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Denne rapport har et dobbelt fokus. Først gennemgås den seneste omstruktureringsaktivitet i EU fra januar 2019 og frem til og med de første konsekvenser af covid-19-krisen. I den anden del fremlægges en analyse af transnationale omstruktureringseksempler — dem, der påvirker arbejdstagere i mere end ét land.

Following a sluggish response by many Member States to introduce or modify gender pay transparency measures, as it recommended in 2014, the European Commission intends to table a proposal for EU-level legislation on pay transparency later in 2020. In this context, a new Eurofound study investigated whether key people at company level see these measures as useful or beneficial. The results show that the richer pay audits are favoured over the simpler pay reports in terms of their perceived usefulness. Both managers and employee representatives agree on this.

Megatrends, such as digitalisation, globalisation, demographic change and climate change, are transforming the world of work, with knock-on effects for working conditions and job quality. Against this background, this report examines working conditions and job quality from a sectoral perspective, using data from the 2015 European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS). The report first outlines the sectoral characteristics underpinning employment – economic structure, demographics, occupational level and employment status.

The gender pay gap in gross hourly earnings in the EU was 14.8% in 2018. To help combat discriminatory pay practices by employers, the European Commission recommended in 2014 the introduction of pay transparency measures in all Member States. But more than half still have not implemented any such measures. Ursula von der Leyen announced in 2019 the Commission’s intention to table measures introducing binding pay transparency measures as part of new anti-discrimination legislation. Where do Member States currently stand on the agenda?

In the context of the ongoing trend of a fall in collective bargaining coverage, and recent calls at EU level to promote collective bargaining coverage as an instrument to support fair and decent wages, new data from Eurofound’s fourth European Company Survey (ECS) show that two-thirds of workers (in private sector establishments with more than 10 employees in the EU) are estimated to have their wages set via a collective wage agreement.

The exponential growth of COVID-19 cases across Europe this autumn has quickly erased hopes that the virus had been contained and confirmed the surge of another wave of the pandemic. With Member States now implementing new restrictive measures for the second time since March in an attempt to control the virus, the COVID-19 crisis has become a health, economic and social crisis.

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the education sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective participation in the European sectoral social dialogue and their capacity to negotiate agreements. The aim of Eurofound’s representativeness studies is to identify the relevant national and European social partner organisations in the field of industrial relations in the EU Member States.

Denne rapport er baseret på fjerde udgave af den europæiske virksomhedsundersøgelse, som blev udarbejdet i fællesskab af Eurofound og Cedefop i 2019. Den beskriver en bred vifte af praksisser og strategier, som europæiske virksomheder har gennemført med hensyn til arbejdstilrettelæggelse, forvaltning af menneskelige ressourcer, brug og udvikling af færdigheder og medarbejdernes medindflydelse.

Retten til adgang til pasnings- og plejeydelser af god kvalitet er fremhævet i den europæiske søjle for sociale rettigheder. Denne rapport har fokus på tre pasnings- og plejeydelser: førskoleundervisning og børnepasning, sundhedsydelser og langtidspleje. Adgang til disse ydelser har vist sig at bidrage til at mindske ulighederne i hele livscyklussen og opnå ligestilling for kvinder og personer med handicap.

As Europe faces into what appears to be a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, concern is mounting about the evolution and dramatic impact of the disease, with rising numbers of infections, hospitalisations and deaths. There is also a growing focus on the repercussions for the economy, the labour market, the way we will live and work (or not) over the coming period. How we respond to these extraordinary times will shape the future of our societies for decades, and understanding the lived experiences of citizens is critical to developing the most relevant and effective policies to tackle the fallout of this pandemic in the coming years.