CHANGING FORMS OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF BUSINESS SURVEYS

This paper discusses of selected concepts related to employment. The objective is to briefly introduce the definitions used and evaluate the importance of some topics closely related to services, such as part-time vs. full-time employment, permanent vs. temporary work and telework. These type of variables are generally included in Labour Force Surveys. However, it is left open for the Group's comments and discussion to what extent and how these type of variables could be integrated to business survey frameworks to provide data of the changing patterns of businesses ' employment policies. Background 1. This paper discusses briefly the concepts on employment. The topics covered here are related to employment, job and work i.e. type of work and work contract that could be relevant in business survey frameworks. The variables related to employee characteristics, such as sex, age and education, fall beyond the scope of this paper. 2. When looking around we see a growing number of emerging new patterns of work replacing the traditional forms of work. These phenomena are related to the curren