Health and work in the "contingent" generation
2006
30-31
14-24
EU Directive ; occupational accidents ; poverty ; precarious employment ; trade union document ; unemployed ; working conditions ; young worker
Young people and child labour
English
Bibliogr.;Charts
"Official figures for 2005 report approximately 193 million workers in the European Union (EU). A little more than 20 million of these are young workers aged 15-24. But the number of young people with some experience of work is much greater. Most 15-24 year-olds are still in education. For some of these – and all students in technical and vocational education – this includes work experience training. Also, a large percentage of students and schoolchildren have more or less regular part-time jobs to earn some money of their own. This makes it impossible to put precise figures on the number of young workers in Europe. ..."
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