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Book Synopsis Regulating Working Conditions Through EU Directives by :
Download or read book Regulating Working Conditions Through EU Directives written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Union has a long-standing tradition of developing its social dimension through the regulation of labour and employment matters. Different instruments of labour and employment legislation have come into existence, including rules on health and safety, working time, equality, flexible work, working conditions, business restructuring and collective rights. However, labour law is still strongly rooted in Member States' systems and traditions. The legislative competences of the EU are significant, but also limited (areas that are excluded are: pay, freedom of association, right to strike). Due to legal (in terms of legislative competences) and policy restrictions, the outlook for EU labour and employment law shows some gaps and highly relevant issues remain unregulated, including minimum wages, collective bargaining and employment termination. Due to the lack of a uniform definition of worker in the existing framework, EU labour law suffers from inconsistency in its application and persons may fall outside the scope of protection. While the Court of Justice of the EU has attempted to intervene, it has not yet delivered a uniform approach for all existing EU directives, making a revision involving all relevant instruments highly recommended. The European Pillar of Social Rights, adopted in 2017, and the future outlook for labour markets give rise to new challenges for the regulation of work. Areas of improvement for labour and employment regulation concern the growing digitalization of the world of work and new ways of working. Issues are related to new forms of work, coverage of self-employed persons (all or certain types), working time flexibility and sovereignty, techno-stress, health and safety, human-in-command approaches and worker privacy in a digital and robotized work environment. Regulatory strategies will have to take into account the position of the European social partners. Their role in the formulation of working conditions and the law making process is enshrined in the Treaty. Their strategic involvement in policy making is part of the European social model.