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Newsletter June, 2021

WEC-Europe launches the Manifesto “Recovery, Reform and Resilience”

June, 2021
  • WEC-Europe calls for national policies to focus on recovery, reform and resilience. 
  • It details how the European Union can be supporting its Member States in the recovery phase. 

World Employment Conference 2021: Steering a labour market in transformation

June, 2021
  • The virtual annual conference will take place on 6-8 September 2021.
  • It is organised annually by the World Employment Confederation. This year’s edition is run in partnership with WEC’s Spanish federation ASEMPLEO.
  • Participation is open for subscription.
Newsletter May, 2021

The key role of Labour Migration in the post-Covid recovery

May, 2021
  • In light of the social and economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, the IOE Policy Working Group on Migration has restated the priorities for migration and recruitment practices.

Mexico approves the law on outsourcing

May, 2021
  • The reform restricting the current use of outsourcing in Mexico has been enacted.
  • The reform entered into force on 24th April 2021.
Newsletter April, 2021

How do Public and Private Employment Services collaborate to support Activation and Transition?

April, 2021
  • WEC published a report on partnerships between public and private employment services
  • The report shows that much collaboration is present in countries with a mature and professional private employment industry
  • The key opportunities identified to level up these partnerships are increased functioning of labour markets and increased access to talent for employers
  • The urgency of these collaborations is underscored by the increased need to support people in making more labour market transition over the course of their lives.

Career guidance to fill the skills gaps

April, 2021
  • Following an OECD report from January 2021, private employment agencies’ managers and employment experts recall the importance of career guidance.
  • Career guidance must gain visibility but also be improved through subsidies and more effective services.
Newsletter March, 2021

Italy: a regional government introduces measures to support jobseekers

March, 2021
  • Jobseekers in the Italian Region Veneto are supported with an allowance of a maximum amount of EUR 5.796
  • So far the measure has supported 52,775 unemployed persons
  • It is a form of successful collaboration between public and private employment services

Dutch Courts ruled on the classification of platform workers and government advisory group view

March, 2021
  • The classification of platform workers is unclear in the Netherlands, despite recent Court decisions and a report from the Labour Inspectorate
  • Recently, an advisory bipartite Committee highlighted the “need for a political and policy response in the short term to this discussion”

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