FLEXICURITY

Business, Flexicurity and the new Europe

Business, Flexicurity and the new Europe

Introduction

The model of “flexicurity” from an organizational point of view, can contribute significantly to the modernization of labor markets in EU member states, as well as better address the new challenges of globalization, competitiveness and modernization of enterprises and entrepreneurship development. Of the many publications of the European Commission (hereafter Commission) can be inferred that the so-called. Model of “flexicurity”, includes both flexible and secure solutions for:

The application of new types of employment contracts,

Implementation of active labor market policies,

A comprehensive strategy for learning throughout life, and

Modern and appropriate use of social protection systems to ensure adequate income support during periods of unemployment that is temporarily out of work.

Considering the above, the EC presented and proposed the use of certain recommended “paths” to help Member States to develop according to their own national strategies such as “flexicurity” and sharing their experiences and best practices (information exchange). Following this strategy, the European Union's Growth and Jobs, the common principle of "flexicurity" are intended to ensure that more Europeans get the most out of today's fast-changing global economy. In this respect, we can say that now and for the future, "flexicurity" may be one of the best ways to ensure the citizens of Europe. It will provide a relatively high employment security at every stage of their life they were both able to find good and suitable job, and hope to a rewarding career development in a rapidly changing economic environment (Keune 2008, 23 - 40). In principle, this model introduces a degree of balance between rights and obligations of workers and enterprises and local authorities, because: Each of these sites is required to promote employment, population and sustainable growth.

Instead of increasing the safety of such security at the expense of one group to another, model of “flexicurity” the positive interplay between flexibility and security for all participants in the labor market exchange. However, in this central theme is cooperation and collaboration of all parties to ensure the success of this model and its beneficial impact on the economy as a whole, particularly the “citizen-worker” and “citizen-entrepreneur”. Given the above it can be said that Europe needs to find, prepare and implement new systems that will be more flexible labor markets, while ensuring job security (Keune 2008, 92 - 98).

Discussion

Challenges faced by Young workers

The economic crisis is obviously affecting particularly young people. That's according to a report from a study commissioned by the German Trade Union Federation. Accordingly, unemployment among younger people had risen about three times as strong as the average for all ages. So this year, 16 percent more people aged less than 24 were unemployed for over a year ago. The average unemployment rate had risen considerably as compared to previous years (Zaharia 2011, 408-413).

Young people often employs only short-term

Unemployment among youth has increased the reason for the high youth unemployment, is predominantly the transitional problems following the training. Young workers were either not taken, or occupied only ...