Precarious work in Russia: status and trends
The article is devoted to the analysis of unstable labor relations in Russia. Employees involved in these relationships are defined as precariat. These labor relations include employees a) employed in informal work, that is, those who do not have employment contracts; b) having short-term contracts (up to 1 year); c) involved in seasonal and episodic employment; d) having part-time employment, e) agreed to work on the conditions of leasing or borrowed labor. The article attempted to calculate the number of employees employed in precarious work, based on Rosstat data, the Russian Monitoring of the Economic Situation and Public Health of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (RLMS-HSE), an all-Russian sociological survey on precarious labour, organized by the Russian State University for the Humanity in 2018. The data obtained indicate a high prevalence of precarious groups in Russia, and their growth is a steady trend in the development of modern labor relations. The main characteristics inherent in all of these groups were identified, their impact on the economic and their effects was shown. social and political life of Russia