The European Commission has recognised that the difficulty of finding employment for spouses of mobile workers is one of the major obstacles for occupational and geographic mobility in Europe. As a result, the European Commission’s Directorate for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunity is preparing to launch initiatives to understand and tackle the issue. Results […]

Permits Foundation responded in writing to the EU Commission’s Green Paper on Managing Economic Migration. The Commission’s consultative document was silent on the subject of work permits for accompanying spouses and partners. Permits Foundation asserts that open work permits for accompanying spouses are an essential element of a successful economic migration policy. Read Permits Foundation’s […]

Partners of foreign knowledge workers in the Netherlands are to be granted an exemption from the requirement of a separate work permit. This means that they can work directly without any further requirements. The exemption will be lost if the partners separate within three years.

Permits Foundation is holding an international Dual Careers Conference on Thursday 10th February 2005 at BT Tower in London. The conference will bring together government representatives, the corporate sector and others with an interest in international mobility to consider how we can work together to bring about change in the area of spouse work permits […]

The European Commission has adopted a green paper on “An EU approach to managing economic migration”. Its aim is to stimulate a public debate with civil society at large, the social partners and the other EU institutions on the need to develop a comprehensive EU strategy on this issue. The Commission will organise a hearing […]