Precarious Work Among Generation Y in Malaysia: A Model Using Flexible Working Time and Employee Well-Being

Precarious employment in recent years has become a prominent social and economic issue because of many negative consequences associated with it such as health issues, job insecurity, low pay, no social or health benefits and work-life conflict for employees. The motivation of this study is to examine factors that influenced the rise of precarious work among Generation Y in Malaysia. This generation was selected for the study because they form a major allotment of the Malaysian workforce and succumb towards flexible working time for work-life balance. A quantitative study using 120 primary data gathered from a self-administered survey questionnaire was adopted in this study. Data were inspected through correlation and multiple regression analysis and interestingly, the analysis discovered that flexible working time did not have a significant contribution towards precarious work among Generation Y in Malaysia despite the high concern towards work-life balance among them.