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Virtual Visit to France - Job quality and labour shortages drawing on fresh findings from Eurofound's European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS)

As part of our Virtual Visits initiative, Eurofound organises an exclusive online interactive webinar with its experts, on ‘Job quality and labour shortages drawing on fresh findings from Eurofound's European Working Conditions Survey on Wednesday, 29 April 2026, 15.00-16.15 (French time).

Virtual Visit to France - Job quality and labour shortages drawing on fresh findings from Eurofound's European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS)

Job quality and labour shortages drawing on fresh findings from Eurofound's European Working Conditions Survey

When?

Wednesday, 29 April 2026

Europe/ Paris

Start

15:00

End

16:15

Organised by
Eurofound in collaboration with Eurofound’s French Board Members and national correspondent in France

Event background

This event takes place in the context of Eurofound’s ongoing efforts with key stakeholders at the national level to ensure widespread dissemination and dialogue on our research findings. 

Event overview

According to the latest EWCS, 65% of French workers believe that they will be able to continue working until 60 years of age. Quality jobs contribute to higher labour force participation, better well-being and stronger economic performance. They are also a key component in making work sustainable over the longer term by helping workers remain motivated and engaged throughout their careers.

This event will explore, in particular, how job quality is linked to labour shortages, while comparing France’s position with that of other EU Member States, drawing on new findings from Eurofound’s European Working Conditions Survey. It will address the question of how the attractiveness of specific sectors and occupations affected by labour shortages can be increased. This includes sectors and occupations deemed essential such as the healthcare sector, construction, ICT, manufacturing, digital occupations and hospitality.

This event takes place in collaboration with Eurofound’s French Board Members and with its national correspondence in France.


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Agenda

Contact

For more information or any queries about #Virtual Visits, please contact Bernice Turner.

Bernice Turner

Communication Officer
Information and Communication

No additional information available.

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Eurofound speakers

Ivailo Kalfin

Executive Director
Eurofound

Ivailo Kalfin tiltrådte som administrerende direktør for Eurofound den 1. juni 2021. Kalfins ekspertise dækker en række områder, lige fra dynamikken i arbejdsmarkedet og socialpolitikken til globale politiske tendenser, EU og budgettet samt digital omstilling. Han har skitseret fem hovedprioriteter for sin rolle i Eurofound: støtte til integration af Europas grønne og digitale omstilling; supplere gennemførelsen af handlingsplanen for den europæiske søjle for sociale rettigheder med evidensbaseret forskning øget samarbejde med internationale organisationer og eksterne partnere og større opsøgende arbejde over for lande under den europæiske naboskabspolitik støtte til styrkelse og udvidelse af arbejdsmarkedets parters kapacitet inden for agenturets ansvarsområde at øge Eurofounds profil blandt de vigtigste interessenter.

Mary McCaughey

Head of Unit
Information and Communication

Mary McCaughey er informations- og kommunikationschef i Eurofound. Hun er uddannet fra Trinity College i Dublin og College of Europe i Brügge og begyndte at arbejde i Bruxelles med Europolitics og Wall Street Journal Europe. Hun arbejdede for Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa (AWEPA) i Sydafrika under landets overgang til demokrati, og i 1998 tiltrådte hun stillingen som talsmand for Den Europæiske Unions delegation i Pretoria, hvor hun ledede dens presse- og informationsafdeling under forhandlingerne om frihandelsaftalen mellem EU og Sydafrika. Efter afslutningen af Kosovo-krigen arbejdede hun som kommunikationskonsulent for Det Europæiske Genopbygningsagentur i Serbien. Hun tiltrådte stillingen som chefredaktør i Eurofound i 2003.

Tina Weber

Senior research manager
Working life research unit

Tina Weber is a senior research manager in Eurofound’s Working Life unit. Her work has focused on labour shortages, the impact of hybrid work and an ‘always on’ culture and the right to disconnect, working conditions and social protection measures for self-employed workers and the impact of the twin transitions on employment, working conditions and industrial relations. She is responsible for studies assessing the representativeness of European social partner organisations. She has also carried out research on European Works Councils and the evolution of industrial relations and social dialogue in the European Union. Prior to joining Eurofound in 2019, she worked for a private research institute primarily carrying out impact assessments and evaluations of EU labour law and labour market policies. Tina holds a PhD in Political Sciences from the University of Edinburgh which focussed on the role of national trade unions and employers’ organisations in the European social dialogue.

Agnès Parent-Thirion

Senior research manager
Working life research unit

Agnès Parent-Thirion er seniorforskningsleder i Eurofounds arbejdslivsenhed, der har til opgave at planlægge, udvikle og gennemføre forskningsprojekter om arbejdsvilkår, navnlig den europæiske undersøgelse af arbejdsvilkårene (EWCS) og analyserne heraf. Hun er ansvarlig for den ekstraordinære udgave af EWCS 2021 og for udarbejdelsen af spørgeskemaet til EWCS 2024. Hendes forskningsinteresser omfatter arbejdsforhold, jobkvalitet, overvågning af arbejdsvilkår, arbejdstilrettelæggelse, køn, fremtidens arbejde og tid. Hun har arbejdet inden for europæiske sammenlignende undersøgelser i mere end et årti inden for alle aspekter, herunder design, udvikling af spørgeskemaer, feltarbejde, kvalitetskontrol og analyse. Hun er uddannet i økonomi og ledelse fra Paris IX Dauphine og Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne universiteter og har en postgraduate diplom i statistik fra Trinity College Dublin. Hun har for nylig gennemført onlinekurser om kunstig intelligens: undersøgelsesdrevet ledelse med MIT Sloan Executive Education og 'Les grand enjeux de la transition: re-ouvrir l'horizon, comprendre pour agir' med Campus de la Transition. Før hun kom til Eurofound, arbejdede hun i en årrække i Europa-Kommissionen.

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