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Labour and social regulation

Labour and social regulation covers the legal framework and fundamental social rights that regulates industrial relations, employment and social policies across Europe. It includes national, EU and international legislation.  Union labour law has a direct or indirect impact on the normative and functional frameworks of individual and collective labour law systems of the Member States in a relationship of mutual interference and interaction.  Increasingly Union labour laws are also shaped by agreements that the parties voluntarily enter into and by soft law mechanisms.  The reform or modernising of labour law is currently high on the agenda in several Member States.

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Regulatory responses to algorithmic management in the EU

Since 2013, Eurofound's ERM database on restructuring-related legislation has been documenting regulatory developments in the Member States of the European Union and Norway. The most recent update to the database...

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Praca hybrydowa w Europie: koncepcja i praktyka

Termin „praca hybrydowa” upowszechnił się wraz ze wzrostem popularności telepracy podczas pandemii COVID-19, kiedy firmy i pracownicy zaczęli rozmawiać o sposobach organizacji pracy po kryzysie. Termin ten jest coraz częściej...

25 Maj 2023
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Research report

Eurofound research

Eurofound has monitored legislative developments in industrial relations, working conditions and restructuring in Europe over time and from a comparative perspective across the Member States. The Agency’s work in this area seeks to assist decision-makers to better understand the legal framework for creating policy. It has also put resources in place to assist audiences in understanding the sometimes complex and difficult terminology used.

EU context

This topic covers the legal framework that regulates industrial relations and employment across Europe, including EU legislation and the fundamental labour standards that need to be taken into account.

Legislation is crucial in shaping how Europeans work and live. It is the basis for ensuring better working conditions, equitable labour relations, and equal opportunities for all citizens.

Publications results (81)

Prawo do bycia offline: wdrażanie i wpływ na poziomie przedsiębiorstwa

This report explores EU Member States’ legislation around the right to disconnect and assesses the impact of company policies in this area on employees’ hours of connection, working time, work–life balance, health and well-being, and overall workplace satisfaction.

30 November 2023
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Research report
Czas pracy
Równowaga między życiem zawodowym a prywatnym
Warunki pracy i trwała praca
Telepraca
Working conditions
Agreements
Labour and social regulation
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Praca hybrydowa w Europie: koncepcja i praktyka

Termin „praca hybrydowa” upowszechnił się wraz ze wzrostem popularności telepracy podczas pandemii COVID-19, kiedy firmy i pracownicy zaczęli rozmawiać o sposobach organizacji pracy po kryzysie. Termin ten jest coraz częściej używany w odniesieniu do sytuacji, w której praca (w formie telepracy)

25 May 2023
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Research report
Warunki pracy i trwała praca
Telepraca
Work organisation
Labour and social regulation
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Upowszechnienie telepracy: wpływ na warunki pracy i przepisy

W przedmiotowym sprawozdaniu przedstawiono badania Eurofound dotyczące telepracy podczas pandemii COVID 19 w 2020 i 2021 r. Przeanalizowano zmiany w częstotliwości występowania telepracy, warunki pracy pracowników pracujących z domu oraz zmiany w przepisach regulujących kwestie związane z tą formą

08 December 2022
Publication
Research report
Nowe formy zatrudnienia
Warunki pracy i trwała praca
Working conditions
Telepraca
Employment relationship
COVID-19
Epoka cyfrowa: możliwości i wyzwania w obszarze pracy i zatrudnienia
Labour and social regulation
Czas pracy
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Regulacja płac minimalnych i innych form wynagrodzenia dla osób samozatrudnionych

Przedmiotowe sprawozdanie jest realizowane w kontekście trzyletniego projektu pilotażowego (2021–2023) „Rola płacy minimalnej w ustanawianiu powszechnej gwarancji pracy” zleconego Eurofound przez Komisję Europejską. Skupia się na module 3 projektu, w którym to module zbadano płace minimalne i inne

30 November 2022
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Research report
Płaca i dochód
Płaca minimalna
Agreements
Collective bargaining
Labour and social regulation
Stosunki pracy i dialog społeczny
Stosunki pracy
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Telepraca w UE: Ramy prawne i najnowsze aktualizacje

W niniejszym sprawozdaniu przedstawiono i przeanalizowano przepisy prawne i rokowania zbiorowe w sprawie telepracy w 27 państwach członkowskich i Norwegii. Podkreślono w nim główne różnice i podobieństwa między państwami w zakresie ustawodawstwa dotyczącego telepracy oraz niedawne zmiany w tych

01 September 2022
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Research report
Czas pracy
Working conditions
Telepraca
Równowaga między życiem zawodowym a prywatnym
Work organisation
Agreements
Collective bargaining
Labour and social regulation
Stosunki pracy i dialog społeczny
Stosunki pracy
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Płace minimalne w 2022 r.: przegląd roczny

