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October 2010

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   Entrevistas en vídeo

   ILO Director-General Juan Somavia highlights the courage of the 33 Chilean miners

   13 October 2010

   With the rescue team still at work, ILO Director General Juan Somavia spoke with ILO TV and emphasized the strength and courage of the 33 trapped Chilean miners, their families and the Chilean people who together made possible what seemed so impossible.

June 2008

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   News

   Flexicurity for decent work: A labour market policy approach

   05 June 2008

   The search for a better combination of flexibility and security regarding employment, income and social protection is a major challenge within the European Union. Denmark has been a pioneer in implementing a system of “flexicurity” in its labour market. Today, the country has the second lowest unemployment rate among OECD countries, with high levels of competitiveness, job mobility as well as of workforce training. However, the Danish experience shows that the right balance regarding decent work is not to be found by companies or the public sector alone, but through social dialogue. While the ILO International labour Conference is underway, a panel discussion will address the issue of "Flexicurity for Decent Work: a labour market policy approach" with the participation of ILO experts and tripartite delegates from Denmark. Anne Mette Skipper met with one of them, the Danish Minister for Employment, Claus Hjort Frederiksen. Download the interview (in english)

June 2006

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   95th session of the International Labour Conference, 2006
   Combining labour market flexibility and security in the West Balkans

   16 June 2006

   With Montenegro's recent decision to separate from Serbia, the break-up of the former Yugoslavia has probably come to an end. After years of steep economic decline, political turmoil and armed conflict in the West Balkan countries, growth rates picked up in the second half of the 1990s although this economic dynamism did not translate into lower unemployment levels.

January 2006

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   Which is best for the economy: employment stability or employment flexibility?

   20 January 2006

   A recent article in the ILO's International Labour Review analyzes the relationship between employment stability and productivity in six major sectors in 13 European countries. According to the authors, both, extensive and short job tenure can produce adverse affects on productivity. They propose a policy of "protected mobility" on the labour market, together with active labour market policies seeking to combine both flexibility and security. ILO online spoke with Peter Auer, co-author of the article.

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   Article

   The Lego experience: "Putting flexibility and security together"

   13 January 2006

   Workers who are facing layoffs may want to know why employees at Danish toymaker Lego don't worry too much if their jobs are outsourced. It has to do with what the International Labour Office and others call "flexicurity". ILO Online reports from the Lego toy factory in Denmark.