If Europe’s economy is growing, why are workers not seeing the benefits? Against the background of the ongoing economic recovery and expanding employment, many observers have been wondering why wages have not been growing accordingly. The ETUI’s Benchmarking Working Europe 2019 examined this... Find out more

How serious is the Commission about its social commitments? The 2018 country-specific recommendations (CSRs) were the first real test of how serious the European Commission is about living up to its commitments made in the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) in the field of wages and collective... Find out more

This article presents and discusses the rich palette that workers have to be informed, consulted and sometimes to exercise co-determination in company decisions. The Article was published in ETUI's 'Benchmarking Working Europe' series, edition 2017. A full infographic is forthcoming (2018). Author... Find out more

Uneven recovery Employment has continued to grow in the EU (Figure 2.1). In 2018q2, the employment rate was at an all-time high of 68.6%. This is a considerable improvement compared to the peak of the crisis (64.1% in 2013) and also surpasses the pre-crisis level of 65.9%. For the male population... Find out more

The European Trade Union Institute in cooperation with the the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) prepared this infographic (in two versions) to launch a call for the EU and national governments to do more to support workplace health and safety reps to tackle back, neck and shoulder pain... Find out more

The European Trade Union Institute in cooperation with the the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) prepared this infographic (in two versions) to launch a call for the EU and national governments to do more to support workplace health and safety reps to tackle back, neck and shoulder pain... Find out more

How serious is the Commission about its social commitments? The 2018 country-specific recommendations (CSRs) were the first real test of how serious the European Commission is about living up to its commitments made in the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) in the field of wages and collective... Find out more

Principle 8 of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) contains the explicit commitment to encourage the collective bargaining actors ‘to negotiate and conclude agreements in matters relevant to them, while respecting their autonomy and the right to collective action’. But what does this mean in... Find out more

If Europe’s economy is growing, why are workers not seeing the benefits? Against the background of the ongoing economic recovery and expanding employment, many observers have been wondering why wages have not been growing accordingly. The ETUI’s Benchmarking Working Europe 2019 examined this... Find out more

Artificial intelligence is a game changer and promises to revolutionise the way we work and live. It will trigger the creation of new business models and lead to a new and vastly different work organisation and new management models. In this new world, acquiring technical skills (reskilling) will... Find out more