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Irma Tkemaladze
NONSTANDARD FORMS OF EMPLOYMENT - SYSTEMIC RISK OR THE WAY FOR INCREASING THE GENERAL ECONOMIC WELL-BEING

Summary 

Reduction of unemployment and production costs, increasing productivity and motivation, more flexibility in working hours, the possibility to get a job and extra income in any part of the world are the benefits associated with the nonstandard forms of employment. However, there are some negative effects and consequences as well, like decrease in social protection of workers, reduction of control over production costs, psychological problems related to the uncertainty of future, the risk of protecting the confidentiality of information, negative impact on the economy in terms of budget and tax consequences.

It is hard to determine whether nonstandard forms of employment have more positive or negative effects. However, one thing is obvious, modernization of the labor market in response to structural changes of economy and changes in the character of labor is an inevitable process.