Discrimination at work
The principle of equal treatment requires that all people, and in the context of the workplace all workers, have the right to receive the same treatment, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of criteria such as gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. EU law prohibits discrimination on an increasing number of grounds, meaning that it is difficult for employers to treat people differently without encountering a charge of discrimination and needing to establish an objective justification for doing so. Equal treatment is one of the main principles of the Pillar of Social Rights.
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22 November 2023
Psychosocial risks represent a major challenge to the health and well-being of workers in the EU. While the COVID-19 pandemic intensified some of these risks, it also increased awareness of them among policymakers. Using data from the European Working Conditions Telephone Survey 2021 and building on a theoretical model that differentiates between job stressors and job resources, this report examines key psychosocial risks in the workplace and their impact on health. It also assesses job characteristics that could help to protect workers’ health and well-being in post-pandemic workplaces. While the prevalence of psychosocial risks varies across the Member States, work–life interference and work intensity are the most widespread risks in the EU, and the prevalence of the latter increased during the pandemic. Job stressors such as adverse social behaviour and job insecurity continue to be experienced by a significant proportion of workers in the EU. Although resources are available to combat some risks, these may not be sufficient, and preventive policies need to be implemented to prevent risks from arising in the first place.
4 November 2020
30 August 2020
This report assesses the role of the social partners in tackling workplace discrimination. Against the background of EU and national anti-discrimination legislation, it highlights the extent to which the need to tackle discrimination on different grounds is on the radar of cross-sectoral social partners. It also provides an overview of the measures taken to deal with the persistent incidence of discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, and sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Karel Fric
Research officerKarel Fric är forskningssekreterare vid enheten för socialpolitik vid Eurofound. Hans arbete omfattar enkätundersökningar, dataanalys och projektledning, med särskilt fokus på arbets- och levnadsvillkor, jämställdhet och diskriminering. Han har tidigare arbetat som forskare vid Europeiska unionens byrå för grundläggande rättigheter i Wien, Österrike, och vid Panteia, en forsknings- och konsultorganisation baserad i Zoetermeer, Nederländerna. Karel har en doktorsexamen i samhällsvetenskap från Erasmus University Rotterdam och en magisterexamen i ekonomi från Utrecht University.
Tina Weber
Senior research managerTina Weber is a senior research manager in Eurofound’s Working Life unit. Her work has focused on labour shortages, the impact of hybrid work and an ‘always on’ culture and the right to disconnect, working conditions and social protection measures for self-employed workers and the impact of the twin transitions on employment, working conditions and industrial relations. She is responsible for studies assessing the representativeness of European social partner organisations. She has also carried out research on European Works Councils and the evolution of industrial relations and social dialogue in the European Union. Prior to joining Eurofound in 2019, she worked for a private research institute primarily carrying out impact assessments and evaluations of EU labour law and labour market policies. Tina holds a PhD in Political Sciences from the University of Edinburgh which focussed on the role of national trade unions and employers’ organisations in the European social dialogue.
Agnès Parent-Thirion
Senior research managerAgnès Parent-Thirion är forskningschef vid enheten för arbetsliv vid Eurofound, med uppgift att planera, utveckla och genomföra forskningsprojekt om arbetsvillkor, särskilt den europeiska undersökningen om arbetsvillkor (EWCS) och dess analyser. Hon är ansvarig för den extraordinära utgåvan av EWCS 2021 och för utarbetandet av frågeformuläret för EWCS 2024. Hennes forskningsintressen inkluderar arbetsvillkor, arbetskvalitet, övervakning av arbetsförhållanden, arbetsorganisation, kön, framtidens arbete och tid. Hon har arbetat med europeiska jämförande undersökningar i mer än ett decennium, i alla aspekter, inklusive design, enkätutveckling, fältarbete, kvalitetskontroll och analys. Hon har en examen i ekonomi och management från universiteten Paris IX Dauphine och Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne och har en doktorsexamen i statistik från Trinity College Dublin. Hon har nyligen avslutat onlinekurser om artificiell intelligens: undersökningsdrivet ledarskap med MIT Sloan Executive Education och "Les grand enjeux de la transition: re-ouvrir l'horizon, comprendre pour agir" med Campus de la Transition. Innan hon kom till Eurofound arbetade hon ett antal år på Europeiska kommissionen.
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