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Youth labour markets in the EU
Three essential questions: Interview with Pola Schneemelcher, Project Manager at Institute for Macrofinance, Berlin, Germany
We interviewed Pola Schneemelcher, Project Manager in the area of labor market and fiscal policy at the think tank Dezernat Zukunft – Institute for Macrofinance. She shared her insights on how youth labour markets in the European Union were impacted...
ILO welcomes renewed EU focus on decent work worldwide for a just transition and a sustainable recovery
The European Commission has adopted a Communication on decent work worldwide, which sets out how the EU will act upon the challenges linked to a just green and digital transition and a sustainable recovery from the pandemic.
Labour rights infringed during the pandemic
Three essential questions to Aleksandar Ristovski, Professor of Labour Law, Skopje
In the third issue of short interviews with important researchers and practitioners from Central and Eastern Europe on burning questions concerning labour and social policies, we talked to Aleksandar Ristovski, Professor of Labour Law at ‘Ss. Cyril...
Job-rich recovery for women
Three Essential Questions: Interview with Réka Sáfrány, President of European Women's Lobby
This is the second issue of short interviews with important researchers and practitioners from Central and Eastern Europe on burning questions concerning labour and social policies. The interviewee this time is Réka Sáfrány, newly elected President...
ILO support for Trade Unions during the pandemic
ITUC Global Rights Index for 2021 shows that COVID-19 impacted workers’ rights in Central and Eastern Europe
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has released its yearly Global Rights Index for 2021. The report shows that the COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in violations of workers’ rights across the globe. In Europe, the most frequently...
Protection of workers
Non-standard forms of employment: assets or liabilities?
Temporary employment, part-time work, temporary agency work, fixed term contracts, disguised employment: non-standard forms of employment can help enterprises adjust quickly to market dynamics and tackle labour shortages. However, when misused to...
Social Summit in Porto
ILO Director-General addresses EU Social Summit in Porto
Europe must seize its opportunity to increase investment in training, social protection, social dialogue and the jobs of the future, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, told EU leaders at their Social Summit in Porto, Portugal.
International Training Centre of the ILO
New challenges for TVET and skills development - what do you want to learn today?
The importance of learning new skills has never been as evident as in the last year. Almost overnight, all of the global workforce had to admit they faced challenges with their digital skills. We had to switch to new ways of managing work and doing...
EU and ILO mark anniversary of the Council Recommendation on a European framework for quality and effective apprenticeships
At a high-level conference on quality and effective apprenticeships, organized by the ILO and the European Alliance for Apprenticeships, the ILO Director-General said that the pandemic has severely affected skills and lifelong learning. The effects...
ILO joins informal EPSCO meeting on Priorities for a stronger social Europe
Speaking to the EU Ministers for Employment and Social Policy, the ILO Director-General underlined the need to invest in people, in the institutions of work, and in the jobs of the future. He welcomed the process towards an Action plan to implement...
Lifelong learning
Why Trade Unions should act on Skills Development – and how?
To build a ‘better normal’ in the post-COVID-19 world of work, skills development and lifelong learning need to be part of economic transformation. This responsibility should not reside with governments and companies alone. Trade Unions have an...
EU and ILO reinforce cooperation for just recovery from crisis and promote decent work
The International Labour Organization and the European Union have reinforced their cooperation to shape the future of work and promote decent work. This will help the EU and the ILO in their responses to the devastating impact of the coronavirus...
Global Compact on Migration
UNECE region reviews Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
Africa-EU Partnership
Pandemic reveals gaps in social protection systems
ILO-EU Relations
ILO and European Commission reaffirm mutual partnership at 15th High Level meeting
The impact of minimum wage and collective bargaining on inequality
The ILO participated in a conference on strengthening fairness and solidarity in the EU social market economy, organized by the European Commission.
International Labour Rights
ITUC Global Rights Index 2020 shows workers’ rights violations occur too often in Central and Eastern Europe
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) released its yearly Global Rights Index in June 2020. This year, the report affirms that the violations of workers’ rights is increasing globally, and is the highest in seven years. For Central and...
A network and online platform of labour law
Introducing CEELex, the labour legislation database for Central and Eastern Europe
The ILO recently launched CEELex which is the only searchable, English-language online database offering information on the national labour laws in Central and Eastern Europe. Established in 2015 to respond to an increasing demand of policy makers...
Social dialogue and the Future of Work
Enhancing social partners’ and social dialogue’s roles in a changing world of work
A new report by the ILO in cooperation with the European Commission looks at how the social partners in European countries are adapting to sweeping changes in the world of work.
ILO100
Council of the EU welcomes the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work
The Council calls on the EU Member States to pursue a human-centred approach to the future of work.