Rodriguez Contreras, Ricardo

Resumed EU Semester calls for better involvement of the social partners in implementing recovery and resilience plans

03 May 2022

With the arrival of the month of May, the 2022 European Semester Spring Package is anticipated soon. After a transformative year in 2021, which saw the launch of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) under NextGenerationEU, the European Semester cycle has resumed its role as the reference framework for EU economic and employment policy coordination. The RRF, underpinned by the national recovery and resilience plans (RRPs), is the engine driving the investment and reforms needed to successfully transition to a greener and more digital society. Involving the social partners in this process can help put us on the right path.

Involvement of social partners in the national recovery and resilience plans

30 March 2022

Participação dos parceiros sociais nos planos nacionais de recuperação e resiliência

This report examines the quality of the national social partners’ involvement in designing and implementing reforms and policies in the context of the European Semester cycle and in the preparation of the national reform programmes. Withi...

Involvement of social partners in policymaking during the COVID-19 outbreak

09 March 2021

Participação dos parceiros sociais na definição de políticas durante o surto de COVID-19

Since 2016, Eurofound has closely monitored the involvement of national social partners in policymaking as part of the European Semester cycle. In 2020, the focus was on their involvement during the first months of the COVID-19 outbreak. Wh...

Industrial relations: Developments 2015–2019

11 December 2020

Relações laborais: Evolução 2015-2019

As part of its mandate to promote dialogue between management and labour, Eurofound has monitored and analysed developments in industrial relations systems at EU level and in EU Member States for over 40 years. This flagship report is based...

Capacity building for effective social dialogue in the European Union

10 September 2020

Capacity building for effective social dialogue in the European Union

The aim of this report is to add to the discussion on how Eurofound can contribute to supporting capacity building of social partners for effective social dialogue. The report includes a review by Eurofound aimed at identifying the capacity...

Social dialogue and HR practices in European global companies

16 June 2020

Social dialogue and HR practices in European global companies

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 Cou...

Involvement of national social partners in policymaking – 2019

09 June 2020

Involvement of national social partners in policymaking – 2019

This report investigates the quality of the national social partners’ involvement in designing and implementing reforms and policies in the context of the European Semester 2018–2019 and in the elaboration of the National Reform Programmes. As previously reported by Eurofound, there is a positive correlation between the strength of the national social dialogue and the involvement of the social partners in policymaking.

Game-changing technologies: Transforming production and employment in Europe

22 January 2020

Game-changing technologies: Transforming production and employment in Europe

Innovation and technological advancement are natural features of developed economies, and they are necessary to maintain and improve sustainable competitiveness in an era of globalisation. However, while most innovation tends to be incremen...

Restructuring: Do unions still matter?

20 November 2019

Trade unions in many EU Member States face the issue of declining membership. This is a fundamental challenge for organised labour, but it is premature to speak about the redundancy unions: when it comes to important decisions affecting the workplace, restructuring being one, trade unions remain a powerful mechanism of employee voice. Latest data from Eurofound’s European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) confirms that the presence of a trade union in the workplace is associated with greater employee voice and involvement in decision-making on restructuring.

The involvement of social partners in national policymaking

23 May 2019

The involvement of social partners in national policymaking

This report investigates the involvement of the national social partners in the design and implementation of reforms and policies in the context of the European Semester and countryspecific recommendations 2017–2018. In line with previous reports on the same theme, it also analyses the quality of the involvement of the social partners in elaborating the National Reform Programmes.

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