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- 26 July 2010 Press release
Widespread use of short-time work reduces gap between agreed and actual working time in the EU
Across the 27 EU Member States, the average agreed weekly hours rose very slightly from 38.6 in 2008 to 38.7 in 2009, according to the annual report on working time developments and trends from Eurofound’s European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO). While agreed working time remains stable, the widespread use of short-time work in 2009 has caused a downward tendency in actual working hours. - 26 July 2010 Press release
Two jobs lost for every one created in Europe
Global economic growth is picking up but Europe is trailing behind the other major advanced economic areas (Asia, US) in terms of the strength of its recovery, according to the latest quarterly report from Eurofound’s European Restructuring Monitor (ERM). 
20 July 2010 News
The European Commission appointed Juan Menéndez-Valdés Alvarez to the post of Eurofound Director on 13 July 2010. He is currently responsible for education and training, employment and migration issues at the Spanish Confederation of Employers’ Organisations. Since 1999, he has been a member of the Governing Board of Cedefop, Eurofound’s sister agency dealing with vocational training, serving as Chair from 2007 to 2009.- 1 July 2010 Just published
Eurofound publishes its new Yearbook
The Yearbook sets out to distil Eurofound’s key findings during 2009. A glance through the report reveals that the impact of the recession dominated Eurofound research across its various areas of expertise this year. - 29 June 2010 Press release
Social partners show strong willingness to adapt to the changing social and economic climate
Given the economic circumstances in the European Union during 2009, maintaining jobs and avoiding redundancies were to the fore in social partner discussions and actions across Europe in 2009, according to the new annual review of industrial relations developments in the EU from Eurofound's European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO). - 25 June 2010 Press release
Negotiated pay outstrips prices in 2009
Despite moderate collectively agreed nominal pay increases across the European Union in 2009, the dramatic drop in the annual inflation resulted in significant real pay increases, according to new data from Eurofound’s European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO). - 26 May 2010 Just published
How are you? Quality of life in Europe
This issue of Foundation Focus looks at the findings of Eurofound's pan-European quality of life surveys and what they reveal about the process of economic and social cohesion across the Union, within Member States, between different groups of European citizens, and the impact of the economic crisis.
