This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the transport and storage sector (NACE 49 to 53). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of...

The present contribution examines whether and how young firms and incumbents differ with regard to selected aspects of work forms and work organization in order to assess their roles for the qualitative changes of work in industrialized countries. Conceptually, we emanate from the approach of...

This study describes how the digitisation of the workplace may contribute to the emergence of data-driven management, and how this, in turn, may affect work organisation and aspects of job quality, such as occupational health and safety. It summarises and defines the technologies that enable...

Almost eight million people are employed in the transport and logistics sector, representing about 5% of total employment. Working conditions for the workforce and demand for their competencies will be influenced by political, economic, environmental, sociodemographic and technological changes...

The Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands is the largest port in Europe, with transport and logistics companies from all over the world choosing to locate in Rotterdam. This is due to the port’s extensive size and easy access to western and eastern European countries. The port is also linked to...

Over the last number of years, the German airline Air Berlin has experienced impressive double-digit growth rates measured by the increased number of passengers and revenue. Consequently, Air Berlin is now the second largest airline in Germany after Lufthansa, and the third largest low-fares...

Samskip is an international company, which offers transport and logistics services by land, sea and air. Samskip has shown an impressive growth rate over the past 15 years and after a tough turnaround in 1993 the company has expanded to become one of Europe’s largest container transport...

The Polish State Railways (Polskie Koleje Państwowe, PKP) Group is composed of the dominant railway operators in Poland and is the biggest Polish employer. The PKP Group was established in 2001 as a result of the restructuring of the former state-owned railway company in Poland.

Andreas Andresen A/S is one of the market leaders in Denmark for the transport of temperature-controlled goods and logistics solutions to and from western and eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic states.Since the late 1990s, the company has focused on growth and expansion, and has...