Tripartite Social Summit: The importance of the contribution of the social partners

The Tripartite Social Summit is a forum for dialogue between the EU institutions at the president level and European social partners at top management level. It took place on 23rd June 2020. The Summit is co-chaired by the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission and [...]

WITHOUT SOCIAL DIALOGUE THERE IS NO DEVELOPMENT

Closing conference of the project: the Italian model on social dialogue for liberal professions is a best practice “Without social dialogue there is no real development. We need you [social partners] because now a new and challenging phase begins, where we will negotiate the next multiannual financial framework, which will [...]

Progress on social initiatives of the Juncker Commission

Since the start of its mandate, the Juncker Commission has placed social priorities at the core of its action and at the heart of the debate on the future of Europe. The concrete initiatives to put the 20 principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights into practice can improve [...]

Transparent and predictable working conditions: Commission welcomes provisional agreement

Marianne Thyssen, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility welcomed the agreement with the following statement: “Today we have reached an agreement that will provide 200 million workers in Europe with more transparent and predictable working conditions. We are modernising European labour law and adjusting it to the [...]

Commission welcomes agreement on the European Labour Authority

President Juncker first announced a European Labour Authority in September 2017 and a legislative proposal was presented in March 2018. This new EU authority will support fair labour mobility within the EU, allowing citizens and businesses to seize the opportunities offered by the single market while supporting cooperation between national [...]

European Social Dialogue – Working Programme 2019-2021

The sixth autonomous work programme of the European social partners supports the objectives of the 2016 quadri-partite statement on “A New Start for Social Dialogue1” to strengthen social dialogue at European and national levels; to foster the role and influence of national social partners in the European semester; to step [...]