On 27 October the EU Commission adopted its 2016 work program that aims to ‘modernize current legislation’ in the context of both a ‘platform of minimum social rights’ as well as the introduction of ‘social criteria’ in order to strengthen and deepen the European Economic and Monetary union. Not much however was offered in the way of detail as regards content or methods. Planet Labor has tried to find out a little bit more.
Modernizing legislation: several sector related initiatives expected. The EU Commission’s 2016 work program (c.f. article No. 9340) raises more questions than it does answers as regards social policy. In its document published on 27 October the EU Commission proposes “modernizing” and “closing the gaps” in current social policy legislation, so as to “take the current working environment into account and ensure that new working models maintain a fair balance in the relationship between employers and workers.”
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