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Non-standard employment


  • Here are entered general works on forms of employment that lack job stability, entitlement to fringe benefits, etc. Works on specific forms of employment are entered under the specific term, e.g., Flexible work arrangements, Gig economy.
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    • Non-standard forms of employment
    • Non-standard work
    • Non-standard work arrangements
    • Non-standard workers
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    • found: Work cat: The rise of non-standard employment in selected ASEAN countries, 2014:p. 1 (Non-standard forms of employment; Non-standard employment, i.e., contract work, outsourced work, agency-supplied work, agency-hired work, labour contracting, seasonal work, project-based work, casual work)
    • found: Non-standard employment around the world, 2016.
    • found: OCLC, Feb. 14, 2022(in titles: Non-standard employment , Non-standard work arrangements, Non-standard forms of employment; Non-standard work; Non-standard workers)
    • found: International Labor Organization website, Feb. 10, 2022:Topics ("Non-standard forms of employment" -- also referred to as diverse forms of work -- is an umbrella term for different employment arrangements that deviate from standard employment. They include temporary employment; part-time and on-call work; temporary agency work and other multiparty employment relationships; as well as disguised employment and dependent self-employment)
    • found: Encyclopedia.com website, Feb. 10, 2022(Non-standard worker; non-standard worker, non-standard employment These terms refer to forms of employment that lack the job-stability and entitlement to fringe benefits, union membership, and the social security of full-time, stable ('standard') employees. Non-standard employment includes part-time work, temporary work, fixed-term contracting and subcontracting, self-employment, and homework. Non-standard forms of employment are thought to have grown in recent years with the increase in flexible production methods)
    • notfound: Discrimination in employment
  • General Notes

    • Here are entered general works on forms of employment that lack job stability, entitlement to fringe benefits, etc. Works on specific forms of employment are entered under the specific term, e.g., Flexible work arrangements, Gig economy.
  • History Notes

    • [Established May 2022.]
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  • Change Notes

    • 2022-02-11: new
    • 2022-05-26: revised
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