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Quality of employment indicators Finnish data

This comprehensive report delves into Finnish employment quality indicators from 1959 to 2008. It covers dimensions such as safety in employment, fair treatment, income, benefits, working hours, balancing work and family life, stability, security, and social protection.

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Quality of employment indicators Finnish data

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  1. Quality of employment indicators Finnish data ECE Geneve 27-28.5.2009

  2. Finnish background: employed persons by industry 1959-2008 Päivi Keinänen

  3. Dimension 1. Safety and ethics of employmentDimension1a) Employment safety • Fatal occupational injury rate per 100,000 employees • or per 1,000,000 hours worked (FI) • Non-fatal occupational injury rate • or per 1,000,000 hours worked (FI) • Non-fatal occupational injury rate • or per 1,000,000 hours worked (FI) • Occupational disease contraction per 100,000 employees • Share of employees working in “hazardous” conditions (definition?) • Workplace expenditure on safety improvements as a share of total workplace labour costs (LCS?) Päivi Keinänen

  4. Dimension 1c) Fair treatment in employment 1.Employed women as a share of total employment 1989 –2008 Päivi Keinänen

  5. Possible indicators: Female share of employed persons by occupation, 1-digit ISCO88 level (see graph) Occupations where female share is more than 50 percent at ISCO88 sub-major groups: in Finland 12 sub-groups out of 27 are female dominated Dimension 1c) Fair treatment in employmentGender segregation by occupation 2008 Päivi Keinänen

  6. Dimension 2. Income and benefits from employment2a.1) Income from employmentLow pay: wagesand salaries 2005, euro Päivi Keinänen

  7. Dimension 2. Income and benefits from employment2a.2) Development in the income share of the highest and lowest income decile in 1987-2007 Päivi Keinänen

  8. Dimension 2b) Benefits from employment • 2b.1) Share of employees entitled to paid annual leave • all employees are entitled to paid annual leave (100 %) • special statutes in some occupations (e.g. seamen) • 2b.2) Average length of paid annual leave • depends on the number of weeks worked in a year • Law (162/2005): employees are entitled to 2.5 days annual leave per each calendar month at work • Comment: average length would include short-term employees (e.g. summer workers): that perhaps is not the aim of indicator? Päivi Keinänen

  9. Possible indicators: Average annual (actual) hours worked per employed/employee (graph) As the indicator is affected by the share of part-timers, the possibility to present it separately for full-time and part-time workers could be better. In Finland employees hours in full-time jobs is 1,711 hours and in part-time 918 hours (2008) Theoretical (regular) annual hours are used in labour cost surveys Dimension 3. Working hours and balancing work and family life3a1) Working hours:1. Average annual hours worked per employed person Päivi Keinänen

  10. 3a) Percentage of employees working 50 hours and more per week Päivi Keinänen

  11. Dimension 3a) Working hours3a.2) Share of employees working 49 hours and more per week. Variation of long hours by socio-economic status is remarkable (chart) 3a3). Share of employed persons working less than 30 hours per week involuntarily: about 25 per cent of employed Päivi Keinänen

  12. Dimension 3b) Working time arrangements • 3b.1) Percentage of employed people who usually work at night/evening • of employees 10 percent work at night, and nearly 25 percent in the evening • 3b.2) Percentage of employed people who usually work on weekend or bank holiday • of employees 20 percent work on Saturday and about 15 percent on Sunday • 3b.3)Percentage of employed people who usually work shift work • of employees 25 percent work on shifts Päivi Keinänen

  13. Dimension 3c) Balancing work and non-working life • 3c.1) Ratio of employment rate for women with children under compulsory school age to the employment rate of all women aged 20-49 years • available from LFS’s household panel • 3c.2) Share of women receiving maternity/family leave benefits • we propose that the share is calculated from mothers of children under certain age (e.g. 10 years), and not from all women • 3c.3) Share of men receiving paternity/family leave benefits • we propose that the share is calculated from fathers of children under certain age (e.g. 10 years), and not from all men • For more information of family benefits see: http://www.kela.fi/in/internet/english.nsf Päivi Keinänen

  14. Dimension 3c. Child care 1985-2006, percent of 1–6 year-olds Päivi Keinänen

  15. Dimension 4. Stability and security of work, and social protection • 4a) Stability and security of work • Percentage of employees with temporary jobs (LFS) • Percentage of employees with job tenure less than one year (LFS) • includes pupils and students who work between the school terms in summer • 4b)Social protection • Share of employees covered by unemployment insurance • Public social security expenditure as a share of GDP • Share of employees not covered by strike law Päivi Keinänen

  16. 4a) Percentage of employees with temporary jobs Päivi Keinänen

  17. Dimension 5. Social dialog and workplace relationships • 5a) Social dialog • Share of employees covered by collective wage bargaining • Average number of days not worked due to strikes and lockouts • Share of employees not covered by strike law • 5b) Workplace relationships • employees who are satisfied at their jobs • possibility to influence on one’s work • social relations at workplace Päivi Keinänen

  18. Dimension 6. Skills development and life long learning • 6.1) Share of employed persons in high skilled occupations • 6.2) Share of employees who received job training within the last 12 months • from LFS employees who have participated in education during last 4 weeks • 6.3) Share of employed who have more education than is normally required in their occupation • availability of a source is a problem • 6.4) Share of employed who have less education than is normally required in their occupation • availability of a source is a problem Päivi Keinänen

  19. Dimension 7. Intrinsic nature of work • Share of employees who feel they do “useful” work • Share of employees who receive regular feedback from their supervisor • positive/negative? • Share of employees who feel they are able to apply their own ideas in work • Share of employees who feel satisfied with their work Päivi Keinänen

  20. Child labour Forced labour Share of women receiving maternity/family leave benefits Share of men receiving paternity/family leave benefits Share of employees covered by collective wage bargaining Share of employed who have more education than is normally required in their occupation Share of employed who have less education than is normally required in their occupation Other indicators Päivi Keinänen

  21. Thank you for your attention! Päivi Keinänen Statistics Finland, Social statistics, Työelämä Tel. + Email: paivi.keinanen@stat.fi Päivi Keinänen

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