Quality of work

The OSE is a partner in a new Horizon2020 European research project named ‘Working, Yet Poor’ (WorkYP). The project (2020- 2023) is being coordinated by the University of Luxembourg and involves eight European universities as well as three ‘social rights institutions’, including the OSE and the European Anti-poverty network (EAPN). The consortium explores the drivers of the recurrent phenomenon of in-work poverty (IWP) in the EU in the light of social rights of EU workers and citizens, notably those proclaimed in the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR).

The OSE and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) decided to conduct joint research about the significant variations in quality of work and employment (QWE) between clusters of countries, representing the dichotomy between ‘old’ and ‘new’ EU Member States but also the diversity of welfare and employment regimes within the EU. Using the 5th European Working Conditions Survey, indexes of QWE are built around six main dimensions: socio-economic security, training and learning jobs, health and safety, work organisation, working time, rights and equity.