Informal meeting of employment and social affairs ministers (EPSCO)

• 9 October: Conference: You are Valued! disABILITY - Employment for all

The conference seeks to present the employment situation of persons with disabilities and with reduced working capacity, and to showcase international examples of best practice.

Daphne Ahrendt, Senior Research Manager in the Social Policies unit at Eurofound is speaking on the knowledge the Agency contributes to helping boost the employment of persons with disabilities in the open labour market.

Her presentation can be downloaded below.

• 10 October Informal ESPCO: Session on employment issues

Eurofound Executive Director Ivailo Kalfin will take part in the informal Ministerial meeting and intervene during the exchange of views on the topic of labour shortages in the EU and global challenges, alongside EFTA Ministers, the EU social partners ETUC, BusinessEurope, SGI Europe and SMEUnited as well as the ILO and the EESC.

Useful links

• Policy brief: People with disabilities and the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from the Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey

• Research report: Economic and social inequalities in Europe in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic

• Research report; Measures to tackle labour shortages: Lessons for future policy

• Research report: Tackling labour shortages in EU Member States

Image © Hungarian Minister for the National Economy, Márton Nagy, greets Eurofound Executive Director Ivailo Kalfin