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The January 2009 newsletter reports on the recent European employment and labour market policy developments that took place from November 2008 to January 2009. (Newsletter Issue 55 covered the period of November and December 2008, although that Issue focussed on the impact of the global financial crisis.)

Items covered in this Issue are:

1. Informal Employment and Social Affairs Council,
2. Commission proposed the European Economic Recovery Plan,
3. Cohesion Policy at centre of the European Economic Recovery Plan,
4. ‘New Skills for New Jobs’ initiative to better match and anticipate labour market needs,
5. Improved European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to help redundant workers,  
6. Help from EU Globalisation Fund to Spain and Lithuania,
7. Economic slowdown hits labour market,
8. Free movement of workers positive impact on Europe's economy,
9. Four EU countries lift labour market restrictions for Bulgarian and Romanian workers,
10. Resource pack on migration in Europe,
11. Directive to improve the role of European Works Councils,
12. Dispute surrounding European Working Time Directive is set to continue,
13. EU helps defence industry workers,
14. European summit on the equality of men and women in working life,
15. Commission acts against six countries on gender equality legislation,
16. European Parliament approves more flexible basis for the European Training Foundation (ETF),
17. The Employment in Europe Report 2008,
18. Restructuring in Europe Report 2008,
19. The European Commission’s report on demography,
20. Study in temporary agency work and collective bargaining in the EU.

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