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13 August 2025

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19 May 2025

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Flourish test

24 April 2025

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Title test

13 February 2025

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European Company Survey 2013 (all questions)

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19 January 2025

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Work–life balance, EU, 2020–2024 (%)

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14 January 2025

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Info graphic on quality of life in the EU in 2024

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Minimum wages in the EU in 2024

Monthly national minimum wages converted to 12 monthly payments in euro

Gross and nominal national minimum wages are expressed in euros and in monthly payments. Data for each country are from January 2010 to January 2024, except for Germany and Cyprus (which adopted a statutory minimum wage in January 2015 and January 2023 respectively).

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Surveys

Eurofound surveys are regular pan-European studies that gather comparative data on living and working conditions across the European Union.

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European Company Surveys (ECS)

The ECS gives an overview of workplace practices in European establishments. The survey targets both managers and employee representatives.

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2004

2009

2019

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European Quality of Life Surveys (EQLS)

Eurofound’s European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) documents living conditions and people’s social situation, and explores issues pertinent to the lives of European citizens.

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2016

2003

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European Working Conditions Surveys (EWCS)

The EWCS is the longest running survey and has become an established source of information about working conditions and the quality of work and employment. EWCS 2024 is underway.

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Living and working in the EU e-survey

In addition to the three pan-European surveys, in response to COVID-19 Eurofound launched the Living and working in the EU e-survey in April 2020. This large-scale online survey, which uses non-probabilistic sampling methods, allowed Eurofound to capture the experience of living and working through a pandemic.

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