Agreements

Digitale technologieën hebben het voor veel werknemers mogelijk gemaakt hun werk overal en op ieder moment te doen, en dat heeft voor- en nadelen. Uit gegevens van Eurofound blijkt dat telewerkers twee keer zo vaak de grens van 48 uur werktijd overschrijden, onvoldoende rust nemen en werken in hun

Eurofound volgt sinds 2016 de betrokkenheid van nationale sociale partners bij de beleidsvorming in het kader van de cyclus van het Europees Semester op de voet. In 2020 lag de nadruk op hun betrokkenheid tijdens de eerste maanden van de COVID-19-uitbraak. Hoewel de pandemie een enorme uitdaging

Developments in information and communication technology (ICT) have been among the key drivers of change in working life over the past two decades. Specifically, telework and ICT-based mobile work (TICTM) exemplifies how digital technology has led to more flexible workplace and working time

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

This study examines the interaction between social dialogue practices and human resources management (HRM) policies in European multinational companies (MNCs). It looks at the changing role of HRM and its interaction with European Works Councils (EWCs), which can act as a link between different

This report, as part of an annual series on minimum wages, summarises the key developments during 2019 and early 2020 around the EU initiative on fair wages and puts the national debates on setting the rates for 2020 and beyond in this context. The report features how minimum wages were set and the

Annual review of working life 2017 is part of a series of annual reviews published by Eurofound and provides an overview of the latest developments in industrial relations and working conditions across the EU and Norway. The annual review collates information based on reports from Eurofound’s

This report examines the development of collectively agreed pay in conjunction with the development of actual compensation (‘wages’) and labour productivity in real terms. It applies both a longer-term perspective (the early 2000s to 2017) and a short-term perspective, with a focus on the outcomes