EU ‘Social’ Policy From Employment Law to Labour Market Reform

2021 ◽  
pp. 678-720
Author(s):  
Catherine Barnard
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Employment Law ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Labour Market Reform ◽  
The Third ◽  
New Forms Of Work ◽  
The Eu

This chapter presents four stories about the evolution of EU social policy. The first is the historical evolution of social policy. The second concerns the contribution of the Court of Justice to the development of a distinctive EU social policy. The third story is about a reorientation of approach to regulating the labour market in the EU. It is a story that cannot be told through hard law measures on employment law, but through documents on employment policy. The fourth story is a story of challenges: about new forms of work, about the EU’s response to three crises (financial, covid, and Brexit) and about a timid renaissance of social policy in the form of the Pillar of Social Rights.

Do National Activation Measures Stand the Test of European Law on the Free Movement of Workers and Jobseekers?

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-103
Author(s):  
Herwig Verschueren
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Free Movement ◽  
European Law ◽  
European Level ◽  
The Third ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Legal Context ◽  
Free Movement Of Workers ◽  
The Eu

Abstract This article examines the compatibility of national measures taken to stimulate non-active people to enter the labour market (the so-called activation measures) with European law on the free movement of workers and jobseekers. It will first give a short overview of the objectives of the European employment strategy, more specifically with regard to the activation of workers. Subsequently it will sketch the European legal context of the free movement of workers and jobseekers, with special attention for the measures taken at the European level to enable and stimulate labour migration within the EU and thus create a European labour market. In the third part, by way of example, we will have a closer look at a number of activation measures taken in Belgium and examine which problems could arise in cross-border applications from the point of view of European law.

Round Table. From Lisbon to Porto: taking stock of developments in EU social policy: Social Europe 2.0? New prospects after the Porto Social Summit

2021 ◽  
pp. 102425892110610
Author(s):  
Maurizio Ferrera
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Round Table ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Social Citizenship ◽  
Lisbon Strategy ◽  
Effective Role ◽  
Adjustment Variable ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Social Europe

The sequence of crises in the 2010s entirely changed the socio-economic context that had inspired the Lisbon strategy in the year 2000. EU policy veered towards austerity and social policy became an ‘adjustment variable’. Since the mid-2010s, however, a slow process of rebalancing has gained ground, culminating in the adoption of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) in 2017. The Porto Summit has confirmed the centrality of the Pillar for a new Social Europe. To appreciate fully the EPSR’s potential, it is necessary to focus not only on binding measures but also on EU incentives and actions aimed at promoting (and partially funding) concrete access to social rights. Especially through the ‘guarantee’ instrument, the EU can play a bigger and more effective role in the sphere of social citizenship, without stumbling into the political obstacles associated with hard law.

scholarly journals Von Hartz zur Agenda 2010

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (133) ◽  
pp. 645-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Brütt
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
German Government ◽  
Agenda 2010 ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Roll Back

In the beginning of their term the Red-Green German Government has resolved to adapt overall policy up to the model (Leitbild) of an "activating welfare state". By means of the recent labour market and social policy reforms according to "Hartz-Commission" and "Agenda 2010" we can see the effects of this Leitbild: a roll back of social rights in favour of individual responsibilities and duties and a redefinition of workers to customers.

scholarly journals Adaptation of European employment policy to the Ukrainian economy realities

