European Foundation
for the Improvement of
Living and Working Conditions
The tripartite EU agency providing knowledge to assist
in the development of better social, employment and
work-related policies
European Foundation
for the Improvement of
Living and Working Conditions
The tripartite EU agency providing knowledge to assist
in the development of better social, employment and
work-related policies
Eurofound's EU PolicyWatch collates information on the responses of government and social partners to the COVID-19 crisis, the war in Ukraine, rising inflation, as well as gathering examples of company practices aimed at mitigating the social and economic impacts.
The EU PolicyWatch database currently contains 2,705 measures introduced by governments and social partners to cushion the social and economic effects on businesses, workers and citizens. The data collection started in 2020 and was last updated in February 2025. More information is available on the Eurofound website:
Use the side navigation to find measures by country, type of measure, category, or target group. Use the dashboard for a more detailed search related to the following policy contexts and filter by more than 60 topical categories and more than 15 further attributes:
The database indicates for each measure the target groups it applies to, broadly differentiating between workers, businesses and citizens.
The database contains 42 specific target groups, including for example:
The Luxembourg Digital Skills Bridge programme is a pilot project that supports all companies that are challenged by the emerging technologies and need to adapt their work process and workforce to the...
Luxembourg | 11 February 2025
Prospective observatories on jobs and qualifications
The national cross-industry agreement of 5 December 2003 called for the implementation of observatories in each occupational sector. The French Law n°2004-391 legally enshrines their existence. Their ...
France | 11 February 2025
Observatory of continuous vocational training
INFPC was created in 1992 in a context where the government wanted to emphasise the growing importance of continuing vocational training for the economic and social development of Luxembourg. Over the...
Luxembourg | 11 February 2025
Eurofound identified 1785 pieces of legislation and other statutory regulations, 1038 of which were entirely new. This section gives an overview of social partner involvement in designing and implementing these measures.
The EU PolicyWatch database contains 151 collective agreements. Most of them were identified in France and the most commonly found provisions relate to employment retention, income protection, and health and safety.
35 agreements additionally contain other provisions not mentioned above.
The EU PolicyWatch database contains 97 social partner initiatives. Most of them were identified in Germany and belong to the category Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace.
The EU PolicyWatch database contains 156 company practices. Most of them were identified in Bulgaria and the most commonly found provisions relate to health and safety, work organisation, and telework.
46 company practices additionally contain other provisions not mentioned above.
Due to the revision process, some cases might temporarily be unavailable.
The database is updated regularly throughout the year with input from the Network of Eurofound Correspondents. This page provides information on the updates of the EU PolicyWatch database.
30 January 2023
Governments across the EU continue to implement policies to support citizens and businesses in the face of rising food and energy prices caused by the COVID-19 crisis and intensified by the war in Ukraine. This article summarises the policy responses as reported in Eurofound's EU PolicyWatch database from January to September 2022.
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12 September 2022
Although the worldwide pandemic situation had already disrupted supply chains and triggered increases in energy and food prices in 2021, the situation deteriorated in 2022 with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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12 September 2022
This article summarises the first policy responses that governments across the EU have started to implement to support companies affected by the rising prices, and those with commercial ties to Ukraine, Russia or Belarus.
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5 July 2022
This article summarises the first policy responses of EU Member States, including those of the social partners and other civil society actors, enabling refugees to exercise their rights under the Temporary Protection Directive.
ArticleDisclaimer: This information has not been subject to the full Eurofound evaluation, editorial and publication process.