Social inclusion and security 

Strengthening the EU's social dimension 

The EU aims to have three quarters of people aged 20–64 have jobs by 2020. Find out how the EU works to reduce unemployment and fight poverty.

If you’re aged between 17 and 30 and would like help make society a little better, register with the European Solidarity Corps.

Youth unemployment remains a key concern in Europe. Find out what measures the EU has put in place to help.

Young people are now able to volunteer or work in EU-wide solidarity schemes, after a final vote on the European Solidarity Corps on Tuesday.

Find out how the EU is improving workers’ rights and working conditions across Europe, from working hours and parental leave to health and safety at work.

The EU helps to improve public health though funding and legislation on a wide range of topics, such as food, diseases, clean air and more.

All you need to know about posted workers in the EU and how the Parliament wants to stop unfair competition and protect workers.

Workers posted temporarily to another EU country must get equal pay for equal work in the same place, under revised rules voted by Parliament on Tuesday.

Find out how new EU rules will improve the rights of the most vulnerable workers and ensure better working conditions.

Parliament is calling for EU rules to tackle mobbing and sexual harassment both online and offline. Read our interview with the lead MEP to find out more about the measures being proposed

It would take another 70 years for women to earn the same as men with the current pace of progress, according to the European Commission. Europe might be one of the world's leaders when it comes to gender equality, but in the EU women still get on average lower salaries and pensions and continue to be underrepresented in political and economic positions of power and decision-making. A report adopted by the women's rights committee today urges the EU to step up its efforts.

Women in Europe receive a pension that is on average about 40% less than that of men's. MEPs vote this week on proposals to help narrow this gap.

MEPs have backed new rules to further improve the quality and access to drinking water for everyone and ensure plastic waste from water bottles is reduced.

Every year 25,000 people die in the EU from infections caused by superbugs. With resistance to antibiotics growing, find out how MEPs plan to fight it.

MEPs adopted new rules to limit the use of antibiotics in farming in order to keep drug-resistant bacteria out of our food.

The European Accessibility Act aims to ensure more products and services are accessible for elderly people and people living with a disability. Check out our video.

MEPs have approved plans to improve disaster response by updating the EU’s civil defence mechanism and creating additional reserve capacity.