Stop romanticizing flexible employment
Dealing with of the living nightmare that is the “job market”, I’ve been recently exposed to “flexible” employment contracts. It ain’t all rosy.
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Precarious youth and the unpaid internship industry
Faced with an increasingly precarious job market, young people are willing to give more for less. This is being exploited with a rise in unpaid internships.
Europe, She Loves: A Portrait of the Bored-Of-It-All Generation
- Slow News Europe , Work , Film , Arts
“May you live in interesting times,” says a Chinese curse. Yet, reaching adulthood in “interesting times” might be an even grimmer fate. Jan Gassmann’s documentary Europe, She Loves pays a tribute to European youth’s lost years.
Juncker investment plan gets the go-ahead
The Juncker investment plan was backed by the European Parliament in a vote on Wednesday, 24 June. The plan, aimed at creating jobs, fostering economic growth and tackling record high unemployment…
Happy May 1st, International Workers’ Day!
But remember that not everybody is celebrating… For more visit Eurostat online.
In Europe, a feeble rise in employment
The European Commission published a report on employment and social developments in Europe, on 15 January, where it is noted that more than nine million more are unemployed compared with 2008. The unemployment rate in the 28 EU member states reached 10.0% in November 2014, down from 10.7% in November 2013. Youth unemployment reached 21.9% in the EU and 23.7% in the euro area, compared with 23.2% and 23.9% respectively in November 2013. Unemployed young people under 25 are now 5.1 million in the EU, compared with 3.4 million in the Eurozone.
The Universal Basic Income, a promising idea?
In 2016, Switzerland will hold an unprecedented referendum. Citizens will be asked to vote in favor of or against a radical idea: an unconditional basic income of 2,500 Swiss Francs (about 2,000 €) for all adults. Under Swiss law citizens can organize popular initiatives if they manage to gather 100,000 signatures. The organizers of the…
