Employment status

A study (1.16Mb PDF) [1] on Malta’s call centre industry was commissioned by the Employment and Training Corporation (ETC [2]) in 2008. The study, which was published in September 2008, is based on information gathered from two main sources: from eight employers involved in the call centre industry

In April 2008, the National Confederation of Greek Traders (Εθνική Συνομοσπονδία Ελληνικού Εμπορίου, ESEE [1]) presented the Annual report on Greek wholesale and retail trade for 2007 (in Greek) [2]. The report contains a chapter describing structural developments and the main features of employment

The issue of bogus self-employment was addressed by the Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs (Výzkumný Ústav Práce a Sociálních Vĕcí, RILSA [1]) in a project entitled the ‘Social and economic position of self-employed workers in society’ (2006–2007) (Sociálně ekonomické postavení osob

Over the past decade, women’s presence has increased in all aspects of the labour market including long-term, fixed-term, temporary and freelance employment. From 1993 to 2006, female employment increased by 1,683,000 workers, which represents a rise of 23% – amounting to 39% of total employment in

Labour market reforms in 1997 (IT9709310F [1], IT9707308F [2]) and 2003 (IT0307204F [3]) introduced new forms of employment contracts, such as temporary agency work, staff leasing and on-call work. The reforms also reclassified most non-permanent employment contracts and various attempts have since

A report entitled ‘Return migration’s profile and experience: Empirical evidence from Bulgaria (353Kb PDF) [1]’ was published in July 2006 in the framework of a project conducted in partnership by the Global Development Network Southeast Europe (GDN-SEE [2]) and the Vienna Institute for

In Slovakia, illegal work and illegal employment – essentially work undeclared to the relevant authorities for tax, social security and other purposes – are regulated by:

Temporary agency workers – meaning workers who are employed through temporary work agencies – in Luxembourg were the subject of a study (in French, 3.4Mb PDF) [1] by the Centre for Population, Poverty and Public Policy Studies (Centre d’Études de Populations, de Pauvreté et de Politiques Socio