Latest market research from the World Employment Confederation (WEC) and the Association of Career Firms international (ACF) shows that the career management industry anticipates further waves of restructuring for 2021 and therefore expects the provision of career transition services to grow by up to 10% globally. The sector warns about the need to watch out for the quality of services in order to guarantee successful and sustainable transitions for workers.

Speaking ahead of a plenary debate with European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde on the European Parliament’s annual report 2020, the Socialists and Democrats Group highlighted the need for the ECB to continue its active monetary policies to speed up the recovery and urged the ECB to step up its sustainability efforts. The S&D Group is leading the drive for a formal inter-institutional agreement between the ECB and Parliament that would ensure greater democratic accountability as the powers of the ECB increase.

Reacting to the OpenLux investigation published this morning, Aurore Lalucq, S&D spokesperson on tax matters, said: 

A ban on the use of expressions such as ‘alternative to yoghurt’ or terms such as ‘creamy’ to describe plant-based alternatives to dairy – also known as ‘Amendment 171’ – will be discussed by the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission in March. Amendment 171 would make it more difficult for consumers to make informed dietary choices based on their needs, and is inconsistent with the EU’s climate ambitions and commitments.

One of the many impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a notable exacerbation of gender inequality. Women have suffered disproportionally in the labour market, unpaid and informal economies and for women in other marginalised communities, the impacts have been substantially worse. The economic recovery packages that follow the pandemic must account for these gendered consequences and help redress the disparities that are still widening.