Richard Ashworth
Conservative Member of the European Parliament
for the South East of England
Employment and Social Affairs
My second committee in the European Parliament is Employment and Social Affairs. The committee deals with all aspects of employment policy for example; health and safety, vocational training, free movement of workers and pensioners.
The committee also deals with Social Policy such as discrimination in the work place and in the labour market.
In general the centre-right politicians on this committee feel its work programme is too concerned with job protection than job creation. Whilst I support general EU guidelines on employment I do not feel it is this committee's responsibility to meddle in national employment laws.
One issue which I take great interest in is 'Ageism' and the Conservatives have long pushed for the EU Commission to set an example within the Institutions. If you would like to go to my special focus section on AGE please click here
Employment Issues and News
Working Time Directive
Sunbeam Insanity
FRENCH HYPOCRISY EXPOSED
Conservative MEP fights more EU costs for local businesses
Working Time Directive: Review impasse confirms it is bad law
Employment Links
European Parliament Committee on Employment & Social Affairs
http://www.europarl.eu.int/activities/expert/committees/presentation.do?committee=1238&language=EN
European Commission DG for Employment & Social Affairs
http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/index_en.html
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
http://www.cedefop.eu.int/
European Training Foundation
http://www.etf.eu.int/
Confederation of British Industry - CBI
http://www.cbi.org.uk/
UNICE
www.unice.org
Federation of Small Businesses
www. fsb.org.uk
Friday 4th July 2008
Contact Richard
Write:
Richard Ashworth MEP
5 Hazelgrove Road
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH16 3PH
Telephone:
01444 474858
E-mail:
rashworth@europarl.eu.int
Latest News
New Mayor Of Calais Must Drop Sangatte II Plans >>
The new centre-right Mayor of Calais, who was elected on Sunday night, has been invited by Richard Ashworth, Conservative MEP for south east England to support her Party leader Nicolas Sarkozy and abandon all plans for a Sangatte II centre.
National News
No more stealth taxes >>
George Osborne has pledged a major shake-up to "restore trust in the tax system" and end Gordon Brown's stealth tax regime.
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