Employment

31 May 2016

Seminar on Making work pay

With still nearly 6 million more people unemployed in December 2015 than in March 2008, there is a wide consensus in the EU on the importance of expanding employment as the main means of reducing poverty among the population of working age.

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30 May 2016

Business Planet: Investing in European Youth to boost digital skills

Published : Mon, 30 May 2016 Business Planet visits Sofia in Bulgaria to see how the eSkills for jobs campaign is helping young people develop the digital skills they need to support innovation in Europe.

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26 May 2016

Social Agenda n°44– Integrating refugees

Ahead of the European Commission adopting an action plan on the integration of third country nationals (i.e. from outside the EU), this new issue of Social Agenda looks at the refugee issue from an employment, social affairs and inclusion angle.

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13 May 2016

Commission proposes to protect workers better from cancer-causing chemicals

Cancer is the first cause of work-related deaths in the EU, accounting for 53% of the total. The number of deaths attributed to occupational cancer in the EU is reported to be around 102,000 per year.

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04 May 2016

Part-time work: A divided Europe

An increasing number of Europeans are working part-time. This can be a positive development if it means that people can choose more freely the balance between work and other pursuits – and between income and leisure – or if it brings employment opportuni...

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29 April 2016

Employment: Commission proposes Directive to improve the working conditions of workers in the sea fishing sector

Today, the European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Directive improving the working conditions in the sea fishing sector. The Directive will implement the agreement reached by the EU social partners in this sector, which aligns EU law with the "Wo...

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20 April 2016

The return of the older worker

The activity (or participation) rate measures the share of working-age people who are in the labour force, including both those in employment and unemployment. There has been a constant growth in activity rates among developed countries during the last de...

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19 April 2016

Good practices under EaSI funded projects – 4th Commission report

The European Commission published its fourth monitoring report in which it gathers good practices of projects across Europe, which on the one hand focused on the Your First EURES Job (YfEJ) initiative, and on the other on projects relating to employment, ...

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12 April 2016

Employment: Quarterly Review highlights steady improvement in activity rate in the EU

The slow but consistent recovery of the EU's economy continues, accompanied by a gradual increase in the employment rate and a gradual decline in the unemployment rate.

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09 May 2016

European Parliament Committee Meetings

European Parliament's committees are primarily responsible for preparing the legislative work for Parliament's plenary, on the basis of which it adopts legislative resolutions.

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