Reduziertes Schutzniveau jenseits der Normalarbeit

Health and safety protection for atypical labor, precarious work and work in private households has a number of deficiencies. Control and monitoring of recently revised laws has not been effective in preventing deterioration in health and working conditions. This is due to the fact that many instruments of labor and health protection focus mainly on the needs of the permanent staff. And even basic standards of occupational health and safety are not applied within the gray area of precarious employment. Employees outside the company-based organization, such as low-paid solo self-employed or contractors in private households are not protected by uniform standards. It can be expected that standard employment will continue to erode. Especially in times of continued and growing flexibilisation and commodification of labor, the strains on mental health are growing, while the access to ways of tackling work-related mental stress and hazards turns out to be a privilege of those employed in a standard employment relationship.