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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8 October 2024
This report focuses on unemployment and minimum income benefits for people of working age. Individuals with short or no employment records (mainly young people), the self-employed, those with non-standard working arrangements, and the long-term unemployed are often not entitled to higher-tier, or any, unemployment benefits. No Member State was identified where more than 80% of those entitled to minimum income benefits receive them. Benefit recipients at higher risk of having an inadequate income include those without access to social housing in areas with high housing costs, unemployed individuals whose most recent job was low paid and the long-term unemployed people. The report also investigates the rejection of applications (frequently, around 30% are rejected), the digitalisation of application processes (most common for unemployment benefits) and economic activation requirements (typically, 1–6% of benefit recipients annually are sanctioned for not complying with activity requirements) and service entitlements.
2 February 2024
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 and act as an economic stabiliser. The paper examines trends in expenditure on unemployment benefits, identifies gaps in formal coverage, discusses groups for whom benefits are inadequate, and looks at non-take-up, rejection decisions, digitalisation of application procedures, and links between unemployment benefits and service entitlements.
27 March 2023
As economies begin to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, labour shortages are becoming increasingly evident despite the impact of the war in Ukraine on energy and commodity prices. These include shortages exacerbated by the crisis in some sectors and professions where they had been endemic for some time. This report looks at measures implemented at national level to tackle labour shortages in the health, care, and information and communication technology sectors, as well as those arising from the twin green and digital transition. It assesses what measures are effective and explores the contextual factors supporting or hindering effective policy implementation and outcomes.
Esperti dwar Unemployment
Ir-riċerkaturi tal-Eurofound jipprovdu għarfien espert u jistgħu jiġu kkuntattjati għal mistoqsijiet jew mistoqsijiet mill-midja.
Tadas Leončikas
Head of UnitTadas Leončikas huwa l-Kap tal-Unità tal-Impjiegi fil-Eurofound minn Settembru 2022. Qabel dan, huwa kien maniġer anzjan tar-riċerka fl-unità tal-Politiki Soċjali, imexxi l-Istħarriġ Ewropew dwar il-Kwalità tal-Ħajja (EQLS) u żviluppa r-riċerka tal-istħarriġ tal-Eurofound. Minn meta ngħaqad mal-Eurofound fl-2010, huwa ħadem fuq diversi suġġetti inklużi l-metodi ta' stħarriġ, il-kwalità tal-ħajja, il-mobilità soċjali, l-inklużjoni soċjali, il-fiduċja u n-nuqqasijiet fid-djar. Fil-karriera preċedenti tiegħu, huwa mexxa l-Istitut għall-Istudji Etniċi fil-Litwanja fejn ħadem fuq studji relatati mas-sitwazzjoni tal-minoranzi etniċi, il-migranti u gruppi vulnerabbli oħra. Bħala riċerkatur, huwa kkollabora qabel mal-Aġenzija tal-Unjoni Ewropea għad-Drittijiet Fundamentali, il-Programm ta' Żvilupp tan-Nazzjonijiet Uniti u l-Organizzazzjoni Internazzjonali għall-Migrazzjoni. Huwa għandu PhD fis-Soċjoloġija.
Massimiliano Mascherini
Head of UnitMassimiliano Mascherini huwa Kap tal-unità tal-Politiki Soċjali f'Eurofound mill-Ottubru 2019. Ingħaqad ma' Eurofound fl-2009 bħala maniġer tar-riċerka, fejn iddisinja u kkoordina proġetti dwar impjieg taż-żgħażagħ, NEETs u l-ugwaljanza bejn is-sessi. Fl-2017, sar maniġer anzjan tar-riċerka u mexxa riċerka ġdida dwar il-monitoraġġ tal-konverġenza fl-UE. Barra minn hekk, mexxa l-kunċettwalizzazzjoni tas-Survey Ewropew tal-Kwalità tal-Ħajja tal-2026. Fl-2025, ingħata l-premju Brendan Walsh għall-aqwa karta ppubblikata f'Economic and Social Review. Qabel dan, kien uffiċjal xjentifiku fiċ-Ċentru Konġunt tar-Riċerka tal-Kummissjoni Ewropea. Hu studja fl-Università ta' Florence, fejn speċjalizza fix-xjenzi attwarjali u statistiċi u kiseb PhD fl-Istatistika Applikata. Fl-2014, kiseb kwalifika xjentifika bħala Professur Assoċjat tal-Istatistika Soċjali u d-Demografija mill-Ministeru Taljan tal-Università u r-Riċerka. Kien fellow viżitatur fl-Università ta' Sydney u fl-Università ta' Aalborg u professur viżitatur fl-Akkademja Pontifiċja tax-Xjenzi Soċjali.
Hans Dubois
Senior research managerHans 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).
John Hurley
Senior research managerJohn Hurley is a senior research manager in the Employment unit at Eurofound. He took up the role of research manager in February 2012. He contributes to a number of research projects including the European Jobs Monitor and has authored or co-authored over 20 reports as well as journal contributions and edited collections during his time at Eurofound. His main research interests are in the areas of comparative labour market analysis, restructuring and the changing world of work. John is a graduate of both Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin.
Il-kontenut kollu għal Unemployment
Din it-taqsima tipprovdi aċċess għall-kontenut kollu li ġie ppubblikat dwar is-suġġett.
