Abstract
This is an opening theoretical chapter to the book which explains the difficulties that many flexible workers face in accessing social security as they have no employment contract. The chapter identifies a theoretical framework which needs to be developed to enable such workers to gain social security. The basis of this new framework involves elements of both flexibility and security. The authors develop such a framework on the basis of transitional labour market theory.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Social security outside the realm of the employment contract |
| Subtitle of host publication | informal work and employee-like workers |
| Editors | Mies Westerveld, Marius Olivier |
| Place of Publication | Cheltenham, U.K. |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Pages | 2-29 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781788113397 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Impact: This book has been acclaimed as providing new insights on the nature of social security for flexible workers in the global economy, both the developed north and the undeveloped south. The introductory chapter by Wynn and Paz Fuchs has critical impact as a basis for governments and policy makers in laying out a theoretical framework on which new elements of social security for the self-employed can be developed.Keywords
- Law
- flexicurity
- new economy
- self employed
- social security