Mary McCaughey

Ó seoladh é i 1990, tá forbhreathnú cuimsitheach curtha ar fáil ag an Suirbhé Eorpach ar Dhálaí Oibre ar dhálaí oibre san Eoraip. Dearbhaíonn EWCS 2024 go bhfuil margadh saothair na hEorpa ag aistriú, rud a léiríonn laghdú ar uaireanta fada oibre agus feabhsuithe míchothrom ar cháilíocht an phoist. San eipeasóid seo de Eurofound Talks, tugann Mary McCaughey cuireadh don Bhainisteoir Sinsearach Taighde Agnès Parent-Thirion labhairt faoin suirbhé atá taobh thiar de na ceannlínte, agus faoin obair a dhéantar chun é a chur i gcrích.

Tá an tAontas Eorpach ag nascleanúint tréimhse claochlaithe domhain - ón ngéarchéim costas maireachtála go dtí an t-aistriú glas agus digiteach, athruithe déimeagrafacha, agus éiginnteacht gheopolaitiúil. Tá an Coiste um Fhostaíocht agus Gnóthaí Sóisialta Pharlaimint na hEorpa i gcroílár fhreagairt an AE ar na dúshláin sin. Le 60 Feisire, tá ról lárnach ag an gCoiste maidir le dálaí oibre cothroma, cosaint shóisialta láidir agus comhdheiseanna a áirithiú ar fud an Aontais.

Tá meabhairshláinte san Eoraip ag crosbhóthar ríthábhachtach. Cé go bhfuil feabhas tagtha ar roinnt táscairí ón bpaindéim, nochtann tuarascáil nua Eurofound treochtaí imní, lena n-áirítear stop scanrúil leis an laghdú ar rátaí féinmharaithe le blianta fada. San eipeasóid seo de Eurofound Talks, labhraíonn Mary McCaughey leis an mbainisteoir taighde sinsearach Hans Dubois faoin gceist chasta seo, ag cur béime go bhfuil drochshláinte mheabhrach ag dul i bhfeidhm go díréireach ar ghrúpaí leochaileacha.

Tá meabhairshláinte san Eoraip ag crosbhóthar ríthábhachtach. Cé go bhfuil feabhas tagtha ar roinnt táscairí ón bpaindéim, nochtann tuarascáil nua Eurofound treochtaí imní, lena n-áirítear stop scanrúil leis an laghdú ar rátaí féinmharaithe le blianta fada. San eipeasóid seo de Eurofound Talks, labhraíonn Mary McCaughey leis an mbainisteoir taighde sinsearach Hans Dubois faoin gceist chasta seo, ag cur béime go bhfuil drochshláinte mheabhrach ag dul i bhfeidhm go díréireach ar ghrúpaí leochaileacha.

Tá meabhairshláinte san Eoraip ag crosbhóthar ríthábhachtach. Cé go bhfuil feabhas tagtha ar roinnt táscairí ón bpaindéim, nochtann tuarascáil nua Eurofound treochtaí imní, lena n-áirítear stop scanrúil leis an laghdú ar rátaí féinmharaithe le blianta fada. San eipeasóid seo de Eurofound Talks, labhraíonn Mary McCaughey leis an mbainisteoir taighde sinsearach Hans Dubois faoin gceist chasta seo, ag cur béime go bhfuil drochshláinte mheabhrach ag dul i bhfeidhm go díréireach ar ghrúpaí leochaileacha.

Tá meabhairshláinte san Eoraip ag crosbhóthar ríthábhachtach. Cé go bhfuil feabhas tagtha ar roinnt táscairí ón bpaindéim, nochtann tuarascáil nua Eurofound treochtaí imní, lena n-áirítear stop scanrúil leis an laghdú ar rátaí féinmharaithe le blianta fada. San eipeasóid seo de Eurofound Talks, labhraíonn Mary McCaughey leis an mbainisteoir taighde sinsearach Hans Dubois faoin gceist chasta seo, ag cur béime go bhfuil drochshláinte mheabhrach ag dul i bhfeidhm go díréireach ar ghrúpaí leochaileacha.

San eipeasóid seo, suíonn Mary McCaughey síos leis an saineolaí Eurofound Carlos Vacas Soriano chun iniúchadh a dhéanamh ar an gcaoi ar athraigh pá íosta san Eoraip le bliain anuas, chomh maith le himpleachtaí na n-athruithe seo. Tugtar cuireadh d'éisteoirí tumadh isteach i gcastachtaí dinimic an phá íosta san Eoraip agus na tosca a spreagann na hathruithe sin. Tugann an comhrá solas freisin ar na himpleachtaí níos leithne a bhaineann le hathrú ar phá íosta do neamhionannais ioncaim agus comhionannas inscne.

