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EU launches consultation on bringing people excluded from the labour market into work

EU launches consultation on bringing people excluded from the labour market into work

The European Commission has launched a first-stage consultation with European social partners on possible new EU action to help people who face significant barriers to entering or returning to the labour market. The initiative, announced as part of the Commission’s...

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OPINION – Full-time family carers should be recognised as workers

OPINION – Full-time family carers should be recognised as workers

In Italy, those who care for a family member with a disability living with them 24 hours a day are neither recognised nor supported. They find themselves alone, poor (having given up work to provide care) and at risk of depression. The law in Italy has been awaited for 30 years and has been under discussion in parliament for 15 years. Read more in this opinion piece by Alessandra Corradi, President of Genitori Tosti in Italy.

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