News about Work life

Early Career Researcher Network

The VOLT Early Career Researcher Network meets every second Friday of the month and is a space for anyone ranging from MSc candidate to Postdoc (who work with research related to volatiles) to bring questions, concerns,…

The new political economy of public sector wage-setting in Europe

In the introduction to a special issue of European Journal of Industrial Relations Christian Lyhne Ibsen (FAOS), Donato Di Carlo and Oscar Molina argue that the public sector should play a more prominent role in…

Enforcement of labour clauses by public authorities

In a new report, Trine P. Larsen, Jens Arnholtz, and Bjarne Refslund examine the use of labour clauses in cleaning and guard services in Denmark

Script Adaptation: Understanding Continuity in Local Cooperation after Sector-Level Conflict over Teachers’ Working Time

Nana Wesley Hansen has published the article ‘Script Adaptation: Understanding Continuity in Local Cooperation after Sector-Level Conflict over Teachers’ Working Time’ in the Journal Work, Employment and Society

Do you find work using an app or an online platform?

The GIG-OSH research project is conducting a large survey and is searching for respondents among platform workers

Strong AI skills significantly raise salaries

A new study maps the value of 962 specific skills and shows that knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) is particularly popular today. On average, AI skills increase salaries by 21 per cent.

Strong AI skills significantly raise salaries

Nyt studie kortlægger værdien af 962 konkrete færdigheder og viser, at særligt viden om kunstig intelligens (AI) i dag står i høj kurs. I gennemsnit øger AI-kompetencer aflønningen med 21 procent.

Still part of the game—corporatism and political exchanges in two small states

In a new article, Mikkel Mailand examines to what extent, how and why tripartite agreements in Denmark and the Netherlands still play a role despite weakened unions

Posted work as an extreme case of hierarchised mobility

In a new article in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Jens Arnholtz and Nathan Lillie explains how worker posting can cause hierarchised labour mobility

Revisiting the EU’s new mobility regime

Jens Arnholtz and Janine Leschke investigates the current status of the new EU mobility regime 20 years after the first eastward enlargement

Social dialogue in times of crisis

A special edition of the Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, edited by Bertil Rolandsson and Anna Ilsøe, examines how Nordic models respond to crises and times of uncertainty

Public sector wage bargaining and the balanced growth model: Denmark and Sweden compared

In a new article in European Journal of Industrial Relations Christian Lyhne Ibsen, Laust Høgedahl and Flemming Ibsen investigates how wage regulation is coordinated between the public and private sectors in Denmark and…

Solidarity with atypical workers? Survey evidence from the General Motors versus United Auto Workers strike in 2019

In a new article in British Journal of Industrial Relations Christian Lyhne Ibsen et al. investigates to what extent ordinary employees act in solidarity with atypical workers.

CEBI researchers to advise the government on the future labour market

The Danish government wants to reform the employment system to focus on the individual citizen. The possibilities will be mapped out by a group of experts led by Claus Thustrup Kreiner, head of CEBI. Jakob Egholt Søgaar…

Unions and precarious work: How power resources shape diverse strategies and outcomes

In a new article Trine P. Larsen and Bjarke Refslund et.al. examines how trade unions tackle precarious work by analysing three illustrative case-studies from Denmark, Germany and the UK.

A positive intergenerational workplace climate is related to better self-perceived ageing

A workplace climate that accommodates all age groups seem to have a positive impact on both younger and older employees' views on ageing and on employees' work engagement, according to new research.

It takes two to code: a comparative analysis of collective bargaining and artificial intelligencegence

In a new article Trine P. Larsen and Anna Ilsøe et al. focus on the role of collective bargaining and employee involvement in relation to algorithm management

Family growth depends on wages – and it matters whether mum or dad earns the most

Economists from Copenhagen and Oxford have found that inequality stemming from fertility can be long-lasting - and that income changes affect men and women's desire for family growth differently.

Labor Migration as a Source of Institutional Change: Danish and Australian Construction Sectors Compared

In a new article Jens Arnholtz and Chris F. Wright examines the impact of increased labor migration on skill-sourcing practices in countries with distinct national skill formation and industrial relations institutions.

Strategic human resource management in the context of environmental crises: A COVID-19 test

New article investigates whether existing stretegic human resource management frameworks can adequately frame and deliver the academic knowledge needed to address the novel challenges posed by the pandemic.

Social dialogue in welfare services

A new report takes a closer look at key welfare service sectors, long-time care and early childhood education and care in seven EU countries

Business and welfare policies

Mikkel Mailand analyzes the roles and preferences of Danish companies and employers' organizations in relation to four 'welfare policy' areas - unemployment, (further) education, pensions and family-working life.

Philosopher: Mindfulness rests on dubious philosophical foundations

Mindfulness is one of the most widespread forms of therapy for people suffering from stress, and many report that they benefit greatly from it. However, the philosophical assumptions on which mindfulness is based are…

An ode to people who work in labs

With a short film, Postdoc Thomas Hughes has delivered an atypical anthropological product at the outskirts of academia – even though the film is celebrating science.