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Contingent Employment in Europe and the United States examines the developments in labour markets in advanced economies in the 21st century, as regards contingent employment. This is defined as employment relationships that can be terminated with minimal costs within a predetermined period of time. This includes fixed-term contracts, temporary agency work and self-employment. Contingent employment has been the subject of much legislative activity in the last decade, at both the national and European level. Temporary agency work, in particular, has recently been extensively deregulated in most European countries and currently we await the fate of a proposed EU directive on agency work. The book is therefore highly topical

This report examines recent trends and aspects of the labour market situation in relation to non-standard work. The findings show that while both temporary contracts and self-employment grew – quite considerably in some Member States – during the long economic boom from the mid-1990s up to the onset of the recession in 2007, there has not been an increase in the level of non-standard employment over the past few years – with the exception of part-time work. The report includes a specific focus on work mediated by digital platforms, which has been viewed as an emerging challenge.