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 Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND) has published the European Company Survey 2009 on flexibility practices and social dialogue. The ECS 2009 was carried out across the 27 EU Member States and in the candidate countries.
In more than 27,000 private and public sector establishments with 10 or more employees, [...]
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 [...]
The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions has just launched its second issue for 2009 of the European Restructuring Monitor Quarterly. The report reveals that the Euro area remains “deep in recession mode”: unemployment is rising in all Member States, inflation is negative and government finances are stretched.
However, there are some [...]
The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) has launched a new report about undeclared work in the European Union. The study is accompanied by a knowledge bank that identifies measures that have been proven to be most effective, as well as assess the transferability of such measures. Both represent an [...]
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 [...]
This report is based on the second EQLS carried out in 2007-8 and offers a broad overview of the diverse social realities in the 27 EU Member States, Norway and the candidate countries of Turkey, Macedonia and Croatia. The Survey measures resources and living conditions through objective and descriptive indicators, but also incorporates subjective information. [...]
