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"The book presents state of the art research on women's current position in European labour markets. It combines analysis of the latest trends in employment, occupational segregation, working time, unpaid work, social provisions (especially care provisions) and the impact of the financial crisis, with overall assessment of the actual impact of the European Employment Strategy and the specific impact of key policies, such as taxation and flexicurity."

"The Nordic welfare states are facing new challenges in an increasingly globalised world. Fiercer competition has underlined the need for the Nordics to enhance competitiveness – and to support and nurse growth in industry and businesses.

This report presents the key findings and policy recommendations of the project “Nordic Growth Sectors.” Having identified growth companies in the Nordics, the project analyses growth drivers, the match between supply and demand of labour, the work environment in the companies, and growth and other companies' perceptions of existing framework conditions and improvement needs.



Based on the analyses and on a Nordic Policy Forum held in Copenhagen with participation of policymakers from the central administrations, labour market organisations, universities and growth companies, a set of policy reccommendations are developed, the most important of which are to:



Introduce more flexible retirement schemes

Deminish international recruitment red tape

Prepare graduates better for employment

Create national work environment “barometers”

Introduce more flexible child care facilities

Carry out cost-benefit analysis of complex regulation"

"Nearly 80 per cent of all professors in the Nordic region are men. Gender balance in academia is therefore an important research policy issue. Hitherto it has been scarcely debated on a joint Nordic level. This report shows the status and the development in the field. The report gives examples of successful practices and highlights research policy challenges that are important to analyse in a gender and equality perspective.

Given the lack of comparative investigations and research on the gender balance in academia in the Nordic region, there is a need to develop Nordic cooperation in this field. The report concludes with a number of recommendations in order to consolidate the issue of gender balance in academia as a joint policy- and research field in the Nordic region."

"Le travail subordonné des femmes a toujours été mal rétribué et matière à discrimination. La Constitution mexicaine a inclus, dans son texte original, la « protection du travail pour les travailleuses » qui s'est malencontreusement traduite par une « discrimination légale », abrogée en 1975. Malgré la reconnaissance des droits politiques de la femme en 1953, l'égalité juridique des hommes et des femmes s'est formellement cantonnée, jusqu'en 1974, à cette simple phrase : «La femme et l'homme sont égaux devant la loi ». Aujourd'hui, les politiques publiques s'efforcent de parvenir à une régulation efficace au moyen de divers instruments."

"On 1 July 2009, the Anti-Crisis Act temporarily amended the working-time provisions of the Polish Labour Code to allow for more flexibility and more efficient deployment of labour during the economic downturn. Following a long-term trend in Polish labour law reform and taking its cue from the European Union (EU) Working Time Directive, one of the key changes the Act introduced was a provision allowing the extension of reference periods for the calculation of average weekly hours to a maximum of twelve months. Long reference periods have become a common feature of many European working-time regimes. As this paper argues, however, Polish specificities make this form of flexibility particularly problematic. In the context of Poland's entrenched overtime culture, insecure, competitive, and unequal labour market, and high level of employment law violations (mainly in connection with working time), the extension of working hours threatens to strain the already difficult working conditions for many Poles. With the existing gender dynamics, insufficient measures for work-family reconciliation, and scarce state provision for care of dependants, what effects will the extension of working time have on the conditions of women workers? This paper examines the post-transition trajectory of Polish working-time reform and questions the sustainability of the working-time regime it attempts to create."

"This article provides a critical analysis of the role of transnational migrant workers providing care and household services in an age of globalization. On the demand side, the feminization of migration is linked to the increase in women's labour force participation, falling birth rates, increasing life expectancy, changes in family structure, and the shortage of public care. On the supply side, it is argued that remittances are key for the survival of households and communities in a number of developing countries and that exporting workers is one means by which governments address the problems of unemployment and foreign debt. The concept of the global care chain serves to cast light on the social processes associated with the transnational transfer of domestic labour."