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  1. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › precariousPRECARIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    PRECARIOUS definition: 1. in a dangerous state because of not being safe or not being held in place firmly: 2. A…. Learn more.

  2. journals.sagepub.com › doi › 10How Does Precarious Employment Affect Mental Health? A ...

    Dec 6, 2022 · The reviewed qualitative evidence also underscores the common experience of marginalisation among precarious employees, with workers in causal and temporary roles feeling undervalued, socially excluded and exploited within the workplace.

  3. www.researchgate.net › publication › 344307107(PDF) Employment precariousness and mental health ...

    Sep 17, 2020 · This review has 2 aims: to identify scientific evidence on the relationship between various dimensions of precarious employment and mental health, and to synthesize the inclusion of a...

  4. www.oed.com › discover › precarious‘precarious’ - Oxford English Dictionary

    So we arrive at the modern meaning, now defined in the revised entry as: ‘Subject to or fraught with physical danger or insecurity; at risk of falling, collapse, or similar accident; unsound, unsafe, rickety’, with evidence beginning in 1727, and now continuing down to a nice, typical quotation from 2002 about climbing ‘precarious steps’.

  5. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesInformal employment, precariousness, and decent work: from ...

    Apr 4, 2022 · Despite this overwhelming reality, we have little evidence of the health impact of informal employment. In a seminal study carried out in Brazil, Santana & Loomis (4) showed that workers without job contracts (informal employment) had a 20% greater risk of occupational injury than workers with a contract (formal employment).

    • 10.5271/sjweh.4024
    • 2022/04/04

  6. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › 32940256Employment precariousness and mental health, understanding a ...

    Sep 17, 2020 · There is evidence of an association between various precarious employment approaches and mental health problems. Further research (preferably longitudinal) should aim to discuss theoretical models explaining the pathways between precarious employment and mental health, including a gender-sensitive perspective, and integrating several levels of ...

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  8. link.springer.com › chapter › 10Precarious Employment: An Overlooked Determinant of Workers ...

    Oct 26, 2021 · Empirical evidence on the adverse health effects of precarious employment is emerging. It is important to underscore that both precarious employment and its consequences for health and well-being are unevenly distributed across social groups (e.g., gender, age groups, occupations).