Po ostrożnej rundzie ustalania płacy minimalnej na 2021 r. stawki nominalne znacznie wzrosły w 2022 r., jako że negatywne skutki pandemii zmniejszyły się, a stan gospodarek i rynków pracy uległ poprawie. W związku z tym 20 z 21 państw członkowskich UE, w których obowiązują ustawowe wynagrodzenia

15 June 2022
Publication
Research report
Dialog społeczny
Social partners
Płaca i dochód
Płaca minimalna
Collective bargaining
Labour and social regulation
Stosunki pracy i dialog społeczny
Stosunki pracy
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Ethics in the digital workplace

Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns. Recently, the policy debate surrounding these concerns has become more prominent and has

30 May 2022
Publication
Research report
Social dialogue
Social policies
Working conditions
Employment and labour markets
Anticipating and managing the impact of change
Digitalisation
Labour and social regulation
Job quality
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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

19 May 2022
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Other
Social dialogue
Social partners
Pay and income
Working time
Working conditions
COVID-19
Industrial action
Labour and social regulation
Industrial relations and social dialogue
Industrial relations
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Płace minimalne w 2021 r.: przegląd roczny

W niniejszym sprawozdaniu podsumowano sposób, w jaki stawki płacy minimalnej na 2021 r. zostały ustalone w 2020 r. – roku, w którym wystąpiła pandemia COVID-19. W sprawozdaniu dokonano przeglądu trudności, z jakimi borykają się krajowi decydenci, oraz sposobu, w jaki reagowali oni na wyzwania

10 June 2021
Publication
Research report
Dialog społeczny
Social partners
Płaca i dochód
Working poor
Płaca minimalna
European Pillar of Social Rights
Collective bargaining
Labour and social regulation
Stosunki pracy i dialog społeczny
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Niepełnosprawność a integracja na rynku pracy: Tendencje w polityce i wsparcie w państwach członkowskich UE

W niniejszym sprawozdaniu przeanalizowano zmiany w polityce w państwach członkowskich UE mające na celu wspieranie integracji osób z niepełnosprawnościami na otwartym rynku pracy, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem trzech etapów: podejmowania zatrudnienia, pozostawania na rynku pracy i powrotu do pracy

19 April 2021
Publication
Research report
Social policies
Usługi publiczne
Working conditions
European Pillar of Social Rights
COVID-19
Disability and chronic disease
Labour market policies
Labour market participation
Warunki i jakość życia
Labour and social regulation
Online resources results (794)

Proposal to exempt long-term unemployed people from legal minimum wage

The Dutch Government wants to allow employers temporary exemptions from the legal minimum wage [1] (WML- wettelijk minimumloon), and to that end, a bill was submitted to Parliament in 1996. The target group consists of long-term unemployed people aged between 20 and 65. The purpose of the bill is to

27 luty 1997
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Pay and income
Minimum wage
Labour and social regulation
Unemployment
Labour market policies

Implementation of the tripartite Pact for Employment

The Italian Government and social partners are currently implementing their tripartite "Pact for Employment" (Patto per il Lavoro), which is intended to promote employment and foster economic development in Italy through the introduction of a wide and complex set of policies. The agreement, signed

27 luty 1997
Article
Labour market policies
Labour and social regulation
Employment and labour markets

Moves towards greater working time flexibility

The central social partners - the Austrian Trade Union Confederation (Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund,ÖGB) and the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, WKÖ), the statutory body grouping almost all nonagricultural enterprises - have for some time been discussing a range of

27 luty 1997
Article
Working time
Labour law
Labour and social regulation

Unemployment as the focus for collective bargaining at national level

In recent years pressure has mounted on all parties involved to rethink and revise the traditional policies and practices of Greek industrial relations as well as to promote social dialogue between employers and employees. As a result of changing conditions, some believe that a new era in industrial

27 luty 1997
Article
Social dialogue
Labour law
Skills and training
Labour and social regulation
Industrial relations and social dialogue
Blogs results (12)
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Member States still getting to grips with the single labour market

The European Platform Tackling Undeclared Work last year documented the case of a Dutch temporary work agency that hired workers of various nationalities to work for a construction company in Belgium. The wages were suspiciously low, and the Belgian Labour Inspectorate believed that EU law

17 Lipiec 2019
Helen Burke
Blog
Posted workers
Working conditions and sustainable work
Working conditions
Undeclared work
Fraudulent work
Labour and social regulation
Industrial relations and social dialogue
Industrial relations
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Tackling trafficking for labour exploitation in Europe: new way forward together

The European Union (EU) has strong legislation in place that protects workers from being exploited and also enables businesses to engage in fair competition. Workers are mobile and can move freely within the EU single market across borders – without being dependent upon traffickers. Yet, the latest

3 Maj 2016
Andrea Fromm
Blog
Fraudulent work
Industrial relations
Labour and social regulation
Employment and labour markets
Migration and mobility
Working conditions
Working conditions and sustainable work
Industrial relations and social dialogue

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