News
-
18/06/2015
Promoting the creation of decent jobs and sustainable growth together with the International Labour Organization (ILO)
The European Commission welcomes the outcomes of the 104th International Labour Conference in Geneva during the first two weeks of June.
-
15/06/2015
Access City Award 2016
EU cities are invited to participate in the sixth edition of the Access City Award - The European Prize for making cities more accessible to people with disabilities and older people.
-
09/06/2015
Commission discusses ways to strengthen EU social policy
The Commission today held an orientation debate to discuss how EU policy can best address social and employment challenges in Europe.
-
04/06/2015
Improved regulation of student work in Slovenia and the Romanian draft National Strategy on Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction
Two more Flash Reports prepared by ESPN independent experts on recent social policy developments in Europe are now available.
-
02/06/2015
Commission proposes €1.3 million from Globalisation Fund for former workers of ICT sector in Finland
The European Commission has proposed to provide Finland with € 1.3 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 500 former workers of Broadcom Communications Finland and two of its suppliers to find new jobs.
-
29/05/2015
Free movement: new Commission report on mobility of Croatian workers
Today the European Commission has published a new report on transitional arrangements on free movement for Croatian workers, concluding that future potential flows of Croatian workers to other EU Member States are likely to be small and unlikely to lead to labour market disturbances.
-
27/05/2015
Fixed-Term Work: Commission refers Estonia to EU Court of Justice over successive fixed-term employment in the academic sector
The European Commission is referring Estonia to the EU Court of Justice over its national law which does not provide sufficient protection against abuse arising from the use of successive fixed-term employment contracts or relationships in the academic sector.
-
22/05/2015
Poverty impact of fiscal consolidation measures in Belgium and other social policy debates in Europe
Four more Flash Reports prepared by ESPN independent experts on recent social policy debates in Europe are now available.
-
21/05/2015
Research seminar on self-employment
Supporting entrepreneurship and self-employment is an important part of the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
-
18/05/2015
Good employment and social protection practices - Commission report
The European Commission recently published a report in which it monitored good practices across Europe in the areas of employment, social affairs and inclusion.