Working Conditions

Across the Middle East, millions of migrant workers sustain entire economies while remaining legally dependent on their employers through the kafala system.

As falling birth rates and longer lives shrink the working-age population, tighter labour markets will become the new normal.

Anna Toniolo looks at the political consequences of the precarity and unaffordable expenses faced by young people in Italy.

We live in a society that values and rewards paid work above all other activities – it’s time for a rethink.

If democracy stays cast in its national mould, the path ahead may be one of exclusion and disenfranchisement.

Cultural professionals are vital to Europe’s recovery. It is time member states and EU action reflect this by addressing working conditions in the sector.

The MeTooEP movement shone a light on sexual harassment in European Parliament. Despite important progress, much remains to be done.

Homeworking is becoming routine for more and more people. But what does this shift mean for our relationship to work, time and space?

Jean-Claude Juncker’s outgoing EU Commission emphasised a fair approach to trade – how far do the steps it has taken go towards protecting workers?

A comic on European basic income and what it meant for one family among millions.