Working Yet Poor (WorkYP) is a 3 year project financed under the Horizon 2020 scheme that started on the 1st of February 2020 and will end in January 2023. The sole focus of this project is the study of the increasing social trend of working people at risk of below the poverty line.
This project aims to:
- uncover the reasons behind this phenomenon
- elaborate recommendations to the EU and Member States legislators
- reinforce the European Pillar of Social Rights particularly its principles of fair and adequate wages and adequate protection for all kinds of employment
Consortium
The Consortium is composed of 12 partners:
- 9 European Universities
- 3 Social Rights Institutions including EAPN Europe
Methodology
Seven representative countries have been chosen based on their geographical area and their different social systems and legal orders namely Sweden, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Poland. In each of these countries, four clusters of particularly Vulnerable and Under-represented Persons (VUPs) which disadvantaged conditions impede full enjoyment of EU citizenship have been identified:
- low wage workers
- solo self-employed
- flexible work contracts
- casual/zero-hours/gig-economy workers
Read our latest news about the project
Preliminary recommendations for Member States to tackle in-work poverty | EAPN’s presentation to the WorkYP conference
The European anti-Poverty Network, as a partner of the Working Yet Poor project (WorkYP), is currently working on a report that will identify policy priorities and feasible actions that Member States should adopt to tackle in-work poverty. The policy recommendations will primarily draw upon the comparative analysis carried out by the University of Frankfurt, as…
WorkYP mid-term conference : Join us online on 22 March !
The project Working, Yet Poor (WorkYP) will organise its mid-term international conference “In-Work Poverty in Europe: analysis and perspectives” on March 22, from 10h00 17h00 in Bologna and online. The conference will present the project and disseminate the mid-term outcomes. EAPN will be presenting a draft of proposals and recommendations for member states to tackle in-work poverty. Join…
WorkYP – Newsletter Spring Summer 2021
Over the last few months, the partners of the WorkYP project have been busy drafting National Reports on in-work poverty (Deliverable 3.2 of the Project), with the aim of providing an overview of labour and social regulations that may have an impact on in-work poverty in the different Member States that participate in the Project…
Working Yet Poor: Insights from the project partners
In February 2020, 9 Universities and 3 Social Rights Institutions – including EAPN – met for the first time to kick off the Horizon 2020 project: Working Yet Poor. One year later, the project has published a video of Working Yet Poor (WorkYP) partners discussing the complexity of the working poverty phenomenon. “In Europe, there…
WorkYP – Newsletter Winter 2020/21
A European adequate minimum wage and its potential to fight in-work poverty Dear readers, Every 3 months, EAPN shares the Working Yet Poor Newsletter to keep you updated about the project’s findings and the novelties and news of interest related to in-work poverty in Europe. We are delighted to present the second issue of our Newsletter.…
EAPN at the 2nd WorkYP Project Meeting organized online
The second Transnational WorkYP Meeting was held online on 9 – 15 and 18 September 2020. The 11 partners, of which 8 Universities and 3 Social Rights Institutions, including EAPN, gathered online to discuss the state of the project and the next milestones. The consortium also discussed the impact of Covid-19 on in-work poverty. Mathias…
WorkYP – Newsletter Autumn 2020
When employment is not enough: the challenge of in-work poverty in Europe Every 3 months, EAPN will share the Working Yet Poor Newsletter to keep you updated about the project’s findings and the novelties and news of interest related to in-work poverty in Europe. We are therefore very happy to share with you the first newsletter…
Working, Yet Poor: In-work poverty in times of pandemic | EAPN
The coronavirus crisis is exacerbating in-work poverty in the EU and a powerful raft of labour market and welfare measures is needed for an adequate response. According to Eurofound, in 2018 there were more than 20 million workers in the European Union living in households at risk of poverty—an increase of in-work poverty from 8 to 10…
Kick-off meeting of the Working Yet Poor project | EAPN
On 5 and 6 March, EAPN went to Luxembourg to the kick-off meeting of the recently launched project: Working Yet Poor (WorkYP). During 1.5 days, partners could meet for the first time to discuss the project’s role and responsibilities for the next 3 years. The meeting started with a virtual welcome from EU commissioner for…
