Collective Bargaining and Working Time Challenges in Europe

Panel: What’s going on with working time? 
We see concurrent efforts of governments and firms to shorten the work week (e.g., four-day work week experiments, Spain working time reduction) and lengthen the work week (e.g., India to 60 hours, Greece 13-hour work day). How should we understand this polarized discussion on working time?

Chair: Janna Besamusca, Universiteit Utrecht 

Speakers:

• Kea Tijdens, WageIndicator Foundation
• Agnieszka Piasna, European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
• Chandra Shekar, Organising Secretary All India, Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC)

Presentation: Standard Working Hours Across Europe and Across Time - Kea Tijdens

Showcase: BARTIME Working Time Tool

Speakers: 

• Intan Citra Phonskaningtyas and Paulien Osse, WageIndicator Foundation 

Presentation: Time for Work, Time for Rest - Working Time Tool

Try out the Working Time Tool

Presentation: Overtime Work and Wage Adequacy 

Speaker: 

• Ferran Elias Moreno, University of Girona

Presentation:  Overtime and Wage Adequacy in the European Union: Evidence from Survey Data and Collective Agreements

Presentation: Promoting the declaration of overtime from the point of view of un(der)declared work

Speakers:

• Konstantinos Koutsogiannis, European Labour Authority
• Ciprian-Mihai Sarghe, European Labour Authority

Presentation: Declaration of overtime from the point of view of un(der)declared work

Panel: Shaping the Bargaining and Policy Agenda on Overtime Work

Overtime - especially unpaid or under-declared overtime - remains widespread across Europe and is closely linked to avoiding full wage payments and social security contributions. At the same time, many workers rely on overtime for supplementary income, while employers often use it to maintain flexibility and competitiveness in globalised markets. In this context, where should policy and negotiation efforts be directed? Should the goal be to reduce overtime and prioritise compensation through time off, or should all overtime hours be accepted as part of work organisation but fully and transparently paid?

Chair: Marta Kahancová, Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI)

Speakers:

• Saskia Boumans, Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement (de Burcht)
• Torsten Müller, European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
• Konstantinos Koutsogiannis, European Labour Authority