A Very Private Business
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- 1 August 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in European Journal of Women's Studies
- Vol. 14 (3) , 247-264
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506807079013
Abstract
This article considers whether there is a specific demand for migrant domestic workers in the UK, or for workers with particular characteristics that in theory could be met by citizens. It discusses how immigration status can make it easier not only to recruit domestic workers, but also to retain them. `Foreignness' may also make the management of the employment relation easier with employers anxious to discover a coincidence of interest with the worker. Employers are not only looking for generic `foreignness' however, but typically also seek particular nationalities or ethnicities of worker, which can raise difficulties for agencies who are not allowed to discriminate on the basis of `race'.Keywords
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