SOSA 2141 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Progressive Tax, Shift Work, Temporary Work
25 Aug 2016
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Uncertainty about the job continuing into the future. Short-term contracts with a fixed end date and opportunity to renew". She said there was an assumption that there were standard and nonstandard work; but it was really more complicated than that. Precarious work was a variety to aspects, and to examine. Permanence (permanent jobs vs. those with fixed end date) Location (work from home vs. on employer premises) Vosko: these don"t mean precariousness but they can. The precariat = a group or category of people. A class in itself a class for itself (marx) Class (marx) here is an expression of a group"s relationship to capital and the state also a status (honour, prestige) (weber) that can be lower than what the person is educated for. According to standing (2012 chart on p. 11) people in precarious jobs lack some or all of the following seven:
