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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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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...

2 Februāris 2024
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Presentation made at the 'Informal meeting of Employment and Social Affairs Ministers (EPSCO)' by Ivailo Kalfin, Executive Director, Eurofound and Prof. dr. Paul Schoukens, Full Professor, KU Leuven. Belgian Presidency...

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EU PolicyWatch database (measures to support unemployed people)

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Massimiliano Mascherini has been Head of the Social Policies unit at Eurofound since October 2019. He joined Eurofound in 2009 as a research manager, designing and coordinating...

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Social policies research unit
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Tadas Leončikas is Head of the Employment unit at Eurofound since September 2022. Prior to this, he was a senior research manager in the Social Policies unit, managing the European...

Head of Unit,
Employment research unit
Publications results (18)

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 an

02 February 2024

Tā kā ekonomika no Covid-19 pandēmijas sāk atgūties, darbaspēka trūkums kļūst arvien acīmredzamāks, pat neraugoties uz Ukrainas kara ietekmi uz enerģijas un izejvielu cenām. Ietekmējošo faktoru vidū ir darbaspēka trūkums, ko krīze ir saasinājusi dažās nozarēs un profesijās, kurās tas jau kādu laiku

28 March 2023

Eurofound e-apsekojuma piektā kārta, kas notika laikā no 2022. gada 25. marta līdz 2. maijam, raksturo cilvēku sociālo un ekonomisko situāciju visā Eiropā divus gadus pēc tam, kad Covid-19 pirmoreiz tika konstatēts Eiropas kontinentā. Tajā ir pētīta arī dzīves realitāte jaunajā nenoteiktības

07 July 2022

While unemployment is still a huge challenge in Europe, some countries, sectors and occupations are experiencing labour shortages. This report explores various approaches to identifying labour shortages and maps national policy debates around the issue. It documents public and social partner

20 July 2021

Disclaimer: Please note that this report was updated with revised data (specifically for Bulgaria) on 23 March 2021.Šā ziņojuma mērķis ir novērtēt Covid-19 krīzes sākotnējo ietekmi uz nodarbinātību Eiropā (līdz 2020. gada 2. ceturksnim), tostarp tās ietekmi dažādās nozarēs un uz dažādām darba ņēmēju

11 March 2021

The uneven impact of the 2008–2013 economic crisis on Member States brought upward convergence to the fore in EU political debates. The focus was on orienting social policy towards getting the EU back on track, as encapsulated in the European Pillar of Social Rights. However, the meaning of the conc

30 September 2020

This report presents the findings of the Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey, carried out by Eurofound to capture the far-reaching implications of the pandemic for the way people live and work across Europe. The survey was fielded online, among respondents who were reached via Eurofound’s

28 September 2020

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of individuals and societies, including on the economy and labour markets, is unprecedented. The impact of the global health emergency has placed a growing number of businesses under threat, putting the jobs of more and more workers at risk and

24 June 2020

Vien pāris nedēļu laikā jaunā koronavīrusa izraisītā Covid-19 pandēmija ir drastiski mainījusi cilvēku dzīvi visā pasaulē. Papildus postošajai ietekmei uz veselību cilvēkiem, kurus vīruss skāris tieši, Covid-19 pandēmija ir būtiski mainījusi cilvēku dzīvesveidu un darbu, ievērojami ietekmējot viņu

06 May 2020

The European Pillar of Social Rights is designed to act as a compass for a renewed process of upward convergence among Member States towards better working and living conditions. It is accompanied by a Social Scoreboard to monitor the progress made by Member States. This policy brief presents the

10 December 2019

Online resources results (67)

Labour market measures in the National Action Plan for employment

Luxembourg's National Action Plan for Employment, approved in April 1998, provides for various new employment and training measures to help unemployed workers to start, or return to, work. The social partners have agreed to do everything within their power in the next 18 months to achieve EU

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Considerable employment growth achieved in Norway

Norway has experienced favourable employment statistics over the last few years. Newly published figures from Statistics Norway show that there has been a further fall in unemployment, and the employment rate is higher than ever. Norway is not a member of the European Union, and is thus not bound by

Unemployed people demonstrate against tougher sanctions and benefit cuts

Starting from 2 April 1998, a first week of action was organised by associations of unemployed people campaigning against sanctions and the exclusion of particular categories of unemployed people, as decided on by the National Office for Employment (Office national de l'Emploi/Rijksdienst voor

