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Labour and social regulation

Labour and social regulation covers the legal framework and fundamental social rights that regulates industrial relations, employment and social policies across Europe. It includes national, EU and international legislation.  Union labour law has a direct or indirect impact on the normative and functional frameworks of individual and collective labour law systems of the Member States in a relationship of mutual interference and interaction.  Increasingly Union labour laws are also shaped by agreements that the parties voluntarily enter into and by soft law mechanisms.  The reform or modernising of labour law is currently high on the agenda in several Member States.

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Regulatory responses to algorithmic management in the EU

Since 2013, Eurofound's ERM database on restructuring-related legislation has been documenting regulatory developments in the Member States of the European Union and Norway. The most recent update to the database...

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Lavoro ibrido in Europa: concetto e pratica

Il termine «lavoro ibrido» è stato reso popolare con l’aumento del telelavoro durante la pandemia di COVID-19, quando le aziende e i dipendenti hanno iniziato a discutere le modalità per...

25 Maggio 2023
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Research report

Eurofound research

Eurofound has monitored legislative developments in industrial relations, working conditions and restructuring in Europe over time and from a comparative perspective across the Member States. The Agency’s work in this area seeks to assist decision-makers to better understand the legal framework for creating policy. It has also put resources in place to assist audiences in understanding the sometimes complex and difficult terminology used.

EU context

This topic covers the legal framework that regulates industrial relations and employment across Europe, including EU legislation and the fundamental labour standards that need to be taken into account.

Legislation is crucial in shaping how Europeans work and live. It is the basis for ensuring better working conditions, equitable labour relations, and equal opportunities for all citizens.

Publications results (81)

Diritto alla disconnessione: attuazione e impatto a livello aziendale

This report explores EU Member States’ legislation around the right to disconnect and assesses the impact of company policies in this area on employees’ hours of connection, working time, work–life balance, health and well-being, and overall workplace satisfaction.

30 November 2023
Publication
Research report
Orario di lavoro
Equilibrio tra vita professionale e vita privata
Condizioni di lavoro e lavoro sostenibile
Telelavoro
Working conditions
Agreements
Labour and social regulation
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Lavoro ibrido in Europa: concetto e pratica

Il termine «lavoro ibrido» è stato reso popolare con l’aumento del telelavoro durante la pandemia di COVID-19, quando le aziende e i dipendenti hanno iniziato a discutere le modalità per organizzare il lavoro dopo la crisi. Il termine è stato sempre più utilizzato per indicare situazioni in cui il

25 May 2023
Publication
Research report
Condizioni di lavoro e lavoro sostenibile
Telelavoro
Work organisation
Labour and social regulation
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Aumento del telelavoro: impatto sulle condizioni di lavoro e sulla regolamentazione

La presente relazione presenta la ricerca di Eurofound sul telelavoro durante la pandemia di COVID-19 nel 2020 e nel 2021. Esamina i cambiamenti nell’incidenza del telelavoro, soffermandosi sulle condizioni di lavoro dei dipendenti che lavorano da casa e sulle modifiche apportate alla

08 December 2022
Publication
Research report
Nuove forme di occupazione
Condizioni di lavoro e lavoro sostenibile
Working conditions
Telelavoro
Employment relationship
COVID-19
L’era digitale: opportunità e sfide per il lavoro e l’occupazione
Labour and social regulation
Orario di lavoro
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Regolamentazione dei salari minimi e di altre forme di retribuzione per i lavoratori autonomi

La presente relazione è realizzata nel contesto del progetto pilota triennale (2021-2023), «Ruolo del salario minimo nell’istituzione della Garanzia universale per i lavoratori», commissionato a Eurofound dalla Commissione europea. È incentrata sul modulo 3 del progetto, che esamina i salari minimi

30 November 2022
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Research report
Retribuzione e reddito
Salario minimo
Agreements
Collective bargaining
Labour and social regulation
Relazioni industriali e dialogo sociale
Relazioni industriali
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Telelavoro nell’UE: quadri normativi e aggiornamenti recenti

La relazione si propone di mappare e analizzare la legislazione e la contrattazione collettiva sul telelavoro nei 27 Stati membri e in Norvegia, evidenziando le principali differenze e analogie tra le legislazioni dei vari paesi e le modifiche apportatevi di recente. Esamina inoltre l’attuale

01 September 2022
Publication
Research report
Orario di lavoro
Working conditions
Telelavoro
Equilibrio tra vita professionale e vita privata
Work organisation
Agreements
Collective bargaining
Labour and social regulation
Relazioni industriali e dialogo sociale
Relazioni industriali
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Salari minimi nel 2022: revisione annuale

