How labour market policy and climate protection are connected, and why structural change will not work how it has until now this time. Johannes Kopf is chair of the PES Network and managing director of AMS, the Austrian public...
In the latest policy briefing of the OECD you will find information on how OECD countries have responded to the crisis in adapting and expanding the provision of employment services. Since the outbreak of the crisis many countries have...
On January 8th the European Commission has published the 2020 edition of the Annual Report on Intra-EU Labour Mobility. This annual report provides the latest information and trend on labour mobility within the EU/EFTA. The relevant data from 2019/2020...
On the 17 December 2020 Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, has launched the European Statistical Recovery Dashboard. The very interesting Dashboard aims at tracking the economic and social recovery in the EU using more than 20...
This OECD publication addresses how adult learning systems are key to support people in their skills development. With digitalisation, deepening globalisation and population ageing, the world of work is changing. The extent to which individuals, firms and economies can...
OECD´s recent publication brings it to the point: Agile and pro-active PES are key to respond to the COVID-19 crisis – and EU PES indeed are in action. The paper shows PES preventing unemployment through the facilitated use of...
The emergence of the platform economy, symbolised by the two frontrunners Uber and Deliveroo, is reshaping business and the way it is conducted. European Trade Union institute recently published a working paper (edited by Isabelle Daugareilh, Christophe Degryse and...
How do companies value the job-relevant characteristics and skills of the long-term unemployed? And do long-term unemployed people benefit if companies use social contacts for their recruitment? You find interesting answers on these questions here: IAB-Discussion Paper 16/2019. You...
This interesting article published by the ILO STAT explains why it is useful not only to look at unemployment rates, but also at other indicators. Especially in times of skills shortages it is good to take into account people...
Two reports and a series of videos on long-term unemployment are being published by the European Commission today, marking the end of a 2-year mutual learning project on the subject. They explore how policymakers can help the long-term unemployed...