| Policy |
Varieties of Flexicurity: Reflections on Key Elements of Flexibility and Security
At European level, the debate on flexicurity is currently high on the employment and social policy agenda. |
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| industrial relations international |
New Structures, Forms and Processes of Governance in European Industrial Relations
The study aims to provide new information on the impact of new governance tools on the different actors of the European system of industrial relations ¨C European institutions, governments and European social partners. |
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| Policy |
Finding Potential in a Minefield of Risk
As described by Brian Howe (Weighing Up Australian Values: Balancing transitions and risks to work and family in modern Australia), nowadays, companies require greater autonomy from the worker, yet guarantee less security in return. |
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| work and family |
Time Use and Work–Life Options Over the Life Course: First European Quality of Life Survey
The organisation of time over the life course is a central element in working conditions and plays a major part in determining individual quality of life. |
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| Training |
Fostering Mobility Through Competence Development: ‘The Role of Competence and Qualification Development in Fostering Workforce Mobility’
The European Union designated 2006 as the ‘European Year of Workers’ Mobility’ with the objective of raising awareness about the need to develop the right instruments and conditions to foster high quality mobility in order to achieve the Lisbon employment targets. |
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| Training |
What is a Skill Shortage?
While the term ‘skill shortage’ seems to be clear and unambiguous, in reality it is a slippery concept with many meanings.For a shortage to occur, it is necessary for the demand for a particular type of worker to exceed the supply of such workers, but the notions of supply and of demand are themselves quite inexact. |
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| union organising |
Union Joining and Leaving: An event history analysis
Examines parallel models of union joining and leaving using individual level longitudinal panel data of 3594 employees over a five year period. |
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| union organising |
Union Representatives: The Cornerstone of Organising
Based on a survey of Australian Nursing Federation members, this paper investigates the characteristics of job representatives. |
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