Unemployment Insurance and Non-Standard Employment Four European Countries in Comparison
The importance of non-standard employment forms has increased over the last decades. Janine Leschke addresses two important questions in this regard. First, do workers with part-time and temporary contracts face greater risks of becoming unemployed than those with regular contracts? Secondly, how fa...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wiesbaden
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
2008, 2008
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2008 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Theoretical background
- Labour market indicators and the occurrence of non-standard employment
- Regulation of temporary and part-time employment and reasons for using them
- Are unemployment insurance systems adapting to non-standard employment?
- Risk of job loss and the insurance situation of non-standard workers
- Conclusion