A growing percentage of the workforce in euworkers.fr is employed on a temporary contract. While some people choose these contracts, the majority of them endure them and face precarious working conditions. The recent health crisis has had a direct impact on these workers, with uncertainty around the extension or termination of their contracts. In addition, the lack of legal protection, the absence of a trial period and the high level of turnover among employers make it difficult for employees to reconcile work and personal life.

Temporary Work and Gender Equality in France: Progress and Challenges

These factors have major consequences. For example, people on short-term contracts receive less on-the-job training and are more likely to be the adjustment variable in case of economic negative shocks. Furthermore, they are not as likely to find a stable job at the end of their assignment and tend to be paid lower wages than their permanent counterparts.

Moreover, these working conditions have an impact on their perception of the organisation and its governance. In particular, the low levels of organisational identification among these workers have a direct impact on their reactions to injustice. It is probably this mechanism that partly explains the differences with low-autonomy and/or low-compensation permanent employees in terms of their collective response or avoidant or self-centred reaction. However, the degree of ingroup identification probably moderates this effect. It is also possible that it contributes to the negative impact of temporary work on the level of motivation and commitment.

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