Europäische Kommission
Kommissar László Andor - Beschäftigung, Soziales und Integration

Employment and Social Policy Council  

The Council of EU Employment and Social Policy Ministers will meet on 17 February in Brussels.

EU sets out plans for adequate, safe and sustainable pensions  

The European Commission has published a White Paper on adequate, safe and sustainable pensions. It looks at how the EU and the Member States can work to tackle the major challenges that confront our pension systems.

Baugewerbe in Spanien: 1,6 Mio. EUR Unterstützung aus dem EU-Gobalisierungsfonds für 1138 entlassene Arbeitskräfte  

Die Europäische Kommission hat heute vorgeschlagen, 1,6 Mio. EUR aus dem Europäischen Fonds für die Anpassung an die Globalisierung (EGF) für Spanien bereitzustellen, um 1138 entlassenen Arbeitskräften aus dem Baugewerbe die Rückkehr in die Beschäftigung zu ermöglichen.

Commissioner Andor welcomes social partner agreement on working time for inland waterways  

László Andor, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion welcomed the signing of the new social partner agreement to lay down specific rules for working time on passenger or cargo transport ships in inland waterways across the EU.

Monthly Labour Market Fact Sheet – February 2012   

The number of unemployed people in the EU stood at 23.8 million in December 2011, i.e. 1.1 million more than in March 2011, when the declining trend in unemployment was reversed.