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Fixed-term workers: entitled to (un)fair and (un)predictable working conditions?

Consiglio, Annika LU (2022) LAGF03 20221
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract
The balance between increasingly flexible working methods and sufficiently strong social protection for workers within the EU is a complex balancing act that exposes legislators at EU level to major challenges, especially in light of the EU's limited competence in labor law. In recent years, however, the focus on the most modern forms of precarious employment forms has overshadowed other forms of atypical employment, which nevertheless runs the risk of being exposed to unfair working conditions.

This essay thus intends to examine the protection of fixed-term employees against unfair working conditions. Through an EU legal perspective, this essay examines how working conditions are defined at EU level and to what extent fixed-term... (More)
The balance between increasingly flexible working methods and sufficiently strong social protection for workers within the EU is a complex balancing act that exposes legislators at EU level to major challenges, especially in light of the EU's limited competence in labor law. In recent years, however, the focus on the most modern forms of precarious employment forms has overshadowed other forms of atypical employment, which nevertheless runs the risk of being exposed to unfair working conditions.

This essay thus intends to examine the protection of fixed-term employees against unfair working conditions. Through an EU legal perspective, this essay examines how working conditions are defined at EU level and to what extent fixed-term employees can rely on rights to fair working conditions. The term working conditions is not defined in EU legal sources or practice and a study of the terminology shows that despite the attempts to strengthen the right to fair working conditions conducted through various legal instruments, there is still a lack of clarity about what the terminology principally means, which consequently affects opportunity to invoke the right to fair working conditions. Particularly in relation to fixed-term employees, the results of the thesis also shed light on the vague difference between the term working conditions and employment conditions, which risks of compromising the protection of fixed-term employees as remains it is unclear to what extent fixed-term employees can rely on the right to fair working conditions. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Avvägningen mellan alltmer flexibla arbetsformer och tillräckligt starkt socialt skydd för arbetare inom EU är en komplex balansgång som utsätter lagstiftarna på EU-nivå för stora utmaningar, speciellt mot bakgrund av den begränsade kompetensen som EU har inom arbetsrätten. De senaste årens fokus på de allra modernaste formerna av utsatta arbetstyper har dock lämnat andra former av atypiska anställningar i skymundan, som likväl löper risken för att utsättas för orättvisa arbetsförhållanden.

Denna uppsats ämnar därmed att undersöka just visstidsanställdas skydd mot orättvisa arbetsvillkor. Genom ett EU-rättsligt perspektiv undersöker denna uppsats hur arbetsvillkor definieras på EU-nivå samt till vilken grad visstidsanställda kan... (More)
Avvägningen mellan alltmer flexibla arbetsformer och tillräckligt starkt socialt skydd för arbetare inom EU är en komplex balansgång som utsätter lagstiftarna på EU-nivå för stora utmaningar, speciellt mot bakgrund av den begränsade kompetensen som EU har inom arbetsrätten. De senaste årens fokus på de allra modernaste formerna av utsatta arbetstyper har dock lämnat andra former av atypiska anställningar i skymundan, som likväl löper risken för att utsättas för orättvisa arbetsförhållanden.

Denna uppsats ämnar därmed att undersöka just visstidsanställdas skydd mot orättvisa arbetsvillkor. Genom ett EU-rättsligt perspektiv undersöker denna uppsats hur arbetsvillkor definieras på EU-nivå samt till vilken grad visstidsanställda kan förlita sig på denna rätt. Termen arbetsförhållanden definieras inte i de EU-rättsliga källorna eller praxis och en undersökning av terminologin visar på att trots de försök att stärka rätten till rättvisa arbetsförhållanden som har bedrivits genom olika lagliga instrument så föreligger fortfarande en oklarhet kring vad termen huvudsakligen innebär, vilket i sin tur också påverkar möjligheterna att åberopa rätten till rättvisa arbetsförhållanden. I synnerhet i förhållande till visstidsanställda så belyser uppsatsens resultat även otydlighet i skillnaden mellan termen arbetsförhållanden och anställningsförhållanden, som riskerar att belasta de visstidsanställda och det råder oklarhet till vilken grad visstidsanställda därmed fakiskt kan förlita sig på rätten till rättvisa arbetsvillkor. (Less)
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author
Consiglio, Annika LU
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organization
course
LAGF03 20221
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
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keywords
Working conditions, fixed-term workers, precarious work, social policy, EU law
language
English
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9081226
date added to LUP
2022-06-28 11:26:26
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2022-06-28 11:26:26
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This essay thus intends to examine the protection of fixed-term employees against unfair working conditions. Through an EU legal perspective, this essay examines how working conditions are defined at EU level and to what extent fixed-term employees can rely on rights to fair working conditions. The term working conditions is not defined in EU legal sources or practice and a study of the terminology shows that despite the attempts to strengthen the right to fair working conditions conducted through various legal instruments, there is still a lack of clarity about what the terminology principally means, which consequently affects opportunity to invoke the right to fair working conditions. Particularly in relation to fixed-term employees, the results of the thesis also shed light on the vague difference between the term working conditions and employment conditions, which risks of compromising the protection of fixed-term employees as remains it is unclear to what extent fixed-term employees can rely on the right to fair working conditions.}},
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