Europe 2020 From Strategy Into Action: How the Agency Work Industry Can Make a Difference in Getting...

EUROPE 2020 FROM STRATEGY INTO ACTION:HOW THE AGENCY WORK INDUSTRY

CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCEIN GETTING MORE PEOPLE BACK TO WORK”

Eurociett 2010 EU Stakeholder Conference

23rd June 2010 – Residence Palace, Brussels

Introduction to the conference

Annemarie Muntz Eurociett President

Eurociett in a nutshell

• Is the only authoritative voice representing the interests of agency work businesses in Europe:– Recognised by the European Institutions as well as by key European

stakeholders (e.g. ETUC, UNI-Europa, BusinessEurope) – Accounts for more than 90% of the total sales revenues of the industry in

Europe– Is the official EU social partner for the TAW (for the employers)

• Eurociett is the only association representing agency work:– At large: brings together 27 national federations– In its diversity: uniting 6 of the largest multinational staffing companies as well

as tens of thousands of SMEs

• Eurociett Members consist of private companies operating in the following HR activities: temporary agency work, permanent recruitment, interim management, executive search, outplacement, training

• Eurociett represents 36,000 companies (57,000 branches), employ 250,000 internal staff and more than 3 million agency workers on a daily average (FTEs) and around 10 million a yearly basis (headcounts)

National Federation members

FrancePRISME

UKREC

IrelandNRF

DenmarkDansk Erhverv

Czech RepAPPS

FinlandHPL

GermanyBZA

GreeceENEPASE

ItalyASSOLAVORO

SwitzerlandSwissStaffing

LuxembourgULEDI

NetherlandsABU

BelgiumFEDERGON

AustriaVZA Norway

NHO Service

SwedenBemanningsforetagen

PolandZAPT

PortugalAPESPE

SpainAGETT &AETT

HungarySZTMSZ

MacedoniaNFTWA

SlovakiaAPAS

EstoniaEFPRA

BulgariaBG Staffing

TurkeyOIBD

SloveniaZAZ

Corporate Members

Eurociett’s long term objectives

To protect and promote the interests of private employment agencies in order to enhance their sustainable growth

To create the most suitable legal environment for the agency work industry to operate in

To promote and increase quality standards within the agency work industry

To improve the understanding of the reality of the agency work industry, especially by gaining recognition for its positive contribution to a better functioning labour market:• job creation• labour market participation & diversity• economic growth and public budget incomes

* Defined as the number of full-time equivalents - as supplied by Ciett National Federations - divided by the total active working population - as published by the ILO

European average penetration rate : 1.7%

UK 31%

France 19%Germany 13%

Netherlands 11%

Italy 6%

Belgium 4%

Spain 3%Switzerland 3%

Rest of Europe 10%

European TAW Market split per country(2008)

% of total revenues Europe

The TAW market in Europe is bottoming up

Impact of crisis:The Lisbon Employment targets were not to be reached

• Notwithstanding the rise in employment starting from 2004, the original 70% target was unlikely to be realised

• The crisis rendered the target even more out of reach when the downward trend began in the second quarter of 2008

• The unemployment target of the Lisbon agenda (4%) was even more ambitious than other targets

• In reality, the road to Lisbon has never been travelled

Source: Bridging the Gap – Randstad/SEO 2010

But countries with reformed labour market resisted better the crisis



But countries with reformed labour market resisted better the crisis (2)

How to cure deficienciesof the labour market?

Facilitate mobility & transitions

Increase job creation &

participation in labour market

Implement Flexicurity

policies

Eurociett Memorandum to Europe 2020

• As the voice of agency work in Europe, Eurociett views the Europe 2020 Employment targets as central to our priorities

• Eurociett was motivated to produce this Memorandum because the labour market is not functioning as well as it should

• Eurociett puts forward its 10 recommendations to unlock the agency work industry’s contribution to a better functioning labour market– Agency work makes the labour market more

inclusive by facilitating transitions– Agency work boosts job creation and raises the

employment level– Agency work is at the heart of the Flexicurity

concept, providing flexibility and security for both workers and companies

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AW facilitates transitions and mobilityin the labour market

