More than half of the people working in Romania report poor working conditions, a 2005 survey by the National Institute of Statistics reveals. The survey identifies differences in perceived working conditions between the public and private sectors, and assesses key factors contributing to people’s job satisfaction or dissatisfaction.

According to the Living Conditions Survey (ACOVI), carried out in 2005 by the National Institute of Statistics (Institutul National de Statistica, INS), more than half of people in employment complain of adverse working conditions: some 30.5% mention excessive heat; 20.7% are affected by air pollution, gases and dust; 14% refer to painful working positions (backache, eyestrain); excessive cold affects 12.3% of respondents; and 13.3% complain of an unhygienic working environment.

Between 2002 and 2005, environment and production related health-risk factors seem to have had an increasingly negative impact on working conditions. Data were collected by means of a face to face interview conducted in 10,920 surveyed dwellings at national level.

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