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Keeping older workers in the labour force

Europe’s population is ageing and has experienced natural decline since 2014, cushioned only by net migration. The working-age population is shrinking as the number of older individuals grows, a trend...

31 March 2025
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Eurofound 50

Eurofound is celebrating its 50th anniversary, marking half a century of dedicated research and contributions to improving living and working conditions in Europe. Over the past five decades, Eurofound has played a pivotal role in shaping policies and fostering social dialogue across the European Union. As we look to the future, Eurofound remains committed to addressing emerging challenges and continuing its mission to enhance the quality of life for all Europeans. Visit our dedicated page and discover why Eurofound 50 is a milestone for social policy development in Europe.

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Working conditions and sustainable work
Working conditions and sustainable work

Providing comparative data and analysis that can be used to improve job quality and promote sustainability of work over the life course.

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Industrial relations and social dialogue
Industrial relations and social dialogue

Functioning as a centre of expertise for monitoring and analysing developments in industrial relations and social dialogue, promoting dialogue between management and labour.

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Employment and labour markets
Employment and labour markets

Providing knowledge to identify changes in the labour market and inform employment policies to improve its functioning and inclusiveness.

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Living conditions and quality of life
Living conditions and quality of life

Mapping and analysing key elements for the improvement of living conditions of people, including information on their perception of quality of life and society.

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Online resources

Restructuring events database

European Restructuring Monitor

Since 2002, the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) has been monitoring the employment impact of large-scale restructuring events in Europe and covers the 27 EU Member States plus Norway.

EU PolicyWatch

EU PolicyWatch

Eurofound's EU PolicyWatch collates information on the responses of government and social partners to the COVID-19 crisis, the war in Ukraine, rising inflation, as well as gathering examples of company practices aimed at mitigating the social and economic impacts.

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EU convergence monitoring hub

This online resource summarises Eurofound's research on convergence, explains the different dimensions of convergence and provides access to the convergEU app, allowing researchers to perform their own analysis on convergence.

European Working Conditions Telephone Survey 2021 – Read the findings

Eurofound has published the results of its European Working Conditions Telephone Survey (EWCTS) 2021. The survey covered over 70,000 workers in 36 countries and provides a wide-ranging picture of job quality across countries, occupations, sectors, gender and age groups in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report documents the working conditions of workers across Europe in 2021, while the data explorer presents the responses to over 100 questions from the questionnaire. Read the key findings, delve deeper into the report and explore the data: 

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Eurofound's publication 'Working conditions in the time of COVID-19: Implications for the future
Eurofound Talks

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Upcoming events

Brussels Briefing: Better jobs, longer careers: The role of job quality in retaining older workers

As part of its #BrusselsBriefings series, Eurofound is organising an off-the-record briefing on older workers. The briefing takes place on Tuesday 29 April from 14:00 to 16:00 CET.


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Working conditions and sustainable work
Ageing workforce
Disability and chronic disease
Sustainable work
Retirement

Eurofound Open Day to mark Eurofound’s 50th anniversary – Free event

On Friday 13 June 2025 from 10.00-13.00, Eurofound opens its doors to its neighbours and the local community. This is an opportunity to showcase our work on living and working in Europe, show guests around our premises, and provide participants with an opportunity to meet and talk to the team.


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Eurofound’s Annual Lecture 2025: Living and working in Europe

Eurofound’s will hold its third Annual Lecture ‘Living and working in Europe 2025’ on 19 June in Dublin with the support of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs to celebrate Eurofound’s 50 years of supporting better policies for a strong social Europe in 2025.


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Living and working in Europe

Foundation Forum 2025: Europe’s social model – the key to competitive growth

On 19–20 November 2025, Eurofound is organising its 8th Foundation Forum. It is the agency’s quadrennial high-level flagship event which has been running for the past 20 years and is organised in cooperation with the Irish Government. SAVE THE DATE!

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Living and working in Europe
Industrial relations and social dialogue
Working conditions and sustainable work
Employment and labour markets
Living conditions and quality of life

About Eurofound

Eurofound is the EU Agency for the improvement of living and working conditions. Follow the links below to learn more about who we are, what we do, procurement opportunities and vacancies.

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