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02/12/2015
Commission proposes to make products and services more accessible to the disabled persons
The European Commission today proposed a European Accessibility Act, which will set common accessibility requirements for certain key products and services that will help people with disabilities at EU level to participate fully in society.
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27/11/2015
Youth Guarantee in practice: learning a trade from scratch
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 Andrei, from Romania.
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25/11/2015
Inclusive growth? Varying trends in disposable household income over the last decade
The economic crisis has put income inequality high on the political agenda. Thomas Piketty's "Capital in the 21st century" made the topic also a subject of coffee breaks, while Wilkinson and Pickett's "The Spirit Level" illustrated how inequality is associated with various social ills in our societies.
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18/11/2015
EU Labour Market Policies: how active are we and how do we respond to unemployment?
Labour market policies comprise a range of financial and practical policy interventions that can help people when they face difficulties in the labour market. They aim to bring the unemployed and the inactive into employment and help people in low-quality or threatened jobs find better employment opportunities.
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18/11/2015
New start for working parents and caregivers: Commission launches public consultation on work-life balance
The European Commission has today launched a public consultation on how to improve work-life balance and reduce obstacles to women's participation in the labour market, thereby contributing to the employment headline target of the Europe 2020 Strategy.
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17/11/2015
The Commission and business leaders partner up to boost youth employment and inclusion in Europe
Today at the Enterprise 2020 Summit, the European Commission and business leaders launched the 'European Pact for Youth' to improve partnerships between business and education to boost the chances of young people getting jobs.
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13/11/2015
EEPO catalogue of measures
Updated regularly, the 'Catalogue of Measures' provides an insight into the labour market reforms taking place across 32 European countries (the 28 Member States of the EU, plus Iceland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Serbia).
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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.