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Työmarkkinaosapuolten välinen vuoropuhelu

Työmarkkinaosapuolten välinen vuoropuhelu tarkoittaa työnantajien ja työntekijöiden välisiä neuvotteluja, kuulemisia, yhteisiä toimia, keskusteluja ja tietojenvaihtoja. Hyvin toimiva työmarkkinaosapuolten välinen vuoropuhelu on keskeinen työkalu työolojen muovaamisen kannalta, ja siinä on mukana monia erilaisia eri tason toimijoita. Sillä pyritään tasapainottamaan työntekijöiden ja työnantajien intressejä ja lisäämään sekä taloudellista kilpailukykyä että sosiaalista yhteenkuuluvuutta.

EU:n tasolla käydyssä viimeaikaisessa poliittisessa keskustelussa on korostettu, että erityisesti vuoden 2008 kriisin jälkeen sosiaalisesta oikeudenmukaisuudesta, demokratiasta, työn laadusta ja työmarkkinasuhteiden uusista malleista on alettu käydä uutta keskustelua, mikä on asettanut haasteita perinteisille työmarkkinasuhteille ja työmarkkinasuhdejärjestelmille.

Kun Euroopan työmarkkinaosapuolten välisen vuoropuhelun historiallisesta käynnistämisestä Brysselin Val Duchessessa oli kulunut 30 vuotta, komissio käynnisti työmarkkinaosapuolten välisen vuoropuhelun uutta alkua koskevan hankkeen 5. maaliskuuta 2015 pidetyssä korkean tason edustajien tapahtumassa, johon kokoontui työmarkkinajärjestöjä ympäri Eurooppaa. Euroopan työmarkkinaosapuolten välinen vuoropuhelu on Euroopan unionin sosiaalipolitiikan työkalu, jolla voidaan edistää suoraan EU:n työmarkkinalainsäädännön ja -politiikan muovaamista.

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From January to June 2022, Eurofound supported the work of France's presidency of the Council of the EU, providing valuable research results on specific topics linked with the presidency priorities.

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From July to December 2023, Eurofound supported the work of Spain's presidency of the Council of the EU, providing valuable research results on specific topics linked with the presidency priorities.

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EU context

Eurofoundin toiminta

Politiikanlaatijat tarvitsevat kunnollista tutkimustietoa, jotta työmarkkinoilla tapahtuvia muutoksia voidaan ymmärtää ja Euroopan työmarkkinasuhteiden dynamiikassa tapahtuviin muutoksiin vastata. Eurofound kartoittaa erilaisia suuntauksia ja malleja niiden tietojen ja analyysien avulla, joita se saa EU:n 28 jäsenvaltiota ja Norjan kattavalta yhteyshenkilöiden verkostolta. Samalla se nostaa esille toimivia esimerkkejä sekä Euroopan laajuisesta että valtakunnallisesta työmarkkinaosapuolten välisestä vuoropuhelusta.

Eurofoundin tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan erilaisia näkökohtia, kuten työntekijöiden osallistumista, työehtosopimusneuvotteluita, työntekijöiden edustusta ja työmarkkinasuhteita kaikilla tasoilla. Siinä tutkitaan, miten pitkälle työmarkkinasuhteet ovat sopeutuneet monikansallisten yritysten ilmaantumiseen. Näkökulma on globaali, ja siinä verrataan työmarkkinasuhdejärjestelmiä ja niiden tuloksia EU:n ulkopuolisissa talouksissa, kuten Yhdysvalloissa ja Japanissa.

Keskeiset aikaansaannokset

Eurofound on ollut tuottelias yli 40 toimintavuotensa aikana, ja se on kartoittanut Euroopan työmarkkinaosapuolten välisen vuoropuhelun erilaisia muuttuvia puolia eri tasoilla: yritysten tasolla, valtakunnallisesti, Euroopan laajuisesti ja kansainvälisesti.

Viime vuosina Eurofound on tehnyt perusteellisia analyysejä monista kysymyksistä, jotka ovat työmarkkinaosapuolten välisen vuoropuhelun keskiössä. Tällaisia ovat esimerkiksi 

Useilla aloilla Euroopan komission vuonna 2006 esittämästä tehtävänannosta toteutettu Eurofoundin edustavuustutkimus tarjoaa tarvittavat perustiedot Euroopan laajuisten alakohtaisten neuvottelukomiteoiden perustamista ja toimintaa varten.

Tietolähteitä

Euroopan työmarkkinasuhteiden sanakirja laadittiin vuonna 2005 verkkotyökaluksi politiikanlaatijoille ja alan ammattilaisille. Se sisältää paljon arvokasta tietoa EU:n työllisyydestä ja työmarkkinasuhteista. Työelämää koskevissa maaprofiileissa annetaan asiaan liittyvää taustatietoa työmarkkinoiden rakenteista, elimistä ja säädöksistä EU:n 28 jäsenvaltiossa ja Norjassa sekä koko EU:n tasolla.

