 Part-time & temporary
Part time employment is greater in countries with a higher development level. In such countries, most part-time jobs are occupied by women. Part-time employment is currently low in new member states. The number of EU 25 workers with a limited duration contract is steadily increasing and has reached nearly 15% today.
Persons employed part-time have regular working hours that are less than the collectively agreed hours worked in the enterprise, whether daily, weekly or monthly.
Did you know? | • In EU 25, on average, part-time employment rate was 11.4% in 2005. | •Usual hours worked per week by part-time employees in 2006 in EU 25 was 19.9 hours.
• In EU 25, over 25 million people worked with a limited duration contract in 2006. | | indicators Part-time employment rate: men/women comparison
  Ratio of employees with limited duration contract
 Limited duration contracts ratio: variation 1996-2006
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