Is-saħħa u l-benesseri

Il-promozzjoni ta' standards għoljin fil-kundizzjonijiet tax-xogħol, inkluż fil-qasam tas-saħħa u l-benesseri fuq il-post tax-xogħol, hija prijorità ewlenija għall-UE. Il-miżuri biex itejbu s-saħħa u s-sigurtà fuq il-post tax-xogħol ifittxu li jipproteġu lill-ħaddiema fuq il-post tax-xogħol tagħhom u jippromwovu d-drittijiet tal-ħaddiema f'dan il-qasam. Inizjattivi oħra għandhom l-għan li jindirizzaw żieda fi kwistjonijiet ta' saħħa mentali, marbuta mal-pandemija, l-ambjenti tax-xogħol li qed jinbidlu, it-tibdil fil-klima u l-għoli tal-ħajja li qed jiżdied.

Female florists at work

Ġdid u li ġej

Sib l-aktar kontenut reċenti dwar dan is-suġġett hawn taħt.

Artikolu

10 October 2025

The roots of Europe's mental health crisis run deep
Hans Dubois
This article looks at the trends, the groups at risk, the services and policies in the area of mental health. The European Commission’s communication on a comprehensive approach to mental health, adopted in June 2023, aims to place mental health on an equal footing with physical health and ensure a new, cross-sectoral approach to mental health issues. But, solutions must be sought not only narrowly within mental health care, but also in improving living and working conditions and facilitating social and economic inclusion.
Rapport ta' riċerka

2 September 2025

Mental health: Risk groups, trends, services and policies
Hans Dubois,
Sanna Nivakoski
Anxiety and depression remain widespread in the EU, with rising concerns for young women and older men. While suicide rates fell for decades, they have recently edged up. Access to trusted, timely mental healthcare is limited, highlighting the need for prevention and inclusion.
Artikolu

4 February 2025

Respondents with disabilities hit harder by unmet medical needs
Daphné Chédorge-Farnier,
Daphne Ahrendt
Eurofound’s 2024 e-survey shows that people with disabilities in Europe are more than twice as likely as others to face unmet medical needs, with 40% reporting barriers in accessing healthcare. Financial situation, age, employment status and limited transport, especially in rural areas, are among the main reasons, underscoring persistent inequalities despite EU commitments to equal treatment.

Dwar is-suġġett Is-saħħa u l-benesseri

Tgħallem aktar dwar dan is-suġġett u r-rilevanza tiegħu għat-tfassil tal-politika tal-UE.

Punti ewlenin għal Is-saħħa u l-benesseri

Din hija għażla tal-aktar riżultati importanti għal dan is-suġġett.

2 September 2025

Rapport ta' riċerka

Mental health: Risk groups, trends, services and policies

Anxiety and depression remain widespread in the EU, with rising concerns for young women and older men. While suicide rates fell for decades, they have recently edged up. Access to trusted, timely mental healthcare is limited, highlighting the need for prevention and inclusion.

29 November 2022

Rapport ta' riċerka

Working conditions in the time of COVID-19: Implications for the future

The strict public health restrictions implemented by governments in 2020 to control the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly changed working life and continued to shape it over the two years that followed. Between March and November 2021, over 70,000 interviews were carried out in 36 countries by the European Working Conditions Telephone Survey (EWCTS), a high-quality probability-based survey. The aim was to provide a detailed picture of the working lives of Europeans in that exceptional time.

The report documents the working conditions of Europeans in 2021. It examines variation in job quality and identifies its positive association with well-being, health, work engagement and the financial sustainability of work. It highlights the divergences in the experiences of workers depending on workers’ own attributes and their place in the workforce. From this analysis, the report aims to derive lessons for the future, particularly in relation to the enduring marks on how we work and the implications for work organisation, the quality of work, and the interaction between work and private life.

6 July 2022

Oħra

Fifth round of the Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey: Living in a new era of uncertainty

The fifth round of Eurofound's e-survey, fielded from 25 March to 2 May 2022, sheds light on the social and economic situation of people across Europe two years after COVID-19 was first detected on the European continent. It also explores the reality of living in a new era of uncertainty caused by the war in Ukraine, inflation, and rising energy prices.

The findings of the e-survey reveal the heavy toll of the pandemic, with respondents reporting lower trust in institutions than at the start of the pandemic, poorer mental well-being, a rise in the level of unmet healthcare needs and an increase in the number of households experiencing energy poverty.

19 May 2022

Oħra

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 outline the policy responses of governments and social partners in their efforts to cushion the socioeconomic effects and include a focus on policy areas related to adapting to the pandemic and the return to work. This includes in particular a focus on new health and safety arrangements at work, new work arrangements, policies to address labour shortages and wages and wage setting. The reports also explore the impact of the pandemic on social dialogue, collective bargaining and industrial action.

Please note that there is no consolidated report on working life in the EU in 2021.

9 September 2021

Rapport ta' riċerka

Right to disconnect: Exploring company practices

Digital technologies have made it possible for many workers to carry out their work at any time and anywhere, with consequent advantages and disadvantages. Eurofound data show that teleworkers are twice as likely to exceed the 48-hour working time limit, take insufficient rest and work in their free time, with knock-on effects on their physical and mental health. To address this issue, there have been calls for the ‘right to disconnect’. This report is based on case studies that chart the implementation and impact of the right to disconnect at workplace level. It builds on previous Eurofound research that shows an increase in collective agreements providing for a right to disconnect in countries that have enshrined this right in their legislation. With the exponential growth in teleworking brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of striking a better balance between the opportunities and the challenges associated with teleworking and ICT-based flexible working has become more relevant than ever before.

