Non-standard forms of employment: the current situation in the labor market of the Nizhny Novgorod region

The labor market, in turn, and the economy as a whole, like many things in this world, are not stable, and only the constant dynamics of permanent changes and the constant appearance of new trends that significantly change their appearance are static in them.

Currently, the spread of non-standard forms of employment is gaining momentum.

The article is devoted to the study of non-standard forms of employment of the population in the labor market of the Nizhny Novgorod region, their role in reducing the unemployment rate during the pandemic, as well as the possibility of their further development and transformation in the context of the economic development of the region. The relevance of the raised problem is justified today by the fact that non-standard forms of employment are still a new phenomenon in economic science, which carries both promising opportunities and risks for both the employee and the employer. The authors reveal the content, the specifics of the manifestation and the role of informal forms of employment in the development of social and labor relations in the region, analyze the current problems and prospects for the development of employment in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The article presents calculations of potential losses from an increase in unemployment in the case of maintaining traditional forms of employment.

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