Dilemmas Between Temporary And Permanent Labour

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Not everybody can be in permanent labour. From employer point of view, they always want to reduce expenses. So during the business is slow, they lay off workers. They are temporary workers. I think this isn’t very worst problem since workers at least get jobs and earn something. Also if you were under certain wage, you get help from government. Although employers are taking advantage of these situations and they aren’t willing to hire permanent workers to avoid many benefits toward workers. There are cons and pros about temporary workers in our labour market. Temporary workers are always in situation that they can be laid off or get fired. Employers are always ready to fire them off if they become burden or so. In the book Work, “They don’t really protect you… You’re replaceable” (07) shows that what kind of situation temporary workers are in. I worked in market as temporary worker, and I was doing food demonstration where my mother worked, not in same department. Although manager promised that he would hire me until the school starts, he ended up fired me. I wasn’t getting any kind of benefit from working there. I was working 12 hours each day. I got called if someone couldn’t make it to work. I couldn’t refuse to do their favors because I was easily replaceable and they knew it was high demand job for students like me. Temporary workers are not protected. Temporary workers are hired with minimum wage with maximum labour. Author states that “When effort and rewards are imbalanced, workers are stressed and in the long run are more likely to experience negative health outcome” (07). Every employers want workers to do more tasks done in their working hours. I once worked in clothing store. The store gets the shipment twice a year. When the shipment is scheduled, boss called me to do work and ask to do work until all the inventory is checked and organized. He didn’t

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