Online event

Virtual Visit to Slovenia - First findings from the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 - key areas pertinent to Slovenia

As part of our Virtual Visits initiative, Eurofound organised an exclusive online interactive webinar with its experts, on ‘First findings from the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 - key areas pertinent to Slovenia’ on Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 13.00-14.00 Slovenian time.

When?

Wednesday, 5 November 2025

Slovenian time

Start

13:00

End

14:00

Organised by

Eurofound in collaboration with Eurofound’s Slovenian Board Members and national correspondent in Slovenia

Event background

This event took place in the context of Eurofound’s ongoing efforts with key stakeholders at the national level to ensure widespread dissemination and dialogue on our research findings.

Event overview

Slovenia does not conduct its own national survey on working conditions but uses the European Working Conditions Survey to monitor job quality and working life in Slovenia. This makes the findings of the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 (EWCS) particularly valuable for Slovenian stakeholders.

In 2024, the Slovenian Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities increased the sample size of the EWCS from 1,000 to 1,300 interviews to obtain a more granular, national dataset. This step enhances the capacity to identify challenges and opportunities which will help to further improve working conditions for employees and self-employed men and women. Eurofound’s virtual visit created an opportunity to explore results for Slovenia and compare them with EU-wide averages and developments in other countries.

Eurofound has been monitoring progress in working conditions across Europe for over 30 years through the EWCS. The survey provides a comprehensive picture of the everyday reality of men and women at work, assessing job quality, analysing risks and opportunities, thus providing both EU and national policymakers with the evidence required to design effective policies.

The latest findings shed light on issues around workers’ health and well-being, work-life balance, the impact of technology use at work, gender equality as well as the implications of an ageing workforce and the twin transitions.

This event took place in collaboration with Eurofound’s Slovenian Board Members and with its national correspondent in Slovenia.

For any queries about the #Virtual Visits, please contact Bernice.Turner@eurofound.europa.eu

Presentation slides: First findings from the European Working Conditions Survey - key areas pertinent to Slovenia

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Eurofound speakers

Agnès Parent-Thirion

Senior research manager

Working life research unit

Agnès Parent-Thirion je vedúcou výskumnou manažérkou v oddelení pracovného života nadácie Eurofound, ktorej úlohou je plánovanie, vývoj a realizácia výskumných projektov pracovných podmienok, najmä Európskeho prieskumu pracovných podmienok (EWCS) a jeho analýz. Je zodpovedná za mimoriadne vydanie EWCS 2021 a za prípravu dotazníka pre EWCS 2024. Medzi jej výskumné záujmy patria pracovné podmienky, kvalita pracovných miest, monitorovanie pracovných podmienok, organizácia práce, pohlavie, budúcnosť práce a času. Už viac ako desať rokov pracuje v oblasti európskych porovnávacích prieskumov vo všetkých aspektoch vrátane dizajnu, vývoja dotazníkov, práce v teréne, kontroly kvality a analýzy. Je absolventkou ekonómie a manažmentu na univerzitách Paris IX Dauphine a Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne a je držiteľkou postgraduálneho diplomu v odbore štatistika na Trinity College v Dubline. Nedávno absolvovala online kurzy o umelej inteligencii: vedenie riadené výskumom s MIT Sloan Executive Education a "Les grand enjeux de la transition: re-ouvrir l'horizon, comprendre pour agir" s Campus de la Transition. Pred nástupom do nadácie Eurofound pracovala niekoľko rokov v Európskej komisii.

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Jorge Cabrita

Senior research manager

Working life research unit

Jorge Cabrita is a senior research manager in the Working Life unit. He is responsible for formulating, coordinating and managing European-wide research, and promoting the dissemination of findings in the areas of working conditions and industrial relations. His main research areas of interest include working conditions and job quality, working time and work–life balance, workers’ health and well-being, gender equality and the socioeconomic impacts of the transition to a climate-neutral economy. He is currently leading research on working time developments and on social dialogue and collective bargaining during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, he worked as a researcher at the Centre for Studies for Social Intervention and at the Research Centre on the Portuguese Economy of the Lisbon School of Economics, and as a trainer and consultant in the areas of strategic management, organisational communication, leadership and team building. He holds a BSc in Economics and an MSc in Socio-Organisational Systems of Economic Activity from the Lisbon School of Economics.

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Maria Jepsen

Deputy Director

Eurofound

Maria Jepsen je zástupkyňou riaditeľa nadácie Eurofound, ktorá bola vymenovaná 1. novembra 2019. Koordinuje rozvoj programu agentúry. Predtým bola riaditeľkou výskumného oddelenia v Európskom inštitúte odborových zväzov (ETUI) a odbornou asistentkou a výskumnou pracovníčkou na Slobodnej univerzite v Bruseli (ULB). V súčasnosti je tiež docentkou ekonomiky práce na ULB a externou lektorkou na College of Europe v belgických Bruggách. Medzi jej hlavné výskumné záujmy patria rodové štúdie, vplyv sociálneho štátu na ponuku práce, mzdy a pracovné podmienky a rozvoj európskeho sociálneho rozmeru. Pani Jepsen bola členkou rôznych výborov, rád a poradných rád na vnútroštátnej a medzinárodnej úrovni pre otázky zamestnanosti, sociálnej oblasti, rodovej rovnosti a výskumu. Pôsobila aj ako koordinátorka tripartitného poradného výboru Európskej komisie pre bezpečnosť a ochranu zdravia pri práci. Je držiteľkou doktorátu z ekonómie a magisterského titulu z ekonometrie na Slobodnej univerzite v Bruseli (ULB).

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