Flexibility and working conditions. A qualitative and comparative study in seven EU Member States

The authors are Anneke Goudswaard and Matthieu de Nanteuil.

Flexibility raises many new risks and challenges, and its widespread take-up underlines the growing importance of working conditions issues. This report explores the impact of flexibility on working conditions and the resultant health and social effects on workers engaged in this kind of work.The report examines potential tools for improving the overall health of workers and recommends that social partners at national and European level adopt a holistic approach in the negotiation and implementation of improvements to working conditions.