Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
14
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
World Employment Confederation-Europe (WEC-Europe)
EU Transparency Register
7438623236-16 First registered on 24 Jul 2008
Goals / Remit
The World Employment Confederation-Europe is the voice of the private employment services industry at European level.
The World Employment Confederation–Europe is fully representative of the industry bringing together European national federations and several corporate members. It brings a unique access to and engagement with European policymakers (EU Commission, European Parliament, Council) and stakeholders (social partners, academic world, think tanks).
The World Employment Confederation-Europe strives for a recognition of the economic and social role played by the industry in enabling work, adaptation, security and prosperity in our societies. Its members provide access to the labour market and meaningful work to more than 11 millions of people in Europe.
The World Employment Confederation-Europe is the EU sectoral social partner for temporary agency work, representing the employers.Main EU files targeted
EU Employment and Social Affairs
EU Directive on temporary agency work
Posting of Workers Directive
Prevention of Undeclared Work
Youth Employment and Skills
Changing world of work
Social Innovation
Access to social protection
European Pillar of Social Rights
Discussion on minimum wages in Europe
Online platform work and digitalisation, EU Directive on platform work
Artificial IntelligenceAddress
Head Office
Avenue du Port, 86cBox 302
Bruxelles 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue du Port, 86cBox 302
Bruxelles 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 3 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Denis Pennel 15 Jun 2024 14 Jun 2026 Michael Freytag 10 Oct 2024 09 Oct 2025 Andrew King 15 Jun 2024 14 Jun 2026 Beatrice MIANO 20 Sep 2024 19 Sep 2025 Beatrice MIANO 12 Mar 2024 26 Sep 2024 Michael Freytag 12 Sep 2023 12 Sep 2024 Michael Freytag 19 Oct 2021 19 Oct 2022 Michael Freytag 28 Aug 2020 28 Aug 2021 Michael Freytag 07 Mar 2019 07 Mar 2020 Michael Freytag 06 Apr 2018 07 Mar 2019 Michael Freytag 25 Apr 2017 06 Apr 2018 Michael Freytag 11 May 2016 26 Apr 2017 Michael Freytag 11 May 2016 19 Apr 2017 Mr Menno Bart 29 Sep 2015 11 May 2016 Michael Freytag 06 May 2015 04 May 2016 Mr Menno Bart 08 Oct 2014 29 Sep 2015 Michael Freytag 17 Jun 2014 13 Jun 2015 Mr Denis PENNEL 14 Mar 2014 13 Mar 2015 Mr Menno Bart 11 Oct 2013 28 Sep 2014 Mr Michael Burkhard FREYTAG 04 Jul 2013 03 Jul 2014 Mr Sandro PETTINEO 29 Jun 2013 28 Jun 2014 Mr Denis PENNEL 30 Jan 2013 19 Jan 2014 Mr Sandro PETTINEO 18 Jan 2013 28 Jun 2013 Mr Michael Burkhard FREYTAG 19 Dec 2012 28 Jun 2013 Mr Denis PENNEL 14 Feb 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mr Sandro PETTINEO 24 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mr Michael Burkhard FREYTAG 24 Jan 2012 19 Dec 2012 Complementary Information
Denis Pennel, Managing Director
Michael Freytag, Public Affairs Manager
Andrew King, Public Affairs Manager
Beatrice Miano, Public Affairs Advisor
Aurélie Pattyn, Communications ManagerPerson in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
European Policy Centre
European Employers Network
European Business Services Alliance (Chair)
European Centre of Expertise in the field of labour law and employment policyMember organisations
https://www.weceurope.org/membership-europe/
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
EU Sectoral Social Dialogue Project on online talent platforms, labour market intermediaries and the changing world of work (2018)
EU Sectoral Social Dialogue Project on "Social Innovation in the temporary agency work industry" (2019/2020)
EU Sectoral Social Dialogue Project on "Capacity Building in the temporary agency work sector" (2024-2025)
Vision Paper "Making Europe the best place to work" (2018)
The Work We Want Strategic Research with FT Longitude: https://insights.wecglobal.org/the-work-we-want/home/
WEC-Europe Manifesto "Recovery, Reform and Resilience" (2021)
WEC-Europe Strategic Issue Paper "Making better matches" (2022)
WEC-Europe Strategic Issue Paper "Making smart moves" (2022)
WEC-Europe Strategic issue Paper "Making ends meet" (2023)
WEC-Europe Manifesto "The Europe We Want" (2024)Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
14 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 12 Apr 2024 Location Brussels Subject priorities for the next legislative mandate Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Attending - Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject regulation for diverse forms of work, employment policies DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
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Date 13 Sep 2021 Location Brussels Subject Recovery, Reform and Resilience DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
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Date 19 Oct 2020 Location online Subject Social dialogue Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Andrea Nahles (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 May 2020 Location VC Subject WEC-Europe/UNI-Europa Joint Recommendations on COVID-19 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with Adecco Group and World Employment Confederation to discuss Future of Work and the need for a New Social Contract as well as Skills. DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
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Date 20 Mar 2019 Location Bruxelles Subject introductory meeting DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
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Date 27 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject Changing world of work, social dialogue Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject Role of Social partners in the Services Sector Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Kai Wynands (Cabinet member)
- Raquel Lucas (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Posting of temporary agency workers Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jun 2015 Location Michel Servoz office Subject The review of the Europe 2020 Strategy and the European Semester DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Michel Servoz (Director-General)
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Date 12 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Skills Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Julie Fionda (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Trends in EU labour markets Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Introductory meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet member)