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Precarious work

Work arrangements without stable hours, contracts, or benefits shift risk entirely onto workers while employers gain flexibility—gig work, contract labor, and on-call shifts exemplify this. The economic burden of unpredictability (irregular income, inability to plan, health exposure) falls heaviest on those least able to absorb it, making precarity a form of hidden inequality.

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