medal presentation ceremony [ medal presentation | medal ceremony ]

honour [ award | decoration | European medal | medal | Nobel Prize | prize for excellence | Award(STW) ]

Olympic medallist [ Olympic medalist | Olympic medal winner | Olympic medal recipient ]

medal presenter

decrease in working time | reduction in working time | reduction of working hours | reduction of working time | shorter hours | shorter working week

equal pay for equal work principle | equal pay principle | principle of equal pay | principle of equal pay for equal work | principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value | principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work | principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value | the principle that men and women should receive equal pay for equal work

The downside of this is that, as in the case of the Austrian and French reforms, a long time will be needed before they produce a full positive impact on public finances and labour market performance.

On policies , it is essential to recognise that the pursuit of economic or labour market reforms is the pursuit of social justice; they are two sides of the same coin.

19. Stresses that, in order to enhance further social dialogue on the topic of psychosocial constraints at work in the European steel sector, special attention should be paid to the specific features of working conditions, to identifying sector-specific causes – such as, for example, the heavy nature of steel production work, the properties of the workforce (male, high age structure), environmental concerns, the proliferation of technological innovations and the substantial restructuring of the European steel industry – and to verifying the impact of these causes on the work floor, which can serve to improve sectorial exchange and reflection on prevention practices; stresses further that all key prevention players (be it at European, natio ...[+++]nal or local level), including company management, occupational safety and health services, workers’ representatives, etc) can prevent psychosocial constraints at work on all prevention levels, meaning that they can continue to make improvements in terms of both health and performance, which are two sides of the same coin;

There is also another side to this coin – and I see, Elisabeth, that I have your attention – and that is that we must ensure that older people remain in work. That, therefore, means that we should focus more efforts on flexible career schemes and flexible retirement schemes and that we must improve and adapt conditions, if older people are to be able to continue working.