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Today is #SaintPatricksDay!🍀 #NationalDay of Ireland 🇮🇪 Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh! Did you know that according to Eurofound’s Living and working in the EU e-survey, Ireland has the highest levels of optimism for the future in the EU? ☺️ Find out more about living and working in #Ireland on our dedicated page: https://lnkd.in/eV3ixN2N

Happy #SaintPatricksDay! 🍀💚 Ever wondered why Saint Patrick is associated with the shamrock? ☘️ Or what the real story of Saint Patrick is? 🤔 And... is it true that he drove all the snakes out of Ireland? 🐍 Today Cian Duff, Research Support Officer in our Social Policies Unit, takes us on a journey to discover more about #SaintPatrick and this important Irish celebration! 🇮🇪✨

🎉 Our #Eurofound50 launch event is taking place on 26 March in Dublin! Don’t miss the opportunity to take part in this milestone event, as well as experience the new Europe House building. Register your interest here: https://lnkd.in/erYptF-D 🪑 Places are limited!

🤝 Today, we were delighted to welcome visitors from the Swedish Insurance Society (Svenska Försäkringsföreningen) to our offices in Dublin. The aim of their trip to Ireland was to gain increased knowledge of the work environment management and to understand how the insurance industry can work in a more preventive manner.

Would you like to join a dynamic, collaborative #ICT team in a European Commission agency, based in Dublin, Ireland? We are looking for motivated candidates for the role of ICT Systems & Solution Specialist. 👇👇👇

The European Working Conditions Survey is one of our flagship surveys, launched for the first time in 1990. Data collected during 2024 is currently under analysis, and will be published later this year. 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘺? The full questionnaire is now available online in a downloadable spreadsheet format: https://ow.ly/JSV250VfzMe #EWCS #WorkingConditions

𝟱𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 The launch event for our 50th anniversary campaign is coming soon! This will mark the first major milestone in Eurofound's year-long anniversary campaign and will bring together up to 70 distinguished stakeholders, including government representatives, MEPs, the European Commission, trade unions, employers, key think tanks, and academic institutions. 📅 26 March 2025 📍 Europe House, 5 Balfe Street, Dublin Register now 👉 https://lnkd.in/erYptF-D #Eurofound50

⏳ Got a minute for #EurofoundTalks? It's the podcast series that makes our research on living and working in Europe as accessible as possible. 🔔 Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode: 🟢 Spotify: https://ow.ly/Z1ju50VbVHb 🍎 Apple podcasts: https://ow.ly/KXeE50VbVHa 🎧 You can also listen, for free, here: https://ow.ly/r7cV50VbVH9

50 Years in 50 Facts Despite men spending on average more hours per week in paid work, when combining paid and unpaid work hours, women work a total of 8 weeks more per year than men. This is because women spend 13 hours more per week in unpaid activities, such as: 🏠 Domestic chores 👶 Childcare 🩺 Caring for sick, elderly, or disabled family members or friends Want to learn more? 🎧Listen to our latest #EurofoundTalks episode: https://ow.ly/PtAC50VcG8q 📖 Read our latest findings on #GenderEquality: https://ow.ly/cwlh50VcG8r 📺 Watch our video on gender disparities in the workplace with insights from Eurofound expert Barbara Gerstenberger: https://ow.ly/iG0i50VcG8p

International Women's Day is an important occasion to raise awareness and discuss the challenges women still face in their everyday lives, both in and outside the workplace. Executive Director Ivailo Kalfin highlights the role of our organisation in combating gender disparities across the EU by providing timely data, comprehensive analyses, and policy recommendations to decision-makers. Learn more about our research and findings on #GenderEquality 👉 https://lnkd.in/eqr52d2B #AccelerateAction #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2025