The digital platform observatory is a joint initiative of ETUC, IRES and ASTREES, funded by the European Commission. It brings together trade unionists, experts, activists, specialists of workers representation and collective action in the platform economy.
May 1st was my last day as a VP and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services, after five years and five months of rewarding fun. I quit in dismay at Amazon firing whistleblowers who were making noise about warehouse employees frightened of Covid-19.
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is calling for the adoption of the final agreement concluded last night by the three institutions, the EU Commission, the European Parliament and the Member States on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions.
This article is divided into three parts: the first part explains the definition of the economically dependent self-employed and proposes ideas for improving this definition of this dependency. The second part of this article is dedicated to the working conditions of the self-employed, while the last part compares the job satisfaction of the self-employed, employees and family workers.
The proposal for a Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions is a direct follow-up to the proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights.
While the Europe 2020 strategy actively promotes entrepreneurial self-employment as a means to create good jobs, policy makers at national and EU level are actively looking at better social protection for self-employed workers. Understanding this paradox requires looking beyond the ‘self-employed’ label and acknowledging it as an umbrella term covering a widely differing group of workers.
The Global Dialogue Forum on Conditions of Personnel in Early Childhood Education was held at the International Labour Office, Geneva, 22–23 February 2012. Based on these consultations and decisions of the Governing Body, the Office had prepared an international study on early childhood education (ECE) in 2011, with a focus on the training, of educators, employment and working environment in early childhood education, which served as a major background source for the Forum’s deliberations.
Population ageing creates a need and a demand for more and better jobs in long-term care. While the care sector is growing in most Member States, there are barriers to job creation, such as a shortage of recruits, budgetary constraints and demanding working conditions. Eurofound’s latest report, looking at how successful recruitment and retention measures in home-care and support services can contribute to employment growth, is launched today at a high-level conference under the Lithuanian EU Presidency.
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