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Kalina Arabadjieva

Kalina Arabadjieva is a researcher at the European Trade Union Institute, with a PhD in labour law. She is working on gender equality and the just transition.

Climate change adaptation means rights for workers

Marouane Laabbas-el-Guennouni and Kalina Arabadjieva

Spain's new labour measures could set the perfect precedent for protecting workers.

Reconstruction: time for transformative ideas

Kalina Arabadjieva, Nicola Countouris, Bianca Luna Fabris and Wouter Zwysen

As the world inches back to normality, the Covid-19 crisis highlights deep structural inequalities and the urgent need for bold, systemic solutions to tackle climate

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Pay transparency yes, but we need more for equal pay

Kalina Arabadjieva

The gender pay gap is stubborn because several factors underpin it. Action is needed on all of them.

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The home as office—what’s gender got to do with it?

Kalina Arabadjieva and Paula Franklin

Rise of telework should dispel the notion that only work in the public sphere is, really, ‘work’.

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Performance-related pay and the gender pay gap

Kalina Arabadjieva and Wouter Zwysen

Performance pay might be thought to reward merit—but it mainly rewards men.

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‘Leaving no one behind’: putting words into actions

Mehtap Akgüç, Kalina Arabadjieva and Béla Galgóczi

The climate transition and its social dimension demand more powerful instruments than the European Commission proposes.

A small step towards gender equality in pay

Kalina Arabadjieva

The European Commission’s proposal to reduce the stubborn gender pay gap pulls some punches, apparently anticipating employer resistance.

Time to act on pay transparency

Kalina Arabadjieva

The pandemic provides no excuse for inaction by the European Commission on gender pay transparency. It should be the incentive.

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WSI Minimum Wage Report 2025

The trend towards significant nominal minimum wage increases is continuing this year. In view of falling inflation rates, this translates into a sizeable increase in purchasing power for minimum wage earners in most European countries. Most EU countries are now following the reference values for adequate minimum wages enshrined in the European Minimum Wage Directive, which are 60% of the median wage or 50% of the average wage.

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S&D Position Paper on Cohesion Policy post-2027: a resilient future for European territorial equity

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