Precarization refers to the act and the result of precarization, a verb that refers to making something lose quality. Labor, meanwhile, makes mention of what is linked to work.
The process that causes a detriment to the rights of workers is called job insecurity. Precarious employees lack stability and security and suffer from poor working conditions.
The usual thing is that job insecurity is associated with labor flexibility: the reduction of the regulations that govern the labor market and that protect the most vulnerable part. When a process of flexibility is developed, allowing employers to make low-cost dismissals, minimize social coverage and reduce wages, it leads to job insecurity.
While the defenders of liberalism argue that flexibility helps to invigorate the economy and results in more job opportunities for all citizens, the unions affirm that, when the State loses presence in the regulation of the market, there is job insecurity, with workers as great losers.
From job insecurity, people can have an income and, however, not cover their basic material needs. They can also be unemployed at any time and not receive compensation according to the consequences that loss generates.
Job insecurity also implies that, at times, employees must tolerate abuses of power by employers. The lack of hygiene in the work environment and the obligation to stay after hours without extra pay are part of this problem.