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Stosunki pracy i dialog społeczny

Stosunki pracy i dialog społeczny to jeden z sześciu głównych obszarów ujętych w programie prac Eurofound na lata 2021-2024. Eurofound będzie nadal stanowić centrum wiedzy wspierające monitorowanie i analizę zmian w systemie stosunków pracy oraz dialogu społecznym na poziomie krajowym i unijnym. Poza tym Eurofound będzie nadal wspierać dialog między kierownictwem a pracownikami, w tym w świetle konsekwencji sytuacji związanej z COVID-19, korzystając z wiedzy specjalistycznej uzyskanej od sieci korespondentów Eurofound na poziomie krajowym.

Celem Eurofound na najbliższe cztery lata jest uzyskanie wglądu w wyzwania i perspektywy w obszarze stosunków pracy oraz dialogu społecznego w UE. Dzięki gromadzonym od dawna zasobom wiedzy specjalistycznej Eurofound może analizować główne zmiany mające wpływ na podmioty i procesy w obszarze stosunków pracy oraz ich kluczowe rezultaty. Eurofound porównuje funkcjonowanie systemów stosunków pracy, w tym dialogu społecznego i rokowań zbiorowych , w różnych krajach. Eurofound będzie monitorować inicjatywy podejmowane przez rządy, partnerów społecznych oraz inne podmioty w celu złagodzenia społecznych i gospodarczych konsekwencji kryzysu, a także zapewniać wsparcie działań na rzecz odbudowy, wykorzystując w tym celu swoją bazę danych COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch utworzoną w 2020 r. Eurofound będzie nadal prowadzić regularną sprawozdawczość dotyczącą zmian w ustalaniu wynagrodzeń płacy minimalnej czasie pracy oraz dotycząca tego, jak te zmiany wpływają na życie zawodowe.

Dzięki zgromadzonej wiedzy specjalistycznej Eurofound może wspierać budowanie zdolności partnerów społecznych w celu zwiększenia skuteczności dialogu społecznego. W ten sposób Fundacja wspiera rozwój tego dialogu dzięki analizie reprezentatywności organizacji partnerów społecznych w różnych sektorach w celu oceny, czy kwalifikują się oni do komitetów dialogu społecznego.

„Naszym zadaniem jest wspieranie dialogu między kierownictwem a pracownikami. Uważam, że dane, które gromadzimy i prowadzone przez nas badania są ważne, jeżeli dzięki temu pomagamy różnym podmiotom lepiej funkcjonować... Żywy dialog społeczny jest częścią systemu, który można nazwać społeczną gospodarką rynkową, czyli systemu, który Unia Europejska pragnie zbudować”.

David Foden, doradca ds. stosunków pracy

 

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Główne wyniki badań prowadzonych przez Eurofound dostarczają decydentom informacji, które pomagają im reagować na kluczowe kwestie w danym obszarze.

