๐ณ๐ฑ The Netherlands just launched its first-ever household employers' association, in collaboration with @EFFE_EU, with lessons from ๐ซ๐ท๐ฎ๐น๐ช๐ธ. 1M households. 150K workers. Social dialogue only works when employers have a seat at the table.
#DomesticWork#SocialDialogue#EFFE#BUILD
Proud to support the launch of a new Dutch association for household employers ๐ณ๐ฑ
For 10 years, EFFE has worked across Europe to make the PHS sector visible, structured & fair, for employers and workers alike.
๐ 18 June | 20:00 | Pakhuis de Zwijger
dezwijger.nl/programma/time-โฆ
New @ELA_EU study confirms what PHS social partners know: care work faces a labour gap, poor conditions & widespread undeclared work. Our 2024 PHS Employment Monitor data fed directly into this report. Evidence drives change.
๐ Results from the 2026 survey coming 15 June.
ELA launches the #EUFairCare Campaign today! ๐ก๐ฉบ
Over the course of the campaign, you can learn more about your rights, responsibilities, and tips for fair care work! ๐ช๐ป
Visit the #EULabourAuthority website for more information ๐ link.europa.eu/MgXpG9
Today is #InternationalWorkersDay.
Women are more likely to face poverty, due to less job opportunities & lower employment rates and unpaid care work.
To create better opportunities for all, we willย adopt our first-ever Anti-Poverty strategy on 6 May.
#EndPoverty
๐ข1 week to go!
How can collective bargaining strengthen Personal & Household Services across Europe?
Join the 1st #PHSNetwork Webinar of 2026 for insights, best practices & discussion.
๐ 24 March | 10:00โ11:00 CET
๐ EN | FR | IT
๐ Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regiโฆ
๐ข Over 4,000 responses across Europe so far!
The 2026 PHS Employment Monitor is open until 9 April.
If you work in homecare/domestic services, employ or receive care at home, your voice matters.
Take the survey & share: phs-monitor.eu/en?src=effe#PHSMonitor#CareWork#DomesticWork
Care work sustains families, economies and societies across Europe โ and it is carried out mostly by women. This #InternationalWomensDay, we call for greater recognition of family employment and homecare as a key pillar of #GenderEquality.
๐ข 24 May | 10:00โ11:00 CET
How can collective bargaining strengthen domestic work, home care & early childhood education across Europe?
Join the first 2026 PHS Network webinar with @Eurofound, @EFFE_EU & @EFSI_EU.
Open to interested organisations.
๐us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regiโฆ
๐จDo you employ someone at home, receive care, or work in care?
The 2026 PHS Employment Monitor, Europeโs largest survey on personal and household services is now open.
๐๏ธ Open until 9 April
๐ phs-monitor.eu/en?src=effe
Take a few minutes to share your experience.
#PHServices#Care
๐ Want to help shape the future of homecare in Europe?
The PHS Network is bringing organisations together to strengthen their voice
๐ฌ Our first newsletter is out now!
๐ค Join the movement. Connect, learn, and help drive the sector forward.
drive.google.com/file/d/1nVEโฆ
๐ New report on domestic and home care work
EFFEโs Italian member @Assindatcolf has released the English version of Family(Net)Work 2025, analysing key challenges in the domestic work sector, future labour needs in Italy, and emerging trends across Europe.
๐Read the report
In Brussels with @EFFE_EU to tackle 2026 challenges in home & domestic care: undeclared work, accessibility, attractiveness & social dialogue.๐ก๐ก
Big thanks to #FvG for presenting their approach & CAPABLE project โ collaboration and shared experience drive better solutions.๐คโจ
โจ Kicking off an essential journey together!
The PHS Social Partners launch the Scale Up Advisory Board, chaired by Nicolas Schmit ๐ช๐บ.
From recognition to action โ for a sector that touches us all. ๐ช
#PHS#SocialDialogue#EU#Homecare
๐ The #WorldSocialSummit in Doha reaffirmed a shared conviction: social development must be people-centered, care-driven, and grounded in equality.
EFFE stands ready to support governments in turning the #DohaDeclaration into concrete action. ๐ช
#Homecare#DecentWork
๐Today is the #InternationalDayOfCare & Support๐
Care & domestic workers are essential โ yet too often undervalued, underpaid & unprotected.
We call on the EU to act for fair pay, safety & recognition for all #PHS workers.
๐ phs-monitor.eu/#CareDay#Home#DecentWork
Who cares for the carers? We do! ๐ Join us on 18 Nov 2025 at the European Parliament for the CARE4CARE final conference, hosted by MEP Rosa Estarร s Ferragut. Register here โ care4care.net/events-and-worโฆ
Europe is ageing โ but also transforming. ๐
At the launch of the European Parliament Intergenerational Forum, we joined MEPs and EU leaders to commit to fairness between generations and strengthen gender equality, care, and social inclusion. ๐ช
#IntergenerationalSolidarity#Care