Droits sociaux

Le 24 janvier, le Parlement européen, la Commission européenne et les États membres sont parvenus à un accord sur des mesures visant à concilier la vie professionnelle et la vie privée.

L’accord constitue une avancée concrète pour faciliter la vie des parents et des aidants qui travaillent, a déclaré Gaby Bischoff, la présidente du groupe des travailleurs du CESE.

The upcoming protest against the pension reform taking place in Zagreb on 20th October under the slogan Dozivi niirovinu! I tebe se tice!-calls the Croatian citizens to fight for a retirement age which cannot be from "work to cemetery". You are defending not only decent conditions of work, but a fundamental right for all workers, old and young.

EESC discusses digitalisation and inequalities at the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum, held in Bonn from 11 to 13 June

In this era of digitalisation and globalisation, the EESC is calling for major efforts to implement balanced policies that put social, economic and environmental sustainability on an equal footing

To overcome the new imbalances and inequalities that have widened not only between the EU's different regions but also between social classes, genders and generations in European society, European policy-makers should ensure that social sustainability is taken into account in all their policies, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) said at its last plenary.