Terveys ja hyvinvointi
Korkeiden työolonormien edistäminen, myös työterveyden ja työhyvinvoinnin alalla, on yksi EU:n keskeisistä painopisteistä. Työturvallisuuden ja työterveyden parantamistoimenpiteillä pyritään suojelemaan työntekijöitä heidän työpaikoillaan ja edistämään työntekijöiden oikeuksia tällä alalla. Muilla aloitteilla pyritään puuttumaan mielenterveysongelmien lisääntymiseen, joka liittyy pandemiaan, muuttuviin työympäristöihin, ilmastonmuutokseen ja elinkustannusten nousuun.

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10 October 2025
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4 February 2025
Tietoa aiheesta Terveys ja hyvinvointi
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2 September 2025
Mielenterveys: Riskiryhmät, trendit, palvelut ja toimintatavat
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.
Asiantuntijat aiheesta Terveys ja hyvinvointi
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Hans Dubois
Senior research managerHans Dubois on Eurofoundin sosiaalipolitiikan yksikön vanhempi tutkimuspäällikkö. Hänen tutkimusaiheitaan ovat asuminen, ylivelkaantuminen, terveydenhuolto, pitkäaikaishoito, sosiaalietuudet, eläkkeelle jääminen ja elämänlaatu lähialueella. Ennen Eurofoundiin tuloaan hän toimi apulaisprofessorina Kozminskin yliopistossa (Varsova). Hän suoritti tohtorin tutkinnon liiketaloudesta ja johtamisesta Bocconin yliopistossa (Milano) työskenneltyään tutkijana Euroopan terveysjärjestelmien ja -politiikkojen seurantakeskuksessa (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 on Eurofoundin työelämäyksikön vanhempi tutkimuspäällikkö, jonka tehtävänä on suunnitella, kehittää ja toteuttaa työoloja koskevia tutkimushankkeita, erityisesti Euroopan työolotutkimusta (EWCS) ja sen analyysejä. Hän vastaa vuoden 2021 eurooppalaisesta työsopimusta koskevasta erityispainoksesta ja vuoden 2024 työsopimusta koskevan kyselylomakkeen valmistelusta. Hänen tutkimusintressejään ovat työolot, työn laatu, työolojen seuranta, työn organisointi, sukupuoli, työn tulevaisuus ja aika. Hän on työskennellyt eurooppalaisten vertailevien tutkimusten parissa yli vuosikymmenen ajan kaikilla osa-alueilla, mukaan lukien suunnittelu, kyselylomakkeiden kehittäminen, kenttätyö, laadunvalvonta ja analysointi. Hän on valmistunut taloustieteestä ja johtamisesta Pariisin IX Dauphinen ja Pariisin I Panthéon Sorbonnen yliopistoista ja hänellä on tilastotieteen jatkotutkinto Dublinin Trinity Collegesta. Hän on äskettäin suorittanut tekoälyn verkkokursseja: tutkimuslähtöinen johtajuus MIT Sloan Executive Educationin kanssa ja "Les grand enjeux de la transition: re-ouvrir l'horizon, comprendre pour agir" Campus de la Transitionin kanssa. Ennen Eurofoundille tuloaan hän työskenteli useita vuosia Euroopan komissiossa.
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