On 11 October, as part of its new Brussels Briefing series, Eurofound is organising a face-to-face briefing and exchange with its own experts on the role social services can play in our society’s resilience. Attendance is by invitation only. The event will be followed by a light networking lunch.
The COVID-19 pandemic put the spotlight on groups of workers crucial to the functioning of our societies. Many of those, known as essential workers, experience several difficulties, including insufficient pay, precarious contracts, long or very short working hours and psychosocial risks. At the same
This informal meeting of the Employment Committee (EMCO) is one in the series of regular meetings that EMCO holds throughout the year. The meeting will cover a range of topics: ensuring a fair transition towards climate neutrality; national initiatives in Spain for promoting fair, green employment
In this #AsktheExpert webinar Senior Research Manager Christine Aumayr-Pintar and Research Manager Ricardo Rodríguez Contreras will look at the impacts of inflation on real terms pay across Europe and how this is likely to develop in the coming months. Tadas Leončikas, Head of the Employment unit
This conference, taking place in Toledo on 26–27 September, addresses the topic of psychosocial risks and challenges to mental health in the workplace.
This high-level meeting taking place in 21-22 September, in Santiago de Compostela, addresses the future of work. It covers the broad topic in three thematic panels – on democracy at work; artificial intelligence, algorithms and work; and green collective bargaining.
Skills and ‘the right to quality and inclusive education, training and life-long learning’ is at the forefront of the European Pillar of Social Rights, but what skills are required in today’s EU labour market? Where are the gaps, where are the shortages? And what initiatives can help to anticipate
European Commission DG SANTE’s Directorate F (Health and Food Safety) organised an Open Day on Saturday 2 September 2023, from 13:00-17:00 at their premises in Grange, Co. Meath, Ireland. The theme this year was sustainability.
Mairead McGuinness, EU Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union visited Eurofound on Friday 7 July 2023. She met with the Executive Director, Ivailo Kalfin, Deputy Director, Maria Jepsen along with members of the senior management team. She addressed
EURACTIV Bulgaria, together with Eurofound, hosted the conference 'Quality jobs: how to make them happen?' on 28 June 2023. The event took place in a hybrid format in Sofia and online and brought together various stakeholders for an in-depth debate on the topic.