More work opportunities for more people: unlocking the private employment agency industry's contribution to a better functioning labour market
"This report, based on research commissioned by Eurociett, and conducted with the support and assistance of Bain & Company, a global management-consulting firm, comprehensively investigates the private employment agency industry's contribution to European labour markets. By 2012, the...
| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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Brussels
2007
EUROCIETT |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19184437124919026199-More-work-opportunities-for-mo.htm |
| Summary: | "This report, based on research commissioned by Eurociett, and conducted with the support and assistance of Bain & Company, a global management-consulting firm, comprehensively investigates the private employment agency industry's contribution to European labour markets.
By 2012, the industry is expected to create more than 2.1 million new jobs in Europe through structural growth and the lifting of unnecessary restrictions on the use of agency work. Private employment agencies are already an engine for job creation, currently employing 3.3 million agency workers [full time equivalent] across Europe. Continued structural growth will raise this by 1.6 million to reach 4.98 million jobs by 2012. "
In addition to these 1.6 million new jobs, the report shows that the industry can create a further 570,000 extra jobs if two specific restrictions on temporary agency work are lifted in just 6 key EU countries : sectoral bans [e.g. the prohibition of agency work in the Public Sectors of Belgium, France and Spain and in the construction sectors in Germany and Spain], and limitation of reasons of use [e.g. Belgium's 3 justifications as defined in law on the use of temporary agency work].
Of these extra 570,000 new jobs, 37% would be filled by young people, 15% by the long-term unemployed, and 6% by older workers. This would also lead to an increase in public income of 8.9 billion euros and substantial savings of over 3.6 billion euros in terms of unemployment benefits. Easier access to work in a fully regulated sector where employees benefit from a full range of protective legislation will play a key role in undermining illegal work whilst simultaneously contributing to public income.
The use of PrEAs is very much in demand by companies as it enables them to focus on their core business and better cope with rapid cycles in demand and unforeseeable production peaks. By adopting greater use of PrEAs, SMEs, will be able to react more quickly, and also find the right people with the right skills at the right time, not having to turn down orders for want of qualified labour.
This report is based on comprehensive research including extensive data gathering at European level with numerous case studies from the six main countries researched; 20 interviews of key industry stakeholders and experts worldwide; the participation of 65 leading 'names' associated with the industry in an online survey assessing perceptions of temporary agency work; comparative data and case studies from the six largest European markets [France, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Spain, jointly accounting for approximately 85% of the EU-27 agency work market in 2006]." |
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| Physical Description: | 72 p. Paper |