Kollektiivisia palkkaneuvotteluita sekä palkkoja, työaikaa ja työriitoja koskevilla tietokannoilla pyritään tarjoamaan tutkijoille ja politiikanlaatijoille määrällistä ja laadullista tietoa kyseisistä aiheista kaikissa jäsenvaltioissa ja Norjassa vuodesta 2000 lähtien aina nykypäivään asti.

 

Key outputs

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Tässä raportissa analysoidaan työmarkkinavuoropuhelun ja työehtosopimusneuvottelujen roolia niiden haasteiden käsittelyssä, joita covid-19-pandemia sai aikaan tai pahensi sairaanhoitoalalla. Siinä selvitetään myös, mukautettiinko työmarkkinavuoropuhelun ja työehtosopimusneuvottelujen olemassa olleita prosesseja kansallisella tasolla näihin...

1 joulukuu 2022
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Research report
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Joitakin ajoittaisia piikkejä lukuun ottamatta työtaistelutoimien määrä on yleisesti vähentynyt EU:n jäsenvaltioissa viime vuosina. Kehitys on jatkunut samansuuntaisena covid-19-pandemian aikana. Merkittävimmät työriidat ovat odotetusti terveydenhuolto- ja sosiaalipalvelualalla, koulutusalalla sekä liikenne-...

7 helmikuu 2022
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Research report
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This publication consists of individual country reports on working life during 2020 for 29 countries – the 27 EU Member States, Norway and the United Kingdom. The country reports summarise...

23 maaliskuu 2021
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Other
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Eurofound on seurannut vuodesta 2016 lähtien tiiviisti kansallisten työmarkkinaosapuolten osallistumista päätöksentekoon osana talouspolitiikan EU-ohjausjaksoa. Vuonna 2020 keskityttiin niiden osallistumiseen covid-19-pandemian ensimmäisinä kuukausina. Vaikka pandemia on ollut valtava haaste työmarkkinaosapuolten vuoropuhelulle, analyysin...

9 maaliskuu 2021
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Research report
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Eurofound edistää toimeksiantonsa mukaisesti johdon ja työntekijöiden välistä vuoropuhelua. Sen osana Eurofound on seurannut ja analysoinut työmarkkinasuhdejärjestelmien kehitystä EU:n tasolla ja EU:n jäsenvaltioissa 40 vuoden ajan. Tämä lippulaivaraportti perustuu tässä...

11 joulukuu 2020
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Flagship report

Current and ongoing research

 

In the course of the programming period 2021–2024, Eurofound will continue regular monitoring of social dialogue, including through the EU PolicyWatch database.

Other topics addressed include:

  • Monitoring of the role of national social partners in the European semester and analysis of quality and effectiveness of their involvement 
  • Summary of discussions on capacity-building social dialogue to support a meaningful and effective social dialogue 
  • Research on industrial relations covering topics related to both social dialogue and working life developments, including updates on collectively agreed pay
  • Representativeness studies on a variety of sectors to provide the European Commission required information to assess the representativeness of European sectoral social partner organisations.

 

Eurofound expert(s)

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Ricardo Rodriguez Contreras is a research manager in the Working Life unit at Eurofound and focuses on comparative industrial relations, social dialogue and collective bargaining...

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Working life research unit
Publications results (251)

The study looks at the articulation and the complex multi-level links between European and national levels of social dialogue. It examines the factors that facilitate as well as those that hinder the successful engagement of national social partners and their ability to promote their own interests

13 July 2018

The latest European Semester cycle, covering the period 2016–2017, has highlighted a range of issues regarding the quality of involvement by the social partners in the elaboration of the 2017 National Reform Programme (NRP), as well as in the implementation of the country-specific recommendations

06 March 2018

Eurofound’s 2016 report Mapping key dimensions of industrial relations identified four key dimensions of industrial relations: industrial democracy, industrial competitiveness, social justice, and quality of work and employment. This report builds upon that earlier study, developing a dashboard of

29 January 2018

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for central government administration. The aim of Eurofound’s series of studies on representativeness is to identify the relevant national

17 November 2017

This study provides information designed to encourage sectoral social dialogue in the tanning and leather sector. The aim of Eurofound’s series of studies on representativeness is to identify the relevant national and supranational social partner organisations in the field of industrial relations in

07 November 2017

This study provides information designed to encourage sectoral social dialogue in the footwear industry. The aim of Eurofound’s series of studies on representativeness is to identify the relevant national and supranational social partner organisations in the field of industrial relations in selected

19 October 2017

Developments in Working Life in Europe 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.

