Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-13-Speech-2-596-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-09-13"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:László Andor2
lpv:translated text	"The issue of the working poor is indeed a major and increasing problem. In the aftermath of the economic crisis – the great recession – we observe with great concern the increasing number of working poor. It is obvious that structural unemployment has been a key factor in increasing poverty. That is why we concentrated on fighting structural unemployment. I think there is an overlap here and the content of our agenda is key to this issue: investment in skills and focusing on how this could be reinforced by vocational training through lifelong learning in order to maintain the competitiveness of the labour force. In fact, the Dublin Foundation, Eurofound, recently proved in a quantitative study that there is a so-called hollowing-out phenomenon in the labour market, which means that the second and the third quintiles have shrunk in terms of earnings, while the number of jobs in the lowest and the highest two have increased. It is the second and third which are in the greatest difficulties. We therefore observe a major problem in terms of the integrity of the labour market. This is also connected with the problem of segmentation, which we tried to address in the Agenda for New Skills and Jobs. The answer is clearly partly legislative: to ensure that contracts offering earlier protection become more widespread; that young people get into permanent jobs more quickly after leaving school; and that in all Member States, there are more opportunities to invest in skills at all levels and thereby help employees preserve their competitiveness in the intensely competitive environment."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"László Andor,"1 "Member of the Commission."1
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