Draft Joint Employment Report 2013

Lars Michael EngstedDG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

• A general worsening of the economic and social situation in a number of Member States with social unrest spreading.

• The situation has worsened recently and prospects are dim for 2013 and will only improve in 2014

• The EU currently the only major region in the world where unemployment is still rising.

• Growing divergence between labour markets in Europe.

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General labour market situation

Decreasing employment and increasing unemployment in the EU

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Change in unemployment rate (p.p.) over the last 12 months and the last three months to August 2012

Source: Eurostat

Growing divergences between European labour markets

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Labour market challenges (1)Boost job creation that has been subdued and

decreasing in recent years

Unemployment rate and job finding rate in the EU-27, 2007Q1-2011Q4

Source: Commission Services calculations based on Eurostat data

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Labour market challenges (2)Improve the resilience of the labour markets

Source: Eurostat, the data used are: (i) the unemployment rate (UR, %), and (ii) the labour shortage indicator (LSI, %), derived from EU business survey results

Beveridge curve, EU-27, 2008 (Q1) — 2012 (Q3)

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Labour market challenges (3)Maintain the attachment of long-term unemployed to the labour market

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Long-term unemployment rate in % of population, 2008 and 2011

Improve the transitions from school to work and integrate young people better in the labour market

Labour market challenges (4)

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Share of NEETs among the 15-24 year old (%) 2008-2011

Source: Eurostat, LFS, Def initionNEET: Neither in employment, education or training

Source: EU-SILC longitudinal dataset, only 18 countries available

Labour market challenges (5)Improve the efficiency of social protection systems to combat

poverty and social exclusion

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Annual Growth SurveyKey labour market priorities

• Exploiting the job potential in a number of job-rich sectors (green jobs, ICT, care sectors)

• Improve the responsiveness and the adjustment capacity of labour markets.

• Ensure that wage developments continue to develop in line with productivity

• Put more emphasis on innovation and research and the links between business and educational institutions

AGS 2013 priorities (1)

Preparing for a job-rich recovery

• Investing in effective employment services and active labour market

policies

• Combine work and training opportunities, on-the job trainings and

setting up partnerships between education, labour market institutions,

social partners and businesses

• Implement effective youth guarantees offering solutions of training or

employment opportunities within four months

• Improve access to lifelong learning systems throughout working life

especially for older workers

• Encourage cross-border labour mobility

AGS 2013 priorities (2)

Improving employability levels in particular of young people

• Develop active inclusion strategies encompassing efficient and adequate

income support,

• Take measures to tackle poverty

• Enable broad access to affordable and high-quality services.

• Strengthen the link between social assistance and activation

measures

• Provide more personalised services

• Increase the take-up of measures by vulnerable groups

AGS 2013 priorities (3)

Promoting social inclusion and tackling poverty

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