Employment Policies

Denmark : Support for youth should be increased amid rising unemployment

24-Feb-2010

Denmark’s dynamic youth labour market and well-developed activation strategy have helped young people weather the current recession better than their peers in most OECD countries.

OECD says governments must continue reforms of disability systems

20-Nov-2008

OECD governments should continue reforming their sickness and disability systems and help people with health problems to retain their jobs or find new ones, according to a new OECD report.

Norway’s job market works for most youth but too many rely on sickness benefits

27-Aug-2008

On many counts, the youth labour market in Norway is performing very well. The unemployment rate among young people aged 16-24 was 7.3% in 2007, 6 percentage points below the OECD average and the employment rate was almost 12 percentage points above the OECD average.

The OECD has carried out a comprehensive reassessment of its Jobs Strategy

16-Oct-2006

The 2006 edition of the OECD Employment Outlook provides a broad assessment of the Jobs Strategy which was released in the early 1990s.

Ageing and Employment Policies: Ireland - Presentation by John Martin at the FÁS Annual Labour Market Conference in Dublin

06-Dec-2005

On 5 December, the Director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, John Martin, presented the OECD's  report on "Ageing and Employment Policies: Ireland" at the FÁS Annual Labour Market Conference in Dublin. This report will be published shortly.

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