Training and human resources

The European Commission has published a new call for proposals for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie 2023 doctorate networks . The call should fund over 130 doctorates in all scientific fields, as well as the training and skills development of 1,600 doctoral candidates . With a budget of 434,8 million euros, the [...]

Educating young people and enriching the skills of professionals to develop a greater and better European business class. This is the aim of the EIT Campus, the new online platform launched by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology to expand the range of education and training for both innovation [...]

Italy can count on an additional funding of 1.5 billion euros that will receive from the European Union under the React-EU scheme. This plan aims to increase the employment of young people and women, improve the skills of workers and job seekers and support the economic recovery of the country [...]

Agreement in Europe to recognise it in the areas of socio-health and home care Another step is taken towards the recognition of Covid-19 as an occupational disease. The EU Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work, which brings together Member States, workers and employers, has reached agreement on the [...]

Council of Ministers approves legislative decree on transparent conditions The Council of Ministers has approved, in preliminary examination, a legislative decree implementing the EU Directive 2019/1152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019, on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union. The Decree [...]

There are 318.000 hirings planned by Italian companies in February, 1.023.000 the forecast between February and April. Numbers slightly down from the beginning of the year but growing compared to the same period of 2021. In Sardinia, 7.450 employees are scheduled by companies in February (+2.160 compared to February 2021) [...]

An injection of 100 million euros arrives to get the catering companies back on their feet. The European Commission has approved an Italian 100 million euros scheme to support catering services in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. Under the scheme, the aid will take the form of direct grants [...]

The European Commission has launched the EU Knowledge Valorisation Platform, a digital space providing an interactive forum to stimulate cross-border cooperation and improve the wide circulation of research results in society and the economy. 'The platform will enable the sharing of best practices, knowledge and skills, thereby improving policies and [...]

The EU Commission has launched the first phase of the consultation of the European social partners on how to improve the working conditions of people working through digital work platforms. Platform work is developing rapidly in the EU in an increasing number of business sectors. It can offer more flexibility [...]

All the Member States of the European Union "must impose on employers the obligation to establish an objective, reliable and accessible system that allows the measurement of the duration of the daily working time performed by each worker".This is confirmed by the ruling issued last May 14 by the Court [...]