Precarious Employment in Europe + Volume 1: Patterns, Trends and Policy Strategies + Volume 2: Annex: Country Case Studies

This Policy Department A study prepared at request of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee of the European Parliament examines precarious employment, its patterns, trends and policy strategies in Europe. It explores the risk of precariousness of different types of contract, using information from EU data analysis and literature review, as well as case studies.

It finds that there are a range and degrees of risks of precariousness associated with all types of contract, based on key indicators of precariousness.

A second note presents country case studies of eight EU Member States.

• Primary Source

European Parliament: Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union: Publications available via the EU Bookshop http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/directorate-general-for-internal-policies-of-the-union-cbf.cKABstF7wAAAEjwYYY4e5K/

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Study, July 2016: Precarious Employment in Europe + Volume 1: Patterns, Trends and Policy Strategies http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/YYYY/587285/IPOL_STU(20165)587285_EN.pdf

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Study, July 2016: Precarious Employment in Europe + Volume 2: Annex: Country Case Studies http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/YYYY/587285/IPOL_STU(20165)587285(ANN01)_EN.pdf

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