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EmploymEnt, work, and hEalth inEqualitiEs - A globAl peRSpeCTIve
employment security. while job security represents the ability to remain in a
particular job, employment security represents the likelihood of being able to remain
in paid employment, even if this is a succession of jobs.
in: Bartley, m., & Ferrie, J. (2001). Glossary: Unemployment, job
insecurity, and health. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55,
776-781.
Fair employment. while in recent years the term "decent work" has been
a guiding axis for the ilo's work, in emconet we have also felt the need to
establish a definition of what can be understood as the ultimate goal, in moral
terms, concerning employment quality. According to the ilo, decent work
means "productive work in which rights are protected, which generates an
adequate income, with adequate social protection. it also means sufficient
work, in the sense that all should have full access to income-earning
opportunities" (ilo, 2005). proceeding from this definition, we propose the
term "fair employment", which includes seven different dimensions. the first
of these is employment in the absence of coercion, or freely chosen work. this
excludes all forms of exploited labour such as bonded labour, slave labour or
child labour. second, employment that provides the worker with security (this
dimension relates to the types of contract, e.g., permanent, full-time
contracts) as well as the existence of safe working conditions. the third
dimension, income, requires that workers´ wages are fair (i.e., in accordance
with relative earnings in society with respect to occupation, skills, gender or
other individual characteristics) and sufficient for an adequate livelihood
relative to the needs of that society. the fourth dimension is protection. this
represents the availability of social benefits, including provisions that allow
conciliation between working life and family life. Fifth, respect/dignity, requires
that workers are not discriminated against because of their gender, race or
social class. sixth, the dimension of participation requires that workers are
allowed to have their own representatives and negotiate their working
conditions with employers within a regulated framework. Finally, the seventh
dimension deals with personal enhancement and absence of alienation so that
work is not a means of subsistence but rather, as far as possible, an integral
part of human existence which helps to develop people’s creative and
productive capacities.
Reference
International labour organization. (2005). ILO Thesaurus 2005. Retrieved
http://www.ilo.org/public/libdoc/Ilo-Thesaurus/english/tr2453.htm
May 27, 2009, from
Flexible labor market. A flexible labour market is one in which employees are no
longer expected to deliver competence in a single job, but to possess multiple generic
skills adaptable to changing employer demands.
in: Bartley, m., & Ferrie, J. (2001). Glossary: Unemployment, job
insecurity, and health. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55,
776-781.
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