On 06 February 2019, Europe’s social partners including the European Trade Union Confederation ETUC, and for employers, the Confederation of European Business BusinessEurope, the European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public Services CEEP, and the Crafts & SMEs in Europe SMEunited, presented their autonomous work programme for the period covering 2019-2021. In this its sixth edition the social partners have chosen to address digitalization, improving labor market and social systems performance, skills, and psycho-social aspects & risks at work.
Negotiating a Digitalization agreement. The European social partners will negotiate an autonomous framework agreement (which will be implemented nationally by way of social dialogue avenues and not by any directives) on the topic. Initially the social partners will organize a seminar to study the explore the different experiences relating to issues, such as the acquisition of digital skills, work organization, including possibilities and modalities of connecting and disconnecting, and working conditions.
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