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Eurofound ist eine Agentur der EU in Dublin zur Verbesserung der Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen (European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions) und wurde gemeinsam von der EU-Kommission sowie den europäischen Gewerkschaften und Arbeitgeberverbänden gegründet. Die Agentur führt eigene Untersuchungen und Datenerhebungen in Europa durch mit dem Ziel, Wissen zur Verfügung zu stellen und die Entwicklung einer besseren Sozial-, Beschäftigungs- und arbeitsbezogenen Politik zu unterstützen. Die nationalen Korrespondenzen arbeiten der Agentur mit Informationsbeiträgen, Datenerhebungen und Studien zu. Für Deutschland ist das WSI zusammen mit dem Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW) in Köln die nationale Korrespondenzstelle für Eurofound.


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Ansprechpartner im WSI

Name: Thilo Janssen

Telefon: 0211 - 7778 650

E-Mail Adresse: thilo-janssen[at]boeckler.de

Ausgewählte Eurofound-Publikationen mit WSI-Beteiligung

Eurofound 2026 : IT sector in focus: Evolution of the EU’s digital workforce

The report addresses the challenges for the digital workforce around employment and quality of work that need to be confronted if the EU-27 is to realise its ambitious digitalisation targets.

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Eurofound 2026 : Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Inland water transport sector

This study identifies the European Transport Workers’ Federation, representing employees, and the European Barge Union and the European Skippers’ Organisation, representing employers, as the most representative European-level social partner organisations in the inland waterway transport sector.

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Eurofound 2026 : Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Sugar-manufacturing sector

The European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) – representing employees – and the European Association of Sugar Manufacturers (CEFS) – representing employers – are the most representative European-level social partner organisations in the sugar-manufacturing sector.

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Eurofound 2026 : Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Maritime transport

The study identifies the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) as the most representative European-level social partner organisations in maritime transport.

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Eurofound 2026 : Sustainable tourism in a digital age: Preparing the tourism sector for the twin transitions

The study finds that digitalisation has had the greatest measurable impact on employment in the travel agency subsector. There is greater demand for skills in the areas of environmental sustainability, big data, AI and virtual reality applications.

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Eurofound 2026 : Building on growth potential: Preparing the construction sector for the twin transitions

This report assesses the impact of the green and digital transitions on the European Union’s construction sector in relation to employment, skills, work organisation and working conditions.

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Eurofound 2026 : Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Footwear sector

The study identifies industriAll Europe, representing trade unions, and the European Footwear Confederation, representing employers, as the most representative European level social partner organisations in the footwear sector.

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Eurofound 2026 : Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Ports sector

The study identifies the European Transport Workers’ Federation, the International Dockworkers Council and the European Dockworkers Council, and the Federation of European Private Port Operators and the European Sea Ports Organisation as the most representative social partner organisations in the sector.

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Vangeel, Noah et al. : The practical implementation of the work of equal value principle: Case studies

This paper presents comprehensive documentation on the 16 detailed case studies informing Eurofound’s report titled “Equal value, equal pay: Concepts, mechanisms and implementation towards gender pay equity” (Eurofound, 2025).

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Thilo Janssen : Germany: Developments in working life 2024

The paper provides information on actors and institutions, collective bargaining and industrial action in Germany in 2024. The topics covered also include working time trends and governmental responses to rising use of artificial intelligence.

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Eurofound 2025 : Digitalisation of social protection

The report focuses on the digitalisation of front- and back-office processes in monetary social benefits. The automation removes the need to apply and prevents non-take-up, but people in atypical situations are often excluded from digital processes.

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Eurofound 2025 : Representativeness of social partner organisations: Temp agency work

The study identifies UNI Europa Agency Workers (representing employees) and the World Employment Confederation – Europe (representing employers) as the most representative EU level social partner organisations in the TAW sector.

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Eurofound 2025 : Representativeness of social partner organisations in the tanning and leather sector

The study identifies industriAll Europe, representing employees, and COTANCE, representing employers, as the most representative European-level social partner organisations in the tanning and leather sector.

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Eurofound 2024 : Social protection 2.0: Unemployment and minimum income benefits

The report focuses on unemployment and minimum income benefits for people of working age, finding that social benefits halve the proportion of people at risk of poverty in the EU, from 31% (after taxes, before transfers) to 15.5% (after taxes and transfers).

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Eurofound 2024 : Workplace bullying, harassment and cyberbullying

While digitalisation of work offers many benefits, widespread access to digital devices has created new forms of antisocial behaviour. The report maps national regulatory instruments aimed at counteracting antisocial behaviours at work.

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Eurofound 2024 : Creating a new social contract for the just transition: Is partnership working?

Based on case studies, this policy brief investigates how relevant actors pursue a green and just transition using a partnership approach in eight EU regions facing particular challenges as a result of the phase-out of fossil fuels.

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Eurofound 2024 : Minimum wages for low-paid workers in collective agreements

A new EU-wide database of minimum pay rates contained in collective agreements related to low-paid workers

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Industrial relations and social dialogue : Minimum wages in 2022: Annual review

The report looks at the national debates on whether and how processes for setting minimum wages could be adapted, how the debates might be influenced by the proposed EU directive, and examines findings from policy-relevant research.

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Industrial relations and social dialogue : Implementation of national recovery and resilience plans

The report reviews the quality of the social partners’ involvement in the ongoing implementation of reforms and investments included in the Recovery and Resilience Plans.

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Living conditions and quality of life : Unaffordable and inadequate housing in Europe

Unaffordable housing is a matter of great concern in the EU. The report maps housing problems faced by people in the EU and policies to address them.

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