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    Eurofound Talks: How can Europe adapt to an ageing workforce?

    How can Europe adapt to an ageing workforce? What impediments do older workers face at the workplace? How are changing technologies and job quality influencing the retention of older workers on the labour market? A new episode of the Eurofound Talks podcast series sets out to answer these questions in the context of changing demographics in Europe and the need to make work more sustainable.

  • Eurofound Talks: What is the future for gender equality in Europe?

    Eurofound Talks: What is the future for gender equality in Europe?

    Eurofound, in partnership with the European Institute for Gender Equality, has published a special episode of the Eurofound Talks podcast for International Women’s Day. The episode looks at women’s progress in the labour market and society over the past five decades, as well as sticking points on the path to gender equality in Europe, particularly related to the gender employment and pay gaps.

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    Mind the gap! Gender employment gap cost Europe over €390 billion in 2023

    Eurofound analysis of the gender employment gap in the EU shows that its cost - when considering foregone earnings and missed welfare contributions of individuals to society, as well as the public finance cost - was estimated to be over €390 billion in 2023, corresponding to 2.3% of the EU’s GDP.

  • Eurofound Talks: 50 years of social change in Ireland and Europe

    Eurofound Talks: 50 years of social change in Ireland and Europe

    In this episode of the Eurofound Talks podcast Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound Deputy Director Maria Jepsen, and Barry Colfer, Director of Research at the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), about European social change over the past 50 years, Eurofound’s role in these changes, how Ireland itself has developed and changed, and the challenges currently on the horizon.

  • Life satisfaction and optimism on the decline across the EU, according to new survey

    Life satisfaction and optimism on the decline across the EU, according to new survey

    Respondents that participated in Eurofound’s 2024 e-survey were less optimistic about their future than those that took part in 2023, with the degree of optimism across all age groups falling considerably since 2020. The sharpest drop in optimism occurred among respondents in the 35–49 and 50–64 age groups, who reported the lowest levels of optimism in 2024.

  • Eurofound Talks: How can we effectively tackle cyberbullying at work?

    Eurofound Talks: How can we effectively tackle cyberbullying at work?

    In a new episode of Eurofound Talks, Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound Senior Research Manager Sara Riso about what constitutes cyberbullying, how widespread the issue of cyberbullying at work is, and whether there is sufficient legislation and workplace rules to address it effectively.

  • Landmark moment as Adequate Minimum Wage Directive comes into force

    Landmark moment as Adequate Minimum Wage Directive comes into force

    Today, 15 November 2024, marks the deadline for the transposition of the EU Adequate Minimum Wage Directive into national legislation across the EU. The Directive seeks to establish a framework to improve the adequacy of minimum wages and to increase the access of workers to minimum wage protection.

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