Mary McCaughey

V tej epizodi Eurofound Talks se Mary McCaughey pogovarja z Noelle O'Connell, nekdanjo izvršno direktorico European Movement Ireland, podpredsednico European Movement International in ustanoviteljico Merrion Advisory. Skupaj razmišljata o razvijajočem se odnosu Irske z Evropsko unijo, naraščajočem vplivu države na evropsko oblikovanje politik ter o izzivih in priložnostih, s katerimi se Evropa sooča v prihodnjih letih.

Od svojega začetka leta 1990 Evropska raziskava delovnih pogojev ponuja celovit pregled delovnih pogojev v Evropi. EWCS 2024 trdi, da je evropski trg dela v prehodu, kar kaže na upad dolgih delovnih ur in neenakomerno izboljšanje kakovosti zaposlovanja. V tej epizodi Eurofound Talks Mary McCaughey vabi višjo vodjo raziskav Agnès Parent-Thirion, da spregovori o raziskavi, ki stoji za naslovnicami, in o delu, ki je potrebno za njeno izvedbo.

Evropska unija krmari skozi obdobje globokih preobrazb – od krize življenjskih stroškov do zelenih in digitalnih prehodov, demografskih sprememb ter geopolitične negotovosti. V središču odziva EU na te izzive stoji Odbor za zaposlovanje in socialne zadeve Evropskega parlamenta. S 60 člani ima odbor osrednjo vlogo pri zagotavljanju pravičnih delovnih pogojev, močne socialne zaščite in enakih možnosti po vsej zvezi.

Duševno zdravje v Evropi je na kritičnem razpotju. Čeprav so se nekateri kazalniki od pandemije izboljšali, novo poročilo Eurofounda razkriva zaskrbljujoče trende, vključno z zaskrbljujočo zaustavitvijo desetletja trajajočega zmanjševanja števila samomorov. V tej epizodi Eurofoundovih pogovorov se Mary McCaughey pogovarja z višjim vodjo raziskav Hansom Duboisom o tem zapletenem vprašanju in poudarja, da slabo duševno zdravje nesorazmerno prizadene ranljive skupine.

Duševno zdravje v Evropi je na kritičnem razpotju. Čeprav so se nekateri kazalniki od pandemije izboljšali, novo poročilo Eurofounda razkriva zaskrbljujoče trende, vključno z zaskrbljujočo zaustavitvijo desetletja trajajočega zmanjševanja števila samomorov. V tej epizodi Eurofoundovih pogovorov se Mary McCaughey pogovarja z višjim vodjo raziskav Hansom Duboisom o tem zapletenem vprašanju in poudarja, da slabo duševno zdravje nesorazmerno prizadene ranljive skupine.

Duševno zdravje v Evropi je na kritičnem razpotju. Čeprav so se nekateri kazalniki od pandemije izboljšali, novo poročilo Eurofounda razkriva zaskrbljujoče trende, vključno z zaskrbljujočo zaustavitvijo desetletja trajajočega zmanjševanja števila samomorov. V tej epizodi Eurofoundovih pogovorov se Mary McCaughey pogovarja z višjim vodjo raziskav Hansom Duboisom o tem zapletenem vprašanju in poudarja, da slabo duševno zdravje nesorazmerno prizadene ranljive skupine.

Duševno zdravje v Evropi je na kritičnem razpotju. Čeprav so se nekateri kazalniki od pandemije izboljšali, novo poročilo Eurofounda razkriva zaskrbljujoče trende, vključno z zaskrbljujočo zaustavitvijo desetletja trajajočega zmanjševanja števila samomorov. V tej epizodi Eurofoundovih pogovorov se Mary McCaughey pogovarja z višjim vodjo raziskav Hansom Duboisom o tem zapletenem vprašanju in poudarja, da slabo duševno zdravje nesorazmerno prizadene ranljive skupine.

V tej epizodi se Mary McCaughey sreča z Eurofoundovim strokovnjakom Carlosom Vacasom Sorianom, da bi raziskala, kako so se minimalne plače v Evropi spremenile v zadnjem letu in posledice teh premikov. Poslušalci so vabljeni, da se potopijo v zapletenost dinamike minimalne plače v Evropi in dejavnike, ki spodbujajo te spremembe. Pogovor osvetljuje tudi širše posledice spremembe minimalne plače za dohodkovne neenakosti in enakost spolov.

