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The Commission has adopted guidance to promote the right of persons with disabilities to live independently and be included in the community.
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By becoming a member of the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) and making a pledge, your organisation can gain visibility and networking opportunities to strengthen the quality of your apprenticeships! The EAfA Member Spotlight articles highlight how Alliance members’ pledges contribute to
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Today marks the 1000th day since Russia started its unprovoked and unjustified military aggression on Ukraine.
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The peer review brought together the Bulgarian VET Directorate of the Ministry of Education and Science (MES), Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) and EQAVET members to discuss the role of CoVEs in the ongoing VET reform in Bulgaria
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) met in Rome at the 17th Regional Platform on Employment and Labour. The meeting focused on Youth Employment, the UfM Monitoring exercise, the state-of-play of the implementation of UfM Marrakech Declaration.
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Today is the deadline for EU Member States to incorporate the Directive on adequate minimum wages into national law. The Directive sets out rules that should ensure that workers earn adequate minimum wages, improving social fairness across the EU.
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Today, the Commission has proposed to establish a single digital declaration portal for companies providing services and temporarily sending workers to another Member State, known as ‘posted workers'.
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Today, the Commission proposed to support 632 workers in Belgium, who were dismissed by machinery and paper enterprises Purmo and Sappi, with €700,000 from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF).
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These cities have demonstrated best practice and highlighted their commitment to ensure accessibility to urban life for persons with disabilities, including for built environment and public spaces, public transport, facilities and services, as well as information and communication technologies.
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The Annual Report of the Social Protection Committee shows employment expansion and indicates a slight reduction in the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2023, although the share of people reporting financial distress remains high.