Event hosted by the Workers' Group (II) of the European Economic and Social Committee Find out more

Speakers: Edoardo Ales, Professor of Labour Law at the Department of Economics and Law, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio and Olaf Deinert, Professor of Civil Law, Labour and Social Law at Georg-August University, GöttingenChair and comments: Maria Jepsen, Director of the ETUI Research... Find out more

You are herewith invited to the launch of the book Building the European Public Service Unions, the history of EPSU from 1978 to 2016, presented by its author, EPSU former General Secretary, Carola Fischbach-Pyttel. Other speakers will be Philippe Pochet, General Director of the European Trade Union... Find out more

The conference will focus on cancer related to work and will bring together the stakeholders (social partners, policy makers, academics, etc.) to take stock of what is being done and what is needed at EU level to prevent occupational cancers. The revision of the current EU legislation, the role of... Find out more

Speakers: Philippe Pochet, ETUI General director, Zane Rasna?a, ETUI researcher and Martin Myant, Head of unit "European Economic, Employment and Social Policy"Moderator: Aline Hoffmann, Head of unit “Europeanisation of industrial relations” ETUIBriefing: This Monthly Forum is the second event in... Find out more

Speaker: Andrea Garnero, Economist at the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social AffairsComments: Torsten Müller, Senior Researcher, ETUIModerator: Maria Jepsen, Director of the Research department, ETUIBriefing:Andrea Garnero will present a comprehensive and up-to-date review of... Find out more

A debate co-organised by AK EUROPA, the Brussels Office of the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour, ÖGB Europabüro, the Brussels Office of the Austrian Trade Union Federation, and the European Trade Union Institute. Find out more

Presentation of three research projects and a roundtable discussion Find out more

Presentation of the European Social Policy Network (ESPN) Thematic Report on Retirement regimes for workers in arduous or hazardous jobs : Slavina Spasova, Researcher European Social Observatory and Bart Vanhercke, Director European Social ObservatoryDiscussants: Celien Vanmoerkerke, Pension expert... Find out more

Unemployment rates in the EU rose to record levels after the economic crisis of 2008, but with substantial variations across Member States. The principal cause of the increase was the financial crisis and subsequent macroeconomic developments. However, a powerful trend in EU policymaking has been to... Find out more