Zero-Hours and Other Very Atypical Forms of Employment Contracts in European and International Regulation

• 作者: Vincenzo Ferrante
• 来源期刊: 美中法律评论:英文版
• 学科: 政治法律
• 关键词: shadow economy undeclared WORK INFORMAL employment WORK on a casual basis PART-TIME workers job ON-CALL equal treatment mini-jobs
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（1）
• 页码范围: 1-11
• 页数: 11页
• 分类号: D

摘要

In the effort to develop a comprehensive approach to better and good jobs, it is a topic of hot debate as to whether the introduction (temporarily or on a permanent basis) of statutory legislation―different from the general law applying to subordinate workers―may encourage employers and employees to operate within the formal economy and in the context of regular contracts of employment. The essay analyzes from a comparative point of view not the traditional forms of non-standard employment, but those special working arrangements, that may involve very short hours (“marginal” part time: generally, fewer than 15 hours per week) or no predictable fixed hours, and those according to which the employer has no obligation to provide a set number of hours of work. The conclusion is that extremely atypical forms of work appear to give an answer to the challenges of the market labor of the urban economies of the 21st century, but that special legal provisions are needed to guarantee individual right to fair wages and to protect personal life of employees.