Precarious employment and health Precarious employment and health: developing a research agenda

New types of work arrangements can be as dangerous as traditional unemployment for workers ’ health S ince at least the late 1970s, ‘‘flexible production’ ’ has commonly been considered as a positive and neces-sary innovation to ensure sustainable economic growth.1 2 The need to be ‘‘flexible’ ’ has been proposed for work-place technical systems, schedules and salaries, and ‘‘flexibility’ ’ has even been recognised as a positive feature of a worker’s personality. Increasing labour flexibility means reducing the constraints on the movement of workers into and ou