Janine Leschke 
Unemployment Insurance and Non-Standard Employment [PDF ebook] 
Four European Countries in Comparison

Theoretical background.- Labour market indicators and the occurrence of non-standard employment.- Regulation of temporary and part-time employment and reasons for using them.- Are unemployment insurance systems adapting to non-standard employment?.- Risk of job loss and the insurance situation of non-standard workers.- Conclusion.

Dr. Janine Leschke completed her doctoral studies under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Günther Schmid at the Otto-Suhr-Institute of Political Sciences at the Freie Universität in Berlin. She does research on employment and social policy at the European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety in Brussels.