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Commission wants funds to hold more money but industry says costs will be too high. Occupational pension funds are warning against new European Union-wide requirements that...

White paper to call for later retirement ages. László Andor, the European commissioner for employment, social affairs and inclusion, will within weeks present...

Deep divisions over proposed pay-and-pension reforms Staff unions and the European Commission will sit down to a first round of negotiations today (15 September) to bridge...

Unsustainable trends put questions of retirement age and pension funding in the spotlight. Last October more than three million people protested on the streets of France...

Commission to propose review of EU staff pay as eight member states call for spending cut. Maroš Šefcovic, the European Commissioner for inter-institutional relations and...

Employment ministers could ditch Parliament's maternity leave plans. A plan for longer maternity leave in the EU could effectively be killed off when employment ministers...

Commission says healthcare sector could face a massive shortage of workers. The European Union could face a shortfall of around one million healthcare workers by 2020,...

Commission admits current situation cannot continue.

Concil of Ministers agrees to pay rise for EU staff. The Council of Ministers has agreed to award officials working for the European Union institutions the rest of a 3.7%...

EU member states dismiss European Parliament's call for 20-week leave for mothers and two-week leave for fathers. EU employment ministers have ruled out extending maternity...

Eleven countries want a change in the rules on how public-debt levels are worked out. EU finance ministers are to discuss the impact of pension reforms on calculations...

Opposition to more time off for parents amid fear of harm to employment National governments will next week dismiss a plan from the European Parliament to extend the basic...

Approval of tighter economic governance hinges on how pension reform is reflected in debt calculations. EU leaders meeting in Brussels today (29 October) are trying to agree...

National governments say early-retirement schemes for EU staff are too generous Early-retirement schemes for European Union staff are over-used and over-generous, according...

The European Parliament will vote on 21 October on a proposal that would give fathers a right to paternity leave and would extend the minimum maternity leave from 14 weeks...

Parliament's groups divided as MEPs take positions depending on the maternity leave provisions in their home countries. Members of the European Parliament are sharply...

Businesses unhappy at Parliament proposal. A European Parliament proposal to increase maternity-leave entitlements would add hundreds of billions of euros to business costs,...

Commission to start debate on reforms. The European Commission is to start a debate on reforms that should be made to Europe's pensions systems. A policy paper calling for...

Concerns about costs hamper efforts to raise mothers' minimum rights. Concerns about costs to businesses and governments are hampering efforts to raise mothers' minimum...

Concern about costs to business prompts second delay in the European Parliament. The European Parliament has postponed adopting legislation that would increase mothers'...