The world has changed in leaps and bounds. In many ways, the pace of change is faster than our ability to assimilate it. One of the most significant changes is the so-called temporary labor economy.
The Gig Economy, or temporary labour economy, is a new way of working, the main characteristics of which are the recurrent use of short-term employment contracts for small activities and depending on the volume of demand.
- In practice.
- This makes it increasingly rare to find stable and sustainable jobs.
- It is clear that.
- In these conditions.
- It is difficult to have medium- and long-term life plans.
- Because everything is always very uncertain.
For some, this is one of the most obvious forms of job insecurity. These people are right.
For others, this is an unstoppable dynamic towards which most employers tend or will tend in the future, an irreversible change that forces us to turn our life plans around again. These people are right, too.
“If everyone cleans their sidewalk, the street will be clean. “- Goethe-
The temporary savings model is ideal for employers in the first place, because they do not incur payroll taxes on their employees.
Secondly, because this new modality allows them to respond strictly to the law of supply and demand, and not to the obligations imposed by labour legislation.
For workers, the situation is different. In some cases, this could be an ideal condition, as it would give them more independence. As long as you pay for these sporadic jobs, it’s a good business, otherwise it’s a way to degrade your work and income.
Today more than ever, work is a commodity. Labor is bought and sold in retail, a technology-associated modality that has surprised many employees, the topic is a topic of debate.
Most of those who are linked to this temporary work economy do so because, in any case, it is better to have an income than to be unemployed and penniless, however, several institutions begin to warn of the risks of this new model.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned against this and notes that the main risk is that this would mean a gradual loss of labour rights acquired by previous generations.
The main bottleneck is that the temporary employment economy has become an important source of employment. If it didn’t exist, there could be a lot more unemployment. This, in turn, is the worst form of insecurity in a worker’s life. This seems to be an unresolved paradox.
With technological change and the new financial dynamics in the world, we are unlikely to return to the model of work that prevailed in the past. To create jobs, entrepreneurs also need the market to give them some growth security.
Thus, in many cases, companies have stopped working in a specific niche to do it in projects that begin and end, so the points of uncertainty multiply.
However, this does not justify the fact that the progress of employers and businesses must be based on degrading working conditions for the worker.
It is clear that both must initiate a process of adaptation to the new conditions marked by technology and immediacy. In addition, there will also be a need to push for a change in the law.
At the same time, workers should promote active accommodation that takes into account the following:
The key point is to be flexible and open, but also to define boundaries. The issue of the economics of temporary work will certainly continue and increase.
In this sense, everyone should analyze it and define the healthiest way to adapt and take advantage of this market dynamics.