Documentos - Think Tank - Parlamento Europeu

Análise aprofundada - Regulation of prostitution in the European Union: Laws and policies in selected EU Member States - 05-09-2024

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 22:00:00 GMT

Considerable differences of opinion characterise the public debate on the regulation of prostitution in the EU. This results in a complex legal and policy landscape. A lack of comprehensive statistical data complicates the picture, and the choices legislators make are deeply rooted in overarching ideological approaches. At EU level, the European �Ϸ��վ has long been the primary forum for debating prostitution issues.

Fonte : © União Europeia, 2024 - PE

Briefing - Latin America's informal economy - 22-09-2016

Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:59:32 GMT

Informal employment affects around 130 million workers in Latin America and the Caribbean, of whom at least 27 million are young people, and represents nearly half of non-agricultural employment. Its incidence varies across the region's countries (from 30.7% in Costa Rica to 73.6% in Guatemala), sectors and population groups. Fighting informality has become a clear objective in the region. Some Latin American countries have taken big steps to reduce informality, applying a different mix of specific policies and strategies and obtaining generally positive results; however, more efforts are needed. Moreover, the current crisis can endanger this positive trend. International institutions, such as the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the EU, are also promoting measures to support the transition to the formal economy in the region, and the European �Ϸ��վ has shown a special interest in this issue. Yet, formalisation in Latin America remains an important challenge, and economic growth alone is not enough to achieve it: the ILO insists on an integrated and comprehensive approach that would complement public policies with efforts by social actors as a way to achieve broad-based consensus. Experts agree that the focus should be on workers' social and labour inclusion. This briefing examines the strategies applied by five big Latin American economies – Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru – based on recent ILO studies, and looks at the results obtained thus far and the assistance provided by the EU and the ILO.

Fonte : © União Europeia, 2016 - PE

Estudo - Social Repercussions of an Opt-Out From the Provisions of the Working Time Directive - 01-04-2005

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:56:08 GMT

The main objective of the present study is to prepare background material and advise Members of the EP Committee on Employment and Social Affairs on a number of social issues related to the European Commission proposed revision of the Working Time Directive concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time. The study provides information based on existing research and available statistical data on the consequences of long working hours on family life and it also analyses the effectiveness of the proposed reform in achieving reconciliation of work and family life and analyses the compatibility of the changes in the directive with equal opportunities policy.

Fonte : © União Europeia, 2005 - PE