Growing flexibilisation of the European labour market has resulted in an increase in so-called atypical forms of employment, such as fixed-term employment, temporary or agency work, and marginal employment. These forms of employment are also referred to as precarious, as they are characterised by job insecurity, among other things. This article uses data from the BIBB/BAuA 2012 Employment Survey to investigate the working conditions and state of health of fixed-term full-time employees who are not employed via a temporary employment agency. These are compared with full-time employees who are employed on a permanent basis (excluding temporary workers).