Unions assess two years of conservative government in Spain

In March 1998, the conservative People's Party (Partido Popular) celebrated its first two years in government, which it describes with the slogan "Spain is going well" (España va bien). The regional nationalist parties that support the Government are broadly in agreement, but with reservations. The

New strategies emerge at UGT's 37th confederal congress

The 37th congress of the General Workers' Union [1] (Unión General de Trabajadores, UGT), held on 11-14 March 1998, projected an image of unity, strong leadership headed by secretary general Cándido Méndez, and support for new strategic guidelines, thus marking an end to a period of internal crisis

Higher Council for Employment issues controversial report

The Higher Council for Employment (Hoge Raad van de Werkgelegenheid/Conseil supérieur de l'Emploi) is a body recently set up by the Federal Government to "evaluate measures to promote employment and examine job-creation proposals" (BE9708114N [1]). It was clear from the time of the Council's

Associations of unemployed people form central organisation

In February 1998, a central organisation was formed by Spanish associations of unemployed people, aimed at claiming the right to work and social protection. The new body, which has put a series of demands to the Government, has received a mixed reaction in trade union and political circles.

Greece's first unemployed union mobilises

After a year of existence, in January-February 1998 Greece's first union of unemployed people began mobilising dynamically and formulating demands for improving the living and working conditions of the unemployed in north-central Euboea.

Nationwide protests as unemployment reaches new record high

At the end of January 1998, German unemployment reached a new post-war record high, with more than 4.8 million people registered as unemployed. The announcement of the latest unemployment figures on 5 February was accompanied by nationwide protests of unemployed people all over Germany. The protests

Industrial relations in Poland: the emergence of a new model of labour relations?

This is the latest in a series of articles examining the industrial relations systems of the Central and Eastern European countries which are due to start European Union accession negotiations in 1998 - see EU9708143F [1], EU9709146F [2] and EU9710152F [3]. Here we focus on Poland, drawing on recent


Blogs results (9)
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​​​​​​​To date, close to six million workers in the EU have lost their jobs due to COVID-19. Many businesses have closed their doors forever or been pushed to the brink, bringing severe financial and psychological hardship to the individuals and families affected. However, the toll of the pandemic

9 Februāris 2021
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The employment fallout of COVID-19 has been a story of two types of service work. Office-based knowledge workers have largely kept their jobs and incomes while participating in the huge and apparently successful ad hoc social experiment in working from home. Client-facing service workers have borne

2 Februāris 2021
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​​​​​​​While women appear to be more resilient than men to COVID-19 in terms of health outcomes, that is not the case when it comes to the economic and social fallout. Measures taken by governments to control the spread of the virus are exacerbating gender divides in unemployment, domestic labour

3 Jūnijs 2020
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While we now know that the idea that ‘COVID-19 only affects older people’ is fake news, the first weeks of the pandemic have shown that young people are in general more resilient than older people to the disease. But are they also more resilient to its social and economic impacts?

18 Maijs 2020
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The impact of COVID-19 continues to create chaos in people’s lives across Europe and the world. The economy is heading towards another major dip, and a sense of general insecurity pervades. The daunting challenges confronting health services and projections on the long-term impact of the crisis

12 Maijs 2020
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Europe has weathered a number of storms in recent years, yet despite the Great Recession, the migration crisis and the challenges posed by Brexit, the EU continues on a stable path to economic recovery, closer cooperation and cohesion. However, the legacy of the crisis lives on in the number of

3 Maijs 2018
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In this blog, originally posted in Social Europe, Massimiliano Mascherini looks at the enduring issue of long-term unemployment among young people. Despite considerable improvement in the labour market participation of youth in recent years, the legacy of the crisis is still visible in the

17 Aprīlis 2018
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In this blog piece, originally published in Social Europe, Eurofound Research Manager Anna Ludwinek looks at the substantial section of the population that is not working and does not figure in unemployment statistics, but retains significant employment potential.

20 Decembris 2017
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A key priority for EU policy makers is to combat high levels of youth unemployment. Supporting young people to start a new business is increasingly regarded as a way to achieve this goal. And yet the understanding of what drives the success and failure of youth entrepreneurship policies remains

18 Aprīlis 2016
Upcoming publications results (1)

Social protection can include a range of entitlements to monetary and in-kind benefits. Eurofound’s project focuses on unemployment and minimum income benefits. Social protection can provide a safety net for people who are negatively impacted by the green and digital transitions. During the COVID-19

September 2024

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