Industrial Relations in Europe 2012 - European Commission - Europa

Career and
employment security
Health and wellbeing
Reconciliation of
working and nonworking
life
High impact.
Potentially high
negative effects on
self-employed
workers who are
harder to motivate
and less financially
able (outsourcing is
increasing
subcontracting and
self-employment due
to higher complexity
of tasks).
Women and youth
underrepresented.
Low sector
attractiveness among
youth – need to
improve image of the
sector and overall
HR development in
companies to attract
new staff.
Likely positive
effects on equal
opportunities from
automation.
High impact due to
the potential for work
accidents that is on
average,3–4 times
higher than in other
sectors, and higher
risk of exposure to
dangerous substances
causing occupational
diseases compared to
other workers (ILO,
2011a).
Likely positive
effects on health
from automation
practices.
High impact.
Possibly highest
negative impact for
on-site self-employed
workers engaged in
Moderate impact.
In general green jobs
in the sector are more
likely to employ men
than women.
Jobs in traditional
subsectors are less
likely to be part-time
or temporary;
however jobs in
renewables industries
and energy services
tend to be less wellpaid
and enjoy less
secure employment
conditions.
Moderate impact.
Many emerging
energy sectors have
specific risks related
to ‘engineering
unknowns’
Traditional industries
less affected.
Moderate impact.
As typically
regionally
concentrated,
traditional power
Moderate to high
impact on lessorganised
subsectors
within the green
chemistry industry.
High impact (of
emerging new
technologies and
substitution of
chemicals for
environmental
reasons) due to sector
specifics.
Moderate to high
impact on less
organised subsectors
within the green
chemistry industry.
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