Europeans continued to feel the ongoing impact of the recession on their employment, working conditions and the quality of their lives in 2010. Public sector employment suffered in the face of budgetary concerns in Member States, while job gains rose overall, and job losses fl uctuated. Manufact...
Eurofound’s work in 2014 reflected the concerns of a region still grappling with the consequences of the economic crisis. Europe’s economy grew modestly and unemployment edged downwards over the course of the year, evidence that the worst of the crisis had passed. Nevertheless, the failure of th...
Eurofound celebrated the 40th anniversary of its founding in 2015. This celebratory year for Eurofound proved to be another year of upheaval for Europe, with the surge of refugees in unprecedented numbers widening the political fractures opened by the economic crisis. Yet the need to address dis...
This year’s 'Living and working in Europe' brings together Eurofound’s work on the living and working conditions of Europeans over 2015–2018, the last four years of the outgoing European Parliament and Commission....
More jobs were lost than created across Europe in recent years, and although company restructuring, job losses and site closures caused significant industrial action, many countries still experienced little or no strike activity. The recession and its aftermath were particularly severe on young ...
Eurofound’s new multiannual work programme was launched in 2017, initiating a series of research and communication activities in the areas that the Agency has identified as critical to progress in the upward convergence of living and working conditions across Europe. These six strategic areas fo...