  • Poprzez rokowania zbiorowe partnerzy społeczni odgrywają kluczową rolę w zapewnieniu sprawiedliwego traktowania europejskich pracowników oraz stabilnych i przewidywalnych ram dla pracodawców.
  • Skuteczne rokowania zbiorowe gwarantują, że dzięki wspólnym zasadom dotyczącym płac i warunków pracy konkurencja między przedsiębiorstwami może koncentrować się w większym stopniu na zwiększaniu efektywności niż na wykorzystywaniu siły roboczej.
  • Systemy stosunków pracy są w coraz większym stopniu zagrożone ze względu na zmiany zachodzące w społeczeństwie, na rynkach pracy i w organizacji pracy. Doprowadziło to do pojawienia się wyzwań w kwestii możliwości działania kluczowych podmiotów w systemach stosunków pracy w państwach członkowskich.
  • Jeżeli chodzi o płace, badania wskazują, że 7 na 10 pracowników otrzymujących minimalne wynagrodzenie twierdzi, że ledwo wiąże koniec z końcem, w porównaniu z mniej niż połową innych pracowników. Niemniej jednak te dane liczbowe znacznie różnią się w poszczególnych krajach. W kombinacji polityki budżetowej i monetarnej płace minimalne mogą odgrywać rolę w stabilizowaniu dochodów podczas pandemii, a tym samym mogą zatrzymać spiralę recesji lub depresji.
  • Skuteczność dialogu społecznego w Europie zależy w dużej mierze od silnych powiązań z dialogiem toczącym się w poszczególnych krajach tak, żeby agenda UE nie traciła na aktualności, a autonomiczne porozumienia na szczeblu UE były konstruktywnie wdrażane na szczeblu krajowym.
  • Choć europejski dialog społeczny zaowocował kilkoma wspólnymi inicjatywami, to niewiele z nich zakończyło się podpisaniem porozumienia. W niektórych sektorach pojawił się niepokój związany z odrzuceniem propozycji partnerów społecznych, aby porozumienia były wdrażane poprzez ustawodawstwo unijne. Zwraca się także uwagę na konieczność wzmocnienia powiązań między szczeblem unijnym a krajowym.
  • Wiele państw członkowskich musi zmierzyć się z kwestią zmniejszającej się liczby związków zawodowych. W UE jakakolwiek forma reprezentacji pracowników występuje w mniej niż jednej trzeciej (29%) zakładów pracy zatrudniających co najmniej 10 pracowników. Głównym czynnikiem stymulującym obecność takiej reprezentacji są wymagania określone we właściwym ustawodawstwie.
  • Rokowania zbiorowe to nadal najważniejszy element systemu stosunków pracy w UE. Decydenci powinni wykorzystać kryzys związany z COVID-19 do wprowadzenia nowych inicjatyw promujących, wzmacniających i podkreślających znaczenie rokowań zbiorowych.
  • Do skutecznego dialogu społecznego i właściwego działania stosunków pracy poza wysiłkami partnerów społecznych potrzebne są także środki pieniężne oraz wsparcie organów władzy publicznej. Decydenci powinni przyjrzeć się nowym formom transferu wiedzy, dostarczania zasobów oraz współpracy z partnerami społecznymi na szczeblu unijnym i krajowym.
  • Ochrona i wspieranie sprawiedliwych, dobrze działających i wyważonych stosunków pracy ma kluczowe znaczenie dla zapewnienia zrównoważonego rozwoju sprzyjającego włączeniu społecznemu, a także społecznego postępu w UE. W świecie po COVID-19 będzie to także ważny sposób, w jaki decydenci będą mogli łączyć społeczne i gospodarcze wymiary UE, zgodnie ze strategią określoną w Europejskim filarze praw socjalnych.

2021–2024 work plan

During 2021–2024, Eurofound will provide important insights into the challenges and prospects in the area of industrial relations and social dialogue in the EU. With a long-established expertise in this field, Eurofound explores the main developments affecting the actors, processes and key outcomes of industrial relations. It compares national systems of industrial relations, including national social dialogue and collective bargaining. Building on its EU PolicyWatch database created in 2020, Eurofound will monitor policy initiatives by governments, social partners and other actors to cushion the social and economic fallouts of the crisis, as well as to assist in the recovery efforts. Its regular reporting on pay setting, minimum wage and working time developments, as well as working life outcomes, will be ongoing.

Eurofound’s expertise supports the capacity-building of the social partners to achieve effective social dialogue, and the Agency promotes the development of the European social dialogue by looking at the representativeness of social partner organisations in different sectors to assess their eligibility to participate in social dialogue committees.

Addressing stakeholder priorities

Eurofound’s research aims to assist the European institutions, national public authorities and social partners at various levels to address the challenges facing the EU and at national level in the areas of policy formation, social dialogue, collective bargaining and the regulation of employment relations.

The Agency’s work programme is aligned with the European Commission’s political guidelines over the next four years, directly feeding into a number of key policy areas aimed at creating a strong social Europe. In particular, Eurofound will support the policy initiatives under the European Pillar of Social Rights linked to social dialogue and the involvement of workers, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specific findings will be available to inform the European policy debate on minimum wages and pay transparency, as well as on working time. In consultation with the European Commission, Eurofound will continue its focused work on European social dialogue through its series of representativeness studies in selected sectors.

