Review: Employment Policy and the Regulation of Part-Time Work in the European Union: A Comparative Analysis

This chapter focuses on the European Union (EU) dimension of part-time work. It gives a broad overview of EU norms and instrument and sets the issue of part-time work in the wider context of gender equality. Connecting part-time work with gender equality facilitates the analysis in two ways. Firstly, it enables linking the EU's employment policies to fundamental rights such as equal labour market opportunities for men and women. Via this fundamental rights approach the EU's view on part-time work may be tied to concerns of labour market dualisation. Secondly, it helps to analyse the degree of conflict between the aims of the different EU instruments. For instance, do the part-time work directive and the European Employment Strategy (EES) both aim for equal employment opportunities, or do other goals prevail? By answering such questions, the chapter not only reveals the different ways in which the EU deals with part-time employment, but also uncovers whether or not there is coherence between the different EU-level instruments

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Gender Roles and Labor Use Strategies: Women's Part-Time Work in the European Union

Feminist Economics ◽

10.1080/13545700210126553 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 71-99 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

Kea G. Tijdens

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Gender Roles ◽

The European Union ◽

Time Work ◽

Part Time ◽

Part Time Work

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The Impact of Employment Quality and Housing Quality on Human Development in the European Union

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13020969 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 969

Author(s):

Marina Checa-Olivas ◽

Bladimir de la Hoz-Rosales ◽

Rafael Cano-Guervos

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Human Development ◽

Capabilities Approach ◽

Housing Quality ◽

The European Union ◽

Human Capabilities ◽

Time Work ◽

Part Time ◽

Employment Quality ◽

The Impact

This study aims to contribute new information on how and through which factors employment quality and housing quality can be improved from a human development approach so that people can live the life they want. Using the human capabilities approach as a theoretical reference framework, the article analyses the effect of involuntary part-time employment and overcrowded housing on the Human Development Index (HDI). The empirical analysis is based on the panel data technique, which is applied to data from the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the 28 member countries of the European Union. The results shed new evidence on how involuntary part-time work and overcrowded housing limit or hinder people from living the lives they want, at least in the dimensions measured by the HDI.

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The difficulty of reconciling flexibility and security in Spain: the paradigmatic case of part-time work

Transfer European Review of Labour and Research ◽

10.1177/102425890401000208 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 248-262 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Fernando Valdés Dal-Ré

Keyword(s):

Employment Policy ◽

The Social ◽

Social Partners ◽

Time Work ◽

Part Time ◽

Time Part ◽

The Government ◽

High Degree ◽

Part Time Work

The level of part-time employment in Spain tripled during the period 1984–93. The increased prevalence of part-time work reflected an employment policy during that period and beyond that aimed to establish maximum flexibility in the use of fixed-term contracts, whether fulltime or part-time. Part-time work was, and still is, to some extent, associated with a high degree of employment-related precariousness. This article examines the successive and not always consistent measures which since April 1994 have been adopted by the social partners and the government in order to improve the quality and security of part-time work. It assesses to what extent these measures have achieved their objectives.

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European Union regulations and governance of part-time work

Dualisation of Part-Time Work ◽

10.2307/j.ctvjnrth2.8 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 35-54

Author(s):

Sonja Bekker ◽

Dalila Ghailani

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Time Work ◽

Part Time ◽

Part Time Work

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Part-time Work and the Workers’ Age and Sex

Olsztyn Economic Journal ◽

10.31648/oej.4371 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 243-254

Author(s):

Anna Skórska

Keyword(s):

Spatial Diversity ◽

Occupational Activity ◽

The European Union ◽

Age And Gender ◽

Time Work ◽

Part Time ◽

And Gender ◽

Occupational Life ◽

Part Time Work ◽

The Eu

The goal of the paper is to present spatial diversity in the use of flexible forms of employment with special emphasis on part-time work among women and men aged 50+ in the European Union. Demographic changes, including the ageing of the EU population, show the necessity of rationally utilizing available labour resources. Because the level of occupational activity is declining with age, while the share of people aged 50+ in the population is growing, the possibility of doing parttime work that allows reconciliation between occupational life and non-occupational life seems important. This form of employment can also constitute an important transitional stage between occupational activity and retirement. The analyses presented in the paper are based on data from Eurostat and include the years between 2003 and 2017. The conducted studies show significantdifferences in the utilization of part-time work in EU countries especially when age and gender are taken into consideration.

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What do we know about the link between low pay, gender and part-time work?

Transfer European Review of Labour and Research ◽

10.1177/102425890000600409 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 673-686 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Maria Jepsen

Keyword(s):

Living Standards ◽

The European Union ◽

Time Work ◽

Part Time ◽

Wage Employment ◽

Wage Earners ◽

Available Information ◽

The Impact ◽

Low Pay ◽

Part Time Work

The interest in the nature and consequence of low pay has steadily increased during recent years. This interest is a result of the fact that certain countries in the European Union have seen an expansion of low-wage employment as a response to the increase in unemployment. Although various aspects have been identified and measured with regard to low pay, there has been little consideration of the impact of part-time work on low wages, and of the main reasons for the much higher rate of low-wage-earners among women than men. This article brings together the available information on the link between low pay, the much higher rate of low pay among women than men, and the interaction between low pay and part-time employment. Section 2 reviews the knowledge on gender differences with regard to low pay; section 3 focuses on the link between low pay and part-time work; earnings mobility being an important part of the puzzle, the existing evidence is reviewed in section 4; section 5 gathers together the information on living standards; conclusions are presented in section 6.

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