The primary goals for the WG in the coming year is to maintain the data collected on doctoral candidate salaries and cost of living factors, as well as to conduct a more in-depth analysis into the labour rights and conditions of doctoral candidates, in line with current developments around the European Research Area Act and the Research and Innovation Careers Observatory (ReICO). It is hoped this can be used to produce a report and mapping exercise to show the current state of play when it comes to doctoral employment across Europe, for use in lobbying purposes regarding employment reform in the early-career space.