Having successfully negotiated national interprofessional agreements on the
‘generation contract’ (*FR1209031I* [1]) in 2012, and on safeguarding
jobs (*FR1302011I* [2]) on 11 January 2013, the social partners have
completed the negotiation of a major reform of vocational training. Talks
started in September 2013 (*FR1310011I* [3]) and concluded on 14 December.
The craft sector in Italy has a consolidated system of bilateral bodies,
regulated by cross-industry agreements at national and regional levels. The
sector is also regulated by sectoral collective agreements (*IT0812059I*
[1]). This bilateral system has ensured income support benefits for craft
workers suspended from work due to business crises.
On 12 November 2013, four unions which represent social work employees signed
an agreement to establish a new joint union committee. They are the
Lithuanian Education Trade Union (LŠPS [1]), the Lithuanian Civil Servants
Trade Union (LVTPS [2]), the Federation of Lithuanian Public Service Trade
Unions (LVPPF), and the Care and Social Workers Trade Union (SSDPS
‘Solidarumas’). The committee’s task is to prepare and negotiate a
sectoral collective agreement between social work employees from budgetary
social service agencies and local authorities in the municipalities. The
parties have agreed the following.
In Norway, women make up roughly half of labour market participants. Although
they generally have a higher level of educational attainment than men, they
often find themselves in different segments of the labour market. This is
often most clearly marked by a predominance of one gender or the other in
different sectors and men’s dominance of leadership positions in the
private sector.
A new Danish study has investigated the effects of low levels of
organisational justice at the workplace on the risk of depression (Grynderup,
Mors, Hansen et al, 2013). A total of 4,237 public employees from 378 work
units in Denmark were enrolled at baseline in 2007 from the Danish PRISME
project, Psychological risk factors in the work environment and biological
mechanism for the development of stress, burnout and depression (in Danish)
[1].
A study has been carried out in Portugal on the challenges faced by women
shift workers trying to balance family and working life. The study, Shift
work defined in the feminine: What challenges to work–life balance? (in
Portuguese, 1.04 MB PDF) [1], was the basis for a dissertation for master’s
degree in psychology.
Workplace elections are held in Luxembourg every five years. The most recent
elections were held on 13 November 2013, and 437,000 employees and retired
workers were eligible to vote. , However, the turnout was just 36%
(approximately 158,000 people). Just over 700 companies were involved.
This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the wholesale sector (NACE 46).1 It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work across 34 European countries. Additional information on the structural characteristics of the sector is derived from Eurostat data.
The Government of Malta [1] commissioned former Health Minister John Dalli to
compile a report on the management of the country’s main public hospital,
Mater Dei [2], located in Msida. The report was published at the end of
November 2013. Mr Dalli, a former EU Commissioner, was Minister of Health for
a brief period from March 2008 to June 2009 under the previous administration
led by the Partit Nazzjonalista (PN [3]), now in opposition after its
electoral defeat at the polls in March 2013.
Traditionally, Lithuania’s trade unions in the education sector have been
among the strongest in the country. Unions have staged a number of strikes
and protest campaigns over the past decade, and have managed to negotiate
better wages for Lithuanian teachers compared to other public sector
employees (*LT1210019I* [1], *LT1112029I* [2], *LT1006019I* [3]).
The European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) has reported on the employment impact of large-scale business restructuring since 2002. This publication series include the ERM reports, as well as blogs, articles and working papers on restructuring-related events in the EU27 and Norway.
Eurofound’s European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) paints a wide-ranging picture of Europe at work across countries, occupations, sectors and age groups. This series consists of findings from the European Working Conditions Telephone Survey (EWCTS) 2021, an extraordinary edition conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey was first carried out in 1990.
This publication series gathers all overview reports on developments in working life, annual reviews in industrial relations and working conditions produced by Eurofound on the basis of national contributions from the Network of Eurofound Correspondents (NEC). Since 1997, these reports have provided overviews of the latest developments in industrial relations and working conditions across the EU and Norway. The series may include recent ad hoc articles written by members of the NEC.
Eurofound’s work on COVID-19 examines the far-reaching socioeconomic implications of the pandemic across Europe as they continue to impact living and working conditions. A key element of the research is the e-survey, launched in April 2020, with five rounds completed at different stages during 2020, 2021 and 2022. This is complemented by the inclusion of research into the ongoing effects of the pandemic in much of Eurofound’s other areas of work.
Eurofound's representativeness studies are designed to allow the European Commission to identify the ‘management and labour’ whom it must consult under article 154 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). This series consists of studies of the representativeness of employer and worker organisations in various sectors.
This series reports on developments in minimum wage rates across the EU, including how they are set and how they have developed over time in nominal and real terms. The series explores where there are statutory minimum wages or collectively agreed minimum wages in the Member States, as well as minimum wage coverage rates by gender.
The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) launched in 1990 and is carried out every five years, with the latest edition in 2015. It provides an overview of trends in working conditions and quality of employment for the last 30 years. It covers issues such as employment status, working time duration and organisation, work organisation, learning and training, physical and psychosocial risk factors, health and safety, work–life balance, worker participation, earnings and financial security, work and health, and most recently also the future of work.
Eurofound’s Flagship report series 'Challenges and prospects in the EU' comprise research reports that contain the key results of multiannual research activities and incorporate findings from different related research projects. Flagship reports are the major output of each of Eurofound’s strategic areas of intervention and have as their objective to contribute to current policy debates.
Eurofound’s European Company Survey (ECS) maps and analyses company policies and practices which can have an impact on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, as well as the development of social dialogue in companies. This series consists of outputs from the ECS 2019, the fourth edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 2004–2005 as the European Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance.
This series reports on and updates latest information on the involvement of national social partners in policymaking. The series analyses the involvement of national social partners in the implementation of policy reforms within the framework of social dialogue practices, including their involvement in elaborating the National Reform Programmes (NRPs).
The use of artificial intelligence, advanced robotics and the Internet of Things technologies in the workplace can bring about fundamental changes in work organisation and working conditions. This report analyses the ethical and human implications of the use of these technologies at work by drawing on qualitative interviews with policy stakeholders, input from the Network of Eurofound Correspondents and Delphi expert surveys, and case studies.
This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the professional football 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 this Eurofound’s study on representativeness is to identify the relevant national and European social partner organisations in the professional football sector in the EU Member States.
This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in European sectoral social dialogue taking place at cross-sectoral level. 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 this Eurofound’s study on representativeness is to identify the relevant national and European social partner organisations at cross-sectoral level in the EU Member States.
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