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precarious work

non-standard employment poorly paid, insecure, unprotected, and cannot support a household
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precarious work

Summary

precarious work has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • precarious work is a type of employment[2].
  • precarious work's has cause is recorded as precarazation[3].
  • precarious work's facet of is recorded as shadow economy[4].
  • precarious work's has effect is recorded as precariat[5].
  • precarious work's different from is recorded as shadow economy[6].
  • precarious work's studied by is recorded as sociology of work[7].

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Definition and Type

precarious work is a type of employment[2].

Why It Matters

precarious work has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . ILO Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_precarious-work_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{precarious work}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/precarious-work}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0411652-prekerni-zamestnani
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0411652-prekerni-zamestnani, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  2. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → employment
    Studied by → sociology of work
    Has effect → precariat
    Different from → shadow economy
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007516756505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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