20/07/2009
In a report published in July 2009, the French Labour Ministry's research and statistics agency, DARES, analyzes what the 2005 Working Conditions Survey shows up about the link between contingent employment and poor working conditions.
In 2005, 27% of employees were in contingent or non-permanent jobs: 10% were on fixed-term contracts, 2% were temporary agency workers, 4% were part-timers but wanting to work longer hours, 10% were in permanent employment but feared for their job in the year ahead.
Workers with different employment statuses were found to have different working conditions. Fixed contract employees and temporary agency workers have less skill discretion in their work and are less readily helped by their fellow workers, although their work is less intense. They more often work flexible hours than employees in steady jobs, as do employees on part-time permanent contracts wishing to work more hours. Employees on permanent contracts who fear for their job also have particular working conditions characterized by low skill discretion, high work intensity and physically stressful work.
Workers in contingent employment generally have less access to risk prevention provision than workers in steady jobs 16.9% report that there is no workplace prevention system in place compared to 12.4% of workers in stable jobs.
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