Home » HR practices » Professional development » Interview of Denis Pennel, the author of, “Working for yourself: what future for labor at the time of the individualist revolution?” Interview of Denis Pennel, the author of, “Working for yourself: what future for labor at the time of the individualist revolution?” Individuals’ yearning for fulfilling work matching their life choices implies that the social partners and politicians rethink the social contract, explains Denis Pennel, who wrote a book called, « Travailler pour soi – Quel avenir pour le travail à l’heure de la révolution individualiste ? » (“Working for yourself: what future for labor at the time of the individualist revolution?”) He is also the managing director of the International Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (Ciett), and proposes 15 recommendations to “adjust social gains inherited from the industrial era to this individualistic revolution.” (Ref. 130652) Through . Published on 24 October 2013 à 15h26 - Update on 24 October 2013 à 18h01 Resources By calling for a recast of the social contract, you imply that it is outdated. How so? Denis Pennel. One of the initial assumptions of the book is that what we’re experiencing is not so much an employment crisis as a labor revolution. This can sound like provocation when you know that a little over 3 million people are without a job in France – 26 million in Europe – but this crisis hides much deeper, more structural labor market changes. The causes are known: globalization, new technologies, expansion of the service sector, and so on. But, I believe, there is one undervalued, underestimated trend: the increasingly individual labor relation. Our entire society has been affected by this rise in art,… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.EmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels