European Works Councils (EWCs) provide transnational information and consultation mechanisms for employee representatives in multinational companies (MNCs). By organising meetings between central management and employee representatives from the EU Member States in which the companies operate,...

The European Working Time Directive lays down minimum safety and health requirements for the organisation of working time in the EU by, for example, establishing that all workers have the right to a limit to weekly working time of 48 hours. However, it also contains the possibility for Member...

This report gives an overview of recent developments in the distribution of wages in Europe from 2004 to 2011 - the period before and after the onset of the Great Recession. While the main focus is on the EU dimension, the report analyses relevant trends and developments within countries in a...

Recent EU policy documents highlight the importance of improving working conditions and enhancing the professional development of the workforce in the early childhood education and care field - both in ensuring equitable access to services and in boosting the quality of provision. This report...

This report examines the upward and downward trends in job quality across the EU from 1995 to 2010. The improvement and harmonisation of working conditions are core objectives of the European Union, but many factors affect job quality. The report determines the statistical significance of trends...

The right to free movement for workers within the European Union was enshrined in Article 48 of the EEC Treaty in 1957. Nowadays, private labour market intermediaries - such as temporary work agencies and employment placement agencies - contribute to facilitating this labour mobility in their...

This report explores the involvement of peak social partners in the European Semester at EU and national level during the period 2011 to 2014. While their role in the European Semester is not set out in the European economic governance provisions (the so-called 'Six-Pack'), the European...

Im Jahr 2024 werden die Bürgerinnen und Bürger der Europäischen Union der politischen Agenda der EU neuen Auftrieb verleihen. Nach den Wahlen werden ein neues Europäisches Parlament und eine neue Europäische Kommission neue Prioritäten setzen und bestehende Prioritäten präzisieren....