Understanding the long-term impact of childhood adversity on mental health is crucial, particularly during public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. Emerging evidence highlights that contextual factors, such as the pandemic, interact with early-life experiences to influence mental health outcomes. However, little is known about how childhood adversity affected mental health across different phases of the pandemic among older adults.

This thematic paper sheds light on the extent and nature of “temporary agency posting” through a legal and empirical analysis of the manner and conditions under which TWAs are involved in posting, their characteristics, the risk of non-compliance, and enforcement challenges.

The dataset contains original data collected through an online survey targeted at posting and receiving companies about their access to information regarding the posting of workers. As the first of its kind, this pilot survey study provides a window into the posting information access practices, challenges, needs, and recommendations of posting and receiving companies in the construction sector. 

The study analyses the experience of posted TCN workers in selected case study countries – Poland, Portugal and Slovenia – and during their posting assignments to other EU Member States.

The Austrian Committee of Social Work (Österreichisches Komitee für Soziale Arbeit) published the summaries of key-notes presented at their annual meeting on 7 November 2024 in Klagenfurt, focusing on ”Care as a scarce asset”. Kai Leichsenring contributed with considerations on resource-oriented long-term care in an international context.