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Precarious Employment and Workers' Compensation

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 1999
Over the past two decades, the labor markets of industrialized countries have undergone a number of significant changes (see Brewster, Mayne, & Tregaskis, 1997; De Grip, Hoevenberg, & Willems, 1997; Meulders, Plasman, & Plasman, 1996; Quinlan, 1998).
M, Quinlan, C, Mayhew
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Time projections: Youth and precarious employment

Time & Society, 2014
The European and Portuguese labour markets have undergone significant changes in recent years. The high rates of unemployment have been accompanied by precarious employment – a phenomenon that is affecting younger people most. This article analyses how the future employment prospects of young people with few qualifications and/or ...
Carmo, R. M., Cantante, F., Alves, N. A.
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The Precarious Labor Employer

2021
Who are these rascals who are guilty of offering precarious jobs to their employees? Before we can answer this question, we must clarify what precarious employment is in the first place. This term refers to any and all jobs other than those that call for the standard fare of Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (or any other fixed 8 hour day), with
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The health consequences of precarious employment experiences

Work, 2011
Objective: This study provides a test of a conceptual framework of the stress-related health consequences of "precarious" employment experiences defined as those associated with instability, lack of protection, insecurity across various dimensions of work, and social and economic vulnerability. Methods: Data were drawn from the Canadian Survey of Labor
Heather, Scott-Marshall, Emile, Tompa
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Precarious employment and precarious resistance: “we are people still”

Studies in Political Economy, 2016
AbstractThis paper explores worker resistance at the point of production, and how the terrain of workplace control is both different and more ambiguous for workers in precarious employment compared to that of workers in secure employment. For the most part, this is the story of unorganized workers who face their employers without the protection of a ...
Wayne Lewchuk, Janet Dassinger
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