Minimum wage is a hot topic within the EU. The President-elect of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced in her Political Guidelines for the next Commission that she will propose a legal instrument to ensure that every worker in the EU has a fair minimum wage.
Per Skedinger has been studying the effects of minimum wages on the labor market for a long time. He has also been studying the impact of the Swedish Employment Protection Act. One of the questions that Per Skedinger is trying to answer with his research is: What are the effects from collectively agreed minimum wages on employment and wage dynamics among marginal groups such as young people and refugees?
Per Skedinger is also an expert in a government committee that will be making suggestions on how to modernize Swedish legislation and employment protection.
Per Skedinger is also an expert in a government committee that will be making suggestions on how to modernize Swedish legislation and employment protection.
The European Program for Employment and Social Innovation ,EaSI, is managed directly by the European Commission. Among other things, it produces databases and studies. It aims to provide financial support for the Union's objectives in terms of promoting a high level of quality and sustainable employment. It is also to offer decent social protection, combat social exclusion and poverty, and to improve working conditions.