Job Transitions ◽  
Standard Work ◽  
Labour Market Segmentation ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Female Immigrants ◽  
Part Time

Using panel data from the Spanish Labour Force Survey (2008–2016), we explore the risks and opportunities of job transitions (to unemployment, inactivity, full-time work and promotion) of female immigrants and natives in part-time work. This is the first study examining the two possible functions of part-time employment (stepping stone or trap) for different types of women across different working time categories. It contributes to the ongoing discussion about the function of non-standard work by applying an intersectional lens. Our results confirm that the signalling of different types of part-time job works positively, although the signal is weaker for immigrant women, particularly for those working in marginal and substantial part-time employment. The main sociodemographic and structural drivers of labour transitions explain only partially the gross migrant–native differences. As female immigrants experience a stronger outsider position, additional determinants of signalling beyond human capital and labour market segmentation factors might be at work.

Changes in the Union Wage Premium by Industry

ILR Review ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernt Bratsberg ◽  
James F. Ragan
Keyword(s):  
Union Wage ◽  
Wage Premium ◽  
Union Wage Premium
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