Unemployment
Long-term unemployment, youth unemployment, and the increase in underemployed or involuntary part-time workers remains a concern in many Member States. Unemployment, and especially long-term unemployment, increases a person's risk of social exclusion, poverty and inequality, and adds to the cost of social services and public finances. According to the European Pillar of Social Rights, unemployed people have the right to personalised, continuous and consistent support, including adequate unemployment benefits of reasonable duration.
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8 October 2024
This report focuses on unemployment and minimum income benefits for people of working age. Individuals with short or no employment records (mainly young people), the self-employed, those with non-standard working arrangements, and the long-term unemployed are often not entitled to higher-tier, or any, unemployment benefits. No Member State was identified where more than 80% of those entitled to minimum income benefits receive them. Benefit recipients at higher risk of having an inadequate income include those without access to social housing in areas with high housing costs, unemployed individuals whose most recent job was low paid and the long-term unemployed people. The report also investigates the rejection of applications (frequently, around 30% are rejected), the digitalisation of application processes (most common for unemployment benefits) and economic activation requirements (typically, 1–6% of benefit recipients annually are sanctioned for not complying with activity requirements) and service entitlements.
2 February 2024
This background paper focuses on one important aspect of social protection: unemployment benefits, both first tier (usually contributory) and lower tier (predominantly tax-based, non-contributory and means-tested). Unemployment benefits help to cushion the impact of job loss on household finances and act as an economic stabiliser. The paper examines trends in expenditure on unemployment benefits, identifies gaps in formal coverage, discusses groups for whom benefits are inadequate, and looks at non-take-up, rejection decisions, digitalisation of application procedures, and links between unemployment benefits and service entitlements.
27 March 2023
As economies begin to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, labour shortages are becoming increasingly evident despite the impact of the war in Ukraine on energy and commodity prices. These include shortages exacerbated by the crisis in some sectors and professions where they had been endemic for some time. This report looks at measures implemented at national level to tackle labour shortages in the health, care, and information and communication technology sectors, as well as those arising from the twin green and digital transition. It assesses what measures are effective and explores the contextual factors supporting or hindering effective policy implementation and outcomes.
Saineolaithe maidir le Unemployment
Soláthraíonn taighdeoirí Eurofound léargas saineolaithe agus is féidir teagmháil a dhéanamh leo le haghaidh ceisteanna nó fiosrúcháin ó na meáin.
Tadas Leončikas
Head of UnitTá Tadas Leončikas ina Cheann ar an aonad Fostaíochta ag Eurofound ó Mheán Fómhair 2022. Roimhe sin, bhí sé ina bhainisteoir taighde sinsearach san aonad Beartais Shóisialta, ag bainistiú an tSuirbhé Eorpach ar Cháilíocht na Beatha (EQLS) agus ag forbairt taighde suirbhé Eurofound. Ó thosaigh sé ag obair le Eurofound in 2010, d'oibrigh sé ar ábhair éagsúla lena n-áirítear modhanna suirbhé, cáilíocht na beatha, soghluaisteacht shóisialta, cuimsiú sóisialta, muinín agus easnaimh tithíochta. Ina ghairm bheatha níos luaithe, bhí sé i gceannas ar an Institiúid um Staidéar Eitneach sa Liotuáin, áit ar oibrigh sé ar staidéir a bhain le staid na mionlach eitneach, na n-imirceach agus grúpaí leochaileacha eile. Mar thaighdeoir, chomhoibrigh sé roimhe seo le Gníomhaireacht an Aontais Eorpaigh um Chearta Bunúsacha, le Clár Forbartha na Náisiún Aontaithe agus leis an Eagraíocht Idirnáisiúnta um Imirce. Tá PhD aige sa tSocheolaíocht.
Massimiliano Mascherini
Head of UnitTá Massimiliano Mascherini ina Cheann ar an aonad Beartais Shóisialta ag Eurofound ó mhí Dheireadh Fómhair 2019. Chuaigh sé isteach in Eurofound in 2009 mar bhainisteoir taighde, ag dearadh agus ag comhordú tionscadail maidir le fostaíocht don aos óg, NEETanna agus a gcuimsiú sóisialta, chomh maith le rannpháirtíocht na mban sa mhargadh saothair. In 2017, ceapadh é ina bhainisteoir taighde sinsearach san aonad Beartais Shóisialta, áit a raibh sé i gceannas ar thaighde nua maidir le monatóireacht a dhéanamh ar chóineasú san AE. Chomh maith leis an obair ar an Suirbhé Eorpach ar Cháilíocht na Beatha, tá sé i gceannas ar ullmhú agus ar anailís na r-shuirbhéanna COVID-19 freisin. Roimhe sin, bhí sé ina oifigeach eolaíoch ag an Airmheán Comhpháirteach Taighde den Choimisiún Eorpach. Rinne sé staidéar in Ollscoil Florence, áit a ndearna sé staidéar sna heolaíochtaí achtúireacha agus staitistiúla agus bhain sé PhD amach i Staitisticí Feidhmeacha. Bhí sé ina chomhalta ar cuairt in Ollscoil Sydney agus in Ollscoil Aalborg agus ina ollamh ar cuairt ag Acadamh Pontifical na nEolaíochtaí Sóisialta.
Hans Dubois
Senior research managerIs bainisteoir taighde sinsearach é Hans Dubois san aonad Beartais Shóisialta ag Eurofound. I measc a chuid topaicí taighde tá tithíocht, ró-fhiachas, cúram sláinte, cúram fadtéarmach, sochair shóisialta, scor, agus cáilíocht na beatha sa cheantar áitiúil. Sula ndeachaigh sé isteach i Eurofound, bhí sé ina Ollamh Cúnta in Ollscoil Kozminski (Vársá). Chríochnaigh sé PhD i Riarachán agus Bainistíocht Gnó in Ollscoil Bocconi (Milano), tar éis dó a bheith ag obair mar oifigeach taighde ag an Réadlann Eorpach ar Chórais agus Beartais Sláinte (Maidrid).
John Hurley
Senior research managerJohn Hurley is a senior research manager in the Employment unit at Eurofound. He took up the role of research manager in February 2012. He contributes to a number of research projects including the European Jobs Monitor and has authored or co-authored over 20 reports as well as journal contributions and edited collections during his time at Eurofound. His main research interests are in the areas of comparative labour market analysis, restructuring and the changing world of work. John is a graduate of both Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin.
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