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Wanted: More women in leadership roles in European industry

March 8, 2021 by Staff Reporter

The European Round Table for Industry (ERT) today publishes updated targets for the advancement of women in 38 industrial and technology companies headquartered in Europe – as well as figures on the progress towards achieving these targets. The report reflects a growing corporate culture at a wide range of European multinationals which aims to promote […]

Filed Under: Business, Business Innovation, Employment, Europe

Fit for Future platform: simplification and modernisation for businesses and citizens

March 5, 2021 by Staff Reporter

The Commission’s Fit for Future Platform has now selected 15 initiatives with the aim of helping to simplify EU law, cut red tape for citizens and businesses, and ensure that EU policies respond to new and emerging challenges. These efforts will be part of the Platform’s first annual work programme to be adopted this month. […]

Filed Under: Business, Digital Agenda, Economy, Employment, EU Institutions, European Commission

Thyssen Proposes €8.7m Aid For Greek Media Workers

February 4, 2015 by Staff Reporter

Marianne Thyssen

The European Commission has proposed to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 1,633 workers made redundant in the media sectors (publishing, programming and broadcasting) in Attica (Greece). The funds requested by the Greek authorities, amounting to €8.7 million, will help the workers in their transition to new jobs. The proposals now go […]

Filed Under: Employment, European Commission

Jobs Boost From Erasmus Says Impact Study

September 23, 2014 by Staff Reporter

Employment

Young people who study or train abroad not only gain knowledge in specific disciplines, but also strengthen key transversal skills which are highly valued by employers reports a new study on the impact of the European Union’s Erasmus student exchange programme. It illustrates that graduates with international experience fare much better on the job market. They […]

Filed Under: Economy, Education, Employment, European Commission

Fighting Stress At Work… Its Stressful…

September 15, 2014 by Esther Herrera

László Andor, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion EC

With Brussels now firmly ‘Back to School’ stress levels should be rising steadily. Eurocrats may have missed a timely summer initiative from the European Commission aimed at tackling the most frequently reported work-related health problem in Europe – stress. Stress is believed to be the cause of the majority of all lost working days, according to […]

Filed Under: Employment, European Commission, Health

EU’s Globalisation Adjustment Fund, Further Aid Approved

September 15, 2014 by Staff Reporter

EU Jobs - Sept 2014

Tens of thousands of workers were helped to retrain, look for a new job or launch a new company in 207-2013 if they had been laid off as a result of globalisation or the economic crisis thanks to €400 million in EU funding. This aid came from the EU’s Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). On 11 […]

Filed Under: Business, Employment, European Parliament

‘Keep It Local’ Says Crowdfunding Innovator, Sweta Chattopadhyay

April 1, 2014 by Brian Maguire

Sweta Chattopadhay - Startup

Supporting local businesses and community projects is the key to helping communities thrive. An innovative new crowdfunding platform, Localfunded, launched in late March unlocks much needed funding to help get local projects off the ground, and reward the backers of these projects with  unique rewards, perks and discounts that they can’t get anywhere else.  Founded […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Brian Maguire, Business, Education, Employment, Enterprise

MEPs Insist On Troika Jobs And Recovery Plan

February 13, 2014 by Brian Maguire

Alejandro Cercas, MEP, (S&D, ES)

Growing unemployment – especially among the young, leading to their emigration – the loss of small firms and rising poverty rates, even among the middle class, are the key impacts of the economic crisis and adjustment measures designed by the ECB/EU Commission/IMF “Troika” for Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, Ireland, say Employment Committee MEPs in a resolution voted […]

Filed Under: ECB - European Central Bank, Economy, Employment, EU Institutions, European Parliament

Greek Presidency Gets Rough Start Over Economic Fears

January 16, 2014 by Brian Maguire

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras arrives at the European Parliament

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras presented his country’s priorities for its six months at the helm of the EU to MEPs. The presidency, which started on 1 January, will focus on boosting growth and jobs, the banking union and an immigration policy based on more solidarity. Mr Samaras said there was a clear need for […]

Filed Under: Economy, Employment, EPP, EU Institutions, European Commission, European Council, European Parliament, Finance & Monetary Policy, Greens, RENEW, S&D, The Left

Return to Employment Boost for Redundant Danish, Finnish and German Workers

November 29, 2013 by Staff Reporter

Employment

Workers in Denmark, Finland and Germany who lost their jobs received  a boost from the European Parliament’s Budgets Committee this week.  MEPs approved support from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGAF) to help workers return to the labour market. The decision still needs to be endorsed by Parliament as a whole and Council. The Danish wind-turbine […]

Filed Under: Business, Employment, European Parliament

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