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4%

24%

16% 19% 14%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Germany Spain France Sweden UK

Organisations with more than 10% of workforce on temporary contracts
(Survey 1999/2000, Cranet network 2002)

of cultural differences (equal opportunities for women being arguably more

accepted in Northern Europe, for example), legislative differences and trade

union influence. This important and complex topic has been explored further

in Brewster, 1998; Brewster and Tregaskis, 2001, forthcoming; Mayne et al.,

1996; Tregaskis et al., 1998.

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FIGURE 7.3

22%

10%

19%

37%

33%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Germany Spain France Sweden UK

Organisations with more than 10% of workforce on part-time contracts

(Survey 1999/2000, Cranet network 2002)

FIGURE 7.4