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Working Without Commitments
Wayne LewchukMarlea ClarkeAlice De Wolff
其他書名
The Health Effects of Precarious Employment
出版McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2011
主題Business & Economics / Labor / GeneralPolitical Science / Labor & Industrial RelationsPolitical Science / Political EconomySelf-Help / Self-Management / Stress ManagementSocial Science / Social Classes & Economic DisparitySocial Science / Disease & Health Issues
ISBN07735382759780773538276
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=wnYJSc1HFEYC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋From the end of the Second World War to the early 1980s, the North American norm was that men had full-time jobs, earned a "family wage," and expected to stay with the same employer for life. In households with children, most women were unpaid caregivers. This situation began to change in the mid-1970s as two-earner households became commonplace, with women entering employment through temporary and part-time jobs. Since the 1980s, less permanent precarious employment has increasingly become the norm for all workers.
Working Without Commitments offers a new understanding of the social and health impacts of this change in the modern workplace, where outsourcing, limited term contracts, and the elimination of pensions and health benefits have become the new standard. Using information from interviews and surveys with workers in less permanent employment, the authors show how precarious employment affects the health of workers, labour productivity, and the sustainability of the traditional family model.
A timely and relevant work for uncertain economic times, Working Without Commitments provides helpful information for understanding the present workplace and securing better futures for today's workforce.