“Labour Administration and Policy: Responding to the Economic Crisis”
On March 2, 2010, LAB/ADMIN organized a validation seminar in Prague at the Research Institute of Labour and Social Affairs to present and discuss the main contents of a forthcoming publication edited by Mr Luděk Rychlý and Dr Jason Heyes.
The publication is titled “Labour Administration and Policy: Responding to the Economic Crisis”. The event was attended by approximately 60 representatives of the Czech Government and social partners, as indicated in the attached list. Among others, Mr Petr Šimerka, the Czech Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, and Mr Vladimir Špidla, the former EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, took part in the seminar as discussants. The seminar had two main sessions: (1) in the morning in which the Czech Minister of Labour and Mr Giuseppe Casale gave an introductory presentation and speech on the topic followed by Mr Rychlý’s presentation on the contents of the book and; (2) in the afternoon during which prof Dr Gerhard Bosch and Dr Heyes presented their own chapters dealing with, respectively, work-sharing and vocational training and education.