CELSI kicked off a new project on 6 October 2022. Together with a broad consortium consisting of seven partners from universities and five EU-level social partners, we will explore how industrial relations can improve the working conditions in the personal and household services in Central European countries (CEE).

Their presentation, called "Trade union responses to decarbonisation and digitalisation in Slovakia and Czechia: short-term gains versus long-term prospects", was based on the results of several research projects in the past two years.

The publication assessed new challenges in the world of work, sustainability, digitalisation, automation, vocational training and worker representation in the region, which faces major investments in the last years.

Researcher of CELSI Tibor T. Meszmann delivered a lecture titled "Conditions and experiences of introducing a four-day working week: international examples, research and initiatives" (in Hungarian) at the online roundtable discussion "Examining the four-day working week" (A négynapos munkahét vizsgálata) organised by the Labour Section of the Hungarian Economic Association on September 15, 2022.

Collective bargaining across the EU has been facing challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, green transition and digitalisation.

Is the concept of precarity still relevant, and how has it changed, in the context of digitization and COVID-19? Is the EU social dialogue helpful in addressing precarious working conditions, or is the national social dialogue more suitable for proposing inclusive employment policies?

Our CELSI expert Monika Martišková highlighted the position of the CEE region ahead of the automotive industry transition. The workshop was organized by Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and supported by the Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL).

Are you curious how the CEE Countries authorities, entrepreneurs and trade unions are reacting to the growing immigration from Eastern European countries?

CELSI is proud to announce that the European Labour Authority has published a long-awaited report on undeclared work in the care and other personal household services. CELSI team considerably contributed to the report to estimate the prevalence of undeclared work, its drivers, and policy approaches involving preventive and deterrence measures across the EU Member States.

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