The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) has published the report, “Addressing the Gender Pay Gap: Government and Social Partner Actions.” The study draws on quantitative and qualitative research to give an overview of the current situation regarding gender pay across the EU Member States. In Europe, women on average [...]
The European Working Conditions Observatory has just launched the report “Telework in the European Union.” The study assesses the incidence of telework across the EU Members states and Norway, highlighting the overall increase in telework usage. However, the rights and working conditions of those engaged in telework have begun to attract increased attention, leading to [...]
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Eurofound has just launched the Eurofound Restructuring Monitor for the 3rd quarter of 2009. The report records a total of 326 cases of restructuring in the European Union between July 1 and September 30 2009, involving some 119,000 announced job losses and 36,000 announced job gains. Thankfully, the huge surge in restructuring-related job losses [...]
Eurofound has just launched the report, “Pay Developments – 2008.” The study finds that the gender gap between men’s and women’s earnings still persists. On average, women across the EU in 2008 earned over 15% less than men. However, the gender pay gap is wider in the 12 new EU Member States than in the [...]
The Eurostat publication presents annual averages of the main results of the EU Labour Force Survey for the EU-27 and for all Member States. Indicators presented in this publication are: employment rates, part-time employment as share of total employment, number of employed people broken down by economic activity and by occupation of the main job, [...]
‘Renewable Energy Capacity in the EU’ is the focus of a new report published by Business Insights. The report documents the growth of this new market, showing its current status and projecting how it is likely to expand in the foreseeable future. It also provides statistical data on the different types of energy generation, which [...]
The EU Commission has just published its “Spring 2009 Economic Forecast.” The report predicts the EU economy will shrink by 4 percent in 2009. The reality shows that almost all EU countries have been severely hit by the financial crisis, the sharp global downturn and, in some economies, ongoing market corrections. As soon as fiscal [...]
The European Restructuring Monitor (ERM), maintained by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), has just launched the case study “Good Practice in Company Restructuring,” which presents concrete examples of good practice and effective action in relation to restructuring by companies. The study is based on in-depth company case studies [...]
The IMF has published, as part of its World Economic and Financial Surveys Series, the Regional Economic Outlook for Europe. The report focuses on the means available to European policymakers for addressing the crisis. Europe is in a deep recession which is likely to last until early 2010 and the subsequent recovery is expected to [...]
Eurostat has just published the second edition of its report, “Panorama of Energy: Energy Statistics to Support EU Policies and Solutions” The report offers an overview of the energy situation in Europe based on the most recent official data published by Eurostat. It places special emphasis on recently-enacted legislation and the implications for reaching the [...]
