In 2003, the Foundation carried out a European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) in 28 countries. This survey examined issues such as education, household and family structures, housing, health care and employment. It provides a wide-ranging, up-to-date snapshot of quality of life and living conditions
Pensions have become one of the key issues on the industrial relations agenda across Europe. The comparative supplement in this issue of EIRObserver looks at the highly topical theme of occupational pension systems in 18 countries and highlights their relationship with industrial relations.
Communiqué contains the following articles: Towards the Lisbon objectives: The new four-year programme; Occupational pension systems in Europe; Quality of life in Germany and Poland; Focusing of Europe's working poor; ERM records high levels of job losses; Living to work, working to live; Life
This report explains the concept of financial participation and what it means for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It explores the reasons for introducing financial participation in SMEs, the barriers and challenges that are encountered and also highlights the positive role that financial
With ten new Member States joining the European Union in May 2004 and other applications in waiting, Europe’s social portrait changes profoundly. Several myths and prejudices prevail. This new report shatters some of these and provides a snapshot of the widely varying situation regarding quality of
Overall dissatisfaction with their working conditions and job situation among temporary agency workers would seem to indicate the existence of poor working conditions among this group. However, specific health and quality of work indicators paint a more ambiguous picture. They reveal that the main
The annual report provides an overview of the Foundation's activities for 2003. This was an important year for the Foundation. The process of integrating the new Member States in the Foundation’s main activities stepped up a gear, with the emphasis on monitoring tools and research networks. The
The annual report provides an overview of the Foundation's activities for 2003. This document contains a complete set of annexes dealing with the budget, organisation, staffing and activities of the Foundation during 2003. See Annual report 2003.
This report explores the concept of quality in industrial relations, set against the background of EU policies and industrial relations theories. The primary aim was to draw up a conceptual framework for comparative indicators, which could serve to assess various aspects of industrial relations in
Following their accession to the European Union in May 2004, the next challenge for the 10 new Member States is joining Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and introducing the euro. The comparative supplement in this issue of EIRObserver examines the role that national-level ‘social pacts’ between