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World Employment Confederation-Europe

WEC-Europe

WEC-Europe represents the private employment services industry and social partners in Europe.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Victor Negrescu (Member of the European Parliament) and Microsoft Corporation and

3 Sept 2025 · LinkedIn/OECD session on skills-first hiring

Meeting with Johan Danielsson (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and The Adecco Group

11 Jul 2025 · Fusk och utnyttjande i långa underleverantörsled

Meeting with Marco La Marca (Cabinet of Commissioner Dubravka Šuica) and Microsoft Corporation and

6 May 2025 · Demographic Policy

Meeting with Max Uebe (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu)

27 Mar 2025 · Discussion on key initiatives

Meeting with Estelle Ceulemans (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Mar 2025 · Talent pool

Meeting with Jeroen Lenaers (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

29 Jan 2025 · Labour mobility

Meeting with Manuela Geleng (Director Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

17 Jan 2025 · Information exchange on (1) Union of skills and (2) Artificial Intelligence in the workplace

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Dec 2024 · EU Social and Employment Policy

Meeting with Andrzej Buła (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

6 Nov 2024 · ESF+, EU Talent Pool

Meeting with Elena Donazzan (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Oct 2024 · Incontro conoscitivo e scambio di vedute sul mandato del Parlamento Europeo

Meeting with Li Andersson (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair) and Insinööriliitto (Union of Professional Engineers in Finland)

16 Oct 2024 · Labour market politics

Meeting with Niels Geuking (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Oct 2024 · Wettbewerbsfähiges Europa

Meeting with Brigitte Van Den Berg (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Oct 2024 · Skills and Social Policy

Meeting with Per Clausen (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Sept 2024 · Legislative agenda, Skills & Labour shortages

Meeting with Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit)

12 Apr 2024 · priorities for the next legislative mandate

Meeting with Alicia Homs Ginel (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair) and EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION

16 May 2023 · Occupational Safety and Health Summit (APA level)

Meeting with Alicia Homs Ginel (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair) and EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION

15 May 2023 · Occupational Safety and Health Summit

Meeting with Estrella Durá Ferrandis (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and UNI Europa

8 Feb 2023 · European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and social priorities for 2023

Meeting with Joost Korte (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

21 Sept 2022 · regulation for diverse forms of work, employment policies

Meeting with Alicia Homs Ginel (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Jun 2022 · Regulación de los contratos temporales y de las empresas de trabajo temporal tras la reforma laboral en España

Meeting with Elisabetta Gualmini (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and BUSINESSEUROPE and

29 Mar 2022 · Roundtable on platform work directive

Meeting with Joost Korte (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

13 Sept 2021 · Recovery, Reform and Resilience

Response to Requirements for Artificial Intelligence

6 Aug 2021

Main points: - WEC-Europe welcomes the creation of a regulatory framework of AI that will improve predictability and a level playing field for the application of AI. - Following its Code of Conduct, WEC-Europe is dedicated to improving labour market inclusiveness and fighting (un)conscious human bias from the recruitment process, irrespective of the software used in its services. - WEC-Europe emphasizes that AI is a tool that can be programmed to identify these (un)conscious human biases and minimize them in recruitment procedures. As such, it welcomes the opportunities in the proposal to do so. It highlights that in contrast to this ambition, ‘users’ are unable to do so in the proposal. This prevents users' ability to countercheck providers and/or enhance de-biasing methodologies. Moreover, this shapes market dependencies that will not drive innovation and diversity. - WEC-Europe warns that the current definitions in the proposal of high-risk AI as well as recruitment is so broad it covers all software used in recruitment (and employment), including those that do not involve any automated decision-making or machine-learning that impact the risk the proposal seeks to mitigate. As such, the proposal’s definitions diminish the overall high-risk approach. - WEC-Europe brings forward that this broad definition and the administrative requirements of the proposal will benefit large providers that are able to meet these. Thereby raising issues of AI market concentration, competition, innovation, and adoption. - WEC-Europe welcomes the decentral oversight mechanisms but emphasizes the need for clarity for business on the competent authority.
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Meeting with Andrea Nahles (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit) and EuroCommerce and

19 Oct 2020 · Social dialogue

Meeting with Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit)

18 May 2020 · WEC-Europe/UNI-Europa Joint Recommendations on COVID-19

Meeting with Joost Korte (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) and The Adecco Group

8 Jan 2020 · Meeting with Adecco Group and World Employment Confederation to discuss Future of Work and the need for a New Social Contract as well as Skills.

Meeting with Joost Korte (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

20 Mar 2019 · introductory meeting

Meeting with Kai Wynands (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Raquel Lucas (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and

27 Jun 2017 · Role of Social partners in the Services Sector

Meeting with Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen) and EuroCommerce and

27 Jun 2017 · Changing world of work, social dialogue

Meeting with Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

10 Nov 2015 · Posting of temporary agency workers

Meeting with Michel Servoz (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

25 Jun 2015 · The review of the Europe 2020 Strategy and the European Semester

Meeting with Julie Fionda (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

12 May 2015 · Skills

Meeting with Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

10 Feb 2015 · Trends in EU labour markets

Meeting with Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

9 Dec 2014 · Introductory meeting