Watch the webinar - AskTheExpert: Beyond the data - Uncovering persistent inequalities in European working conditions
Eurofound organised an interactive webinar looking at the first findings of its European Working Conditions Survey 2024, with a live Q&A, on 24 September 2025.
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Wednesday, 24 September 2025
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About the debate
The first findings from Eurofound’s pan-European Working Conditions Survey 2024, published at the beginning of September 2025, showed significant improvements in job quality over the past decade but also highlighted stark inequalities between women and men, as well as radically different situations for workers in different parts of Europe.
Based on interviews with over 36,000 workers across 35 countries, the flagship survey points to positive shifts in areas like working hours and skill development, but not everyone is benefitting equally. For example, women face deteriorating standards in areas such social environment and work intensity, and gender gaps persist in job security and career prospects.
In addition, the workforce is grappling with new and persistent health challenges and divergent approaches to the technological change reshaping workplaces across the EU.
In this webinar, Mary McCaughey, Head of Information and Communication, spoke with Barbara Gerstenberger, Head of Unit for Working Life, about how working conditions are changing in Europe post-pandemic, who is gaining the most and who potentially is losing out, and whether workers are benefitting from the rapid technological change seen over the past decade.
This is a unique opportunity for you to ask questions about the survey and engage with our experts. The event has been livestreamed exclusively on the Livestorm platform, but you can watch the full recording below.
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Agenda
Speakers
Mary McCaughey
Head of Information & CommunicationMary McCaughey hija l-Kap tal-Informazzjoni u l-Komunikazzjoni fil-Eurofound. Gradwata mit-Trinity College, Dublin u l-Kulleġġ tal-Ewropa, Bruges, bdiet taħdem fi Brussell mal-Europolitics u l-Wall Street Journal Europe. Hija ħadmet mal-Assoċjazzjoni tal-Parlamentari Ewropej mal-Afrika (AWEPA) fl-Afrika t'Isfel matul it-tranżizzjoni tal-pajjiż lejn id-demokrazija, u fl-1998 ħadet il-kariga ta' kelliem mad-Delegazzjoni tal-Unjoni Ewropea fi Pretoria, fejn tmexxi d-dipartiment tal-istampa u l-informazzjoni tagħha matul in-negozjati tal-ftehim ta' kummerċ ħieles bejn l-UE u l-Afrika t'Isfel. Wara t-tmiem tal-Gwerra tal-Kosovo, hija ħadmet bħala konsulent tal-komunikazzjoni għall-Aġenzija Ewropea għar-Rikostruzzjoni fis-Serbja. Hija bdiet il-kariga ta' Kap Editur fil-Eurofound fl-2003.
Barbara Gerstenberger
Head of Working Life unitBarbara Gerstenberger hija l-Kap tal-unità tal-Ħajja tax-Xogħol fil-Eurofound. F'dan ir-rwol, hija tikkoordina t-timijiet ta' riċerka li jinvestigaw il-kwalità tal-impjiegi fl-Ewropa abbażi tal-Istħarriġ Ewropew dwar il-Kundizzjonijiet tax-Xogħol u għandha r-responsabbiltà ġenerali għall-Osservatorju Ewropew tal-Ħajja tax-Xogħol u r-riċerka dwar ir-relazzjonijiet industrijali fl-UE. Hija ngħaqdet mal-Eurofound fl-2001 bħala maniġer tar-riċerka fiċ-Ċentru Ewropew għall-Monitoraġġ tal-Bidla (EMCC) li dak iż-żmien kien għadu kif ġie stabbilit. Fl-2007, hija marret fl-unità tal-Informazzjoni u l-Komunikazzjoni tal-Eurofound bħala Kap tal-Prodotti tal-Komunikazzjoni, qabel ma nħatret Koordinatur fid-Direttorat fl-2011. Preċedentement, hija ħadmet bħala uffiċjal anzjan tar-riċerka fil-Federazzjoni Ewropea tal-Ħaddiema tal-Metall fi Brussell. A graduate in political science from Hamburg University, she completed a Master's degree in Public Administration at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
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