EU: towards negotiations on access to employment for disadvantaged groups

During the tripartite social summit, on March 13, 2008, European social partners announced the opening of negotiations for a voluntary agreement aiming at facilitating disadvantaged groups' access to the labor market. Discussions on work-life balance continue. As for the revision of the Directive on EWCs, whether or not negotiations will open on this subject will be announced on April 2nd at the latest. (Ref. 080216)
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During the tripartite social summit (*), European social partners announced that, as an extension of their joint analysis of European labour markets (see our articles No. 070857 and 070867), they would negotiate a unilateral agreement to “facilitate disadvantaged groups’ access to the labour market and to guarantee their progress within this market, through a series of preventive or rectifying measures through education or lifelong training for instance.” In their 2006-2008 work program (see ou

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