Author: Juliet McMahon

​ Michelle O’Sullivan is Senior Lecturer at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland. Her expertise is primarily on precarious work with particular attention on wage setting and public policy in low-wage jobs. Her current research interests are on zero-hours work, government policy on working hours, working time schedules of retail workers, and freelance work. Jonathan Lavelle is a Senior Lecturer at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland. His main research interests are international and comparative employment relations, with a particular interest in trade union recognition and avoidance, and employee representative issues within multinational companies. Juliette Mc Mahon is Lecturer at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland. Current research interests include HRM/employment relations in healthcare organisations, bullying and harassment, occupational change in Ireland, aspects of employment legislation, and HR/employment relations in small Irish enterprises. Lorraine Ryan is Lecturer at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland. Her main research interests currently centre on precarious work and working time, democracy in the workplace, corporate social responsibility and the future of work.  Caroline Murphy is Lecturer at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland. Her current research interests include precarious employment, female labour market participation, formal and informal care work, and employee representation. Thomas Turner is a Professor at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland. His main areas of research include developments in employment relations in Ireland at workplace and national level, trade union trends, and the impact of immigrants in the Irish labour market. Patrick Gunnigle is Professor at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland. His research interests include international business/multinational companies, human resource management (HRM), trade union membership and recognition, management strategies in industrial relations, and the role of HRM specialists.