25 September 2017

Innovation is an important driver of improved competitiveness, productivity and growth potential. This report explores which workplace practices have the strongest links to innovative company behaviour, looking at innovation in the form of new or significantly changed products or processes, new or

22 June 2017

This study provides information designed to encourage sectoral social dialogue in railways and urban public transport. The aim of Eurofound’s series of studies on representativeness is to identify the relevant national and supranational social partner organisations in the field of industrial

03 April 2017

This report provides an update on the role of national social partners in the European Semester process over the period 2015–2016, describing the main developments and changes compared with a previous Eurofound study on their involvement during the period 2011–2014.

24 February 2017

Online resources results (435)

Slovenia: Employers withdraw from social agreement for 2015–2016

Slovenian employer organisations withdrew from the 2015–2016 social agreement at the end of November 2015, after Parliament approved amendments to the law on the minimum wage. Employers said the government had acted unacceptably and arbitrarily in making the changes. Trade unions, however, argue

France: Developments in working life – Q1 2016

Government plans to combat high levels of unemployment, controversial revisions to the Labour Code, negotiations about unemployment insurance schemes and the impact of digitalisation on working life are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest

Luxembourg: Developments in working life – Q1 2016

Tax reforms welcomed by social partners, failed negotiations over working time legislation, a slight decrease in unemployment levels, and reforms to parental leave allowance are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in

Latvia: Developments in working life - Q1 2016

Changes in labour and tax legislation, preparations for Latvia’s accession to the OECD and, connected with this, increased political focus on corruption and the shadow economy are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in

Italy: New Stability Law extends range of tax-exempt benefits

Italy’s 2016 Stability Law supports the uptake of private welfare measures by extending the types of tax-exempt benefits offered by employers to include those agreed through collective bargaining.

Denmark: Tripartite agreement on integration of refugees

On 17 April 2016, the Danish government concluded tripartite negotiations with social partner confederations with an agreement on the integration of refugees. Those with no or few competencies are to be offered internships on apprentice wage level, combined with Danish lessons and the possibility

Finland: Developments in working life – Q1 2016

Talks on the Competitiveness Pact, threats to the formation of a new peak-level organisation, and an agreement on a wage freeze are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in Finland in the first quarter of 2016.

Croatia: Developments in working life – Q1 2016

​The election of Croatia’s new Prime Minister and government, and serious challenges to public finance over public-sector wages are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in Croatia in the first quarter of 2016.

Italy: Developments in working life – Q1 2016

Consultation on the renewal of industrial relations regulations, a proposal for a Charter of Universal Labour Rights, new rules on self-employment and 'smart working', and negotiations for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement in the metalworking sector are the main topics of interest

France: Agreement signed to protect compulsory supplementary pension schemes

In France, two compulsory supplementary pension schemes managed by the social partners are facing financial difficulties. The social partners have signed an agreement to protect the schemes. The agreement introduces a bonus–penalty system to encourage employees to retire later.


Blogs results (6)

The COVID-19 pandemic made us acutely aware of how dependent our society is on certain essential workers. We felt deep gratitude towards workers in healthcare especially, because they worked ceaselessly in often-difficult conditions.

22 marraskuu 2023
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Decision-makers approached minimum wage setting for 2021 cautiously due to the economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic. Despite this, nominal statutory minimum wages rose in most Member States and the UK, although at lower rates than in recent years.

8 kesäkuu 2021
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In the context of the ongoing trend of a fall in collective bargaining coverage, and recent calls at EU level to promote collective bargaining coverage as an instrument to support fair and decent wages, new data from Eurofound’s fourth European Company Survey (ECS) show that two-thirds of workers

28 lokakuu 2020
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The workings of industrial relations are constantly evolving. In this blog piece, Eurofound authors Christian Welz and Ricardo Rodriguez Contreras discuss a tool that Eurofound has developed to enable this process of change to be monitored and analysed, enabling stakeholders in Member States to

28 maaliskuu 2018
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Europe has gone through significant economic change over the past decade. Businesses have had to manage the challenges posed by the financial crisis, globalisation and a rapidly changing labour market. Eurofound's new report Win-win arrangements: Innovative measures through social dialogue at

3 lokakuu 2016
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The new European Commission (EC) under President Jean-Claude Juncker is committed to re-launching social dialogue and a first step was taken with the organisation of a high-level conference in Brussels on 5 March. The aim of the conference was to discuss concrete ways to strengthen social dialogue

20 huhtikuu 2015
Upcoming publications results (7)

This report reviews the quality of the national social partners’ involvement in the implementation of the reforms and investments shaping the digital and green transition in the context of national policymaking. These reforms and investments stem mainly from the Recovery and Resilience Facility.

March 2025

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the extractive industries sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective par

November 2024

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the construction sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective participatio

November 2024

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the chemical sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective participation in

November 2024

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the road transport sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective participat

November 2024

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the postal and courier activities sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effec

November 2024

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the graphical industry. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective participation

November 2024

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