As economies begin to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, labour shortages are becoming increasingly evident despite the impact of the war in Ukraine on energy and commodity prices. These include shortages exacerbated by the crisis in some sectors and professions where they had been endemic for some
This report explores the motivations, opportunities and challenges of born globals and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in integrating and managing their global value chains (GVCs). The study also investigates the role of selected policy measures in supporting SME internationalisation, incl
Developments in Working Life in Europe is part of a series of annual reviews published by Eurofound and provides an overview of the latest developments in industrial relations and working conditions across the European Union and Norway.
In April, the Unión General de Trabajadores [1] (UGT), one of the two most important trade unions in Spain, published a report on the presence of temporary employment in the Spanish labour market (170Kb pdf; in Spanish) [2]. This report shows the high rate of temporary employment in Spain
Spanish workers’ reported satisfaction with their work has been steadily increasing since 1999. According to the 2004 Spanish survey on quality of life in the workplace, workers declare that they are particularly satisfied with health and safety conditions at work, work organisation and
The Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs published an article in June 2004 on how salaries are set in Spain (Formación de salarios en la economía española - 2Mb pdf; in Spanish [1]). The paper seeks to identify the factors that play a role in determining salaries, and to assess whether pay
The Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs [1] published a report in February 2004 analysing the basic features of self-employment in Spain (/Empleo Autónomo y Empleo Asalariado: Análisis de las características y comportamiento del autoempleo en España/ - /Self-employment and salaried
On 2 October 2003 all the political parties currently represented in the Spanish Parliament approved a set of recommendations [1] /(pdf file)/ on pension reform that were made to the government and social partners. Only the Izquierda Unida (United Left) party abstained. These recommendations are an