Fourth European Working Conditions Survey

EU policymakers recognise that improving working conditions is crucial to achieving a better quality of work, greater productivity and increased employment – the Lisbon objectives. In this context, the Foundation’s European Working Conditions Surveys, conducted every five years, have been providing a valuable insight into key aspects of work since 1990. This report analyses the findings of the fourth European Working Conditions Survey, carried out in autumn 2005 across 31 countries, including the 27 EU Member States. Based on workers’ responses, it paints a broad and varied picture of the physical, intellectual and psychological dimensions of work and its impact on personal fulfilment and work-life balance.

• Primary Source

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions: Fourth European Working Conditions Survey (6.34 MB) http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2006/98/en/2/ef0698en.pdf

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions: Fourth European Working Conditions Survey: Resumé http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2006/78/en/1/ef0678en.pdf

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions: Press Release, 7.11.06 http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/press/releases/2006/061107.htm

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions: Fourth European Working Conditions Survey (Background) http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/surveys/EWCS2005/index.htm

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions: Fifteen years of working condtions in the EU: Charting the trends, 2006 http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2006/85/en/1/ef0685en.pdf

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions: Fourth European Working Conditions Survey: Info sheet http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2006/52/en/1/ef0652en.pdf

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