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Highlights
- How to redesign the fiscal regime of the Eurozone: an alternative take on lessons from US and Eurozone experiences
- Work in the platform economy: Deliveroo riders in Belgium and the SMart arrangement
- Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2018
- Cancer and work: understanding occupational cancers and taking action to eliminate them
- Musculoskeletal disorders and psychosocial factors at work
- The end of the bailout era in Greece: not out of the woods yet
- Corporate income tax in the EU, the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) and beyond: is it the right way to go?
- The ‘generosity’ of pensions for workers in hard jobs: in need of a nuanced debate
Publication
02/2019
This Working Paper examines options for the design of a workable fiscal union for the euro area. It provides a comparative study of fiscal institutions in the US and euro area in order to supply lessons from the operation of the US fiscal regime that could inform the design of the, hitherto dysfunctional, euro regime.
Publication
01/2019
This paper presents a case study of the food delivery platform, Deliveroo, in Belgium in 2016-2018. The case offers insights on the nature of platform work, the workers who perform it, the preferences of workers, the strategy of the platforms, and the role of local regulations.
Publication
Edited by 12/2018
This year’s stock-take of Social Europe - Social Policy in the European Union: state of play 2018 - reports on recent EU and national social policymaking with a focus on the game-changing advent of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) one year ago.
Publication
Edited by 11/2018
Occupational cancers account for more than 100,000 deaths a year in the EU, yet these could be avoided by eliminating carcinogens in the production processes.
Publication
12/2018
This report presents the current state of scientific knowledge on the ways in which psychosocial factors influence musculoskelatal disorders (MSDs), and their impact on work capacity and quality.
Publication
11/2018
This Policy Brief examines prospects for Greek following the recent end of the stabilisation programme put into place as a result of the eurozone debt crisis. The brief argues that rather than stabilising the Greece the programme has left it weaker and more vulnerable to future crisis. It critically examines the programme’s framework and implementation and suggests some policy measures.
Publication
11/2018
This working paper reviews key elements of the debate around the Commission’s proposals to tackle the problem of low effective tax rates for multi-national companies by instituting a Common Corporate Tax Base (CCTB).
Publication
10/2018
This policy brief examines issues surrounding recent cuts in pensions provision for workers in arduous and hazardous jobs (WAHJ). Such workers have historically enjoyed better provision because of the strong possibility of them having to take early retirement, but historic arrangements are now under threat. The policy brief presents some data on the working conditions and pensions patterns of WAHJ and provides some policy suggestions...
News
Plastic – a human health crisis
21 February 2019
A recent report from a coalition of NGOs lead by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) reveals that plastic is a human health crisis hiding in plain sight. To date, research into the human health impacts of plastic have focused narrowly on specific moments in the plastic lifecycle, often on single products, processes, or exposure pathways. This approach fails to recognize that significant, complex, and intersecting human health impacts occur at every stage of the plastic lifecycle: from extraction of fossil fuels, to consumer use, to disposal and beyond. According to the report, uncertainties and knowledge gaps often impede regulation and the ability of workers, consumers and policymakers to make informed decisions. However, the full scale of health impacts throughout plastic’s lifecycle are overwhelming and warrant a precautionary approach.
Grigor Gradev scholarship 2019 is open for applications
14 February 2019Applications have opened for the 2019 round of the Gridor Gradev scholarship for young researchers. The three month scholarship based at the ETUI was set up in honour of Grigor Gradev, the former Director of the CITUB research institute, who died in 2016.
Detecting work-related diseases using alert and sentinel systems: a report of the European Agency for Safety and Health at work
14 February 2019A report of the European Agency for Safety and Health at work (EU-OSHA) analyses the alert and sentinel systems used in various European countries for the early detection of work-related diseases. This report is based on the analysis of twelve national schemes implemented in European countries or the United States, all of which help to spotlight health problems caused by bad working conditions and insufficient prevention measures in companies.
Just transition – not just another transition
8 February 2019Almost 10 years ago, the successor to the international Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, known for its report, Mismeasuring Our Lives: Why GDP Doesn’t Add Up, published a follow-up, Beyond GDP: Measuring What Counts for Economic and Social Performance, in which the authors put more emphasis on inequality and sustainability. For more than twenty years this has also been at the core of trade unions’ demands for the transition to an environmentally sustainable economy.
Collective Bargaining January 2019
7 February 2019Find below the highlights of the latest issue of the Collective Bargaining newsletter with the most important developments at European and member state level in January 2019:
Publication of the directive introducing new limit values into the European legislation on carcinogens
7 February 2019On 31 January 2019, the Official Journal of the European Union published the text of Directive 2019/130. This directive constitutes the second step of the process of revising the Directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (CMD).
Protecting without being protected. Basic EU social standards not applied to security personnel in the EU
1 February 2019In recent years, the EU has frequently made use of the provisions in Article 153 of the TFEU to set minimum standards on working and employment conditions of workers in the EU. Although the European Commission consistently tries to define “workers” as broadly as possible to include all workers, the Council has often sought to exclude civil servants or public administrations, police and military personnel from the scope of EU social directives, and recently also emergency services from the scope of the proposed directive on Transparency and Predictability of Working Conditions (TPWC).
Publication of the month
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How to redesign the fiscal regime of the Eurozone: an alternative take on lessons from US and Eurozone experiences
This Working Paper examines options for the design of a workable fiscal union for the euro area. It provides a comparative study of fiscal institutions in the US and euro area in order to supply lessons from the operation of the US fiscal regime that could inform the design of the, hitherto dysfunctional, euro regime. Read more
Video of the day
Education
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Course Courcelle sur Yvette, France, 26 Feb - 28 Feb 2019
Trade unions and migrants’ integration. We are all workers
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Course Brussels, Belgium, 5 Mar - 7 Mar 2019
Trade union strategies to increase wages and collective bargaining coverage in Europe
Past events
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Jan23 Jan 2019
The International Auditorium, Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 5 – 1st floor – 1210 Brussels; 13h - 17h30Trade unions and the threat of populism and the far right: how to win back the workers’ vote
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Jun27 Jun - 29 Jun 2018
Hotel Thon Europe, 1040 Brussels, BelgiumETUC/ETUI conference: The World(s) of Work in Transition
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- Climate change
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- Education/training
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- Gender
- Globalisation
- Health & Safety
- Industrial relations
- Labour law
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- Multinational corporations
- Nanotechnology
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- Restructuring
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- Welfare State
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About ETUI
The European Trade Union Institute is the independent research and training centre of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) which itself affiliates European trade unions into a single European umbrella organisation. The ETUI places its expertise – acquired in particular in the context of its links with universities, academic and expert networks – in the service of workers’ interests at European level and of the strengthening of the social dimension of the European Union. Read more
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