EU: the European Commission proposed “flexicurity principles”

In a communication adopted on June 27, 2007, the European Commission defines the flexicurity concept and proposes common principles to help governments elaborate their national employment policy, but also in their reform processes launched to take up the globalization challenge. (Ref. 070579)
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Entitled “towards common principles of flexicurity : more and better jobs through flexibility and security”, this communication is going to open a debate in the European parliament as well as in the Ministers’ Council. It is accompanied by an experts report presenting flexicurity examples in the 27 member States.

Definitions and principles. “Flexicurity can be defined as an integrated strategy”, that is which concerns labour markets as well as labour organizations, work relations, job securit

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