Occupational health in slaughterhouses in Germany: translating political claims into Legal Language during the COVID-19 pandemic-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Occupational health in slaughterhouses in Germany: translating political claims into Legal Language during the COVID-19 pandemic

Published:2023-12-01 Issue:4 Volume:69 Page:279-303
ISSN:2366-0295
Container-title:Zeitschrift für Sozialreform
language:en
Short-container-title:

Author:

Valdivia Alejandro¹,Gallon Johannes²^ORCID,Mangold Anna Katharina³

Affiliation:

1. Europa-Universität Flensburg (Interdisciplinary Centre for European Studies) Berlin Germany

2. Europa-Universität Flensburg Chair of European Law Auf dem Campus 1b (TAL 117) Flensburg Germany

3. Europa-Universität Flensburg Chair of European Law Auf dem Campus 1b (TAL 109) Flensburg Germany

Abstract

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic provided political momentum for social and legal change in occupational health in slaughterhouses in Germany. After years of unsuccessful scandalisation over the precarious working conditions in slaughterhouses, a comprehensive legislative framework was introduced in 2020: the Federal Occupational Health and Safety Control Act (Arbeitsschutzkontrollgesetz). This article traces the political and legal events leading to the enactment of this legislation, contributing to a wider empirical debate about the interaction of civil society and democratic institutions. Methodologically, we combine a legal analysis of the legislative process with a political science analysis of the participation of civil society actors, mainly labour unions. Theoretically, we explore how civil society actors translated the content of political claims into legal arguments through the lens of disciplinary translations and knowledge translation. The results of our study highlight the importance of translations as a hermeneutic concept for bringing about legal changes.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Environmental Engineering

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/zsr-2023-0005/pdf

Reference28 articles.

1. Bayreuther, Frank (2020): “Verbot von Werkverträgen und Arbeitnehmerüberlassung in der Fleischwirtschaft”, Neue Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht 37: 773–776.

2. Boemke, Burkhard; Düwel, Josef; Greiner, Stefan; Hamann, Wolfgang; Kalb, Heinz-Jürgen; Kock, Martin; Mengel, Anja; Motz, Guido; Schüren, Peter; Thüsing, Gregor; Wank, Rolf (2020): “Das Verbot der Arbeitnehmerüberlassung in der Fleischwirtschaft. Der falsche Weg zum richtigen Ziel”, Neue Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht 37: 1160–1166.

3. Busse, Volker (2010): Regierungsinternes Gesetzesvorbereitungsverfahren, in: Klemens H. Schrenk; Markus Soldner (eds.): Analyse demokratischer Regierungssysteme. Wiesbaden: Springer, 221–236

4. Busse, Volker (2018): Geschäftsordnung der Bundesregierung, 3. Online-Ed., Baden-Baden: Nomos.

5. Creutzburg, Dietrich; Schubert, Christian; Piller, Tobias (2020): “Abstand halten, lüften, Geländer putzen”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 05.05.2020: 18.