Flexibility and Employment Security in Europe: Setting the Scene

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruud Muffels
Keyword(s):  
Employment Security

scholarly journals COVID-19 and Precarious Employment: Consequences of the Evolving Crisis

2021 ◽  
pp. 002073142098669
Author(s):  
Nuria Matilla-Santander ◽  
Emily Ahonen ◽  
Maria Albin ◽  
Sherry Baron ◽  
Mireia Bolíbar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Contract ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
New Economy ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Life Changes ◽  
Precarious Employment ◽  
The World ◽  
Employment Security

The world of work is facing an ongoing pandemic and an economic downturn with severe effects worldwide. Workers trapped in precarious employment (PE), both formal and informal, are among those most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we call attention to at least 5 critical ways that the consequences of the crisis among workers in PE will be felt globally: ( a) PE will increase, ( b) workers in PE will become more precarious, ( c) workers in PE will face unemployment without being officially laid off, ( d) workers in PE will be exposed to serious stressors and dramatic life changes that may lead to a rise in diseases of despair, and ( e) PE might be a factor in deterring the control of or in generating new COVID-19 outbreaks. We conclude that what we really need is a new social contract, where the work of all workers is recognized and protected with adequate job contracts, employment security, and social protection in a new economy, both during and after the COVID-19 crisis.

scholarly journals Dilemmas of human potential management, from the viewpoint of employment security

Management ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-26
Author(s):  
Andrzej Bodak ◽  
Anna Cierniak-Emerych ◽  
Małgorzata Gableta ◽  
Agata Pietroń-Pyszczek ◽  
Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Economic Environment ◽  
Human Potential ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Employment Security

Summary In this study - based on the result of own and others empirical research, regarding conditions of person’s functioning in the process of work during the last decade of 2000’s - an attempt of indicating dilemmas connected with shaping of employment security has been made. The field of study was approached not only from the perspective of employees and employers, but also with the intent of showing the diversity of solutions adopted in this area The results of presented research have confirmed the validity of solutions postulated by science, in relation to the results of monitoring of the turbulent economic environment and the progressing changes in employees’ expectations

De ontmythologisering van de zzp-trend

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Dekker ◽  
Lian Kösters
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
The Self ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Relative Probability ◽  
Labour Relation ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Employment Security

The demythologization of the self-employment trend The demythologization of the self-employment trend In this article we investigate which factors contribute to the growth of the number of self-employed workers and which factors cause a decrease in that number. On the basis of this analysis we make inferences about the probability of continued growth. The factors that contribute to growth and decrease are derived from the available literature and are put into practice in a multivariate analysis, in which a comprehensive set of individual characteristics is used to explain the relative probability of becoming a self-employed worker. From the analysis we can conclude that the relative probability to become a self-employed worker is influenced primarily by age, gender and educational attainment. On the basis of the analysis and the literature we conclude that the growth in the number of self-employed workers is likely to continue, though not to the extent where self-employment is the standard labour relation on the Dutch labour market. However, the growth in self-employment does mean that an increasing number of workers are facing lower levels of income and employment security. A number of policy options to deal with these problems is discussed.

Employment Security

2018 ◽  
pp. 97-134
Author(s):  
Helen Forbes-Mewett
Keyword(s):  
Employment Security
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