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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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SPECIAL EDITION


European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (often referred to as the Dublin Foundation)
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/index.htm

The Foundation is a European Union body, one of the first to be established to work in specialised areas of EU policy. Specifically, it was set up by the European Council (Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1365/75 of 26 May 1975), to contribute to the planning and design of better living and working conditions in Europe.
Role: To provide information, advice and expertise – on living and working conditions, industrial relations and managing change in Europe – for key actors in the field of EU social policy on the basis of comparative information, research and analysis.
Themes: Employment and working conditions; Work–life balance; Industrial relations and partnership;  Social cohesion
Target Audience: Employers; EU policymakers;  Governments;  Trade unions
Three main tasks: monitoring and understanding change; research and exploring what works; communicating and sharing ideas and experience
 

Material and data can be searched by –

• subject -- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/bysubject/index.htm
• sector -- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/bysector/index.htm
• language -- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/bylanguage/index.htm
• country -- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/bycountry/index.htm
 
There are four main divisions of information:
 
(1)  European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
      http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/ which includes­
 

 Comparative Information -- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/comparative_index.html

 

Annual Reviews (by country) -- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/annualreports.html

Comparative Studies -- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/comparativestudies.html

Thematic Features -- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/thematicfeature.html

Other EIRO reports -- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/others.html

 

        EU Level Developments (1997-) -- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/eu_developments.html

 

            EU Level -- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/country/eu.level.html

            Transnational -- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/country/trans.national.html

 

        By Country (1997-) -- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/country_index.html

 

By Sector (1997-) -- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/sectors/1_2006.html

 

        By Date (1997-) -- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/date_index.html

 

European Industrial Relations Dictionary

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/areas/industrialrelations/dictionary/

 

European Industrial Relations Links

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/relatedsites.html

 

Advanced Text Search -- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/search/adv_search.php

 
 
(2)  European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
         http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/    which includes--
 

EMCC identifies, assesses and processes relevant information on the driving forces of change in the European economy, which can be searched by a browsing feature --

By Matrix -- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/browse.htm

By Topic  -- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/topic.htm

By Sector -- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/sector.htm

By Country -- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/country.htm

 

There are specific resources and/or databases such as

 

European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) -- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/erm/

The European Restructuring Monitor is a tool designed to provide a quick overview of restructuring activities in Europe and their employment consequences. It provides information on individual restructuring cases and allows for the compilation of statistics comparing countries, sectors and types of restructuring. All information is based on the analysis of daily newspapers and the business press in the EU25 and the two acceding countries: Bulgaria and Romania.

 

Included are –

Fact Sheets (includes nearly 5000 restructuring cases)

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/erm/index.php?template=searchfactsheets

 

ERM Quarterly -- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/erm/index.php?template=quarterly

 

Statistics -- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/erm/index.php?template=stats

 

Sector Futures -- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/sector_futures.htm

Focusing on the trends and drivers of change in selected sectors of the economy, EMCC presents a series of forward-looking features. Three separate articles are published for each sector. The first paints a broad picture of the changing dynamic of the sector, the second presents future scenarios and the third draws out key policy issues.

 

EMCC Dossier -- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/indexes/emcc_dossier.html

EMCC dossiers highlight specific issues and events relevant to the major economic changes, and to the European social and political agenda. Each dossier places the issue in context, gathers information from different sources and enables the user to consider the wider picture. The dossiers are published on a regular basis.

 

 

Sort by date -- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/indexes/emcc_dossier_date.html

Sort Alphabetically – http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/indexes/emcc_dossier.html

 

 

EMCC Publications -- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/indexes/publications/ef_publication.html

 

Sort by date -- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/indexes/publications/ef_publication_bydate.html

Sort Alphabetically – http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/indexes/publications/ef_publication.html

 
 
(3)  European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/  which includes­

 

EWCO News Updates (2003-)

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/newsupdates.htm

News updates are short articles based on newsworthy developments in the area of quality of work at national level. Each national correspondent provides 4-6 such articles each year.

 

Survey Data Reports (2003-)

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/surveyreports.htm

Survey data reports are summaries of national working conditions survey findings in countries covered by the EWCO network. Results from these surveys provide an interesting complement to the results of the Foundation's own working conditions surveys.

 

Topic Reports (2004-)

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/topicreports.htm

Topic reports are significant pieces of comparative analysis covering developments at EU and national level on a pre-selected theme. They are based on structured contributions from the national correspondents, each covering their own country. A synthesis 'topic report' is prepared by a lead correspondent and the national contributions are also published.

 

List of National Correspondents

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/network.htm

The network of national/EU correspondents provide regular news updates on working conditions throughout Europe, in addition to reports on national surveys and on particular topics.

 

Annual Reviews of European Working Conditions (2004-)

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/annualreports.htm

 
 
(4)  EurLIFE -- an interactive database of statistical indicators
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/areas/qualityoflife/eurlife/index.php

EurLife is an interactive database on living conditions and quality of life in Europe, offering data drawn from the Foundation's own surveys and from other published sources.
The data provided deals with the objective living conditions and subjective well-being of European citizens. It covers the 25 current EU Member States and three candidate countries: Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey.
 
Indicators are categorized into the following areas­
Health | Employment | Income deprivation | Education | Family | Social participation | Housing | Environment | Transport | Safety | Leisure | Life satisfaction
 

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

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Institute for Workplace Studies 
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