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Petricia Alach - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • just a temp women temporary Employment and lifestyle
    Work Employment & Society, 2004
    Co-Authors: Catherine Casey, Petricia Alach
    Abstract:

    Women’s continued high rate of participation in Non-Standard Employment, especially temporary and part-time jobs, attracts much critical concern. Many social analysts of work regard Non-Standard Employment as heightening risks of economic insecurity, workplace exploitation and social marginalization. Labour economists regard temporary and part-time work as comprising ‘secondary’labour markets and workers in this sector as ‘secondary earners’.Many analysts consider women’s over-representation in this sector to be a consequence of women’s exclusion from primary sector Employment and its expected better conditions.This article develops an interpretive analysis of a qualitative study of 45 women temporary workers in New Zealand in 2001–2002.The experiences and aspirations with respect to work of this particular sample of women currently engaged in temporary Employment relations indicate some divergent trajectories from those more commonly observed. In contrast to most current depictions of women and temporary Employment, the findings indicate that some women are striving to practise their own preferential Employment arrangements in ways that actively challenge conventional economic assumptions of Employment behaviour and traditional trajectories of women’s lives.The article proposes that these efforts may indicate alternative oppositional strategies to normative acceptance of qualitatively degraded jobs and Employment relations.

Janine Berg. - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Contractual status, worker well-being and economic development
    The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 2017
    Co-Authors: Janine Berg.
    Abstract:

    This article focuses on the growth of Non-Standard Employment arrangements in those segments of the labour market in developing countries that were previously the locus of ‘standard’ jobs. While informality is still a significant concern in developing countries, the increase in Non-Standard Employment has compounded problems for workers and the labour market, adding to the already heightened levels of insecurity. In addition, by weakening the Employment relationship, enterprises have less of an incentive to invest in the training of their workers or in productivity-enhancing technology or organizational improvements, potentially undermining economic development. Never the less, these issues can be addressed through regulations that lessen differences in contractual arrangements, as well as by restricting the use of Non-Standard Employment. Governments should consider instituting and enforcing these measures for the benefit of workers, but also for firms, and for economic development in general.

  • Women in Non-Standard Employment
    2017
    Co-Authors: This Document Was Prepared By Mariya Aleksynska, Comments By Philippe Marcadent, Shauna Olney, Janine Berg.
    Abstract:

    This policy brief examines the incidence of part-time and temporary work among women, discusses the reasons for their over-representation in these arrangements, and suggests policy solutions for alleviating gender inequalities with respect to NSE.

Catherine Casey - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • just a temp women temporary Employment and lifestyle
    Work Employment & Society, 2004
    Co-Authors: Catherine Casey, Petricia Alach
    Abstract:

    Women’s continued high rate of participation in Non-Standard Employment, especially temporary and part-time jobs, attracts much critical concern. Many social analysts of work regard Non-Standard Employment as heightening risks of economic insecurity, workplace exploitation and social marginalization. Labour economists regard temporary and part-time work as comprising ‘secondary’labour markets and workers in this sector as ‘secondary earners’.Many analysts consider women’s over-representation in this sector to be a consequence of women’s exclusion from primary sector Employment and its expected better conditions.This article develops an interpretive analysis of a qualitative study of 45 women temporary workers in New Zealand in 2001–2002.The experiences and aspirations with respect to work of this particular sample of women currently engaged in temporary Employment relations indicate some divergent trajectories from those more commonly observed. In contrast to most current depictions of women and temporary Employment, the findings indicate that some women are striving to practise their own preferential Employment arrangements in ways that actively challenge conventional economic assumptions of Employment behaviour and traditional trajectories of women’s lives.The article proposes that these efforts may indicate alternative oppositional strategies to normative acceptance of qualitatively degraded jobs and Employment relations.

Wendy Smits - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Inga Laß - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Effects of Non-Standard Employment on the Transition to Parenthood Within Couples: A Comparison of Germany and Australia
    European Journal of Population, 2020
    Co-Authors: Inga Laß
    Abstract:

    Using longitudinal data from Germany and Australia for the 2001‒2013 period, this study investigates the link between Non-Standard Employment, such as fixed-term contracts, temporary agency work, part-time and casual work, and first birth within couple relationships. In contrast to previous studies, competing risks event history models are estimated to simultaneously consider couples’ risks of first birth and of partnership dissolution. The results indicate, for example, that temporary Employment of the female partner, and especially temporary agency work, decreases first birth risks in both countries. This suggests that women, in their dual role as primary carer and secondary earner, seek a secure Employment position to return to after parental leave. In contrast, male partner’s part-time work negatively affects the first birth risk and simultaneously increases the risk of partnership dissolution only in Australia, suggesting a more important role of men as primary earners in this country. Overall, the study highlights the twofold impact of Non-Standard Employment on fertility, consisting of a direct influence on the first birth risk among stable couples and an indirect influence through the risk of partnership dissolution.

  • Trends in the prevalence of Non-Standard Employment in Australia:
    Journal of Industrial Relations, 2019
    Co-Authors: Inga Laß, Mark Wooden
    Abstract:

    This article provides an overview of the measurement of, and trends in, the prevalence of Non-Standard Employment in Australia. Using the most recent data from the Household, Income and Labour Dyna...