The recent crisis of the capitalistic economic system has altered the working conditions and occupations in the European Union. The recession situation has accelerated trends and has brought transformations that have been observed before. Changes have not looked the same way in all the countries of the Union. The social occupation norms, labour relations models and the type of global welfare provision can help underline some of these inequalities. Poor working conditions can expose workers to situations of great risk. This is one of the basic assumptions of the theoretical models and analytical studies of the approach to the psychosocial work environment. Changes in working conditions of the population seems to be important to explain in the worst health states. To observe these features in the current period of economic recession it has made a comparative study of trend through the possibilities of the European Working Conditions Survey in the 2005 and 2010 editions. It has also set different multivariate logistic regression models to explore potential partnerships with the worst conditions of employment and work. It seems that the economic crisis has intensified changes in working conditions and highlighted the effects of those conditions on the poor health of the working population. This conclusion can’t be extended for all EU countries; some differences were observed in terms of global welfare models

El objetivo de este estudio fue observar si habían empeorado las condiciones de trabajo y de empleo en la población asalariada de la UE a raíz de la última crisis socioeconómica, así como la relación de éstas condiciones con el estado de salud. Se realizó un estudio de tendencia a través de la European Working Conditions Survey comparada con la Labour Force Survey. Además, se ajustaron modelos de regresión logística para explorar asociaciones de las peores condiciones con la salud, considerando el trabajo reproductivo, el sexo y edad. Los principales resultados indicaron que se habían intensificado algunos cambios en las condiciones de empleo en países con regímenes de bienestar sureños y anglosajones. Las peores condiciones se asociaron con el mal estado de salud con importantes desigualdades de género. La norma social de ocupación y el tipo de provisión global del bienestar pueden ayudar a interpretar algunas de estas observaciones