Salud y bienestar
La promoción de normas estrictas en las condiciones de trabajo, también en el ámbito de la salud y el bienestar en el trabajo, es una prioridad clave para la UE. Las medidas para mejorar la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo tienen por objeto proteger a los trabajadores en su lugar de trabajo y promover los derechos de los trabajadores en este ámbito. Otras iniciativas tienen como objetivo abordar el aumento de los problemas de salud mental, relacionados con la pandemia, los entornos laborales cambiantes, el cambio climático y el aumento del costo de vida.
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2 September 2025
Mental health: Risk groups, trends, services and policies
29 November 2022
Working conditions in the time of COVID-19: Implications for the future
The strict public health restrictions implemented by governments in 2020 to control the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly changed working life and continued to shape it over the two years that followed. Between March and November 2021, over 70,000 interviews were carried out in 36 countries by the European Working Conditions Telephone Survey (EWCTS), a high-quality probability-based survey. The aim was to provide a detailed picture of the working lives of Europeans in that exceptional time.
The report documents the working conditions of Europeans in 2021. It examines variation in job quality and identifies its positive association with well-being, health, work engagement and the financial sustainability of work. It highlights the divergences in the experiences of workers depending on workers’ own attributes and their place in the workforce. From this analysis, the report aims to derive lessons for the future, particularly in relation to the enduring marks on how we work and the implications for work organisation, the quality of work, and the interaction between work and private life.
6 July 2022
Fifth round of the Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey: Living in a new era of uncertainty
The fifth round of Eurofound's e-survey, fielded from 25 March to 2 May 2022, sheds light on the social and economic situation of people across Europe two years after COVID-19 was first detected on the European continent. It also explores the reality of living in a new era of uncertainty caused by the war in Ukraine, inflation, and rising energy prices.
The findings of the e-survey reveal the heavy toll of the pandemic, with respondents reporting lower trust in institutions than at the start of the pandemic, poorer mental well-being, a rise in the level of unmet healthcare needs and an increase in the number of households experiencing energy poverty.
19 May 2022
Working life in the COVID-19 pandemic 2021
This publication consists of individual country reports on working life during 2021 for 28 countries – the 27 EU Member States and Norway. The country reports summarise evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on working life based on national research and survey results during 2021. They outline the policy responses of governments and social partners in their efforts to cushion the socioeconomic effects and include a focus on policy areas related to adapting to the pandemic and the return to work. This includes in particular a focus on new health and safety arrangements at work, new work arrangements, policies to address labour shortages and wages and wage setting. The reports also explore the impact of the pandemic on social dialogue, collective bargaining and industrial action.
Please note that there is no consolidated report on working life in the EU in 2021.
9 September 2021
Right to disconnect: Exploring company practices
Digital technologies have made it possible for many workers to carry out their work at any time and anywhere, with consequent advantages and disadvantages. Eurofound data show that teleworkers are twice as likely to exceed the 48-hour working time limit, take insufficient rest and work in their free time, with knock-on effects on their physical and mental health. To address this issue, there have been calls for the ‘right to disconnect’. This report is based on case studies that chart the implementation and impact of the right to disconnect at workplace level. It builds on previous Eurofound research that shows an increase in collective agreements providing for a right to disconnect in countries that have enshrined this right in their legislation. With the exponential growth in teleworking brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of striking a better balance between the opportunities and the challenges associated with teleworking and ICT-based flexible working has become more relevant than ever before.
26 February 2021
Working conditions and sustainable work: An analysis using the job quality framework
This flagship report summarises the key findings of Eurofound’s research on working conditions conducted over the programming period 2017–2020. It maps the progress achieved since 2000 in improving working conditions and examines whether all workers have benefited equally from positive change. It highlights which groups are the most at risk of experiencing poor working conditions and being left behind. Given the changes in the world of work, emerging challenges for good job quality are identified. The report also provides evidence for measures that could lead to the further improvement of work and the achievement of fair working conditions for all in the EU. The analysis shows that, overall, job quality in the EU is improving, if slowly. Not all workers are benefiting to the same extent, however. Furthermore, gender, age and contractual status have a significant bearing on a person’s working conditions. And while digitalisation helps to address some job quality issues, it also creates new challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated trends, reinforcing concerns and highlighting the importance of achieving job quality for all.
Expertos en Salud y bienestar
Los investigadores de Eurofound proporcionan conocimientos expertos y se les puede contactar para preguntas o solicitudes de los medios de comunicación.
Hans Dubois
Senior research managerHans Dubois es director de investigación sénior en la unidad de Políticas Sociales de Eurofound. Sus temas de investigación incluyen vivienda, sobreendeudamiento, atención médica, atención a largo plazo, beneficios sociales, jubilación y calidad de vida en el área local. Antes de incorporarse a Eurofound, fue profesor adjunto en la Universidad de Kozminski (Varsovia). Realizó un doctorado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas en la Universidad Bocconi (Milán), después de trabajar como investigador en el Observatorio Europeo de Sistemas y Políticas de Salud (Madrid).
Jorge Cabrita
Senior research managerJorge Cabrita is a senior research manager in the Working Life unit. He is responsible for formulating, coordinating and managing European-wide research, and promoting the dissemination of findings in the areas of working conditions and industrial relations. His main research areas of interest include working conditions and job quality, working time and work–life balance, workers’ health and well-being, gender equality and the socioeconomic impacts of the transition to a climate-neutral economy. He is currently leading research on working time developments and on social dialogue and collective bargaining during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, he worked as a researcher at the Centre for Studies for Social Intervention and at the Research Centre on the Portuguese Economy of the Lisbon School of Economics, and as a trainer and consultant in the areas of strategic management, organisational communication, leadership and team building. He holds a BSc in Economics and an MSc in Socio-Organisational Systems of Economic Activity from the Lisbon School of Economics.
Agnès Parent-Thirion
Senior research managerAgnès Parent-Thirion es directora de investigación sénior en la unidad de Vida Laboral de Eurofound, encargada de la planificación, el desarrollo y la ejecución de proyectos de investigación sobre las condiciones de trabajo, en particular la Encuesta Europea sobre las Condiciones de Trabajo (EWCS) y sus análisis. Es responsable de la edición extraordinaria de la EWCS 2021 y de la preparación del cuestionario para la EWCS 2024. Sus intereses de investigación incluyen las condiciones de trabajo, la calidad del empleo, el seguimiento de las condiciones de trabajo, la organización del trabajo, el género, el futuro del trabajo y el tiempo. Lleva más de una década trabajando en el área de encuestas comparativas europeas, en todos los aspectos, incluido el diseño, el desarrollo de cuestionarios, el trabajo de campo, el control de calidad y el análisis. Es licenciada en economía y gestión por las universidades Paris IX Dauphine y Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne y tiene un Diploma de Postgrado en Estadística por el Trinity College de Dublín. Recientemente ha completado cursos en línea sobre inteligencia artificial: liderazgo basado en la investigación con MIT Sloan Executive Education y 'Les grand enjeux de la transition: re-ouvrir l'horizon, comprendre pour agir' con el Campus de la Transition. Antes de incorporarse a Eurofound, trabajó durante varios años en la Comisión Europea.
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