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Prospects for growth in the EU are improving thanks to the combination of a smaller fiscal drag, stronger external demand and a gradual improvement in private sector lending conditions. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts that output will increase in the euro zone by 1.1% in 2014 after a

Despite much legislative progress in gender equality over the past 40 years, there are still gender gaps across many aspects of the labour market. Inequalities are still evident in areas such as access to the labour market, employment patterns and associated working conditions. This report explores

This issue of Foundation Focus looks at impacts of the crisis on quality of life in Europe. Has quality of life worsened? Have all sections of society borne the impact equally, or have some ill-favoured groups been particularly affected? How do European citizens rate the quality of their public

This issue contains articles on: Findings in figures; Only modest real pay increases; Working in Europe - crisis leaves its mark; News in pictures; News in brief; and Publications.

This issue contains articles on: Findings in figures; More and better jobs in home-care services; EU Agencies - supporting the Social Model; News in brief; and Publications.

This issue contains articles on: Findings in figures; New database on collective pay bargaining; Promoting diversity in European workplaces; News in brief; and Publications.

The objective of the ERM is to monitor restructuring activities in the EU Member States plus Norway. The employment impact of restructuring events is measured on the basis of announcements reported in the daily and business press in each Member State since 2002. Read more on the ERM web pages.

In recent years, practices such as outsourcing and contracting-out have increasingly blurred the boundaries between dependent employment and self-employment. A new group of workers has emerged, which comprises workers who are formally ‘self-employed’, but present some characteristics of employees