Uniquement disponible en anglais This report provides an overview of the ways in which EU and EEA Member States have regulated their social security frameworks in relation to short-term third-country national (TCN) migrant workers. It presents the result of an extensive mapping exercise carried out... 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 Editorial Béla Galgóczi and Calvin Allen This second issue of the SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe for 2022 focuses on ‘Fair taxation and the Euro’. Both issues are critical for the region and have an impact on a number of social and... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais Key points and policy recommendations Despite substantial minimum wage increases, in almost half of the Member States with a statutory minimum wage, these were not sufficient to safeguard the purchasing power of minimum-wage earners in the current cost-of-living... 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 Belgium is one of the few EU-15 countries with no system of involving employee representatives in the strategic management of a company. The post-second World War social pact created extensive institutions for information, consultation and collective bargaining at... 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

Main goals of this work programme 1. A strategic refocusing of our five traditional priorities, optimising our action along three emerging and rapidly developing themes: A. The ‘cost of living crisis’ B. ‘Open Strategic Autonomy’ C. ‘Trade unions empowered’ 2. Reinforcing our capacity building and... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais It is widely accepted that the pursuit of economic growth is becoming increasingly infeasible and undesirable, necessitating substantial changes to European economies. European economic activity in terms of emissions, resource use, pollution and impacts on... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais This paper presents the results of a mapping of social dialogue and collective bargaining experiences in the European platform economy. Building on a descriptive analysis of the initiatives, the report provides insights into collective bargaining strategies and... Lire plus