November 13, 2024
We all want people to have higher wages. Especially those with low incomes. But this is not done by setting an administrative salary from Bratislava for a waitress from Utekáč.
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December 7, 2022
The briefing reviews the newly passed directive on adequate minimum wages in the EU and investigates its potential negative impacts on traditional collective bargaining agreements and low-income groups.
November 11, 2022
On 4 October 2022, the European Council adopted a directive to push EU member states to streamline the rules by which they set the national minimum wage.
October 6, 2020
The European Commission has published a study on working conditions of platform workers. The report identifies key challenges related to platform work, such as employment status, autonomy, and information available to the workers about their working conditions, non-discrimination and dispute resolution.
September 3, 2020
This position paper is a response to the European Commission’s second phase consultation with social partners. The EC’s initiative has a general objective of ensuring that “all workers in the EU are protected by fair minimum wages, allowing for a decent living wherever they work.”
September 6, 2018
Raising mandatory minimum wage might seem to be a simple policy that serves to increase wages for low-income earners. Politicians use this policy with good intentions to reduce poverty and inequality. Yet, it has serious drawbacks and creates unintended consequences.
November 10, 2016
Posting of workers plays an essential role in the internal market of the European Union.