European Parliament Think Tank – Precarious Employment in Europe (Volume 1: Patterns, Trends and Policy Strategies; Volume 2 – Country Case Studies): “This Policy Department A study examines precarious employment, its patterns, trends and policy strategies in Europe. It explores the risk of precariousness of different types of contract, using information from EU data analysis and literature review, as well as case studies of eight EU Member States. It finds that there are a range and degrees of risks of precariousness associated with all types of contract, based on key indicators of precariousness. This Policy Department A study contains the results of eight country cases studies carried out in the framework of the European Parliament study on Precarious employment: patterns, trends and policy strategies in Europe. The featured countries are Denmark, France, Germany, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The case studies review precarious employment in their country, and examine three types of employment that are deemed to be at a relatively high risk of precariousness.”