Since the seventies until the nineties, because of the economic and labour changes, the advance of the level of unemployment has been substantial in all Europe. Among the different European countries there is a big difference in the social characteristics
According to the Livre Blanc sur la politique Sociale Européenne (1994), the service industry is that which presents the greater possibility of creating employment. Also, given the combination os social and demographic tendencies, services will create new markets, such as
The project aims at studying the mechanisms of labour regulation within small-scale firms located in the diffused-economy areas of Tuscany, with particular attention to the specificity of institutional regulation and social negotiation practices at local level, and to the mutual
The project aims at analysing the dilemma of youth participation in trade unions in eight countries – Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Hungary, Spain, Italy and UK – starting from two research questions: – how can trade union action improve
The project BARSORIS aims to conduct a comparative study of social partners experiences with improving the social rights of precarious/vulnerable workers through collective bargaining and social dialogue in seven EU countries: Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain and the
Active inclusion is a strategy which aims to enable every citizen, notably those excluded from the labour market, to fully participate in society. It tackles various challenges – e.g. social exclusion, in-work poverty, labour market segmentation, long-term unemployment and gender
The project aims to develop and reinforce the European industrial relations systems through their adaptation to changes in the employment and work scenario. Furthermore, the project aims to involve the European Industrial Relation Systems in a strategy for smart, sustainable
Linguistic diversity poses many challenges to the European citizen at work. The human right to be able to use minority languages in public life is supported by the European Commission, but the preferences being exercised by many of Europe’s elites
The evolution of the global financial crisis from a banking crisis in 2008, into a fiscal and public debt crisis in 2010, gave rise to two distinct phases in terms of the role and impact on industrial relations. In 2008-2009,
The overall aim of this project is to create an International Network for Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities (INCASI) with 19 universities, 10 from Europe and 9 from Latin America. The purpose is to conduct comparative research in the area
