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 will continue to operate 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 data collection and 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.

Featured - Distributional impacts of climate policies in Europe

With the European Green Deal, the EU is setting in motion a set of policies and measures aimed at preventing and alleviating the effects of climate change. The main objective is to embark on the transition to a climate-neutral economy. These much-needed climate policies and measures, however, may have undesirable distributional effects affecting individuals, companies and regions. As well as their intended effects, some measures, such as carbon taxes, can have associated regressive effects, negatively impacting on people with lower income levels, and hence lowering their acceptability. Based on the most recent national experiences, this report identifies those climate policies and measures having significant distributional effects and explores how these are being addressed in the various Member States. The report also identifies and describes the main issues and players in the ongoing public debate on the socioeconomic impacts of climate policies.

Latest restructuring

Chick & Cheez
Belgium
14/Tem/2021
400 jobs created
400 jobs lost
Atos
Germany
12/Tem/2021
1300 jobs lost
ID Logistics
Poland
07/Tem/2021
120 jobs created
Netto
Poland
06/Tem/2021
2549 jobs lost
PKP Intercity Remtrak
Poland
06/Tem/2021
250 jobs created
27399 cases recorded since 2002

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