Breathnaíonn an eipeasóid speisialta seo de Eurofound Talks, a taifeadadh do Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan 2025, ar dhul chun cinn na mban sa mhargadh saothair agus sa tsochaí le cúig scór bliain anuas, chomh maith le pointí greamaithe ar an mbealach chun comhionannas inscne san Eoraip, go háirithe a bhaineann leis an bhfostaíocht inscne agus le bearnaí pá. Labhraíonn Mary McCaughey, Ceann an Aonaid um Fhaisnéis agus Cumarsáid Eurofound, le Maria Jepsen, Leas-Stiúrthóir Eurofound, agus le Carlien Scheele, Stiúrthóir na hInstitiúide Eorpaí um Chomhionannas Inscne (EIGE).

San eipeasóid seo de phodchraoladh Eurofound Talks, labhraíonn Mary McCaughey le Leas-Stiúrthóir Eurofound, Maria Jepsen, agus Barry Colfer, Stiúrthóir Taighde san Institiúid Gnóthaí Idirnáisiúnta agus Eorpacha (IIEA), faoi athrú sóisialta na hEorpa le 50 bliain anuas, faoi ról Eurofound sna hathruithe seo, faoin gcaoi ar fhorbair agus ar athraigh Éire féin, agus faoi na dúshláin atá roimh na spéire faoi láthair.

Le deich mbliana anuas, d'athraigh teicneolaíochtaí faisnéise agus cumarsáide an bealach a n-oibríonn fostaithe agus a dhéanann cumarsáid lena chéile. Cé go bhfuil go leor buntáistí ag baint le digitiú na hoibre, tá rochtain fhorleathan ar ghléasanna digiteacha sa saol oibre tar éis talamh torthúil a sholáthar do chineálacha nua iompraíochtaí frithshóisialta a theacht chun cinn, lena n-áirítear cibearbhulaíocht san ionad oibre. San eipeasóid seo de Eurofound Talks, labhraíonn Mary McCaughey le Sara Riso, Bainisteoir Sinsearach Taighde Eurofound, faoi cad is cibearbhulaíocht ann, cé chomh forleathan is atá ceist na cibearbhulaíochta ag an obair, agus an bhfuil dóthain reachtaíochta agus rialacha san ionad oibre ann chun aghaidh a thabhairt uirthi go héifeachtach. Pléann siad an chaoi ar tháinig bulaíocht agus cibearbhulaíocht chun cinn mar shaincheisteanna suntasacha i ndíospóireachtaí beartais náisiúnta, go príomha mar fhadhbanna a théann i bhfeidhm ar dhaoine óga seachas mar fheiniméan níos ginearálta san ionad oibre agus díobhálach d'fholláine na n-oibrithe. Cibé acu ar líne nó duine le duine – is cosúil go bhfuil bulaíocht ag an obair níos forleithne ná mar a admhaítear go coitianta.

Ina treoirlínte polaitiúla don Choimisiún Eorpach atá le teacht, a eisíodh i mí Iúil, leag an t-uachtarán atá ag filleadh, Ursula von der Leyen, amach tograí uaillmhianacha don chéad téarma Eorpach cúig bliana eile. Ina measc bhí ceapachán an chéad chomhalta den choimisiún a mbeadh tithíocht ina bhfreagrachtaí, chomh maith leis an gcéad Tithíocht Inacmhainne Eorpach riamh Plan.In an eipeasóid seo de Eurofound Talks labhraíonn Mary McCaughey le Bainisteoir Sinsearach Taighde Eurofound Hans Dubois faoi na forbairtí is déanaí i mbeartas tithíochta agus tithíochta san Eoraip. Sa dara heachtra den tsraith a bhreathnaíonn go sonrach ar thithíocht, pléann sé ról an Choimisiúin atá ag teacht chun cinn, cad is féidir le taighde Eurofound a thabhairt chun boird, agus na huirlisí beartais éagsúla atá ag teastáil.

Labhraíonn Mary McCaughey le Bainisteoir Taighde Eurofound, Carlos Vacas, faoi staid na meánaicme san Eoraip. Breathnaíonn siad ar fhorbairtí le dhá scór bliain anuas, an tábhacht a bhaineann le leordhóthanacht ioncaim agus comhionannas i bhforbairt meánaicme láidir san Eoraip, tionchar an stáit leasa, chomh maith le ról understated an teaghlaigh.

In a special edition of Eurofound Talks, Mary McCaughey is joined by Eurofound Executive Director Ivailo Kalfin and Ivan Krastev, Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies and permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, to look at the political, social and economic drivers in Europe and how they might influence voters at the ballot box in the European Parliament elections on 6-9 June 2024.

In this episode of Eurofound Talks Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound Research Manager Daniel Molinuevo about the European Child Guarantee, how bad the situation is with regard to child poverty and social exclusion in Europe, what Member States have committed to doing about it, what the implications are for workers and civil society, and what prospects there are for the future.Fighting child poverty has become a central dimension of EU social policy. One of the European Commission’s flagship social policy initiatives is the European Child Guarantee: established in 2021 by Council Recommendation, the aim of the Guarantee is to tackle child poverty by ensuring access to key services (such as healthcare) and resources (such as decent housing) for children in need – defined as children at risk of poverty or social exclusion.

