ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the results of a survey conducted by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions from a gender perspective. Women's employment generally is steadily increasing in all countries of the European Union and it is assuming an increasing significance as a proportion of total employment. Emphasis on multi-skilling and the need for both life skills and technical skills may also benefit women. The chapter provides some contextual information. It illustrates the segregation of women and men in the Employee Participation in Organisational Change (EPOC) survey in different areas of the economy. As in the wider working population, women are absent from mining and construction, and thinly represented in transport, manufacturing and public utilities. 'De-feminisation' indicates that the share of women in the workforce of the EPOC establishments has decreased, while 'feminisation' indicates that the share has increased.
