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Tweet[IWS] ERM: YOUNG PEOPLE AND TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE [16 December 2013]
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
YOUNG PEOPLE AND TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE [16 December 2013]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/studies/tn1304017s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/studies/tn1304017s/tn1304017s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/erm/tn1304017s/tn1304017s.pdf
[full-text, 48 pages]
Executive Summary
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef13771.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2013/771/en/1/EF13771EN.pdf
Young people in Europe have been particularly affected by the recession: by mid-2013, the unemployment rate among people aged 24 and under was over 23%. A large proportion of workers in this age group are employed on temporary rather than permanent contracts (42% compared to just 10% of workers aged 25–64). While temporary or fixed-term contracts can be a stepping stone in the transition from education into work, they can also trap young people in insecure jobs. This report from the European Restructuring Monitor is based on data from correspondents in 28 EU Member States and Norway. It examines the reasons for the growth in temporary employment contracts across the EU and explores the situation regarding access to social protection for young people on such contracts. It reviews the measures put in place in various countries to regulate the use of these contracts – often with a view to encouraging the transition to standard contracts – and finally presents the opinions of the social partners on the issue.
The study was compiled on the basis of individual national reports submitted by the ERM correspondents. The text of each of these national reports is available below. The reports have not been edited or approved by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. The national reports were drawn up in response to a questionnaire and should be read in conjunction with it.
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