Employment and social affairs - European Parliament

Press release - MEPs call for new rules to avoid the exploitation of trainees across the EU

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 11:13:24 GMT

Parliament urges the Commission to propose legislation to ensure the quality of traineeships across the EU.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Press release - Minimum Income Schemes: Increasing support, accessibility and inclusion

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:41:59 GMT

MEPs want to address the current cost of living crisis with a new law to modernise and strengthen national minimum income schemes in EU countries.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Press release - Digital workers: MEPs ready for talks on new law to improve working conditions

Thu, 02 Feb 2023 10:32:19 GMT

On Thursday, Parliament approved the decision to start negotiations on new measures to improve conditions for workers on digital labour platforms.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Press release - Deal on establishing the Social Climate Fund to support the energy transition

Sun, 18 Dec 2022 01:53:04 GMT

On Saturday night, Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement to set up a new fund to help vulnerable citizens most affected by energy and transport poverty.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Press release - Gender pay gap: deal reached on binding pay-transparency measures

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 11:39:33 GMT

EU companies will be required to disclose information on salaries to expose existing gender pay gaps.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

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Press release - Digital workers: better working conditions and protection of rights

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 21:23:03 GMT

MEPs voted on measures to improve conditions for workers on digital labour platforms, particularly on their employment status and automated systems monitoring their work.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Press release - Reminder: Parliament hosts Uber files whistleblower

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 14:23:40 GMT

MEPs will hear from Uber’s former Head of Public Policy Mark MacGann about the company’s former lobbying practices and discuss how European workers’ rights have been affected.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Press release - Ending poverty and discrimination faced by Roma people

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 10:54:57 GMT

On Wednesday, Parliament adopted a set of recommendations aimed at improving the precarious situation of Roma settlements in the EU.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Press release - Parliament adopts new rules on adequate minimum wages for all workers in the EU

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 11:34:42 GMT

Minimum wages in all EU countries should allow for decent living and working standards, and member states should promote collective bargaining for pay.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Press release - Protecting mental health in the digital workspace

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 12:26:27 GMT

MEPS demand preventive measures against technostress and over-connection, to tackle mental health issues and boost the benefits of working from home.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

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Press release - More investment needed in common European action on care

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 11:16:12 GMT

EU member states must recognise the right to care and reform their social services to provide comprehensive, equal and timely access to care.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

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Press release - Deal reached on new rules for adequate minimum wages in the EU

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 07:33:34 GMT

The agreed legislation aims to ensure that minimum wages in all EU countries guarantee decent living standards for workers.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Press release - Agreement on minimum wages: press conference on Tuesday at 9.30

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 06:49:09 GMT

On Tuesday morning, rapporteurs Dennis RADTKE and Agnes JONGERIUS and the Chair Dragos PÎSLARU, will brief journalists about the outcome of the of negotiations in Strasbourg and remotely.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Press release - EU must strengthen support for citizens and businesses and help for Ukraine

Thu, 19 May 2022 11:00:07 GMT

MEPs call for funding to deal with the consequences of the war in Ukraine, by confiscating Russian oligarchs’ assets, new EU own resources, and using the existing EU budget fully.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Press release - Social Climate Fund to help those most affected by energy and mobility poverty

Wed, 18 May 2022 14:55:51 GMT

Parliament committees back setting up a new fund to help vulnerable citizens cope with the increased costs of the energy transition.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Press release - Gender pay gap: Parliament backs binding pay-transparency measures

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 12:23:11 GMT

EU companies with at least 50 employees should be fully transparent regarding pay, and MEPs want them to tackle any potential gender pay gap.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

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Press release - Gender pay gap: MEPs back binding pay-transparency measures

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:07:14 GMT

The Women’s Rights and Employment committees want EU companies with at least 50 employees to be fully transparent regarding their salaries.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

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Press release - Hazardous substances in the workplace: EP approves deal for stricter EU rules

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 12:23:07 GMT

On Thursday, Parliament gave the final green light for an update to EU rules on limiting workers’ exposure to carcinogens, mutagens or reprotoxic substances.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Press release - Political deal on protecting workers from hazardous substances

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 06:44:07 GMT

A revision of rules to protect workers of carcinogenic and other hazardous substances has been informally agreed on Thursday by Parliament and Council negotiators.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Press release - Digital Europe: MEPs call for quick introduction of EU social security pass

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:23:32 GMT

MEPs demand a legislative proposal from the Commission for a European social security pass before the end of 2022, to reduce the administrative burden on mobile workers.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Press release - Minimum wage: green light to start negotiations with Council

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:24:47 GMT

MEPs on Thursday decided to start talks on a directive that will guarantee all workers in the EU a fair and adequate minimum wage.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Press release - New rules for fair minimum wages in the EU

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 14:53:23 GMT

A new draft EU law will ensure a minimum level of wage protection in all member states, in order to guarantee decent living standards for workers and their families.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Press release - Fair and equal social protection for riders, drivers and other platform workers

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 07:15:20 GMT

In a vote today, MEPs demand people working for digital labour platforms, such as food delivery services, should have the same rights as traditional employees.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Press release - New EU Blue Card rules for highly qualified immigrants wishing to work in Europe

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:40:56 GMT

MEPs adopted the reform of the EU Blue Card to facilitate the employment of highly qualified non-EU nationals and help alleviate labour shortages in key sectors.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Press release - MEPs approve new Social Fund to support young people and the most deprived

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 18:14:48 GMT

On Tuesday, Parliament gave its final green light to the EU’s main instrument for investing in people and tackling inequalities for the next seven years.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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