Welfare and Social Issues
Does renewed discussion at EU level present an opportunity to advance social Europe?
Read moreINRS, the French body in charge of occupational health and safety, analyses the potential impact of automation on occupational health and safety.
Read moreFundamental upheavals to work are destabilising hard-fought protections. Labour codes – and work itself – must be reshaped to reflect the economic realities of our time.
Read moreWelfare state models have historically linked social protection to employment. How can these adapt to new realities? Proposals and perspectives on social protection and the future of work from across Europe.
Read moreTechnological advances, demographic shifts, and a shortage of caregivers mean that huge change is in store for the European healthcare system. But what does this mean for the healthcare workforce?
Read moreMuch of the work which sustains society goes unrecognised. Politicians and experts from around Europe discuss experiences and policies in their country, and how to better account for domestic, care and other socially useful unpaid and often invisible forms of work.
Read moreA photo essay by Apolena Rychlíková and Saša Uhlová on the harsh, insecure, and unsafe reality of temp agency work in the Czech Republic.
Read moreAlain Supiot makes an ambitious and much-needed proposal for a labour law reform that would protect workers while creating autonomy in the organisation and design of work.
Read moreAlgorithms: supposedly neutral but in fact liable to perpetuate various forms of discrimination, including against women and people of colour. How do they exert such power, and what are the stakes?
Read moreWhy are Roma overrepresented among marginalised and racially segregated households across Europe? A scholar of cities and segregation gives his answer.
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