Transcript Eurociett General Assembly

EUROPE 2020 FROM STRATEGY INTO ACTION:
HOW THE AGENCY WORK INDUSTRY
CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN GETTING MORE PEOPLE BACK TO WORK”
Eurociett 2010 EU Stakeholder Conference
23rd June 2010 – Residence Palace, Brussels
Introduction to the conference
Annemarie Muntz
Eurociett President
EUROPE 2020 FROM STRATEGY INTO ACTION:
HOW THE AGENCY WORK INDUSTRY
CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN GETTING MORE PEOPLE BACK TO WORK”
Eurociett in a nutshell
•
Is the only authoritative voice representing the interests of agency work
businesses in Europe:
– Recognised by the European Institutions as well as by key European
stakeholders (e.g. ETUC, UNI-Europa, BusinessEurope)
– Accounts for more than 90% of the total sales revenues of the industry in
Europe
– Is the official EU social partner for the TAW (for the employers)
•
Eurociett is the only association representing agency work:
– At large: brings together 27 national federations
– In its diversity: uniting 6 of the largest multinational staffing companies as well
as tens of thousands of SMEs
•
Eurociett Members consist of private companies operating in the following
HR activities: temporary agency work, permanent recruitment, interim
management, executive search, outplacement, training
•
Eurociett represents 36,000 companies (57,000 branches), employ
250,000 internal staff and more than 3 million agency workers on a daily
average (FTEs) and around 10 million a yearly basis (headcounts)
National Federation members
Denmark
Dansk Erhverv
Ireland
NRF
UK
REC
France
PRISME
Spain
AGETT &
AETT
Austria
VZA
Slovakia
APAS
Switzerland
SwissStaffing
Luxembourg
ULEDI
Finland
HPL
Slovenia
ZAZ
Norway
NHO Service
Belgium
FEDERGON
Turkey
OIBD
Czech Rep
APPS
Germany
BZA
Macedonia
NFTWA
Poland
ZAPT
Hungary
SZTMSZ
Bulgaria
BG Staffing
Portugal
APESPE
Italy
ASSOLAVORO
Greece
ENEPASE
Estonia
EFPRA
Netherlands
ABU
Sweden
Bemanningsforetagen
Corporate Members
Eurociett’s long term objectives
To protect and promote the interests of private employment
agencies in order to enhance their sustainable growth
To create the most suitable legal environment for the agency
work industry to operate in
To promote and increase quality standards within the agency
work industry
To improve the understanding of the reality of the agency work
industry, especially by gaining recognition for its positive
contribution to a better functioning labour market:
• job creation
• labour market participation & diversity
• economic growth and public budget incomes
European average penetration rate : 1.7%
* Defined as the number of full-time equivalents - as supplied by Ciett National Federations - divided by
the total active working population - as published by the ILO
European TAW Market split per country
(2008)
Rest of Europe
10%
% of total revenues Europe
Switzerland 3%
Spain 3%
UK 31%
Belgium 4%
Italy 6%
Netherlands
11%
France 19%
Germany 13%
The TAW market in Europe is bottoming up
Impact of crisis:The Lisbon Employment
targets were not to be reached
• Notwithstanding the rise in employment
starting from 2004, the original 70%
target was unlikely to be realised
• The crisis rendered the target even
more out of reach when the downward
trend began in the second quarter of
2008
• The unemployment target of the
Lisbon agenda (4%) was even more
ambitious than other targets
• In reality, the road to Lisbon has
never been travelled
Source: Bridging the Gap – Randstad/SEO 2010
But countries with reformed labour
market resisted better the crisis
Source: Bridging the Gap – Randstad/SEO 2010
But countries with reformed labour
market resisted better the crisis (2)
Source: Bridging the Gap – Randstad/SEO 2010
How to cure deficiencies
of the labour market?
Facilitate
mobility &
transitions
Increase job
creation &
participation in
labour market
Implement
Flexicurity
policies
Eurociett Memorandum
to Europe 2020
•
As the voice of agency work in Europe, Eurociett
views the Europe 2020 Employment targets as
central to our priorities
•
Eurociett was motivated to produce this
Memorandum because the labour market is not
functioning as well as it should
•
Eurociett puts forward its 10 recommendations to
unlock the agency work industry’s contribution to a
better functioning labour market
– Agency work makes the labour market more
inclusive by facilitating transitions
– Agency work boosts job creation and raises the
employment level
– Agency work is at the heart of the Flexicurity
concept, providing flexibility and security for
both workers and companies
AW facilitates transitions and mobility
in the labour market
Services provided by TWAs broadens the range of work solutions to meet worker
lifestyle choices or personal constraints at each stage of professional life
Student
• Provide
temporary
work to
finance
education
while studying
1st time
entrant
• Provide
temporary
assignments
leading to a
permanent
contract
• Gain first
professional
experience
Experienced
worker
• Provide new job
opportunities to
evolve and
improve life
conditions
• Provide a
flexible working
solution to meet
familial
responsibilities
Laid-off
worker
• Facilitate
transitions from
one job to
another
through
outplacement
services
Pensioner
• Provide
extra financial
revenues
• Improve
work-life
balance
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AW increases labour market participation
AW helps to
fight
undeclared
work
AW creates
jobs that
would not
exist
otherwise
AW helps
disadvantag
ed people to
enter the
labour
market
AW reduces
unemployment
AW provides
more work
opportunities
for more
people
Better
functioning
labour market
Increased
social inclusion
More public
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revenues
AW is at the heart
at the Flexicurity concept
Flexibility
Employees
Develop more
work
opportunities
Allow part time
& temporary
jobs to gain
extra money
Ensure worklife
Balance
Companies
Enabling fast
workforce
adjustments
Improve market
position by
responding to
changing
demands
Security
Employees
Ensure work
security
Maintain and
develop
employability
Ensure
continuity of
rights
Companies
Increase
competitiveness
to allow
sustainable
growth and job
creation
Guarantee
access to skills
Provide legally
secured flexible
workforce
How to ensure a more inclusive labour market?”
