• Introduction
• Objectives of the ISSA Guidelines on the Promotion of Sustainable Employment
• Definition of the concepts of the Promotion of Sustainable Employment
• Framework of the ISSA Guidelines on the Promotion of Sustainable Employment
• Structure of the ISSA Guidelines on the Promotion of Sustainable Employment
• A. Basic Principles
• Guideline 1. The stakeholders
• Guideline 2. Legal and policy framework
• Guideline 3. Learning from international best practices
• Guideline 4. Cooperation and partnerships
• Guideline 5. Assessing policies, programmes and services
• Guideline 6. Encouraging accountability of stakeholders
• B. Prevention
• Guideline 7. Supporting the transition of young workers from training and skills development to formal employment
• Guideline 8. Facilitating insertion of first-time jobseekers
• Guideline 9. Facilitating the integration of migrant workers and their families
• Guideline 10. Promoting employment retention for older workers
• Guideline 11. Anticipating labour market requirements
• Guideline 12. Supporting continuous training
• Guideline 13. Identifying and supporting at-risk workers
• Guideline 14. Promoting equal opportunities to balance private and working life
• Guideline 15. Developing short-term, flexible working arrangements to avoid lay-offs
• Guideline 16. Anticipating the need for support when lay-off is announced
• C. Information on benefits
• Guideline 17. Informing the employers and the insured of their rights and obligations
• Guideline 18. Simplifying procedures
• D. Support
• Guideline 19. Establishing the profiles of jobseekers and unemployed persons
• Guideline 20. Adapted measures for vulnerable groups of jobseekers and unemployed
• Guideline 21. Roles and skills of vocational counsellors/case managers and institutional progression
• Guideline 22. Informing, guiding and supporting jobseekers, unemployed persons and workers
• Guideline 23. Working with employers and providing them with quality services
• Guideline 24. Cooperating with other actors offering support or training services in the labour market
• E. Benefits
• Guideline 25. Ensuring the adequacy of benefit
• Guideline 26. Granting benefits on time and accurately
• Guideline 27. Respect entitlement conditions to stimulate reintegration
• F. Labour Market and Employment Policies
• Guideline 28. Encouraging labour demand
• Guideline 29. Promoting and supporting formal employment
• Guideline 30. Measures to support the active inclusion of people excluded from the formal labour market
• Guideline 31. Developing the labour supply
• Guideline 32. Promoting flexibility and security
• Guideline 33. Foreign credentials recognition
• G. Responding to new labour market challenges
• Guideline 34. Increasing labour market participation
• Guideline 35. Preparing enterprises and workers for the transformation of jobs resulting from the digitalization of the economy
• Guideline 36. Regulating new forms of work and adapting social protection schemes
• Guideline 37. Increasing the resilience of labour market systems and institutions to respond more effectively to new risks, shocks and extreme events affecting these systems and institutions
• Acknowledgements