Non Standard Employment on the Rise

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: August 8, 2012; 16:52 ♦ (Vindobona)

31% of all Austrian employees affected by forms of non standard employment in 2011.

Non Standard Employment on the Rise / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Jack Georges [Public Domain]

In 2011, 31% (1.097 million) of all Austrian employees worked in forms of non standard employment (i.e. working part time, working marginal part time, having a contract of limited duration, holding a free service contract – "Freier Dienstvertrag" – or being in temporary employment). During the period 2008–2011 the number of all employees increased (46 000) while the number of…