EUROPEAN SOCIAL MODEL AND NON-STANDARD FORMS OF EMPLOYMENT

Abstract

The study is focused on the analysis of the open question of the European Social Model in the light of new forms of employment. The role of the social policy in the Member States of the European Union (EU) has been modified far from the concept of social justice and social security. Therefore, the welfare state has disappeared in the EU.

Prevalent ideas of the humane economy have been neglected in the contemporary momentum of the EU. When it was celebrated only economic criteria, the current development of society could be very fast, but at the same time extremely destructive, manifested in the inappropriate expansion of large-scale social problems, especially in long-term unemployment. In this context, it is important to consider non-standard forms of employment. This is even more essential, bearing in mind the huge existing problem of youth unemployment, especially highly educated.