The European Year of Skills will be officially launched on 9 May 2023, but debates about labour shortages should not be focusing only on skills. Labour shortages in the European Union (EU) are currently rising more due to low wages and poor working conditions than as a result of workers’ lack of... Find out more

On Wednesday 16 November 2022, the Paris Council voted to create a social charter to make the French capital, host city of the 2024 Olympic Games, an example in terms of safety at work. Supported by the Communist and Citizen Group (GCC), the draft resolution aims to achieve "zero death at work"... Find out more

Two years after the Commission’s proposal , on Tuesday 4 October the Economic and Financial Affairs Council adopted the EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages. One should be careful about using the word ‘historic’. But, in the case of the Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages in the European Union, it... Find out more