This survey, carried out by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions over the summer and autumn of 1998, involved 30,557 telephone assisted interviews with people aged between 16 and 64 years across the 15 EU Member States and Norway. The survey provides
In 2004, the unemployment rate of young men aged 15-19 was 30.4 per cent and that of young women 29.1 per cent. The unemployment rate of young men aged 20-24 was 16.5 per cent while that of young women 14.6 per cent. The general unemployment rate of men was 8.7 and that of women 8.9. One of the
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European Parliament elections took place on 13 June 2004 and municipal elections on 24 October 2004 - see the table below. The Social Democratic Party (Suomen Sosiaalidemokraattinen Puolue, SDP) made gains in both elections (compared with previous elections) and had the largest share of votes - 24.1
In recent years, labour market developments have altered the demand for labour. Increasingly, employers are looking for adaptable workers, with more 'transversal' and 'relational' competences. The nature of skills required to be considered efficient in a job has thus evolved. In this situation
Employers generally face two large items of expenditure in relation to their employees: wages and social security contributions. Seniority-based wage systems and high social security contribution rates for older workers may make employers more reluctant to hire older people. 'Age-earnings profiles'
The European Union'sEuropean employment strategy [1] (EES) has been in operation since 1997 (EU9711168F [2]). The strategy enables the coordination of national employment policies at EU level and one of its main components has been the adoption (on the basis of a proposal from theEuropean Commission
KEY-Finland [1] is the joint mission of the Finnish trade union confederations – the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (Suomen Ammattiliittojen Keskusjärjestö, SAK), the Confederation of Salaried Employees (Toimihenkilökeskusjärjestö, STTK) and the Confederation of Unions for Academic
Gender wage gaps and equality plans are systematically monitored in the Finnish insurance sector. On 23 May 2003, the Insurance Employers’ Association (Vakuutusalan Työnantajayhdistys) and the Union of Insurance Employees in Finland (Vakuutusväen Liitto, VvL) published a joint report on gender
As part of recent incomes policy settlements, the social partners in Finland have been actively involved in developing good working time practices (FI0205101N [1]). A study published jointly in April 2003 by the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (Suomen Ammattiliittojen Keskusjärjestö
Since the centralised incomes policy agreement for 2003-4 [1] was signed in November 2002 (FI0211102F [2]), trade unions that decided not to participate in this agreement have been involved in negotiations with their respective employers’ organisations to reach collective agreements for the coming