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Creative labour in the era of Covid‑19: The case of freelancers
Pulignano, Valeria; Domecka, Markieta; Muszyński, Karol; … - 2021
This working paper identifies some key areas of policy intervention for advancing socially sustainable and fair solutions for freelancers working in the creative industries, who are among those have suffered the most from the economic fallout of the Covid‑19 pandemic. In particular, we focus...
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Social protection of non-standard workers and the self-employed during the pandemic country chapters: Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Sweden
Spasova, Slavina (contributor); Ghailani, Dalila (contributor) - 2021
. 2021), this edited volume comprises eight country case studies: Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal …
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What this pandemic reveals about the value of work
Koepp, Robert - 2020
The pandemic has revealed what kind of work deserves to be called ̮systemically importantŁ. Yet, as Robert Koepp argues, the struggle over labor conditions has only just begun.
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Die Fleischindustrie und Corona
Friedrichsen, Jana - 2020
Schon vor der Corona-Krise war die Situation der Beschäftigten in der Fleischwirtschaft beklagenswert. Es wird Zeit, über die Vorteile einer stärkeren Regulierung der Branche nachzudenken.
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Betriebs- und Personalratsarbeit in Zeiten der COVID-Pandemie
Behrens, Martin; Brehmer, Wolfram - 2022
Die COVID-Pandemie veränderte nicht nur die Arbeitsbedingungen der Beschäftigten, sondern auch die Arbeitsweisen der … Arbeitsbedingungen unter Distanzgebot und im Homeoffice anpassen musste. Gezeigt wird, in welchem Umfang Betriebs- und …
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Long-term residential care in Ireland: Developments since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
Walsh, Brendan; Connolly, Sheelah - 2024
Long-term residential care (LTRC) is a key component of health and social care in Ireland. Prior to the pandemic, over … the needs of the population increases. The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the LTRC sector in Ireland and … Ireland. The report will set the scene for later work which seeks to provide recommendations to help ensure the sustainability …
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Mental health and working conditions in European countries
Cottini, Elena; Lucifora, Claudio - 2010
Increased pressure for labour market flexibility and increasing demand over workers' performance have fostered the idea that working conditions, in most European countries, have progressively deteriorated with adverse effects on psychological well being and mental health. This paper investigates...
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Do legal immigrants and natives compete in the labour market? Evidence from Catalonia
Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2010
The precondition for labour-market competition between immigrants and natives is that both are willing to accept jobs that do not differ in quality. To test this hypothesis, in this paper we compare the working conditions between immigrants and natives in Catalonia. Comparing immigrants' working...
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Työolot ja tuottavuus: Työpaikkavirtojen nosteessa vai puristuksessa?
Ilmakunnas, Pekka; Johansson, Edvard; Maliranta, Mika - 2008
Analyses in this paper do not support the idea that job and worker flows have become more intensive and have deteriorated working conditions in the Finnish business sector. The magnitude of flow has in fact been rather stable since 1997. However, job flows are at a quite high level, as some 10%...
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Getting It Right: Employment Subsidy or Minimum Wage?
Strobl, Eric; Walsh, Frank A. - 2003
In monopsony models of the labour market either a minimum wage or an employment subsidy financed by a lump sum tax on profits can achieve the efficient level of employment and output. Incorporating working conditions into a monopsony model where higher wages raise firm labour supply, but less...
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