Flexible Employment Development in Post-COVID Economic Revival

ABSTRACT

This chapter, "Flexible Employment Development in Post-COVID Economic Revival” as it flows from the title, is devoted to flexible employment in post-pandemic period. The economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has had profound impacts on the labor market. Compared with regular employment, flexible employment represented by non-standard employment, part-time job, self-employment and other forms that rely on the Internet platform have played an increasingly more important role in China's economic revival. This chapter focuses on flexible employment development during the post-COVID economic recovery in China. Specifically, it summarizes the current situation of flexible employment in China in the post-COVID era first, and then further discusses the factors that may affect flexible employment as well as potential barriers under the global spread of COVID-19. On this basis, some possible suggestions are put forward. With a more flexible labor market in the future, greater attention should be paid to stabilizing employment;in addition, policies should be strengthened to support workers and enterprises, along with appropriate standards of flexible employment and comprehensive social protection systems. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.