Looks at practices that boost worker employability and capacity to deal with technological advances. Refers to the Lisbon Agenda with a view of priority action areas, the standardization of qualifications in the European Union, the European Credit Transfer System for higher education, and issues...

The relationship between collusion on the product market and the resulting impact on the labour market is ambiguous in non-union models. Considering a dual labour market with qualified and unqualified workers, and taking into account the efficiency effect when employing qualified workers allows...

Les transformations du marché du travail tiennent autant à des modifications de l'offre de travail qu'à des modifications de la demande : côté offre, avec la montée du travail des femmes, l'élévation générale des niveaux d'éducation et le rallongement de la période de scolarisation ;...

Suggests major developments needed in the Department of Employment and Youth, in order to achieve an acceptably high level of capability to manage the labour market in support of national social and economic objectives.

Provides a comparative analysis of wage policies in the public sector of six OECD countries. Examines recent trends in reforms to the wage payment systems.

Analyses the characteristics of qualifications and evaluates their impact on the functioning of the labour market.

Covers the numbers of persons employed, the volume of health care expenditure, the machinery for fixed remuneration, the systems of job classification, the respective roles of the social partners, and the different elements making up take-home pay. Comparisons with other occupations, between the...