Company practices to tackle labour shortages

Weber, Tina; Adăscăliței, Dragoș

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Published: 25 October 2024

Company practices to tackle labour shortages

Tina Weber,

Dragoș Adăscăliței

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Labour market policies Job creation Small and medium-sized enterprises Skills and training

This report centres on the recruitment and retention measures that organisations have deployed to address labour shortages, based on 17 case studies in different sectors and across 13 Member States. The report includes an update to previous Eurofound research on trends in labour shortages and labour market slack.

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Company practices to tackle labour shortages

This report provides updated evidence on the persistence of labour shortages amid declining levels of labour market slack in the EU and at Member State level. This serves as a background to the main focus of the report, which is on organisational policies aimed at attracting workers to occupations in which shortages are common. Case studies were conducted across sectors and Member States to gain an insight into how organisations deal with recruitment and retention challenges in a tight labour market. The report offers lessons on steps employers can take to fill vacancies, whether acting alone or in partnership with other organisations. It builds on previous Eurofound research that developed a taxonomy of actions employers adopt aimed at addressing labour shortages.

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