Risk of precariousness : results from European working conditions survey 2010 and 2015 : in-depth analysis

This publication, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Economic and Scientific Policies, at the request of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), analyses patterns of job quality across types of employment as regards the dimensions of working conditions reported in the European Working Conditions Surveys from 2010 and 2015. Job quality in Europe did not change significantly between 2010 and 2015 - this is the main result referring to reported objective, rather objective and subjective perceptions of working conditions in this dataset. Full-time and part-time openended contracts as well as self-employment with employees continue to be associated with the lowest risk of precariousness whereas marginal-part-time work, fixed-term contracts and freelance work exhibit by a medium level of precariousness risks. The risk of precariousness is highest and tends to increase for temporary agency workers.