 

Eurofound research

In 2024, Eurofound continues its national monitoring of trends and developments in industrial relations, social dialogue, collective bargaining and working life regulations and outcomes. 

To support European social dialogue, in 2024 the Agency plans to publish studies on the representativeness of social partner organisations in six sectors: construction, extractive industries, chemical sector, road transport including urban public transport, postal and courier services, and graphical industries. In addition, studies are ongoing on the following sectors: agriculture, temporary agency work, ports, maritime transport, tanning and leather, footwear, sugar, inland waterway transport, central government administration, railways and commerce. Eurofound continues its work on initiatives to support capacity building for effective social dialogue. In 2024, the Agency launches a new phase of Tripartite Exchange Seminars in collaboration with the European Training Foundation, Cedefop and the European Environment Agency.

Eurofound carries out its annual exercise of examining the involvement of national social partners in policymaking, in the context of the European Semester process and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, which in 2024 includes findings on the role of tripartite discussions held in Economic and Social Councils in Member States having such bodies. The contribution made by sectoral social partners to the implementation of reforms and investments included in the Recovery and Resilience Plans is also analysed, looking at policy processes that link European and national policy agendas. 

Eurofound’s EU PolicyWatch database continues to capture relevant policy initiatives by governments, social partners and other actors, including those taken to mitigate the socioeconomic consequences of the war in Ukraine, as well as those related to the twin transition.

Work on outcomes in collective bargaining agreements beyond the topic of pay concludes in 2024 and the results and dataset are planned for 2025. Research also concludes on how larger increases in statutory minimum wages affect collective bargaining and collectively agreed wages for low-paid groups. 

Eurofound collaborates with the European Institute for Gender Equality in 2024 to investigate further experiences with the implementation of gender pay transparency measures, with a focus also on those Member States that have recently introduced new legislation, and how the ‘work of equal value principle’ is defined and implemented.

The annual reviews on minimum wages and on working time in the EU continue in 2024. The working life country profiles are also being updated. The ongoing monitoring of industrial relations systems includes regular updates to the European Industrial Relations Dictionary.

Key outputs

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Eurofound's 2024 work programme is set in the context of the upcoming European elections, war in Ukraine, renewed Middle East conflict and rising cost of living across the EU.

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Eurofound expert(s)

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Publications results (531)

The post-pandemic recovery of Europe continued in 2023, with strong job creation despite subdued economic growth, against a background of rising geopolitical tension. Eurofound’s research over the year brought to light evidence on the key issues shaping the daily lives and work of Europeans.

02 May 2024

Three years after the adoption of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), this report reviews the quality of the social partners’ involvement in 2023 in the ongoing implementation of reforms and investments funded by that initiative. It also examines the quality of their involvement in the prepa

26 February 2024

In this pilot project, Eurofound successfully established the feasibility of, and piloted, an EU-wide database of minimum pay rates contained in collective agreements related to low-paid workers. A conceptual and measurement framework was devised, a total of 692 collective agreements – related to 24

26 January 2024

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the furniture sector.

08 December 2023

Previous Eurofound research developed three complementary tools to examine the dynamics of industrial relations and compare how national industrial relations systems are faring in terms of quality and change over time.

05 December 2023

In the EU, non-compliance with statutory or negotiated minimum wages averages 6.93% or 1.3%, depending on the statistics used. The lowest national estimate is 0.01% in Belgium and the highest is 11.59% in Hungary.

27 November 2023

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the woodworking sector.

21 November 2023

This study provides information to allow for an assessment of the representativeness of the national and supranational social partners at cross-industry level in the EU.

09 November 2023

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the professional football sector.

26 October 2023

This report examines the average weekly working hours across Europe in 2021 and 2022. It covers important developments resulting from legislative reforms in collective bargaining at national or sectoral level, drawing on debates about the reduction of working time and the four-day working week.

24 October 2023

Online resources results (1768)

Minimum wages 2024 – The tide is turning

While the prospects for minimum wage workers in early 2023 looked gloomy, the new year brings better news: national minimum wages were raised significantly in most countries.

Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound experts Christine Aumayr-Pintar and Carlos Vacas-Soriano about the adequacy of minimum wages in Europe as they stand at the moment, how the EU has sought to improve the situation of low-wage earners through a Directive on adequate minimum wages, and how widesprea
10 Styczeń 2024

Working life in Moldova

Eurofound and the European Training Foundation have developed the first working life country profile for Moldova in recognition of its new status as an EU candidate country. The profile is intended to provide an overview of Moldova’s key socioeconomic characteristics and regulations to serve as a ba

Working life in Georgia

Eurofound and the European Training Foundation have developed the first working life country profile for Georgia, which is an EU candidate country. The profile is intended to provide an overview of Georgia’s key socioeconomic characteristics and regulations to serve as a background for its work t

Presentation by Ricardo Rodriguez Contreras, Research Manager, Eurofound. 2-3 October 2023, EMCO meeting hosted by the Spanish Presidency, Madrid.

9 Październik 2023
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Minimum wages in Belgium

Minimum wages in Belgium exist at national and sectoral levels and are the outcome of collective bargaining. The national minimum wage typically lags behind sectoral minimum wages in Belgium, and policymakers have been concerned about the relative decrease in the national minimum wage compared with

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Cyprus introduces a national statutory minimum wage

On 31 August 2022, a new decree on minimum wages was published in Cyprus after a long and arduous process of negotiations and social dialogue. The ministerial decree, which came into effect on 1 January 2023, established a national minimum wage in Cyprus for the first time, a groundbreaking and cont

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Minimum wage debate in Italy

Italy has no minimum wage prescribed by law. Minimum wages are set through collective agreements at sectoral level, and the majority of employees in Italy are covered by a collective bargaining agreement in which wages are set. This article outlines the latest positions (2023) of the government and

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Measures to lessen the impact of the inflation and energy crisis on citizens

As governments across the EU continue to implement policies to support citizens and businesses in the face of rising food and energy prices caused by the COVID-19 crisis and intensified by the war in Ukraine, this article summarises the policy responses as reported in Eurofound’s EU PolicyWatch

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Minimum wage hikes struggle to offset inflation

As the EU economy advanced its recovery following the pandemic, the high rate of inflation throughout 2022 meant that wage setting actors made their decisions under a cloud of uncertainty. While nominal increases in statutory minimum wages reached an all-time high, minimum wage workers in most count


Blogs results (22)
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​Nowadays we all know that long or excessive working hours may have serious negative impacts on a person’s health and wellbeing. Eurofound‘s new report 'Working time developments in the 21st century' suggests that if working time standards are mainly left to legislation or to be set unilaterally by

4 Marzec 2016
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The new European Commission (EC) under President Jean-Claude Juncker is committed to re-launching social dialogue and a first step was taken with the organisation of a high-level conference in Brussels on 5 March. The aim of the conference was to discuss concrete ways to strengthen social dialogue

20 Kwiecień 2015

Upcoming publications results (9)

This report reviews the quality of the national social partners’ involvement in the implementation of the reforms and investments shaping the digital and green transition in the context of national policymaking. These reforms and investments stem mainly from the Recovery and Resilience Facility.

March 2025

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the extractive industries sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective par

November 2024

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the construction sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective participatio

November 2024

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the chemical sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective participation in

November 2024

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the road transport sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective participat

November 2024

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the postal and courier activities sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effec

November 2024

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the graphical industry. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective participation

November 2024

The 2024 annual review of minimum wages presents the most recent rates of national minimum wages and recalls how they were set and agreed upon during 2023. It includes information on minimum wages set in sectoral collective agreements in countries without national minimum wages.

June 2024

This publication comprises individual country reports on developments in working life in each of the 27 EU Member States and Norway in 2023, based on national research and survey results.

May 2024
Data results (10)

Eurofound publishes gross and nominal statutory minimum wages applicable in EU countries that have a statutory minimum wage.

25 Styczeń 2024
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