In Spain, suicides are on the rise. Since 2008, it has been the primary reason behind ‘non-natural deaths’ within the nation. In 2021, 11 individuals took their very own lives daily. A quantity that would in reality be even greater. The issue is just not solely borne of the pandemic, …

On Thursday (2 January), the European Parliament handed a report calling on the EU Fee for the revision of the European Works Councils (EWCs) directive. However what are they? EWCs are the first and only European institutions representing staff at firm degree. Their purpose is to supply a approach of …

It was a Friday in mid-December when Anastasia and her husband woke as much as the sound of explosions and ran for canopy. There was no electrical energy or water. The final she heard from her father in Zaporiya, there had already been12 shelling incidents. Friday was adopted by Saturday …

Every single day, round 1.3 million staff cross European borders to get to their place of job. They’re often known as frontier staff, even when the one distinction between them and their colleagues is their place of residence. That quantity doesn’t sound spectacular in comparison with the whole European workforce …

Now the EU establishments are working to scale back this determine — however solely through the use of the identical mechanism they put in place greater than 30 years in the past, an EU Council suggestion. “The commission’s proposal is not even a first step in that direction,” Estrella Durá, …

Self-employed or employed? This question is at the heart of the negotiations of the proposal for an EU directive on improving the conditions of platform workers. Home-delivery riders, or Uber-style app drivers are some of those who compose a sector estimated by the EU Commission to employ more than 28 …

Equal opportunities, wallets, and health are the big casualties when a trainee is not paid for his/her work. This is the conclusion of a report published on Monday (16 January) by the European Youth Forum (EYF), an advocacy group representing more than 100 youth organisations. Have you ever wondered how …

One issue still stands out in the Eurostat figures after 2022 was the so-called European Year of Youth: the average unemployment rate among 15-24-year-olds stands at 15 percent. The differences between member states are striking. Spain and Greece have double this figure, while in Germany and the Netherlands, youth unemployment …