Employment Guidelines - Related links

European Commission

• Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States, COM/2026/510 final
• 2026 Spring Semester Package sets out guidance on fairer labour markets and improved social protection
• 2026 European Semester: Spring Package Communication
• Union of Skills
• Council Recommendation of 9 March 2026 on human capital in the European Union
• Commission sets out roadmap for future-proof quality jobs in a competitive EU
• EU Anti-Poverty Strategy
• Commission analyses social convergence in nine EU countries
• Joint employment report 2026
• The impact of reforms supported by the Recovery and Resilience Facility in the area of the labour market

European Parliament

• Think Tank - Economic Dialogue with the European Commission on the 2026 European Semester Spring Package

Others 

• European Labour Authority (ELA) - Labour shortages and surpluses in Europe 2025
• Eurofound - European Working Conditions Survey 2024: Overview report
• Eurofound - European Working Conditions Survey 2024 – Highlights
• European Centre for Development and Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) - Beyond skills development: unleashing human potential
• European Centre for Development and Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) -Towards EU priorities in VET
• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) - Workforce diversity and psychosocial risks: towards healthier and more inclusive workplaces
• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) - Digitalisation and psychosocial risks: key insights and policy pointers
• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) - Artificial intelligence for worker management: mapping definitions, uses and implications
• European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) - Trade union inputs for the European Semester
• European Trade Union Institute (etui) - Benchmarking (the lack of) progress for workers and evaluating social policies
• European Trade Union Institute (etui) - Benchmarking Working Europe 2026
• European Trade Union Institute (etui) - Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2025
• BusinessEurope - Key employment and social challenges in view of the 2026 European Semester: consultation of EU social partners – Employers’ views
• sme united - SMEunited voices SME priorities in Consultation on 2026 Semester Autumn Package
• social platform - 2026 Spring Package – the European Semester of ‘human capital’ 
• Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) - European Sovereignty and the Social Dimension
• Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) - A strategy to eradicate poverty by 2050
• Institut Jacques Delors Notre Europe - ‘Investing in human capital’: A social promise or just another guise of competitiveness?