News
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01/02/2005
New website on social dialogue
DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities today launched a new website on social dialogue.
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27/01/2005
Member States need to embrace reform more decisively to create more growth and jobs, Commission reports show - Joint Employment Report (JER)
Progress was made in the last few years to complete the European Union's single market and improve the conditions for business, but much more needs to be done to increase the bloc's competitiveness through sounder public finances, more active labour policies, more productive investment - including in knowledge - and more integrated markets, in order to step up economic growth and job creation whilst protecting our environment. These conclusions were drawn in key reports looking at the implementation of multi-annual targets for the economy as a whole and the internal market, employment and environment in particular. The reports or "Implementation Package", will feed into the forthcoming mid-term review of the EU's Lisbon strategy and the Commission's report to the Spring European Council in March.
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27/01/2005
Member States need to embrace reform more decisively to create more growth and jobs, Commission reports show - Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion
Progress was made in the last few years to complete the European Union's single market and improve the conditions for business, but much more needs to be done to increase the bloc's competitiveness through sounder public finances, more active labour policies, more productive investment - including in knowledge - and more integrated markets, in order to step up economic growth and job creation whilst protecting our environment. These conclusions were drawn in key reports looking at the implementation of multi-annual targets for the economy as a whole and the internal market, employment and environment in particular. The reports or "Implementation Package", will feed into the forthcoming mid-term review of the EU's Lisbon strategy and the Commission's report to the Spring European Council in March.
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20/01/2005
Commission Conference on Disability in Sofia, Bulgaria
A Conference on equal opportunities for people with disabilities took place on 9-11 December 2004 in Bulgaria. As the European Commission finalised enlargement negotiations with Bulgaria and Romania and set out plans to start accession negotiations with Turkey and Croatia, this event brought together participants from these 4 countries.
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20/01/2005
Restructuring has made industrial relations more important in the EU - new Commission report
Large-scale changes caused by globalisation are making industrial relations more, rather than less important in Europe, according to a new European Commission report. 'Industrial Relations in Europe 2004' highlights a growing trend towards company level negotiations, with workers' principal concern being job security, rather than short term financial gain.
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12/01/2005
Commission launches debate on managing economic migration to the EU
Yesterday, the Commission adopted a Green Paper launching a public consultation on how to manage economic migration at EU level. The Commission believes that some coordination is needed and stakeholders are asked to say whether they agree that an EU-wide initiative is a good idea and if so what form it should take. They are invited to respond by April 2005 and their ideas will help prepare the ground for a public hearing later in the year, which will then feed into a policy action plan to be presented by the Commission by the end of 2005.
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11/01/2005
Brussels seminar to focus on EU contribution to UN social development debate
The European Commission, in cooperation with the Luxemburg Presidency of the EU, is organising the 'Promoting social development for all' seminar in Brussels on 13 and 14 January. The event will help prepare the EU's contribution to the United Nations' forthcoming review of its Copenhagen Plan on social development initiated 10 years ago, which focused on alleviation of poverty, employment and social integration.
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03/01/2005
Council adopts the Directive implementing the principle of equal treatment between women and men in the access to and supply of goods and services
On 13 December, the Council formally adopted the Council Directive implementing the principle of equal treatment between women and men in the access to and supply of goods and services, based on Article 13 of the EC Treaty. This follows the political agreement reached on 4 October.