‘Bad’ Jobs in a ‘Good’ Sector: Examining the Employment Outcomes of Temporary Work in the Canadian Public Sector

Canada’s public sector has historically provided good jobs, but its increasing reliance on temporary workers has important implications for job quality. We compare temporary and permanent workers in the public sector on three dimensions of job quality (employment security, access to benefits and inc...

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Published in:Work, employment and society employment and society, 2019-08, Vol.33 (4), p.560-579
Main Authors: Stecy-Hildebrandt, Natasha, Fuller, Sylvia, Burns, Alisyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Articles: Dirty Work and Bad Jobs
Earnings
Employment
Employment security
Job security
Occupations
Panel data
Polarization
Private sector
Public sector
Quality of work
Reliance
Security
Temporary employees
Temporary employment
Work
Workers
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