European Commission conference "Exploiting the employment potential of personal and household services"

In April 2012, the European Commission opened a public consultation on exploiting the employment potential of the personal and household services. This conference will examine the main outcomes of the consultation. The ILO-Brussels office will chair the panel on working conditions and standards.

In April 2012, as part of the employment package, the European Commission published a Staff Working Document on “exploiting the potential of the personal and household services”, aiming at identifying possible answers to the issues of: better work-life balance, job creation for the relatively low-skilled, and improvement in the quality of care.

The European Commission opened a public consultation on this document. The issues raised in the public consultation and the main findings will be further developed during the various sessions of this conference.

The ILO-Brussels will chair the conference panel on working conditions and standards on 31 January 2013. 

For further information please check the conference website.