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The changing concept of work: When does typical work become atypical?

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Schoukens, Paul, Barrio, Alberto·2017·European Labour Law Journal
DOI 10.1177/2031952517743871
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In most countries, a standard (or core) model of employment relationship (i.e. full-time work under an open-ended employment contract) typically receives the greatest labour and social security protection, with divergent work arrangements receiving less protection in correlation to the magnitude of the differences between the former and the latter. However, recent developments concerning non-standard forms of work may question this dynamic. In this article, we examine the nature and current evolution of the standard employment relationship, then analyse how other forms of work deviate from this standard. In order to do so, we draw on the conclusions of the numerous studies recently published by scholars and international organisations in the wake of the growing public debate on the ‘new world of work’. Afterwards, we analyse the situation of non-standard workers under certain social security systems, in order to determine how those systems have approached the divergent character of these forms of work. This leads us to identify the main challenges that social security systems experience when faced with non-standard forms of work. The article concludes by addressing the need to adapt the basic principles of social security to the atypical features of non-standard work.

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  • Recent years have witnessed the parallel development of algorithmic management in more standard work settings.

    “Recent years have also witnessed the parallel development of algorithmic management in more standard work settings, referring to work arrangements that are stable, continuous, full time, and embrace a direct relationship between the employ-ee and their unitary employer (typically organizations with clearer structures and boundaries) (Schoukens and Barrio, 2017).”

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Authors
Schoukens, P., & Barrio, A.
Affiliations
  • Tilburg University (NL)
  • Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Corresponding author
Schoukens, Paul
ORCID
Schoukens, Paul
Venue
European Labour Law Journal
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2017-12
Volume
8
Issue
4
Pages
306-332
ISSN
  • 2031-9525 (ISSN-L)
  • 2399-5556
DOI
10.1177/2031952517743871
OpenAlex
W2776834817
Cited by
77
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 1
FWCI
19.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
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  • European Labour Law Journal (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Research portal (Tilburg University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Labor Law and Work Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Industrial relations › Legal and Labor Studies
Keywords
standard employment relationship, non-standard employment, social security protection, new world of work, open-ended employment contracts, full-time employment, social security, labor law

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