During the summer of 1998 more than 30,000 persons aged between 16 to 64 years from 16 European countries were interviewed about their current employment status, their working conditions and their preferences. This leaflet summarises the main findings of the survey in relation to self-employment and
Shiftwork and other forms of working at unusual hours, and especially working at night have always raised some health concerns. This issue of BEST aims to provide help and guidance in this complex area and covers sleep and fatigue; digestion; heart disease; women's problems; social and domestic life
Social public services are services directly provided to citizens to meet their needs in relation to employment, health, housing, education, social security and care. These are services that contribute to the development of productive but also more inclusive and cohesive societies. They are
Communiqué is the newsletter of the Foundation It is published 10 times per year and provides up-to-date news and information on the Foundation's work and research. The May issue contains the following articles: New directions; Flexibility and work; EQUAL initiative.
The EIRO annual review provides an overview and summary of western Europe's main industrial relations developments in 1999, drawing on the EIROnline database records entered during the year. The review also provides a guide to using EIROnline.
EIRObserver is the bi-monthly bulletin of the European Industrial Relations Observatory. It contains an edited selection of feature and news items, based on some of the reports supplied for the EIROnline database over each two-month period. On top of this, EIRO also conducts comparative research on
Communiqué is the newsletter of the Foundation It is published 10 times per year and provides up-to-date news and information on the Foundation's work and research. Communiqué is the newsletter of the Foundation. The April issue contains the following articles: The early years; Supporting SMEs
This publication focuses on the impact of employment status on workers' health. It presents and analyses data on the 15 Member States of the European Union, collected from the Foundation's Second European Survey on Working Conditions, Eurostat, and OECD. It also offers recommendations on how to
One of the current objectives of the European Union is the promotion of a high level of employment in order to achieve economic and social progress. Employment and unemployment, in their turn, have broad implications on citizens’ health. This bibliographic review describes and analyses the impact of