• Provide temporary work to finance education while studying

• Provide temporary assignments leading to a permanent contract • Gain first professional experience

• Provide new job opportunities to evolve and improve life conditions

• Provide a flexible working solution to meet familial responsibilities

• Facilitate transitions from one job to another through outplacement services

• Provide extra financial revenues

• Improve work-life balance

Student

1st time entrant

Experienced worker

Laid-off worker

Pensioner

Services provided by TWAs broadens the range of work solutions to meet worker lifestyle choices or personal constraints at each stage of professional life

AW increases labour market participation

AW reduces unemployment

AW helps disadvantaged people to

enter the labour market

AW helps

to fight

undeclare

d work

AW provides more work

opportunities for more people

AW creates jobs that would not

exist otherwise

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Better functioning

labour market

Increased social inclusion

More public revenues

AW is at the heartat the Flexicurity concept

Flexibility

Employees

Develop more work

opportunities

Allow part time & temporary jobs to gain extra money

Ensure work-life

Balance

Companies

Enabling fast workforce

adjustments

Improve market position by

responding to changing demands

Employees

Ensure work security

Maintain and develop

employability

Ensure continuity of

rights

Companies

Increase competitiveness

to allow sustainable

growth and job creation

Guarantee access to skills

Provide legally secured flexible

workforce

Security

How to ensure a more inclusive labour market?”

Support the role of the agency work industry in increasing labour market participation and diversity as well as access to employment, particularly for young people and long-term unemployed

Secure sustainable flexibility in the labour market through the use of agency work in order to contribute to job creation and economic growth

Ensure a better match between supply and demand of skills using the mapping and vocational training expertise of the agency work industry

Take advantage of the role of the agency work industry to promote work mobility and secure transitions for inclusive growth

Promote and support public-private partnerships in terms of employment services in order to fight unemployment and promote inclusive labour markets

“How to secure the right balance between flexibility and security”

Recognise and promote temporary agency work as the most secure form of external flexible employment

Establish a level-playing field for temporary work agencies and ensure that the agency work industry enjoys the freedom to provide services and the freedom of establishment

Lift existing, unjustified restrictions in the use of temporary agency work to boost job creation and enhance company competitiveness

Organise work mobility in a more secure way by facilitating intra-EU cross-border activities of temporary work agencies

Advance the sectoral social dialogue on temporary agency work in accordance with national law and practice

AW contributes tobetter functioning labour markets

Protect and advance the interests

of the people: Extra job opportunities,

skills enhancement, increased mobility, new career paths

Enhance the competitiveness of

companies:Increased efficiency,

flexibility, talent enhancement

Growth of economies and more inclusive

societies:increased labour market participation and social inclusion, higher public

revenues, talent redistribution

By providing more freedom of choice in the labour market, the AW industry contributes to:



Eurociett 2010 EU Stakeholder Conference

23rd June 2010 – Residence Palace, Brussels

How to ensure a more inclusive labour market?”

Support the role of the agency work industry in increasing labour market participation and diversity as well as access to employment, particularly for young people and long-term unemployed

Secure sustainable flexibility in the labour market through the use of agency work in order to contribute to job creation and economic growth

Ensure a better match between supply and demand of skills using the mapping and vocational training expertise of the agency work industry

Take advantage of the role of the agency work industry to promote work mobility and secure transitions for inclusive growth

Promote and support public-private partnerships in terms of employment services in order to fight unemployment and promote inclusive labour markets

“How to secure the right balance between flexibility and security”

Recognise and promote temporary agency work as the most secure form of external flexible employment

Establish a level-playing field for temporary work agencies and ensure that the agency work industry enjoys the freedom to provide services and the freedom of establishment

Lift existing, unjustified restrictions in the use of temporary agency work to boost job creation and enhance company competitiveness

Organise work mobility in a more secure way by facilitating intra-EU cross-border activities of temporary work agencies

Advance the sectoral social dialogue on temporary agency work in accordance with national law and practice

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