As European economies slide into recession, companies face increasing financial difficulties as sales decline and …

of the recession upon employment, it also looks in detail how particular sectors, countries and occupations have been … the downturn upon employment has yet to materialise. Eurofound’s analysis of restructuring and job loss over the past year … affected, and examines a range of responses that have been taken to safeguard employment - at the company, Member State and …

entire life courses. In recent years, labour market uncertainty and comparatively high unemployment rates have been major … benefit more strongly than women from these factors. A stricter employment protection legislation results in a slower …

[...] 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 …

On the face of it, Austria’s labour market performs very well, which is reflected in one of the lowest unemployment … rates in the EU. However, while many of the euro area members have recently succeeded in reducing unemployment, the Austrian …. In addition the unemployment statistics are distorted by the relatively low labour force participation of older workers …

feature of the Finnish economy compared with that of Sweden and Denmark is the higher level of unemployment. In the early 1990 … adapt. The spectacular recovery of the Finnish economy has pushed up labour demand. While unemployment has fallen back from …, even in the face of strong employment growth. …