Translation of "Premier forum des partenaires du marché du travail " (French → English) :

Specifically, in order to ensure that we have an efficient and effective labour market in which employers can find workers and train their current workers, and in which workers can access the training required to meet their occupational needs and aspirations, our recommendations would include maintaining and increasing funding for the bilateral training provisions contained in the current labour market agreements and the labour market development agreements between the federal government and the provinces and territories, and then ensuring that key labour market stakeholders, employers, and workers are involved in the development of labo ...[+++]ur market policies and programs through development of labour market partner forums.

Ensure employment-friendly wage and other labour cost developments by encouraging the right framework for wage-bargaining systems, while fully respecting the role of the social partners, to reflect differences in productivity and labour market trends at sectoral and regional level; and monitoring and, where appropriate, reviewing the structure and level of non-wage labour costs and their impact on employment, especially for the low-paid and those entering for the first time the labour market (Integrated guideline No 21).

Developing innovative approaches to prevent labour market discrimination Involving social partners in the elaboration and implementation of integration measures Informing employers and educational institutions about certificates for introduction courses to promote access to the labour market or training opportunities Exploring additional ways of recognising newcomers’ qualifications, training and/or professional experience, building upon existing laws Supporting training capacities of small companies, business organisations and trade ...[+++]unions in sectors of the economy employing many migrants Promoting employment for immigrant women, i.a. by ensuring that restrictions in labour market access are minimised and do not hamper integration, when transposing the Directive on the right to family reunification[8] Encouraging the recruitment of migrants through awareness-raising, economic incentives and other measures targeted at employers Supporting migrant entrepreneurship, e.g. through facilitated access to banking and credit services | Monitoring the impact of National Reform Programmes on labour market integration of immigrants Encouraging Member States to develop labour market integration policies Monitoring the application of the Directives concerning discrimination in employment and on third-country nationals who are long-term residents[9] |

Newfoundland and Labrador has established its own labour market committee, and the Forum of Labour Market Ministers report “Building Skills Together” highlights the Quebec labour market council.

The guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States, adopted by the Council in its Decision 2010/707/EU of 21 October 2010, in particular guidelines 7 and 8, call on Member States to promote the integration of young people in the labour market and to help them, and in particular NEETs, in cooperation with the social partners, to find initial employment, work experience, or further education and training opportunities, incl ...[+++]uding apprenticeships, and to intervene rapidly when young people become unemployed.

In order to cope in a flexible way with the diversity of labour markets and industrial relations, Member States may allow the social partners to define working and employment conditions, provided that the overall level of protection for temporary agency workers is respected.