The shorter working week has always been at the heart of the labour movement. The eight-hour movement extended beyond borders and ensured that today we enjoy things like the weekend and the eight-hour day. After decades in the political wilderness, the shorter working week is fast becoming one of... Find out more

The New Normal: Prospects for the World of Work after the COVID Crisis Although it is not intuitive, the reduction of working time can be an important tool to mitigate the detrimental economic consequences of the Covid crisis, but also to lessen its negative impact on the (mental) health of the... Find out more

Reducing exposure to cancer-causing substances depends on a combination of actions and policies by governments to protect their citizens from harmful substances, and the actions and responsibilities of individuals to follow advice. Control of cancer-causing chemical substances found in the workplace... Find out more

ETUI Lunch debate and film screening Find out more

Conference organized by the European Workers’ Participation Competence Centre of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), in cooperation with the Irish National Worker Directors Group (NWDG). Find out more

WATCH A VIDEO OF THIS EVENT HERE Speakers: Csilla Kollonay Lehoczky, Professor of the Legal Studies Department, Central European University, Niklas Bruun, Professor of Private Law at the University of Helsinki. Comments: Esther Lynch, ETUC Deputy General Secretary Moderator: Aline Hoffmann, Head of... Find out more

Jointly organised by the Brussels Offices of the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour (AK EUROPA) and the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB Europabüro), as well as the ETUC and ETUI. The rise of precarious employment relationships poses profound challenges for the scope of protection offered by... Find out more

The world is being transformed in ways that will profoundly challenge human society. Trade unions facing these new realities can play an important part in shaping this future. With this in mind a major conference organised by the ETUC and ETUI will bring together globally-renowned experts to debate... Find out more

Speakers: Stan De Spiegelaere and Agnieszka Piasna, ETUI Senior researchersSophie Jaenicke, IG MetallComments: Richard Pond, EPSUModerator: Philippe Pochet, General Director ETUIBriefing:Europeans are working less and less. Since 2007, the average working time decreased by almost an hour. So, can... 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