"The development of on-demand work is one of the recent trends in the organisation of work in industrialised economies. On-demand work is a generic term that includes various work arrangements that ‘involve a continuous employment relationship maintained between an employer and an employee', but whereby ‘the employer does not continuously provide work for the employee'. Rather, ‘the employer has the option of calling the employee in as and when needed'.1 This range of work arrangements is meant to meet the flexibility needs of companies that face peaks in work that are irregular and unpredictable. However, there is a risk that employers may misuse this form of work organisation to avoid the application of protective labour law provisions. Moreover, on-demand work raises two major issues regarding the protection of workers. First, the unpredictability of the number of working hours leaves workers in financial insecurity and instability. Second, workers may face difficulties in balancing work with personal life due to the potentially high variability of work schedules..."

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