To better understand ‘workforce casualisation’ -- which is the shift from full-time and permanent employment, to casual and contract positions in the labour market – we need to understand it as a strategy both for enterprises and also individuals, but with uneven consequences. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Niaz Asadullah, Professor of Economics at Universiti Malaya, and the Southeast Asia Lead for the Global Labor Organization.