The project on Social Dialogue Capacity Building at sectoral and company levels is a follow-up of a similar project held at a national level in 2005. The methodology used included carrying out interviews with members of the nationally recognised representative organisations of employers and
This review of pay trends in Europe in 2005 and 2006 finds that average collectively-agreed nominal wage increases across the EU rose from 4.9% in 2005 to 5.6% in 2006. When inflation is taken into account, the rate of real increase rose from 1.9% in 2005 to 2.7% in 2006. However, the data show that
The European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC) of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee of the Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Industries, commissioned a research project investigating the
In the mid-1990s, the Foundation began research into barriers and opportunities for age management in companies. At that time, more than 150 case studies of ‘good practice’ in companies were documented. These case studies covered public and private sectors and small, medium as well as large
This issue contains the following articles: Director's diary; Spotlight on gender and career development; Quality of life in Croatia; In brief; and Latest events and publications.
Industrial relations developments in Europe 2006 highlights the most significant industrial relations developments over the past year – both at national and EU level. It examines the key issues covered by collective bargaining – pay, working time, job security, training, and equal opportunities –
This report examines the operations of social partner organisations and collective bargaining in the telecommunications sector. The first section gives an outline of the economic background of the sector. The second section describes the social partner organisations in all EU Member States except
The Foundation’s research into quality of life in Turkey is largely based on findings from the EQLS, supplemented by national data, academic surveys and related social science studies. The research offers a comparison of the social circumstances of people in Turkey with those in the ‘old’ EU15
This timely report draws on some of the findings of the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS), along with other pieces of key research, on issues affecting quality of life in the candidate country, Turkey. Never before has a candidate country as unique and diverse as Turkey raised such interesting
This issue contains the following articles: Director's diary; Turkey at the crossroads; Migrants in Europe face severe challenges; In brief; and Latest events and publications.