Cargando…

Personal Support Workers in Canada: The New Precariat?

There has been much recent discussion internationally about the emergence in modern society of a new class of workers – the precariat – with a common consciousness based on features such as low wages, insecurity, short-term jobs, minority status and restricted rights. This paper critically explores...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Zagrodney, Katherine, Saks, Mike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Longwoods Publishing 2017
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29274225
http://dx.doi.org/10.12927/hcpol.2017.25324
_version_ 1783289599289720832
author Zagrodney, Katherine
Saks, Mike
author_facet Zagrodney, Katherine
Saks, Mike
author_sort Zagrodney, Katherine
collection PubMed
description There has been much recent discussion internationally about the emergence in modern society of a new class of workers – the precariat – with a common consciousness based on features such as low wages, insecurity, short-term jobs, minority status and restricted rights. This paper critically explores the extent to which the growing, large-scale group of personal support workers (PSWs) can be viewed as part of a new precariat in terms of their position in the healthcare labour market. Drawing on currently available empirical data, this issue is examined particularly with reference to PSWs in Canada – drawing out some of the implications for government health policy in this sphere.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-5749522
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2017
publisher Longwoods Publishing
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-57495222018-11-01 Personal Support Workers in Canada: The New Precariat? Zagrodney, Katherine Saks, Mike Healthc Policy Discussion and Debate There has been much recent discussion internationally about the emergence in modern society of a new class of workers – the precariat – with a common consciousness based on features such as low wages, insecurity, short-term jobs, minority status and restricted rights. This paper critically explores the extent to which the growing, large-scale group of personal support workers (PSWs) can be viewed as part of a new precariat in terms of their position in the healthcare labour market. Drawing on currently available empirical data, this issue is examined particularly with reference to PSWs in Canada – drawing out some of the implications for government health policy in this sphere. Longwoods Publishing 2017-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5749522/ /pubmed/29274225 http://dx.doi.org/10.12927/hcpol.2017.25324 Text en Copyright © 2017 Longwoods Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 License, which permits rights to copy and redistribute the work for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is given proper attribution.
spellingShingle Discussion and Debate
Zagrodney, Katherine
Saks, Mike
Personal Support Workers in Canada: The New Precariat?
title Personal Support Workers in Canada: The New Precariat?
title_full Personal Support Workers in Canada: The New Precariat?
title_fullStr Personal Support Workers in Canada: The New Precariat?
title_full_unstemmed Personal Support Workers in Canada: The New Precariat?
title_short Personal Support Workers in Canada: The New Precariat?
title_sort personal support workers in canada: the new precariat?
topic Discussion and Debate
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29274225
http://dx.doi.org/10.12927/hcpol.2017.25324
work_keys_str_mv AT zagrodneykatherine personalsupportworkersincanadathenewprecariat
AT saksmike personalsupportworkersincanadathenewprecariat