http://www.randstad.com/RSS feed for the world of work - eu employment tag60http://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/german-employment-falls-in-q3.htmlGerman employment declined for the first time in four years in the third quarter of 2009. According to the federal statistics office, the number of labor market members in work fell to 40.4 million year-on-year in the three months to September ...Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/oecd-german-economy-faces-slow-recovery.htmlThe German economy faces a relatively slow recovery next year, despite recent improvements in performance. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Germany's gross domestic product will recover from a ...Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/rising-eurozone-unemployment-poses-recovery-risk.htmlRising unemployment in the eurozone is posing serious risks to economic rebound in the currency union. That is according to the European commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, Joaquin Almunia, who identified the combination of weak labor ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/swedish-unemployment-declines-in-october.htmlThe Swedish unemployment rate declined by 0.2 per cent in October, according to the Scandinavian country's statistics agency. Statistiska Centralbyran revealed that the national jobless rate fell to 8.1 per cent last month, which is equivalent to ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/french-labor-market-better-than-expected.htmlThe French employment market will perform better than expected in 2009, according to the government. Employment minister Laurent Wauquiez has suggested that fewer than 400,000 positions will be lost in the French economy before the end of the year, ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/spain-accepts-temporary-worker-extensions.htmlThe Spanish government has accepted proposals to extend the areas in which temporary employees can work. Prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's sub-committee on labor market affairs has backed plans to allow the employment of temporary ...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/weise-german-unemployment-will-peak-in-2010.htmlGermany's unemployment rate will peak at the end of 2010, according to a senior government official. Frank-Juergen Weise, head of the country's labor office, has predicted that the European Union member state will witness the worst effects of the ...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/greek-unemployment-falls-by-06.htmlGreek unemployment fell by 0.6 per cent in August as the tourism industry propped up the country's labor market. The national statistics service has announced that Greece's jobless rate declined to nine per cent in August, which is equivalent to ...Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:56:39 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/spanish-contraction-will-improve-in-q4.htmlThe Spanish economic contraction is slowing and will pick-up in the final quarter of 2009, according to a senior government official. Economy minister Elena Salgado has expressed confidence that Europe's fifth largest economy will record more ...Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:55:47 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/jobless-graduate-total-expected-to-rise.htmlThe number of graduates who leave university in the UK without a job is expected to breach the 100,000 barrier, it has been reported. According to the Times, official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are predicted to confirm ...Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/swiss-unemployment-up-but-economists-largely-optimistic.htmlThe official rate of unemployment in Switzerland has hit the highest level since the start of 2005, though observers have expressed optimism that the labor market will bounce back in 2010. According to the latest data released by the State ...Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/eu-unemployment-will-remain-a-problem.htmlRising unemployment will remain a problem in the European Union (EU) for several years, according to its executive agency. The European Commission has suggested that the longest downturn in EU history will push the political union's jobless rate to ...Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/pm-hungarian-recovery-depends-on-employment.htmlThe Hungarian economy will have recovered when the country's unemployment rate begins to rise. That is according to the central European nation's prime minister Gordon Bajnai, who claimed that the financial crisis will only be over in the country ...Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/spanish-jobless-claims-rise-in-october.htmlThe number of Spanish labor market members drawing unemployment insurance passed 3.8 million in October. That is according to figures released by the labor ministry, which revealed that jobless claims increased in the Mediterranean country by 2.7 ...Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/eu-unemployment-reaches-92.htmlUnemployment in the European Union (EU) increased by 0.1 per cent in September, according to the continent's statistics office. Eurostat disclosed that the political union's jobless rate rose to 9.2 per cent, which is the highest level recorded ...Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/danish-employment-prospects-worsen.htmlThe unemployment situation in Denmark grew slightly worse in September, new government figures have revealed. Statistics Denmark disclosed that the seasonally-adjusted national jobless rate increased to 4.1 per cent of the available labor market ...Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/german-unemployment-falls-to-77.htmlGermany's unemployment rate has declined for the third consecutive month in October, according to the Federal Labor Agency. The government department revealed that the national jobless rate has fallen by 0.3 per cent to 7.7 per cent this month, ...Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/polish-unemployment-static-at-108.htmlThe Polish unemployment rate remained static at 10.8 per cent in August, according to official government data. The eastern European country's Central Statistical Office (CSO) revealed that the national jobless rate was unchanged from July's ...Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/spanish-unemployment-stabilises-in-q3.htmlSpanish unemployment remained stable in the third quarter of 2009, data released by a government agency has revealed. The National Statistics Institute (INS) disclosed that the national jobless rate in the Mediterranean country rose by just 0.1 per ...Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/eu-labor-market-faces-bleak-future.htmlThe European Union's (EU) labor market is facing a bleak future thanks to the financial crisis, according to a leading Swedish politician. Minister for employment Sven Otto Littorin claimed that the situation will continue to deteriorate before it ...Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:00:00 GMT