Benach, Joan

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the quality of employment conditions and employment relations in the European employed workforce. Employment in the report is viewed as the contractual relationship between an employer and a worker, specifically how the rights and duties embedded into the relationship are translated into real rights. The analysis is mainly based on data from the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), conducted in 2010. Where appropriate, comparisons with earlier waves of the EWCS are made.

This publication is an annex (containing tables and figures) to the report 'Precarious employment and health-related outcomes in the European Union' (ef9914en).

This report analyses the latest findings from the Foundation’s Third European survey on working conditions, examining for the first time the associations between various types of employment and selected health indicators. It shows the impact of factors such as the physical environment, work organisation and psychosocial conditions on the health of workers. It concludes that a healthy, productive and well-motivated workforce is the key agent in socio-economic development.

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, Euros...