https://hdl.handle.net/10419/299620 2026-10-16T08:59:56Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/301119 Title: Job quality and digitalisation Authors: Piasna, Agnieszka Abstract: This working paper examines the impact on job quality of new digital technologies at work. It applies the multidimensional framework of the ETUI Job Quality Index to an analysis of the 27 EU Member States and data from the 2021 European Working Conditions Telephone Survey. The effects of digitalisation are conceptualised on the basis of two theoretical approaches: one considers the impact of computerised systems and algorithmic management on task allocation, working time and work intensity; the other looks at digitalisation at work in terms of job demands and resources. The analysis examines how the use of computerised systems at work and their influence on the content and organisation of work affect different dimensions of job quality and how this may differ across groups of workers. 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/301120 Title: Towards workers' environmental rights: An analysis of EU labour and environmental law Authors: Arabadjieva, Kalina; Tomassetti, Paolo Abstract: Building on the ongoing discussion on the labour-environment nexus in labour law and other areas of scholarship, in this paper we systematically analyse EU legal instruments in the areas of labour law and environmental law, seeking to assess how these normative and policy domains are related to each other. We draw on the explicit and implicit intersections between these two domains when it comes to relevant EU legislation, in order to identify and conceptualise early examples of what we call 'workers' environmental rights'. These rights include individual and collective rights whose exercise contributes simultaneously to labour and environmental sustainability. Where such 'workers' environmental rights' are not explicitly set out in legislation, we provide insights into how they could be construed via judicial interpretation, as well as on how they could be integrated in future EU and national legislation through statutory provisions or collective agreements. 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/302241 Title: Disability-based labour market inequalities Authors: Pettinicchio, David; Maroto, Michelle Abstract: Despite changing attitudes around disability over time, people with disabilities still face large barriers to labour market participation. We apply a sociological framework that considers both supply- and demand-side explanations for labour market inequality to help understand the continuing earnings and employment disparities experienced by people with disabilities across countries. Specifically, we review reemployment disparities across different measures of disability, address sets of individual-level and structural explanations for these disparities, discuss how these explanations interact, and apply them to examples related to intersectionality, unionisation, contingent work, and employment in times of crisis. Paid employment is central to people's social and economic wellbeing within liberal market-based economies, making it important to understand the many dimensions of labour market inequality. 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/302237 Title: Addressing burnout in organisations: A literature review Authors: Demerouti, Evangelia; Adaloudis, Niels Abstract: Since its introduction in 1974, the concept of burnout has generated a lot of scientific research. The World Health Organization only recently recognised it as an occupational phenomenon, defined as a 'prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal stressors on the job and characterized by the three dimensions of exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy'. This paper provides a scoping literature review of burnout and possible interventions. The literature suggests that the current measurement instruments are not appropriate for diagnostic purposes, and their scores overlap substantially with other disorders, such as fatigue, anxiety and depression. A valid diagnosis of burnout requires a combination of questionnaire and interview data, including information about its causes. The review discovered that the main triggers of burnout are chronic exposure to high job demands and low job resources. Whereas individual characteristics (such as neuroticism) make some people more prone to burnout, there is no clear picture of what personality characteristics entail a higher risk. Burnout has detrimental effects on both individuals and organisations, however. Burnout interventions typically focus on stress-relief and coping strategies to deal with the high level of job demands, but their effects diminish over time. Research also shows that organisations focus primarily on the consequences of burnout, while more attention should be given to the underlying causes within the job. Evidence from organisational interventions shows that organisations can improve their employees' working conditions to reduce burnout risk. Combined interventions show promise: they allow the organisation to develop a healthy work environment, while employees can deal adequately with (sporadic) stress. Social partners need to urge governments and policymakers to support research on burnout to develop clear diagnosis and treatment of burned-out employees together with preventive measures to reduce the psychosocial risks in the work environment. 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z