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Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2023

6 Jun 2024

With the green and digital transitions having moved rapidly up the von der Leyen Commission agenda, the realisation is dawning that their success is greatly dependent on worker support. Barrosian neoliberalism is being undone, replaced by a new paradigm legitimised by the European Pillar of Social Rights. This ‘social turn’ in EU policymaking is reflected in the efforts to cement workers’ rights and increase corporate accountability in pursuit of a planet-people-profit balance backed by a green industrial policy.The 2022 and 2023 developments described in this book reflect this paradigm shift. Workers’ incomes are now protected by a Minimum Wage Directive, the first-ever piece of legislation with the potential to boost (cross-) sectoral collective bargaining in Member States. Other initiatives include efforts towards pay transparency, increasing the representation of women on boards, and legislative measures against gender-based violence. EU countries have also, albeit through ‘soft governance’, committed to strengthen social safety nets. This includes ensuring an adequate minimum income and the launch of a European Platform for Combatting Homelessness.
social dialogue and social policies

Authors

Sotiria Theodoropoulou, Tommaso Grossi, Laura Rayner, Laurent Vogel, Torsten Müller, Thorsten Schulten, Viola Shahini, Angelo Vito Panaro, Matteo Jessoula, J.Timo Weishaupt, Christian Hinrichs, Bart Vanhercke, Sebastiano Sabato, Slavina Spasova, Korina Kominou, Gudsiyya Allahverdiyeva

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ISBN
978-2-87452-705-0
ISBN PDF
978-2-87452-706-7
Pages
183
Published in
Belgium

Files

06-The European Platform on Combatting Homelessness-delivering the goods against the odds.pdf

Social policy in the European Union-state of play 2023_2024.pdf

02-The socio-ecological dimension of the Green Deal Industrial Plan.pdf

03-Occupational health policies in turbulent times-2018-2022.pdf

08-The European Union in 2022-key events.pdf

07-Conclusions-A social paradigm shift in the shadow of austerity and competitiveness reload.pdf

05-The politics of minimum income protection in the EU-the long road to a Council Recommendation.pdf

00-Preface.pdf

04-The European Minimum Wage Directive-a milestone for EU social policymaking.pdf

01-Debating the reform of the EUs economic governance-implications for Social Europe.pdf