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Flexible contracting arrangements can provide needed flexibility to both businesses and workers. But contract work is also often associated with significant decent-work gaps such as reduced income and social security coverage. Excessive use of contract workers may lead to a decline in collective bargaining rights and the effectiveness of workers’ councils or representatives. In turn, workers may be more vulnerable to discrimination and poor and unsafe working environments as they often lack negotiating and bargaining power.
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966, Articles 7 and 9