EU- Report on minimum wage and pay for the self-employed Eurofound published a new report on minimum wages and other forms of pay for the self-employed. The main objective of the report is to understand how minimum wages, wage rates, fees and other forms of pay could be fixed for specific jobs or... Find out more

A survey conducted by an independent research company for HR service provider Tempo-Team shows that a third of Belgian workers say they are dissatisfied with their employer. The reason for this is the excessive surveillance by managers and the fragility of the relationship of trust. Carried out in... Find out more

The ETUC’s End the Cost of Living Crisis: Increase Wages, Tax Profits! campaign continues forward with the ultimate goal of bringing about real change for working people across Europe. With temperatures dropping across Europe and the price of energy skyrocketing, it is more important than ever to... Find out more

Since 2020, we have been regularly releasing episodes on our podcast channel (available on Anchor , Google Podcasts , Apple Podcasts , Spotify ), and we have reached over 7000 listeners. Want to know more about Social Europe, worker participation, health and safety, and the wider labour movement... Find out more

On 16-18 November 2022, in Torremolinos, Spain, industriAll Europe in cooperation with the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) organised a training for European Works Councils (EWC). 14 participants from Spain, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Italy and Ireland attended and they have now become part of... Find out more

On Friday 4 November, thousands of Twitter employees were laid off, and a lawsuit in California has already been filed against illegal dismissal. The company is considering job cuts also in Europe. It had been widely reported that Elon Musk, the new owner of the platform, planned to slash the... Find out more

A distinguishing feature of the ETUI is that we not only produce and collect knowledge relevant to the world of work, but we also organise and support training and learning activities for trade union members and their leaders. Our Education Department offers a unique programme of European trade... Find out more

In a joint endeavour, the ITCILO , ETUI and IIEP-UNESCO have recently launched the Digital Facilitation Toolkit , a new website offering practical guidance on how to design and deliver online events. The aim of this toolkit is to cope with the constantly evolving training practices in online... Find out more

Europe - Council adopts EU directive on adequate minimum wages The Council of the EU gave its final green light to a directive that will promote the adequacy of statutory minimum wages and thus help to achieve decent working and living conditions for employees in Europe. The directive establishes... Find out more

New data on work-related accidents released by the European Union statistics agency Eurostat suggest that the long-term trend toward safer workplaces is levelling off and may soon reach a plateau. Despite the global economy slowing down during the Covid-19 pandemic, fatal accidents at work rose in... Find out more