
EurWORK European Observatory of Working Life
Eurofound’s long-established observatories on industrial relations (EIRO) and working conditions (EWCO) have since 2014 been combined to form EurWORK: the European Observatory of Working Life. EurWORK gathers all Eurofound's resources on working conditions and sustainable work, and industrial relations and social dialogue. It is supported by a Network of Eurofound Correspondents across all EU Member States and Norway.
Eurofound runs two regular surveys on working life issues: the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) and the European Company Survey (ECS).
EurWORK focuses on two main topic areas.
Working conditions and sustainable work
Working conditions and sustainable work is one of the six main activities in Eurofound’s work programme for the 2021–2024 period. Eurofound will continue to operate as a centre of expertise for monitoring and analysing developments in this area, including how the COVID-19 crisis has been impacting on working conditions and job quality, as well as on workplace practices.
Industrial relations and social dialogue
Industrial relations and social dialogue is one of the six main activities in Eurofound’s work programme for the 2021–2024 period. Eurofound will continue to operate as a centre of expertise for monitoring and analysing developments in industrial relations systems and social dialogue at national and EU level. It will continue to support the dialogue between management and labour.
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 - Minimum wages in 2021: Annual review Latest
This report summarises how minimum wage rates for 2021 were set during 2020 – the year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic. It reviews the difficulties faced by national decision-makers and how they reacted to the challenges of the economic and social fall-out of the pandemic when making decisions regarding the minimum wage. It maps the extent to which minimum wages were referred to in COVID-19-related support measures. It discusses advances made on the EU initiative on adequate minimum wages and maps the reactions of the EU-level social partners and national decision-makers.
- Publication: Minimum wages in 2021: Annual review
- Data: Statutory minimum wages, 2022
- Article: Minimum wages in 2022: Bigger hikes this time around
Latest articles
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Minimum wages in 2022: Bigger hikes this time around
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Workers want to telework but long working hours, isolation and inadequate equipment must be tackled
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Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on wages and wage setting
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Mixed impacts of COVID-19 on social dialogue and collective bargaining in 2020
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Policy responses from governments and social partners to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Changing priorities: The impact of COVID-19 on national policy agendas
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Relative calm on the industrial action front in 2020
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Member States are dawdling on gender pay transparency
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EU level: Latest developments in working life Q2 2020
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EU labour law directives and national collective agreements: A clash of cultures?
EurWORK Publications
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Working life in the COVID-19 pandemic 2021
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Involvement of social partners in the national recovery and resilience plans
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Overtime in Europe: Regulation and practice
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Collective labour disputes in the EU
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Social partners going digital: Using digital tools and adapting social dialogue processes
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Industrial relations landscape in Europe
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Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Live performance sector
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Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Audiovisual sector
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Working time in 2019–2020
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Right to disconnect: Exploring company practices