Employment status

Part-time pensions have existed in Finland since 1987. They can be granted as a statutory earnings-related pension to both wage earners and self-employed people who move from full-time to part-time work [1]. People who are aged 60–67 years are entitled to receive the part-time pension. A total of

Despite the dramatic reduction in production and volume of orders in German companies during the economic crisis, employment remained remarkably stable. As well as the introduction of short-time working, the use of flexible working time accounts is said to be one reason why adverse effects on

A recent paper (in French, 166Kb PDF) [1] by Oliver Marchand of the Demographic and Social Statistics Directorate of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee [2]) examined trends in the workforce and employment structure in France between 1962 and 2007. Highlights of his

A report (in Italian, 3.73Mb PDF) [1] on the activities of Forma.Temp [2] (the bipartite training fund for the temporary agency sector, IT0807019Q [3]) in 2009 was published jointly by Forma.Temp and Ebitemp [4] (the bipartite body for temporary work) in July 2010. The report summarises trends in

Because it is easier to end fixed-term contracts than open-ended ones, fixed-term workers might be expected to be more strongly affected by the economic crisis than those on standard employment contracts. But although this trend was evident across the EU, Eurostat’s Labour Force Survey (LFS) figures

In his recent book, /Lavorare al tempo del cliente nel post-fordismo/ (‘Working at the customer’s pace in post-Fordism’), Giancarlo Cerruti summarises the changes in working time arrangements at a hypermarket on the outskirts of Turin between 1991 (three years after its opening) and 2009. The

For the first time, the Statistical Bulletin on Labour and Social Protection – 2009 [1] published under the aegis of the Romanian Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Protection [2] included a chapter on undeclared work [3]. [1] http://www.mmuncii.ro/ro/676-view.html [2] http://www.mmuncii.ro/ro/

The number of employees with a fixed contract and independent contractors in the Dutch labour market has risen almost constantly over the last few decades, with only some decline in harsh economic times and a more than average increase after the recession. This rise is absolute (Figure 1) as well as