STUDY OBJECTIVES (1) To analyse the impact of flexible employment on mental health and job dissatisfaction; and (2) to examine the constraints imposed by flexible employment on men's and women's partnership formation and people's decision to become parents. For the two objectives the potentially different patterns by sex and social class are explored. DESIGN Cross sectional health survey. Mul...

Background Like many other low- and middle-income countries, India faces challenges of recruiting and retaining health workers in rural areas. Efforts have been made to address this through contractual appointment of health workers in rural areas. While this has helped to temporarily bridge the gaps in human resources, the overall impact on the experience of rural services across cadres has yet...

There has been growing interest in the impact of flexible employment contracts on workers affected by them. In the light of assumptions that such workers are significantly disadvantaged, European-wide legislation has been introduced to ensure that they are treated similarly to permanent employees. The evidence on the impact of flexible employment contracts on employees’ attitudes and behaviour ...

This research is descriptive in a normative juridical manner, using secondary data, primary and legal materials. Legal protection welfare for workers duty of government. One form by making policies revising Law Number 13 2003 concerning Manpower with 11 2020 Job Creation its derivatives Government Regulation the Republic Indonesia 35 2021 Work Agreements certain time, Outsourcing, Time Rest Tim...

BACKGROUND In the past decade flexible labour market arrangements have emerged as a significant change in the European Union labour market. Studies suggest that these new types of labour arrangements may be linked to ill health, an increased risk for work disability, and inadequate vocational rehabilitation. Therefore, the objectives of this study were: 1. to examine demographic characteristics...

The article discusses the peculiarity of second jobs, importance this institution in system labor law, as well a comparative analysis norms governing jobs. institute jobs is not an innovation law most countries. Along with aforementioned workers, recruitment qualified specialists for under certain conditions has become widespread. Employment nature provides unique opportunity employees to impro...

Temporary employment contracts are often regarded as ‘stepping stones’ for workers’ careers, because they can help inexperienced workers secure a permanent contract. Our study evaluates whether this stepping-stone function is moderated by the contract duration, exploiting Dutch policy reform that shortened maximum duration of sequences temporary with same employers from 3 years to 2 years. Leve...

The introduction of unemployment insurance savings accounts (UISA) in Chile in October 2002 led to more comprehensive unemployment protection while decreasing the opportunity cost of job change. Using a difference-in-differences approach this paper examines whether the introduction of UISA had an impact on the differences in subsequent wages and contract types of (i) workers changing into a new...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the characteristics of health workers. The objective of this study was to figure out the characteristics of different types of health workers involved in Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) work. METHODS The study comprised of 444 community health workers and 822 potential DOTS workers; the participants attended the training course and completed st...