A case of employers never letting a good crisis go to waste? An investigation of how work becomes even more precarious for hourly paid workers under Covid
Eva Herman, Jill Rubery, Gail Hebson
Abstract
Abstract 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.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Work (physics)Business2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Precarious workLabour economicsPublic relationsPolitical scienceEconomicsEngineeringMedicineVirologyOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyMechanical engineeringDiseaseEmployment and Welfare StudiesCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts