Kontakt 2006, 8(1):89-94 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2006.014

Flexible forms of employment in context with needs of persons taking care of other peopleHealth and Social Sciences

Hana Francová

Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra sociální práce a sociální politiky

Provisions of social policy should follow issues of the compatibility of the family and occupational life, for example through the mediation of the flexibility of hours of work, financial support for families and further tools of personal politics. The purpose of the present communication is to offer information on possibilities of concluding part time employment contracts and other forms of occupation with employers developing their activities in South-Bohemian region. Results of pilot exploration, which was performed by the techniques of questionnaires and non-standardized interviews, correspond to the very low frequency of these relationships and further forms of employment throughout the Czech Republic. The results also demonstrate differences in taking advantage of reduced occupational relationships between employers in abroad and domestic employers. This could be interpreted by the fact that flexible forms of employment are more common in foreign companies and thus, their occurrence is in agreement with these trends in Eastern Europe. Reasons for making impossible more frequent implementation of the above mentioned forms are, according to the employees questioned, particularly in larger organizational tediousness, specific orientation of the company or elevation of personal costs. Thus, the drawbacks in the contemporary model of the social politics (for example not flexible Labour Code) and unwillingness of employers to accept these well-tried forms of employment result in problematic position of persons taking care of other people.

Keywords: flexible forms of employment; setting of the labour market; persons taking care

Published: May 26, 2006  Show citation