Beskæftigelsesudvalget 2020-21
BEU Alm.del Bilag 71
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Annex I: Possible initiatives to promote fair wages through social dialogue in EU Member States (non-exhaustive)
Capacity building
Further use of existing regulation
ESF+
Promote even stronger use of European Social Fund+
for the capacity building of national social partners in
all Member States
Encourage using the European Social Fund (ESF+) to
support projects that promote social dialogue in
Member States and
Promote bilateral and unilateral activities involving
the social partners in order to further and disseminate
collective bargaining structures in all Member States.
Encourage the use of the possibilities under European
Structural Funds (e.g. ESF+) to promote projects
covered by collective agreements.
Council Conclusions on “A new start for a strong
Social Dialogue” (2016)
Support further implementation and development.
Transparency
Use of existing regulation
The European Semester
Extend the use of the European Semester to include
Country Specific Recommendations on the outcome
regarding the effectiveness, transparency and
involvement of social partners in wage-setting
mechanisms.
Provide more analysis identifying barriers to social
dialogue in individual countries in order to target
Additional suggestions for the Commission
Regularly present information on wage-levels, wage-
formation, collective bargaining etc. in Member States to
help raise awareness and upward convergence
–
more
frequently than the annual review on minimum wages
published by Eurofound and targeted collective
bargaining and social dialogue in Member States.
Include social dialogue in the Commission’s
impact
assessment of relevant new regulation.
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Additional suggestions for Member States
Additional suggestions for the Commission
Support capacity building through mutual learning and
exchange of best practices. One way of doing so could be
to introduce a 1:1-mentoring programme between
Member States.
Additional suggestions for Member States
Member States should take the necessary steps to
“support
the improvement of the functioning and
effectiveness of social dialogue at national level,
which is conducive to collective bargaining and
creates an appropriate space for social partners'
negotiations”
(Council Conclusions on A new
start
for a strong Social Dialogue, 2016)
Provide better opportunities for social partners to
enter into supplementary agreements or implement
legislation through collective agreements.
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According to the current Commission guidelines on Impact assessments they must include a description of the environmental, social and economic impacts. As examples on social
impacts are mentioned: Levels of education and training, fundamental rights, employment and skills, social inclusion, poverty etc.
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these challenges
–
for example through the European
Semester process and/or Eurofound.
Better implementation and enforcement
Use of existing regulation
Council Conclusions on “A new start for a strong
Social Dialogue” (2016)
Support further implementation and development.
The European Pillar of Social Rights
Support further implementation of principle 8 in the
European Pillar of Social Rights, stating that “[The
social partners] shall be encouraged to negotiate and
conclude collective agreements in matters relevant to
them, while respecting their autonomy and the right
to collective action.”
In accordance
with the strategic
guidelines 2019-2024 the Pillar should be
implemented at EU and Member State level with due
regard for respective competences.
European Labour Authority (ELA)
Support the use of ELA to contribute to fair labour
mobility as well as ensuring and strengthening free
movement in the EU by facilitating cooperation and
ensuring effective implementation and enforcement
of EU-rules in the internal market.
Freedom of association
Support the freedom of association as stated in
Article 28 in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of
the European Union made legally binding by Article
6 of the Treaty.
Awareness raising
–
sharing of good practices
Use of existing regulation
Additional suggestions for the Commission
Additional suggestions for Member States
Additional suggestions for the Commission
Facilitate a tripartite discussion on the application in the
Member States of international standards on freedom of
association and the right to collective bargaining.
Additional suggestions for Member States
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Raising awareness on decent working conditions
based on safety and flexibility
Encourage using the European Social Fund (ESF+) to
support projects that promote social dialogue in
Member States
Present good examples of creating incentives/building
capacity such as those mentioned in the Joint
Employment Report. A dedicated report could be
presented regularly and discussed at the Tripartite Social
Summit.
Incentives for collective bargaining
Use of existing regulation
Strengthen the role of the social partners and the
collective bargaining system by (to a greater extent)
leaving it to the social partners themselves to agree
on the content of the regulation (European
agreements) or by allowing the social partners to
derogate from certain regulation through collective
agreements.
Increase focus on promoting social dialogue in EU
policy making, e.g. by making exemptions for terms
agreed upon in collective agreements.
Additional suggestions for the Commission
Additional suggestions for Member States
Allowing the social partners to implement national
and EU-legislation through collective agreements.
Provide better opportunities for social partners to
enter into supplementary agreements or implement
legislation through collective agreements.
Promote collective bargaining through rules on
public procurement.
Provide an institutionalized setup and process for
resolving conflicts among the social partners
–
both
during the time of collective bargaining and
afterwards when doubts about interpretation of the
agreements needs settlements.
Ease trade unions access to workplaces and increase
the protection against reprisals when employers or
workers are trying to organize and bargain
collectively.
Unemployment insurance through trade unions
(“Ghent system”) can help increase the incentives to
insure and to organize.
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