News
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07/04/2016
Commission proposes €5.1 million from Globalisation Fund to help over 2,100 French road haulage and delivery workers
The European Commission has proposed to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 2,132 former workers of MoryGlobal SAS in France.
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29/03/2016
ESPN Thematic Report on minimum income schemes
Minimum income (MI) schemes play a vital role in alleviating the worst impacts of poverty and social exclusion in many countries. However, in too many countries MI schemes still fall short of ensuring a decent life for the most vulnerable in society. Progress in improving them in recent years has been disappointing.
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29/03/2016
Working parents the best protection against child poverty
Children are more likely to live in poverty than adults. Almost twenty million children in Europe, more than 1 child in 5, live below the poverty threshold (poverty rate of 21.1% compared to 16.3% among people over 18 years old). Since the economic crisis, child poverty has increased in most EU countries. This is a worrying trend as the living conditions and the environment in which children are brought up are highly important for their healthy development.
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17/03/2016
First EU social finance deal in Europe, to support €33m for social enterprises in France
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Société financière de la NEF (la NEF) have signed the first Social Entrepreneurship guarantee agreement aimed at supporting more than 300 social enterprises in France under the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI).
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16/03/2016
The changing meaning of ‘working age’
‘Working age’ is usually defined as 15 to 64 years. This definition is for example used for the ‘old-age dependency ratio’, with people aged 65 and over being labelled ‘dependent’.
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09/03/2016
Peer Review in Ireland: Prevention and early intervention services to address children at risk of poverty
Ireland is in the process of developing a more coordinated and integrated approach to children’s services, aimed at tackling the complex problems of disadvantaged families in a more joined-up and holistic way. This Peer Review looked at Irish good practice and harnessed learning from other EU Member States.
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08/03/2016
Commission launches a public consultation on the European Pillar of Social Rights
Today, the European Commission presents a first concrete outline of the European Pillar of Social Rights announced by President Juncker in September last year and launches a broad public consultation to gather views and feedback from other European institutions, national authorities and parliaments, social partners, stakeholders, civil society, experts from academia and citizens.
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08/03/2016
European Semester 2016: fewer Member States have economic imbalances than a year ago
EU Member States are making progress in addressing imbalances in their economies.
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08/03/2016
The Commission presents reform of posting of workers – towards a fair and truly European Labour Market
Today the European Commission is presenting a targeted revision of the rules on posting of workers, as set out in the 2016 Commission work programme.
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07/03/2016
Women and unpaid work: recognise, reduce, redistribute!
8 March is the International Women's Day. This year's theme is gender equality that is indispensable for achieving many of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It is also crucial for achieving the EU's Europe2020 targets of raising employment and reducing poverty.