Labour Market Observatory

The objective of the Labour Market Observatory (LMO) is to identify and analyse labour market trends and challenges, bringing added value to the work of the EESC and its Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship (SOC).

The LMO has been active since 2007. Its members include a president and two vice-presidents from the SOC Section, rotating every two years and a half between the Employers', Workers' and Diversity Europe groups. In order to ensure synergies within the EESC, the LMO has members from all EESC sections.

The labour market in all EU countries is undergoing a profound transformation in its structures, mechanisms and industrial relations. At the heart of this transformation are various phenomena, which the LMO includes in its analysis. The observatory looks at labour market challenges and trends, collects examples of good practices and produces reports or studies on topical issues. It also organises public events as well as internal meetings, stimulating discussion among institutions, socio-professional stakeholders, civil society organisations and academia.

It works on various key topics such as youth employment, the integration of refugees and asylum seekers into the labour market, the inclusion of the long-term unemployed in the labour market, vocational education and training (VET), and the effects of digitalisation and greening of the economy on employment and skills as well as on fair labour mobility.

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Priorities and working methods of the Labour Market Observatory (LMO) in the 2023 – 2025 half-term of office
Activity Report - Labour Market Observatory - Period 2020-2023
LMO work programme 2020-2023
LMO work programme 2020-2023 - Appendix 1 - List of LMO members
LMO work programme 2020-2023 - Appendix 2 - Study on The work of the future: ensuring lifelong learning and training of employees
Activity Report - Labour Market Observatory - Period 2018-2020
LMO work programme 2018-2020_EN
Labour Market Observatory (LMO) – Report on the activities of the 2015-2018 term of office
Labour Market Observatory (LMO) – Report on the activities of the 2013-2015 term of office