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Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States

TA-10-2024-0027 · P10_TA(2024)0027 · PE763.150

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Parliament approves the Commission proposal for a Council decision on employment guidelines as amended, calling for quality jobs, fair wages, social dialogue, and inclusive labour markets. The amended guidelines stress education and training, addressing labour shortages, supporting vulnerable groups, and ensuring fair working conditions in the context of digital and green transitions. Parliament asks the Council to notify it if departing from the approved text and to consult again if substantial amendments are made.

Key points

  1. Parliament approves the Commission proposal as amended and calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly.
  2. Calls for Parliament to be involved in setting integrated guidelines on an equal footing with the Council.
  3. Member States should promote quality employment, fair wages, decent working conditions, democracy at work, social dialogue, and collective bargaining.
  4. Address labour and skills shortages, improve education and training, reduce early school leaving, and support STEM and vocational education.
  5. Ensure fair green and digital transitions, strengthen social dialogue, and involve social partners in policy design.
  6. Extend temporary protection to all displaced persons fleeing the war in Ukraine and ensure access to labour markets and services.
  7. Implement directives on adequate minimum wages and pay transparency without delay.
  8. Promote inclusive labour markets, eliminate discrimination, and support groups such as young people, older workers, persons with disabilities, and Roma.
  9. Ensure adequate unemployment benefits, active labour market policies, and support for labour mobility while countering brain drain.
  10. Regulate new forms of work, including platform work and telework, and strengthen labour inspectorates.
  11. Modernise social protection systems, ensure access to affordable housing and healthcare, and address poverty and social exclusion.
  12. Secure adequate pensions, reduce the gender pension gap, and promote active and healthy ageing.

Who is affected

  • Member States: must implement employment guidelines, including wage transparency, collective bargaining, and social protection reforms.
  • Workers and jobseekers: benefit from fair wages, decent working conditions, and active labour market support.
  • Social partners: involved in policy design and collective bargaining.
  • Displaced persons from Ukraine: extended temporary protection and labour market access.
  • Vulnerable groups: targeted support for inclusion in education and employment.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 20 billion: proposed budget increase for the European Child Guarantee.
  • 2030: headline targets for employment, skills, and poverty reduction.

Legal basis: Article 148(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union