26 February 2021

Rapport ewlieni

Working conditions and sustainable work: An analysis using the job quality framework

This flagship report summarises the key findings of Eurofound’s research on working conditions conducted over the programming period 2017–2020. It maps the progress achieved since 2000 in improving working conditions and examines whether all workers have benefited equally from positive change. It highlights which groups are the most at risk of experiencing poor working conditions and being left behind. Given the changes in the world of work, emerging challenges for good job quality are identified. The report also provides evidence for measures that could lead to the further improvement of work and the achievement of fair working conditions for all in the EU. The analysis shows that, overall, job quality in the EU is improving, if slowly. Not all workers are benefiting to the same extent, however. Furthermore, gender, age and contractual status have a significant bearing on a person’s working conditions. And while digitalisation helps to address some job quality issues, it also creates new challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated trends, reinforcing concerns and highlighting the importance of achieving job quality for all.

Esperti dwar Is-saħħa u l-benesseri

Ir-riċerkaturi tal-Eurofound jipprovdu għarfien espert u jistgħu jiġu kkuntattjati għal mistoqsijiet jew mistoqsijiet mill-midja.

Hans Dubois

Senior research manager
Social policies research

Hans Dubois huwa maniġer anzjan tar-riċerka fl-unità tal-Politiki Soċjali fil-Eurofound. Is-suġġetti ta 'riċerka tiegħu jinkludu akkomodazzjoni, dejn żejjed, kura tas-saħħa, kura fit-tul, benefiċċji soċjali, irtirar, u kwalità tal-ħajja fiż-żona lokali. Qabel ma ngħaqad mal-Eurofound, kien Assistent Professur fl-Università ta' Kozminski (Varsavja). Huwa temm PhD fl-Amministrazzjoni u l-Ġestjoni tan-Negozju fl-Università Bocconi (Milan), wara li ħadem bħala uffiċjal tar-riċerka fl-Osservatorju Ewropew dwar is-Sistemi u l-Politiki tas-Saħħa (Madrid).

Jorge Cabrita

Senior research manager
Working life research

Jorge Cabrita is a senior research manager in the Working Life unit. He is responsible for formulating, coordinating and managing European-wide research, and promoting the dissemination of findings in the areas of working conditions and industrial relations. His main research areas of interest include working conditions and job quality, working time and work–life balance, workers’ health and well-being, gender equality and the socioeconomic impacts of the transition to a climate-neutral economy. He is currently leading research on working time developments and on social dialogue and collective bargaining during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, he worked as a researcher at the Centre for Studies for Social Intervention and at the Research Centre on the Portuguese Economy of the Lisbon School of Economics, and as a trainer and consultant in the areas of strategic management, organisational communication, leadership and team building. He holds a BSc in Economics and an MSc in Socio-Organisational Systems of Economic Activity from the Lisbon School of Economics.

Agnès Parent-Thirion

Senior research manager
Working life research

Agnès Parent-Thirion hija maniġer anzjan tar-riċerka fl-unità tal-Ħajja tax-Xogħol fil-Eurofound, inkarigata mill-ippjanar, l-iżvilupp u l-implimentazzjoni ta' proġetti ta' riċerka dwar il-kundizzjonijiet tax-xogħol, b'mod partikolari l-Istħarriġ Ewropew dwar il-Kundizzjonijiet tax-Xogħol (EWCS) u l-analiżi tiegħu. Hija responsabbli għall-edizzjoni straordinarja tal-EWCS 2021 u għat-tħejjija tal-kwestjonarju għall-EWCS 2024. L-interessi tar-riċerka tagħha jinkludu l-kundizzjonijiet tax-xogħol, il-kwalità tax-xogħol, il-monitoraġġ tal-kundizzjonijiet tax-xogħol, l-organizzazzjoni tax-xogħol, is-sess, il-futur tax-xogħol u l-ħin. Hija ilha taħdem fil-qasam tal-istħarriġ komparattiv Ewropew għal aktar minn għaxar snin, fl-aspetti kollha inklużi d-disinn, l-iżvilupp tal-kwestjonarju, ix-xogħol fuq il-post, il-kontroll tal-kwalità u l-analiżi. Hija gradwata fl-ekonomija u l-ġestjoni mill-universitajiet Paris IX Dauphine u Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne u għandha Diploma Postgraduate fl-Istatistika mit-Trinity College Dublin. Dan l-aħħar temmet korsijiet onlajn dwar l-intelliġenza artifiċjali: tmexxija mmexxija mill-inkjesta mal-MIT Sloan Executive Education u 'Les grand enjeux de la transition: re-ouvrir l'orizzont, comprendre pour agir' mal-Campus de la Transition. Qabel ma ngħaqdet mal-Eurofound, hija ħadmet għal numru ta' snin fil-Kummissjoni Ewropea.

Il-kontenut kollu għal Is-saħħa u l-benesseri

Din it-taqsima tipprovdi aċċess għall-kontenut kollu li ġie ppubblikat dwar is-suġġett.

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