Category Archives: Current projects

Decoding Algorithmic Management for Platform Worker’s Calculative Power

The project aims at investigating how algorithmic management affects work organisation and working conditions, with particular attention to working time and revenues of workers in female-dominated (care and cleaning) and male-dominated sectors (food-delivery) in Spain, Chile, Uruguay and Switzerland (French

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Study on the use of AI and algorithms in the processes of selection and promotion of workers

The main objective of the study is to analyse the effect of algorithm-based AI systems used in the selection, work organisation and promotion processes of companies, identifying both the possible positive effects for workers and the possible biases based on

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The Empty Office

Telework is one of the most important legacies of the pandemic. Following its massive use dictated by the stay-at-home policies imposed around the world, remote jobs are now more than four times pre-pandemic levels in many of the world’s major

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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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