Support the role of the agency work industry in
increasing labour market participation and diversity
as well as access to employment, particularly for young
people and long-term unemployed
Secure sustainable flexibility in the labour market
through the use of agency work in order to contribute to
job creation and economic growth
Ensure a better match between supply and demand
of skills using the mapping and vocational training
expertise of the agency work industry
Take advantage of the role of the agency work industry to
promote work mobility and secure transitions for
inclusive growth
Promote and support public-private partnerships in
terms of employment services in order to fight
unemployment and promote inclusive labour markets
Panel Discussion n°1
“How to
ensure a
more
inclusive
labour
market?”
Setting the scene:
Göran Hultin | Caden Corporation
Wallis Goelen | Head of Unit Employment
Services | DG Employment
Giuseppe Porcaro | Secretary General | The
European Youth Forum
Steven D’Haeseleer | Director Social Affairs |
BusinessEurope
Anne Fairweather | Head of Public Policy | UK
Recruitment and Employment Confederation
Csaba Öry | MEP | Member of the EP
Employment Committee
“How to secure the right balance between
flexibility and security”
Recognise and promote temporary agency work as the most
secure form of external flexible employment
Establish a level-playing field for temporary work agencies
and ensure that the agency work industry enjoys the freedom
to provide services and the freedom of establishment
Lift existing, unjustified restrictions in the use of
temporary agency work to boost job creation and enhance
company competitiveness
Organise work mobility in a more secure way by facilitating
intra-EU cross-border activities of temporary work agencies
Advance the sectoral social dialogue on temporary
agency work in accordance with national law and practice
Panel Discussion n°2
“How to
secure the
right balance
between
flexibility and
security”
Setting the scene:
Daniela Vincenti | Euractiv
Robert Strauss | Head of Unit European
Employment Strategy | DG Employment
Ben Butters | Director for European Affairs |
Eurochambers
Edwin Schreur | Country Manager | USG
People Spain
Patricia Kruijff | Legal Advisor | FNV
Bondgenoten
AW contributes to
better functioning labour markets
By providing more freedom of choice in the labour
market, the AW industry contributes to:
Protect and advance the
interests
of the people:
Extra job opportunities,
skills enhancement,
increased mobility,
new career paths
Enhance the
competitiveness of
companies:
Increased efficiency,
flexibility, talent
enhancement
Growth of economies and
more inclusive societies:
increased labour market
participation and social
inclusion, higher public
revenues, talent
redistribution
EUROPE 2020 FROM STRATEGY INTO ACTION:
HOW THE AGENCY WORK INDUSTRY
CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN GETTING MORE PEOPLE BACK TO WORK”
Eurociett 2010 EU Stakeholder Conference
23rd June 2010 – Residence Palace, Brussels
How to ensure a more inclusive labour market?”
Support the role of the agency work industry in
increasing labour market participation and diversity
as well as access to employment, particularly for young
people and long-term unemployed
Secure sustainable flexibility in the labour market
through the use of agency work in order to contribute to
job creation and economic growth
Ensure a better match between supply and demand
of skills using the mapping and vocational training
expertise of the agency work industry
Take advantage of the role of the agency work industry to
promote work mobility and secure transitions for
inclusive growth
Promote and support public-private partnerships in
terms of employment services in order to fight
unemployment and promote inclusive labour markets
“How to secure the right balance between
flexibility and security”
Recognise and promote temporary agency work as the most
secure form of external flexible employment
Establish a level-playing field for temporary work agencies
and ensure that the agency work industry enjoys the freedom
to provide services and the freedom of establishment
Lift existing, unjustified restrictions in the use of
temporary agency work to boost job creation and enhance
company competitiveness
Organise work mobility in a more secure way by facilitating
intra-EU cross-border activities of temporary work agencies
Advance the sectoral social dialogue on temporary
agency work in accordance with national law and practice