EU: last Council of Labor Ministers under Czech Presidency focused on employment

Renewal of employment guidelines. Close to the European summit (June 18-19), the 27 Labor Ministers recalled that measures aimed at keeping Europeans at work and creating jobs were important. They stressed three measures presented in the European Commission’s communication on June 3 (see our dispatch No. 090600): short-time working, training and the reduction of non-wage labor costs for businesses. They judged that the goals defined in 2008 were still relevant, both regarding structural reforms and flexicurity or training policies.
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hey stressed three measures presented in the European Commission’s communication on June 3 (see our dispatch No. 090600): short-time working, training and the reduction of non-wage labor costs for businesses. They judged that the goals defined in 2008 were still relevant, both regarding structural reforms and flexicurity or training policies.


Disagreement on the reform of the European Social Fund. The reform of the European Social Fund proposed on June 3 by the Commission received objections fro

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