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The future of work in the EU

Briefing 24-04-2017

Economic and technical changes are redrawing the map of the world of work: new jobs are appearing while others are becoming obsolete, and atypical work patterns are replacing full-time work and open-ended contracts. In addition, work is increasingly being carried out on online platforms connecting buyers and sellers, or by large project teams across borders and time zones. Robotics and digitalisation raise new questions, as machines are progressively replacing the human workforce for routine tasks ...

This Policy Department A study examines precarious employment, its patterns, trends and policy strategies in Europe. It explores the risk of precariousness of different types of contract, using information from EU data analysis and literature review, as well as case studies of eight EU Member States. It finds that there are a range and degrees of risks of precariousness associated with all types of contract, based on key indicators of precariousness.

The sharing economy (also referred to as the collaborative economy, peer-to-peer economy or collaborative consumption), is based on the sharing of human and physical resources like creation, production, distribution, trade and consumption of goods and services. For consumers, it stresses the shift from ownership towards accessibility. The sharing economy seems to be bringing about an alternative business model to the traditional corporate one. It is taking advantage of new technologies, by using ...

This 'Cost of Non-Europe' study examines the current economic, social and legal state of play regarding the sharing economy in the European Union, and identifies the cost of the lack of further European action in this field. The assessment of existing EU and national legislation confirms that there are still significant implementation gaps and areas of poor economic performance. The subsequent examination of areas where it was believed that an economic potential exists highlighted that substantial ...

The ongoing and anticipated impact of digitalisation and the digital single market not only provides opportunities, but also presents challenges in terms of the job dynamics and changes in working conditions. The net effects of digitalisation on employment are ambiguous, but job losses in certain sectors are inevitable. Classic employer-employee relationships are also under pressure. The transformation of jobs calls for different skills requirements which could lead to growing skill gaps and mismatch ...

Green jobs on the labour market

Auf einen Blick 29-06-2015

'Greening' of jobs and creating 'green jobs' are considered to have significant potential to boost the labour market, as this can help achieve sustainable development and economic goals, and create decent work. They are thus among the priorities of the EU's Agenda for new skills and jobs, within the Europe 2020 strategy.

In der vorliegenden Studie wird die Rolle wirtschaftlich abhängiger Selbstständiger auf dem Arbeitsmarkt unter Berücksichtigung institutioneller Faktoren wie z. B. Arbeitsrecht und Sozialschutzrechte analysiert. Zusätzlich zur Darlegung der Gründe für den Anstieg der Anzahl wirtschaftlich abhängiger Selbstständiger präsentieren die Autoren branchenübergreifende Fallstudien aus ausgewählten EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Obwohl das Phänomen wirtschaftlich abhängiger Selbstständiger in den verschiedenen EU-Staaten ...

The following report provides a conceptual framework for the interaction between new technologies and job markets. It focuses on the importance of vocational training in these processes and on integrating the flexicurity concept as a policy instrument which is gaining more and more importance in public debate.

This note aims to assess what progress has been made towards achieving the Lisbon objectives in terms of gender equality