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Dec. 16, 2008

December 2008: EPSU Collective Bargaining conference debate economic crisis wage impact

(15 December 2008, Brussels) Over 120 public service trade unionists met in Brussels to discuss the effects of the global recession on public service wage trends. The conference, on 9-10

Sep. 24, 2009

EPSU submits response to EU 'roadmap for equality' consultation

(24 September 2009, Brussels) “EPSU agrees that the economic crisis is the main medium term challenge. It means first to monitor the possible differentiated impact on women and men on

Dec. 08, 2009

December 2009: Conference stresses need to defend jobs and pay and conditions in the public services

(7 December 2009) Over 150 officers from public service trade unions met in Brussels on 3-4 December to debate the impact of the economic crisis. Representing affiliates of the EPSU

Feb. 10, 2010

Reducing the gender pay gap – implementing the equal pay resolutions from the 2009 EPSU Congress

Gender pay gap questionnaire, February 2010 The gender pay gap was discussed at each of the last meetings of the Local and Regional Government (LRG), National and European Administration (NEA)

Feb. 22, 2010

Pay and the gender wage gap in health and social care

{[Report of EPSU Study on pay in the care sector in relation to overall pay levels and the gender pay gap in different countries in the European Union->art6271], by J

Apr. 27, 2010

Women's representation in EPSU and affiliates

Report by SKTF for EPSU, October 2009 (see the 2014 update here http://www.epsu.org/article/epsus-representation-women-affiliates-structures) Executive summary The survey is based on 48 responses from EPSU’s affiliated unions, out of a total

Jun. 21, 2010

June 2010: Debating the crisis, working time, outsourcing and equal pay

(21 June 2010) Over 40 participants from 10 countries met in Madrid on 16-17 June to debate a number of key collective bargaining issues. Top of the agenda was the

Aug. 01, 2010

September 2010: Report of regional collective bargaining meeting, Bratislava

Maintaining and improving decent work in the public services - Regional Collective Bargaining Conference Bratislava 14-15 September 2010 Maria Kristoficova from Sozkaso, the Slovak health union, welcomed delegates to Bratislava

Aug. 02, 2010

December 2010 EPSU Collective Bargaining Conference Report

Emerging from the crisis – fair pay and employment in the public services The collective bargaining conference on 7-8 December 2010 was the eighth organized by EPSU since 2003 and

Mar. 04, 2011

Flexible working hours

Flexible working hours can be important for working parents or those with caring responsibilities, so that they can more easily reconcile their work with their private life. This can be

Mar. 07, 2011

Outsourcing

Outsourcing of public services often has more of an impact on the low-paid and predominantly women workers as it is often services like cleaning and catering that are the first

Mar. 07, 2011

Childcare

The provision of childcare can make a significant difference to when and whether women return to work after maternity leave. The state provision of childcare in the Nordic countries is

Mar. 07, 2011

Maternity and parental leave

Maternity and parental leave are important to enable women and their partners time off to bring up their children. However, it is not just the amount of leave, particularly, paid

Mar. 07, 2011

Training

Training can make a difference to women's access to promotion and/or better qualified occupations. The first step is often about ensuring that women know about and have access to relevant

Mar. 07, 2011

Higher pay increases

Higher pay increases for the lower paid benefit both men and women but as women very often make up the majority of low paid workers this should contribute to closing