Category
page 1Precarious work
precariat
In sociology and economics, the precariat () is a social class formed by people suffering from precarity, which means existing without predictability or security, affecting material or psychological welfare. The term is a portmanteau merging precarious with proletariat.
day labourer
worker hired and paid one day at a time
temporary work
situation where the employee is expected to leave the employer within a certain period of time

freeter
In Japan, a is a person aged 18 to 34 who is unemployed, underemployed, or otherwise lacks full-time paid employment. The term excludes stay-at-home spouses and students.
reserve army of labour
Marxist economic concept

precarity
Precarity (also precariousness) is a precarious existence, lacking in predictability, job security, material or psychological welfare. The social class defined by this condition has been termed the precariat.
precarious work
non-standard employment poorly paid, insecure, unprotected, and cannot support a household
Twixter
Twixter is a neologism that describes a new generation of young adults in the United States and other industrialized countries who are trapped, in a sense, betwixt (between) adolescence and adulthood. This Western neologism is somewhat analogous to the Japanese term parasite single. The Twixter phenomenon was discussed in the 2005 issue of Time.
zero-hour contract
employment with no minimum work time
ghost work
type of conditions of computer work