http://www.eubusiness.com Latest business news about Employment Policy in the European Union. daily 1 2007-01-02T13:22:44Z http://www.eubusiness.com/Education/tempus-guide Education policies in the EU No publisher eub2 Education Employment 2008-05-08T17:25:15Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1209559629.69 One million immigrants came to Britain after the EU's 2004 expansion but half of them have now gone home, a study said on Wednesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Employment Eastern and Central Europe Headline4 2008-05-01T08:01:34Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1209547041.65 Unemployment in the 15 nations sharing the euro held steady in March for the third month running at a record low of 7.1 per cent of the workforce, according to official EU data released on Wednesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Employment Facts & Figures 2008-04-30T10:09:38Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1209112321.91 Germany's governing so-called "grand coalition" wants to continue restricting free access to workers from new EU members in Eastern Europe until 2011, a newspaper report said on Friday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Employment Germany Eastern and Central Europe 2008-04-25T10:24:10Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/Employment/eqf-guide Latest news, background information and web links about the employment policies of the European Union. No publisher eub2 Education Employment 2008-04-18T13:28:17Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/Employment/eqf-link The EQF is a common European reference framework which links countries' qualifications systems together, acting as a translation device to make qualifications more readable. It has two principal aims: to promote citizens' mobility between countries and to facilitate their lifelong learning. No publisher eub2 Employment 2008-04-18T13:20:15Z Link http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1207801022.66 Inflation in Europe, far from being throttled as suggested in some quarters only 18 months ago, is alive and kicking hard at the middle classes as well as ordinary workers. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline Employment Living & Working in EU 2008-04-10T10:31:22Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1207391523.06 Thousands of trade union members from across Europe marched Saturday in central Ljubljana at a rally demanding higher wages and better conditions for workers. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline2 Employment Living & Working in EU 2008-04-07T15:06:51Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1207325822.6 Eurozone finance chiefs warned on Friday that demands for big wage hikes could fuel a dangerous inflation spiral amid growing calls from trade unions for pay increases. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Employment Finance European Council 2008-04-04T23:07:11Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1207068764.41 The EU's highest court has ruled that the surviving partner in a registered same sex couple may be entitled to a deceased partner's pension. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Finance EU Law Living & Working in EU Social Headline3 Employment 2008-04-01T17:40:23Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1207068758.28 Unemployment in the eurozone held steady in February at a record low point of 7.1 per cent despite slowing economic activity, official European Union data showed on Tuesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Employment Facts & Figures 2008-04-01T21:49:33Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1205342844.99 Volkswagen, the biggest European car maker, will give 86,000 workers a special bonus of 3,700 euros (5,700 dollars) following strong results in 2007, VW said Monday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Germany Employment 2008-03-12T22:09:19Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1204900339.54 Only men's names have been put forward for top positions being created in the European Union, Commission Vice President Margot Wallstroem lamented on Friday, the eve of International Women's Day. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline Commission Social Employment Living & Working in EU 2008-03-07T16:47:41Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1204825637.71 Women's access to positions of power remain limited worldwide, according to a European study released Thursday which argued that only active policies to redress the problem could bring a swift improvement. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Social Employment Institutions European Parliament 2008-03-06T18:23:03Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/Rd/new-technologies.04 When designing training schemes to assist the creation of a knowledge-based economy, policy-makers should not focus solely on highly skilled workers. To keep unemployment at a minimum, strategies for increasing the employability of low-skilled workers must also be embraced, according to a study carried out for the European Parliament's Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA). No publisher eub2 Research & Technology Employment European Parliament 2008-03-06T16:29:33Z News Item