Translation of "Temps de loisir " (French → English) :

informal learning means learning resulting from daily activities related to work, family or leisure and is not organised or structured in terms of objectives, time or learning support; it may be unintentional from the learner's perspective; examples of learning outcomes acquired through informal learning are skills acquired through life and work experiences, project management skills or ICT skills acquired at work, languages learned and intercultural skills acquired during a stay in another country, ICT skills acquired outside work, skills acquired through volunteering, cul ...[+++]tural activities, sports, youth work and through activities at home (e.g. taking care of a child).

6. Expresses disappointment that the EU employment law package and the aforementioned directives on fixed-term, part-time and temporary agency work do not adequately address the precarious nature of employment; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to take further specific legislative measures, such as introducing binding minimum social standards for employees and granting all employees equal access to social services and benefits, including maternity leave, health care and retirement pensions, as well as to education and training, regardless of their employment conditions; calls on Member States, in addition, to implement legislation ensuring reasonable limitation of working hours, rest and ...[+++]leisure for workers;

– (DE) Mr President, it is surely a very good thing that the Council and the Commission are concerned that skills, abilities and competences acquired at school, in working life or in leisure time, should be, as far as possible, mutually recognised.

Furthermore, we cannot continue simply seeking a better reconciliation of working life and family life, of working time and leisure time.

Europeans themselves are opposed to this, as they wish to have more leisure time and longer holidays.

This was enough to give these interests a place alongside the no-less legitimate ones of transport, Telecom, electricity or health and safety, especially as cultural consumption is increasing along with leisure time and is becoming a force for significant development as part of the economic restructuring of town and country alike.