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Resocialising Europe in a time of crisis
"Terms such as 'Social Europe' and 'European Social Model' have long resided in the political and regulatory lexicon of European integration. But in recent years, and in spite of the adoption of the ...
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The ‘long Covid' of work relations and the future of remote work
"The pandemic made us all familiar with ‘social distancing'. Employers are starting to glimpse a future where ‘contractual distancing' is progressively normalised."
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Protecting platform workers in the European Union
"When the European Commission published its proposals for a Directive ‘on improving working conditions in platform work' in December 2021, it set out both to protect the social rights of platform ...
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Structural solutions for structural inequalities—a European trade union perspective
"Responses to the pandemic have upended the idea that ‘there is no alternative' to macroeconomic policies engendering widening inequality."
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Regulating digital work: from laisser-faire to fairness
"The proposal for an EU directive on platform work about to emerge is welcome, yet insufficient—and no substitute for national action."
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Avoiding another ‘Viking and Laval' moment – a critical analysis of the AG opinion on the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive, Case C-19/23
This note critically assesses the Opinion by AG Emiliou on the legality of the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive 2022/2041 in Case C-19/23. It suggests that, while the Opinion rightly acknowledges that ...
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‘Not the usual gig': The personal scope(s) of application of Directive 2024/2831 on improving working conditions in platform work
"This article examines the complex and innovative personal scope of the EU Platform Work Directive 2024/2831, highlighting its dual framing around the concepts of ‘platform workers' and the broader ...
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New trade union strategies for new forms of employment
"The survey was commissioned by the ETUC and carried out by Professors Countouris and De Stefano to explore options for new legal conceptual frameworks implied by the rise of ‘new forms of e...
