This article explores the emerging risks from advanced monitoring technologies and how national jurisdictions are adapting to the challenges of digitally enabled workplace monitoring.
This report examines trends in income inequality in the EU and explores whether the middle class is becoming smaller due to disparities in household disposable income.
Eurofound organised together with the European Environment Agency (EEA) an interactive webinar looking at the future prospects of Europe’s green transition, with a live Q&A on Thursday 4 July 2024. Time: 10:00–11:00 Irish Time / 11:00–12:00 Central European Summer Time. Watch the video!
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 practices and the development of new activities and products. Climate change risks are associated with
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.
The adequacy of minimum wages established by the EU Minimum Wage Directive shall be assessed on two dimensions: fairness and the provision of a decent standard of living. It is up to the Member States to decide on their approaches to assessing the adequacy of minimum wage levels.
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 of setting the minimum wage rates for 2024 and beyond. It investigates the extent to which minimum wage earners were affected by
In cooperation with Ireland’s Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Eurofound organised its latest Dublin Briefing, on self-employment, at Europe House. The in-person, off-the record briefing with Eurofound experts examined self-employment and platform work and how to improve the situation
This profile describes the key characteristics of working life in Austria. It aims to provide the relevant background information on the structures, institutions and relevant regulations regarding working life.
