- See also
- References
- External links
{{world|date=August 2017}}Social dumping is a practice of employers to use cheaper labour than is usually available at their site of production or sale. In the latter case, migrant workers are employed; in the former, production is moved to a low-wage country or area. The company will thus save money and potentially increase its profit. Systemic criticism suggests that as a result, governments are tempted to enter a so-called social policy regime competition by reducing their labour and social standards to ease labour costs on enterprises and to retain business activity within their jurisdiction.There is a controversy around whether social dumping takes advantage of an EU directive on internal markets, the Bolkestein directive. Entities losing from social dumping: - Employees in exporting countries
- Child labor in exporting countries
- Industry and environment in exporting country
- Government in exporting countries
- Employees in importing countries
- Shareholders of the company in importing countries
Entities gaining from social dumping: - Companies in importing country
- Shareholders in importing country
- Customers in importing country
- Industry in importing market
- Employment in exporting country
- Government and investment in exporting country
A joint NGO statement[1] on the EU Seasonal Migrant Workers' Directive[2] also warns against social dumping. The document argues that a vague definition of seasonal work might fail to cover all types of seasonal employment taking place when the Directive exerts its otherwise-welcome protective measures on the labour market. See also- Dumping (pricing policy)
- SUTA dumping
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Joint NGO Statement on EU Seasonal Migrant Workers’ Directive|url=http://picum.org/picum.org/uploads/file_/EU%20Seasonal%20Migrant%20Workers%20Joint%20NGO%20Statement%2020%2004%202011.pdf|accessdate=27 August 2012}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of seasonal employment|url=http://www.statewatch.org/news/2012/mar/eu-council-seasonal-workers-pres-prop-6686-12.pdf|accessdate=27 August 2012}}
External links - European Union's Eurofound website: Social dumping
- [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/feb/03/trade-unions-lindsey-strikes Cabinet veterans challenge ministers to address 'social dumping'] - The Guardian newspaper (UK) Tuesday 3 February 2009
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110611044121/http://www.amicustheunion.org/pdf/NECC%20Social%20Dumping%20February%202004.pdf Social-dumping: a crisis in the UK Engineering Construction industry] - Amicus website
- Social Dumping Hypothesis Issues and Challenges GMTDC Business Training & Consultation
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