The legal contemporary framework regarding individual employment relations has proven to be generally based on the proliferation of non-standard forms of employment, which respond equally to both employer and employee’s need for flexibility. While atypical contractual arrangements are perceived as key elements in finding solutions to problems related to the reconstruction of economic life and reaching a much-wanted balance between family and professional obligations, wide debates were noted regarding the negative effects generated by such situations on a legal protection basis. From the employee’s angle, atypical contractual arrangements generate a situation surrounded by insecurity, analysed under following aspects: remuneration and limited social protection, insecurity and instability that characterizes this type of employment, work conditions of the precarious, as well as limited promotion opportunities. Since the category of atypical contractual arrangements is heterogeneous and we are not able to analyse the incidence of these negative effects related to all the atypical methods of employment, the following article emphasizes the particular features of the employee sharing as a new, flexible form of employment, considerably convenient in a globalized context. Based on a comparative law analysis conducted in order to uncover various perspectives of the European Union’s Member States, this paper highlights the usefulness of implementing the employee sharing system on a national labour market and the opportunities created for the employees.
Generally, fixed-term employment contracts are seen as a stepping stone to permanent employment; they have become popular among the flexible forms of work contracts, and are the object of an increasing number of debates and assessments, investigating both the respective legislation and the specific consequences on the parties concluding a fixed-term employment contract. Despite the positive aspects of temporary employmenta positive effect on the rate of employment, and the common perception of such contracts as a preliminary step to permanent employment, as well as the flexibility they bring to the labor marketone cannot ignore the negative implications of fixed-term contracts on the nature of the employment relationship, the system of social protection, the working conditions, the economic security, and the job stability. Based on these considerations, the present paper investigates the advantages and disadvantages of the individual fixed-term employment contract from the standpoints of both employers and employees. Obviously, this approach aims to explore the usefulness and importance of these contract types, as means for balancing the needs of employers and employees on the labor market, and for identifying concrete instances that justify the liberalization of fixed-term employment, despite all the inherent risks entailed by any type of non-standard work: lack of job security; reduced social protection and security for those concluding such a contract.
Non-standard forms of employment have become current practice in most European legal systems, by virtue of their positive effects on labor flexibility – beneficial to both employers and employees. From a company’s perspective and interests, regarding the current context of labour relations, a new approach is needed and highly recommended. In an unpredictable business environment, only those innovative companies which have proved able to identify business opportunities and adjust to change have remained competitive. Therefore, the interim management program – as a new type of employment - brings forth an extensive potential for development. Since Romania is a country where this contractual model is relatively little known, this paper addresses some of the most obvious elements of this atypical contractual arrangement, which most authors deem very appropriate in the context of globalization. Our comparative approach seeks to identify various legislative perspectives on interim management and the conclusions of our research suggest the usefulness of the introduction the interim management model to the national labor market. The comparison of this form of flexible employment and other forms used in Romanian companies has been conducted.
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