Over the last decade, European labour markets have seen a surge in the number of older workers in work and a continuous decline in their unemployment rates. A lot of young and middle-aged workers lost their jobs in the Great Recession, but not so the older age group. This favourable state of affairs means they receive less policy attention, which is unfortunate for older workers who suddenly find themselves without a job.
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16 november 2018
EF article
Industrial action and trade union opposition to a proposed government bill, the appointment of a new National Conciliator, and the general applicability principle are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in Finland in the third quarter of 2018.
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16 november 2018
EF article
A simplified Holiday Act and the publication of a White Paper on the working environment are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in Denmark in the third quarter of 2018.
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16 november 2018
EF article
Tensions over impending public sector layoffs, dissatisfaction with public sector wages and conditions, and protests about changes in the taxation of non-wage benefits are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in Hungary in the third quarter of 2018.
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16 november 2018
EF article
Lengthy discussions about increasing the minimum monthly wage, protests from cultural workers and correctional officers, and resolutions adopted by national trade union Solidarumas are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in Lithuania in the third quarter of 2018.
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16 november 2018
EF article
The positions of social partners on the Brexit negotiations, the new gender pay gap reporting system and strikes over pay are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in the UK in the third quarter of 2018.
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16 november 2018
EF article
Civil servant strikes, a dispute between Ryanair and trade unions, and negotiations about arduous work in the private sector are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in Belgium in the third quarter of 2018.
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16 november 2018
News
Eurofound’s work programme for 2019 was approved by its Governing Board at the 92nd meeting in Dublin on Friday 16 November. Next year is the third year of the four-year programming period, and the Agency will focus on producing policy-relevant research, data, findings and analysis in the areas of working conditions and sustainable work, industrial relations and social partner representativeness, quality of life and access to public services, convergence, the digital age, and the future of manufacturing. The final 2019 programming document will be published in December 2018.
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15 november 2018
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European sectoral social partner organisations and their representativeness
Representativeness is a criterion used by the Commission to identify the ‘management and labour’ whom it must consult under article 154 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and who may initiate social dialogue leading to Council decision's under article 155 of the same treaty. In 2006 the European Commission mandated Eurofound to carry out studies on the representativeness of European sectoral social partner organisations.
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02 november 2018
Blog
In the abstract, platform work is the matching of supply and demand for paid work through an online platform. In practice, most people are likely to have encountered it through big online platforms such as Uber, Deliveroo or Amazon Mechanical Turk. This is a new form employment that began to emerge in Europe about a decade ago.
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