Employment Committee

Set up by the Treaty of Amsterdam, the advisory Employment Committee has replaced the Employment and Labour Market Committee set up in 1996 (Article 130 of the EC Treaty).

Made up of two representatives of each Member State and two representatives of the Commission, the Committee's task is to assist the Council with its responsibilities in these fields. It monitors Member States' employment and labour market policies, promotes their coordination and delivers opinions. In performing its remit it consults the social partners (management and labour).

See:

•Employment