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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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Termenul de „muncă hibridă” a fost popularizat odată cu intensificarea telemuncii în timpul pandemiei de COVID-19, când întreprinderile și angajații au început să discute despre modalitățile de organizare a muncii...

25 Mai 2023
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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.

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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)

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

Termenul de „muncă hibridă” a fost popularizat odată cu intensificarea telemuncii în timpul pandemiei de COVID-19, când întreprinderile și angajații au început să discute despre modalitățile de organizare a muncii după criză. Termenul se folosește din ce în ce mai mult în legătură cu situații în

25 May 2023

Raportul de față prezintă cercetările Eurofound privind telemunca în timpul pandemiei de COVID-19 din 2020 și 2021. Raportul analizează schimbările legate de incidența telemuncii, condițiile de muncă ale angajaților care lucrează de la domiciliu și modificările aduse reglementărilor care abordează

08 December 2022

Acest raport este realizat în contextul proiectului-pilot desfășurat pe o perioadă de trei ani (2021-2023), intitulat „Rolul salariului minim în stabilirea garanției universale pentru lucrători”, delegat agenției Eurofound de către Comisia Europeană. Elementul său central este modulul 3 al

30 November 2022

Prezentul raport își propune să coreleze și să analizeze legislația și negocierea colectivă privind telemunca în cele 27 de state membre și în Norvegia. Acesta evidențiază principalele diferențe și asemănări între țări în ceea ce privește legislația privind telemunca și modificările recente aduse

01 September 2022

După o rundă precaută de stabilire a salariului minim pentru 2021, cotele nominale au crescut semnificativ pentru 2022, pe măsură ce consecințele negative ale pandemiei s-au atenuat, iar economiile și piețele muncii s-au redresat. În acest context, 20 din cele 21 de state membre ale UE cu salarii

15 June 2022

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

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

Prezentul raport sintetizează modul în care nivelurile salariilor minime pentru 2021 au fost stabilite în cursul anului 2020 – anul marcat de pandemia de COVID-19. Raportul analizează dificultățile cu care se confruntă factorii de decizie de la nivel național și modul în care au reacționat la

10 June 2021

Prezentul raport analizează evoluțiile din statele membre ale UE în materie de politici de sprijinire a incluziunii persoanelor cu handicap pe piața liberă a muncii, punând un accent deosebit pe cele trei etape reprezentate de angajare, rămânerea la locul de muncă și revenirea la muncă după o

19 April 2021

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Collective bargaining and social dialogue – Back to normal in 2021?

Two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, social dialogue continues to make a significant contribution to helping economies recover. Managing the crisis led many governments to rely on tripartite social dialogue to develop the policies that would mitigate the negative impact of the

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Back to work after COVID-19: Testing, vaccines and green certificates

In the second pandemic year 2021, access to one’s place of work was increasingly dependent on providing proof of either having been tested, vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19 in several countries. Specific professional groups – such as essential workers and workers in critical infrastructure –

Labour market regulation, effectiveness of legal rights and obligations, and safety and health at work 9 March 2021 Presentation by Barbara Gerstenberger, Head of unit - Working life, Eurofound

9 Martie 2021

Connecting and disconnecting and work-life balance 9 March 2021 Presentation by Tina Weber, Research manager - Employment unit, Eurofound

9 Martie 2021
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Member States are dawdling on gender pay transparency

The gender pay gap in gross hourly earnings in the EU was 14.8% in 2018. To help combat discriminatory pay practices by employers, the European Commission recommended in 2014 the introduction of pay transparency measures in all Member States. But more than half still have not implemented any such

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Summer time arrangements in the EU: A tripartite outlook on ‘Cloxit’

On 31 March 2019, clocks across the EU will go forward one hour, a Union-wide event since 2002. However, the European Commission has proposed abolishing the bi-annual hour change, an idea favoured by the vast majority of respondents in a public consultation. This article discusses reactions by

United Kingdom: latest working life developments Q2 2018

The social partners’ joint statement on the risk of a no-deal Brexit risk, launch of the first labour market enforcement strategy and a record low for workers’ strikes are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in the UK in

Belgium: latest working life developments Q2 2018

Ongoing discussions about pension reform for ‘heavy occupations’, the signing of an agreement in the non-profit sector and strikes in the railway sector are the main topics of this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in Belgium in the first quarter of 2018

Latvia: Latest working life developments – Q4 2017

The state budget for 2018, tax reforms, the ending of strike action by healthcare workers, and continued wage growth are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in Latvia in the fourth quarter of 2017.


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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 Iulie 2019
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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 Mai 2016

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