Commission asks Greece to end discrimination against workers with qualifications from other Member States (22-03-2012)

According to the European Commission, Greek laws do not recognise some post-graduate diplomas obtained in other Member States as being equal to those …more

Commission proposes new rules to increase the protection of workers temporarily posted abroad (21-03-2012)

The Commission has proposed new rules to increase the protection of workers temporarily posted abroad. more

Employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey (15-02-2012)

The European Parliament has adopted the Resolution on employment and social aspects and the Resolution on the contribution to the Annual Growth Survey…more

Exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (14-02-2012)

The deadline for transposition of Directive 2004/40/EC was extended by the Commission until 30 April 2014. The previous deadline was set for 30 April …more

Presentations of the Council Presidency´s programme (30-01-2012)

The Minister for Employment represented by Ms. Frederiksen and the Minister for Social Affairs and Integration represented by Ms. Haekkerup introduced…more

European Union asks for contributing to the performance monitoring of the PROGRESS Programme by participating in the Annual Survey 2011 (24-01-2012)

To contribute to the performance monitoring of the PROGRESS Programme the European Commission asks all (individuals as well as organizations and insti…more

Opening Conference on Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations (19-01-2012)

On 18 and 19 January 2012 took place the Opening conference for the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, after the Euro…more

Lessons from the crisis: Public consultation on corporate restructuring started by European Commission (17-01-2012)

In order to identify successful practices and measures in the field of restructuring and adaptation to change the European Commission has started a pu…more

Equal pay for male and female workers (09-01-2012)

On 27 March 2012 the amendments of the draft regarding the Application of the principle of equal for male and female workers for equal work or work of…more

20 weeks of maternity leave under new Maternity Leave Directive? (01-12-2012)

In a Council meeting on 1 December 2011 the progress made with regard to the Maternity Leave Directive was examined on the basis of a progress report.…more