During last week’s meeting of EU employment and social affairs ministers, Member States presented their
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Where and how we work has a profound impact on our health, wellbeing, financial stability and quality of life.
Yet for many people across Europe, access to quality jobs and good working conditions is still out of reach. The rise in platform work and the prevalence of precarious contracts, low wages and exploitation of workers mean that being employed is no guarantee of staying out of poverty.
The future of work is also constantly evolving, with digitalisation and the effects of the climate crisis set to significantly shape the labour market as a whole.
More must be done to address these challenges while protecting the rights of workers and ensure a fair and inclusive labour market for all.
Social Platform calls for the creation of, and equal access to, quality and sustainable employment and fair living wages as well as adequate support and protection for those seeking employment.
European Job Guarantee is a policy proposal for a demand-driven job creation programme funded by the EU, national governments and local authorities and implemented at national, regional and local level.
If implemented with the appropriate considerations and safeguards, it could serve as a way of pursuing many of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights and its Action Plan and thus contribute to the EU 2030 targets
Read our Job Guarantee position paper for Social Platform’s recommendations on how it could create higher quality and more efficient, human rights-based, care and healthcare services, and address the labour shortages by providing jobs with good working conditions, living wages, and appropriate training.
The Platform Worker’s Directive is a much-needed step forward in improving legal certainty for platform workers and ensuring that they can access their rights. The infringements of platform workers’ rights hit disadvantaged groups the hardest including young people, those lacking formal education, and racial and ethnic minorities.
Social Platform will continue to monitor the implementation of this directive and and continue fighting for the rights of platform workers.
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