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Newsletter March, 2024

ILO: New report on decent work in platform economy

March, 2024
  • The International Labour Organization (ILO) recently released, on January 2024, the Law and Practise report in  the emerging field of digital labour platforms and their impact in the World of Work.
  • The Law and Practise report (known as White Report), is intended to inform the discussions at the 2025-2026 Standard Setting on Platform Economy and to help Member States in responding to the appended questionnaire.
  • The inputs and responses provided by the Member States will set the base for the Yellow Report, which will be the draft report discussed in the first sitting of the Platform Economy Standard Setting in 2025.
Newsletter February, 2024

European social partners commit to working towards a competitive transition of the European steel sector

February, 2024
  • On 27 November 2023, the European social partners of the steel sector, industriAll European Trade Union and EUROFER, signed a joint declaration to support the double green and digital transition of the European steel industry and its workers.

EU: Provisional deal on the corporate sustainability due diligence directive reached

February, 2024
  • On 14 December 2023, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament agreed on a text for the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
  • It requires formal approval by the Legal Affairs Committee and the European Parliament as a whole, as well as by the Council (EU governments) to enter into force. 
  • It aims to enhance the protection of the environment and human rights in the EU and globally.
  • The Commission proposal was introduced on 23 February 2022, and the Council adopted its general approach on 1 December 2022.
Newsletter November, 2023

Occupational safety and health in a just transition (an ILO policy brief)

November, 2023
  • On 27 September 2023, ILO published a new policy brief on occupational safety and health (OSH) in a just transition. 
  • The policy brief aims to provide information and recommendations to implement a just transition with a focus on occupational safety and health, considering each country's needs and priorities.

 

 

Newsletter August, 2023

Netherlands: CO2 reduction from work-related mobility of persons was estabilished

August, 2023
  • The Environmental Planning Act, will come into effect on 1 January 2024.
  • It includes the reporting obligation for work-related mobility of persons, which is plan of the country’s agreement to reduce CO2 emissions.
  • As of 1 January 2024, organisations with 100 or more employees, who offer them a mobility facility (a financial allowance, reimbursement for public transport, or vehicle), are obliged to report on the business traffic and commuting.  Employers with less than 100 employees can report voluntarily.

International Labour Conference (ILC) 2023

August, 2023
  • The International Labour Organisation (ILO) held its 111th annual Conference in Geneva, from 5 to 16 June 2023. It closed with the adoption of a new recommendation on quality apprenticeships, and new resolutions on just transition and labour protection.
  • Around 5,000 delegates representing governments, workers, and employers from the ILO’s 187 Member States were accredited to the Conference. 
Newsletter February, 2023

Social partners agreed on MENA Leadership Programme on the Just Transition

February, 2023
  • Last January, workers, employers, and government representatives from the region met online for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Leadership Programme on the Just Transition to discuss the latest research, knowledge, and insights and to share best practices in shaping a just transition to a green future of work.
Newsletter January, 2023

Greening Enterprises: Transforming processes and workplaces (a ILO report)

January, 2023
  • On 14 November 2022, ILO published a report on the transition of enterprises, considering them not only in terms of how goods and services are produced but also as a workplace.
  • The report highlights how to help enterprises and workplaces become green and productive in environmentally sustainable ways, identifying s a range of measures and giving workers a role in the process. 
  • It shows that the greening of workplaces is an increasingly important element of the greening of enterprises.

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