The numbers of workers employed on a temporary basis has grown massively over the last few decades. The benefits to firms of hiring workers on a temporary basis are clear and generally can be reduced to their cheaper short term cost. The status of workers employed in this manner however means that they are less likely to receive the same rights as their permanent working colleagues. This impressive new book provides the first serious analysis of temporary work and its effect on the economy as well as its ramifications for workers.
Author(s): Julia Connell
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 208
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 12
List of tables......Page 13
Notes on contributors......Page 14
Foreword......Page 17
Acknowledgements......Page 20
List of abbreviations......Page 21
International aspects of temporary agency employment: an overview......Page 24
Cycles of contingency: the temporary staffing industry and labour market adjustment in the U.S.......Page 47
Temporary agency work in the EU: an overview......Page 60
Temporary agency labour in the UK......Page 77
New employment patterns: agencies and agency workers in the Netherlands and Denmark......Page 95
Temporary employment: the situation in Canada......Page 114
Agency temporary work and government policy in contemporary Japan......Page 135
Temporary agency work in Australia (Part I)......Page 152
Temporary agency work in Australia (Part II): motivation, dynamics and prospects......Page 168
Agencies, agency workers and atypical employment in New Zealand......Page 187
Index......Page 202
