This article argues that misalignment between the realities of work in the new economy and the regulations is having negative health and social implications at all levels of Canadian society. Remedying this requires drastic reshaping of policy approaches, but current laws and employment norms presume the labour market is a static entity. Policymakers should focus on improving how labour market data is collected for producing evidence-based recommendations, and on re-evaluating neoclassical economic assumptions underpinning this outdated framework. We argue the expansion of precarious work is reshaping the Canadian economy and society, and provide recommendations for data, policy and administration to address this trend.Sommaire : Cet article soutient que, dans la nouvelle economie, le d ecalage entre les r ealit es du travail et les règlements a des cons equences n egatives sur la sant e et la vie sociale a tous les niveaux de la soci et e canadienne. Pour y rem edier, cela exige une refonte drastique des strat egies politiques, alors que les lois et les normes d'emploi actuelles pr esument le march e du travail comme etant une entit e statique. Les d ecideurs politiques doivent concentrer leurs efforts pour am eliorer la façon dont est effectu ee la collecte des donn ees sur le march e du travail pour fournir des recommandations fond ees sur des donn ees probantes; ils doivent aussi r e evaluer les assomptions de la th eorie economique n eoclassique qui sous-tendent ce cadre d esuet. Nous soutenons que la mont ee du travail pr ecaire remodèle la soci et e canadienne et son economie, et nous fournissons des recommandations concernant donn ees, politiques et administration pour r epondre a cette tendance.
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