Type of contract in U.S.A

1. Type of contract in U.S.A

2. Differents type of contract are avaible in the U.S.A. This is caused by the political and geographical configuration of the U.S.A: various countries with different legal systems which establish the rules for various types of contract • Job on call:It is a kind of contract according to which a company can call an employee anytime. The calling of the employee is due to the company’s productive needs. This type of contract has two main characteristics: ( the flexibility of the work's services and the compensation for the availability). The calling worker will be obligated to give his / her services at any requests, furthermore he / she is obligated to be available to the employer’s needs also after the given service until the following call. Of course the worker has the possibility to refuse the calling, but in this case he/she will lose the whole compensation for the availability. According to the low this kind of contract is possible to be experienced with the employee younger then 25 years old and older then 45 who have been dismissed because of the company reconstruction or close. • Job sharing: This kind of contract establishes that a service can be sharing by two employees, who share everything: the salary, and insurances. According to this job contract any worker is personally and directly responsible of the fulfilment of the service established ( the worker has the obligation to substitute the partner absence eventually). In this way the employer has the guarantee of the continuity of the service. On one hand the employer has two employee at the cost of one, on the other hand, he / she has a guaranteed presence of the employee at the workplace, with a low rate of the absenteeism.

3. Staff leasing: It is a kind of mobile job. According to this kind of contract a company can rent a skilled labour from the recruitment agencies. The leasing of the staff has to be justified by technical and organizzative reasons regulated by the low . The leasing of the staff can be last for long and intermiante period. This couses a grea disadvantages for the worker. Infact, according to the previous regulation after two years spend in the same company the worker must to be assumed. Now the leasing of the worker can be last until the retirement of the worker. In the U.S.A it si not contemplated any kind of job collective negotiation with the marketing agents. So, the parts are free to establish the criterioum to carry out the job contract. This doesn’t happen in Italy where the economic agreements are carried out with the contributions of the whole parts, the employee and the employer rapresentatives

4. Type of contract in UK

5. Various types of job contract can be found in England, where it is very popular the use of the “teleworking”. Working to distance doesn’t provoke any particular comments: it is a simple way of producing • Part-time job:part-time job is very popular among the foreign students in the UK, because they can study and at the same time to find a job. Part-time jobs are generally available in pubs, restaurants, shops and offices. • Temporary job : it is a provisional and occasional job- The request of workers for a fixed period of time (called “temps”) is wide spead among the English companies and so it is very easy to find a temporary job. These is an high request of temporary employees in the administration departments. It is possible to earn a eat with a temporary job. • Professional job: They are independent and skilled workers, specialized in engineering, I.T and accounting fields. They are very well poid. These is also the chance to work from home. • Volontary job : If you are an European citizen and you don’t have a work permit, you you have only a chance to get a job in the UK; you can get a voluntary job. You will not earn money but you will have board and lodging. • Teleworking: is very popular in the UK, It is the practise of working from home, communicating with your office, costumers and other by telephone, computer, fax etc..Teleworking has also developed in Italy in the last years due to the development of the new technologies and to the changing in the italian lifestyle

6. Realizzato da: GUIDI GIADA SPANO MONICA In collaborazione con: ZAFFERRI VALERIA