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G20: International standards on structural policies key to emerging from crisis

25-Sep-2009

Welcoming the adoption of the Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth by G20 leaders gathered in Pittsburgh for the G20 summit, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said new sources of jobs and growth needed for the global economy to effect a sustained recovery, will only emerge if the right structural policies are adopted by the world’s leading global economies.

Key Employment Statistics

21-Jul-2009

A new feature Key Employment Statistics is now available which allows for country-country comparisons on labour market indicators, outcomes, policies and institutions.

Learn more about the forthcoming 2009 edition of the Employment Outlook

20-Jul-2009

The OECD Employment Outlook will be released during the OECD Employment and Labour Ministerial meeting on the 28-29 September 2009. Prior to the launch, information regarding the 2009 edition can be found on the Employment Outlook homepage. This page includes a new feature on Key Employment Statistics which allows cross-country comparisons on labour market indicators, outcomes, policies and institutions.

Seminar on Employment outcomes and inequality: Brazil, China and India

15-Apr-2009

The OECD Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Directorate and the OECD Development Centre jointly organised a seminar on "Employment outcomes and inequality: New evidence, Links and Policy responses in Brazil, China and India" which took place on the 8th April 2009 at the OECD Conference Centre. Based on an in-depth assessment of labour market trends in each of these countries, the seminar discussed policy options towards more and better jobs.

Chile should create more and better jobs to cut poverty and inequality, says OECD

06-Apr-2009

Chile should invest more in employment and active social policies in order to reduce its high levels of income inequality and poverty, according to a new OECD report.

Massive rise in unemployment needs fast, decisive response, says OECD’s Gurria

30-Mar-2009

“Governments need to take quick and decisive action to avoid the financial crisis becoming a fully-blown social crisis with scarring effects on vulnerable workers and low income households,” OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría told G8 Labour and Employment Ministers in Rome today.

Sweden’s sickness and disability reforms on track but could be improved, says OECD

04-Mar-2009

Sweden’s ongoing reforms of its sickness and disability policies are a step in the right direction but more needs to be done if they are to live up to their promise, according to a new OECD report.


Events

Seminar on labour market issues in Brazil, China and India

on 28-Mar-2007

Brazil, China and India represent a growing share of world GDP. They have also become more open to international trade and investment, thus creating new growth opportunities for OECD countries. It is therefore crucial that Brazil, China and India maintain a sustainable growth path, which depends to some extent on well-functioning labour markets. The purpose of the informal seminar was to gather expert views on labour market developments in Brazil, China and India.

Ask the economists: The pensions challenge - financing retirement

from 29-Mar-2007 to 05-Apr-2007

Is there a perfect pension scheme? Do people understand their pension systems?
A live online question and answer session on the issue of pension reform took place on Thursday 5 April.

Forum on the Restated OECD Jobs Strategy - Tokyo - 30-31 october 2006

from 30-Oct-2006 to 31-Oct-2006

As a follow-up to the High-level forum of Employment and Labour Ministers in Toronto in June 2006  , which welcomed the restated Jobs Strategy as a good basis for formulating policy, a Forum took place in Tokyo on 30-31 October 2006. Its purpose was to invite policy makers mainly from countries in the Asia-Pacific region to discuss:
i) the challenges of implementing the restated Jobs Strategy in OECD countries in the region; and
ii) the relevance of the restated Jobs Strategy for participating non-OECD countries

DARES-OECD Conference: The restated OECD Job Stategy: Diagnostic, limits and evidence for France

from 16-Nov-2006 to 17-Nov-2006

A conference, organised by the French Ministry of Labour in partnership with OECD, will examine the relevance of the Restated OECD Jobs Strategy for France. It took place in Paris on 16-17 November 2006. Speech made by the Secretary-General at this conference .

Transforming disability into ability: Dissemination conference in Vienna, 6-7 March 2003

from 06-Mar-2003 to 07-Mar-2003

The OECD and the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research organised on 6 and 7 March 2003 a conference to discuss disability policies for the working-age population. The conference addressed key problems in disability policy, and discussed OECD recommendations on how to tackle them as outlined in the forthcoming publication "Transforming Disability into Ability". The main policy recommendations from the publication formed the basis for the thematic sessions.

High-Level Policy Forum in Brussels 17-18 Oct. 2005: Ageing and Employment Policies

from 17-Oct-2005 to 18-Oct-2005

The purpose of this Forum was to present and discuss the main lessons and issues that have emerged from the thematic review on policies to improve labour market prospects for older workers. For more information on the Forum, please refer to  www.oecd.org/olderworkersforum



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