The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament demand that platform workers are recognised as employees with all applicable rights in terms of pay, income taxes...
Speaking ahead of the presentation of the Jongerius/Radtke draft report on Adequate minimum wages in the EU in the employment committee of the European Parliament at 16...
The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament and the Party of European Socialists jointly welcome today’s Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation to...
In a single-line statement, the European Parliament is declaring the European Union an ‘LGBTIQ Freedom Zone’. This sentence captures the positive and inclusive message S...
Agnes Jongerius, S&D MEP and spokesperson on employment and social affairs, said: “At the Social Summit in Porto we have the historic opportunity to make social rights a...
The ban on abortion in #Poland is a human rights violation that puts women’s health and lives at risk. This is unacceptable!
“The Covid-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we work. Now, more than one in three European workers are working from home. The pressure to be always ‘on’...
“Digitisation brings many benefits and advantages for employees such as greater flexibility or less commuting. However, there are also pitfalls. The pressure to always be...
“You know that feeling, when you get a work-related text message demanding your attention when you just started cooking. Or when your boss calls while you were in a...