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The protection of atypical work in the Australian, British and German social security systems

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  • Karl‐Jürgen Bieback

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It is a common feature of Australian, British and German social security law to exclude atypical work from many normal standards of protection. Social insurance and occupational welfare law still concentrate on the standard employment relationship, as they use length and continuity of employment as the major criteria for distributing benefits, and means‐tested systems put those who depend on different sources of income, as most atypical workers do, at a disadvantage. However, equal treatment and even promotion are granted to one type of atypical work: the combination of domestic and atypical labour market work. Examples are the law of unemployment insurance in Great Britain and Germany, the family components within the social insurance schemes, the special British and Australian means‐tested benefits for the working poor family, and parental leave legislation in Germany.

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  • Karl‐Jürgen Bieback, 1993. "The protection of atypical work in the Australian, British and German social security systems," International Social Security Review, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 46(2), pages 21-42, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:intssr:v:46:y:1993:i:2:p:21-42
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.1993.tb00369.x
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