Traduction de «Bureau du Travail dans le Secteur privé » (Français → Anglais) :

A recent evaluation of EU support for private sector development between 2004 and 2010[1] confirmed the important contribution made by the Commission to private sector development in partner countries, and identified ways of improving future programmes and strategies, which include: (i) putting more emphasis on decent job creation; (ii) mainstreaming private sector engagement across the EU’s support portfolio; (iii) promoting more effectively cross-cutting issues such as ...[+++] the Decent Work Agenda, women and youth employment, and human rights, and (iv) enhancing the operational effectiveness and impact of private sector development support by improving diagnostics and results measurement.

22. Points out that it is common that the working conditions of employees on fixed-term contracts are less adequate than those of permanent employees; notes that, in order for contract work to be subject to proper inspection, the rights of inspectors to inspect companies that provide contract labour must be extended, and inspections must cover the observance of rules on rates of pay and working conditions, as well as the application of minimum wages where required by Member State law or national collective agreements; insists that the prevention of workplace health and safety problems be accorded the same degree of attention in the private and public sectors ...[+++]; points out that observance of the principle of non-discrimination is compulsory; states that it must be made possible for workers on temporary contracts to find out about their rights, including as regards pay rates, via an on-line service or website;

This would be a very good example to the Member States, both to people working in the public and in the private sectors.

6. Stresses that female researchers are in a minority within the European Union, accounting, on average, for just 35% of researchers working in the government and higher education sectors and only 18 %, on average, of researchers working in the private sector, and that there is still a major shortage of women in senior positions in science and research;

If in a Member State of the European Union somebody suffering discrimination presents a case and wins it, if they work in the public sector, their greatest problem will be confronting the dirty looks of their colleagues, but if they work in the private sector, sooner or later it will lead to them leaving their job.

There are 100 million people working in the EU in the private sector and, of these, 32 million people work in micro-businesses, which is businesses of less than 10 people; 33 million people work in small to medium enterprises, with less than 249 people.