Marco legal y contexto socioeconómico del trabajo a tiempo parcial. Su evolución y escenario actual
Callau Dalmau, María Pilar (Universidad de Zaragoza)
Resumen: En una situación de crisis económica como la actual, con altas tasas de desempleo y con un mercado laboral cada vez más globalizado y competitivo, el contrato a tiempo parcial se ha configurado, además de como un instrumento de interés entre las propuestas que abogan por dotar de mayor flexibilidad a la organización del trabajo, como una herramienta muy útil para afrontar el problema del desempleo, pasando a ocupar un lugar destacado entre las medidas de las políticas activas de empleo.
Sin embargo, es preocupante, el que esta figura siga aglutinando muchos de los elementos indicativos de la precariedad laboral, como la involuntariedad, la
elevada temporalidad, la retribución inferior, a la que le correspondería proporcionalmente a la jornada realizada respecto a un trabajo a tiempo completo, la concentración de colectivos jóvenes, o la feminización excesiva de este tipo de trabajo y, consecuentemente, las discriminaciones indirectas por razón de sexo que se producen.
Su régimen jurídico, es el resultado de una evolución normativa, que durante estos últimos años ha sufrido profundas alteraciones y ha derivado en un alto grado de flexibilidad, lo que puede desembocar en una desprotección absoluta del trabajador frente a una disponibilidad arbitraria de su jornada de trabajo por parte del empresario.
In an economic crisis such as the present one, with high rates of unemployment and a job market that is becoming more and more globalised and competitive, the part-time contract has been packaged, not only as an attractive instrument among various proposals advocating greater flexibility in the organisation of labour, but also as an extremely useful tool for tackling the problem of unemployment, and now occupies a prominent place in the measures set out in active employment policies.
That said, it is of some concern that this instrument still encompasses many of the elements indicative of job insecurity, such as involuntariness, the high incidence of seasonal employment, lower wages than would normally correspond proportionally to the workday when compared with a full-time job, the concentration of groups of youngsters, or excessive feminisation of this type of work, and consequently, indirect discrimination as a result of gender.
Its legal status is the result of regulatory developments that over the course of the last few years have undergone profound changes and led to a high level of flexibility, which may eventually leave workers completely unprotected against their employer with respect to the arbitrariness of their availability during the working day.
Idioma: Español
DOI: 10.26754/ojs_ais/ais.2016361492
Año: 2016
Publicado en: Acciones e investigaciones sociales 36 (2016), 169-200
ISSN: 1132-192X
Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)
Área (Departamento): Área Derecho Trabajo y S.S. (Dpto. Derecho de la Empresa)
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Sin embargo, es preocupante, el que esta figura siga aglutinando muchos de los elementos indicativos de la precariedad laboral, como la involuntariedad, la
elevada temporalidad, la retribución inferior, a la que le correspondería proporcionalmente a la jornada realizada respecto a un trabajo a tiempo completo, la concentración de colectivos jóvenes, o la feminización excesiva de este tipo de trabajo y, consecuentemente, las discriminaciones indirectas por razón de sexo que se producen.
Su régimen jurídico, es el resultado de una evolución normativa, que durante estos últimos años ha sufrido profundas alteraciones y ha derivado en un alto grado de flexibilidad, lo que puede desembocar en una desprotección absoluta del trabajador frente a una disponibilidad arbitraria de su jornada de trabajo por parte del empresario.
In an economic crisis such as the present one, with high rates of unemployment and a job market that is becoming more and more globalised and competitive, the part-time contract has been packaged, not only as an attractive instrument among various proposals advocating greater flexibility in the organisation of labour, but also as an extremely useful tool for tackling the problem of unemployment, and now occupies a prominent place in the measures set out in active employment policies.
That said, it is of some concern that this instrument still encompasses many of the elements indicative of job insecurity, such as involuntariness, the high incidence of seasonal employment, lower wages than would normally correspond proportionally to the workday when compared with a full-time job, the concentration of groups of youngsters, or excessive feminisation of this type of work, and consequently, indirect discrimination as a result of gender.
Its legal status is the result of regulatory developments that over the course of the last few years have undergone profound changes and led to a high level of flexibility, which may eventually leave workers completely unprotected against their employer with respect to the arbitrariness of their availability during the working day.
Idioma: Español
DOI: 10.26754/ojs_ais/ais.2016361492
Año: 2016
Publicado en: Acciones e investigaciones sociales 36 (2016), 169-200
ISSN: 1132-192X
Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)
Área (Departamento): Área Derecho Trabajo y S.S. (Dpto. Derecho de la Empresa)
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