Established in 2014, the European Observatory of Working Life (EurWORK) brings together Eurofound’s long-established observatories on industrial relations (EIRO) and working conditions (EWCO).
EurWORK encompasses all of Eurofound's resources on working conditions and sustainable work and on industrial relations. It is supported by a Network of Eurofound Correspondents across all EU Member States and Norway which regularly reports on national working life developments. A further source of information is provided by Eurofound’s two regular surveys on working life issues: the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) and the European Company Survey (ECS).
EurWORK covers two strategic topic areas in Eurofound’s 2017–2020 programming period:
- Working conditions and sustainable work
- Industrial relations
Within the industrial relations field, EurWORK covers two subtopics:
- Social dialogue
- Reporting on working life developments
In its reporting on working life developments, EurWORK provides regular updates in the following areas:
- Actors and institutions
- Collective employment relations
- Individual employment relations
- Pay
- Working time and work–life balance
- Health and well-being at work
- Skills, learning and employability
- Work organisation