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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Quality of Labor Life in Workers of the Informal Economy in Guadalajara, Mexico
Authors : Raquel González-Baltazar, Mónica I. Contreras-Estrada, Silvia G. León-Cortés, Brenda J. Hidalgo-González, Gustavo Hidalgo-Santacruz
Published in: Advances in Social and Occupational Ergonomics
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
Currently the Quality of Labor Life (QLL) has been studied only in formal work, regardless of economic conditions and employment policies have led to a substantial increase in the informal economy in our country. The informal worker is anyone who is part of a system of independent self-employment. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), about 60% of workers in Mexico serve on informal employment.
The aim of this research was to evaluate the QLL in the informal economy workers in the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara.
Voluntarily participated 507 informal workers, satisfaction with the QLL was measured with the CVT-GOHISALO instrument adapted to workers in the informal economy, this instrument has a reliability of 0.92 with 50 items.
As for the study population, 48% of workers were men and 52% women, the highest percentage was between 15 and 29 years. The most common high school education was 43%, 67% are between 1 and 15 years of working in the informal economy and 67% work between 6 and 10 h a day, 55% of the population had a low level of satisfaction with their QLL, 39% a medium level and 6% a high level.
This study found that, within the conditions of workers in this sector, they have good economic benefits, avoid paying taxes and have more flexibility with schedules; however, they have low level of satisfaction with their QLL, they do not have access to occupational safety and health, many works in unhealthy conditions and are exposed to risks in the workplace.