With recommendations to the Commission on just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies
A-10-2025-0261
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs · Rapporteur: Jana Toom
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- Full procedure 2025/2131
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Parliament requests a directive on just transition in the world of work, covering anticipation of change, worker information and consultation, training rights, national strategies, business support, and monitoring.¶¶¶ It calls for measures to protect jobs, support SMEs, involve social partners, and ensure fair transitions for workers, with funding from existing budgets.¶¶¶
Committee position. The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs proposes a resolution with recommendations for a directive on just transition, requesting the Commission to submit a legislative proposal.¶¶¶
Key points
- Calls on the Commission to propose a directive on just transition, including a framework for anticipating change via information/consultation, social dialogue, and collective bargaining.¶¶¶
- Demands an individual right to training for workers during working hours, cost-free, with funding and tax incentives.¶¶¶
- Requests national just transition strategies with regional and sectoral plans, developed with social partners and local actors.¶¶¶
- Urges support for SMEs, including simplified access to funding, technical assistance, and business support programmes.¶¶¶
- Calls for monitoring structures for strategic foresight and better data on job impacts.¶¶¶
- Emphasizes involving young people, with at least 15% of ESF+ resources for youth employment actions.¶
- Stresses the right to stay in regions, supporting place-based policies for rural and peripheral areas.¶
- Calls for an extended and enlarged Just Transition Fund post-2027 with increased budget and social conditionalities.¶
- Urges full use of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund and continued support for displaced workers.¶
- Highlights mental health and psychosocial support for workers during transitions.¶
- Calls for strengthening social protection systems and implementing the Council Recommendation on social protection.¶¶
- Requests an impact assessment and legislative proposal by 31 January 2027.¶
Who is affected
- Workers and their representatives: gain rights to information, consultation, and training during transitions.¶¶
- Small and medium-sized enterprises: receive support for access to funding and training.¶¶
- Member States: must develop national strategies and allocate ESF+ resources for youth.¶¶
- Regions and local authorities: involved in designing and monitoring transition projects.¶¶
- Social partners: engaged in social dialogue and collective bargaining on transition plans.¶¶
Figures and deadlines
Legal basis: Articles 153 and 225 TFEU¶