Nicot, Anne-Marie
Employees report dissatisfaction with pay
03 Mayıs 2010
The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (Institut national
de la statistique et des études économiques, INSEE [1]) carried out the
Survey on Professional Activity (/enquête activité professionnelle/) during
the fourth quarter of 2007 among 30,000 employees in the private sector –
excluding workers in micro enterprises and executive managers. The survey was
conducted by mail, with a high response rate of 64%.
[1] http://www.insee.fr/
35-hour week no longer standard of working time
22 Nisan 2010
Since 2002, the legal weekly working time in France is fixed at 35 hours for
all companies, regardless of size. This legally defined working time is the
term of reference to define part-time and overtime work. The ‘35 hours’
law introduced the possibility to reduce working time on an annual basis –
for instance, workers continue to work about 40 hours a week and the working
time reduction takes the form of additional days of leave. Thus, working time
is increasingly more frequently calculated on an annual basis: working 35
hours a week corresponds to an annual working time of 1,607 hours or 218
days.
Impact of parenthood on careers of young men and women
01 Aralık 2009
The third wave of the ‘Generation 98’ survey (in French) [1], conducted
by the Centre for Studies and Research on Qualifications (Centre d’Études
et de Recherches sur les Qualifications, CEREQ [2]) in the autumn of 2005,
focuses on the career path of a sample of 16,000 young people who finished
their initial education in 1998, regardless of their level of qualification
or specialisation. The survey covers their first seven years of working life
and thus provides detailed information on the job(s) occupied since they left
school, their educational background and their family situation.
[1] http://www.cereq.fr/generationquatrevingtdixhuit.htm
[2] http://www.cereq.fr/index.htm
Rise in psychosocial risk factors at the workplace
29 Kasım 2009
There has been huge changes in recent decades in the content, organisation
and employment status of work. Results from the 2005 Working Conditions
Survey in France indicate that besides the usual trends and changes across
categories – such as economic sectors or occupational groups – working
conditions have changed in an uneven way across the salaried population, with
some subgroups experiencing higher demands. The second major development is
the growing impact of psychosocial factors at the workplace. This is a new
dimension, where the challenges are high and acquiring information on the
subject necessitates developing new tools such as updated surveys and new
monitoring systems.
One in 10 employees works 48 hours a week
22 Şubat 2009
According to the national Labour Force Survey, in 2005 some 14% of the French
active population and 9% of employees were working 48 hours or more a week.
The frequency of these long working weeks tends to increase for self-employed
people and to slightly decrease for employees. However, between 1990 and
2005, the gap in terms of length between the working time of management staff
and other employees increased from six hours to eight and a half hours a
week.
Large income variation among workers in personal services sector
23 Kasım 2008
A study by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies
(Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, INSEE [1]),
carried out in 2006, has examined the work situation regarding persons who
are directly employed by individuals. The study (in French) [2] does not
include other jobs which these workers could have in addition to direct
employment by individuals, nor does it cover the hours of work done for
individuals as employees of a public or private organisation – mainly in
the field of home help.
[1] http://www.insee.fr/
[2] http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/document.asp?reg_id=0&ref_id=ip1173
Workers dissatisfied with overall level of vocational training
18 Haziran 2008
Similar to the British Workplace Industrial Relations Survey–Workplace
Employment Relations Survey (WIRS–WERS), the Industrial relations and
company bargaining (/Relations professionnelles et négociations
d’enterprise/, REPONSE) survey offers an in-depth analysis of industrial
relations in France. The analysis includes an examination of the links
between human resource management (HRM), work organisation, economic
strategies and corporate performance.
Study reveals ethnic discrimination in recruitment of young workers
08 Mayıs 2008
On 15 November 2007, the French Constitutional Council (Conseil
constitutionnel [1]) invalidated an article in a project of law that would
have introduced ‘ethnic statistics’ in France. This decision is based on
the principle that ethnic origins and race cannot be considered as eligible
objective data to describe French society. Thus, an assessment of ethnic
discrimination will not be possible through general statistics, and will only
rely on surveys such as the one described in this article.
[1] http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/
Considerable variations in the situation of part-time workers
08 Mayıs 2008
At first glance, the situation of part-time workers seems very homogenous:
83% of part-time workers are women, while 90% of part-time jobs are found in
the services sector and 60% of these jobs are held by clerks. However, when
working time [1] organisation is considered, the situation of part-time
workers appears to be much more variable.
[1] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/observatories/eurwork/industrial-relations-dictionary/working-time
Conflicting trends in women’s labour market participation rates
10 Şubat 2008
In France, the female activity rate has increased from 50% in 1970 to 75% in
2000. The female activity rate is the number of women in the labour force
including economically active and unemployed people given as a percentage of
the population of working age (15–64 years).