Casualisation and decent work in access bank Plc

Abstract

The changing nature of work arrangement has taken the form of flexibility. The flexibility has brought about destabilizing and exploitative labour practices which are characterized by temporary or casual work. Consequently, workers are on daily basis are subject to job instability, lower wages and more dangerous working conditions as they are denied rights and benefits of regular workers. It is against this background that this study examines casualisation and Decent Work in Access Bank Plc. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select a sample of 300 respondents from the selected branches of the bank in Lagos Metropolis. The bank branches were stratified into 3 regions and 3 branches were randomly selected from each of the regions. In order to complements the quantitative data, 30 in-depth interviews were conducted among some selected workers in the bank. The study found that the factors responsible for casualisation in the bank include the need to reduce cost by Management; the availability of cheap labour; the desperation to get jobs on the part of the employees; and lack of protective laws. The study therefore concludes that government should expedite action to counter this wide spread exploitation of workers within all sectors of the economy.