This report describes the main developments in industrial relations and working conditions in 2013 in the 28 EU Member States and in Norway, from both a national and EU-level perspective. Beginning with an overview of the current economic and political context in these countries, the report goes...

E.ON is one of the largest investor-owned energy providers in the world. The company delivers energy to millions of customers and, together with EDF, is the biggest energy supplier in Europe. Employing more than 80,000 people, E.ON also has the duty to establish favourable working conditions for...

The preliminary results of the second Quality of Work in Italy Survey, carried out in 2006 by the National Training Agency, show that working conditions have tended to decline since the 2002 survey, although overall job satisfaction is still high. Italian workers seem to be less satisfied with...

This evaluation examined the support the European Commission’s DG for Development and International Cooperation (DEVCO) provided to Research and Innovation (R&I) in partner countries during the last EU budget period (2007-2013).

The objective of this study is to contribute to an ongoing background analysis, building on work already carried out within and outside of the European Commission with respect to engagement in the garment sector to support sustainability in the garment industry. The analysis will essentially...

The present study analyses (i) the role of labour migration in efforts to overcome labour shortages; (ii) the variety of instruments used to identify and monitory labour shortages at EU and national level (such as employer surveys, forecasts and qualitative studies), and (iii) the extent to...

As a relatively new mobility pattern within the EU, the post-accession return migration of workers from Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries has recently begun to generate increasing interest among academics, experts and practitioners. The return migration of these workers grew in...