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Diverging trends across Europe highlight stagnation and decline in social mobility
News • Apr 19, 2017 15:14 BST
Younger Europeans are likely to have fewer opportunities for upward social mobility than preceding generations. Social mobility in Europe seems to have stagnated - at least in some countries - with opportunities for upward social mobility only increasing in a minority of EU countries for all age groups; in some Member States there is even evidence of decline in social mobility
Commission launches public consultation for the evaluation of Eurofound, Cedefop, ETF and EU-OSHA
News • Apr 11, 2017 15:01 BST
The European Commission has launched a public consultation in the context of the evaluation of the four EU agencies under the remit of DG Employment: Eurofound; the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop); the European Training Foundation (ETF); and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA).
Available to order: ERM annual report 2016
News • Apr 10, 2017 09:42 BST
The European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) 2016 report 'Globalisation slowdown? Recent evidence of offshoring and reshoring in Europe' is available to order for free via the EU Bookshop. Go to http://bit.ly/ERMBookshop
Charting Europeans’ quality of life
News • Mar 23, 2017 16:28 GMT
The chart above, based on data from the third EQLS, shows the percentage of people who strongly agreed with the statement ‘I am optimistic about the future’ in 2012.
Network of European correspondents annual meeting
News • Mar 23, 2017 16:27 GMT
The annual meeting of Eurofound’s correspondents – in the fourth and final year of the current contract – will take place in Dublin on 27–28 March. Guest speaker Raymond Maes, Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission’s DG Employment, will outline the EU priorities for the coming period.
Eurofound seeks academic experts to advise on work
News • Mar 23, 2017 16:25 GMT
Eurofound is in the process of drawing up a list of academic experts to cover the research areas of its 2017–2020 programme. Experts may be asked to advise on planned research approaches and methodologies or to carry out peer reviews.
Latest working life developments at EU level
News • Mar 23, 2017 16:25 GMT
Developments in the field of employment and social affairs announced in the European Commission’s work programme for 2017 include initiatives to address the challenges of work–life balance faced by working families, a European Pillar of Social Rights aimed at fostering a fair playing field in the European social market economy, and a White Paper on the Future of Europe.
Eurofound hosts delegation from Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
News • Mar 23, 2017 16:23 GMT
Eurofound hosted a delegation from the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs in Dublin on 20–21 February. The delegation included Jean Lambert MEP (Greens/EFA), Joëlle Mélin MEP (ENF), Laura Agea MEP (EFDD), Javi López MEP (S&D), and Lynn Boylan MEP (GUE/ NGL).
Social partners’ role in European Semester
News • Mar 23, 2017 16:22 GMT
The social partners across Europe are not participating in the European Semester as was originally envisaged, even after the 2015 revamp of the process that aimed to encourage their greater involvement in the drafting of the national reform programmes (NRPs).
Income inequalities and middle class squeeze
News • Mar 23, 2017 16:20 GMT
Income inequalities have increased between and within Member States, largely due to growing unemployment levels during the economic crisis.
Treaty of Rome at heart of living and working in Europe
News • Mar 23, 2017 09:00 GMT
25 March marks 60 years since the signing of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, known as the Treaty of Rome. A seminal document, largely dedicated to economic integration and prosperity, it also enshrined the broader concepts of peace and equality
Income inequalities in Europe on the rise since Great Recession
News • Mar 15, 2017 09:00 GMT
Income inequalities have increased in around two-thirds of EU Member States largely due to growing unemployment levels since the onset of the crisis. At the same time EU-wide income inequality also increased as income convergence between European countries stalled.
Putting a gender spotlight on living and working in Europe
News • Mar 06, 2017 16:35 GMT
8 March is International Women’s Day. The day marks the wide-scale progress made towards achieving gender equality and combating gender-based injustice, but also serves as an important impetus to ensure the spotlight remains on continued work towards realising these goals across the globe.
Public to private? Changing face of hospital services
News • Feb 17, 2017 08:32 GMT
A new report from Eurofound, Delivering hospital services: A greater role for the private sector? examines the impact of private sector involvement in hospitals in terms of quality, efficiency and accessibility of services.
Charting announced job loss and gain since the crisis
News • Feb 17, 2017 08:30 GMT
Eurofound’s European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) charts the announced employment impacts of large-scale restructuring events in European countries. The figure shows aggregate job loss and job gain as recorded in the ERM dataset from the peak crisis years 2008–2010 to end June 2016
Jobs recovery and role of offshoring
News • Feb 17, 2017 08:26 GMT
Social mobility and equal opportunities
News • Feb 17, 2017 08:23 GMT
Enrique Calvet Chambon MEP visits Eurofound
News • Feb 17, 2017 08:11 GMT
Digital technology: Working anytime, anywhere
News • Feb 17, 2017 08:09 GMT
The expanding use of digital technology in the form of smartphones, tablets and laptops is rapidly transforming the traditional model of work, according to a new report jointly published by Eurofound and the ILO.
