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CoLABOR is the host institution for the PhD in Population Sciences
CoLABOR is associated with the Population Sciences doctoral program, being one of the host institutions within the framework of the support model recently created by the Foundation for Science and Technology for applications in a non-academic environment.
Decent Work: Context and Readings for the Agenda - Full Session
The entry into force of Law No. 13/2023 brought a significant number of changes to the Labor Code and related legislation. To further this debate, CoLABOR held the Colloquium “Decent Work: Context and Readings of the Agenda” on July 4th at the Auditorium of the Portuguese Communications Foundation.
July 4th: Decent Work. Context and readings from the Agenda
The entry into force of Law No. 13/2023 brought a significant number of changes to the Labor Code and related legislation. However, its scope and the characteristics of its impacts will be revealed by the dynamics and meanings resulting from its application/implementation over time, it being certain that initial interpretations are always relevant.
June 9th: Global Infrastructures: The Production of the Modern World
The first workshop of the international INCA_eu project, of which CoLABOR is one of the partner entities, has as its theme "Global infrastructures: the production of the modern world".
Evolution of wages in Portugal
The latest data from INE (1st quarter of 2023) indicates an increase in wages in the private sector and a loss of purchasing power in the public sector. Frederico Cantante, a researcher at CoLABOR, commented on the latest available data on the RTP3 program 360 and addressed some of the explanatory factors behind the evolution of remuneration in Portugal, namely the country's economic specialization profile, wage inequalities and internal disproportion, collective bargaining, and the scope of unionization.
Decent Work Agenda – Comparative Chart
The entry into force of Law No. 13/2023 brought a significant number of changes to the Labor Code and related legislation. However, its scope and the characteristics of its impacts will be revealed by the dynamics and meanings resulting from its application/implementation over time, it being certain that initial interpretations are always relevant.
April 12th: Fulfilling Portugal – Dimension, Innovation, Internationalization
On April 12th, the director of CoLABOR, Manuel Carvalho da Silva, will be one of the speakers at the CIP Conference “Fulfilling Portugal – Dimension, Innovation, Internationalization”, on the panel dedicated to the theme “The importance of social dialogue”.
March 23rd: Book launch: “The persistence of the devaluation of work and the urgency of its revaluation”
On March 23rd, at 5:30 PM, at the Almedina Bookstore, the book “The Persistence of the Devaluation of Work and the Urgency of its Revaluation”, coordinated by Maria da Paz Campos Lima and José Castro Caldas, will be launched. The presentation will be given by Manuel Carvalho da Silva, director of CoLABOR.
Webinar - Wages in Portugal: Trends, Inflation and Inequalities
This webinar presents the main conclusions of the CoLABOR Study "Wages in Portugal: patterns of evolution, inflation and inequalities", authored by researchers Frederico Cantante and Pedro Estêvão.
February 16th, Webinar: Wages in Portugal. Patterns of evolution, inflation and inequalities.
The study “Wages in Portugal: patterns of evolution, inflation and inequalities” analyzes the evolution of the real value of wages in Portugal since the beginning of the millennium and the wage inequalities associated with gender, nationality, precarious employment and educational qualifications of workers in different sectors of economic activity.
What if we talked about Europe? A podcast hosted by MEP Margarida Marques.
In the podcast “What if we talked about Europe?”, hosted by MEP Margarida Marques, the coordinator of CoLABOR, Manuel Carvalho da Silva, shares his perspective on various issues related to the world of work, particularly on the importance of lifelong skills for workers, but also for companies.
CoLABOR is the host institution for the PhD in Population Sciences
CoLABOR is associated with the Population Sciences doctoral program, being one of the two host institutions within the framework of the support model recently created by the Foundation for Science and Technology for applications in a non-academic environment.
Meet the new DataLABOR
Version 2.0 of DataLABOR, the largest publicly available database on labor, employment, and social protection in Portugal, is now available.
Free access at datalabor.pt
December 12th: CoLABOR 2022 Conference “Work: Asymmetries and Socioeconomic Change”
CoLABOR, the Collaborative Laboratory for Work, Employment and Social Protection, and its Associates organized the CoLABOR 2022 Conference on December 12th at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (auditorium 3), dedicated to the theme "Work: Asymmetries and Socioeconomic Change".
Decent Work Agenda CoLABOR Cycle
The discussion surrounding the Decent Work Agenda is one of the most important political debates of the beginning of this decade, primarily because the current socioeconomic context is substantially different from what existed during the last major transformation of labor laws in Portugal, which occurred in 2003 with the approval of the Labor Code.
September 27th: Participatory Event – Working Platforms: Urban Mobility and Labor Rights
The event “WORK PLATFORMS: Urban Mobility and Labor Rights”, which will take place on September 27th at 2:00 PM in the Palácio Galveias Library, promoted by CoLABOR in partnership with the European project PLUS – Platform Labour in Urban Spaces, has as its general theme the socio-economic implications arising from the business model based on the digital platform economy in the urban mobility sector.
September 21: Decent Work on the CoLABOR Agenda
CoLABOR places work, employment, and social protection at the heart of its agenda. The debate surrounding the Decent Work Agenda thus deserves increased attention from this Collaborative Laboratory. Several research projects have been developed that contribute to this objective (see https://colabor.pt/projetos/) and reflective texts of a more legal nature have been made available (see https://trabalhodigno.colabor.pt/)
The State of the Nation and Public Policies 2022 – IPPS-Iscte
Structured into several thematic chapters corresponding to their respective areas of governance, "The State of the Nation and Public Policies," produced annually by the Institute of Public and Social Policies of Iscte since 2019, aims to contribute to reflection on public policies through..
Promoting informed and open debate on state intervention in different areas of governance.
Study “Effects of work time organization methods on shift work and night work”
The Commission for Equality in Work and Employment (CITE) partnered with “CoLABOR – Laboratory for Work, Employment and Social Protection” in a study on the effects of work time organization, with a particular focus on shift work and night work, and their effects on workers and employers
Driving change. The future of work in the Portuguese automotive sector.
This study, commissioned by the Government of Portugal, was led and coordinated by David Mosler (EUROPE) and carried out by a multidisciplinary research team consisting of technicians from the ILO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (EUROPE), the ILO Employment Policy Department (EMPLOYMENT) and researchers from CoLABOR.