Publications

2025

Annual Report of Activities 2025

The Annual Report of Activities 2025 provides an overview of the European Centre's activities, research projects, publications, webinars, peer review meetings, trainings and media presence in the area of social welfare.

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Comparative Report. GDPoweR – Recovering workers’ data to negotiate and monitor collective agreements in the platform economy

European Centre reports

This report compares collective bargaining in the platform economy (ride-hailing, food-delivery) and the collection and use of worker data by companies across Austria, Belgium, France, Poland and Spain. As methodological innovation, data collected by workers through GDPR requests is used to analyse platforms' processing of workers' personal data as well as to monitor the implementation of collective agreements.

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Policy brief: The Involvement of Non-State Actors in Tackling Undeclared Work in Georgia and North Macedonia

Policy brief

This policy brief examines the role of non-state actors in combating undeclared work in Georgia and North Macedonia, EU candidate countries in the Eastern Partnership and the Western Balkans, respectively.

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Policy brief: Improving education and training for health and social care staff to provide person-centred, diversity-sensitive care

Policy brief

This Policy Brief discusses recommendations for supporting person-centred, diversity-sensitive care through education and training for health and social care staff.

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The Simultaneity of Self-Employment and Dependency of Live-in Carers in Austria: A Labour Relations Paradox

Policy brief

This policy brief addresses the simultaneity of self-employment and dependency of live-in carers in Austria based on empirical data collected in the frame of the JUSTMIG project.

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