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A reduction in the number of public servants in Greece was a condition of the country’s loan agreements. However, trade unions have protested against the cuts while employers say the public sector is still too large.

Newly elected President of LO, Lizette Risgaard, has invited the on-call taxi company Uber to social dialogue.

The third Quality of work survey report, published by Italy’s National Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training Employment and Social Policies (Isfol), provides both synthetic indicators and an accurate overview of the quality of work in Italy. It shows that while the work climate is

The Ministry of Labour has compiled information for an annual report on inspection activities each year since 2008. The findings are summarised in the Annual report on social cohesion (in Italian) [1] in cooperation with the National Institute for Statistics (Istat [2]). The first social cohesion

A report prepared by the Associazione Bruno Trentin [1], a research institute linked with Italy’s main trade union Cgil [2], has exmained the effect of the economic crisis on migrant workers in Italy. The impact of the crisis on migrants’ living and working conditions [3] is based on analysis of

A project initiated by the Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia focuses on the plight of young people in the labour market. A study, carried out as part of the project, has led to proposals for a range of measures to tackle Slovenia’s high youth unemployment including the revival of

The effects of the global financial crisis began to be felt in Hungary in October 2008. GDP declined in 2009 by 6.5% (table below) and since then it has struggled to show any improvement according to figures from Hungary’s Central Statistical Office (KSH [1]). The crisis affected the entire