EP Plenary session - Oral questions - Strengthening social dialogue in the European Union

EP Plenary session - Start of the European Year of skills

EP Plenary session - Children forcibly deported to Ukraine and ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

EP Plenary session - Safeguarding labour mobility and social rights of striking lorry drivers from third countries

EP Plenary session - Equal pay for equal work between men and women (pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms)

EP Plenary session - Adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion - O. Q.

EMPL Committee -  Exchange of views with Michael O´Flaherty (Director of the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA)

EP Plenary session - Revision of the European Works Councils Directive

The International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and for Maria Lvova-Belova for war crimes of unlawfully deporting and transferring Ukrainian children from the occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation debated by MEPs. Second part of the debate.

Children forcibly deported to Ukraine and ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin: MEPs debate (part 2)

Parliament debates an agreement with EU Ministers on new legislation requiring EU companies to disclose salary information of their employees. With the aim of closing the gender pay gap, the new law includes dissuasive penalties for employers that do not comply with equal pay rules. MEPs debate (part 1)

Equal pay for equal work between men and women (pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms): MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs discuss on recent revelations concerning Uber’s lobbying practices in the EU. In particular, the plenary debate inquires about the situation of Uber drivers in Europe, and the extent to which Uber’s former lobbying activities have affected their labour and social rights.

Revelations of Uber lobbying practices in the EU: MEPs debate

MEPs debate on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: MEPs debate

MEPs question the Council and the Commission on efforts to tackle unemployment, poverty and discrimination faced by Roma people in several member states. First part of the debate.

Oral questions - Situation of Roma people living in settlements in the EU: MEPs debate (part 1)

In a wider economic climate of rising prices, but recognising member state traditions of wage-setting and collective bargaining, the EU directive on adequate minimum wages is set to be a major milestone in European social policy.Under the new rules, national minimum wages would have to enable workers to lead a decent life, taking into account the cost of living and wider pay levels. To facilitate an adequacy assessment of existing statutory minimum wages, EU countries may establish a basket of goods and services at real prices, or set it at 60% of the gross median wage and 50% of the gross average wage.

Adequate minimum wages in the European Union: MEPs debate (part 1/2)

MEPs debate on the The situation of marginalized Roma communities in the EU. First part of the debate.

The situation of marginalized Roma communities in the EU: MEPs debate (part 1/2)

The deal with the Council, reached in December 2021, aims to strengthen the rules to protect workers more robustly against carcinogenic and other hazardous substances by setting EU-wide exposure limits. Parliament succeeded in including reprotoxic substances in the scope of the Directive. Reprotoxic substances are harmful to reproduction and can cause impaired fertility or infertility.

RAFALSKA, Elżbieta (ECR, PL)

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