Abstract
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Social Policy Review 25 |
| Editors | Gaby Ramia, Kevin Farnsworth, Zoe Irving |
| Place of Publication | Bristol, UK |
| Pages | 227-248 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
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Keywords
- Precarious employment
- non-standard employment
- employment regulation
- EU Directives
- flexibility
- ‘flexicurity’
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Precarious employment and EU employment regulation. / O'Connor, Julia S.
Social Policy Review 25. ed. / Gaby Ramia; Kevin Farnsworth; Zoe Irving. Vol. 25 Bristol, UK, 2013. p. 227-248.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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T1 - Precarious employment and EU employment regulation
AU - O'Connor, Julia S
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This chapter situates precarious employment within the employment spectrum and argues that non-standard employment is not a homogeneous category in terms of employment characteristics and workers’ rights and security. It identifies a combination of elements that characterise precarious employment and mean that it can have pervasive negative consequences for individuals. An analysis of the scope and coverage of EU employment regulation of non-standard employment demonstrates that EU Directives do not afford protection to most individuals in precarious employment. These workers are not likely to be in a position to vindicate the formal rights afforded by such regulation, and many are in forms of employment not explicitly targeted by EU employment regulation. The chapter concludes that precarious employment is a significant potential, and unequally shared, risk of flexibility strategies, and a commitment to combine security with flexibility, that is ‘flexicurity’ in EU labour market discourse, does not obviate this risk.
AB - This chapter situates precarious employment within the employment spectrum and argues that non-standard employment is not a homogeneous category in terms of employment characteristics and workers’ rights and security. It identifies a combination of elements that characterise precarious employment and mean that it can have pervasive negative consequences for individuals. An analysis of the scope and coverage of EU employment regulation of non-standard employment demonstrates that EU Directives do not afford protection to most individuals in precarious employment. These workers are not likely to be in a position to vindicate the formal rights afforded by such regulation, and many are in forms of employment not explicitly targeted by EU employment regulation. The chapter concludes that precarious employment is a significant potential, and unequally shared, risk of flexibility strategies, and a commitment to combine security with flexibility, that is ‘flexicurity’ in EU labour market discourse, does not obviate this risk.
KW - Precarious employment
KW - non-standard employment
KW - employment regulation
KW - EU Directives
KW - flexibility
KW - ‘flexicurity’
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978 1 44731 274 1
VL - 25
SP - 227
EP - 248
BT - Social Policy Review 25
A2 - Ramia, Gaby
A2 - Farnsworth, Kevin
A2 - Irving, Zoe
CY - Bristol, UK
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