The United Nations Water Conference 2023 is an important step towards addressing water insecurity, a critical issue in the face of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Following the United Nations agreement to protect the world's oceans, this conference brings together nations to... Find out more

On 10 March 2023, the European Council and the Parliament reached a provisional agreement to reform the EU Energy Efficiency Directive , which lays down rules and obligations for achieving the EU’s 2030 energy efficiency targets. The agreement aims to reduce final energy consumption at EU level by... Find out more

On 16 March, the EU Commission presented a proposal for a regulation (the Critical Raw Materials Act) and a communication that included potential actions to secure the supply of ‘critical raw materials’ which are needed for its digital and green transitions. The Commission’s plans need to be seen in... Find out more

In an investigation for The Conversation , Clément Le Ludec and Maxime Cornet look at the working conditions of data workers and suggest ways to enrich the discussions around the regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. With the hyper-mediatization of ChatGPT, the general public has... Find out more

In France, blue-collar workers and men are more often victims of work-related accidents leading to permanent disability. "This is a fact that receives little media coverage, given the extent of the suffering it causes in the population," according to the Observatoire des inégalités . In 2019, 19,280... Find out more

The new report from EUROGIP , an organisation working on issues related to insurance and prevention of accidents at work and occupational diseases, provides an analysis of the legal provisions on telework and recognition of accidents at work in seven European countries: Austria, Finland, France... Find out more

The European Commission has just adopted legislation amending the EU Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging of dangerous chemical substances and mixtures (CLP Regulation) to introduce a new hazard class for endocrine disruptors. This new hazard class will consist of two categories... Find out more

Austria: 10% pay raise in private hospitals The Vida trade union managed to negotiate a collective agreement for private hospitals with a 10.56% wage increase and € 2,000 minimum monthly wage. The increase takes effect on 1 July along with a cut in working time to 39 hours per week. The minimum... Find out more

Combatting far right and right-wing populism at the workplace requires a multi-faceted approach that involves education, open communication, and a commitment to promote inclusivity and diversity. In this sense, more than a year ago we started developing the training program called: Building trade... Find out more

Back in October 2022, the Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on stricter CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans, the first of the ‘Fit for 55’ proposals to be passed into legislation. Accordingly, a 55% CO2 emission reduction target will... Find out more