Autonomie des agents et légitimité de l’inspection du travail

Labour inspectorion have evolved significantly over the past decade, in a way that affects, their organisation and relationship with the institutional environment as well as inspectors’ practices and how they are assessed. The very fact of affirming a labour policy has been the prime driver behind a...

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Main Author: Arnaud Mias
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: La Nouvelle Revue du Travail 2015-12-01
Series:La Nouvelle Revue du Travail
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/nrt/2314
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Summary:Labour inspectorion have evolved significantly over the past decade, in a way that affects, their organisation and relationship with the institutional environment as well as inspectors’ practices and how they are assessed. The very fact of affirming a labour policy has been the prime driver behind a rationalisation that, despite being largely inspired by New Public Management, also features a number of singular characteristics. The article equates these changes with a major restructuring of labour inspections’ "cognitive legitimacy", i.e. the ability to make actions and goals understandable and self-evident. Maintaining this legitimacy forces today’s civil servants to communicate and cooperate with other actors, exacerbating the tension that traditionally pits control against instruction by creating a greater number of sitautions where actors find they have to compromise, somethign that in turn affects their professional autonomy.
ISSN:2263-8989