Precarious employment and working conditions in Europe

Letourneux, Véronique

Overview

Research report

Precarious employment and working conditions in Europe

Published: 17 February 1999

Véronique Letourneux

Non-standard employment

Working time

Working poor

Working conditions

Precarious employment not only covers employees with fixed term and temporary contracts (and some categories of self-employed workers) but also workers with low incomes and/or short working hours. This publication describes the extent, consequences and reasons for precarious employment in order to provide policy makers with the quantified information they need.

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ISBN

92-828-3044-6

Reference no.

EF9815

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.