ПРЕКАРИЗАЦИЯ ЗАНЯТОСТИ И ЕЕ ОСОБЕННОСТИ В ПОКОЛЕННЫХ ГРУППАХ РАБОТНИКОВ В ОЦЕНКАХ ПРОФСОЮЗНЫХ ЭКСПЕРТОВ

Abstract

The object of the study is precarious employment. The purpose of the paper is to clarify the theoretical, methodological, and practical aspects of the problems of precarious employment on the basis of expert assessments of specialists, whose focus is on the protection of social and labor rights and interests of employees. The study is based on an expert survey conducted by the authors in 2022 among experts representing member organizations of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia. The results of the study based on the generalization of expert assessments: 1) the indicators for the identification of precarious employment were clarified and their list was determined, fixing objective (type of registration and employment conditions) and subjective (through self-assessments of employees) manifestations; 2) the level of income of the main employment was determined, which indicates precarious employment and the risks of instability of the financial situation of employees’ households (differentiated by types of employees’ households); 3) the concentration of manifestations of precarization of employment in its various forms was revealed; 4) the features of precarization of employment in different generational groups of employees - youth (under 35 years), middle-aged (from 36 years to retirement age) and older (retirement age) generations were highlighted; 5) the opinions of experts and arguments on the issues of social insurance of employed in the economy of individuals with high risks of precarization of employment are identified. The results of the study may be in demand by the research community, executive and legislative authorities, and trade unions. The scope of application of the results is the development of theoretical, methodological, and instrumental foundations for identifying precarious employment, improving employment policy, remuneration, and social protection to improve employment quality and ensure employee guarantees and rights.