Integration and inclusion in the labour market in the European Union. Managing workplace diversity’

The subtitle of this report is ‘Managing workplace diversity’. Our focus will be on the situation within companies, on the workplace and therefore on measures and strategies targeting the demand side of the labour market. This report focuses on the labour market situation of (1) people with disabilities/chronic diseases, (2) the old and young and (3) migrants and ethnic minorities. Attention will be given to the gender dimension and to the risks and prevention of in-work poverty across all chapters. This report starts with a general introduction and literature/policy overview of the inclusion of vulnerable groups in the European labour markets. The next chapters will focus on specific groups at risk, without claiming, however, to cover the whole issue. Recent figures are reported, and we will focus on the causes and consequences of the vulnerable labour market positions. Insights into how different member states (MS) try to lower the labour market thresholds for specific groups and into how workers’ organisations are playing (or can play) a role in this process will be described. A last chapter will draw some general conclusions, with special attention to key causes of labour market exclusion and the way workers’ organisations can play a role to promote employment opportunities for these groups of (potentially) vulnerable workers.status: publishe