The causes and conditions of the forming the so-called flexible labor relations and appropriate forms of employment in the labor market of Western countries in terms of certain economic difficulties in the 60s of the XXth century are analyzed. Furthermore, on the basis of these experiences, the importance of these flexible forms of employment to maintain employment in terms of mass dismissal of the labor force affected by the current economic crisis is studied. 

flexible forms of employment, the labor market, unemployment, economic crisis