Overview

The EU PolicyWatch database currently contains 2,788 measures introduced by governments and social partners to cushion the social and economic effects on businesses, workers and citizens. The data collection started in 2020 and was last updated in June 2025. More information is available on the Eurofound website:

• About EU PolicyWatch
• Topic: COVID-19
• Topic: Stand with Ukraine

Use the side navigation to find measures by country, type of measure, category, or target group. Use the dashboard for a more detailed search related to the following policy contexts and filter by more than 60 topical categories and more than 15 further attributes:

• COVID-19: 1711 policy measures
• War in Ukraine: 530 policy measures
• Green Transition: 421 policy measures
• Digital Transformation: 114 policy measures
• Restructuring Support Instruments: 319 policy measures
• European Semester: 85 policy measures
• Extreme Weather Events: 67 policy measures
• Cost of Living Crisis: 204 policy measures
• Labour Migration Management: 115 policy measures

Dashboard

Categories

Target groups

The database indicates for each measure the target groups it applies to, broadly differentiating between workers, businesses and citizens.

The database contains 42 specific target groups, including for example:

• Workers: Self-employed, Seasonal workers, Platform workers
• Businesses: SMEs, Start-ups, Larger corporations
• Citizens: Parents, Older citizens, Migrants

Recently updated measures

Involvement of social partners in legislation

Eurofound identified 1810 pieces of legislation and other statutory regulations, 1055 of which were entirely new. This section gives an overview of social partner involvement in designing and implementing these measures.

Role of employers' organisations in designing the measure

• In 803 measures, employers' organisations were involved:

• In 444 measures, there was no involvement;
• For the 563 remaining measures the involvement is unknown, or they were considered as being out of the social partner's domain.

Role of trade unions in designing the measure

• In 741 measures, trade unions were involved:

• In 493 measures, there was no involvement;
• For the 576 remaining measures the involvement is unknown, or they were considered as being out of the social partner's domain.

Implementation, monitoring and assessment phase

• In 315 measures, social partners were involved:

• In the remaining 1495 measures, there was no involvement or the involvement is unknown.

• Recently added pieces of legislation

• Compensation Measures of the Croatian Employment Services to Employers

  According to the Decree of the Amount of the Minimum Wage (Uredba o visini minimalne plaće za 2025. godinu - OG 124/24) from 24 October 2024, the gross minimum wage in Croatia is € 970. Croatia is amo...

  Croatia | 11 January 2025

  Just Transition Fund (JTF)

  The Just Transition Fund (JTF) in the Netherlands supports regions facing significant socio-economic challenges due to the climate transition. It focuses on promoting economic diversification, upskill...

  Netherlands | 17 December 2024

  Future Fund for the Automotive Industry

  The multi-module programme “Future investments for vehicle manufacturers and suppliers” was set up in June 2020 as part of the crisis packages adopted by the former Federal Government to deal with the...

  Germany | 17 December 2024

Collective agreements

The EU PolicyWatch database contains 165 collective agreements. Most of them were identified in France and the most commonly found provisions relate to employment retention, income protection, and health and safety.

Contents

41 agreements additionally contain other provisions not mentioned above.

• Recently added collective agreements

• Just Transition Action Plan (Further) education and training

  Austria has set the goal to achieve climate neutrality by 2040. Thus, the transformation required in order to achieve that goal has a large impact on the labour market. New skills and qualifications, ...

  Austria | 08 January 2025

  Climate Partnership

  A Climate Partnership was established in 2023 as a collaboration between the government and social partners to accelerate the green transition in the business sector. The goal is to create a shared un...

  Norway | 18 December 2024

  Pension Fund for Metal and Technology employees (PMT)

  The project focuses on leveraging private funds to support just transition to sustainable and fair energy and industrial systems in Europe. In the Netherlands, this project ties into the national comm...

  Netherlands | 17 December 2024

Social partner initiatives

The EU PolicyWatch database contains 114 social partner initiatives. Most of them were identified in Germany and belong to the category Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery into a green future.

Main themes

• Recently added social partner initiatives

• Eco booster

  The City of Vienna has set the goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2040. Thus, a strategy called “Out of Gas – Vienna Heat and Cold 2040” was taken up, which aims to phase out fossil energy for heatin...

  Austria | 08 January 2025

  Employers' Confederation opposes Climate-Resilient Economy Act

  Estonia is in the process of drafting the Climate-Resilient Economy Act, commonly referred to as the climate law, which aims to guide the country toward climate neutrality by 2050. The Ministry of Cli...

  Estonia | 18 December 2024

  Proposal to familiarize the members of the Tripartite Council of Lithuania with the European Commission's interim report on the implementation of the Economic Recovery and Resilience Facility

  On 21 February 2024, the European Commission published an interim report on the progress made by countries in implementing the Economic Recovery and Resilience Facility (ERRF). ERRF was created to mat...

  Lithuania | 17 December 2024

Company practices

The EU PolicyWatch database contains 166 company practices. Most of them were identified in Bulgaria and the most commonly found provisions relate to health and safety, work organisation, and telework.

Contents

54 company practices additionally contain other provisions not mentioned above.

• Recently added company practices

• Zero Impact Factory Strategy (Volkswagen Slovakia)

  Volkswagen Slovakia places special emphasis on the environment and its protection. All efforts are directed towards the production of cars and company operations without impact on the environment, or...

  Slovakia | 10 January 2025

  MOL Group 'Shape Tomorrow' strategy (Slovnaft, a.s.)

  The vision of MOL Group is intelligent energy transformation. It advocates a smart transition to green energy, while maintaining the sustainability and economic prosperity of Europe. On 13th October 2...

  Slovakia | 08 January 2025

  Action plan to prevent plastic waste in the Republic of Cyprus 2030

  The Action Plan is a deliverable of the project ‘Plastic Waste Free Islands’ implemented by the NGO Together Cyprus – The Environmental and Social Network and the Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative...

  Cyprus | 08 January 2025

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Information on updates

The database is updated regularly throughout the year with input from the Network of Eurofound Correspondents. This page provides information on the updates of the EU PolicyWatch database.