This report looks at industrial relations systems across 25 EU Member States and seven global economies: Australia, Brazil, China, India, Japan, South Africa and the US. It explores the most significant effects of globalisation, including labour market flexibilisation, increasing labour migration
This report compares the various flexicurity options across 25 Member States – including models of best practice – while looking at how flexicurity is measured in these countries and identifying the challenges related to its implementation in the different countries. It explores the three pillars of
The project on Social Dialogue Capacity Building at sectoral and company levels is a follow-up of a similar project held at a national level in 2005. The methodology used included carrying out interviews with members of the nationally recognised representative organisations of employers and
This paper analyses the capacity of Estonia’s social partners to effectively engage in social dialogue at various levels. The paper forms part of a wider, comparative project, managed by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Ireland) and the Work Life
This report reviews the main results from the third Estonian Working Life Barometer, carried out in October 2005. It outlines the general situation of workers and the workplace in Estonia, and covers topics such as employment contracts and working time, pay developments, intensification of work
This report is part of a series of projects from the Foundation which focuses on aspects of industrial relations in the run-up to enlargement. The national report for the Estonia is part of the second phase of a project on ‘Social dialogue and EMU’ carried out by the Foundation in 2002-3, in
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This report reviews the main results from the third Estonian Working Life Barometer, carried out in October 2005. It outlines the general situation of workers and the workplace in Estonia, and covers topics such as working contracts and working time, pay developments, intensification of work
In October 2005, a third working conditions survey was carried out in Estonia. It is a continuation of Working Life Barometer (WLB) surveys conducted in 1998 and 2002. While the earlier WLB survey was conducted at the initiative of the Finnish Ministry of Labour [1] (FI9912129F [2]), in 2005 the
A study, Development patterns of Estonian small and medium-sized enterprises (376Kb pdf; in Estonian) [1], was carried out in June-July 2005 by the opinion poll firm Saar Poll. The survey investigates the situation and further development plans of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and
In September 2004, after a long-lasting and complicated negotiations (EE0409102F [1], EE0410102N [2]), in which the public conciliator was involved (EE0402102F [3]), a two-year agreement was signed for workers in the healthcare sector. The agreement was signed for employers by the Estonian Hospitals
On 19 December 2005, the Estonian Employers’ Confederation (Eesti Tööandjate Keskliit, ETTK [1]) (EE0310102F [2]) and the Confederation of Estonian Trade Unions (Eesti Ametiühingute Keskliit, EAKL [3]) (EE0308101F [4]) signed an agreement on the national minimum wage rate for 2006. This agreement
On 20 December 2005, the Estonian Employees’ Unions’ Confederation (Eesti Teenistujate Ametiliitude Keskorganisatsioon, TALO [1]) (EE0308101F [2]) and the government signed a wage agreement for the year 2006. TALO represents employees working in the fields of education, culture, media, agriculture
In November 2005, the Estonian Employers’ Confederation (Eesti Tööandjate Keskliit, ETTK [1]) (EE0310102F [2]) and the PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies [3] published a study [4] of employee participation in Estonian companies, written by two economists from PRAXIS (Epp Kallaste and Krista Jaakson)
Estonia's public administration and defence sector has almost 37,000 employees. According to the Statistical Office of Estonia, (Eesti Statistikaamet, ESA [1]), the pay of civil servants is almost at the same level as the average wage of workers of foreign firms operating in Estonia and, on average
In 2005, a survey, Health behaviour among the Estonian adult population (1.5Mb pdf, in Estonian and English) [1], was published, continuing a series of studies since 1990. Among other topics, it gives information about physical working conditions, absenteeism and fatigue in the workplace. In 2004