0 Quality Apprenticeships for Giving Youth a Better Start in the Labour Market, G20-OECD-EC Conference By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:01:00 GMT This conference on 9 April 2014 will provide an opportunity for a mutual sharing of good practice in fostering the better insertion of youth into the labour market through the development of quality apprenticeships. It would also seek to foster a greater commitment by countries to take action to introduce or strengthen apprenticeship initiatives and to take stock of the progress achieved. Full Article
0 10th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Development (Stockholm, Sweden) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:00:00 GMT In partnership with the Swedish Public Employment Service, Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR), Swedish Ministry of Employment and the World Association of Public Employment Services (WAPES), LEED held the 10th Annual Meeting of the Forum on Partnerships and Local Development in Stockholm 23 April – 25 April, on the theme of ‘job creation just ahead: building adaptable labour markets’. Full Article
0 Jobs recovery to remain weak in 2015, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:00:00 GMT Unemployment will remain well above its pre-crisis levels next year in most OECD countries, despite modest declines over the rest of 2014 and in 2015, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
0 OECD Employment Outlook 2014 - Key findings for Switzerland By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:00:00 GMT Switzerland has high employment rates and low unemployment. The overall employment rate remained stable since the start of the crisis and stands at 79% (first quarter of 2014), the second highest in the OECD after Iceland, well above the OECD average of 65.6%. As for unemployment, among OECD countries only Japan, Korea, and Norway have lower unemployment rates. Full Article
0 OECD Employment Outlook 2014 - Key findings for Slovak Republic By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:44:00 GMT Unemployment rose substantially in the Slovak Republic as a result of the crisis and has only declined slowly since reaching a peak of 14.8% of the labour force in early 2010. At 13.3% in August 2014, the unemployment rate remains one of the highest among developed countries and is twice as high as the OECD average. Full Article
0 OECD Employment Outlook 2014 - Key findings for Hungary By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:44:00 GMT Hungary was hit harder by the global crisis than most OECD countries. Unemployment reached record levels at the peak of the crisis but has since recovered to its pre-crisis level around the current OECD average of 8%. Full Article
0 OECD Employment Outlook 2014 - Key findings for Poland By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:44:00 GMT Poland’s employment rate at 61% (Q2 2014) remains well below the OECD average but, in contrast to many other countries, it has increased slowly since the onset of the economic crisis (from 57.9% in Q1 2007). Full Article
0 G20 faces persistent gaps in employment and job quality By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 10:39:00 GMT A large and persistent shortfall in the number and quality of the jobs being created in G20 countries is affecting prospects for re-igniting economic growth, according to a report prepared by the ILO, the OECD and the World Bank Group for the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting taking place in Melbourne this week. Full Article
0 OECD Employment Outlook 2014 - Key findings for India By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:46:00 GMT India’s economic growth has slowed since 2010 in the aftermath of the global crisis, but growth is expected to pick up according to the May 2014 projections of the OECD Economic Outlook. The unemployment rate was 3.6% in 2012 in India, lower than in 2006 (4.4%) before the onset of the global financial crisis. Full Article
0 OECD Employment Outlook 2014 - Key findings for South Africa By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:46:00 GMT The South African labour market continues to perform poorly compared to OECD and other G20 countries, and the global financial crisis appears to have worsened the situation. Full Article
0 OECD Employment Outlook 2014 - Key findings for Indonesia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:46:00 GMT The unemployment rate in Indonesia continues to trend downwards. At 5.7% in Q1 2014, Indonesia’s unemployment rate is considerably below the levels observed in 2007 (above 9%). It is also now well below the OECD average of 7.4%. Full Article
0 OECD Employment Outlook 2014 - Key findings for Brazil By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:46:00 GMT The unemployment rate in Brazil continues its downward trend, despite a slowdown in GDP growth. At 4.9% (for urban areas), Brazil’s unemployment rate is considerably below the OECD average of 7.4%. Full Article
0 1st OECD/IZA World of Labor Seminar: Minimum Wages – Impacts and Institutional Processes - 17 November 2014 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:34:00 GMT Joint Seminar on "Minimum Wages – Impacts and Institutional Processes" Full Article
0 Strengthening Global Growth: The G20 Brisbane Summit’s Challenges and Contributions By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:41:00 GMT The G20 needs to go structural, social, and green! With fiscal and monetary policy room nearly exhausted, structural reforms are the best choices, sometimes the only choice. The OECD battle cry in this regard has been unchanged since 2008: “go structural!”. Full Article
