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Which countries in Europe have the highest and lowest childcare costs?

In the UK families could spend a whopping 75% of their monthly income on childcare, which discourages women from going back to work.

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Return to work: How do you get back on track after a long illness?

In partnership with the European Commission

A European project has developed a method with patients, companies and caregivers for people who want to go back to work and have a long-term illness.

Euronews Debates

Euronews Debates: Recruiting and retaining talent in times of change

The pandemic changed workers’ expectations of employers. For our latest Euronews Debate, a panel of experts discussed how organisations and their HR departments can adapt to this new reality.

Smart Regions

Cluj-Napoca: Europe's fastest growing city invests in automation

In partnership with the European Commission

“I think that automatisation needs to be seen as an opportunity, not as a risk. We can create more jobs relying on our creativity as humans,” Ovidiu Cîmpean says Ovidiu Cîmpean, Project Manager Cluj's Future of work project.

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Work

Does it pay off to be a 'boomerang worker'? It has for these employees

Boomerang employees are the latest trend in the world of work. Here's what they are and why employers and employees are embracing the concept.

Work

These UK companies are trying out a four-day week - and they love it

Workers on the trial are being paid the same amount while working one day less each week.

Work

Three ways our work lives and education have gotten better – in data

Data shows global levels of education and the time we spend at work have significantly improved in the last couple of centuries.

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Could working from home become a legal right?

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The Netherlands is aiming to enshrine remote working flexibility in law. Will other countries follow suit?

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The future of work is about flexibility: talent advisor Steve Cadigan

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Post-pandemic our working lives will never be the same – but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, says talent advisor Steve Cadigan.

Women Beyond Borders

How one ‘a-ha moment’ inspired thousands of women to start adventuring

Bex Band trekked the length of Israel and what she experienced changed her career path forever.

Work

Proving Elon Musk wrong? This Italian company has no set office hours

Managers and employees at this marketing agency are perfectly happy with their flexible working arrangement.

Work

Would these London office designs make you give up working from home?

London is rethinking office buildings for a post-COVID world. Here are our favourite designs - what are yours?

Work

Look inside Zaha Hadid's 'office of the future' in the UAE

The office, built to house the headquarters of environmental management group BEEAH, has been designed to resemble the desert dunes that encircle it.

Real Economy

The right to work: enabling people with disabilities to thrive in the job market

In partnership with The European Commission

Real Economy travels to Poland and Spain to meet two women with disabilities breaking down barriers in the work place and asks European Commissioner Helena Dalli what action is being taken at a European level.

Work

Wales could become the latest country to trial a four-day week

Wales' Future Generations Commission wants the country's public sector to trial a shorter working week to tackle high rates of sickness and low productivity.

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Re-working the working week

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In this Focus, we look at the recent shift in the UAE to move to a shorter workweek.

Meet The Locals

This man set up a haven for digital nomads in the Bulgarian mountains

In partnership with Bulgaria Travel

In this episode of Meet The Locals, we hear from Matthias Zeitler the co-founder of Coworking Bansko.

Work

Apple requires staff to show COVID booster proof amid Omicron surge

Starting January 24, unvaccinated employees or those who haven't submitted proof of vaccination will need negative COVID tests to enter workplaces.

Europe News

French cloud services saw cyberattacks increase by 630% in 2020

French cloud services saw cyberattacks increase by 630% in 2020

Tech News

AI chatbots already talk to you but now they can tell how you feel

The automated answering service, trained using a human voice, is capable of breaking down sentences into sounds and tones so it can talk back and read a caller’s emotional state.