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3 March 2023

It was doing my head in - low-paid multiple employment and zero hours work co-written by Andrew Smith is published

Andrew Smith and Jo McBride have a new article published in the British Journal of Industrial Relations entitled: 'It was doing my head in - low-paid multiple employment and zero hours work'.

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3 March 2023

Dr Andrew Smith writes an article on alleviating low-pay and precarious work

Andrew Smith and Jo McBride have written an article on alleviating low-pay and precarious work, with a forward written by Judith Cummins MP.

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10 January 2022

Jason Heyes and Ludek Rychly's new book The Governance of Labour Administration is released

Jason Heyes and Ludek Rychly are the editors of a new book published jointly by the ILO and Edward Elgar.

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