PRECARIOUS JOBS

The manifestation of the global economic crisis has revealed that employers’ reaction to the new challenges was to lay off employees with other types of employment contracts different from those for an indefinite period of time, and in the case of those who had permanent employment agreements, but w...

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Main Author: DORINA NIȚĂ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Petrosani 2017-12-01
Series:Annals of the University of Petrosani: Economics
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Online Access:https://www.upet.ro/annals/economics/pdf/2017/p2/Nita_2.pdf
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description The manifestation of the global economic crisis has revealed that employers’ reaction to the new challenges was to lay off employees with other types of employment contracts different from those for an indefinite period of time, and in the case of those who had permanent employment agreements, but were made redundant, the response was to re-launch the economic activity which did not necessarily lead to their re-employment; however, in order to maintain the flexibility of the company in the aftermath, it was more suitable to place them in atypical employment programs. Although one cannot distinguish properly between decent jobs solely based on standard contracts of employment and in parallel with the classification of insecure jobs in the category of atypical forms of employment, the risk of uncertainty is estimated to be higher in the second case.
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spelling doaj-art-e19fb8fc26c946e29d29ef4250f5a9482025-08-20T02:08:36ZengUniversity of PetrosaniAnnals of the University of Petrosani: Economics1582-59492247-86202017-12-01172165174PRECARIOUS JOBSDORINA NIȚĂ0University of Petroşani, RomaniaThe manifestation of the global economic crisis has revealed that employers’ reaction to the new challenges was to lay off employees with other types of employment contracts different from those for an indefinite period of time, and in the case of those who had permanent employment agreements, but were made redundant, the response was to re-launch the economic activity which did not necessarily lead to their re-employment; however, in order to maintain the flexibility of the company in the aftermath, it was more suitable to place them in atypical employment programs. Although one cannot distinguish properly between decent jobs solely based on standard contracts of employment and in parallel with the classification of insecure jobs in the category of atypical forms of employment, the risk of uncertainty is estimated to be higher in the second case. https://www.upet.ro/annals/economics/pdf/2017/p2/Nita_2.pdfemploymentatypical forms of employmentdecent workinsecure jobsemployment conditionsvulnerable workersflexible labour market
spellingShingle DORINA NIȚĂ
PRECARIOUS JOBS
Annals of the University of Petrosani: Economics
employment
atypical forms of employment
decent work
insecure jobs
employment conditions
vulnerable workers
flexible labour market
title PRECARIOUS JOBS
title_full PRECARIOUS JOBS
title_fullStr PRECARIOUS JOBS
title_full_unstemmed PRECARIOUS JOBS
title_short PRECARIOUS JOBS
title_sort precarious jobs
topic employment
atypical forms of employment
decent work
insecure jobs
employment conditions
vulnerable workers
flexible labour market
url https://www.upet.ro/annals/economics/pdf/2017/p2/Nita_2.pdf
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