Digital labour markets in Central and Eastern European countries : : COVID-19 and the future of work / / edited by Beata Woźniak-Jęchorek and Kamilla Marchewka-Bartkowiak.

• Superior document: Routledge Studies in Labour Economics Ser.
• TeilnehmendeR: Woźniak-Jęchorek, Beata,; Marchewka-Bartkowiak, Kamilla, 1973-
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, New York : : Routledge,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge Studies in Labour Economics Ser.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (299 pages)

The free movement of services, one of the four fundamental freedoms of the European Union's (EU) internal market, allows companies to post their employees to other EU Member States. In Slovenia, the concept of cross-border posting became relevant after the country joined the EU in 2004. The number of posted workers in Slovenia has been growing steadily since then and is among the highest in the EU. An increase in posting has also been observed in the EU as well. One of the main reasons for the rapid increase in the number of workers posted to wealthier EU countries is the accession of ten new Member States in 2004, with significant differences in living standards between the `new´ and `old´ Member States. Focusing on Slovenia, an important reason for Slovenia’s high numbers of posted workers is also its proximity to the countries of the former Yugoslavia and the strong migrant flows from these countries to the EU via Slovenian companies. As a result, the number of workers posted from Slovenia to other EU Member States has been one of the highest in the EU over the past decade.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Part 1 New work experience from the COVID-19 pandemic time -- 1 Work from Home: Regional Digital Divide in EU Countries -- 2 The Corona-Inducted Shift Towards Intermediate Digital Skills Across Occupations in Slovakia -- 3 Has COVID-19 Enhanced Labour Polarisation in Poland? Changes in Unmet Labour Demand Based on Online Job Offers -- 4 Posting of Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic in the European Union: The Case of Slovenia -- 5 The Determinants of (Not)hiring Migrants in Poland: The Pandemic Perspective -- 6 Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Labour Productivity and Business Activity in the Czech Republic -- 7 Preserving Jobs in Covid-19 Times in CEE Countries: Social Partners' Responses and Actions -- Part 2: New challenges and policy needs for the post-pandemic digital work: learning from COVID-19' experiences -- 8 Naked at home. How Remote Work During COVID-19 Opens Doors for Omnipresence of Employers in Workers' Life? -- 9 Exploring the Right to Disconnect in European Labour Law and in the Legislation of the Member States: Just a Matter of Working Time of Employees? -- 10 Unconditional Basic Income as a Policy Tool in the Post-COVID Time -- 11 The Assessment of the Labour Market Situation in the Digital World - Usefulness of Google Trends Data -- 12 Individual Work Pricing by Non-fungible Personal Tokens ("NFT Gig Tokens") - a New Opportunity for Gig Workers.