Actions in Labour Legislation

  • Enhancing Public Employment Systems through Revision of Employment Promotion Law

    Asia Mongolia
    Start activities
    04-08-2025
    End activities
    14-11-2025
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Protection
    Type of Assistance
    Assessments and studies
    Code
    2025-11
    Description
    The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Protection of Mongolia is tasked with enhancing social protection systems and fostering inclusive economic growth. The Ministry formulates policies on employment, family welfare, labour market regulation, and vocational training, ensuring equal opportunities for all citizens. Mongolia’s labour market is characterized by significant challenges, including high unemployment rates (especially amongst the youth), a mismatch between skills and market demand, and an over-reliance on informal employment. The government has prioritized public employment programs to address these challenges, focusing on vocational training, job matching services, and support for marginalized groups, including women, persons with disabilities, and rural workers. Policies such as the revised Labour Law and the Decent Work Agenda (2023-2027) aim to improve labor standards and promote sustainable employment. The Action aimed at contributing to improve public employment systems of Mongolia by allowing for efficient & performance-based public employment systems and policy coherence with education and social welfare systems. It was achieved by providing comparative assessment of employment promotion in connection with the education system and with social security, vis-à-vis EU practices and models; and by formulating proposals & practical recommendations for revision of the Employment Promotion Act.

  • Improvement of the regulatory framework for the labour market inclusion of persons with disabilities

    Central America Guatemala
    Start activities
    28-10-2024
    End activities
    04/07/2025
    Partner Institution
    National Council for the Care of People with Disabilities (CONADI)
    Type of Assistance
    Legislative & regulatory framework development
    Code
    2024-09
    Description
    In Guatemala, SOCIEUX+ supported the National Council for the Attention of Persons with Disabilities (CONADI) in advancing legal reforms to promote inclusive employment. Experts from Spain, Lithuania, and Ecuador assisted with the review of a legislative proposal and facilitated a national seminar with public institutions and civil society. The action helped generate consensus on key improvements to the draft law, particularly with regard to reasonable adjustments, affirmative action, and institutional coordination. It also strengthened CONADI’s role as lead advocate for disability inclusion, while introducing good practices from the EU and Latin America to support national dialogue on inclusive labour policies.

  • Support to the revision of legislative and regulatory texts in the fields of Labour and Public Services

    WESTERN AFRICA Togo
    Start activities
    25/11/2018
    End activities
    01/03/2019
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Public Function, Labour, Administrative Reform and Social Protection [Ministère de la Function Publique du Travail et de la Reforme Administrative]
    Type of Assistance
    Code
    2018-26
    Description
    The Ministry of Public Function, Labour, Administrative Reform and Social Protection of Togo had the objective to fill current gaps and identified deficiencies in the application of the Labour code and in the regulations governing civil servants’ employment. The support provided through French public expertise served this purpose, by first looking into the current regulations and identifying problems, inconsistencies, and bottlenecks; then by drafting a report and presenting its conclusions to selected partners as a way to formulate practical suggestions as to improve the civil servants’ employment system.

  • Implementation strategies for teleworking

    SOUTH AMERICA Peru
    Start activities
    01/12/2018
    End activities
    15/03/2019
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion [Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo]
    Type of Assistance
    Institutional (Regulatory & Policy)
    Code
    2017-11
    Description
    This action is part of a series of actions in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Employment Promotion (MTPE) of Peru, in the area of labour and employment. In this circumstance, the MTPE aimed to foster the implementation of the teleworking modality and to increase the understanding of private companies and public entities about this modality. Different issues related to employment and working conditions for employees involved in teleworking were discussed as well as the views of the social partners and European government policies on this form of work. The current national legislation on this labor modality has been examined jointly with national experts from the Netherlands and Spain. Possible initiatives to support the implementation of the telework promotion plans have been discussed.