Le salariat : mort ou vif ?

Abstract

The omnipresent narrative announcing a decline in wage employment and rise in self-employment raises questions about the best way of assessing and interpreting the conditions in which labour might be mobilised. The main issues here are whether the growing fragility of an archaic wage-based institution is cause for celebration; or instead, if there are reasons to regret a lost golden age; or lastly, if the very essence of wage-earning , above and beyond its legal aspects, merits further scrutiny.

Keywords

• wage employment
• self-employment
• subordination
• job insecurity
• work contract
• unemployment