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05 / 01

opinion piece

BLOG - Recruitment 2.0: The Transformative Power of (Lifelong) Learning

Nowadays recruiters need to master skills that go beyond the ability to conduct interviews and screen resumes. To stay up-to-date with the fast-developing world of work and deliver the highest-quality services, innovative education and lifelong learning programmes are essential. Olive Group, WEC’s EdTech partner, explains how their e-learning solutions are enabling the HR services industry to up its game and...

Nowadays recruiters need to master skills that go beyond the ability to conduct interviews and screen resumes. To stay up-to-date...

05 / 02

news

Employers' Organisations Raise Concerns about Implementation of EU Directive on Posting of Workers

Employers' Organisations Raise Concerns about Implementation of EU Directive on...

Ahead of a meeting of European Forum on the Posting of Workers, several employers’ organisations, including the World Employment Confederation-Europe, issued a joint statement to raise some concerns about the application and implementation of the EU Directive on the posting of workers. The organisations observe that companies are still facing many problems and bureaucratic burdens when posting employees to other Member...

Ahead of a meeting of European Forum on the Posting of Workers, several employers’ organisations, including the World Employment Confederation-Europe,...

05 / 03

press release

European employers unveil the European Employers' Institute

On 1st October, thirteen sectoral employers’ organisations from leading associations at European and national level have launched the European Employers’ Institute (EEI). The EEI will serve as a central hub for cross-industry research on topics of common interest to employers, providing robust data and insights to inform EU policy decisions on social and employment matters.

On 1st October, thirteen sectoral employers’ organisations from leading associations at European and national level have launched the European Employers’...

05 / 04

news

EU Social Partners Join Forces to Enhance Social Dialogue in Temporary Agency Work

EU Social Partners Join Forces to Enhance Social Dialogue in...

Representatives of UNI Europa and WEC-Europe held a workshop in June to exchange best practices in terms of hiring, up- and re-skilling, particularly among youth, people over 55 years of age, and refugees or asylum seekers. This meeting is the first organised by the European social partners of the temporary agency work sector in the framework of their joint project aiming to...

Representatives of UNI Europa and WEC-Europe held a workshop in June to exchange best practices in terms of hiring, up-...

05 / 05

publication

Economic Report 2024

The HR services industry pursued an upbeat trend in 2022, growing global turnover by 8.3% for a total of €632 billion (USD666 billion) in sales revenues. The Economic Report 2024 of the World Employment Confederation demonstrates through the positive results recorded as per the number of people supported, the opening of agencies and hiring of internal staff how attractive the...

The HR services industry pursued an upbeat trend in 2022, growing global turnover by 8.3% for a total of €632...

Member of the Month

FES

FEDIL Employment Services (FES), our National Federation member in Luxembourg, celebrates its 30th anniversary in October! FSI, the training fund for the agency work sector, also celebrates its 15th anniversary. FEDIL Employment Services represents more than 75% of the revenues in the agency work sector.

Vill Gléck fir däi Gebuertsdag!

FES

Vill Gléck fir däi Gebuertsdag!

Capacity Building for Social Dialogue in the Temporary Agency Work Sector - Workshop, June 2024

Labour Market Strategic Insight Q3 2024

Every quarter, the World Employment Confederation compiles the latest data about staffing activity, the economy and labour markets and brings them all in one place: the “Labour Market Strategic Insight” brief. Check out the latest edition: it’s a goldmine of data!

NEW ! Thanks to our Labour Market Intelligence Partner Lightcast, we have added new data related to Artificial Intelligence: the AI-index (the share of online job adverts which require at least one AI skill for the job) and a chart with the global top 20 hardest-to-fill skills in the online jobs market.

Topics

Protection of Personal Data (GDPR)

Labour market matching involves the use of personal data. To prevent identity fraud and ensure adequate use, this data needs to be protected and used appropriately. This issue has become ever more important with the rise of digital tools and interfaces that support labour market matching. Digital and data-driven tools hold huge value and potential to improve labour market inclusiveness,...

Labour market matching involves the use of personal data. To prevent identity fraud and ensure adequate use, this data needs...

Telework and workers’ right to disconnect

On 30 April 2024, the European Commission launched the first stage of an EU Social Partner Consultation on possible EU Action around telework and the right to disconnect. The World Employment Confederation-Europe, as the voice of the HR services industry, welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the consultation. Any action related to telework and the right to disconnect must consider that work is becoming less of a place to go and more of a task to perform. A rising number of workers value and request the opportunity to work remotely, while policies on telework need to reflect that not all professions and jobs are suitable for telework. Read more in our position paper.

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The HR services sector has an important role to play in helping employees manage transitions whether it is finding new roles or transitioning internally.

Jurriën Koops - Director, ABU (The Netherlands)

The overarching raison d’être of the World Employment Confederation is to support its members in growing their business in a sustainable way.

Denis Pennel - Managing Director, World Employment Confederation

Our membership to the World Employment Confederation-Europe not only brings value because it provides us with up-to-date information about EU policy developments and with the possibility to shape the position of the industry. It also gives us the opportunity to be directly involved in discussions with EU policymakers and such contacts would not be possible without the WEC.

Jakob Tietge - Head of Division at Dansk Erhver

opinion piece

Boomer Alert: Why the World of Work Needs to Catch up with the Young

On World Youth Skills Day, Beatrice Miano, Public Affairs Adviser for the World Employment Confederation, look at which barriers still hinder youth employment and how HR services professionals can help young people acquire the skills they need to have the work they want.

On World Youth Skills Day, Beatrice Miano, Public Affairs Adviser for the World Employment Confederation, look at which barriers still...

World of Work

The Work We Want

Technology, demographic shifts, evolving expectations… the transformation of work and workforce give us an opportunity to build a future that works for all of us. But what work do we want? The World Employment Confederation, in partnership with FT Longitude, surveyed senior executives from around the world to shed light on the scale of the challenges for how we work...

Technology, demographic shifts, evolving expectations… the transformation of work and workforce give us an opportunity to build a future that...