EU: the Parliament’s Social Affairs’ Commission gave its view on modernization of labour law

Deputies from the Social Affairs' Commission adopted, on June 25, 2007, the report from the Polish deputy Jacek Protasiewicz (PPE-DE) on the European Commission's Green Book on modernization of labour law. After vivid debates (see our story 070512), the initial planned was deeply revised. Deputies propose to follow the following tracks : strengthen open-ended contracts so it remains the standard form of employment, set criteria to define the worker as opposed to the independent, clarify responsibilities in the subcontracting chain... (Ref. 070598)
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As an answer to the European Commission’s Green Book “Modernize labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century’s” (see our story 061175), the social affairs’ Commission stresses the “security” aspect more than the “flexibility” one.

  • Open-ended contract should remain the standard. According to the report, modern labour law must strengthen open-ended contracts of employment as the general form for labour relations. Eurodeputies say that they highly disagree with the Commission’s analysis i
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