Flexibile work relations with a focus on part time work

Abstract

The functioning of modern economy has imposed changes in all spheres of society, including labor law. The institute of flexibility was announced as a solution for unemployment, which enables the employee to adapt to the needs of the employer and the market conditions in respect to working hours and manner of work. Flexible work is seen as an entry ticket for the labor market for harder employable categories such as youth and persons with disabilities, while mothers were enabled to balance between family life and career. This type of work has certain advantages and disadvantages, which are the focus of this paper. The author has specifically studied part-time work as an increasingly frequent contract of this type, pointing to the risk of discrimination against this category of workers and the need for their protection.

Keywords

• flexibility
• part-time work
• unemployment
• reconciliation of family and professional obligations