Uniquement disponible en anglais Debates on the future of work have taken a more fundamental turn in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Early in 2020, when large sections of the workforce were prevented from coming to their usual places of work, remote work became the only way for many to continue... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais Policy recommendations Rising labour shortages reflect structural shifts, including the digital and green transitions, as well as a cyclical component in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The policy debate tends to focus on the need for skills and, where they are... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais Policy recommendations • A critical mass of trade union members, i.e. beyond union activists, are willing to perform less-demanding tasks in support of their union; this is an internal union resource that is currently underutilised. As union tasks differ in terms of... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais The central questions and main contextual background explored by this year’s issue of Benchmarking are, at their core, fairly straightforward. Europe is at a crossroads, painfully navigating four transitions at once: a (perhaps less than obvious) economic policy... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais This paper describes the evolution of collective bargaining coverage in European countries during 2002-2018 and links it to changes in the evolution of the pay premia received by workers covered by collective bargaining. It uses evidence from the European Structure... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais Policy implications Research shows that performance-related pay is becoming increasingly prevalent across the EU and that it contributes to pay inequalities between men and women. Men are more likely to receive performance-related pay, and in higher amounts, because... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais This paper presents some of the key insights from the second wave of the ETUI Internet and Platform Work Survey (ETUI IPWS) conducted in 14 member states of the European Union (EU) in Spring 2021. The use of standard probability sampling allows us to estimate the... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais Rising wage inequality is disproportionately driven by widening differences in pay between firms. This can reflect that firms’ workforces are increasingly homogenous but also that the pay of similar workers increasingly differs depending on firm productivity and the... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais Read the foreword by Luca Visentini, Nicola Countouris and Philippe Pochet. It has almost become a cliché to say that the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing inequalities while also generating new ones. However, the following pages of this year’s... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais This paper shows that the use of performance pay schemes has risen substantially across Europe from fewer than one-fifth in 2000 up to onethird in 2015, using data from the European Working Conditions Survey and the Structure of Earnings Survey enriched with external... Lire plus