labour market conditions [ labor market conditions ]

labour policy consultant | policy officer, labour market | labour market policy officer | policy officer at labour group

labour economics [4.7] [ labor economics | labour market theory | Labour market theory(STW) ]

job access [ access to the labour market | employment opportunity | job market | job perspective ]

labour market [ employment level | employment situation ]

fit for running | in running order | suitable for running

active labour market policy [ ALMP | active labor market policy ]

Labour Market Adjustment Program [ Labour Market Adjustment ]

assist in gaining access to job market | facilitating job market access | enable job market access | facilitate job market access

adapting instruction to labour markets | adjust instruction to labour market | adapt instruction to labour market | adapting instruction to labour market

Greater adaptability should also contribute to ensuring that wage labour cost developments do not exceed in line with productivity growth over the cycle and reflect the labour market situation.

Developing innovative approaches to prevent labour market discrimination Involving social partners in the elaboration and implementation of integration measures Informing employers and educational institutions about certificates for introduction courses to promote access to the labour market or training opportunities Exploring additional ways of recognising newcomers’ qualifications, training and/or professional experience, building upon existing laws Supporting training capacities of small companies, business organisations and trade unions in sectors of the economy employing many migrants Promoting employment for immigrant women, i.a. b ...[+++]y ensuring that restrictions in labour market access are minimised and do not hamper integration, when transposing the Directive on the right to family reunification[8] Encouraging the recruitment of migrants through awareness-raising, economic incentives and other measures targeted at employers Supporting migrant entrepreneurship, e.g. through facilitated access to banking and credit services | Monitoring the impact of National Reform Programmes on labour market integration of immigrants Encouraging Member States to develop labour market integration policies Monitoring the application of the Directives concerning discrimination in employment and on third-country nationals who are long-term residents[9] |

Even if EU law already provides for refugees to have the same access to the labour market as nationals, active labour market policies – mainstreamed as well as targeted - will remain necessary to facilitate their labour market participation.TheCommission welcomes the fact that some Member States give access to the labour market much earlier than the nine-month deadline in the Reception Conditions Directive (e.g. in Belgium, Italy, Romania).

Encourages the Commission and the Member States to recognise the full potential of the flexibility offered by digitalisation in the area of work-life balance, highlighting at the same time that the digitalisation of the labour market requires adaptation of both labour market policies and the underlying social security systems; calls on the Commission and the Member States, with regard to the Commission’s roadmap ‘New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families’, to identify the opportunities and challenges of digitalisation, with regard to working conditions and the need for adaptation of the workplace ...[+++], skill development, and lifelong learning opportunities, especially for workers with care responsibilities; calls on the Member States and the Commission also to invest in a targeted manner in digital working practices in order to improve the work-life balance for all.