Traduction de «Niveau d'emploi » (Français → Anglais) :

Increasing employment rates is among the most important success criteria within the Lisbon strategy.[34] Concrete goals have been set by consecutive European Councils on overall employment rates, employment rates of older workers, and employment rates of women.[35] The importance of employment was strengthened in the re-launch of the strategy[36] Educational level and key competences, which include entrepreneurship, are the main determinants of an individual’s employability an adaptability throughout life.[37] A key indicator for monitoring progress in the field of employability will be educational attainment of the population (18) and adult skills (17).

This study shows that more than one third of the European workforce (80 million persons) is low-skilled whilst it has been estimated that by 2010 almost 50 % of new jobs will require tertiary level qualifications, just under 40 % will require upper secondary schooling, and only about 15 % will be suitable for those with basic schooling.

The share of each Member State concerned is the sum of the shares of its eligible regions, which are determined on the basis of the following criteria, weighted as indicated: total population (weighting 0,5), number of unemployed people in NUTS level 3 regions with an unemployment rate above the group average (weighting 0,2), number of jobs needed to reach an employment rate of 70 % (weighting 0,15), number of employed people with a low educational level (weighting 0,10), and low population density (weighting 0,05).

The share of each Member State concerned is the sum of the shares of its eligible regions, which are determined on the basis of the following criteria, weighted as indicated: total population (weighting 0,5), number of unemployed people in NUTS level 3 regions with an unemployment rate above the group average (weighting 0,2), number of jobs needed to reach an employment rate of 70 % (weighting 0,15), number of employed people with a low educational level (weighting 0,10), and low population density (weighting 0,05).

Ireland, for instance, has removed or reduced the financial disincentives to take up employment through inter alia freezing the absolute level of child dependant additions to the allowance and increasing the level of universal child benefit payment, and introduced transitional arrangements whereby benefits are paid on a sliding scale to further encourage people to take up employment.

As underlined in the Amsterdam resolution on growth and employment, the social partners are responsible - at the national, regional, sectoral or even at a more decentralised level following their respective traditions - for reconciling high employment with appropriate wage settlements and for setting up a suitable institutional framework for the wage formation process, supported, where appropriate, by public authorities.