Problem
Exploitation of casual workers
Other Names:
Discrimination against itinerant labourPrejudicial treatment of contract labour
Nature:
Casual workers, of whom there is a disproportionately high number of women, are paid less than their regularly employed counterparts; cannot participate in employees benefits; are largely excluded from the protection of labour legislation and trade union affiliation; and are shown, due to the declining purchasing power of their low wages, to have a high incidence of malnutrition. Entrepreneurs using casual workers tend to have difficulties in forecasting their budgets and to exploit such workers, who may well be a new kind of marginality that could easily lead to social unrest.
Broader Problems:
Violence in the work placeExploitation in employment Narrower Problems:
Disadvantages of homeworking employees Aggravates:
Discrimination against women in employment Strategies:
Working from homeWorking from homePromoting equality of opportunity for migrant workersLiberating women worker's economicsExploiting in employment Subject(s):
Law → AgreementsSocial Activity → Work
Social Activity → Workers
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Society → Migrants
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
24.06.2019 – 19:02 CEST