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Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies

TA-10-2026-0003 · P10_TA(2026)0003 · PE775.632

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Parliament's resolution asks the Commission to propose a directive on a just transition in the world of work, covering working conditions, training, social dialogue, and support for affected regions and workers. It calls for an individual right to training during working hours, national just transition strategies, and support for SMEs and local job creation. It urges an extended Just Transition Fund post-2027, a reinforced SURE mechanism, and continued support for displaced workers, while stressing social dialogue and collective bargaining.

Key points

  1. Calls for a legislative framework to ensure minimum standards for anticipating and managing change, creating quality jobs, and supporting workers and employers.
  2. Stresses that digitalisation must be human-centred, preventing excessive surveillance and ensuring the right to disconnect and fair working time.
  3. Calls for monitoring and enforcing Directive 2002/14/EC on information and consultation, and adapting early warning tools to cover twin transition circumstances.
  4. Demands an individual right to training during working hours, cost-free for workers, with funding and tax incentives, and training schemes developed jointly by workers and employers.
  5. Urges Member States to allocate at least 15% of ESF+ resources to youth employment actions, including paid traineeships and apprenticeships.
  6. Calls for national just transition strategies tailored to local specificities, involving public and private actors, and investing in infrastructure and public services.
  7. Demands stronger protections against unfair dismissals and support for workers affected by restructuring, including compensation and retraining.
  8. Calls for place-based policies for rural and peripheral areas to support the 'right to stay' and create local economic opportunities.
  9. Urges simplified, SME-friendly access to transition funding, including clustering, one-stop-shops, and technical assistance, and dedicated SME support under future just transition financing.
  10. Calls for an extended and enlarged Just Transition Fund post-2027 under shared management, with increased budget and social conditionalities.
  11. Calls for continued dedicated support for workers displaced by major restructuring, noting the proposed discontinuation of the EGF in the next MFF.
  12. Urges full implementation of the Council Recommendation on social protection and a reinforced SURE mechanism for the green and digital transition.

Who is affected

  • Workers and self-employed: gain rights to training, protection against dismissal, and support during transitions.
  • SMEs: benefit from simplified funding access, technical assistance, and support to prevent redundancies.
  • Regions and local authorities: involved in designing and implementing just transition strategies and projects.
  • Social partners: central role in social dialogue, collective bargaining, and transition planning.
  • Young people: targeted support through Youth Guarantee and ESF+ funding for quality employment and training.

Figures and deadlines

  • 261 billion euro per year in benefits from a fair transition.
  • 39.5% of adults engage in training annually, below the 2030 target of at least 60%.
  • 50 million more workers would need training to reach the 2030 target.
  • 145,000 skilled workers needed in the EU's energy sector by 2030.
  • 30% of EU growth contributed by clean tech.
  • Employment rates in coal-dependent territories are 10-15% below the EU average.
  • Just Transition Fund payment rate of only 32.2% by the end of 2024.
  • At least 15% of ESF+ resources to be allocated to youth employment actions.

Legal basis: Articles 153 and 225 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union