27th August 2012, 07:30 PM
My comment quoted above was in reply to post #15 immediately preceding it, which discussed the true nature of ostensibly "permanent" employment. The same legislation applies to all employers of "permanent" staff and positions in any industry, and it's subject to the same strategic use and occasional abuse. My comment wasn't intended as an observation on the mobility or organisation of a workforce based on short-term contracts.
However, in this respect archaeology does have a lot in common with other industries like IT. It's just that the wages for that are better, so there's a lot less to complain about with short-term mobile contract work. In my experience, IT has a generally non-activist and non-unionised workforce. The only time I was a member of a union when I worked in IT, was when I was employed by a local authority.
However, in this respect archaeology does have a lot in common with other industries like IT. It's just that the wages for that are better, so there's a lot less to complain about with short-term mobile contract work. In my experience, IT has a generally non-activist and non-unionised workforce. The only time I was a member of a union when I worked in IT, was when I was employed by a local authority.