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Agreements

Agreements are the outcome of collective bargaining and social dialogue processes. Social partners are encouraged to negotiate and conclude collective agreements  that can then be implemented at European, national, regional, sectoral or company level.  Increasingly Union labour laws are shaped by agreements that the parties voluntarily enter into and by soft law mechanisms. 

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In this pilot project, Eurofound successfully established the feasibility of, and piloted, an EU-wide database of minimum pay rates contained in collective agreements related to low-paid workers. A conceptual and...

26 jaanuar 2024
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Christine Aumayr-Pintar is a senior research manager in the Working Life unit at Eurofound. Her current research topics include minimum wages, collectively agreed wages and gender...

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Working life research unit
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Viimastel aastatel, välja arvates mõned katkendlikud hüpped, on töövõitlused ELi liikmesriikides üldiselt vähenenud. COVID-19 pandeemia ajal see suundumus jätkus ning pole üllatav, et kõige olulisemad töövaidlused esinesid inimeste tervishoiu- ja sotsiaalteenuste sektoris, haridussektoris ning

07 February 2022

Digitehnoloogiad võimaldavad paljudel töötajatel teha oma tööd igal ajal ja igal pool. Sellega kaasnevad nii eelised kui ka puudused. Eurofoundi andmetest selgub, et kaugtöötajad ületavad kaks korda suurema tõenäosusega 48-tunnise tööaja, puhkavad ebapiisavalt ja töötavad vabal ajal, millel on

09 September 2021

Euroopa Elu- ja Töötingimuste Parandamise Sihtasutus (Eurofound) on jälginud alates 2016. aastast tähelepanelikult riiklike sotsiaalpartnerite kaasamist poliitika kujundamisse Euroopa poolaasta tsükli raames. 2020. aastal keskenduti sotsiaalpartnerite kaasamisele COVID-19 puhangu esimestel kuudel

09 March 2021

Developments in information and communication technology (ICT) have been among the key drivers of change in working life over the past two decades. Specifically, telework and ICT-based mobile work (TICTM) exemplifies how digital technology has led to more flexible workplace and working time

02 July 2020

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of individuals and societies, including on the economy and labour markets, is unprecedented. The impact of the global health emergency has placed a growing number of businesses under threat, putting the jobs of more and more workers at risk and

24 June 2020

This study examines the interaction between social dialogue practices and human resources management (HRM) policies in European multinational companies (MNCs). It looks at the changing role of HRM and its interaction with European Works Councils (EWCs), which can act as a link between different

16 June 2020

This report, as part of an annual series on minimum wages, summarises the key developments during 2019 and early 2020 around the EU initiative on fair wages and puts the national debates on setting the rates for 2020 and beyond in this context. The report features how minimum wages were set and the

04 June 2020

Annual review of working life 2017 is part of a series of annual reviews published by Eurofound and provides an overview of the latest developments in industrial relations and working conditions across the EU and Norway. The annual review collates information based on reports from Eurofound’s

22 October 2018

This report examines the development of collectively agreed pay in conjunction with the development of actual compensation (‘wages’) and labour productivity in real terms. It applies both a longer-term perspective (the early 2000s to 2017) and a short-term perspective, with a focus on the outcomes

10 October 2018

This annual review covers several issues related to working time in the EU and Norway in 2015 and 2016. It is based mainly on contributions from Eurofound’s Network of European Correspondents (NEC).

16 August 2017

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Lithuania: Social partners sign memorandum of cooperation to implement Youth Guarantee

In January 2014, social partners agreed to cooperate in implementing the Youth Guarantee in Lithuania. They will seek to ensure that young people acquire the appropriate competencies and qualifications and be offered a job or continued education/training within four months of leaving education or

Most public sector unions back pay cuts

Early in 2013, Slovenia was on the brink of needing the help of the Troika – the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund – to support its ailing national finances. On 20 May 2013, the Slovenian government and public sector trade unions concluded an

Mixed reaction to creation of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

An alliance between the Fiat Group [1] and the Chrysler Group [2] dates back to 2009. The two groups announced they had signed a preliminary agreement for the creation of a strategic global alliance on 20 January 2009. On 10 June 2009 they signed another agreement, which meant Fiat would acquire 20%

Rise in ‘mutual agreements’ between the social partners

Mutual agreements between trade unions and employer groups in Hungary are fairly common. They have traditionally been agreed between the country’s largest employers’ confederation, the Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists (MGYOSZ [1]) and the largest union group, the National

Cross-border project aims to protect rights of migrant workers

More than 18.5% of legal EU immigrants in Cyprus are Bulgarians. In 2013, workers’ organisations launched the ‘Information Bridge – Bulgaria-Cyprus’ project, part of the Cooperation Framework Agreement concluded in February 2012 by the two trade union confederations, the Confederation of Independent

Milestone agreement signed on union representativeness and representation

In recent years, issues of representativeness and workplace representation have come to the forefront of public debate on industrial relations. Particularly contentious has been the conclusion of ‘separate agreements’ signed by only some of the major trade union confederations or their affiliated

Longer hours for bank staff

The 2013–2016 Haddington Road Agreement [1] sets out a range of wage reductions for up to 287,000 public service employees in return for a government commitment to make no compulsory redundancies. [1] http://www.per.gov.ie/haddington-road-agreement/

Trend toward collective agreements with no fixed pay increase

The National Mediation Office (MI [1]) in Sweden recently released its yearly report, revealing a trend towards collective agreements that set no fixed pay increase during the bargaining round of 2013. Although this trend has been seen in previous years, the increase in 2013 was significant. [1]

New agreement on pay and training in chemicals sector

The German Federation of Chemicals Employers’ Associations (BAVC [1]) and the Mining, Chemicals and Energy Industrial Union (IG BCE [2]) announced in a press release (in German, 121 KB PDF) [3] that they had concluded a new collective agreement on 5 February 2014. Only nine local and two sectoral

Tube strike prompts calls for tougher strike laws

On 4–6 February 2014, a 48-hour strike was held by London Underground staff belonging to the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT [1]) and the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA [2]), causing extensive travel disruption for people living and working in London. [1]


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Minimum wages have risen significantly in 2022, as the EU Member States leave behind the cautious mood of the pandemic. However, rising inflation is eating up these wage increases, and only flexibility in the regular minimum wage setting processes may avoid generalised losses in purchasing power

15 juuni 2022
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Whatever the benefits of telework – and there are many, including more flexible working time, increased productivity and less commuting – there are drawbacks, as many of the one-third of Europeans who were exclusively working from home during the pandemic will attest. Primary among these is the ‘alw

3 detsember 2020

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