Flexible forms of employment in local government case study of a "small" and a "big" metropolitan municipal authority of Athens

Abstract

This article aims to examine the contemporary forms and trends in the employment marketplace in the public and private sectors. Mostly it will be analyzed based on the literature and the European and Greek experience in the field of: "Flexible Forms of Employment". Then we will analyze the institutional arrangements of flexible employment in Greece and the implementation of the Local Government. To reflect better the conclusions, this article examines and analyzes the “work status” and implementation of flexible forms of employment in two municipalities of the metropolitan area of Athens. To extract the best conclusions we choose a small and relatively new town of Athens, the City of Petroupoli and a bigger and oldest municipality, the City of Maroussi. We note that City of Marousi was the main area where taking place the Olympic Games 2004.

JEL Classifications: H70, J45.