Post AZnSGetJFGQLk4ZR7w by Alon@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AZnHrxrqYUBXobTMyu by EU_Commission@social.network.europa.eu
       2023-09-15T14:26:51Z
       
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       74% of SMEs say they struggle to find qualified staff.  Labour shortages hamper innovation, growth and prosperity.Next year, together with the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, we will hold a new Social Partner Summit at Val Duchesse 🇧🇪– almost 40 years after the historic European Social Dialogue meeting.On #DemocracyDay, we are committed to forging a society that is fair, inclusive and full of opportunity.The future of Europe will be built with and by our people.#SOTEU
       
 (DIR) Post #AZnIOavKse0WDFfDma by mloxton@med-mastodon.com
       2023-09-15T14:32:48Z
       
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       @EU_Commission How many SME have considered teaming with local community and regional colleges to offer paid apprenticeships?Many SME struggle to find staff because they demand applicants have experience, training, qualifications, etc. that can only come from prior employment in the same job. This is an outdated and unhelpful attitude. If they want staff, they must invest.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZnJrCIFdOrQAuaKps by quaken@mastodon.social
       2023-09-15T14:49:10Z
       
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       @EU_Commission For anybody else who hasn't come across it before, SMEs are small & medium enterprises.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZnLAUu6lTp3Lp3jZQ by holsta@helvede.net
       2023-09-15T15:03:51Z
       
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       @EU_Commission How many of those 74% offer reasonable working conditions and pay?
       
 (DIR) Post #AZnMMDSVYEkkfuIjfE by EU_Commission@social.network.europa.eu
       2023-09-15T15:17:14Z
       
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       Thank you, @quaken!
       
 (DIR) Post #AZnSGetJFGQLk4ZR7w by Alon@mastodon.social
       2023-09-15T16:23:22Z
       
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       @EU_Commission SME dominance of the labor market is a feature of lower-productivity economies, like Italy and Greece. France, Germany, and the Nordic countries all have a mostly big business labor market, with high efficiency; small firms that can't compete with this efficiency can and should go out of business. The EU should offer guidance on how not to be so dominated by inefficient micro-firms (e.g. on how to make sure there is universal tax collection, without Italian/Greek-style dodging).
       
 (DIR) Post #AZnapJsABNhoK64ae0 by r@ublog.tech
       2023-09-15T17:59:10Z
       
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       @EU_Commission Not attaching an analysis of the market conditions and pay ranges with the claim is a bit of a joke.