Dopo un prudente ciclo di determinazione dei salari minimi per il 2021, via via che le conseguenze negative della pandemia si attenuavano e le economie e i mercati del lavoro miglioravano, i tassi nominali sono considerevolmente saliti per il 2022. Nel suddetto contesto, 20 dei 21 Stati membri che

15 June 2022
Publication
Research report
Dialogo sociale
Social partners
Retribuzione e reddito
Salario minimo
Collective bargaining
Labour and social regulation
Relazioni industriali e dialogo sociale
Relazioni industriali
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Ethics in the digital workplace

Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns. Recently, the policy debate surrounding these concerns has become more prominent and has

30 May 2022
Publication
Research report
Social dialogue
Social policies
Working conditions
Employment and labour markets
Anticipating and managing the impact of change
Digitalisation
Labour and social regulation
Job quality
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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

19 May 2022
Publication
Other
Social dialogue
Social partners
Pay and income
Working time
Working conditions
COVID-19
Industrial action
Labour and social regulation
Industrial relations and social dialogue
Industrial relations
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Salari minimi nel 2021: revisione annuale

La presente relazione riassume le modalità con cui i salari minimi per il 2021 sono stati determinati durante il 2020, l’anno segnato dalla pandemia di COVID-19, analizzando i problemi affrontati dai responsabili politici nazionali e il modo in cui hanno reagito alle sfide poste dalle ripercussioni

10 June 2021
Publication
Research report
Dialogo sociale
Social partners
Retribuzione e reddito
Working poor
Salario minimo
European Pillar of Social Rights
Collective bargaining
Labour and social regulation
Relazioni industriali e dialogo sociale
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Disabilità e integrazione nel mercato del lavoro: tendenze politiche e sostegno negli Stati membri dell’UE

La presente relazione esamina gli sviluppi politici negli Stati membri dell’UE volti a sostenere l’inclusione delle persone con disabilità nel mercato del lavoro aperto, con un’attenzione particolare alle tre fasi di inserimento nel mercato occupazionale, permanenza nel posto di lavoro e ritorno al

19 April 2021
Publication
Research report
Social policies
Servizi pubblici
Working conditions
European Pillar of Social Rights
COVID-19
Disability and chronic disease
Labour market policies
Labour market participation
Condizioni e qualità della vita
Labour and social regulation
Online resources results (794)

Proposal to exempt long-term unemployed people from legal minimum wage

The Dutch Government wants to allow employers temporary exemptions from the legal minimum wage [1] (WML- wettelijk minimumloon), and to that end, a bill was submitted to Parliament in 1996. The target group consists of long-term unemployed people aged between 20 and 65. The purpose of the bill is to

27 Febbraio 1997
Article
Pay and income
Minimum wage
Labour and social regulation
Unemployment
Labour market policies

Implementation of the tripartite Pact for Employment

The Italian Government and social partners are currently implementing their tripartite "Pact for Employment" (Patto per il Lavoro), which is intended to promote employment and foster economic development in Italy through the introduction of a wide and complex set of policies. The agreement, signed

27 Febbraio 1997
Article
Labour market policies
Labour and social regulation
Employment and labour markets

Moves towards greater working time flexibility

The central social partners - the Austrian Trade Union Confederation (Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund,ÖGB) and the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, WKÖ), the statutory body grouping almost all nonagricultural enterprises - have for some time been discussing a range of

27 Febbraio 1997
Article
Working time
Labour law
Labour and social regulation

Unemployment as the focus for collective bargaining at national level

In recent years pressure has mounted on all parties involved to rethink and revise the traditional policies and practices of Greek industrial relations as well as to promote social dialogue between employers and employees. As a result of changing conditions, some believe that a new era in industrial

27 Febbraio 1997
Article
Social dialogue
Labour law
Skills and training
Labour and social regulation
Industrial relations and social dialogue
Blogs results (12)
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Member States still getting to grips with the single labour market

The European Platform Tackling Undeclared Work last year documented the case of a Dutch temporary work agency that hired workers of various nationalities to work for a construction company in Belgium. The wages were suspiciously low, and the Belgian Labour Inspectorate believed that EU law

17 Luglio 2019
Helen Burke
Blog
Posted workers
Working conditions and sustainable work
Working conditions
Undeclared work
Fraudulent work
Labour and social regulation
Industrial relations and social dialogue
Industrial relations
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Tackling trafficking for labour exploitation in Europe: new way forward together

The European Union (EU) has strong legislation in place that protects workers from being exploited and also enables businesses to engage in fair competition. Workers are mobile and can move freely within the EU single market across borders – without being dependent upon traffickers. Yet, the latest

3 Maggio 2016
Andrea Fromm
Blog
Fraudulent work
Industrial relations
Labour and social regulation
Employment and labour markets
Migration and mobility
Working conditions
Working conditions and sustainable work
Industrial relations and social dialogue

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