Virtual Visit to Slovenia - First findings from the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 - key areas pertinent to Slovenia
As part of our Virtual Visits initiative, Eurofound organised an exclusive online interactive webinar with its experts, on ‘First findings from the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 - key areas pertinent to Slovenia’ on Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 13.00-14.00 Slovenian time.

Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Start
13:00
End
14:00
Event background
This event took place in the context of Eurofound’s ongoing efforts with key stakeholders at the national level to ensure widespread dissemination and dialogue on our research findings.
Event overview
Slovenia does not conduct its own national survey on working conditions but uses the European Working Conditions Survey to monitor job quality and working life in Slovenia. This makes the findings of the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 (EWCS) particularly valuable for Slovenian stakeholders.
In 2024, the Slovenian Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities increased the sample size of the EWCS from 1,000 to 1,300 interviews to obtain a more granular, national dataset. This step enhances the capacity to identify challenges and opportunities which will help to further improve working conditions for employees and self-employed men and women. Eurofound’s virtual visit created an opportunity to explore results for Slovenia and compare them with EU-wide averages and developments in other countries.
Eurofound has been monitoring progress in working conditions across Europe for over 30 years through the EWCS. The survey provides a comprehensive picture of the everyday reality of men and women at work, assessing job quality, analysing risks and opportunities, thus providing both EU and national policymakers with the evidence required to design effective policies.
The latest findings shed light on issues around workers’ health and well-being, work-life balance, the impact of technology use at work, gender equality as well as the implications of an ageing workforce and the twin transitions.
This event took place in collaboration with Eurofound’s Slovenian Board Members and with its national correspondent in Slovenia.
For any queries about the #Virtual Visits, please contact Bernice.Turner@eurofound.europa.eu
Eurofound speakers
Agnès Parent-Thirion
Senior research managerIs bainisteoir taighde sinsearach í Agnès Parent-Thirion in aonad an tSaoil Oibre ag Eurofound, a bhfuil sé de chúram uirthi tionscadail taighde ar choinníollacha oibre a phleanáil, a fhorbairt agus a chur i bhfeidhm, go háirithe an Suirbhé Eorpach ar Dhálaí Oibre (EWCS) agus a chuid anailísí. Tá sí freagrach as eagrán urghnách EWCS 2021 agus as ullmhú an cheistneora do EWCS 2024. I measc a cuid spéiseanna taighde tá coinníollacha oibre, cáilíocht an phoist, monatóireacht a dhéanamh ar choinníollacha oibre, eagrú oibre, inscne, todhchaí na hoibre agus ama. Tá sí ag obair i réimse na suirbhéanna comparáideacha Eorpacha le breis agus deich mbliana, i ngach gné lena n-áirítear dearadh, forbairt ceistneoirí, obair allamuigh, rialú cáilíochta agus anailís. Is céimí í san eacnamaíocht agus sa bhainistíocht ó ollscoileanna Paris IX, Dauphine agus Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne agus tá Dioplóma Iarchéime sa Staitisticí aici ó Choláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath. Chríochnaigh sí cúrsaí ar líne ar intleacht shaorga le déanaí: ceannaireacht fiosrúcháin-tiomáinte le MIT Sloan Executive Education agus 'Les grand enjeux de la transition: re-ouvrir l'horizon, comprendre pour agir' leis an Campus de la Transition. Sula ndeachaigh sí isteach i Eurofound, d'oibrigh sí ar feadh roinnt blianta sa Choimisiún Eorpach.
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.
Maria Jepsen
Deputy DirectorIs í Maria Jepsen Leas-Stiúrthóir Eurofound, a ceapadh í an 1 Samhain 2019. Comhordaíonn sí forbairt chlár na Gníomhaireachta. Roimhe sin, bhí sí ina Stiúrthóir ar an roinn taighde ag Institiúid na gCeardchumann Eorpach (ETUI), agus ina hollamh cúnta agus ina comhalta taighde in Ollscoil Shaor na Bruiséile (ULB). Faoi láthair tá sí ina ollamh comhlach in eacnamaíocht an tsaothair ag ULB agus ina léachtóir seachtrach i gColáiste na hEorpa i mBruges, an Bheilg. I measc na bpríomhspéiseanna taighde atá aici tá staidéir inscne, tionchar na stát leasa shóisialaigh ar sholáthar saothair, pá agus dálaí oibre, agus forbairt ghné shóisialta na hEorpa. Bhí an tUasal Jepsen ina comhalta de choistí, comhairlí agus boird chomhairleacha éagsúla ar leibhéal náisiúnta agus idirnáisiúnta maidir le saincheisteanna fostaíochta, sóisialta, inscne agus taighde. D'fhóin sí freisin mar chomhordaitheoir ar choiste comhairleach tríthaobhach an Choimisiúin Eorpaigh um shláinte agus sábháilteacht ag an obair. Tá PhD aici san Eacnamaíocht agus céim Mháistir san Eacnamaiméadracht ó Shaor-Ollscoil na Bruiséile (ULB).
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