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Precarious Work and Sustainable Development

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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Bad work; Low-quality work; Nonstandard work; Poor-quality work

Definition

Precarious work can be defined, in a general way, as a lack of security in employment that affects multiple dimensions such as the contract period, the labor rights, the wages, and the employment relationship.

Introduction

In the last years, we are going through a period of economic and humanitarian crisis. Wars, refugees, hunger, etc. are the real main problems that our society is facing nowadays. The United Nations (2018) has launched an initiative known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which is composted by a total of 17 objectives which main goal is to deal and improve the current situation. This initiative was born in 2015 when the worldwide leaders agree a set of objectives to eradicate poverty, to protect the planet, and to ensure a sustainable development. Specifically, it was in 2016 when it comes into force until year 2030. Before SDG the United Nations also carried out another...

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  1. Economic Development and Social Sustainability Research Group (EDaSS), Department of Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of A Coruna, A Coruña, Spain

    Carmen Gago-Cortés

  2. Jean Monnet Research Group on Competition and Development_C+D Group, Department of Economy, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of A Coruna, A Coruña, Spain

    María Alló

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  1. Carmen Gago-Cortés
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Correspondence to María Alló .

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  1. FTZ-ALS, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences FTZ-ALS, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Ctr Neurosci & Cell Biology, 1 Floor, Univ Coimbra, Edf Fac Medicina, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. International Thriving at Work Research Centre, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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Gago-Cortés, C., Alló, M. (2019). Precarious Work and Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Decent Work and Economic Growth. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71058-7_19-1

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