THE SITUATION ON THE LABOR MARKET IN THE MORAVIAN-SILESIAN REGION IN RELATION TO EUROPEAN UNION'S LABOR MARKET POLICY

The European Union puts emphasis on reducing disparities between regions. A major factor that is causing inequality between regions in the European Union is unemployment. The aim of this paper is to analyze the development of unemployment in the Moravian-Silesian region and its districts in comparison with the average in the Czech Republic and the European Union. This paper focuses on the basic characteristics of labor markets. The paper also evaluates the active employment policy implemented in the Moravian-Silesian region as a tool for unemployment reduction.