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<jats:p><jats:bold>Abstract. </jats:bold> This paper analyses government policy towards the two major forms of atypical work in Europe: part‐time employment and temporary work. It is submitted that the policies implemented promote the volume of marginal part‐time employment and temporary work. The policies aiming at more temporary jobs did not result in additional employment; they merely resulted in a redistribution of unemployment and a shift in the recruitment patterns in the direction of subsidised temporary jobs. Too much emphasis on numerical flexibility is not without danger. Countries run the risk that employers will not pay sufficient attention to the source of their long‐term flexibility, manpower training. I t is argued that regular part‐time work is an alternative for uncertain temporary jobs, Its potential expansion is considerable. Some recommendations are put forward to promote regular part‐time jobs and improve the position of flexible part‐time workers and temporary workers.</jats:p>