This book discusses the need of a legal protection at national and global levels to address the
use of temporary employment contracts by employers. Chapter 1 reviews some theories of job
security showing how job security issues should be regulated in labour laws to protect workers
and also how temporary contracts affect job security. Chapter 2 examines legal protection of
job security in temporary contract in international contexts where it examines the concept and
need for job security and job protection especially for temporary contracts based on three
United Nations' instruments namely the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and International Covenant on
Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Chapter 3 studies the ILO standards in relation
to job security and temporary contracts as well as those covered by the Philadelphia
Declaration and other conventions and recommendations.Chapter 4 discusses Islamic jurisprudence
on jobs and job security. The main aims of this chapter is to provide the framework for
protecting workers as a means to enhance job security in the world especially in Islam. It
discusses Islamic jurisprudence concerning work and job conditions. The Islamic precept is
based on the Qur'an and Hadith and these sources are used to explain the concept of jobs in
Islam. In addition this chapter also examines the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
(CDHRI).
