A case of employers never letting a good crisis go to waste? An investigation of how workbecomes even more precarious for hourly paidworkers under Covid
Herman, Eva ; Rubery, Jill ; Hebson, Gail
2021
52
5
442-457
epidemic disease ; precarious employment ; management attitude ; art ; care work ; service sector ; labour relations
Employment
https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12344
English
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"The fragility of employers' voluntary, business-case-based improvements to employment standards for front-line hourly paid staff is revealed in two organisational case studies from the art and care sectors. For different reasons, Covid provided a catalyst for employers to enact passive and active exit strategies that made work more precarious."
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