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The lowest percentage of European Union employees with uncertain jobs in 2016 was recorded in Romania (0.2 per cent), UK, the Czech Republic (both with 0.4 per cent) and Germany (0.5 per cent), with the highest being recorded in Croatia (8.4 per cent), France (4.8 per cent), Spain (4.7 per cent), Poland and Slovenia (both with 4.5 per cent), show data published on Friday by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat).
The percentage of EU employees with uncertain jobs maintained relatively stable over the past ten years, varying between 20% in 2009 and 2.3% in 2016. The most uncertain labour agreements were recorded in agriculture, silviculture and fishing, affecting 8.1 per cent of the employees in these fields.
