Publications

123 items found

Platform work and employment conditions
- 19 July 2018
- Presentation
Platform work and employment conditions Informal meeting of EU Employment and Social Policy Ministers (EPSCO), 19 July 2018, Vienna, Austria Presentation by Juan Menéndez-Valdés, Director, Eurofound
- Menéndez-Valdés, Juan Digital age, New forms of employment, Work organisation
Exploring the connections between EU- and national-level social dialogue
- 13 July 2018
- Report
The study looks at the articulation and the complex multi-level links between European and national levels of social dialogue. It examines the factors that facilitate as well as those that hinder the successful engagement of national social partners and their ability to promote their own interests effectively.
- Voss, Eckhard; Broughton, Andrea; Pulignano, Valeria; Rodriguez Contreras, Ricardo; Franca, Valentina Collective bargaining, Industrial relations, Social dialogue, Social partners
Exploring the connections between EU- and national-level social dialogue - Executive summary
- 13 July 2018
- Executive summary
The study explores the horizontal cross-industry articulation of social dialogue at EU level, as well as the vertical articulation of sectoral social dialogue in seven individual sectors: construction, tanning and leather, chemicals, food and drink, local and regional government, railways, and commerce.
- Eurofound Collective bargaining, Industrial relations, Social dialogue, Social partners
Towards better living and working conditions: Promoting upward convergence
- 06 July 2018
- Brochure
This booklet outlines the tools and strategies Eurofound will harness during the programming period 2017–2020 so as to fulfil its mandate: ‘to provide scientifically sound, unbiased, timely and policy relevant knowledge that contributes to better informed policies for upward convergence of living and working conditions in Europe’.
- Eurofound
European Quality of Life Survey 2016: New results for the EU candidate countries
- 26 June 2018
- Presentation
European Quality of Life Survey 2016 New results for the EU candidate countries Event on Improving quality of life in Europe – Sharing data to shape better policies, 26 June 2018, Belgrade, Serbia Presentation by Tadas Leončikas, Senior Research Manager, Eurofound
- Leončikas, Tadas Living conditions, Quality of life and public services, Quality of life and quality of society, Quality of society, Subjective well-being
Keeping careers alive as work transforms
- 21 June 2018
- Blog
In this article, Jean-Marie Jungblut looks at the health of careers in Europe. He argues that, since the average length of the most important job in a person’s life is over 20 years, time should be put aside in the middle of a career to check the fit between the worker and the job. Different scenarios can arise from such an exercise.
- Jungblut, Jean-Marie Ageing workforce, Skills and training, Sustainable work, Working conditions, Working conditions and sustainable work
The human factor in innovation
- 18 June 2018
- Blog
Companies are constantly competing for the next big thing in innovation – the next-generation 3D phone, the quantum computer, the virtual doctor. They fixate on technological breakthroughs and look for new business models. But innovation also needs systems, an organisational structure and people who work together. The human factor in innovation is often forgotten or neglected – the employees’ skills, their level of input, their autonomy in their jobs and the rewards they receive. Or do such factors really play any role in innovation?
- Demetriades, Stavroula; Eiffe, Franz Ferdinand Innovation, Innovation and job creation in companies, Labour market change
Europe’s economic recovery continues in times of political instability
- 18 June 2018
- Blog
Europe is showing visible signs of progress; in most countries, labour markets are healthier than they have been in a decade, with more people active and in work than ever before, while social exclusion is declining. However, it is also a continent in transition, where an imbalance in opportunities for prosperity and quality of life – depending on where you live or which particular social group you belong to – directly determines to what extent you have felt this recovery.
- Menéndez-Valdés, Juan Living conditions, Quality of life and quality of society, Sustainable work, Working conditions
Germany’s minimum wage has reduced wage inequality
- 14 June 2018
- Blog
Wages grew and wage inequality fell in most EU countries in 2015. Germany is not one of the countries where wages rose most, but it did have the largest reduction of wage inequality. Our analysis shows that the German minimum wage policy introduced in 2015 strongly lifted the wages of the lowest-paid employees, particularly those employees who were lower-skilled, younger or working in services.
- Vacas‑Soriano, Carlos Labour market change, Minimum wage, Pay and income, Working conditions
Living and working in Europe 2017
- 12 June 2018
- Annual report
Living and working in Europe, Eurofound’s 2017 yearbook, provides a snapshot of the latest developments in the work and lives of Europeans as recounted in the Agency’s research activities over the course of 2017. As economies recover, Eurofound reported on the positive trends in employment, with rising numbers in work and a continued expansion of employment in good jobs. It also provided an updated account of quality of life in Europe post-crisis, showing that on many dimensions Europeans are doing as well as before the crisis, if not better.
- Eurofound Digital age, Industrial relations, Labour market change, Monitoring convergence in the European Union, Public services, Quality of life and quality of society, Sustainable work, Working conditions