Temporary workers: Employee rights and employer responsibilities

Historically, those societies that have the longest tradition in multicultural policies are settler societies. The question of how to deal with temporary migrants has only recently aroused their interest. In Europe, temporary migration programmes have a much longer history. In the period after WWII, a wide range of legal frameworks were set up to import temporary workers, who came to be known as guest workers. In the end, many of these ‘guests’ settled in Europe permanently. Their presence lay at the basis of European multicultural policies. However, when these policies were drafted, the former mobility of guest workers had been forgotten. This chapter will focus on this mobility of initially temporary workers, comparing the period of economic growth 1945-1974 with the years after the 1974 economic crisis. Further, it will look at the kind of policies that were developed towards guest workers in the era before multiculturalism. This way, it shows how their consideration as temporary residents had far-reaching consequences for the immigrants, their descendants and the receiving societies involved. The chapter will finish by suggesting a number of lessons from the past. If the mobility-gap between guest workers and present-day migrants is not as big as generally assumed, then the consequences of previous neglect should serve as a warning for future policy making.

Determination of allostatic load dynamics in the assessment of adaptation in temporary workers in the Arctic

Russian Journal of Occupational Health and Industrial Ecology ◽

10.31089/1026-9428-2019-59-9-547-548 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 547-548

Author(s):

O. Yu. Atkov ◽

S. G. Gorokhova

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Glucose Level ◽

Shift Work ◽

Allostatic Load ◽

The Arctic ◽

Temporary Workers ◽

Short Term ◽

Short Term Adaptation ◽

The Individual

The individual dynamics of the allostatic load index was revealed mainly due to changes in the glucose level, body mass index, which makes it applicable for assessing the short-term adaptation to the stay in the conditions of shift work

Employee Rights and Dividend Policy Around the World

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.1746465 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Bing Yu

Keyword(s):

Dividend Policy ◽

Employee Rights ◽

The World

Consequences of Using Temporary Workers as a Response to Pressure in Service Operations

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2702614 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Luis E. Lopez ◽

Carlos M. Fernnndez

Keyword(s):

Service Operations ◽

Temporary Workers

The Contractual Diminishing of FMLA Employee Rights

Journal of Collective Negotiations (formerly Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector) ◽

10.2190/cn.32.4.b ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 32 (4) ◽

pp. 279-286

Author(s):

Bernadette Marczely

Keyword(s):

Employee Rights

Risks that are “worthy” to take: temporary workers’ risk-benefit and willingness perceptions

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology ◽

10.1080/1359432x.2021.1886086 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-16

Author(s):

Frank B. Giordano ◽

Stacy A. Stoffregen ◽

Leah S. Klos ◽

Jin Lee

Keyword(s):

Temporary Workers

Analyses and anticipating the future trend of accidents in an electricity distribution company of Iran: A time series analysis

Work ◽

10.3233/wor-213456 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Shirin Nasrollah Nejhad ◽

Tayebeh Ilaghinezhad Bardsiri ◽

Maryam feiz arefi ◽

Amin babaei poya ◽

Ehsan mazloumi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Time Series ◽

Time Series Analysis ◽

Occupational Injuries ◽

Model Management ◽

High Rate ◽

Electricity Distribution ◽

Temporary Workers ◽

Series Analysis ◽

The Future ◽

Distribution Company

BACKGROUND: Many work-related fatalities happen every year in electricity distribution companies. This study was conducted to model accidents using the time series analysis and survey descriptive factors of injuries in an electricity distribution company in Tehran, Iran. METHODS: Data related to 2010 to 2017 were collected from the database of the safety department. Time Series and trend analysis were used for data analyzing and anticipating the accidents up to 2022. RESULT: Most of the accidents occurred in summer. Workers’ negligence was the reason for 75%of deaths. Employment type and type of injuries had a significant relationship (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The anticipating model indicated occupational injuries are going to have an increase in the future. A high rate of accidents in summer maybe because of the warm weather or insufficient skills in temporary workers. Temporary workers have no chance to work in a year like permanent workers, therefore acquisition experiences may be less in them. Based on the estimating model, Management should pay attention to those sectors of the company where most of the risky activities take place. Also, training programs and using personal protective equipment can help to protect workers in hazardous conditions.

Temporary Workers and Direct Voting Systems for Workers’ Representation

Economic and Industrial Democracy ◽

10.1177/0143831x06065966 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 505-535 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Miguel A. Malo

Keyword(s):

Temporary Workers ◽

Voting Systems

Migration from India to Australia

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal ◽

10.1177/011719689400300207 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 3 (2-3) ◽

pp. 393-409 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

S.P. Awasthi ◽

Ashoka Chandra

Keyword(s):

Labor Force ◽

Temporary Workers ◽

Future Prospects ◽

Permanent Residence ◽

Source Countries ◽

Indian Students

The article examines the contemporary trends and future prospects of migration from India to Australia. The focus is on Indian Settlers and Temporary Entrants admitted to Australia for employment and Indian students admitted to Australia for higher studies. The volume of emigration for permanent residence during the early 1990s has made India one of the leading source countries of migration to Australia. A majority of Indians admitted as Settlers every year join the labor force. Recent data indicate that, among Indian Settlers, there is a preponderance of unsponsored Independent Skilled Migrants. Given the anticipated growth in the number of Indian students, the coming years are likely to witness a spurt in Skilled Temporary Workers from India.

New social risk groups, industrial relations regimes and union membership

Journal of European Social Policy ◽

10.1177/0958928717735054 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 242-254 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Young-Kyu Shin ◽

Tuomas Ylä-Anttila

Keyword(s):

Trade Unions ◽

Family Policy ◽

Industrial Relations ◽

Logistic Models ◽

Single Parents ◽

Risk Groups ◽

European Social Survey ◽

Social Risk ◽

Temporary Workers ◽

Country Level

The literature on new social risk (NSR) groups, such as single parents and temporary workers, has argued that they are less likely to join trade unions than other employees. It has been suggested that this is due to the unions’ incapacity or unwillingness to promote policies that mediate NSRs. We argue that there are differences in unionization between different NSR groups, and that country-level institutional structures, operationalized here as industrial relations (IR) regimes, have effects on how likely NSR groups are to unionize. Our multilevel logistic models using European Social Survey (ESS) data produce three main results: (1) family policy-related NSR groups (single parents, female employees with children and female caregivers) are more – not less – unionized than the average worker; (2) precarious workers (low-skilled service employees, temporary employees and part-timers) are, indeed, less unionized than average but (3) this result concerns mostly the liberal and transitional IR regimes.