Precarious job? Study says you'll die earlier

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She conducted a study investigating how precarious employment affects the risk of mortality in the Swedish population..

If you're one of the millions of people who work in insecure jobs, reading this interview might add years to your life..

Nuria Matilla Santander: People who move from precarious employment to standard employment, which is better and higher quality employment the risk of death decreases by 20% [over six years]..

And when these Swedish workers went from precarious employment to standard employment, they lived longer..

So, instead of having stable employment, you can provide the workers with a lot of rights, a lot of social security protection, and this will protect them against many kinds of health damage from work..