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Recent dynamics of the European labour market

The globalization, technology development and more recently the pandemic have been changing global societies and economies. The consequences are visible in most areas of the economy. Overlapping of these trends contribute even stronger to the requirements for new skills and thus have disruptive effects on the labour market in the short run, causing shocks and changes of demand for labour. For example, the combination of technological advancements and changed working conditions caused by the pandemic put additional pressure on digitalization in every sector of the economy and thus create a greater demand for digital skills. The effectiveness of the social cohesion and the sustainability of modern social- economic models are depending on the notion that rapid technological changes should be systematically supported on many levels. This includes providing all citizens with tools and capacities to participate fully and successfully in the global digital transformation. The research in this paper is related to disruption new technologies are causing on the labour market, and its impact on the worker’s skills in the context of the pandemic. We start by giving an overview of the trends on the EU labour market before the pandemics and proceed to analyse recent EU strategic documents as a response to the Covid-19 reality. States all over the world are confronted with the issues such as skill shortages, structural unemployment, or emerging forms of employment, and our goal is to identify the response of selected EU states to these challenges. The importance of these issues cannot be overemphasized, especially as global forecasts predict that gaps in skills, job requirements and the abilities of workers will continue increasing even at the greater pace putting additional burden at national economic and social systems, especially in less adaptive countries. Research results suggest that the impact of digitalization and other contemporary trends in the labour market require full attention and carefully designed recovery plans.

labour market, European Union, workers` skills, globalization, digitalization

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