North Macedonia among the countries with the worst working conditions in Europe
Social media users in France have reacted to recent statements made on television by economist Jean-Claude Delgènes, who said that France has “completely fallen behind in terms of working conditions.” Euroverify has analyzed the data behind these claims.
“In a study conducted at the end of 2021 and published in 2022, France ranks 36th, at the bottom of the list along with Albania, in terms of working conditions,” Delgenes told Public Senat, the official television channel of the upper house of the French Parliament.
His statements have prompted a flood of reactions on social media. This comes at a time when the issue of poor working conditions has become a hot topic in France, AlsatMk reports.
Euronews took a closer look at the data to verify Delgenes’ claims. France lags behind most other European countries, while North Macedonia is ranked 19th, as the country with the highest percentage of extreme workloads.
Following North Macedonia from the countries of the region are Bulgaria, Albania, Croatia and Serbia, while Kosovo ranks better.
These claims are based on a 2021 study by Eurofound, a Dublin-based agency that conducts research on living and working conditions in European countries.
Their most recent analysis of working conditions in Europe, known as the EWCS, dates from 2021. Updated field results for 2024 are expected to be published later this year.
The research analyzes working conditions in 36 European countries, including all 27 member states of the European Union.
The study includes a “job quality index,” which combines data on various aspects such as health, safety, job satisfaction, and others, to measure the level of stress that employees experience in the workplace.
According to these findings, only in Serbia, Montenegro, Slovakia and Poland are there more employees working under “extremely stressful” or “very stressful” conditions than in France, it reports. KosovaPress.