Eurofound Yearbook 2017 on Working and Living in Europe

To give only some examples the Eurofound publication discusses

• workplace practices nurturing innovation at work
• the factors behind involuntary part-time work
• the many faces of self-employment and the different approaches to dealing with fraudent self-employment in the EU Member States
• the depth and breadth of national social dialogue
• the disparity between countries with the longest expected working life (Sweden, with 41.3 years) and the shortest (Italy, 31.2 years)
• the reach of telework into the workplaces which varies markedly across Member States
• income inequality widening across and within Member States
• quality and accessibility of public services
• levels of life satisfaction / quality of life in different countries and population groups

The yearbook provides a rich source of information on the current state of work and life in Europe after the big crisis guided by the insight hat the European Union and the Member states must put social Europe first.

^{Source:  Eurofound 2018
Living and working in Europe 2017. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ef18007en.pdf}