Publications

Romania: Update on representativeness status of social partner organisations

• 22 January 2016
• Article

Five years after a legislative reform that increased the representativeness criteria for the social partners and re-shaped the economic sectors, Romanian trade unions and employers' organisations face an uphill struggle in the...

• Stoiciu, Victoria EurWORK Social partners, Representativeness, Working conditions, Odnosi med delodajalci in delojemalci

France: Government launches major reform of the labour market

• 21 January 2016
• Article

On 4 November, the government presented the outline of its bill, 'A labour code for the 21st century' ,aimed at reforming the French labour code.

• Turlan, Frédéric EurWORK Collective bargaining, Socialni dialog, Labour law, Spremembe na trgu dela, Odnosi med delodajalci in delojemalci, Labour and social regulation

ERM Quarterly - Quarter 4, January 2016

• 20 January 2016
• ERM Quarterly

In the last quarter of 2015, better economic data in the EU was overshadowed by increasing anxiety about the potential impact of declining growth and rising instability in developing economies. Aggregate unemployment rates in the Union are in their first sustained downward path since the global financial crisis began: in the EU28, unemployment stands at 9.2%; in the euro zone, at 10.5%.

• Eurofound EMCC Job creation, Employment structure, Restructuring, Spremembe na trgu dela

Croatia: Construction sector collective agreement signed

• 19 January 2016
• Article

A collective agreement in Croatia’s construction sector has been signed and the social partners have asked the government to extend it to cover the whole sector. They believe this would help combat unfair competition from the cheap labour created by the grey economy. The agreement would also serve as a blueprint for other sectors.

• Bejaković, Predrag EurWORK Collective bargaining, Collective bargaining, Odnosi med delodajalci in delojemalci

Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Graphical industry

• 18 January 2016
• CAR

This study provides information designed to aid sectoral social dialogue in the graphical industry. The study is divided into three parts: a summary of the sector’s economic and employment background; an analysis of the relevant social partner organisations in all EU Member States, including their membership, role in collective bargaining, social dialogue and public policy, and national and European affiliations; and an overview of relevant European organisations, particularly their membership composition and their capacity to negotiate. The aim of Eurofound’s series of representativeness studies is to identify the relevant national and supranational social partner organisations in the field of industrial relations in selected sectors. The impetus for these studies comes from the European Commission’s aim to recognise the representative social partner organisations to be consulted under the provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

• EurWORK Socialni dialog, Representativeness, Odnosi med delodajalci in delojemalci

Belgium: Snapshot of research findings on psychosocial risks at work

• 18 January 2016
• Article

Psychosocial risks for workers have become a major issue in Belgium. A high priority for public authorities last year was to develop and improve policies to tackle work-related stress and particularly worker burnout. Many studies into such problems have also been conducted. This article gives an overview of these studies and of the legal background to more recent developments.

• Moulai, Kamila; Ajzen, Michel EurWORK Psychosocial risks, Job quality, Working conditions

Norway: Status and trends in risk exposures at work and work-related health

• 08 January 2016
• Article

​A total of 2.7 million people (71% of the working age population) were in work in Norway in 2013. The Norwegian employment rate for women and elderly workers is also high compared with the EU average. However, although the working environment for Norwegian employees would appear to be improving, threats to health are still present.

• Aagestad, Cecilie EurWORK Health and well-being at work, Working conditions

Approaches towards the labour market integration of refugees in the EU

• 07 January 2016
• Report

This article reviews the current debate among social partners and governments about how to integrate asylum seekers into the EU's workforce. While employers claim that refugees could help to address skill shortages, unions are concerned about the consequences for the working conditions of both the refugees and lower-paid segments of the existing workforce.

• Fric, Karel; Aumayr-Pintar, Christine EurWORK Migration and mobility, Skills and training, Social partners, Migration and mobility, Odnosi med delodajalci in delojemalci