Report projects that nearly one third of Europeans will be 65 or over by 2060, in a total EU population of 517 million.

Recommendations to national governments call for coordinated action on job creation, labour-market reforms, investment in skills, matching jobs and jobseekers, employment policies and funding.

Find out how to snag one of the thousands of technology jobs available across Europe during e-skills week (26-30 March).

We want your opinion on how to get companies to appoint more women to their boards of directors. In Europe's top firms, just 1 in 7 board members is a woman.

EU sets out plans to ensure people receive adequate pensions when they retire.

The EU wants your opinion on ways to help workers when companies restructure.

Free European Health Insurance Card eases access to medical care in 27 EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

First EU equal pay day on 5 March signals a commitment to end discrimination against women at work.

Year-long campaign to celebrate the work of existing volunteers, address the challenges they face and encourage more people to get involved.

New plan sets out strategy for lifting 20m people out of poverty - an EU target for 2020.

EU awards Avila, Spain for championing accessibility for the disabled.

New plan sets out action to reach 75% employment target for the EU by 2020.

This autumn, the 2010 European Job Days give jobseekers a chance to meet employers from all over Europe, and find out about working in other EU countries through seminars and workshops.

A proposed new plan focuses on closing the pay gap and opening up company boardrooms to more women. Tackling domestic violence is also a top priority.

Survey shows one in two Europeans willing to pull up stakes if they can’t find work at home

Pension systems are under pressure from population ageing and the economic crisis. New EU report presents policy options and invites feedback.

European countries called upon to make greater use of EU funds available to help the social integration of Roma people.

Conference showcasing EU-funded projects to improve lives of Roma.

Commission steps up efforts to reduce pay gap.

Europeans quite happy with their personal situation, but less satisfied with economic and social climate in their country.

How well-equipped are European companies to meet the challenges of global competition and the recent recession? The 2009 European Company Survey provides some clues.

2010 – European year for combating poverty and social exclusion.

As the economy recovers, EU countries will need to phase out crisis measures. The question is when?

2010 – European year for combating poverty and social exclusion.

Ageism is growing problem – or so most Europeans think.

Job fairs pitch benefits of working abroad in the EU.

Music contest encourages young people to raise their voices against poverty.

Music contest encourages young people to raise their voices against poverty.

Survey - Europeans gloomy about job prospects.

EU proposes microfinance facility to encourage the unemployed to start their own businesses.

The recession could hit working women harder than men, an EU study warns, underscoring persistent disparities between the sexes in the European labour market.

Commission proposes to immediately free up €19bn in earmarked funds to fight unemployment as recession takes its toll.

With jobless rates headed for a postwar high, EU convenes special summit on employment.

The financial crisis may force EU countries to adjust pension systems. But most Europeans retiring today have little cause to worry about their retirement finances.

EU-wide actions have strong impact on issues that matter to women.

Circus campaign will raise awareness of EU social policies in 2009.

French and Danish journalists share first prize in the 2008 journalist award "For diversity, against discrimination".

Report finds that most EU workers will soon be employed in the service industry.

Workers who lose jobs because of economic crisis to get help from EU fund.

EU invites ideas on how to improve life for people with disabilities.

As baby boomers reach retirement age, more are staying in the workforce.

Report finds restrictions on movement of workers from new EU member countries no longer needed.

Risk assessment seen as key to safety at work.

Childcare still big problem for working mothers in EU, says report.

Companies pitch benefits of working abroad at job fairs around Europe.

Government ministers join European policy-makers in Brussels for the first EU summit to address problems faced by Roma minority.

Discrimination to be tackled under wide EU package on coping with social change in a global economy.

Seven debates are being held in 2008 on living together in diversity

'Yes' says latest report on the social impact of the EU's growing economic integration with the outside world.

Gender equality still eluding us,  says report published in the run-up to International Women's Day.

Millions of new jobs and lower unemployment expected as national reforms begin to take effect, but young people are still losing out.

Campaign to prevent musculoskeletal disorders winds down at ceremony in Bilbao.

In some EU countries, if you change jobs or go and work abroad, you risk losing pension benefits.