International Year of the Family
EFSI joined the civil society Declaration on the International Year of the Family. Read more...
EFSI welcomes 2 new members !
BHDU (Germany) and Sosiaalialan Työnantajat (Finland) became EFSI's Oberserver members.Read more...
Commission urges Member States to ratify ILO Convention No 189 on domestic work
On the 21st of March 2013, the European Commission issued a proposal for a Council Decision authorizing Member States to ratify the ILO Convention on decent work for domestic workers. Read more...
EFSI welcomes the EP call for the European Year for Reconciling Work and Family Life
As a member of the EY2014 Alliance, EFSI calls on the President of the European Commission to designate 2014 as the European Year for Reconciling Work and Family Life. Read more...
Reduced VAT rates are an important tool to support the development of PHS
On the 6th of February, EFSI sent a letter to the European Commissioner for Taxation, Algirdas Šemeta, in order to emphasize the positive effect of reduced VAT rates on growth and jobs in the personal and household services sector. Read more...
An unemployed person costs between €18,008 and €33,443 a year, a new report reveals
To face this rising unemployment, the European Commission identified personal and household services as a promising sector. Read more...
Personal and household services at the forefront !
A European Conference on personal and household services will be held in Brussels on the 30th and 31th of January. Read more...