“There is no doubt that women have been more strongly affected by the Corona crisis. In addition to gainful employment (home office) it was women who were most exposed to additional extraordinary stress resulting from care and household responsibilities...
Virtually all economic sectors experienced clearly positive employment development over recent years. Between 2014 and 2019 employment growth within the European Union was on average at 6%; for men at 5.7% respectively women at 6.3%. Just a few sectors...
EUROSTAT data on the labour market situation in the second quarter of 2020 shows that, despite the dramatic developments resulting from the Covid-19 crisis, average unemployment in the EU declined somewhat compared to the previous year while the unemployment...
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...
On the 7 and 8 December 2020 the 14th PES Board Meeting took place, in a virtual format. The pandemic did not allow the PES Board to accept the invitation of the German Presidency to convene in Munich therefore...