[...] this report will show the value of the jobs approach in analysing the changing structure of employment in the two turbulent years of the Great Recession.

The report describes the impact of the ‘great recession’ on employment and the job structure in the EU27. Quintile charts are used to give a simple, graphical representation of the extent of employment change in a given period as well as an indication of how that change has been distributed...

This fourth issue for 2007 includes: a summary of current macroeconomic trends and prospects; an overview of the ERM statistics for the fourth quarter of 2007; details of the global restructuring plan at Unilever; restructuring at ZRE Katowice and more on restructuring in Cyprus.

Junge Menschen in Europa haben weiterhin große Schwierigkeiten beim Eintritt in den Arbeitsmarkt. Obwohl die Jugendarbeitslosenquote in einigen Mitgliedstaaten allmählich zurückgeht, konnten insgesamt 23 % der jungen Arbeitssuchenden in Europa im Alter zwischen 15 und 24 Jahren in der EU28 im...

Job quality indexes are constructed on the basis of such aspects of working conditions as earnings, prospects, working time, and intrinsic job quality (which includes skills, autonomy, the social environment, physical risks and work intensity). Occupations where job quality is consistently low...

Job quality indexes are constructed on the basis of such aspects of working conditions as earnings, prospects, working time, and intrinsic job quality. Occupations where job quality is consistently low are labelled ‘occupations with multiple disadvantages’. This report uses data from the...