Ian Clark – The Conversation

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August 9, 2023

A ‘shadow economy’ of firms like hand car washes and nail salons is exploiting workers – and regulations are making things worse

Rich Pickford, Nottingham Trent University; Alan Collins, Nottingham Trent University, and Ian Clark, Nottingham Trent University

Enforcement of labour market regulation among small businesses such as hand car washes and nail salons is too complicated.

Riders who deliver for online food platforms are self-employed, and can nominate a substitute to deliver on their behalf. John Walton/PA/Alamy

May 4, 2023

‘I’m always delivering food while hungry’: how undocumented migrants find work as substitute couriers in the UK

Pedro Mendonça, Heriot-Watt University; Ian Clark, Nottingham Trent University, and Nadia Kougiannou, Nottingham Trent University

Our study of food delivery workers in one English city highlights the daily challenges facing undocumented migrants in this sector.

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July 2, 2020

Working and living practices may explain Leicester’s coronavirus spike

Ian Clark, Nottingham Trent University; Huw Fearnall-Williams, Nottingham Trent University; James Hunter, Nottingham Trent University, and Rich Pickford, Nottingham Trent University

Cramped living conditions, a lack of social distancing and informal businesses staying open during lockdown may have come together to drive up the city’s infection rate.

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