European Commission 22 November 2017, DRAFT JOINT EMPLOYMENT REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL accompanying the Communication from the Commission on the Annual Growth Survey 2018

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels,22.11.2017 COM(2017) 674 final DRAFT JOINT EMPLOYMENT REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL accompanying the Communication from the Commission on the Annual Growth Survey 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD KEY MESSAGES 1. OVERVIEW OF LABOUR MARKET AND SOCIAL TRENDS AND CHALLENGES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 1.1 Labour market trends 1.2 Social trends 2.