Imagine the care sector as a giant puzzle where the pieces—the workers—are often ignored or undervalued because they are mostly women and migrants. This work looks at how to fix the broken rules and low pay that make people leave these jobs. It's like creating a better guidebook for employers and unions to ensure everyone is treated fairly and knows their rights.
Care providers face severe workforce shortages and high turnover due to the undervaluation of work, discrimination against migrants and women, and a lack of clear legal rights.
A web platform for rights awareness, training programs for unions and employers, and a model for care sector regulation.
If you are a private home care agency dealing with high staff turnover and workforce shortages — this project developed training programs and policy strategies that improve job quality and reduce discrimination. This helps in retaining skilled nurses and caregivers across 6 EU countries.
If you are an HR consultancy dealing with legal risks regarding undeclared work and gender pay gaps — this project developed a model of analysis and regulation for the care sector. This allows you to implement better collective bargaining strategies and rights awareness for workers.
If you are a platform developer dealing with a lack of accessible legal information for migrants — this project developed a web platform for care workers to improve their rights awareness. This provides a blueprint for digital tools that connect workers with legal protections.
Based on available project data, no specific pricing or implementation costs are provided as the project focuses on research and policy development.
The project aims to create a model of analysis and regulation that can be replicated in other European countries beyond the initial 6 Member States.
Based on available project data, there is no mention of specific patents or licensing terms; the focus is on creating an accessible platform for rights awareness.
The project develops legislative and policy proposals at the national and EU level to tackle the undervaluation of care work and combat discrimination.
The project period runs from 2023-01-01 to 2025-12-31.
The consortium is heavily academic, consisting of 7 universities and 1 research institution out of 11 total partners. With 0% industry representation and 0 SMEs, the project is driven by theoretical and policy-oriented research rather than commercial application, though it involves 3 'other' entities likely representing unions or associations.
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