Abstract [eng] |
This article analyses the trends of precarious employment in Lithuania. The purpose of this article is to analyse the concepts of precarious employment and to disclose the prevalence of precarious employment in Lithuania. The theoretical framework of the article is based on precarious employment and definition of precarious employment forms. The empirical part is based on the analysis of data from the Lithuanian Department of Statistics, the Eurostat LFS and EU-SILC data. The results of the analysis revealed that in Lithuania, as in many other EU countries, workers are increasingly exposed to the phenomenon of precariousness, do not feel safe about the future of their jobs, have limited career prospects, lack social security guarantees, and their income from work is no longer sufficient to meet the minimum needs. The material presented in the article showed that, since the end of the 20th century, the flexibility of labour relations has increased in all European countries, which has also had an impact on the increase in employment insecurity. These trends are also observed in Lithuania. For various reasons, occupational insecurity affects about 50% of population working in the country (by 67% in 2011, by 46.2% in 2016), especially lower-skilled workers, rural and elderly people. A more active discussion about employment security in Lithuania began in 2014-2015, when the New Social Model was developed. The collected material and the analysis of the research carried out have indicated that precarious employment is one of the most negative phenomena in the labour market, which reduces the attractiveness of the national labour market, and therefore its limitation is a very topical issue. The materials from articles of the LSTC researchers B.Gruževskis, R.Miežienė and Blažienė are widely used in this paper. |