PHSDialogue webinar brings together PHS sector employers to improve capacity building.
On October 14th, the webinar "Organizing PHS Employers: Identifying Capacity Building Needs" took place as part of the European project PHSDialogue. It was organized by EFSI and the European Federation for Family Employment (EFFE). Read more...
EFSI, EFFE, EFFAT, and UNI Europa unite to address about shortage crisis
On October 16th, EFSI, jointly with its social partners EFFAT, EFFE and UNI Europa published a joint statement on Labour and Skills Shortages in the PHS Sector. While the Mission Letter to the European Commission's designated Commissioner for People, Skills, and Preparedness (2024-2029) emphasizes the need to address labour and skills shortages, the joint statement calls for more targeted actions. Read more...
Save the date: online webinar on PHS employers' capacity-building
As part of the PHSDialogue EU-funded project, employers' organisations in Personal and Household Services (PHS) – EFFE & EFSI - will host an Online webinar on “Organising PHS employers - Identifying capacity-building needs” on the 14th of October 2024.Read more...
EFSI participation in the care systems in LatAm Conference
On 22 July, the International Domestic Work Day, the Forum Policies and Care Systems: Experiences in Latin America and Europe took place at Eafit University, Medellín campus.Read more...
Launch of the MOBILECARE project
The Mobilecare Project Kick-off meeting took place on 1 July 2024. This project, which will be concluded by March 2026, aims to address the need for improved social dialogue and intra-EU labour mobility, specifically focusing on the home-based care sector. Read more...
Declaration to G7 leaders calling upon better recognition and working conditions in the domestic and home care sector
As the G7 convenes on June 13-15, 2024, organisations representative of the domestic work and home care sector call upon leaders to address the challenges faced by millions of domestic and home care workers worldwide. Read more...
Largest-ever survey finds low pay makes Europe’s domestic and home care sector “unsustainable.”
Today, EFFAT, EFFE, EFSI & UNI Europa published the PHS Employment Monitor as part as their joint project PHSDialogue "Building an EU Sectoral Social Dialogue and collective bargaining capacity in Personal and Household Services".Read more...