Precarious employment and health-related outcomes in the European Union

Benach, Joan; Benavides, Fernando G.

Overview

Research report

Precarious employment and health-related outcomes in the European Union

Published: 23 March 2000

Joan Benach,

Fernando G. Benavides

Health and well-being

Non-standard employment

Working conditions

This publication focuses on the impact of employment status on workers' health. It presents and analyses data on the 15 Member States of the European Union, collected from the Foundation's Second European Survey on Working Conditions, Eurostat, and OECD. It also offers recommendations on how to carry out further research into the relationship between health and different types of employment.

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ISBN

92-828-2206-0

Reference no.

EF9914

Research report

28 September 2000

Second European Survey on Working Conditions in the European Union

The second European survey on working conditions is a questionnaire-based survey, involving face-to-face interviews conducted outside the workplace. The questionnaire covers all aspects of working conditions: physical environment, workplace design, working hours, work organisation, social relationships at the workplace and highlights how stress and musculo-skeletal disorders are among the rising occupational hazards in the EU. The survey underlines a need for a more holistic and multidisciplinary approach to tackle health and safety issues in Europe. Above all, it clearly indicates that health issues must be central to an organisation's structure and development.