How to apply the Capability Approach for Individuals with Discontinuous Life Courses?

Klaus Schneider, Luxembourg

What are job seekers facing at the present time?

Because of globalization and the digital revolution of recent decades, a growing number of people are being laid off. (more…)

Petition: Adequate Income for all

International human rights instruments commit Governments to respect human dignity. The 2008 EU Commission Recommendation on Active Inclusion recognises “the individual’s basic right to resources and social assistance sufficient to lead a life that is compatible with human dignity”.
On this background the European Anti Poverty Network has launched a campaign for adequate income across Europe. (more…)

What occupational future are we preparing youth for? The coping with discontinuous employment biographies

Klaus Schneider, Luxembourg

While the silver bullet of the youth career assistance, the vocational training and subsequent transition into the working life, can only be warranted for a minority of disadvantaged adolescents, the majority of the persons concerned is staying in the waiting loops of the provisions for employment and phases of unemployment. (more…)

Histoire du travail des enfants au Luxembourg

Klaus Schneider, Luxembourg

This article illustrates the development of the child and youth welfare in Luxembourg and its connection with the industrialisation in the 19th and 20th century. (more…)