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (9) ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
H. I. Bashnianyn ◽  
T. I. Horodyskyy ◽  
Ya. S. Lapchuk
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Long Run ◽  
European Experience ◽  
State Employment ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The article deals with the current state of unemployment in Ukraine. Comparison of the unemployment rates with the European countries is conducted. The employment policy in the European Union (EU) was analyzed. The analysis and generalization of features of labour market in countries of the EU are conducted. The scientific results and tasks for further research were outlined. The actual problems of the current development of the labour market in Ukraine and countries of the EU are revealed. The main purpose of the paper is to explore the theoretical aspects of the formation of employment system and to consider the European experience of employment systems regulation in selected countries. The study revealed that in today's conditions of development of the national economy the labour market occupies an important place. One of the most important tasks of any state is defined to be the regulation of the labour market. At the present stage, the problems of the labour market become the most urgent in countries of the EU. This is due to a change in the structure of the pan-European labour market, as well as to the globalization of the world economy. The study found that overcoming unemployment and increasing employment are the main tasks of the EU. The main drivers, motivations and consequences of undeclared work in the EU are identified. The impact of the European employment strategy was studied. Regulation of EU main programs and initiatives that concern the lowering of unemployment, the main aim of which is improving of the education and employability of people was examined. Based on the analysis of the relevant European experience, challenges have been identified that should be taken into account when developing the state employment policy of Ukraine in the medium and long run periods. The recommendations regarding the borrowing of Ukraine's positive experience of the EU towards the employment policy are provided. Analysis of the labour market in the EU and Ukraine showed that the European integration of Ukraine opens the possibility for sustainable economic development. Borrowing of foreign experience will allow Ukraine to create conditions for more efficient functioning of the system of employment. The practical value of the research presented in the article is in identification of promising directions for increasing the efficiency of employment policy in Ukraine on the basis of the experience of member countries of the EU.

scholarly journals Appearance of European employment policy in the rural areas of Hungarian-Croatian border region

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Róbert Tésits ◽  
B. Levente Alpek
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Labour Market Situation ◽  
Market Situation ◽  
Hungarian Experience ◽  
Intensive Programs ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
The Eu

Abstract The study provides an insight into Interreg and IPA programs achieved so far, having significant impact on the labour market of rural areas. Another objective is the evaluation of the effects of labour market programs, with the help of the interviews with experts coordinating these programs. However, the Croatian- Hungarian cooperation was perfect, went smoothly, which is also due to the similar labour market problems of the cooperative areas. They fight with similar methods, even in the project reports, evaluations, and there are also similar results found. It has become clear that financial resource-intensive elements cooperation programs operated until they were financed. In these cases, the closing of them prevented sustainability. The non financing-intensive programs, especially if there is local demand that is not based on a faulty premise, and no fundamental changes have taken place, prove to be sustainable. The maintenance and expansion collaborations are important tasks after Croatia’s accession to the EU. Croatia, by taking its own path, but with the use of the Hungarian experience, can stabilize the labour market situation in the most underdeveloped areas.

(Dis)united in diversity? Social policy and social rights in the EU

2018 ◽  
pp. 51-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Bruzelius ◽  
Catherine Jacqueson ◽  
Martin Seeleib-Kaiser
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
The Eu

Functionalism vs Westphalia: the looking glass of employment policy

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Ross
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Lisbon Strategy ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Amsterdam Treaty ◽  
Innovative Methodology ◽  
Critical Policy ◽  
Looking Glass ◽  
The Eu

Many key ideas in the Lisbon strategy can be traced back to the Delors Commission's 1993 White Paper on Growth, Competitiveness and Employment, arguably the EU's first major effort to confront the economic and social realities of globalisation. At the time the White Paper failed to achieve the results it sought. However, the core of the White Paper's labour market issues were taken up by the Amsterdam Treaty which initiated the European Employment Strategy and its innovative methodology, the open method of coordination (OMC). The Lisbon strategy, which followed soon thereafter, broadened this approach into a new mission to enhance the competitiveness of the EU which used the OMC extensively. However, EU Member States, zealous of their prerogatives in economic, labour market and social policies, were unwilling to grant the EU level significant roles for transnational coordination and implementation in these areas. The results have not matched the outpouring of support for Lisbon from progressive intellectuals and centre-left politicians. In the critical policy areas that the 1993 White Paper, the EES and the Lisbon strategy have addressed, contradictions between intergovernmentalism and the need for European coordination have led to suboptimal results.

The European Pillar of Social Rights: Effectively Addressing Displacement?

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 210-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sacha Garben
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Internal Market ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Economic Governance ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Eu

An assessment of the ‘European Pillar of Social Rights’ by reference to its constitutional significance – Potential to significantly improve the social output of the EU by addressing the displacement of the Social Policy Title of previous years – Incapacity to redress the constitutional imbalance between ‘the market’ and ‘the social’ in the EU legal order – Continuing displacement of the (national and European) legislator in the internal market and economic governance

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