Together for Social Europe
No major improvements in sight, it’s time for alternatives! The EU Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review
03 July 2015
The European Commission published today (3 July) its quarterly review to assess recent labour market and social developments.
The report tries to paint a more positive picture of the situation in the EU – nevertheless, improvements are small and relying completely on the weak recovery of the EU’s economy.
Although numbers of permanent and full-time jobs are rising and the improvement is noticeable in most sectors and all sub-population groups (men, women, young and old, high and low skilled), employment rates and levels are still below the pre-crisis level of 2008. And the improvement has the biggest effect on older and high-skilled people – pointing at the fact that young people are still suffering most from the crisis and failed policy responses, a situation even worse if they are without secondary or tertiary education level. The unemployment number remains high and long-term unemployment is a persistent problem. The report stresses rightly that differences between Member States, especially the North-South divide, are still high and there is no upward convergence in sight. Unfortunately, the report remains silent on the quality of employment. There is no assessment of the sharp increase of precarious employment, such as zero-hour-contracts, mini jobs, bogus self-employ ment etc.
Together for Social EuropeNo major improvements in sight, it’s time for alternatives! The EU Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review03 July 2015The European Commission published today (3 July) its quarterly review to assess recent labour market and social developments.The report tries to paint a more positive picture of the situation in the EU – nevertheless, improvements are small and relying completely on the weak recovery of the EU’s economy.Although numbers of permanent and full-time jobs are rising and the improvement is noticeable in most sectors and all sub-population groups (men, women, young and old, high and low skilled), employment rates and levels are still below the pre-crisis level of 2008. And the improvement has the biggest effect on older and high-skilled people – pointing at the fact that young people are still suffering most from the crisis and failed policy responses, a situation even worse if they are without secondary or tertiary education level. The unemployment number remains high and long-term unemployment is a persistent problem. The report stresses rightly that differences between Member States, especially the North-South divide, are still high and there is no upward convergence in sight. Unfortunately, the report remains silent on the quality of employment. There is no assessment of the sharp increase of precarious employment, such as zero-hour-contracts, mini jobs, bogus self-employ ment etc.
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