News
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18/05/2018
Youth Guarantee: latest data shows progress but more work is needed
The Youth Guarantee, supported by the Youth Employment Initiative, has helped make a dent in youth unemployment and inactivity.
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17/05/2018
10th FEAD Network Meeting: FEAD’s contribution to the delivery of the European Pillar of Social Rights
The tenth FEAD Network meeting took place on 24-25 April in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Malmo, Sweden. The event focused on 'FEAD’s contribution to the delivery of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR)’ principles.
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17/05/2018
EU and Thailand launch Labour Dialogue
The EU and Thailand launched a bilateral Labour Dialogue with the objective to promote decent work through closer cooperation, exchange of best practices and mutual learning.
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17/05/2018
Social Agenda 51 - Fair mobility and social fairness
The April issue of our Social Agenda magazine focuses on the notion of fairness: fair cross-border mobility, with the creation of a European Labour Authority; and social fairness with a Recommendation on access to social protection for the almost 40% of people employed in the EU who are either in an “atypical” employment situation or self-employed.
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16/05/2018
First results of Poland’s Family 500+ programme released
In April 2016, the Polish government launched the programme “Family 500+” (Rodzina 500+) to boost birth-rates and reduce child poverty by improving living conditions of large families. The European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC) presents some early indicators of the programme’s progress and impact.
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16/05/2018
Latest news on the Blueprint projects
Four Blueprint projects shared the latest news on their activities and efforts to match skills to sector's needs.
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14/05/2018
Commission evaluation confirms the importance of European Works Councils
The European Commission has published today an evaluation of the recast European Works Council Directive.
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08/05/2018
EPIC publishes policy memo on using EU funding sources to tackle child poverty
The European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC) has published a policy memo on the use of EU funding mechanisms to tackle child poverty and social exclusion in the EU. This memo is the first in a series of short policy memos aimed at policymakers, researchers and practitioners and focusing on topics relevant to child welfare.
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07/05/2018
Integration of long-term unemployed into the labour market – have your say!
The Commission seeks your opinion on the measures proposed for tackling long-term unemployment.
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04/05/2018
Call for applications – Expert group on the impact of the digital transformation on EU labour markets
The Commission is setting up a high-level expert group (HLG) on the impact of the digital transformation on EU labour markets, in the context of its broader activities on the future of work.