Working Life Barometer in the Baltic Countries 2002 (pdf) - mol.fi

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of no significance: in practice, fixed-term working relationships are just as
frequent in both sectors. In Lithuania 4 , however, fixed-term jobs are nearly
twice as common in the private as in the public sector.
In Finland, fixed-term employment relationships bear a strong link to gender
and age. They are clearly more common among women than among men, and
are more usual for the younger age groups than the older ones. In Estonia and
Latvia, gender has no practical significance in the question of fixed-term jobs:
they are just as common for men as for women. In Lithuania, on the other
hand, they are somewhat more usual for men than for women. The proportion
of both men's and women's fixed-term jobs has clearly increased in Lithuania
in recent years, but the growth has been a little more marked in the case of the
men.
WRITTEN FIXED-TERM EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS BY GENDER
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
23%
21%
ESTONIA
1998
24%
22%
ESTONIA
2002
Wage earners only
29%
27%
LATVIA
1998
29%
30%
LATVIA
2002
24%
21%
LITHUANIA
1998
Men Women
31%
26%
LITHUANIA
2002
In Estonia, fixed-term employment relationships are linked to age: the younger
the age group examined, the greater the proportion of fixed-term jobs, and vice
versa. Of the employees under 30 years of age, 31 % were fixed-term ones,
4 Of the private-sector employees in Lithuania, 37 % are in a fixed-term job with a contract agreed in
writing. The corresponding percentage for the public sector is 20 %.