Abstract
The theme of the second ILO/France Symposium (Lyons, January 2002) was: "The dynamics of change and the protection of workers". In summarizing its proceedings, this "Perspective" focuses on two major topics. The first relates to the implications for statistics, public policy, collective bargaining and labour law of the increasing frequency and diversity of transitions between employment and/or non-employment situations. The second is the question of reconciling career and family life. Job creation, training and social protection are closely linked to security, but Europe is divided between the necessity of protection and the fashionable appeal of tax cuts.