News on the changing labor market
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Performance by Jan Cremers on labor migration at pop-up editorial for local issues
19th April 2024Starting from April 24, journalists from the TV program Pointer and Brabants Dagblad will conduct a month-long investigation into issues that residents in Noord-Brabant feel need to be explored. Labor sociologist Jan Cremers of Tilburg Law School will participate in the kick-off 'meet-up' of Pointer with a contribution on labor migration.
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Excessive flexibility due to flexible contracts can negatively affect workers well-being
19th March 2024On Friday, March 22, 2024, José Gabriel Carreño will defend his PhD thesis titled: Three Essays on Wage Compensation and Flexible Contracts. In his PhD thesis, Carreño found that the reliance on flexible contracts may lead to a decrease in worker welfare.
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Third-country nationals vulnerable in EU labor market
15th March 2024Employees from non-EU countries within the European Union often find themselves in a dependent and vulnerable position, according to Dr. Jan Cremers of Tilburg Law School in a working paper for the EURODETACHEMENT project. He describes their situation in the EU labor market therein.
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Jan Cremers (TLS) reappointed in management board of European Labour Authority
08th February 2024Dr. Jan Cremers has been reappointed at the end of 2023 for a new 4-year term as an independent expert on the management board of the European Labour Authority. Cremers was involved at an early stage in the preparation and set-up of this new European institution and was again nominated by the European Parliament.
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New Approach to Volunteerism Needed to Counter Turnover
07th December 2023Volunteers are of great value to society, both individually and economically. But a decline in the number of volunteers is also visible worldwide. Based on new research, a team of academics across the globe conclude: “Organizations and fellow volunteers play an important role in the retention and sustainable deployment of volunteers."
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Introduction to labor mobility in the EU: where does regulation fail?
27th November 2023Important bottlenecks in the regulation of labor mobility within the EU are that the powers of national compliance bodies are limited to their own national borders, how to act against rogue intermediaries and how to tackle letterbox constructions effectively.
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Wealthy elderly benefit most from ‘generation pact’, PhD research finds
20th November 2023The aim of the Dutch ‘generation pact’ is to allow older employees to reduce their working hours to prevent them from dropping out while creating room for newcomers in the job market. However, research by Albert Rutten reveals that wealthy seniors are the primary beneficiaries of this arrangement, leaving the less well-off and the young with little to gain.
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Tilburg University and local businesses join forces for sustainable logistics: ‘Collaboration is in the Brabant DNA’
03rd November 2023There are few places in Europe where logistical activity is as strongly developed as in the region of Central Brabant. Over the coming years, the logistics sector in Brabant aims to lead the way in transitioning towards a sustainable future, where robust economic growth goes hand in hand with broad prosperity in the region. To shape this future, Tilburg University and local entrepreneurs have jointly established the Tilburg Initiative for Future Logistics (TIFL).
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Employee mental health suffers when company is going through a crisis
19th September 2023The number of workers taking antidepressants rises significantly when a company is going through financial turmoil, PhD research by Daniel Kárpáti shows. Job loss is an important reason for soaring prescription rates, but employees who don't lose their jobs are also more likely to suffer from depression. To curb the psychological and economic costs of recessions, Kárpáti argues for more proactive mental health strategies in times of crisis.
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Marianne van Woerkom appointed as professor of Positive Psychological Perspective on Human Resource Studies
30th August 2023The chair focuses on how organizations can improve the well-being and development of employees, but indirectly also that of, for example, students or patients.
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One in four organizations screens applicant's social media
29th August 2023Many organizations appear to look for discrimination-sensitive personal characteristics in the resume during the recruitment and selection process. Over 25% also check social media profiles of candidates. When the Equal Opportunities in Recruitment and Selection Act comes into effect, many organizations will have to review their recruitment policies.
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Technological innovation in the workplace should profit from expanding works council's information rights
23rd May 2023The main provisions in the Works Councils Act that oversee technological innovation in the workplace do not function -- at least in nursing home care -- or hardly at all. That's according to legal scholar Robbert Coenmans' doctoral research. He makes several recommendations for making technological innovation succeed in the workplace.
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Jörg Raab and Tine Buyl appointed as professors in the Department of Organization Studies
31st March 2023The Executive Board of Tilburg University has appointed two new professors in the Department of Organization Studies at the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Jörg Raab will hold the chair of Inter-Organizational Networks and Tine Buyl will become Professor of Strategy, Strategic Leadership and Organizational Resilience. Raab will also become the new chair of the department.
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Migrant workers dare not make a case when labor law problems arise
22nd December 2022Labor migrants especially in the lowest income groups have more frequent labor disputes than the Dutch working population, but do not dare to file formal cases about them for fear of being fired. Those are the main conclusions in the recently published report, which Tilburg University researchers Anna Sobczyk-Turek and Jan Cremers collaborated on for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.
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Presentation inspiration guide 'Goed op weg'
02nd December 2022The fluctuating labor market requires opportunities for safe and smooth transitions between jobs and sectors. This prompted Tilburg University, AWVN and ABU to create the inspiration guide 'Goed op weg', a publication with recommendations, lessons and experiences to help people smoothly cross over to other work.
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Inclusive HR policy for immigrant workers desperately needed
26th September 2022In some industries, migrant workers are performing essential functions these days. In companies' HR policies, however, this does not translate into appropriate care and attention. Dr. Jan Cremers advocates a much more active role for HR management to improve the social protection of migrant workers and prevent abuse.
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Connecting HRM and social security helps solve major labor market issues
14th September 2022In order to solve the major problems on the labor market, we need a new infrastructure in which finding work and moving within the labor market goes smoothly and with new securities. Both the government and employers will have to take action, but not without taking into account the interests of each other and of the (potential) employee.
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Covenant multi-year cooperation in education and research on family firms
12th September 2022On September 2, Brabantse Familiebedrijven Genootschap (BFBG) and Tilburg Institute for Family Business (TiFB, Tilburg University) signed a covenant establishing a long-term cooperation. The aim of the collaboration is to safeguard and strengthen the continuity of family firms in and outside Noord-Brabant.
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Triple helix partnerships contribute to regional labor markets
01st July 2022Triple helix partnerships in which government, education and business work together contribute in different ways to regional labor markets. This is the conclusion of researcher and lecturer Jeltje Talen of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, who will receive her PhD from Tilburg University on Friday 1 July 2022.
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Economic model explains why Dutch mothers often work restricted hours and earn less than men
30th May 2022Together with colleagues Tilburg University micro-economist Alex Theoloudis analyzed a survey and developed a model that explains couples’ choices regarding spending time together. It shows that both women’s working hours and lower relative wages are related to how couples value spending time together as a family.