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Annemarie Muntz, Eurociett President

Labour Market intermediaries and employment policies in Europe: the

way to work?

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Eurociett in a nutshell

The only authoritative voice for the private employment services in Europe

Regrouping 35,000 staffing agencies (90% of the industry’s sales revenues in Europe)

Employing 3.7 million agency workers in Europeeach day (10.4 million a year)

Gathering 230,000 HR consultants in 50,000 branches to provide assistance to jobseekers

Official EU social partner for the agency work sector

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Key facts & figures

• Represents 35,000 companies (50,000 branches), employ 230,000 internal staff and more than 3 million agency workers on a daily average (full time equivalents) and around 9 million on a yearly basis (headcounts)

• Is the only association representing agency work:

4 At large: brings together 30 national federations4 In its diversity: uniting 6 of the largest multinational staffing companies as well as tens of

thousands of SMEs

• Represents the broad spectrum of HR activities: temporary agency work, recruitment, interim management, executive search, outplacement, training

• Is the only authoritative voice representing the interests of agency work businesses in Europe:

4 Accounts for more than 90% of the total sales revenues of the industry

4 Recognised as such by the EU Institutions as well as by key European stakeholders

(e.g. ETUC, BusinessEurope, social NGOs, think tanks)

4 Is the employers’ official social partner within the EU sectoral social dialogue on

temporary agency work (facing UNI-Europa)

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Eurociett National Federation members

FrancePRISM’EMPLOI

UKREC

IrelandNRF

DenmarkDansk Erhverv

Czech RepAPPS

FinlandHPL

GermanyBZA

GreeceENIDEA

ItalyASSOLAVORO

SwitzerlandSwissStaffing

LuxembourgULEDI

NetherlandsABU

BelgiumFEDERGON

AustriaVZA

SwedenALMEGA

PolandHR Forum

PortugalAPESPE

SpainAGETT & AETT

HungarySZTMSZ

MacedoniaNFTWA

SlovakiaAPAS

EstoniaEFPRA

BulgariaBG Staffing

TurkeyOIBD

SloveniaZAZ

RomaniaARAMT

LatviaLASA

LithuaniaLIIA

NorwayNHO Service

RussiaAPEA

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Research tools

Data gathering (National Reports)

Strategic Reports (ad hoc): Adapting to Change 2011

Cooperation with Flexwork Research

Economic Report (yearly)

Joint Social Dialogue reports

Website (Agency Work Research Center)

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Latest research highlights I: Transitions report

Joint report with UNI Europa: “The role of Temporary Agency Work and Labour Market Transitions in Europe”

By Wilke, Maack and Partner in 2012, with facts and figures showing the positive contribution of the industry to foster labour market transitionsCopy of executive summary In your conference folder

Key FindingsConfirms stepping stone function of Agency work, from unemployed to employed, and from temporary to permanentAgency Work is an important entry channel for young people into the labour marketHigh share of “target groups” in agency work

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Latest research highlights II: OECD EPL

For the first time the OECD has looked at TAW as a category on its own in its Employment Outlook; specific employment protection legislation (EPL) indicators were developed for TAW

The index shows that the use of TAW is more strictly regulated then that of fixed-term contracts:

• on average the index is 2.51 for temporary agency work, while it only scores 1.65 for fixed-term contracts.

• Countries with the highest level of legislation rigidity on temporary agency work include Turkey (5.8), South Korea (4.4), Belgium (3.9), Poland and Luxembourg (3.8)

The regulatory rigidity for temporary agency work has led to the growth of fixed-term contracts, which contribute to labour market dualism

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Latest research highlights III: Adapting to Change

Full title: “Adapting to Change. How private employment services facilitate adaptation to change, better labour markets and decent work”

Executed by BCG, published in 2012.

Key messages: The world is undergoing fundamental structural shifts:

Globalization, Volatility, Demographic evolution, Sectoral shifts, New attitudes to work

This brings a new set of challenges to the labour market: Persistent high level of unemployment, Stronger segmentation

of the labour market, Increasing mismatch between supply and demand of skills, Unpredictability and lack of visibility, New forms of labour contractual arrangements not well regulated nor organised

The role of labour market intermediaries to enable change is crucial, private employment services industry offers solutions to these challenges