ESeC Class | Common Term | Employment regulation |
1 | Large employers, higher grade professional, administrative and managerial occupations | Higher salariat | Service Relationship |
2 | Lower grade professional, administrative and managerial occupations and higher grade technician and supervisory occupations | Lower salariat | Service Relationship (modified) |
3 | Intermediate occupations | Higher grade white collar workers | Mixed |
4 | Small employer and self employed occupations (exc agriculture etc) | Petit bourgeoisie or independents | – |
5 | Self employed occupations (agriculture etc) | Petit bourgeoisie or independents | – |
6 | Lower supervisory and lower technician occupations | Higher grade blue collar workers | Mixed |
7 | Lower services, sales and clerical occupations | Lower grade white collar workers | Labour Contract (modified) |
8 | Lower technical occupations* | Skilled workers | Labour Contract (modified) |
9 | Routine occupations* | Semi- and non-skilled workers | Labour Contract |
10 | Never worked and long-term unemployed | Unemployed | – |