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precarious employment

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Definition:

non-standard, atypical, alternative employment that is poorly paid, insecure, unprotected, that cannot support a household, being frequently associated with part-time employment, seasonal and casual work, self-employment, fixed-term work, temporary work, on-call work, home-based workers and agency work

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Context:

The rise in precarious employment has been linked to negative impacts on health and safety. In a review article and meta-analysis, 76 out of 93 studies found that precarious employment was associated with a deterioration in OSH in terms of injury rates, disease risk, hazard exposures, or worker (and manager) knowledge of OSH and regulatory responsibilities.

Term reference

Walters, D., Wadsworth, E., Hasle, P., Refslund, B., Ramioul, M., The SESAME project: Contexts and arrangements for occupational safety and health in micro and small enterprises in the EU – Final analysis European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), Bilbao, 2017, p. 7 [9.10.2018]

Translations

  • Български: несигурна заетост
  • Čeština: nejisté zaměstnání
  • Dansk: usikker ansættelse
  • Deutsch: precarious employment
  • Ελληνικά: precarious employment
  • English: precarious employment
  • Español: precarious employment
  • Eesti: precarious employment
  • Suomi: precarious employment
  • Français: precarious employment
  • Hrvatski: nesiguran rad
  • Magyar: precarious employment
  • Íslenska: precarious employment
  • Italiano: precarious employment
  • Lietuvių: precarious employment
  • Latviešu: precarious employment
  • Malti: preżenza
  • Dutch: precarious employment
  • Norwegian: precarious employment
  • Polski: precarious employment
  • Português: precarious employment
  • Română: precarious employment
  • Slovenčina: precarious employment
  • Slovenščina: precarious employment
  • Svenska: precarious employment