Ta posebna epizoda Eurofoundovih pogovorov, posneta ob mednarodnem dnevu žena 2025, obravnava napredek žensk na trgu dela in v družbi v zadnjih petih desetletjih ter sporne točke na poti k enakosti spolov v Evropi, zlasti v zvezi z razlikami v zaposlenosti in plačilu med spoloma. Vodja Eurofoundove enote za informacije in komuniciranje Mary McCaughey se je pogovarjala z namestnico direktorja Eurofounda Mario Jepsen in direktorico Evropskega inštituta za enakost spolov (EIGE) Carlien Scheele.

V tej epizodi podcasta Eurofound Talks se Mary McCaughey pogovarja z namestnico direktorja Eurofounda Mario Jepsen in Barryjem Colferjem, direktorjem raziskav na Inštitutu za mednarodne in evropske zadeve (IIEA), o evropskih družbenih spremembah v zadnjih 50 letih, vlogi Eurofounda pri teh spremembah, o tem, kako se je Irska razvijala in spreminjala, ter o izzivih, ki so trenutno na obzorju.

V zadnjem desetletju so informacijske in komunikacijske tehnologije spremenile način dela in medsebojne komunikacije zaposlenih. Čeprav digitalizacija dela prinaša številne koristi, je širok dostop do digitalnih naprav v poklicnem življenju zagotovil plodna tla za pojav novih oblik antisocialnega vedenja, vključno s spletnim ustrahovanjem na delovnem mestu. V tej epizodi Eurofoundovih pogovorov se Mary McCaughey pogovarja z Eurofoundovo višjo vodjo raziskav Saro Riso o tem, kaj pomeni spletno ustrahovanje, kako razširjeno je vprašanje spletnega ustrahovanja na delovnem mestu ter ali obstaja zadostna zakonodaja in pravila na delovnem mestu za njegovo učinkovito reševanje. Razpravljajo o tem, kako sta se ustrahovanje in spletno ustrahovanje pojavila kot pomembna vprašanja v nacionalnih političnih razpravah, predvsem kot težave, ki vplivajo na mlade, in ne kot splošnejši pojav na delovnem mestu in škodljiv za dobro počutje delavcev. Ne glede na to, ali gre za splet ali iz oči v oči - zdi se, da je ustrahovanje na delovnem mestu bolj razširjeno, kot je splošno priznano.

Predsednica Ursula von der Leyen je v svojih političnih usmeritvah za prihodnjo Evropsko komisijo, ki jih je objavila julija, predstavila ambiciozne predloge za naslednji petletni evropski mandat. Med njimi je bilo imenovanje prvega člana komisije, ki bi bil odgovoren za stanovanja, in prvi evropski cenovno dostopni stanovanjski Plan.In v tej epizodi Eurofoundovih pogovorov Mary McCaughey govori z višjim vodjo raziskav Eurofounda Hansom Duboisom o najnovejših dogodkih na področju stanovanjske in stanovanjske politike v Evropi. V drugi epizodi serije, ki obravnava zlasti stanovanja, obravnava vlogo prihodnje Komisije, kaj lahko prinesejo raziskave Eurofounda in različna potrebna orodja politike.

Mary McCaughey se je pogovarjala z vodjo raziskav Eurofounda Carlosom Vacasom o položaju srednjega razreda v Evropi. Preučujejo razvoj dogodkov v zadnjih dveh desetletjih, pomen dohodkovne ustreznosti in enakosti pri razvoju močnega srednjega razreda v Evropi, vpliv socialne države in podcenjeno vlogo družine.

In a special edition of Eurofound Talks, Mary McCaughey is joined by Eurofound Executive Director Ivailo Kalfin and Ivan Krastev, Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies and permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, to look at the political, social and economic drivers in Europe and how they might influence voters at the ballot box in the European Parliament elections on 6-9 June 2024.

In this episode of Eurofound Talks Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound Research Manager Daniel Molinuevo about the European Child Guarantee, how bad the situation is with regard to child poverty and social exclusion in Europe, what Member States have committed to doing about it, what the implications are for workers and civil society, and what prospects there are for the future.Fighting child poverty has become a central dimension of EU social policy. One of the European Commission’s flagship social policy initiatives is the European Child Guarantee: established in 2021 by Council Recommendation, the aim of the Guarantee is to tackle child poverty by ensuring access to key services (such as healthcare) and resources (such as decent housing) for children in need – defined as children at risk of poverty or social exclusion.

In this special episode of Eurofound Talks for International Women's Day 2024, Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound researchers Carlos Vacas and Barbara Gerstenberger about the gender pay and employment gaps in Europe.Despite gender equality being a core principle of the EU, women are less likely to be in employment than men in all EU Member States and are paid less than men in almost every Member State, with the pay gap larger in higher paying jobs. Mary, Carlos, and Barbara discuss what progress has been made on these issues in recent years, the broader consequences of gender inequalities in the world of work, and the challenges that must be addressed if Europe is to meet gender equality targets.

