The European Anti-Poverty Network and the Adecco Group partnered to foster dialogue, between stakeholders from across sectors, exploring how employers and civil society organisations can collaborate and create synergies to raise awareness on the interplay of work and poverty and to stimulate common actions addressing barriers faced by people experiencing poverty in the labour market.
In December 2024, we jointly hosted a workshop titled “Making Work a Safe Road out of Poverty”, bringing together institutions, companies and people experiencing poverty (PePs), as the start of a reflective journey to raise awareness about the complexity of poverty, including in-work poverty. This rich exchange was crucial to highlight the multidimensional interplay of work and poverty.
The collaboration created momentum to continue this joint effort, leading to the June 3 webinar “How Can Employers Prevent Discrimination & Promote Inclusion to tackle poverty in the labour market?” focusing on how PePs may experience discrimination in-work or in accessing employment, and on how employers are addressing this and putting in place measures and actions to promote inclusion of persons experiencing poverty.
To complement the topics discussed, the practices and approaches shared by participants in the webinar, the present document summaries key concepts and recommendations related to in-work poverty and discrimination that PePs can face while accessing employment or when in employment.
