Eurofound is organising a joint conference with the European Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs Committee on 'Changing working conditions in Europe: Moving towards better work' on Thursday, 17 November 2016. Eurofound will present the overview report of the sixth European Working Conditions Survey (6th EWCS) at the European Parliament in Brussels. The survey will offer an...

An increasing number of Europeans are working part-time. This can be a positive development if it means that people can choose more freely the balance between work and other pursuits – and between income and leisure – or if it brings employment opportunities to people who were previously excluded from the labour market: such as mothers, older workers, and students.

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EU call for proposals ‘Information and training measures for workers' organisations’ [9]

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EU publishes call for proposals aiming at strengthening the capacity of workers' organisations to address changes such as: safety and health, active ageing, healthier and longer working lives, active inclusion and decent work and many more. The...

‘Working age’ is usually defined as 15 to 64 years. This definition is for example used for the ‘old-age dependency ratio’, with people aged 65 and over being labelled ‘dependent’.

Today the European Commission is presenting a targeted revision of the rules on posting of workers, as set out in the 2016 Commission work programme.

Objectives  Foundation Seminar Series aims to facilitate knowledge sharing, mutual learning and networking on a given topic between nominated practitioners from governments and social partners, by enabling tripartite exchanges of national and company policies and practices allowing for discussions between the participating countries in a neutral and informal setting.  Foundation...

This study aims to provide the necessary information to encourage sectoral social dialogue in the agriculture sector. Eurofound’s series of representativeness studies, carried out at the request of the European Commission, sets out to identify the relevant social partner organisations to be consulted under the provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of...

The weak growth of 2015, coupled with slowdowns in major economies, spells trouble for the world of work in over the next few years. ILO researchers Veronica Escudero and Sameer Khatiwada lay out the challenges world economies will face by 2017. (Closed Captions available)

The world of work faces significant challenges in the coming decade, with technological shifts, population aging and struggling economies changing the way we work. ILO researchers Sameer Khatiwada and Veronica Escudero lay out the future trends of 2016 and beyond. (Closed Captions available)