enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Workforce casualisation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workforce_casualisation

    Workforce casualisation is the process in which employment shifts [1] from a preponderance of full-time and permanent positions to casual and contract positions. In Australia , 35% of all workers are casual or contract employees who are not paid for sick leave or annual leave . [ 2 ]

  3. 1998 Australian waterfront dispute - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Australian_waterfront...

    The agreement specified a near-halving of the permanent workforce through voluntary redundancies, the casualisation and contracting out of some jobs, smaller work crews, longer regular hours, company control over rostering, and productivity bonuses for faster loading.

  4. Labour brokering - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_brokering

    Currently about 30% of the South African workforce is casualised. As casual workers receive much lower salaries than permanent employees, and as they have much lower job security, COSATU argues that labour brokering, contrary to the claims of its supporters, does not create meaningful employment and that it, in fact, violates the rights of workers.

  5. Contingent work - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contingent_work

    According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the nontraditional workforce includes "multiple job holders, contingent and part-time workers, and people in alternative work arrangements". [2] These workers currently represent a substantial portion of the US workforce, and "nearly four out of five employers, in establishments of all sizes ...

  6. Australian Workers Party - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Workers_Party

    The party holds that Australia's main political parties both follow neoliberal economic philosophies which have led to unacceptable levels of unemployment, underemployment, workforce casualisation, the deterioration of workers rights, worker exploitation, the emergence of the working poor and inefficient policies affecting Australia's workforce.

  7. Category:Precarious work - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Precarious_work

    Workforce casualisation; Z. Zero-hour contract This page was last edited on 20 July 2024, at 02:21 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  8. Liverpool dockers' dispute (1995–1998) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_dockers'_dispute_...

    At the heart of the dispute was a belief that Mersey Docks were seeking to reintroduce a casual workforce. [2] The National Dock Labour Scheme had been established in 1947, responsible for defining workers' rights, payment and training within a national dockers register; a National Dock Labour Board was also set up, comprising representatives from the unions and employers in equal measure ...

  9. Precarious work - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precarious_work

    Precarious work is a term that critics use to describe non-standard or temporary employment that may be poorly paid, insecure, unprotected, and unable to support a household. [1]