Precarious work characterised by low pay, inadequate and variable hours, and short-term/temporary contracts refers to the employment conditions that include the situations of uncertainty’, ‘instability’, and ‘insecurity’. Precarious work arrangements skyrocketed in the 1970s as a result of the worldwide recession and the weakened power and forced reduction of organised labour. As a result, considerable power shifted back to employers who steadily repeal employment protections whenever possible. This chapter seeks to shed light on the missing link between diversity and precarious work from the viewpoint of sexual and gender identity minorities whose voices have been silenced and marginalised in mainstream discussions. Due to the long history of legalised discrimination and the stigmatisation they experience, LGBTQ+ employees are overrepresented in precarious work arrangements. Since LGBTQ+ employees are already a vulnerable population, the adverse effects of precarious work arrangements are exacerbated. We adopt an institutional approach to explore the challenges LGBTQ+ individuals face in precarious work concerning macro-institutional factors (e.g., social, organisational, political, legal, and economic) and micro-level factors (e.g., interpersonal discrimination, exclusion, incivility within organisations). Through case studies from Turkey and the United States, we demonstrate the political and social mechanisms that legitimise and proliferate precarious work arrangements for LGBTQ+ individuals. We conclude the chapter by highlighting research questions that scholars should pursue further to uncover the unique challenges LGBTQ+ individuals endure in precarious work arrangements.

In this chapter, we explore the duality of the artificial intelligence (AI)–enabled gig economy in terms of the precarity and the promise it offers. In particular we focus on underrepresented and disadvantaged groups of workers who found new homes in the AI-enabled gig economy. We explore how their precarity is viewed in the extant literature. We then expose the lack of attention to this group of workers, whose exclusion from the traditional labour market was not originally problematised, who now are portrayed as suffering as a result of poor regulation of AI. As such we expose the hypocrisy in terms of how precarity is problematised with the development of AI-enabled gig economy and yet the potential of the gig economy to open up opportunities for atypical workers is often overlooked. One of the concerns that we observe is the over-representation of the atypical workers in the sector. We demonstrate that it is possible to have an AI-enabled gig economy which does not lead to precarity, if there is effective regulation of the sector. We provide a brief roadmap with multilevel regulatory controls for combatting precarity in the AI-led gig economy.

Precarious working conditions have been a significant global challenge across many countries, and the impact of precarious employment conditions, particularly on low-income refugees, has led to dramatic experiences. Drawing on a qualitative study, this chapter investigates the precarity experiences of Syrian refugees in Turkey. Our exploration which highlights the vulnerable nature of refugees in the work environment also reveals the unwelcoming treatments they face in social life. Our multilevel analyses represent macro-, meso-, and micro-level findings. The macro-level findings point to a lack of migration policy, insufficient level of employment laws and labour unionisation that worsen the precarious conditions. At the meso-level analysis, we found inadequate organisational level interventions by firms such as unethical treatment, intimidation for noticing police and wage theft. Finally, the micro-level results focused on social exclusion. The study contributes to debates on insecurity, inequality, diversity, and human rights in migration studies.

Wilson articulates a theory of multilayered representation in which nonprofit organizations play an important role. Applying James Madison’s Federalist No. 10 to the nonprofit sector, the author maintains that nonprofits offer additional layers of representation outside of election cycles and party platforms. Nonprofit organizations enable multilayered representation by reflecting the multidimensional needs and aspirations of individuals and the communities to which they belong. This representation lessens the possibility of faction as nonprofits create a wide and varied range of opportunities for identity development at both the individual and community levels.

The authors of this chapter conceptualize the “three-failures” perspective in nonprofit-sector theorizing. They then propose the sectoral advantage framework, which revises and generalizes the three-failures approach. The revised framework offers a set of questions and a way of thinking about and interpreting diverse puzzles in the field. The framework uses consistent definitions and criteria so that it can be applied to a broad range of institutions, cultures, and historical periods. The authors develop three themes within the framework: First, they add the family sector and consider its comparative advantages, failures, and activities. Second, they generalize government failure to make it more comprehensive and applicable outside Western democracies. Third, they suggest the capability approach should be incorporated in the determination of sectoral advantages.

Does the applicable law have an impact on the legal effects of contract terms? Is there a convergence between the common law and the civil law? To what extent does the principle of good faith influence the effects of a contract? Does arbitration ensure a uniform interpretation of contracts?