CoLABOR has just published the study "Impact of COVID-19 on nursing homes". This study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on residential facilities for the elderly (ERPI), based on an analysis of sociodemographic, territorial and organizational factors.

Policies in Analysis No. 10 "The ban on outsourcing services in the 2023 labor reform" is part of a series of legal analysis texts that COLABOR has been producing as part of the Decent Work Agenda, with a view to contributing to the discussion and debate on public policies in the labor area.

The report "The State of the Nation and Public Policies 2023", an initiative of IPPS-Iscte and released today, focuses on a reflection on structural reforms in different areas of governance, namely Employment, Justice, Housing, Social Security, Social Protection, Immigration, Health, Education, Science and Higher Education.

CoLABOR contributed to this initiative by developing and updating the "State of the Nation in Figures" information platform.

CoLABOR is associated with the Population Sciences PhD program and is one of the host institutions under the support model recently created by the Foundation for Science and Technology for applications in a non-academic environment.

The entry into force of Law 13/2023 brought a significant number of changes to the Labor Code and related legislation. However, their scope and the characteristics of their impact will be revealed by the dynamics and meanings resulting from their application/effectiveness over time, and it is certain that the initial interpretations are always relevant.

In the podcast "What if we talked about Europe" by MEP Margarida Marques, CoLABOR coordinator Manuel Carvalho da Silva shares his perspective on various issues related to the world of work, namely the importance of lifelong skills for workers, but also for companies.

CoLABOR is associated with the Population Sciences PhD program and is one of the two host institutions under the support model recently created by the Foundation for Science and Technology for applications in a non-academic environment.

Structured in several thematic chapters corresponding to the respective areas of governance, "The State of the Nation and Public Policies", prepared annually by Iscte's Institute of Public and Social Policy since 2019, aims to contribute to the reflection of public policies through the

promoting informed and open debate on state intervention in the different areas of governance.

The Commission for Equality in Labour and Employment (CITE) has teamed up with "CoLABOR - Laboratory for Labour, Employment and Social Protection" as part of a study on the effects of ways of organizing working time, with a particular focus on shift work and night work and their effects on workers and employers.

This study, requested by the Government of Portugal, was led and coordinated by David Mosler (EUROPE) and carried out by a multidisciplinary research team made up of experts from the ILO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (EUROPE), the ILO Employment Policy Department (EMPLOYMENT) and CoLABOR researchers.

CoLABOR promotes reflection and debate around the Decent Work Agenda, one of the most important political moments of this decade for the world of work.

A group of researchers from CoLABOR took part in the public consultation of the preliminary version of the national strategy to combat poverty, which ended last Monday. This group produced and submitted a document on the ConsultaLEX portal with a set of suggestions, which is intended to be a constructive contribution to improving the strategy.

CoLABOR developed the "State of the Nation in Figures" data platform for the Institute for Public and Social Policy (IPPS), in partnership with the latter, which complements the report that the institute publishes every year and which presents a detailed analysis of the national situation in different dimensions.

The nationwide study "Work, teleworking and social distancing", promoted by CoLABOR, was one of the international examples, along with the British and Dutch experiences, presented in the panel on teleworking at the event "Policies to reduce the gender employment gap in the Hungarian labor market".

The Coordinating Researcher of CoLABOR's Labor, Employment and Technology line, Tiago Santos Pereira, took part last Tuesday in the RTP program É OU NÃO É, whose theme was "What will the future of work look like?".

CoLABOR is carrying out a study on "The Impact of COVID-19 on Care Homes for the Elderly", through the application of an online questionnaire survey to all Residential Structures for the Elderly (ERPI) and Long Duration and Maintenance Units (ULDM) of the National Network of Integrated Continued Care (RNCCI) in mainland Portugal.

CoLABOR has created a simulator for the new social benefit - "Extraordinary income support for workers" - which allows you to calculate the individual value of this benefit, as well as its duration, according to the information provided by the user.

DataLABOR provides national and international data on work, employment and social protection. It was born out of a collaborative laboratory, CoLABOR, which brings together higher education, three of the country's largest employers and the social sector. It will contribute to the formulation of public policies, such as the response to the pandemic caused by COVID-19, and at the same time provide companies, trade unions, business organizations and the third sector with the information they need to manage, make decisions and formulate strategies.

On June 22, a discussion took place on the challenges and opportunities for research and development offered by the hydrogen economy. CoLABOR was asked to comment on its impact on work and employment.