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The European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) podcast offers new perspectives on ongoing research and education on social Europe, worker participation, health and safety, the wider labour movement and the world of work.

  1. NOV 13

    20 years after: industrial relations in central and eastern Europe w/ Vera Scépanović

    An anniversary can be a good occasion for reflection. 20 years ago, in 2004, eight central and eastern European countries joined the European Union. Followed by the accession of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007 and Croatia in 2013, these successive enlargements nearly doubled the number of EU Member States. And they came with many hopes for economic and social cohesion, as well as for strengthened industrial relations in the region. So to what extent have these hopes been met?   Discussion with Vera Scépanović, lecturer in International Relations and European Studies at Leiden University and co-editor of Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, the ETUI’s quarterly journal published by Sage Publishing.   This conversation is based on the issue of Transfer, ‘20 years after: perspectives on industrial relations in Central and Eastern Europe 20 years after the EU enlargement’.

    22 min

  2. SEP 19

    What makes the Platform Work Directive a milestone? w/ Tea Jarc and Silvia Rainone

    This year, after a long and embattled process, the EU adopted new rules to improve working conditions on digital labour platforms, particularly regarding employment status and the use of algorithmic management.   The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has called the 2024 Platform Work Directive ‘a policy milestone’ and ‘a testament to the resilience of collective efforts’.   Discussion with Tea Jarc, ETUC Confederal Secretary, and Silvia Rainone, ETUI Senior Researcher, about what exactly is in the Directive, what it took to get it passed, and what it means for the millions of people working through digital platforms today.    Further reading   ⁠The EU Platform Work Directive | etui⁠   ⁠Inevitable, vulnerable, unprofitable: an inquiry into food delivery platforms in Europe | etui⁠   ⁠Digital labour platforms and migrant workers | etui⁠   ⁠Exercising workers' rights in algorithmic management systems | etui⁠   ⁠Juggling online gigs with offline jobs | etui⁠   ⁠Collective bargaining in the platform economy | etui⁠   ⁠The platform economy in Europe | etui⁠   ⁠Platform Economy | ETUC⁠

    30 min

  3. AUG 27

    Burnout: time for a diagnosis w/ Evangelia Demerouti

    The term ‘burnout’ has become a common one in recent times. But are we clear on what it really means and, even more importantly, exactly what causes it? The World Health Organization recently recognised it as an ‘occupational phenomenon’. So what should organisations be doing to prevent burnout or, at the very least, to address it when it does occur amongst their employees?  Discussion with Evangelia Demerouti, Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at the Eindhoven University of Technology and co-author (with Niels Adaloudis) of the recent ETUI report ‘Addressing burnout in organisations’.  Further reading Addressing burnout in organisations | etui  The fractions and burden of cardiovascular diseases and depression attributable to psychosocial work exposures in the European Union | etui  Psychosocial risks: a mounting crisis | etui   Psychosocial risks in the healthcare and long-term care sectors | etui

    20 min

  4. JUL 16

    Where next for EU social policy? w/ Bart Vanhercke and Sotiria Theodoropoulou

    Recent years have arguably seen a ‘social turn’ in EU policymaking, with initiatives on minimum wages, pay transparency, platform work, corporate due diligence, and health and safety coming to fruition, amongst many others. But in this moment of political change and uncertainty, can this 'social paradigm shift' be sustained? Guests Bart Vanhercke, ETUI Research Director, and Sotiria Theodoropoulou, Head of Unit for 'European economic, employment and social policies', discuss the current state of play. Further reading: Benchmarking Working Europe 2024 | etui Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2023 | etui Industrial policy for quality jobs and a just transition | etui Is the European Green Deal really leaving no-one behind? | etui Dawn of a new era? | etui

    24 min

  5. 09/07/2023

    The future of Social Europe with Maarten Keune

    The resurgence of the social dimension of the EU raises a number of questions: in what way and to what extent has the EU social dimension indeed been strengthened since the adoption of the EPSR? To what extent are newly adopted social policies actually likely to contribute to improving people’s lives, and in particular the lives of those who face precarious working or living conditions? What explains the broad political support of the centre-left and centre-right for this social turn?  Find out more in Transfer's latest issue on Social Europe

    17 min

  6. 06/30/2023

    Regulating AI at work with Valerio De Stefano and Virginia Doellgast

    AI is now widely used to automate business processes and replace labour-intensive tasks while changing the skill demands for those that remain. How are AI-based tools deployed to monitor worker conduct and to automate HR management processes? Through the dual lens of comparative labour law and employment relations research, our guest investigate the role of collective bargaining and government policy in shaping strategies to deploy new digital and AI-based technologies at work. More about the special issue: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/trsa/29/1

    35 min

  7. 06/11/2023

    A house of dignity for domestic workers in Europe with Maddalena Colombi, Aude Cefaliello and Grace Papa

    There are almost 2.6 million domestic workers in Europe working in private homes or others. Though representing a huge and vital workforce, their economic and social contribution has often been denied and they are longing for recognition. Although domestic workers are finally enjoying more social rights, trade unions have a key role to play to achieve improved working conditions for domestic workers within and across borders.

    16 min

  8. 04/07/2023

    What is happening in the world of work? with Nicola Countouris and Sotiria Theodoropoulou

    How can the European Union steer a course towards long-term social and ecological well-being in the context of incessant emergencies? Two decades of perpetual crisis management have greatly eroded Europe’s capacity to pursue a sustainable future, as considerations of short-term expediency continue to hamper the four necessary transitions – green, digital, geopolitical and socio-economic. Find out more in Benchmarking Working Europe 2023

    12 min
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The European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) podcast offers new perspectives on ongoing research and education on social Europe, worker participation, health and safety, the wider labour movement and the world of work.

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    ETUI
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    43
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