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Employee monitoring: A moving target for regulation

The more employee monitoring resembles surveillance ­– with its systematic, continuous and detailed tracking of employees' activities, behaviours or communications – the greater the potential for infringement of both privacy...

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Job quality side of climate change

Workers will experience the effects of climate change in many ways: job insecurity, changes to their work tasks and responsibilities, and changes in their workplaces that may involve different work...

1 July 2024
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Research report
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Consolidated annual activity report 2023

This report describes Eurofound's activities, particularly its research, information and communication programmes and policy achievements, in relation to the objectives set in the Programming document 2021–2024: Work programme 2023.

28 June 2024
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Annual report
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Minimum wages in 2024: Annual review

This 2024 annual review of minimum wages provides a synopsis of minimum wage setting during 2023 in the EU27 and Norway. It reports in detail on the processes and outcomes...

26 June 2024
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Research report
Eurofound Talks

Listen to Eurofound's new podcast series

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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

Upcoming events

Formal meeting of employment and social affairs ministers (EPSCO)

This formal meeting of employment and social affairs ministers (EPSCO) will take place in Budapest on 16 July 2024.


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Employment and labour markets
Working conditions and sustainable work
Social dialogue
Ageing workforce

Virtual Visit to Cyprus - Labour shortages: Tailoring interventions for different drivers of shortages

As part of our Virtual Visits initiative, Eurofound organises an exclusive online event with its experts, on Labour shortages: Tailoring interventions for different drivers of shortages on Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 11.30 - 12.30 (Cypriot time). Attendance is by invitation only.


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Employment and labour markets
Labour market policies
Employment structure

Informal meeting of Employment Committee (EMCO)

This informal meeting of the Employment Committee (EMCO), held in Budapest on 19–20 September 2024, is one in the series of regular meetings that EMCO holds throughout the year.

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Youth
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Just transition

Informal meeting of employment and social affairs ministers (EPSCO)

This informal meeting of employment and social affairs ministers (EPSCO) will take place in Budapest on 9–10 October 2024.

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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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