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EUROPEAN SEMESTER 2019: KEY FIGURES

Source: European Commission – See full infographic

SOCIAL DIALOGUE IN THE BANKING SECTOR

EBF Banking Committee for European Social Affairs (EBF-BCESA) is the EBF’s competent committee for all social affairs issues falling under the scope of the European Sectoral Social Dialogue (SSD) in Banking
Liaison Forum meetings among European social partners arranged by the European Commission on latest developments in the field of social dialogue
Representativeness Study for the Banking Sector: overview report by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)

EUROPEAN SOCIAL PARTNERS IN THE BANKING SECTOR

The EBF-BCESA together with the other organizations mentioned below are the Social Partners on the employers’ side in the Sectoral Social Dialogue for the Banking sector

European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG)
European Association of Co-operatives Banks (EACB)

The European Social Partner in the banking sector on the employees’ side is UNI Europa Finance

OTHER STAKEHOLDERS

Directorate General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL) of the European Commission

The EBF-BCESA is also member of European Employers’ Network (EEN) established in the 1990s as a voluntary, informal network. Participants include BusinessEurope and representatives of European-level sectoral employers’ and business organisations which are actively involved in European employment and social policy, including in the context of Sectoral Social Dialogue Committees (SSDC).

International Organisation of Employers (IOE)

EUROPEAN SOCIAL PARTNERS’ INITIATIVES

Declarations and Statements

The new Joint Declaration on the impact of digitalisation on employment has been signed on the 30^th of November 2018 by the European social partners in banking sector.
The Joint declaration on telework in the European banking sector has been signed on 17 November 2017 by the European social partners.
Experienced older workers in high demand as EU banks seek staff competent in regulation
EU social partners signed a joint conclusion and recommendations regarding Lifelong Learning/Elargement Joint Project
EU Bank Social Partners’ review of The joint Statement of 2005 On Employment & Social Affairs in the European Banking sector: some aspects related to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
EU Bank Social Partners Joint Statement on Employment & Social Affairs in the European Banking sector: some aspects related to CSR

OTHER INITIATIVES

EBF intervention at the Tripartite Social Summit on “A Stronger, united and forward-looking Europe’’

The European Commission funded the overall project ”The impact of banking regulation on employment” whose:

first pillar (ref. no: VP/2016/001/0030) was aimed at concluding a mapping exercise to obtain an overview of the current state of play of employment in the banking sector;
second pillar (ref. no: VP/2019/0005) is aimed at: (a) analysing the results of the mapping exercise of the first pillar; (b) exchanging and collecting good practices on how Europe’s banking sector reacted to the increasing regulation; and (c) developing and presenting a joint European Social Partners’ approach on how to commonly benefit from regulation, in order to ensure a sustainable banking sector for the future.

Source: Final Report Impact of Banking Regulation on Employment

EBF POSITION PAPERS BEFORE JANUARY 2017

29/05/2012 – EBF response to the European Commission consultation ‘Gender imbalance in corporate boards in the EU’
08/05/2012 – EBF-Banking Committee for European Social Affairs’ answer to the Commission’s public consultation on:“Restructuring and anticipation of change: what lessons learned from recent experience?”

Alexandra Maniati

Senior Policy Adviser - Social Affairs

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