Precarious Work Patterns in Lower Saxony

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October 29, 2009

As of October 2009, job security in Lower Saxony has drastically decreased. Increasingly, workers are forced to search for precarious positions in limited work, part-time jobs, menial jobs, or replacement jobs. Particular patterns have developed with the largest percentage of those in precarious employment represented by non-European Union immigrants. Whereas twenty-five percent of Germans and immigrants from other EU countries are in precarious or insecure jobs, thirty-eight percent of non-EU immigrants are in precarious employment in Lower Saxony. Additionally, non-EU immigrants earn approximately one third less in hourly wages than other workers.