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The interaction of minimum wages and collective bargaining for low-paid groups

This study aims at analysing the ability and capacity of sectoral collective bargaining in some countries to adapt to ongoing structural changes (digital transformation, green transition and workforce aging) and particularly to the effects of high inflation rates and the

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Developing Collective Bargaining in the Care Sector – DEVCOBA

The project aims to examine the dynamics, mechanisms, and impacts of the development of collective bargaining and representation in the care sector, concentrating in particular on social and health services for elderly people (long-term care services – LTC) and socio-education services for

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Home Care Digital Platforms and Industrial relations – ORIGAMI

The demand of “Personal and Household Services” (PHS) – which covers a broad range of activities that contribute to the well-being of families and individuals at home – has significantly increased and so too has the role of care workers.

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Managing Inflation crisis through Social Dialogue – MAINSOC

After two decades of low inflation levels and wage moderation, Europe faces an unprecedented increase in the cost of living and the risk of stagflation. The inflation shock is eroding employees’ purchasing power, particularly at the bottom of the wage

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Network of Eurofound Correspondents

As the Spanish correspondent of Eurofound, together with NOTUS and IKEI, QUIT provide inputs that allows Eurofound to map and compare regulations, policies and practices in industrial relations, working conditions, labour markets and employment as well as in other social

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Minimum wages in 2023: Annual review

The 2023 annual review of minimum wages was prepared in the context of unprecedented inflation across Europe. While this led to hefty increases in nominal wage rates in many countries, it was in many cases not enough to maintain workers’ purchasing power. Based on developments over the last decade, this report shows that, overall, minimum wage earners in nearly all countries saw their purchasing power rising, the gap between their wages and average wages narrowing, and to some degree growth exceeding labour productivity development. Continue reading

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Social capital and residential setting among youth at risk of labour market exclusion. A case study – CAPENRISG

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a huge job destruction that has most severely affected the young Spanish population. Although the latest data from the EPA show a return to pre-pandemic levels of unemployment rates, it is still a long way

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Gender Equality in the Uses of Time: changes, resistance and continuities – GENERA

GENERA is a project funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation within the framework of governmental programs for the Generation of Knowledge. The project aims at analysing the changes, resistance, and continuities in the use of time devoted to

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Collective bargaining facing challenges triggered by rising energy and commodity prices, high inflation and structural changes

This study aims at analysing the ability and capacity of sectoral collective bargaining in some countries to adapt to ongoing structural changes (digital transformation, green transition and workforce aging) and particularly to the effects of high inflation rates and the

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Dynamisation of the Working Group on Time Uses and Measures in the Work Field of the Advisory Board for Care.

The object of this contract is the dynamisation of the working group on ‘Time Uses and Measures in the Work Field of the Advisory Board for Care, whose Technical Secretariat falls to the Institute of Women, with the support of

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