Climate change objectives and decarbonisation measures are vital for the future of Europe. But how will these objectives impact employment and the labour market? In this episode of the Eurofound Talks podcast series, Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound Senior Research Manager John Hurley about new research which shows a marginal increase in net employment from EU decarbonisation measures, but also potentially broad shifts in the labour market that could have a profound impact in several areas.

In this episode of Eurofound Talks Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound Research Manager Tina Weber, Eurofound Senior Research Manager Gijs van Houten, and Giovanni Russo, Senior Expert at CEDEFOP, about Europe’s skills challenges and what can be done to help workers and businesses adapt to future skills demands.

In this episode of Eurofound Talks, recorded for International Women's Day 2023, Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound Working Life researchers Jorge Cabrita and Viginta Ivaškaitė-Tamošiūnė about how, when paid and unpaid work are combined, women do eight full-time weeks more work than men per year, and the broader implications of this for society. They also discuss how indicators of work-life balance and work-life conflict differ for women and men, as well as the policy action that can be taken to improve gender equality in Europe.

The COVID-19 pandemic had profound implications on the labour market and job quality in Europe, with some workers, particularly those providing frontline services, continuing to work from the workplace under heavy restrictions, while others worked from home also in radically different environments from which they were accustomed. Eurofound has been closely monitoring working conditions in Europe for over 30 years via the European Working Conditions Survey; in 2021, the Agency conducted the European Working Conditions Telephone Survey (EWCTS), providing a detailed picture of the working lives of Europeans at an exceptional time. In this episode of Eurofound Talks, Eurofound Head of Unit for Working Life Barbara Gerstenberger discusses what the EWCTS reveals about job quality, the implications of poor-quality jobs on well-being and broader society, and what policymakers can do to improve the working lives of people in Europe.

Now that Europe moves beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, it is faced with a dilemma. Telework has worked well for many over the past few years, helped them reconcile work and family life, and brought greater autonomy and flexibility; but for others almost the opposite has been the case, with greater work intensification, longer working hours, and greater exposure to psychosocial risks. Is it time to get back to the office? Is telework here to stay? Is hybrid work the solution? In this episode of Eurofound Talks Oscar Vargas and Mary McCaughey use results from the Living, working and COVID-19 online surveys, the European Working Conditions Telephone Survey, and other analyses from Eurofound to investigate what the future holds for telework in Europe, whether the mass rollout of telework has been to the benefit of workers and businesses, and whether the teleworkability of jobs will become the key issue on the labour market in years to come.

In this episode of Eurofound Talks Mary McCaughey speaks with researcher Dragoș Adăscăliței about how platform work has developed over the past two decades, the profile of platform workers in Europe, how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the development of platform work, the opportunities and risks platform work presents for workers, and how to protect platform workers while preserving the opportunities and benefits that are generated by the platform economy.

Minimum wages and minimum wage setting processes are not just issues of high political importance in Europe, but also everyday concerns for low-wage earners throughout the EU. In this episode of Eurofound Talks we speak with Senior Research Manager Christine Aumayr-Pintar on the importance of minimum wages in the EU, different processes in place, the latest EU developments in ensuring adequate minimum wages, and the growing issue of inflation for low-wage earners.

During his visit to Dublin, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit talks about using the European Pillar of Social Rights to make Europe a better, fairer, greener and more digital place to live and work. War had just commenced in Ukraine but we were hopeful of a solution. In the intervening period, however, things have deteriorated across a range of areas as revealed by the most recent results from Eurofound’s unique pan-European Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey.

New day, new data highlighting the devastating impact of COVID-19 on young people across the European Union – most recently Eurofound’s unique pan-European Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey. We know this has taken an unprecedented toll on young people particularly – their mental well-being, their independence and more broadly, inter-generational solidarity as a whole. This podcast drills down to what it means to be a young person in Europe today, their lives, work, opportunities and challenges in the European Year of Youth.

Never before have we had so much discussion about the way we work, the future of work and how this will impact our lives and those of the next generation. COVID-19 turned everything upside down as we have seen from the results of our unique pan-European Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey and we are still striving to make sense of the new hybrid, blended work experience. Will this in fact mean we can finally work longer and better while still maintaining a good quality of life? This podcast takes a deep dive into the opportunities and challenges associated with what we call ‘sustainable work’.