The Work Environment in Fixed-Term Jobs: Are Poor Psychosocial Conditions Inevitable?

Precarious employment, psychosocial working conditions, and health: Cross‐sectional associations in a population‐based sample of working Australians

“…Nonetheless, psychological demands were highest in permanent FT employment, which is consistent with casual jobs tending to be lower skilled than permanent ones. Our findings also reinforce the importance of considering the heterogeneity of precarious employment arrangements [Aronsson et al, 2002;Virtanen et al, 2005], and add to a growing body of literature suggesting that 'precarious' employment may not be inferior in all aspects and contexts, and may be adversely associated with some health outcomes but not others [Saloniemi et al, 2004;Louie et al, 2006;Lewchuk et al, 2008;LaMontagne et al, 2012b;#].…”

“…working populationbased versus age-or sex-specific groups), or the variety of health outcomes examined [Aronsson et al, 2002;Saloniemi et al, 2004;Silla et al, 2005]. Cultural, regulatory, labour market and social welfare regime distinctions between countries also play a role in shaping precarious-employment-health relationships [Virtanen et al, 2005;Kalleberg, 2009;Kim et al, 2012].…”

Is temporary employment a risk factor for work disability due to depressive disorders and delayed return to work? The Finnish Public Sector Study

“…For example, an earlier study of the same cohort showed that temporary employees had a better psychosocial work environment than permanent employees (35). The authors concluded that this was possibly explained by differences in the structure of the work situation: while temporary employment may mean more insecurity, it may also provide more opportunities to focus on specific tasks at work.…”

“…It is also noteworthy that of the disability episodes, the percentage of depression-related disability pensions Figure 1. Risk of longer disability episode due to depressive disorder: (1a) by level of education [reference category (1)=perma-nent employment, higher education]; (1b) by age [reference category (1)=permanent employment, age [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]. Cumulative odds ratio (COR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) adjusted for sex, somatic disease, and prior work disability due to mental or behavioral disorder.…”

Worklife expectancies of fixed-term Finnish employees in 1997–2006

“…The researchers' argument (41) was "The growth of temporary employment as such seems to have only limited potential to create new social divisions or to strengthen existing ones [;] in Finnish labor markets politics and policies do still matter in issues of working life [p 205]." In Finland, the basis for the growth of fixed-term employment differs greatly with regard to the structure of the labor force from that in the United Kingdom and in the United States.…”