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21-Jun-2007
Minimum wages are hotly debated as ways of improving equity and boosting the wages of lower skilled workers. All OECD countries apply some kind of wage floor. Do they achieve their goals?
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Governments must do more to help workers adapt to new global economy, says OECD
19-Jun-2007
Rather than seeing globalisation as a threat, OECD governments should focus on improving labour regulations and social protection systems to help people adapt to changing job markets.
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10-May-2007
Spain has made significant progress over the past decade in improving employment prospects of young people, but there is still much to be done to improve the regulations that affect young people’s chances of finding jobs, according to a new OECD report.
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07-May-2007
In his address to G8 Employment and Labour Ministers, Mr. Gurría noted that domestic policies can play a major role in promoting employment opportunities arising from globalisation and reducing adjustment costs.
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02-May-2007
The ongoing thematic review on sickness and disability policies suggests that the way countries are dealing with people with a partially-reduced work capacity is changing. The purpose of this paper is to document these policy initiatives.
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02-May-2007
D’après l’examen thématique en cours des politiques de maladie et invalidité, les solutions apportées en cas de capacité de travail partiellement réduite sont en train d’évoluer. Ce document passe en revue ces nouvelles initiatives.
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01-Mar-2007
Despite the fact that today’s young cohorts are smaller in number and better educated than their older counterparts, high youth unemployment remains a serious problem in many OECD countries. The paper highlights the contrasting trends in youth labour market performance over the past decade using a wide range of indicators. It also presents new evidence on i) the length of transitions from school to work; and ii) the degree to which temporary jobs serve as either traps for young people or stepping-stones to good careers.
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Belgium “could do better” on school-to-work transition, says the OECD
16-Feb-2007
According to a new report by the OECD, Belgium should do more to help young people get their working life off to a good start. The unemployment rate for 15 to 24 year olds was about 20 per cent in 2005, i.e. almost identical to 10 years ago and around seven percentage points higher than the OECD average.
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16-Feb-2007
OECD has launched a new project on Jobs for Youth in 15 countries, the first one being Belgium. Each report contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school to work. It also provides a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners.
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07-Nov-2006
Norway, Poland and Switzerland should do more to reduce the number of people claiming sickness benefits and help more disabled people to get jobs, according to a new OECD report.
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