Global precarious employment and health inequalities: working conditions, social class, or precariat?

Muntaner, Carles

doi:10.1590/0102-311x00162215

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“…Labor market flexibility has transformed the structure of the labor market by diversifying employment relationship to include alternative employment instead of only standard employment. Alternative employment refers to employment that is flexible, temporary, irregular, non-standard, or precarious [2]. Benach and colleagues [3] defined precarious employment as "a multidimensional construct encompassing dimensions such as employment insecurity, individualized bargaining relations between workers and employers, low wages and economic deprivation, limited workplace rights and social protection, and powerlessness to exercise work place rights."…”

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Associations among Employment Status, Health Behaviors, and Mental Health in a Representative Sample of South Koreans

Park¹,

Kim²,

Lee³

et al. 2020

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The purpose of the present study was to compare the health behaviors, general health, and mental health of South Korean employees according to their employment status, and to examine how these associations vary across genders using the latest Korean National Examination Health and Nutrition Survey data. Logistic regression analyses were performed using employment status—permanent job, temporary job, and unemployed—as predictor variables and health-related variables as the outcome variables. Results indicated that temporary workers and the unemployed have higher odds of poor mental health regardless of gender. On the other hand, only male permanent workers were found to have a higher risk of problematic drinking compared to precarious workers and the unemployed. Meanwhile, only women showed a higher risk of current smoking in the temporary job and unemployed groups compared with permanent employees. Regarding general health, women, not men, in the temporary job group reported poorer general health (i.e., low health-related quality of life and higher self-perceived poor health) than those in other groups. These findings suggest that the development and implementation of intervention services, as well as organizational actions, need to consider differential impacts of unfavorable employment status on health issues according to gender.

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Associations among Employment Status, Health Behaviors, and Mental Health in a Representative Sample of South Koreans

Park¹,

Kim²,

Lee³

et al. 2020

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“…Therefore, occupational health practitioners and policy makers should take a multilevel approach (labor market, organizations, and individual). In closing, some recommendations include making laws to regulate the labor market and proper administration in order to assure health equity, especially for socially, economically, or environmentally underprivileged workforce groups [40] , [41] .…”

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Health Inequalities Among Korean Employees

Choi

2017

Safety and Health at Work

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BackgroundSocial status might be a determinant of occupational health inequalities. This study analyzed the effects of social status on both work environments and health outcomes.MethodsThe study sample consisted of 27,598 wage employees aged 15 years and older from among the Korean Working Condition Survey participants in 2011. Work environments included atypical work, physical risks, ergonomic risks, work demands, work autonomy, social supports, and job rewards. Health outcomes comprised general health, health and safety at risk because of work, the World Health Organization-5 Well-being Index, work-related musculoskeletal disease, and work-related injury. Multivariable logistic-regression models were used to identify the associations between social status and work environments and health outcomes.ResultsEmployees in the demographically vulnerable group had lower occupational status compared with their counterparts. Low social status was largely related to adverse work environments. Especially, precarious employment and manual labor occupation were associated with both adverse work environments and poor health outcomes.ConclusionPrecarious and manual workers should take precedence in occupational health equity policies and interventions. Their cumulative vulnerability, which is connected to demographics, occupational status, adverse work environments, or poor health outcomes, can be improved through a multilevel approach such as labor market, organizations, and individual goals.

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“…Occupational epidemiology studies the effects of workplace exposures on the frequency and distribution of disease (Checkoway et al, 1989) and implementing strategies from an occupational health perspective has been suggested as a way to combat labor trafficking (Ronda-Pérez & Moen, 2017). Social epidemiology examines the effects of social-structural factors on states of health (Honjo, 2004) and social epidemiologists are well-positioned to document and explain the forms of employment associated with labor trafficking and the relationship between precarious work and health (Muntaner, 2016).…”

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An Epidemiological Perspective on Labor Trafficking

Gallo¹,

Konrad

Thinyane³

2020

Journal of Human Trafficking

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Ending all forms of labor trafficking by 2030 has been prioritized within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Target 8.7), yet progress in combatting trafficking has been limited. Human trafficking is recognized as a global public health concern because of its widespread negative impacts on individual and population level health. This has led researchers, policymakers, and NGOs to frequently claim that trafficking has reached "epidemic proportions". If such is the case, then using tools from public health and epidemiology can help to generate novel insights in the way we conceptualize, research, and address the problem of trafficking. Using a methodological framework known as the Epidemiologic Problem Oriented Approach (EPOA), we analyze the various components of labor trafficking identification and response, drawing contextualized comparisons with infectious disease epidemiology to characterize labor trafficking as a "disease". This crossdisciplinary approach provides a well-defined conceptual organization of the components that play a role in understanding trafficking dynamics. Epidemiology is highly relevant in the study of trafficking and contributes to the growing research interest surrounding the intersection of public health and human trafficking. KEYWORDS Labor trafficking; public health; epidemiology There are no jobs in Sein's hometown in Myanmar, so he made the hard decision to look for work in Thailand. Sein has been working as a fisherman now for five years. Though the hours are long, and the conditions are harsh, he doesn't mind as he is able to provide for his family. Compared to his previous boss Ohnmar, Cho is a saint, and doesn't take it out on the fishers when the nets don't come up full. Ohnmar was brutal-on one trip the nets kept coming up empty and the crew had to stay out at sea a further 3 days than what they had planned. He didn't let them rest until the hold was full, and because the extended trip was unplanned, they ran out of drinking water. When they returned to port, Ohnmar refused to give extra time off in lieu of the extended time at sea, and only gave Sein a fraction of the salary that he had been promised. Ohnmar had said that this would teach the fishers for not working hard enough. If the fishers complained, Ohnmar would think of another punishment for disrespecting himoften keeping them onboard the boat while it was in port. Sein had often considered leaving, but needed the money that Ohnmar owed him. Ohnmar hadn't always been like this-they had grown up in the same village, and Ohnmar had been the one who initially told Sein about his work in Thailand. Three years after Sein joined him on the boat, Ohnmar had been promoted to the position of Chiu-the right-hand man of the captain. It seemed like Ohnmar wanted to prove he was right for the job and deserving of the increased authority (and pay) that the promotion included. Cho was different. He pushed Sein and the crew to work very long hours, but always recorded their days at sea accurately. They often ran trips ...

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Global precarious employment and health inequalities: working conditions, social class, or precariat?

Cited by 23 publications

References 21 publications

Associations among Employment Status, Health Behaviors, and Mental Health in a Representative Sample of South Koreans

Associations among Employment Status, Health Behaviors, and Mental Health in a Representative Sample of South Koreans

Health Inequalities Among Korean Employees

An Epidemiological Perspective on Labor Trafficking

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