Ivan Williams Jimenez

Dr Ivan Williams Jimenez is a senior policy manager at the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health in the UK and an independent researcher. The views expressed here are those of the author alone and do not represent those of the IOSH.

Ivan Williams Jimenez

Dr Ivan Williams Jimenez is a policy and advocacy manager at the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health in the UK. He supports IOSH’s global advocacy on health, safety and wellbeing, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, supply chains and decent work. The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of IOSH.

Labour’s labour agenda—and a European reset

Ivan Williams Jimenez 18th July 2024

A worker-centred agenda from the new UK government could counterbalance the European shift to the right.

Occupational safety and health—a fundamental right

Ivan Williams Jimenez 28th April 2022

On this World Day for Safety and Health at Work, as every day, some 7,500 workers will die from its absence.

Wellbeing at work—it’s time to up the ante

Ivan Williams Jimenez 2nd September 2021

The new EU health-and-safety strategy risks being a missed opportunity to address workplace mental health and wellbeing.

The transformative impact of tech firms’ technologies

Ivan Williams Jimenez 18th November 2020

The potential benefits of new technologies for workplace health and safety are being vitiated by a profit-focused approach.

How is AI changing the world of work in Europe?

In this special #Eurofound50 and #Cedefop50 joint webinar, Mary McCaughey, Head of Information and Communication at Eurofound, speaks with Dragoș Adăscăliței, Eurofound Research Officer, and Jasper Van Loo, Cedefop Department Coordinator, about how AI is already changing working life in Europe and what needs to be done to harness its tremendous potential while also protecting those who risk being left behind.

The webinar takes place on Tuesday, 11 February. Registrations are now open.

FEPS Progressive Yearbook now available!

With the mission of looking back to look ahead, the Progressive Yearbook focuses on transversal European issues that have left a mark on the previous year and brings forward-looking analyses of the key political developments of the year ahead. It symbolizes FEPS’ readiness to put these issues into perspective.

The Progressive Yearbook features contributions from renowned authors, including politicians, academics, and analysts.

Among key topics: Elections in the EU and the US, political developments in Ukraine and the Middle East, the Common Agricultural Policy, migration, the new Labour government in the UK, and the state of social democratic forces in Croatia and Germany.

READ IT HERE

WSI European Collective Bargaining Report 2023/2024

Real wages in the European Union continued their decline in 2023—despite an acceleration in nominal wage growth and falling inflation rates. For the current year, there are only tentative signs of a slow recovery in the purchasing power of wages.

A resumption of real wage growth would stabilize the functional distribution of income and strengthen domestic demand. However, even under this benign scenario, the crisis is far from over from workers' point of view. They have borne the brunt of real income losses associated with the energy-price shock resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The lingering reduction in real wage levels means that wage policy still needs to catch up to contribute to a fairer distribution of the burden between labor and capital.

DOWNLOAD HERE

This new book published by Oxford University Press presents the findings of the multiannual ERC research project “Researching Precariousness Across the Paid/Unpaid Work Continuum”,
led by Valeria Pulignano (KU Leuven), which are very important for the prospects of a more equal Europe.

Unpaid labour is no longer limited to the home or volunteer work. It infiltrates paid jobs, eroding rights and deepening inequality. From freelancers’ extra hours to care workers’ unpaid duties, it sustains precarity and fuels inequity. This book exposes the hidden forces behind unpaid labour and calls for systemic change to confront this pressing issue.

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Labour’s labour agenda—and a European reset

Occupational safety and health—a fundamental right

Wellbeing at work—it’s time to up the ante

The transformative impact of tech firms’ technologies

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