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...
France : housework and care account for 33% of GDP
INSEE published a report measuring and evaluating the value of domestic production. Read more...
Belgium : a service-voucher worker costs €3520
The annual assessment of the Titres-services system was published on the 25th of October. Read more...
Reconciling Work and Family Life
The COFACE (Confederation of family organisation in the European Union) launched a campaign to designate 2014 as the European Year for reconciling work and family life. Read more...
France : signature of the first collective bargaining agreement for personal and household services’ firms
On the 20th of September 2012, the trade unions employers (FEDESAP and FESP) and employees (CFTC, CFE-CGT et CFDT) representatives of the personal and household services (PHS) sector signed the national collective bargaining agreement of PHS’ firms. Read more...