To create demand
for labor the Plan invites Member States to consider reducing employers’ social
charges on lower incomes and calls on the Council of Ministers to adopt, before
the 2009 Spring European Council, the proposed Directive to make permanent
reduced VAT rates for labor-intensive services.
ne of the priorities of the recovery plan is to protect European
citizens from the most dramatic effects of the financial crisis, the
European Commission explained, which prizes measures to support employment. It
plans:
- To simplify criteria for
European Social Fund Support and step up advance payments from early 2009, so
that Member States have earlier access to up to €1.8 billion. Besides, this
fund will be re-programmed in order to reinforce active labor market policies,
refocus support
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