First findings
3 September 2025
Eurofound survey reveals latest trends in job quality and provides insights into a new world of work
The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) 2024 reveals latest trends in job quality and looks ahead to the challenges and opportunities presented by a new world of work.
Read the initial analysis in the ‘first findings’ factsheet, dive deeper into the data, and explore expert insights in the recent Eurofound Talks podcast.
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16 October 2025
Research report
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Social cohesion and inclusive participation in a polarised Europe
This report investigates the dimensions of polarisation in Europe, offering a 20-year perspective based on data from the European Social Survey. It examines trends and national variations in polarisation on various issues, looking at how European values and attitudes have changed over time.
15 October 2025
Article
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Battery manufacturing in the EU: From hope to crisis to hope again?
Can Europe still achieve its ambitions for battery manufacturing? To answer this, the article looks at data from Eurofound’s European Restructuring Monitor and explores what recent large-scale restructuring events reveal about the state of play in the EU battery sector.
10 October 2025
Article
The roots of Europe's mental health crisis run deep
This article looks at the trends, the groups at risk, the services and policies in the area of mental health. The European Commission’s communication on a comprehensive approach to mental health, adopted in June 2023, aims to place mental health on an equal footing with physical health and ensure a new, cross-sectoral approach to mental health issues. But, solutions must be sought not only narrowly within mental health care, but also in improving living and working conditions and facilitating social and economic inclusion.
6 October 2025
Article
Balancing the clock: How Europe works and rests
This article provides an update of some of the most important aspects of working time regulation in the European Union, including statutory limits on weekly working time, annual leave entitlements, as set by law and collective agreements, estimates of average collectively agreed normal working time, including examples in five specific sectors: chemicals, metalworking, banking, retail and public administration.
6 October 2025
Article
Four days a week? Europe debates shorter working times
This brief update presents the main developments in working time regulation in the EU Member States and Norway in 2023 and 2024. It examines the main developments resulting from legislative changes or reforms, and from collective bargaining. It also examines the key debates regarding duration and organisation of working time taking place across the EU.
2 October 2025
Article
A decade of low pay: Social services workers still earn around one-fifth less than the average
In the 10 years from 2014 to 2024, the number of social services workers in the EU increased from 8 million to 10 million. They now make up 5% of the total EU workforce. At the same time, the sector is facing labour shortages and continues to be characterised by low pay – around 20% less than the average pay in Member States’ economies as a whole.
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Episode 3517 October 2025
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Eurofound's work focuses on topics in the areas of working conditions and sustainable work, industrial relations and social dialogue, employment and labour markets, as well as living conditions and quality of life.
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European Working Conditions Surveys (EWCS)
Since its launch in 1990, the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) has provided an overview of working conditions in Europe.
European Quality of Life Surveys (EQLS)
Eurofound’s European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) documents living conditions and people’s social situation, and explores issues pertinent to the lives of European citizens.
European Company Surveys (ECS)
The European Company Survey (ECS) has been carried out regularly since its inception in 2004–2005 as the European Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work–Life Balance (ESWT).
Living and Working in the EU e-survey
Since its launch in 2020, Eurofound's unique Living and Working in the EU e-survey has provided an overview of the ever-changing developments in living and working since the onset of the pandemic, through the recovery measures and during a time of constant change.
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Virtual Visit to Slovenia - First findings from the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 - key areas pertinent to Slovenia
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