EMCC European Monitoring Centre on Change

The European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC) is an information resource established to promote an understanding of changes in the world of work, employment and restructuring. Its work is supported by a Network of Eurofound Correspondents across all EU Member States and Norway.

The EMCC focuses on two main topic areas.

Employment and labour markets

Employment and labour markets is one of the six main activities in Eurofound’s work programme for the 2021–2024 period. Eurofound operates as a centre of expertise for monitoring and analysing labour market developments, particularly as European labour markets are faced with major challenges in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its research will focus on the consequences of the pandemic for work and employment and how to maintain the functioning and inclusiveness of the labour market.

Anticipating and managing the impact of change

Anticipating and managing the impact of change is one of the six main activities in Eurofound’s work programme for the 2021–2024 period. Eurofound will provide evidence on structural developments affecting the EU economy and labour markets, driven largely by digitalisation and the transition to a carbon-neutral economy, but also by the COVID-19 crisis. The research is intended to assist policymakers in anticipating and preparing European labour markets and workplaces for these changes.

COVID-19

Eurofound’s work on COVID-19 examines the far-reaching socioeconomic implications of the pandemic across Europe as they continue to impact living and working conditions. A key element of the research is the e-survey Living, working and COVID-19, launched in April 2020, with five rounds completed at different stages during 2020, 2021 and 2022. This is complemented by the inclusion of research into the ongoing effects of the pandemic in much of Eurofound’s other areas of work.

Featured - Energy costs impact on employment

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, energy prices have hit record highs. This has not only affected households but businesses as well, especially those in more energy-intensive sectors. Many companies have decided to temporarily suspend production while keeping their workforce employed, but many others have had to implement restructuring plans.

This is evident from recent announcements recorded in Eurofound’s European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) events database. In a new article, Eurofound describes the effects on employment of the rising prices from individual company restructuring cases. The ERM dataset is updated daily with fresh cases of large job losses (and job gains) and will continue to monitor the impact of the energy crisis.

Latest restructuring

Janssen Pharmaceutica
Belgium
25/Oca/2023
185 - 200 jobs lost
IBM
World
25/Oca/2023
3900 jobs lost
Amer Sports Bulgaria
Bulgaria
23/Oca/2023
125 jobs created
Spotify
World
23/Oca/2023
600 jobs lost
Salzgitter AG
Germany
22/Oca/2023
500 - 800 jobs lost
28767 cases recorded since 2002

EMCC Publications