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Foreign workers in Canada: Differences in the transition to permanent residency across work permit programs

Economic and Social Reports
Obtaining a work permit enables foreign nationals to work in Canada temporarily, and for many individuals, this serves as a stepping stone toward obtaining permanent residency (PR).
Yuqian Lu, Feng Hou
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Temporary work and the labour market

, 1996
This report considers the changing nature of temporary work in the 1990s. Both quantitative and qualitative data are used to explore the various motives which explain how, and why, employers use temporary workers.
Rick, J., Atkinson, J., Williams, M., Morris, S.   +3 more
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What Drives the Demand for Temporary Agency Workers? [PDF]

Temporary agency employment has grown steadily in most European countries over the past three decades as part of the general trend towards increased employment flexibility. Yet to this day, it remains an open question what drives the demand for temporary
Bentzen, Jan, Jahn, Elke J.
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How binding are legal limits? Transitions from temporary to permanent work in Spain [PDF]

This paper studies the duration pattern of …xed-term contracts and the determinants of their conversion into permanent ones in Spain, where the share of …xed-term employment is the highest in Europe. We estimate a duration model for temporary employment,
Barbara Petrongolo, Maia Güell
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The case of 'unwanted flexibility' : a study of temporary agency workers in the U.K [PDF]

, 2006
Temporary agency work in Britain has increased dramatically in recent years. Theoretical justification for this growth is centred upon an organisational need for greater efficiency as a result of increased competition in the marketplace.
Mollitt, Sarah Elizabeth
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Time trends and social security burden of temporary work disability due to chronic venous disease in Brazil. [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2020
da Coelho RM, Nunes MAP, Gomes CVC, Dos Viana IS, da Silva ÂM.   +4 more
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Temporary help agencies and occupational mobility [PDF]

, 2003
This paper focuses upon the effect of Temporary Help Agencies (THAs) on occupational mobility through a comparison of the job-to-job upgrading chances of THA and non-THA workers.
Fernando Muñoz-bullón, García-Pérez, J. Ignacio, Muñoz-Bullón, Fernando, J. Ignacio García-pérez   +3 more
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Who are temporary nurses? [PDF]

Using data from the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, the authors compare the characteristics of temporary and permanent registered nurses. They compare their findings for the nursing profession with characteristics of temporary and permanent ...
Andrew Goodman-Bacon, Yukako Ono
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Public health care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparison of job demands and work functioning between temporary and permanent staff

BMC Health Services Research
Background The COVID-19 pandemic posed an enormous challenge on the public health workforce, leading to the hiring of much temporary staff. Temporary staff may experience poorer working conditions compared to permanent staff.
Ylse van Dijk, Sarah I. M. Janus, Michiel R. de Boer, Sytse U. Zuidema, Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Corne A. M. Roelen   +5 more
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Employment and the organization of work in Italy, Italian issues around management and organization of temporary agency work

, 2008
The paper, prepared for the conference 'International developments in management and organization of temporary agency work', highlights features and peculiarities of the Italian experience of temporary agency work in a flexicurity ...
I. Regalia
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