News
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13/11/2015
Youth Guarantee in practice: linking Sandrina's studies to the job she wants
With support from the Youth Guarantee scheme, many young people in Europe have managed to find a job or follow a course which gives their career a boost. Here's the story of Sandrina, from Portugal.
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11/11/2015
The plight of young people: Europe at a turning point
With the onset of the crisis, employment rates and especially youth employment and youths' labour market performance deteriorated quite rapidly in the EU. A chart featured in the Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review of June 2015 showed that the worst seems to be over, but it remains to be seen whether this trend reversal is confirmed.
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11/11/2015
Work-Life Balance: Commission launches consultation of EU social partner organisations
The European Commission has launched today a first stage consultation with EU social partner organisations on how to improve work-life balance and reduce obstacles to women's participation in the labour market.
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10/11/2015
Forced labour: Commission welcomes adoption of Council decisions to implement new ILO Protocol
The EU has taken a further step towards better preventing forced labour to happen and protecting its victims.
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06/11/2015
Commission proposes €2.6 million from Globalisation Fund for former computer programming workers in Finland
The European Commission has proposed to provide Finland with €2.6 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 1,200 computer programming workers to find new jobs.
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06/11/2015
Commission proposes €442,293 from Globalisation Fund for former aircraft maintenance and repair workers in Ireland
The European Commission has proposed to provide Ireland with €442,293 from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 108 aircraft maintenance and repair workers and an equal number of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET'S) to find jobs.
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30/10/2015
Social Agenda – Long term unemployment
Social Agenda n°42 presents the European Commission's proposal to tackle long-term unemployment.
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30/10/2015
Youth Guarantee in practice: boosting Gerda's career chances
With support from the Youth Guarantee scheme, many young people in Europe have managed to find a job or follow a course which gives their career a boost. Here's the story of Gerda, from Latvia.
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28/10/2015
Two-speed road to gender equality - unequal labour market attachment of mothers
We recently wrote about maternal employment. We illustrated the great variation across countries in employment rates of mothers of young children and concluded that various institutional factors and policies impact on the access of mothers to the labour market.
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26/10/2015
#lovemyapprenticeship photo and video contest!
Are you an apprentice? Then why not try your luck in our #lovemyapprenticeship contest – a photo and video competition running from 26 October to 23 November for apprentices across Europe. It’s your chance to show everyone how great your apprenticeship is and win a prize!