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The increase in part-time jobs has characterized many European countries in recent decades. This trend is mainly explained by the evolution of the regulation of labour markets. Countries have promoted various forms of labour flexibility, both with specific legislation and through deregulation and increase in the parties’ autonomy. The principal purpose of rendering the labour market more flexible has been to respond to new organizational needs and competitive pressures. On the other hand, flexible employment has the advantage of developing new job opportunities and reducing the level of unemployment. Moreover, the tendency to use part-time contracts is increasingly explained by changes in the demand and supply of labour.
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Italian labour law has in recent years introduced a series of flexible forms of employment which in general can be called ‘contingent contracts’. In regard to the specific question used in the questionnaire, it is possible to distinguish between workers on fixed-term contracts and em-ployer-coordinated freelancers. The former are employed as subordinate workers, while the latter have para-subordinate contracts, i.e., are similar to self-employed workers. Nevertheless, given that their roles in the organization and the temporary nature of the contracts are very similar, in what follows they will be considered jointly as temporary workers.
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Depedri, S. (2012). Does Part-Time Mean Part-Satisfaction?. In: Addabbo, T., Solinas, G. (eds) Non-Standard Employment and Quality of Work. AIEL Series in Labour Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2106-2_10
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