0 G20 should fix the world’s economy for the working people! By www.oecdobserver.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:14:00 GMT As G20 leaders look distraught at a global economy that is faced with weak growth, high unemployment and rising income inequality, they should repeat to themselves that this is not inevitable. Full Article
0 The global economy: strengthening growth and job creation - Statement at G20 Leader's Summit By www.oecd.org Published On :: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 11:51:00 GMT Statement made by the Secretary-General during session 1 of the Leader's Summit in Brisbane. Full Article
0 G20: OECD to help monitor growth and gender commitments By www.oecd.org Published On :: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 12:49:00 GMT Leaders of the G20 countries meeting at their Summit in Brisbane, Australia, have called on the OECD and IMF to monitor their commitment to boost economic growth and create jobs. Full Article
0 Media Advisory - Launch Latin American Economic Outlook 2015 at the XXIV Ibero-American Summit on Tuesday 9 December 2014 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 13:19:00 GMT OECD Development Centre, ECLAC and CAF to launch their joint Latin American Economic Outlook 2015 at the XXIV Ibero-American Summit on Tuesday 9 December 2014 Full Article
0 Launch of OECD Pensions Outlook 2014 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:49:00 GMT The 2014 edition of the OECD Pensions Outlook explores the crucial and far-reaching challenges that pension systems are currently facing. This report was released at a launch event in London on 8 December 2014. Full Article
0 LEED Flash December 2014 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:39:00 GMT The OECD LEED Programme has a quaterly newsletter to diffuse the current news on employment and local development Full Article
0 Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) 2015 Annual Conference By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 15:57:00 GMT Third Annual Conference on the theme of "Fiscal Policies and the Green Economy Transition: Generating Knowledge – Creating Impact" held at the University of Venice from 29 through 30 January 2015. The press release is available. Full Article
0 G20: Remarks for Session 2 - Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 09:49:00 GMT We therefore need a “copernician” change in our approach to the growth – inequality nexus: let’s not think growth first, and inequality thereafter but let’s consider both of them, together, in their circularity. In other words, let’s think “Inclusive Growth”, right from the start, and let’s make it another touchstone of our efforts and complement the Pittsburgh tryptic of strong, sustainable and balanced growth! Full Article
0 OECD Employment Outlook 2015 - Key findings for Ireland By www.oecd.org Published On :: Sun, 05 Jul 2015 11:00:00 GMT Ireland was hit hard by the financial crisis and the labour market has yet to fully mend. The unemployment rate more than tripled from 4.6% in Q1 2007 to its peak of 15.1% in Q4 2011. Full Article
0 OECD Employment Outlook 2015 - Key findings for New Zealand By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Jul 2015 09:46:00 GMT At 75%, the employment rate in New Zealand is the third highest among OECD countries and has been only marginally affected by the recent economic crisis. Full Article
0 Youth Skills day: 15th July 2015 By oecdskillsandwork.wordpress.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:36:00 GMT As the first edition of “Youth Skills day” unfolds, about 40 million youth aged 15-29 in OECD countries are either looking for work or entirely disconnected from the labour market and from education and training. Full Article
0 OECD Employment Outlook 2015-Key findings for Israel By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:24:00 GMT Labour market conditions are improving in many OECD countries but the recovery from the recent economic crisis remains very uneven. Employment is still growing too slowly in the OECD area to close the jobs gap induced by the crisis, even by the end of 2016. Consequently, unemployment for the OECD as a whole is projected to continue its slow decline, reaching 6.6% by the end of 2016. Full Article
0 2015 OECD Southeast Asia Regional Policy Network on Education and Skills By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 07 Oct 2015 08:00:00 GMT 7th annual expert meeting of the initiative on Employment and Skills Strategies in Southeast Asia (ESSSA) and GIZ/ RECOTVET Policy Dialogue - 7-8 October, 2015 - Sokha Angkor Resort, Siem Reap, Cambodia Full Article
0 OECD Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting (14-15 January 2016) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:34:00 GMT On 14-15 January 2016 the OECD will host a Ministerial meeting on Labour and Employment, and a Policy Forum on the Future of Work. Full Article
0 OECD Labour Ministerial Statement 2016 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 13:13:00 GMT OECD Employment and Labour Ministers meeting in Paris have underlined their commitment to boosting employment, particularly for young people and the long-term unemployed, tackling labour market inequalities and helping people with mental health issues find and stay in work. Full Article
