Serbia
Overview of national employment policies
- Has national employment policy
- Yes
- Adoption of national employment policies
- 1ST revision in 2011; 2ND revision in 2021
- Is the NEP under revision?
- No
Dialogue and stakeholders in the formulation process
- National
- Ministry in charge of employment
- Yes
- Sectoral ministries
- Yes
- Trade unions
- Yes
- children
- -
- Other
- Yes
- Employers’ organisations
- Yes
- ILO
- Yes
- Regional
- No
- Local
- No
- N.A.
- -
Coordinating actor in formulating the employment policy
- Ministry in charge of employment/labour
- Yes
- Ministry in charge of economy/finance/planning
- -
- Sectoral ministry
- -
- Other
- -
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veterans and Social AffairsEmployment policy goals
- Economic growth
- -
- Decent work
- Yes
- Employment as central to development strategy
- -
- Employment creation /promotion
- Yes
- Ensure equal opportunities / prevent discrimination in employment
- -
- Freely chosen employment
- -
- Full employment
- -
- Poverty reduction
- -
- Productive employment
- -
- Protection of workers' rights
- -
- Reduce unemployment
- -
- Reduce underemployment
- -
- Social inclusion
- -
- Environment/green jobs
- -
- Other
- -
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
Goal: Created stable and sustainable employment growth underpinned by knowledge and decent work.Strategic objectives
- Strategic objectives
- - Objective 1. Created growth of high-quality employment through cross-sectoral measures to enhance labour supply and demand;
- Objective 2. Improved labour market position of the unemployed;
- Objective 3. Improved institutional framework for employment policy.
Employment targets
- Employment opportunities
- Yes
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- Yes
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- Yes
- Social security
- -
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- Yes
Additional information:
- Employment rate (15+): from 49% (2019) to 52.9% (2026). - Employment rate (15+) – Men: from 56.6% (2019) to 61.1% (2026). - Employment rate (15+) – Women: from 41.9% (2019) to 45.3% (2026). - Employment rate (15-29): from 36.9% (2019) to 41% (2026). - Employment rate (15-29) - Men: from 42.4% (2019) to 47.1% (2026). - Employment rate (15-29) - Women: from 31.1% (2019) to 34.5% (2026). - Employment rate (15-64): from 60.7% (2019) to 66.1% (2026). - Employment rate (15-64) - Men: from 67.1% (2019) to 73.1% (2026). - Employment rate (15-64) - Women: from 54.3% (2019) to 59.1% (2026). - Activity rate (15+): from 54.6% (2019) to 58% (2026). - Activity rate (15+) – Men : from 62.7% (2019) to 66.5% (2026). - Activity rate (15+) – Women : from 47.1% (2019) to 50% (2026). - Activity rate (15-29): from 47% (2019) to 49% (2026). - Activity rate (15-29) - Men: from 53.6% (2019) to 55.8% (2026). - Activity rate (15-29) - Women: from 40.1% (2019) to 41.8% (2026). - Activity rate (15-64) : from 68.1% (2019) to 72.8% (2026). - Activity rate (15-64) - Men: from 74.9% (2019) to 80.1% (2026). - Activity rate (15-64) - Women: from 61.3% (2019) to 65.5% (2026). - Unemployment rate (15+) : from 10.4% (2019) to 8.7% (2026). - Unemployment rate (15+) – Men : from 9.8% (2019) to 8.3% (2026). - Unemployment rate (15+) – Women : from 11.1% (2019) to 9.3% (2026). - Unemployment rate (15-29) : from 21.5% (2019) to 16.3% (2026). - Unemployment rate (15-29) - Men : from 20.8% (2019) to 15.8% (2026). - Unemployment rate (15-29) - Women : from 22.5% (2019) to 17.1% (2026). - Unemployment rate (15-64) : from 10.9% (2019) to 9.2% (2026). - Unemployment rate (15-64) - Men : from 10.4% (2019) to 8.8% (2026). - Unemployment rate (15-64) - Women : from 11.5% (2019) to 9.8% (2026). - Share of vulnerable employment (15+) : from 24.3% (2019) to 21.1% (2026). - Registered employment : from 2,173,135 (2019) to 2,540,000 – 2,631,000 (2026). - Informal employment : from 529,200 (2019) to 396,033 (2026). - Employment by type of work : open-ended : from 77.2% (2019) to 76.9% (2026) ; fixed-term : from 19.5% (2019) to 20.2% (2026) ; seasonal and casual work : from 3.3% (2019) to 2.9% (2026). - In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate : from 9.2% (2019) to 4.7% (2026). - Long-term unemployment rate : from 6.1% (2019) to 1.9% (2026). - Gender pay gap by age groups : (15+) : from -10.62% (2019) to -8.7% (2026) ; (15-29) : from -5.4% (2019) to -5.0% (2026). - NEET rate (15-29) : from 18.9% (2019) to 12.8% (2026). - The long-term unemployed placed from the NES register, as a proportion of the total long-term unemployed registered with the NES : from 23.1% (2019) to 33% (2026). - Employment effect of financial measures (on 180th day from measure com¬pletion/expiry of contractual obligation) : from 60% (2019) to 75% (2026). - Allocations for ALMP as a proportion of the GDP : from 0.08% (2020) to 0.2 % (2026).Action plan for implementation
- National action plan
- Yes
- Subnational action plan
- -
Coordination framework
- NEP coordination framework?
- NA
Monitoring indicators
- Employment opportunities
- Yes
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- Yes
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- Yes
- Social security
- -
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- Yes
Additional information:
- Employment rates by age groups and sex (15+, 15-29, 15-64). - Activity rates by age groups and sex (15+, 15-29, 15-64). - Unemployment rates by age groups and sex (15+, 15-29, 15-64). - Share of vulnerable employment (15+). - Registered employment (15+). - Informal employment (15+). - Employment by type of work (open-ended, fixed-term, seasonal and casual work). - In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate. - Long-term unemployment rate (15+). - Gender pay gap by age groups (15+, 15-29). - NEET rate (15-29). - The long-term unemployed placed from the NES register, as a proportion of the total long-term unemployed registered with the NES. - Employment effect of financial measures (on 180th day from measure com¬pletion/expiry of contractual obligation). - Allocations for ALMP as a proportion of the GDP.Target groups
- Youth
- Yes
- Women
- Yes
- Informal workers
- -
- Rural workers
- -
- Older persons
- -
- People with disabilities
- Yes
- Migrants workers
- Yes
- Other
- Yes
- N.A.
- -
- No target group
- -
Additional information:
Other: Unemployed; NEET; people without secondary education attainment; vulnerable groups, such as financial social assistance recipients able to work; human trafficking victims; domestic violence victims; youth in insti¬tutional care, foster or guardian families; students from low socio-economic status families, chil¬dren with disabilities, Roma population, especially Roma girls; long-term and very long-term unemployed; hard-to-employ persons; young people –children without parental care, i.e. unemployed young people formerly living in residential care institutions; returnees under readmission agreements; former criminal offenders.