Starting with a general overview on domestic transposition measures of Directive 2008/104/CE on temporary agency work, the report then looks at the state of transposition in more detail, article by article. As the rules regarding the scope of the Directive did not seem to be a controversial issue... Find out more

This working paper by Jochen Clasen and Daniel Clegg, of the University of Edinburgh, together with Jon Kvist of the University of Southern Denmark, examines the nature of impact of the economic and political challenges engendered by the “Great Recession” on labour market policy reforms in Europe... Find out more

Whatever lip-service may be paid to sustainable consuming, by far most European consumers still do their weekly shop in the big supermarket chains. A handful of groups have carved up this lucrative market and grown so powerful as to be able to drive producers’ selling prices steadily down. This is... Find out more

This paper by senior ETUI researchers Béla Galgóczi and Janine Leschke looks at recent trends in labour migration from new EU member states to the EU15, with a focus on the impact of the crisis on intra-EU labour mobility. Based on data from the European Labour Force Survey, the findings of the... Find out more

For more than two years, the European Union has been endeavouring to cope with an unprecedented public debt crisis. Under pressure from the financial markets, the EU and its member states have put in place a new set of regulations, procedures and institutions that have come to be known as the “new... Find out more

Transfer stimulates dialogue between the European trade union movement and the academic and research community. It contributes research findings on issues of strategic relevance for trade unions, in particular with regard to developments at the European level. Transfer publishes original peer... Find out more

The new toolkit Trade Union Training for Project Work produced by the Education Department of the European Trade Union Institute aims to support its programme of certified training in project work and project management for trade unions. The following booklets are currently available in English and... Find out more

Eleven Eurozone countries recently decided to press ahead with the introduction of a system of taxing financial transactions (sometimes called a “Tobin Tax” after James Tobin, the Nobel-prize winning U.S. economist who first launched the idea). In this Policy brief, ETUI senior researcher Andreas... Find out more

SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe SEER, Volume 15 (2012), Issue 4, ISSN: 1435-2869, ISSN online: 1435-2869, https://doi.org/10.5771/1435-2869-2012-4 Browse Volumes and Issues: SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe Find out more

This working paper analyzes the data collected by the fifth European Working Conditions Survey done in 2010 to examine how working conditions are changing for different ages and occupation types. It brings insights into the quality of work and employment amongst ageing workers that help to inform... Find out more