Der 2. Senat des BAG hat in einer neuen Entscheidung klargestellt, dass Arbeitsplätze von vorübergehend (wegen Urlaub, Krankheit usw.) abwesenden Mitarbeitern nicht als "freie" Arbeitsplätze den zur betriebsbedingten Kündigung anstehenden Stammarbeitnehmern zu deren Weiterbeschäftigung...

I examine the extent to which workers who lose jobs find work in alternative employment arrangements including temporary work and independent contracting and find part-time work, both voluntary and involuntary. The analysis is based on data from the Displaced Worker Supplements (DWS) and the...

We study the paths over time that individuals follow in the labor market, as revealed in the monthly Current Population Survey. Some people face much higher flow values from work than in a non-market activity; if they lose a job, they find another soon. Others have close to equal flow values and...