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14/09/2005
Directive on optical radiation
EU Commissioner for Employment, Social affairs and Equal opportunities, Vladimir Spidla, announced yesterday that he is willing to remove the reference to sunlight from the Directive on optical radiation. The Directive would thus regulate the health and safety of workers only regarding artificial radiation.
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14/09/2005
EU launches new global safety and health portal
The new online information portal is operated by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work and is based on the most advanced Internet technology.
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05/09/2005
Commissioner Vladimir Spidla signs EU-China agreement
EU Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Commissioner Vladimir Spidla signed the first employment oriented EU-China Memorandum of Understanding with Tian Chengping, the Chinese minister for Labour and Social Security on 5 September.
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02/09/2005
The European Commission strengthens dialogue with China on employment and social affairs
The EU and China will hold regular meetings and exchanges of information on employment and social affairs issues under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to be signed on Monday, 5 September 2005 at the EU-China summit. The MoU, between the European Commission and the Chinese government, will provide the framework for dialogue on areas such as social protection, social cohesion, labour legislation, employment, labour relations and social dialogue. Each side will visit the other at least once a year in Brussels and Beijing alternately.
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11/07/2005
A better work/family life balance in the EU: either we all help out or we lose out
To balance work and family life better, the European Social Model needs to be modernized and the EU's economy needs to pick up. Europe's demographic changes means it needs more children, a higher percentage of working women and care for the increasing number of elderly. The EU can tackle this 'magic triangle' if everyone helps share the burden, through new ways of balancing work/family life. But failure to do so would directly hit Europe's future economic growth, as well as putting a potentially unbearable burden on women's shoulders. President Barroso and Commissioner Spidla will be talking about possible new ways at the Brussels conference 'Confronting demographic changes: a new solidarity between generations', which started today.
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06/07/2005
Notice of open competition for the selection of the Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work located in Bilbao (Spain)
Notice of open competition for the selection of the Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work located in Bilbao (Spain).
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06/07/2005
The European Commission presents the new Community Strategic Guidelines for cohesion, growth and jobs
Danuta Hübner, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, together with Vladimír Špidla, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, yesterday presented a Communication on the Community Strategic Guidelines on economic, social and territorial cohesion. The new Guidelines will establish priorities for the next generation of cohesion policy programmes, helping Member States to focus on key areas for growth and employment. The Commission will propose the Guidelines for formal adoption by Council and European Parliament, once the legal regulations underpinning the new cohesion policy have been adopted. Meanwhile, a public consultation will help to shape the final version.
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30/06/2005
2006 - the European Year of Workers' mobility
The European Commission has named 2006 the European Year for mobility of workers. The year aims to raise awareness and increase understanding of the benefits of both working abroad and in a new occupation. It is the first European year which combines the issues of mobility and workers.
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28/06/2005
One year on: The European Health Insurance card has made its mark across the EU
Just 12 months after its launch, over 30 million EU citizens are now carrying the European Health Insurance Card. The figure could reach 50 million this summer. The card has proved far more popular than the previous EU health insurance document, the E111. In countries such as Sweden, there has been a 600% increase in the number of people holding the card compared to those who carried the E111.
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23/06/2005
Forum on restructuring - Examples of the EU Structural Funds helping people and regions across Europe through the restructuring process.
Examples of the EU Structural Funds helping people and regions across Europe through the restructuring process.