0 11th Trento Festival of Economics 2016 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 17 May 2016 16:35:00 GMT 11th edition of Trento Festival of Economics: the arena where economists, political and institutional stakeholders, researchers and journalists from all over the world, will exchange views and investigate the topic “Where growth takes place”. Full Article
0 OECD Employment Outlook 2016 - Key findings for Denmark By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:44:00 GMT Denmark was hit harder by the global financial crisis than its neighbouring countries and the OECD area, but is now slowly recovering. In the first quarter of 2016, the employment rate was still 4.8 percentage points lower than before the GFC with only minor improvement since 2013. Full Article
0 OECD Employment Outlook 2016 - Key findings for Netherlands By www.oecd.org Published On :: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 12:00:00 GMT The labour market recovery in the Netherlands is lagging behind. As of the last quarter of 2015, the unemployment rate stood at 6.7%, just one percentage point lower than its cyclical peak and three percentage points higher from its level at the start of the global financial crisis. As a result of the sluggish recovery, the unemployment rate in the Netherlands is now slightly higher than that for the OECD as a whole. Full Article
0 Enhancing employability, G20 Report By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 10:58:00 GMT Skill requirements are changing rapidly as a result of structural shifts. Workforce employability is essential to turn structural change into an opportunity for all. Education and training systems, labour markets, workers and workplaces will have to become more adaptable. A set of concrete actionable measures is proposed to improve the employability of each economy’s workforce. Full Article
0 Employment situation, second quarter 2016, OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:43:00 GMT OECD employment rate increases further to 66.9% in the second quarter of 2016 Full Article
0 Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: November 2016 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 14:47:00 GMT OECD unemployment rate stable at 6.3% in September 2016 Full Article
0 Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: December 2016 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 09:08:00 GMT OECD unemployment rate down to 6.2% in October 2016 Full Article
0 Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: January 2017 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 15:09:00 GMT OECD unemployment rate stable at 6.2% in November 2016 Full Article
0 Employment situation, third quarter 2016, OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 09:46:00 GMT OECD employment rate increases to 67.0% in the third quarter of 2016 Full Article
0 Labour market reforms in Portugal 2011-2015 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 14:44:00 GMT This report has been elaborated by the OECD in very close collaboration with the Portuguese government and, in particular, the Ministry of Labour. A final version was submitted to the government in late December 2016 and it is expected to be released in Lisbon on the 19th of January 2017. Full Article
0 Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: February 2017 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:02:00 GMT OECD unemployment rate stable at 6.2% in December 2016 Full Article
0 Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: March 2017 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Mar 2017 08:30:00 GMT OECD unemployment rate down to 6.1% in January 2017 Full Article
0 Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: April 2017 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 09:14:00 GMT OECD unemployment rate stable at 6.1% in February 2017 Full Article
0 Employment situation, fourth quarter 2016, OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 09:01:00 GMT OECD employment rate increases to 67.2% in the fourth quarter of 2016 Full Article
0 Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: May 2017 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 11 May 2017 09:32:00 GMT OECD unemployment rate falls to 6.0% in March 2017 Full Article
0 Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: June 2017 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:48:00 GMT OECD unemployment rate stable at 5.9% in April 2017 Full Article
0 Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: July 2017 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:00:00 GMT OECD unemployment rate stable at 5.9% in May 2017 Full Article
0 OECD Assessment of Ireland’s second Public Service Reform Plan (2014 - 2016) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:25:00 GMT The OECD was invited to assess key elements of the Second Irish Public Service Reform Plan (PSRP 2014-2016), with a view to informing future public service reform efforts in Ireland. Full Article
0 Employment situation, first quarter 2017, OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 09:53:00 GMT OECD employment rate increases to 67.4% in the first quarter of 2017 Full Article
0 Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: September 2017 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:18:00 GMT OECD unemployment rate stable at 5.8% in July 2017 Full Article
0 Composite Leading Indicators (CLI), OECD, October 2017 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 09 Oct 2017 16:34:00 GMT OECD CLIs point to stable growth momentum in the OECD area Full Article