News
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16/09/2015
The majority of the unemployed in the EU do not receive unemployment benefits
In all EU countries, social security systems are in place to provide a safety net to those who lose their jobs. Much has been said about the generosity of unemployment benefits that may entice workers to stay at home rather than to look for a job, or about the need to make sure that the unemployed receiving benefits also meet obligations to actually look for a job or get training.
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11/09/2015
Performance of the EU Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) programme in 2014
2014 was the first implementation year of the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI). To ensure a high visibility and to respond to accountability needs, a report has been published on the performance of the EaSI programme, which consists of three axes: the Progress, EURES, and Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis.
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10/09/2015
Free movement of workers: challenges and opportunities at local level
Reports from four cities examine the impact of free movement of EU workers at a local level, on the basis of studies conducted in Frankfurt, Leeds, Milan and Rotterdam in 2014/2015.
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09/09/2015
Entrepreneurship: an avenue back to work for all?
Entrepreneurship helps to create jobs and develop skills, and to include the unemployed and disadvantaged in society and the economy.
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08/09/2015
Commissioner Thyssen welcomes the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' commitment to address youth unemployment
At the 6th G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' meeting in Ankara, Turkey, on 3-4 September, Marianne Thyssen, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Labour Mobility and Skills, welcomed the agreement to tackle unemployment of youth most at risk of never having a job.
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07/09/2015
Integration of long-term unemployed into the labour market: report on Member State progress
A report commissioned by the European Commission from the European Social Policy Network of independent experts (ESPN) published today shows an inadequate response in the Member States regarding the reintegration of the long-term unemployed.
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02/09/2015
Persistent poverty in the EU: time matters!
While more and more people experience poverty at some point in their life, a short-lived experience is certainly different in nature than long-term poverty.
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20/08/2015
Commission signs stability support programme for Greece and assesses its social impact
The European Commission signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Greece for a new stability support programme late on 19 August.
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07/08/2015
Commission proposes €1.4 million from Globalisation Fund for former workers of Alitalia in Italy
The European Commission has proposed to provide Italy with €1.4 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 184 former workers of Alitalia to find new jobs. Most of the redundancies occurred in the region of Lazio.
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30/07/2015
Social protection developments in Bulgaria, Slovenia, Slovakia and Italy
Four new Flash Reports prepared by the European Social policy Network (ESPN) are now available and provide information on deinstitutionalisation of children in Bulgaria, a new National Housing Programme in Slovenia, the national Helpline for Women Experiencing Domestic Violence in Slovakia and reforms in Italian labour market policies.