On Friday, 19 December, Eurofound indicated in a new report that collective agreements improve job quality for workers in low-paid sectors—beyond their pay. The European agency analysed the content of 94 collective agreements in three low-paid sectors (food, leather, textiles, and clothing manufacturing; homecare and social services; and retail) in eleven EU Member States and Norway between 2015 and 2022.
Besides securing higher incomes, the agreements also offer non-monetary...