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15 February 2017 12:10

‘Working anytime, anywhere: The effects on the world of work’ - new report highlights opportunities and challenges of expanding telework

The expanding use of digital technologies such as smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers for work for home and elsewhere is rapidly transforming the traditional model of work. It can improve work-life balance, reduce commuting time, and boost productivity, but it can also potentially result in longer working hours, higher work intensity and work-home interference.

10 February 2017 14:55

ILO and Eurofound to publish joint report on telework

The International Labour Organization (ILO) will launch a joint report with Eurofound entitled Working anytime, anywhere: The effects on the world of work, on Wednesday 15 February.
At a time when the use of digital technology is constantly growing, the new research highlights opportunities and challenges of expanding telework. It synthesises research carried out by both organisations in 15 cou

9 February 2017 09:00

Minimum wages on the rise as Europe moves to curb social dumping

The growth in the level of minimum wages accelerated in the period between January 2016 and January 2017, with the largest increases in newer EU Member States. This continues a trend of slow convergence between minimum wage levels in Europe - however there is still a long way to go, with minimum wage workers in Luxembourg making eight and a half times as much as minimum wage workers in Bulgaria. T

2 February 2017 12:04

Europe’s most perfect economy? What the European Working Conditions Survey tells us about Germany

Dr Erika Mezger, Eurofound's Deputy Director, outlines that European Working Conditions Survey EWCS says about working conditions among German workers and how they compare to those of the rest of Europe.

27 January 2017 15:26

Publication alert - Delivering hospital services: A greater role for the private sector?

Our new publication Delivering hospital services: A greater role for the private sector? examines the role and contribution of the private provision of hospital services in the European Union. The report maps the extent of private provision across Europe, examines the drivers for increased private provision, describes how it takes place and presents the views of different stakeholders.

24 January 2017 11:28

Mixed picture of innovation for Europe’s financial sector

A new series of sectoral information sheets, based on Eurofound’s European Company Survey, looks in detail at a range of aspects of company practices – including innovation. The financial services sector is more innovative than the average sector in the EU28 in terms of the introduction of new or significantly improved organisation (42% compared with 31%). However, it is less innovative in terms o

24 January 2017 10:25

Profiles map sectoral work practices

Eurofound has just published a series of nine sectoral profiles examining economic sectors in the EU, based on the analysis of data from its 2013 European Company Survey. The profiles give an overview of structural characteristics, work organisation practices, human resource management, employee participation and social dialogue in the sectors concerned – business and administration, commerce and

24 January 2017 10:21

Exploring potential of low-wage jobs

Low-wage jobs have been a focus of debate across Europe during 2016, the issues discussed also reflecting differing national concerns. For some countries, the key issue is integrating migrants into the labour market; for others, stimulating job creation. A new topical update examines the debate in six countries, illustrating a variety of objectives and responses. In Norway and Sweden, the priority

24 January 2017 10:11

Keeping pace with the digital revolution

Countries across Europe are well aware of the need to embrace the digital transformation of the economy so that they are placed to reap its benefits. This was a point stressed in the contributions to Eurofound’s Foundation Seminar Series (FSS) 2016, the theme of which was the impact of digitalisation on work. The contributions, created by teams from 15 Member States, also highlighted the challenge

24 January 2017 09:13

Foundation Focus sheds light on flexible working time arrangements

Between 2010 and 2015, as highlighted in the latest issue of Eurofound’s magazine Foundation Focus, there was an overall increase in the proportion of workers with some form of flexible working time and a decline in the extent of schedules with no possibility for change. In some countries, the proportion of workers with flexible arrangements has decreased (Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia). In the

24 January 2017 09:04

Spotlight on work–life balance in Europe

Four out of five European workers report that they have a good work–life balance. However, this implies that for one in five workers the balance between their work and their other obligations is not a good one.
The latest issue of Foundation Focus looks at work–life balance and some of the factors that help or hinder workers in combining working with non-working life. Improving work–life balanc

24 January 2017 08:39

Eurofound launches new work programme

Eurofound’s newly launched programming document sets out the Agency’s planned work over the period 2017–2020. It outlines the policy and institutional context, describes the multiannual programme for the four-year period and details the work programme for 2017. This work will provide European decision-makers with an evidence base to formulate policies aimed at achieving upward convergence of livin

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