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- Firearms for civilian use: stricter EU rules to combat illicit trafficking - briefing
- The European Commission has proposed legislation to combat illicit arms trafficking through improved tracing and control of imports and exports of civilian ... — last modified 31 May 2010, 21:32 CET — filed under: Living & Working in EU, Crime — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs call for EU-wide minimum income
- Introducing minimum income schemes in all EU Member States is one of the most effective ways to lift people out of poverty, Euro-MPs on the Parliament's ... — last modified 28 September 2017, 22:37 CET — filed under: Finance, European Parliament, Living & Working in EU, Social, Headline2, Employment — Relevance: 1%
- Roma people living in the EU - guide
- There are between 10 million and 12 million Roma in the European Union, in candidate countries and potential candidate countries in the Western Balkans. Roma ... — last modified 25 August 2010, 20:50 CET — filed under: Roma, immigration, Living & Working in EU, Social, asylum, Employment — Relevance: 1%
- Gender-based violence costs the EU €366 billion a year
- The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has estimated that the cost of gender-based violence across the EU is €366 billion a year. Violence against ... — last modified 08 July 2021, 16:16 CET — filed under: Social, Living & Working in EU, Crime — Relevance: 1%
- Social rights: EU prepares to address citizens' disconnect
- More "fairness and social justice in Europe" is the aim of of the European Commission as it prepared next steps towards a European Pillar of Social Rights ... — last modified 23 January 2017, 17:56 CET — filed under: Headline, Social, Employment, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs vote to end biannual clock change in Europe
- The last Sunday in March 2021 could mark the end of seasonal changes of time in the EU, following a vote Monday by the European Parliament's Transport and ... — last modified 05 March 2019, 13:04 CET — filed under: Headline, Living & Working in EU, Agriculture, European Parliament — Relevance: 1%
- EU and the Roma people
- For more than a thousand years, Roma people (including Travellers, Gypsies, Manouches, Ashkali, Sinti, etc.) have been an integral part of European ... — last modified 26 June 2013, 17:28 CET — filed under: Social, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Roma integration: Progress Report and Recommendation
- The European Commission has called on Member States to deliver on their commitments to ensure equality and to do more to improve the economic and social ... — last modified 26 June 2013, 17:38 CET — filed under: Social, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- EU plans upgrade for occupational health and safety
- A new strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027, adopted Monday by the European Commission, sets out key actions needed to improve workers' ... — last modified 28 June 2021, 19:18 CET — filed under: Headline, SMEs, Employment, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Doing business in the UK: Staff welfare
- Labour legislation covers basic workplace standards which employers must follow. These include protection against discrimination, the right to equal pay and ... — last modified 30 March 2012, 00:48 CET — filed under: Employment, Living & Working in EU, UK, Social, SMEs — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs vote to end daylight saving time from 2021
- 2021 could be the last year with a seasonal time change in the EU following the European Parliament's vote Tuesday to end the practice of adjusting clocks by ... — last modified 27 March 2019, 18:56 CET — filed under: Headline2, Agriculture, Transport, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Fight against Trafficking in Human Beings
- To support efforts to fight human trafficking, Commissioner Malmström launched an anti-trafficking policy website on 21 December 2010. The website will become ... — last modified 22 December 2010, 13:11 CET — filed under: Social, Living & Working in EU, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- Communication on Roma in Europe and Progress Report on Roma inclusion 2008-2010
- Roma communities, the European Union’s largest ethnic minority, continue to face persistent discrimination and segregation. The European Commission urged EU ... — last modified 09 April 2010, 00:45 CET — filed under: Social, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Road death rate in Europe falls to all-time low
- An estimated 18,800 people were killed in a road crash last year, an unprecedented annual fall of 17% on 2019, preliminary figures from the EU Commission on ... — last modified 21 April 2021, 00:11 CET — filed under: Headline1, Transport, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Talks set to start on pan-European pension
- EU states have asked the presidency to start negotiations with the Parliament on a proposal for a pan-European pension product that would make it easier for ... — last modified 20 June 2018, 17:25 CET — filed under: Headline1, Finance, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS II): Muslims - Selected findings
