Flash Eurobarometer 398 (Working Conditions)

Working conditions.<br>Topics: assessment of the current working conditions in the own country; changes in working conditions in the own country over the last five years; satisfaction with own working conditions at present respectively in last job; changes in personal working conditions over the last five years; satisfaction with selected aspects of current respectively of last job: working hours, workload, attractiveness of tasks, personal autonomy, recognition of personal opinion in decision making about own work, health and safety, work-life balance; main reasons for dissatisfaction with working hours in current respectively in last job; benefits from the following measures on current job: at least one break after six hours of work, working days limited to 13 hours, at least one day off per week, at least four weeks of paid holidays per year; offers to take special leave, to work part time or with flexible hours, or to work from home; involvement in the following processes over the past twelve months in current respectively in last job: changes in work organisation and / or working conditions, discussions on work-related problems with manager, colleagues, or employee representatives, reception of information about the financial situation and the future of the company, health and safety issues at work; respondents with fixed term contract respectively with temporary agency work contract were asked: own salary is equivalent to the one of the corresponding permanent employees, own working conditions apart from salary are equivalent to those of the corresponding permanent employees; main health and safety risks in current personal workplace respectively in last job; sufferance from selected job related health problems in the last twelve months respectively in the last job; total of days of sick leave due to job related health problems in the last twelve months; availability of the following health and safety related measures at the own workplace: information or training for staff, prevention, adaptive measures for the employment of disabled, chronically ill, or older people, reintegration of sick employees, addressing of new and emerging risks.

Demography: age; sex; nationality; professional position; occupation; employment status in the past five years; current employment status; number of employees in the company (company size); part or full time job; number of employers at present; type of contract; age at end of education; region; type of community; own a mobile phone and fixed (landline) phone; household composition and household size.

Additionally coded was: type of phone line; target groups; nation group; weighting factor.