The inaugural Europe’s Best Employers covers 1,000 companies across 26 industries. In the report, we look at Germany’s employee-employer decision making model; the attraction of working in financial services; why we need strong managers; good employment practices pay off at a retailer; and the benefits of working in tech
Despite industrial strife and a rapidly changing workplace, close ties between companies and employees can be an asset
The dominant industries represented in the list are retail, financial services and technology
Attractions for employees include wellbeing support and opportunities to shape products for local markets
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Dozens of big businesses from Ikea to Spotify back youth job initiatives as country grapples with epidemic of violence
Recent gains could unravel as households’ fear of unemployment soars and economists press for more reforms
The 2025 ranking highlights growth successes in challenging economic times, from shifts in solar power to fintech funding and AI-enhanced CCTV targeting shoplifters. Plus changing Italian business culture and Nordic companies leading the EV charge
Raising both UK payroll costs and worker protections is a deterrent to hiring
Focusing on the impact on the wages or employment levels of native workers is too narrow
Executives reject union proposal that would rule out factory closures in the country
ECB forecasts growth in negotiated salary deals to slow after biggest increase since 1990s
Visa restrictions and border crackdown deprive Poland of a much-needed foreign workforce, say business leaders
Highly paid manufacturing work is no longer so easy to come by in Eurozone’s largest economy
Closely watched tracker from Indeed website hits 4.2%, up from 3.5%
Rival European qualifications mean lawyers and bankers still face barriers to moving
IG Metall makes its pitch for millions of electrical and metal workers in the country’s manufacturing heartlands
Shrinking workforce would be better tackled by helping those who don’t want a job to work a little, research suggests
EU’s largest economy joins UK and Netherlands in trying to tackle a prime cause of region’s economic malaise
Federal agency chair confident that workers who lose jobs in sectors such as carmaking will find jobs elsewhere
Also in this newsletter: NGOs complain about freedom of speech limits at WTO conference
The EU’s performance is both better and worse than commonly believed
Decline unlikely to assuage inflation concerns and speed up rate cuts, say economists
Economists think central bankers need to wait for hard data before cutting interest rates
Construction workers seek wage increase that could delay interest rate cuts by the European Central Bank, economists warn
