The latest agreement on the platform work directive brings less legal clarity than the status quo, and fails to give platforms and workers alike harmonised rules and protections across the EU's single market, Tomas Prouza writes for Euractiv.
Unpaid internships cost young Europeans over €1,000/month, deepen social inequalities, and exclude vulnerable youth; the EU needs to implement binding laws to ban unpaid internships and provide quality internships for everyone, writes Mark McNulty.
While the EU likes to promote itself as a union of gender equality, in reality European women still face immense inequality, especially when it comes to the paycheck, argue Samira Rafaela and Sylvie Brunet from Renew Europe ahead of the vote on the Pay Transparency Directive in the European Parliament on Thursday (30 March).
There is a clear business need for “making smart moves”, i.e. targeted and well-managed economic and legal migration, to address labour shortages in Europe. The private employment services sector outlines how to approach such policies and calls for better enforcement.
The European Commission has vowed to put corruption at the heart of its agenda. But measures to tackle it are conspicuously absent in a new regulation designed to force EU companies to behave responsibly around the world, write Ketakandriana Rafitoson and Matthieu Salomon.
As the current leading financial market in the EU, France has a particular responsibility to uphold the values of sustainable investment and not cave to the financial lobby, argue Richard Gardiner and Flora Rencz.
A new EU corporate due diligence law must include provisions to ensure that companies which operate in war zones are responsible for their actions, writes Heidi Hautala.
Uber and other platforms are lobbying against an ambitious EU directive on platform workers, Ludovic Voet, confederal secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), writes as Uber Files whistleblower Mark MacGann is due to testify at the European Parliament hearing on Tuesday (25 October).
Industrial workers call on the EU to protect industry and industrial jobs from the energy crisis. They demand measures to protect jobs, prevent company closures and urgent intervention in the energy market (price caps, profit caps and decoupling gas from electricity prices). Nonetheless, the Green Deal objectives must be preserved.
The leaders of the G7 group of nations should take immediate action to defend and protect the human rights and labor rights of each child, worker and farmer currently exploited, writes Fernando Morales-de la Cruz.
The European Association Summit has celebrated its 10th edition. A gathering aimed at education, networking, and discovery keeps being a strong signal that Brussels is the world’s capital of international associations and that it is a perfect ground for fruitful projects and connections.
The European Commission is helping member states, companies, and workers to prepare for the massive effort of the green and digital transitions via a number of initiatives and platforms, with a particular focus on the labour market and vocational training. Commissioners Nicolas Schmit and Margaritis Schinas provide more details.
Balanced regulation is required from the proposed EU Directive on platform work to ensure the best outcome for platforms and workers alike. The diversity within the platform economy merits a considered and flexible approach to classifying labour.
European social partners for the agency work sector propose recommendations to make European labour markets more dynamic, inclusive and resilient, in the aftermath of the changes that the Covid-19 pandemic has reinforced and accelerated.
While regulations are a key component to ensure sustainable corporate due diligence, members of the International Copper Association have been early movers in prioritising these concerns in their operations.
European business and union leaders need to work together to foster sustainable international supply chains, write Petra Bolster-Damen, Piet Fortuin, and Ingrid Thijssen.
László Andor is the Secretary General of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and former EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion. The Covid-19 pandemic caught Europe when the reconstruction needed after the previous great crisis was not yet …
It's time for the European Commission to finally make good on its promise to regulate the supply chains that feed into Europe’s single market, argues Richard Gardiner.
Swedish trade unions cannot support EU wage legislation, and the issue risks undermining support for the EU project, argues Torbjörn Johansson.
Sustainability issues are not stagnant, they evolve continuously and vary across different sectors. As a result, sustainability-related financial disclosure must incorporate industry-specific standards which can evolve to remain effective.
We need to study and understand the blow young people have suffered from this pandemic, in order to adjust recovery and resilience measures to their needs and equip them with the tools to actively shape their present and future.
The Commission’s has just presented a proposal for a Council Recommendation on Individual Learning Accounts (ILAs), one of the pivotal initiatives to boost adult learning in Europe and reach the ambitious target set by the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan
In light of new supply chain laws, an effective due diligence and corporate responsibility is becoming of even greater importance for many companies. The case of Christmas trees shows which aspects are key to implementing fair supply chains.
The impact of the near-total ban on lead ammunition will be severe for both industry and society: up to €4 billion and over 16,000 jobs could be lost, with associated public assistance costs totaling €1.4 billion in the EEA.
