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A look behind 80% bargaining coverage: What do collective agreements actually contain?

The EU Minimum Wage Directive aims to achieve a collective bargaining coverage of 80%. However, not all collective agreements regulate workers’ pay and in some cases pay rates remain outdated for too long.

15 March 2024
Article
Minimum wage
Agreements
Collective bargaining

Episode 19 – Tackling the gender pay and employment gaps

In this special episode of Eurofound Talks for International Women's Day 2024, Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound researchers Carlos Vacas and Barbara Gerstenberger about the gender pay and employment gaps in Europe.

4 March 2024
Podcast
Gender equality
Inequality
Pay and income

Minimum wages 2024 – The tide is turning

While the prospects for minimum wage workers in early 2023 looked gloomy, the new year brings better news: national minimum wages were raised significantly in most countries.

25 January 2024
Article
Minimum wage
Industrial relations and social dialogue

Social protection and SURE

Presentation made at the 'Informal meeting of Employment and Social Affairs Ministers (EPSCO)' by Ivailo Kalfin, Executive Director, Eurofound and Prof. dr. Paul Schoukens, Full Professor, KU Leuven. Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Namur, 11-12 January 2024.

11 January 2024
Presentation
Social protection
Employment status
Unemployment
Employment and labour markets

Episode 18 – Are minimum wages in Europe adequate and effective?

Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound experts Christine Aumayr-Pintar and Carlos Vacas-Soriano about the adequacy of minimum wages in Europe as they stand at the moment, how the EU has sought to improve the situation of low-wage earners through a Directive on adequate minimum wages, and how widesprea

10 January 2024
Podcast
Minimum wage
Industrial relations and social dialogue

Working life in Moldova

Eurofound and the European Training Foundation have developed the first working life country profile for Moldova in recognition of its new status as an EU candidate country. The profile is intended to provide an overview of Moldova’s key socioeconomic characteristics and regulations to serve as a ba

20 December 2023
Article
Industrial relations and social dialogue
Social partners
Pay and income
Working time

Working life in Georgia

Eurofound and the European Training Foundation have developed the first working life country profile for Georgia, which is an EU candidate country. The profile is intended to provide an overview of Georgia’s key socioeconomic characteristics and regulations to serve as a background for its work t

20 December 2023
Article
Industrial relations and social dialogue
Social partners
Pay and income
Working time
Working conditions

Episode 17 – How will Europe’s green transition impact employment?

Climate change objectives and decarbonisation measures are vital for the future of Europe. But how will these objectives impact employment and the labour market? In this episode of the Eurofound Talks podcast series, Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound Senior Research Manager John Hurley about new

22 November 2023
Podcast
European Green Deal
Just transition
Employment and labour markets
Anticipating and managing the impact of change

Episode 16 – How did Europe treat its essential workers?

Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound Research Manager Jorge Cabrita about new research that highlights poor job quality - including high emotional demands, working at high speed and to tight deadlines - among several of the sectors and professions deemed essential, key or critical during the COVID-1

24 October 2023
Podcast
Skills and training

Towards a fair green transition: Implications for employment relations and working conditions

Presentation by Ricardo Rodriguez Contreras, Research Manager, Eurofound. 2-3 October 2023, EMCO meeting hosted by the Spanish Presidency, Madrid.

9 October 2023
Presentation
European Green Deal
Just transition
Job quality
Industrial relations and social dialogue
Working conditions

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