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#ESDE - Employment and Social Developments in Europe: 2018 review confirms positive trends but highlights challenges, in particular linked to #Automation and #Digitalization

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The Commission has published the 2018 edition of its yearly Employment and Social Developments in Europe (ESDE) review. This year's edition confirms the ongoing positive labour market trends as well as an improving social situation. The numbers of people in employment reached new record levels. At the same time we witness rising disposable incomes and lower levels of poverty. Severe material deprivation has receded to an all-time low, with 16.1 million fewer people affected, compared with 2012. But looking at the impact of technological developments, there are uncertainties about the future effects of automation and digitalization. This is why the 2018 ESDE review is dedicated to the changing world of work.

Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Commissioner Marianne Thyssen, said: “The European economy is growing faster and more evenly than before. This favours employment, props up household incomes, and improves social conditions. Technological change has a high potential to boost growth and jobs, but only if we shape this change. The European Pillar of Social Rights provides a compass for getting everyone ready for this transformation. Our proposals turn the Pillar into practice, by equipping people in Europe with better education and skills throughout their life and by ensuring that all workers are covered by basic rights in this fast changing world of work, with our proposals on transparent and predictable working conditions and access to social protection." The annual Employment and Social Developments in Europe review provides up-to-date economic analysis of employment and social trends in Europe. This year's edition of the report aims to analyze opportunities and risks linked to technological innovation, demographic change and globalization.

The review shows what needs to happen so that everybody can benefit from these developments. More information on the outcome of the review can be found in this press release and memo. The following factsheet gives an overview of certain key figures.

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