In this special episode of Eurofound Talks for International Women's Day 2024, Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound researchers Carlos Vacas and Barbara Gerstenberger about the gender pay and employment gaps in Europe.Despite gender equality being a core principle of the EU, women are less likely to be in employment than men in all EU Member States and are paid less than men in almost every Member State, with the pay gap larger in higher paying jobs. Mary, Carlos, and Barbara discuss what progress has been made on these issues in recent years, the broader consequences of gender inequalities in the world of work, and the challenges that must be addressed if Europe is to meet gender equality targets.

Climate change objectives and decarbonisation measures are vital for the future of Europe. But how will these objectives impact employment and the labour market? In this episode of the Eurofound Talks podcast series, Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound Senior Research Manager John Hurley about new research which shows a marginal increase in net employment from EU decarbonisation measures, but also potentially broad shifts in the labour market that could have a profound impact in several areas.

In this episode of Eurofound Talks Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound Research Manager Tina Weber, Eurofound Senior Research Manager Gijs van Houten, and Giovanni Russo, Senior Expert at CEDEFOP, about Europe’s skills challenges and what can be done to help workers and businesses adapt to future skills demands.

In this episode of Eurofound Talks, recorded for International Women's Day 2023, Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound Working Life researchers Jorge Cabrita and Viginta Ivaškaitė-Tamošiūnė about how, when paid and unpaid work are combined, women do eight full-time weeks more work than men per year, and the broader implications of this for society. They also discuss how indicators of work-life balance and work-life conflict differ for women and men, as well as the policy action that can be taken to improve gender equality in Europe.

The COVID-19 pandemic had profound implications on the labour market and job quality in Europe, with some workers, particularly those providing frontline services, continuing to work from the workplace under heavy restrictions, while others worked from home also in radically different environments from which they were accustomed. Eurofound has been closely monitoring working conditions in Europe for over 30 years via the European Working Conditions Survey; in 2021, the Agency conducted the European Working Conditions Telephone Survey (EWCTS), providing a detailed picture of the working lives of Europeans at an exceptional time. In this episode of Eurofound Talks, Eurofound Head of Unit for Working Life Barbara Gerstenberger discusses what the EWCTS reveals about job quality, the implications of poor-quality jobs on well-being and broader society, and what policymakers can do to improve the working lives of people in Europe.

Now that Europe moves beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, it is faced with a dilemma. Telework has worked well for many over the past few years, helped them reconcile work and family life, and brought greater autonomy and flexibility; but for others almost the opposite has been the case, with greater work intensification, longer working hours, and greater exposure to psychosocial risks. Is it time to get back to the office? Is telework here to stay? Is hybrid work the solution? In this episode of Eurofound Talks Oscar Vargas and Mary McCaughey use results from the Living, working and COVID-19 online surveys, the European Working Conditions Telephone Survey, and other analyses from Eurofound to investigate what the future holds for telework in Europe, whether the mass rollout of telework has been to the benefit of workers and businesses, and whether the teleworkability of jobs will become the key issue on the labour market in years to come.

In this episode of Eurofound Talks Mary McCaughey speaks with researcher Dragoș Adăscăliței about how platform work has developed over the past two decades, the profile of platform workers in Europe, how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the development of platform work, the opportunities and risks platform work presents for workers, and how to protect platform workers while preserving the opportunities and benefits that are generated by the platform economy.

Minimum wages and minimum wage setting processes are not just issues of high political importance in Europe, but also everyday concerns for low-wage earners throughout the EU. In this episode of Eurofound Talks we speak with Senior Research Manager Christine Aumayr-Pintar on the importance of minimum wages in the EU, different processes in place, the latest EU developments in ensuring adequate minimum wages, and the growing issue of inflation for low-wage earners.

During his visit to Dublin, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit talks about using the European Pillar of Social Rights to make Europe a better, fairer, greener and more digital place to live and work. War had just commenced in Ukraine but we were hopeful of a solution. In the intervening period, however, things have deteriorated across a range of areas as revealed by the most recent results from Eurofound’s unique pan-European Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey.

New day, new data highlighting the devastating impact of COVID-19 on young people across the European Union – most recently Eurofound’s unique pan-European Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey. We know this has taken an unprecedented toll on young people particularly – their mental well-being, their independence and more broadly, inter-generational solidarity as a whole. This podcast drills down to what it means to be a young person in Europe today, their lives, work, opportunities and challenges in the European Year of Youth.

Never before have we had so much discussion about the way we work, the future of work and how this will impact our lives and those of the next generation. COVID-19 turned everything upside down as we have seen from the results of our unique pan-European Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey and we are still striving to make sense of the new hybrid, blended work experience. Will this in fact mean we can finally work longer and better while still maintaining a good quality of life? This podcast takes a deep dive into the opportunities and challenges associated with what we call ‘sustainable work’.