Precarity is defined as precarious existence, lacking in predictability, job security, material or psychological welfare. In migration studies, precarity is often associated with low wages, “illegality” and “deportability.” Based on field research, this article focuses on Polish nurses working in Norway. As health professionals and citizens of the European Union, they do not possess the stereotypical characteristics of precarious workers. They are neither low skilled or poorly compensated nor unauthorised. Our findings emphasise multiple sources of Polish nurses’ precarity in Poland – multiple low-wage jobs, poor life-work balance – and in Norway – short-time assignments, variable working hours, high levels of mobility and challenges in family reunification. Precarity in Norway stemmed from policies that left recruitment of foreign-born nurses in the hands of private agencies acting without an oversight of the Norwegian Health Directorate. Norway subscribes to the WHO ethical recruitment principles, but it falls short in monitoring private recruitment agencies.

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“我赚了很多钱，但是……”：波兰护士在挪威的岌岌可危的处境

不稳定被定义为不稳定的存在，缺乏可预测性、工作保障、物质或心理福利。在移民研究中，不稳定通常与低工资、“非法”和“可驱逐性”有关。本文基于实地研究，重点关注在挪威工作的波兰护士。作为欧盟的卫生专业人员和公民，他们不具备不稳定工人的刻板印象。他们既不是低技能，也不是低报酬，也不是未经授权的。我们的研究结果强调了波兰护士在波兰不稳定的多个来源——多重低薪工作、生活与工作的平衡差——在挪威——短时分配、可变工作时间、高流动性和家庭团聚方面的挑战。挪威的不稳定源于政策将外国出生的护士的招聘交由私营机构负责，而没有挪威卫生局的监督。挪威赞同世卫组织的道德招聘原则，但在监督私营招聘机构方面存在不足。