The report is drawn up to identify which barriers prevent members of ethnic minorities from fully participating in society and in the labour market. Moreover, it aims at analysing which policies have been developed and are applied by public policy and by businesses (as well as by public-private...

On 29 April 2008 the EESC Labour Market Observatory (LMO) organised a hearing on "Women and the labour market". Guest speakers and LMO members together analysed the large number of aspects that hinder women's full participation in the labour market.