- Muslims living in the EU face discrimination in a broad range of settings – and particularly when looking for work, on the job, and when trying to access ... — last modified 21 September 2017, 20:26 CET — filed under: religion, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Family law
- Family law is the competence of EU countries, and EU rules apply only in cross-border cases. Overview of family matters - Divorce and separation - Children's ... — last modified 30 January 2019, 22:48 CET — filed under: Social, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Eurofound Programming document 2017–2020
- This programming document describes Eurofound's planned work over the programming period 2017–2020. It sets out the policy and institutional context for the ... — last modified 05 January 2017, 13:48 CET — filed under: Social, Employment, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI)
- EESSI is an IT system that helps social security institutions across to EU exchange information more rapidly and securely, as required by the EU rules on ... — last modified 04 July 2017, 16:58 CET — filed under: Social, Employment, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs vote in new rules on property settlement in divorces
- MEPs approved Thursday new rules for deciding which country’s courts should settle property disputes in divorce or death cases involving international couples ... — last modified 23 June 2016, 22:36 CET — filed under: Finance, EU Law, Living & Working in EU, European Parliament, Headline1 — Relevance: 1%
- Lisbon strategy for growth and jobs
- Before the financial and economic crisis hit the EU, the Lisbon strategy had helped create more than 18m new jobs. When the economy slumped, the EU acted to ... — last modified 21 January 2010, 12:44 CET — filed under: jobs, growth, Employment, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Social Security Rights
- EU rules introduced in 1971 coordinate European countries’ social security schemes, offering solutions to most cross-border problems that may arise. These ... — last modified 21 January 2010, 16:16 CET — filed under: Social, pensions, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- CEA regrets ECJ judgement on use of gender in insurance pricing
- The CEA, the European insurance and reinsurance federation, is deeply disappointed by today’s judgement by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that the ... — last modified 01 March 2011, 19:48 CET — filed under: EU Law, Transport, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Anti-Corruption report
- Corruption continues to be a challenge for Europe - a phenomenon that costs the European economy around EUR 120 billion per year. EU Member States have taken ... — last modified 03 February 2014, 15:58 CET — filed under: Finance, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Clearer EU rules for international couples - briefing
- An Austrian woman marries a British man in the UK. The couple lives for two years in Austria with their son. The husband then leaves and the wife wants a ... — last modified 24 March 2010, 13:44 CET — filed under: EU Law, Social, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Eurofound yearbook 2015: Living and working in Europe
- Eurofound celebrated the 40th anniversary of its founding in 2015. In 1975, the then European Community set up the Agency, charging it with the task of ... — last modified 01 June 2016, 23:21 CET — filed under: Employment, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- The impact of the economic crisis on the situation of women and men and on gender equality policies
- Have men and women been impacted differently by the crisis in Europe? On 19 December 2012 the European Commission published a report on the consequences of the ... — last modified 28 February 2013, 15:34 CET — filed under: Social, Employment, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Roma and Travellers - European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
- Some 10-12 million Roma and Travellers are currently living in the European Union. Almost all of the Roma and Travellers living in the European Union are EU ... — last modified 17 March 2011, 22:44 CET — filed under: Social, Employment, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Working from home is not an "easy fix" for the disadvantages faced by disabled workers, new study shows
- A post-pandemic increase in working from home will not help reduce the disadvantage faced by disabled workers, a new study shows. — last modified 06 December 2021, 21:59 CET — filed under: Employment, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- EU renews commitment to gender equality
- International Women's Day on 8 March was an opportunity for the EU to assess progress on gender equality in Europe. Bringing out a report on gender equality, ... — last modified 10 March 2016, 17:40 CET — filed under: Social, Employment, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%