Precarity and Subcontracting Relationships: The Case of Parcel Delivery Drivers in France

This article seeks to show, taking the example of delivery drivers, how inter-firm relations affect worker precarity. It is based on an in-depth field study carried out in Paris region and backed up by statistical analysis national surveys. focuses particular role played firms’ dependence precarity work employment, considering that both should be considered ubiquitous. then measure this highlight factors may increase it as relative size firms, chain position firms chain. In way, sets show why contractual status employees can no longer provide job security context unbalanced subcontracting relationships.