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Published: 7 June 2011

Temporary employment relationships increased in 2010

According to Statistics Finland's Labour Force Survey, the average number of employed employees in 2010 was 2,120,000, which is almost the same as in 2009. Of them, 1,789,000 had permanent employment contracts while 329,000 had temporary employment contracts. The number of persons in permanent employment relationships was 22,000 lower and that of persons in temporary employment relationships 19,000 higher than in 2009. These data derive from Statistics Finland’s yearly review Employment relationships and working hours in 2010.

Employees' employment relationships in 1998-2010

In the first quarter of 2010, employees' permanent employment relationships decreased by 48,000, and in the second and third quarters by 20,000 from the respective quarters of 2009. In the last quarter of 2010, the number of employees with permanent employment contracts was the same as twelve months previously.

Employees' temporary employment relationships , in turn, decreased slightly in the first quarter of 2010. In the second quarter, the number of employees with temporary contracts turned towards growth, which then accelerated towards the end of the year. In the last quarter of 2010, the number of temporary employment contracts was 31,000 higher than at the same time twelve months earlier.

In 2010, the average shares of those with temporary employment contracts were 16 per cent among all employees, 12 per cent among men and 18 per cent among women. For approximately two-thirds, the reason for working under a temporary contract was lack of permanent work.

In 2010, new employment contracts of under one year's duration numbered 393,000. The number was nearly the same as in 2009. Fifty-six per cent of the new employment contracts were temporary. Their share was four percentage points higher than in 2009.

Links

The first yearly Labour Force Survey review, Employment and unemployment in 2010 , also contains information about changes in employment in 2010.

Key monthly and quarterly Labour Force Survey data for 2011 are available on the web pages of the Survey at : http://tilastokeskus.fi/til/tyti/tau_en.html .

Source: Labour force survey 2010. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Heidi Melasniemi-Uutela (09) 1734 2523, Olga Kambur (09) 1734 3565, tyovoimatutkimus@stat.fi

Director in charge: Riitta Harala

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Reviews

• 1 Temporary employment relationships increased in 2010 (7.6.2011)
• 2 Number of part-time employees went up slightly (7.6.2011)
• 3 Working hours in 2010 (7.6.2011)
• 4 Share of women in supervisory position the smallest in the local government sector (7.6.2011)
• 5 Notes to the tables (7.6.2011)

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Appendix tables

• Appendix table 1. Temporary employees (fixed-term job) by age and sex in 2008 - 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 2. Temporary employees (fixed-term job) aged 15-74 by employer sector and sex in 2008 - 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 3. Temporary employees (fixed-term job) aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) in 2008 - 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 4. Temporary employees (fixed-term job) aged 15-74 by reason for temporary employment in 2008 - 2010, % (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 5. Part-time employed persons by age and sex in 2008 - 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 6. Part-time employees by age and sex in 2008 - 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 7. Part-time employed persons aged 15-74 by employer sector and sex in 2008 - 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 8. Part-time employees aged 15-74 by employer sector and sex in 2008 - 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 9. Part-time employed persons aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) in 2008 - 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 10. Part-time employees aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) in 2008 - 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 11. Part-time employed persons aged 15-74 by sex and reason for part-time employment in 2008 - 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 12. Part-time employees aged 15-74 by sex and reason for part-time employment in 2008 - 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 13. Employees doing temporary agency work by age and sex in 2008 - 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 14. Employed persons aged 15-74 by usual weekly working hours in main job, socio-economic group and sex in 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 15. Employees aged 15-74 by usual weekly working hours in main job, employer sector and socio-economic group in 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 16. Male employees aged 15-74 by usual weekly working hours in main job, employer sector and socio-economic group in 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 17. Female employees aged 15-74 by usual weekly working hours in main job, employer sector and socio-economic group in 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 18. Employed persons aged 15-74 by usual weekly working hours in main job and industry (TOL 2008) in 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 19. Employees aged 15-74 by usual weekly working hours in main job and industry (TOL 2008) in 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 20. Average usual weekly working hours in main job of employees aged 15-74 by occupation (Occupational Classification 2001) and sex in 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 21. Average usual weekly working hours in main job of full-time employees aged 15-74 by occupation (Occupational Classification 2001) and sex in 2010 (7.6.2011)
• Appendix table 22. Average usual weekly working hours in main job of part-time employees aged 15-74 by occupation (Occupational Classification 2001) and sex in 2010 (7.6.2011)

Quality descriptions

• Quality Description: Labour force survey (7.6.2011)

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Updated 7.6.2011