Introduction
In the beginning of the 20th century contracting parties were free to determine
any contractual terms, due to the large differences in power that existed
between employer and employee. This led to great abuse of the employees, to the
detriment of the worker. Therefore the government decided to limit the
contractual freedom of the parties by law to protect the rights of the workers.
For example working hours were limited by law, so workers could no longer be
exploited[1].
In the 21st
century there is little talk of freedom of contract. Every employee is
protected by law, but new laws have stretched the working time legislation. Why
specifically this law has changed? Well, this is obviously because our working
schedule has changed! In
this report I will describe a few elements of working that have drastically
changed since the last decade, along with our lifestyle.
A shift in the working environment
It is clear that something is changing on the labour market. We are dealing
with a shift. The 9-to-5 mentality is no more. Work doesn’t necessarily stop at
five and the weekend isn’t per se the couple of days in the week when we relax.
Globalization has made it possible to be connected with the rest of the world
24/7. Every minute of the day people around the world are awake, awake and
working. And as big companies have offices and partners from all around the
world, they expect their employees to be very flexible in their working hours. Skype has become a normal way of
communicating or alternatively we just fly to the other side of Europe in a few
hours to meet up with a business partner face to face.
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