The objective of the Labour Market Observatory (LMO) is to identify and analyse labour market trends and challenges, bringing added value to the work of the EESC and its Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship (SOC).
The LMO has been active since 2007. Its members include a president and two vice-presidents from the SOC Section, rotating every two years and a half between the Employers', Workers' and Various interests' groups. In order to ensure synergies within the EESC, the LMO has members from all EESC sections.
The labour market in all EU countries is undergoing a profound transformation in its structures, mechanisms and industrial relations. At the heart of this transformation are various phenomena, which the LMO includes in its analysis. The observatory looks at labour market challenges and trends, collects examples of good practices and produces reports or studies on topical issues. It also organises public events as well as internal meetings, stimulating discussion among institutions, socio-professional stakeholders, civil society organisations and academia.
It works on various key topics such as youth employment, the integration of refugees and asylum seekers into the labour market, the inclusion of the long-term unemployed in the labour market, vocational education and training (VET), and the effects of digitalisation and greening of the economy on employment and skills as well as on fair labour mobility.