While 2023 was marked at European level by the failure to negotiate a framework agreement on telework, it was the strengthening of the directive on European works councils that was in the news in 2024. Leading companies have also made commitments on topics that are still new on the scale of international social dialogue, such as supervision of subcontractors.
In January 2024, the European Union sought to revive European social dialogue, with the previous year having ended on a sour note after the breakdown of negotiations over a European agreement on telework in November. In line with this approach, the bloc’s social partners signed a joint declaration to strengthen social dialogue at all levels and to appoint a European emissary who will be their interlocutor in the event of non-compliance with its principle. Ursula von der Leyen also undertook, at the start of her new term of office in the summer of 2024, to complete a social dialogue pact by early 2025.
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Antoine Piel
Section Head at Mind HR