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EU report finds ‘very atypical work’ associated with poverty and health and safety risks.
Posted
3rd August 2010
A new report into ‘very atypical’ working has been published by the European Working Conditions Observatory. The report looks at work in the 27 EU member countries and Norway, and focuses on workers on very short term contracts, those working less than 10 hours a week, those without written contracts and those on zero-hours or on-call working.
They found that such work is generally (though not always) low-paid, and that workers have little job security or training and career development opportunities. Workers’ health and safety is also at risk, as those in very atypical work tend to have more hazardous jobs, with a greater risk of work-related accidents.
Homeworking is one form of ‘very atypical work’ that receives special attention in the report, which states:
‘This category of work is prevalent in many of the countries under consideration. Homeworkers are usually self-employed and paid according to the volume of work they undertake. Some specific features of this type of work, depending on the particular country, are uncertainty of income (pay, social security benefits and pensions) and the absence of employment rights enjoyed by regular employees. A large proportion of homeworking is in fact bogus self-employment.’
The report concludes
‘The use of very atypical work raises particular challenges, especially in terms of health and safety, the risk of poverty and the propensity for undeclared work.’
Related link:
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/tn0812019s/index.htm