This document discusses the concept of flexicurity at the EU level and in different national contexts. It provides an overview of flexicurity's four main components: flexible contractual arrangements, lifelong learning strategies, active labor market policies, and modern social security systems. The document also examines divergent national approaches to flexicurity and the role of social partners and industrial relations in flexicurity policies. Finally, it explores views from social partners and areas of collective bargaining related to flexicurity, such as training, working time flexibility, and contractual flexibility.

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5. Flexicurity policies in the EU National flexicurity patterns and country clusters Note: EPL = Employment protection legislation; LLL = Lifelong learning; and LMP = Labour market policies. Source: European Commission, 2006, p. 106

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