The organisation and regulation of the Public Employment Service and of Private Employment and Temporary Work Agencies: the experience of selected European countries – the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom

Abstract

This study reviews changes in the organisation and regulation of public and private employment services in four selected European countries. It was commissioned by the Director General of the Korea Labour Institute (KLI) and the findings have been used to inform a major Korean-language report on ‘Change in the Employment Service in Korea: Past, Present and the Future’ published in March 2016. The KLI and the Learning and Work Institute recognised that the research could be of value to policy makers and researchers in other countries and have given permission for this revised English-language publication of the full findings from the four selected case study countries.