TY - JOUR AU - Wysocka, Magdalena PY - 2019/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Advantages and Disadvantages of Flexible Forms of Employment in the Opinion of Employees JF - Olsztyn Economic Journal JA - oej VL - 14 IS - 4 SE - Artículos DO - 10.31648/oej.4932 UR - https://czasopisma.uwm.edu.pl/index.php/oej/article/view/4932 SP - 369-381 AB - <p><span style="left: 125.852px; top: 601.704px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.12428);">Flexibility of the labour market and employment in atypical forms has been indicated for years </span><span style="left: 99.2123px; top: 618.704px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.16158);">as a potential source of more effective competition. However, both types of flexibility constitute </span><span style="left: 99.2123px; top: 635.704px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.14021);">important changes for employees that cause concern in terms of employment security. In this con-</span><span style="left: 99.2123px; top: 652.704px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.17274);">text, the aim of the research was to determine opinions about the advantages and disadvantages </span><span style="left: 99.2123px; top: 669.704px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.12215);">of employment in atypical forms. The research was carried out in a chain of pharmacies and among </span><span style="left: 99.2123px; top: 686.704px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.14945);">paramedics, i.e. in entities where flexible employment constitutes the basic employment relation-</span><span style="left: 99.2123px; top: 703.704px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.16716);">ship. In the respondents’ opinion, there are more disadvantages than advantages of employment </span><span style="left: 99.2123px; top: 720.704px; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.15408);">in flexible forms, and the main disadvantage of atypical work is employment insecurity.</span></p> ER -