Vulnerable Workers and Precarious Working
Title | Vulnerable Workers and Precarious Working PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Forsyth |
Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Pages | 315 |
Release | 2013-07-29 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1443851078 |
The papers presented here originated at a wonderful conference held at Middlesex University in London attended by experts on the subject of vulnerable workers and precarious work from all over the world. The aim here is to examine different aspects of these topics, showing the need for developing further research in connection with these areas of study.
Vulnerable Workers and Precarious Work
Title | Vulnerable Workers and Precarious Work PDF eBook |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Job security |
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"The Report includes 47 recommendations designed to respond to the challenges faced by vulnerable workers to reduce their vulnerability to or the impacts of precarious work which extend to their health, family relationships and other areas of life beyond the workplace. The Project focuses, in particular, on improvements to the statutory and policy framework of the Employment Standards Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act in protecting these workers. However, it also reviews and makes recommendations about existing community and government supports and programs for workers, employers and for training and education, as well as the role of labour organizations."--Publisher's press release.
Side Hustle Safety Net
Title | Side Hustle Safety Net PDF eBook |
Author | Alexandrea J. Ravenelle |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 343 |
Release | 2023 |
Genre | COVID-19 (Disease) |
ISBN | 0520387295 |
The first major study of how the pandemic affected gig workers--a sociological exploration that reads like a novel. This is the story of what the most vulnerable wage earners--gig workers, restaurant staff, early-career creatives, and minimum-wage laborers--do when the economy suddenly collapses. In Side Hustle Safety Net, Alexandrea J. Ravenelle builds on interviews with nearly two hundred gig-based and precarious workers, conducted during the height of the pandemic, to uncover the unique challenges they faced in unprecedented times. This book looks at both the officially unemployed and the "forgotten jobless"--a digital-era demographic that turned to side hustles--and reveals how they fared. CARES Act assistance allowed some to change careers, start businesses, perhaps transform their lives. However, gig workers and those involved in "polyemployment" found themselves at the mercy of outdated unemployment systems, vulnerable to scams, and attempting dubious survival strategies. Ultimately, Side Hustle Safety Net argues that the rise of the gig economy, partnered with underemployment and economic instability, has increased worker precarity with disastrous consequences.
Precarious Work
Title | Precarious Work PDF eBook |
Author | Jeff Kenner |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1788973267 |
This discerning book provides a wide-ranging comparative analysis of the legal and social policy challenges posed by the spread of different forms of precarious work in Europe, with various social models in force and a growing ‘gig economy’ workforce. It not only considers the theoretical foundations of the concept of precarious work, but also offers invaluable insight into the potential methods of addressing this phenomenon through labour regulation and case law at EU and national level.
Vulnerable Workers
Title | Vulnerable Workers PDF eBook |
Author | Dr Maria Giovannone |
Publisher | Gower Publishing, Ltd. |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2012-08-28 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1409460436 |
The leading academic authorities contributing to this book have been involved in major studies carried out for international organisations, individual governments, and national trades' union organisations; in Vulnerable Workers they consider the growth of job insecurity, the prevalence of flexible or temporary work, and the emergence of precarious forms of self-employment. They look at the new market economies of post-communist Eastern Europe and China, where economic development may occur at the expense of workers' lives and health; 'misclassification' by employers of workers as 'contractors', denying them access to rights; and the plight of migrant, transient and 'invisible' workers. The impact of supply chain business strategies on the most vulnerable workers; and on the complex relationships between levels of job security and the presence of different kinds of risks are similarly assessed. The contributors also propose responses to the challenges they highlight. The role of employee representatives is examined, together with the potential to enhance worker capability through organisational change. New legislative approaches, and changes to traditional compensation and social security systems are considered. Academics and researchers, policy makers, regulators, trades unionists and occupational health professionals - and wise employers - will all find a use for this book.
Vulnerable Workers
Title | Vulnerable Workers PDF eBook |
Author | Maria Giovannone |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2016-02-11 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 131700082X |
The leading academic authorities contributing to this book have been involved in major studies carried out for international organisations, individual governments, and national trades' union organisations; in Vulnerable Workers they consider the growth of job insecurity, the prevalence of flexible or temporary work, and the emergence of precarious forms of self-employment. They look at the new market economies of post-communist Eastern Europe and China, where economic development may occur at the expense of workers' lives and health; 'misclassification' by employers of workers as 'contractors', denying them access to rights; and the plight of migrant, transient and 'invisible' workers. The impact of supply chain business strategies on the most vulnerable workers; and on the complex relationships between levels of job security and the presence of different kinds of risks are similarly assessed. The contributors also propose responses to the challenges they highlight. The role of employee representatives is examined, together with the potential to enhance worker capability through organisational change. New legislative approaches, and changes to traditional compensation and social security systems are considered. Academics and researchers, policy makers, regulators, trades unionists and occupational health professionals - and wise employers - will all find a use for this book.
Precarious Employment
Title | Precarious Employment PDF eBook |
Author | Leah F. Vosko |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | 508 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780773529618 |
'Precarious Employment' explores the nature and dynamics of precarious employment in contemporary Canada.