EU: European social partners in the insurance sector sign joint declaration on how to manage the social consequences of digitalisation in the economy

According to the signatories of the text*, digitalisation will lead to a greater need for “flexibility, open-mindedness, agility and resilience in the workplace”, as well as to more “specialisation”. There is no desire to overturn existing regulations, with the signatories recognising that existing labour law “gives a good basis for the digitalised working world”. They add that social dialogue and collective bargaining are, more than ever, the most appropriate means of managing the changes that