
EMCC European Monitoring Centre on Change
The European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC) is an information resource established to promote an understanding of changes in the world of work, employment and restructuring. Its work is supported by a Network of Eurofound Correspondents across all EU Member States and Norway.
The EMCC focuses on two main topic areas.
Employment and labour markets is one of the six main activities in Eurofound’s work programme for the 2021–2024 period. Eurofound operates as a centre of expertise for monitoring and analysing labour market developments, particularly as European labour markets are faced with major challenges in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its research will focus on the consequences of the pandemic for work and employment and how to maintain the functioning and inclusiveness of the labour market.
Anticipating and managing the impact of change
Anticipating and managing the impact of change is one of the six main activities in Eurofound’s work programme for the 2021–2024 period. Eurofound will provide evidence on structural developments affecting the EU economy and labour markets, driven largely by digitalisation and the transition to a carbon-neutral economy, but also by the COVID-19 crisis. The research is intended to assist policymakers in anticipating and preparing European labour markets and workplaces for these changes.
Eurofound’s work on COVID-19 examines the far-reaching socioeconomic implications of the pandemic across Europe as they continue to impact living and working conditions. A key element of the research is the e-survey Living, working and COVID-19, launched in April 2020, with five rounds completed at different stages during 2020, 2021 and 2022. This is complemented by the inclusion of research into the ongoing effects of the pandemic in much of Eurofound’s other areas of work.
Featured - First impacts of the Ukrainian crisis on employment in the EU
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shocked the world and the international community. Outside of Ukraine, the crisis is having many socioeconomic consequences. Refugee flows are already putting an enormous strain on social and housing services, especially those in Ukraine’s neighbouring countries. At the same time, Russian companies in Europe are suffering from the packages of restrictive measures and economic sanctions adopted by EU Member States. Energy and global food prices are hitting record highs, supply chains are being disrupted and these combine to affect companies’ levels of production and employment.
The evidence that the crisis is beginning to have an impact on employment in the EU Member States is also apparent from some restructuring events recorded by Eurofound’s European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) events database. In a new article, Eurofound presents the first restructuring announcements from the ERM directly linked to the war in Ukraine. These involve both job creation – for example, in organisations accommodating refugee inflows - as well as job loss, for some Russian-owned companies in Europe as a result of sanctions or for firms negatively affected by rising raw material prices. The ERM dataset is updated daily with fresh cases and will continue to monitor the impacts of the crisis.
Najnoviji slučajevi restrukturiranja
Publikacije EMCC-a
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The digital age: Implications of automation, digitisation and platforms for work and employment
15 prosinca 2021
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European Jobs Monitor 2021: Gender gaps and the employment structure
14 prosinca 2021
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Understanding the gender pay gap: What role do sector and occupation play?
14 prosinca 2021
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Initiatives to improve conditions for platform workers: Aims, methods, strengths and weaknesses
02 prosinca 2021
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Digitisation in the workplace
25 listopada 2021
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What just happened? COVID-19 lockdowns and change in the labour market
19 listopada 2021
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Tools of trade: Supporting export businesses to improve their workplace practices
06 listopada 2021
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Tackling labour shortages in EU Member States
20 srpnja 2021
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Distributional impacts of climate policies in Europe
06 srpnja 2021
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COVID-19: Implications for employment and working life
11 ožujka 2021