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The Eurofound research organisation, in conjunction with EPSU and the CEMR local government employers’ organisation, has published a report examining a range of developments in local government. Apart from looking at restructuring the report also examines changes in employment relations and trends in pay. The report includes comprehensive data on real and nominal pay increases for the five year period 2004-2008.
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The 2014 annual report of the European Restructuring Monitor produced by the Eurofound research body focuses in particular on public services noting that net job cuts since the beginning of the crisis now top 800000. The ERM describes this as the "most severe restructuring in Europe for many decades." The report also warns of the particular decline in the number of young workers in the sector raising concerns about the transmission of knowledge, attractiveness of the sector and efficient delivery of public services. The analysis found that in some countries the restructuring process was "often