The pandemic made us all familiar with ‘social distancing’. Employers are starting to glimpse a future where ‘contractual distancing’ is progressively normalised. For all the suffering it wrought and the challenges it has brought to everyday life, the onset of the pandemic had one positive effect... Find out more

Belgium - National day of action ACV-CSC, the largest trade union, has planned demonstrations and strikes in protest against the wage increase being offered in the private sector, which workers are calling ‘unacceptable’. Employers want to grant a maximum increase of 0.4% for the private sector for... Find out more

On 23 March 2021, the European Union information agency for occupational safety and health (EU-OSHA) launched its multilingual thesaurus on Occupational Health and Safety (OSH). This tool consists of a list of 2 000 OSH related terms grouped together in a hierarchy, including synonyms, antonyms... Find out more

The idea that Covid impacts society as a whole in an equal manner has been proven wrong by the sharp divide in terms of inequalities that this crisis has aggravated. The injustice of unfair profit sharing between those who benefitted economically from the pandemic and their employees have, for... Find out more

The Covid-19 pandemic has provided a stress test for occupational safety and health (OSH) in the EU, unfortunately revealing several structural deficiencies in the way the EU OSH regulatory system is implemented in practice. This is the key message of the OSH chapter of ‘Benchmarking Working Europe... Find out more

Subscribe to our newsletters → here The European Commission’s proposal to reduce the stubborn gender pay gap pulls some punches, apparently anticipating employer resistance. Earlier this month, the European Commission published its long-awaited proposal for a directive to strengthen application of... Find out more

Subscribe to our newsletters → here The Covid-19 pandemic is having strong impacts on workers exposed to the virus in their work environment. According to Eurostat (the European Statistical Office), most Member States recognize Covid-19 as an occupational disease. Nevertheless, the situation remains... Find out more

Subscribe to our newsletters → here With over 94% of the vote, MEPs on the European Parliament's Employment Committee approved on 25 March 2021 significant amendments to the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive, which aims to protect workers from the risks of exposure to these dangerous substances at... Find out more

European Parliament votes to stop cancer at work and include hazardous drugs and reprotoxins in the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive (CMD) Stop Cancer at Work Campaign calls on the European Commission to work with the Parliament and Council to legislate now to prevent workplace cancer The European... Find out more

Subscribe to our newsletters → here On 10 March 2021, the European Parliament approved a resolution aimed at forcing European companies to examine those aspects of their supply chains likely to be in breach of human rights or to negatively impact the environment and good governance On a national... Find out more