Category Archives: Agreements

Working conditions and collective representation in digital platforms. Future challenges

This study aims to analyze the effects of digital platforms on working conditions and forms of collective representation, both at union and professional level. Start date: 09/03/2019 Finish date: 08/03/2020 Financing: Comissions Obreres de Catalunya Reference: 17324 Principal investigator: Antonio

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Understanding the waste pickers of Catalonia: contributions and deficits of an informal economy

In Catalonia, we can distinguish a formal waste management sector, managed mostly by municipalities and other public administrations, while simultaneously observing a parallel informal waste management sector of “Waste Pickers,” acting both within and outside the formal sector. The primary

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The sticky floor of women in the city of Barcelona

The overall objective of this study is to contribute to the analysis of this phenomenon, which determines the everyday experience of many women, in order to improve possible actions on this matter, from the public administration, as well as in

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Analysis and use of the Survey on Catalonian youth for 2012

The study refers to the situation of young people in relation to their work sphere. From the data provided by the Survey of Youth in Catalonia in 2012, it is analyzed, in addition to the situation of youth in the

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Migration and the economic crisis. Implications for professional careers

Start date: 01/09/2012 Finish date: 30/06/2014 Financing: Fundació “la Caixa” Responsable researcher: Fausto Miguélez Team: Ramon de Alós-Moner, Óscar Molina, Antonio Martín, Sara Moreno, Alejandro Godino Coordinador estadístico: Pedro López-Roldán Documents and publications: MIGUÉLEZ, Fausto; LÓPEZ-ROLDÁN, Pedro (coords.) (2014): Crisis,

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Study analysis on unpaid work in Catalonia

Over the past 40 years there has been a slow trend toward gender equality regarding time use in paid and unpaid work. However, the gendered division of housework remains. This article examines the gender segregation in domestic work in order

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Promoting a balanced and inclusive recovery from the crisis in Europe through sound industrial relations and social dialogue

The project is part of a recent partnership agreement between the ILO and the European Commission, which is aimed at the study of the impact of the crisis, and crisis-response policies, on national tripartite social dialogue, collective bargaining, and labour

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Study using discussion groups to identify the key issues and priorities for research related to the Occupational Safety and Health in Catalonia

This project aims to identify research topics focused on safety and occupational health in Catalonia. This project has commissioned by the General Division of Occupational Safety and Health (SGSSL) of the Department for Business and Labour from the Government of

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Non-Standard Employment in a Comparative Perspective

By now, it is commonly accepted that labor markets in advanced societies are in a process of deep transformation. The general trend seems to be one of increasing flexibility with regard to wages and/or employment contracts. This is most apparent

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Analysis of Equality plans subsidized by the Conselleria d’Empresa i Ocupació for 2010

Analysis of Equality plans subsidized by the Conselleria d’Empresa i Ocupació for 2010. Start date: 01/12/2011 Finish date: 02/02/2012 Financing: Consell de Relacions Laborals de Catalunya Responsable researcher: Pilar Carrasquer Team: Laia Castelló, Anna Grau

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