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Effects of the ‘principle of non‐discrimination’ on temporary agency work: compensation and working conditions of temporary agency workers in 15 European countries
Author(s) -
Nienhüser Werner,
Matiaske Wenzel
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.2006.00390.x
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , compensation (psychology) , work (physics) , workers' compensation , labour economics , temporary work , control (management) , eu countries , demographic economics , business , economics , european union , psychology , social psychology , international trade , sociology , management , mechanical engineering , social science , engineering
This article examines, with reference to Europe (EU‐15), whether temporary agency workers experience less favourable working conditions and compensation than employees with a standard employment contract. Furthermore, it analyses whether the same differences exist in European countries with and without the principle of non‐discrimination in force. The results show that discrimination of temporary workers persists even when we control for other factors. Second, in countries with the principle of non‐discrimination in force, the discrimination is higher with respect to employer‐provided training.