Abstract

In recent years, businesses and policy authorities have investigated the possibility of increasing the flexibility of the labour market as a method of improving workers' performance and facilitating their adaptation to increasing levels of globalisation and technological advancement. To be more specific, this has been a primary focus in the United States. Alongside these movements in manufacturing, there has been a concurrent decline in the level of job security. On the other side, not a lot of research has been done to evaluate the implications that flexible employment has on people's health and the conditions of their life. This is something that needs to be done. It is quite possible that this information will provide some insights into equity issues, which would supplement the arguments of those who advocate for increased flexibility in the labour market based on productivity grounds. Those who advocate for increased flexibility in the labour market based on productivity grounds include Studies that have been done in the past on the connection between job insecurity and health have, for the most part, concentrated on looking at how job instability is perceived. According to the findings of these research, there is a positive correlation between employment instability and both poor psychological and physical health.

Keywords

• manufacturing,
• productivity

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