The 3rd episode of the “Discussions d’EUROGIP” series is devoted to platform workers and more specifically to the new European Directive (EU) 2024/2831 of 23 October 2024 aimed at improving their working conditions.

It gives the floor to Tea Jarc, Confederal Secretary at the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).

After a presentation of some figures concerning platforms and platform workers in the EU, Tea gave more information about the profile of platform workers. She then answered our questions about:

• The need of a European Directive
• What the directive (EU) 2024/2831 will change
• What are the challenges ahead with transposition and implementation of the Directive, with an group of experts.

Furthermore, Tea announced the idea to have a new specific directive on algorithmic management which covers all workers, not just platform ones.

To find out more, we suggest the following resources:

• Directive (EU) 2024/2831 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 on improving working conditions in platform work
• Proposal for a directive on improving working conditions in platform work (European Commission, 9 December 2021)
• EU rules on platform work
• Platform workers: what status for what social protection? Characteristics – European initiatives – Situation in 6 European countries (Eurogip report available in French with a summary in English)
• Focus sur la nouvelle Directive relative au travail de plateforme (available in French only)
• ETUC – Platform economy
• The digital platform observatory, a joint initiative of ETUC, IRES and ASTREES, funded by the European Commission.

And have a look at our publications, resources, newsletter… that are available at https://eurogip.fr/en

The 2nd episode of the “Discussions d’EUROGIP” series is devoted to the issue of health and safety at work in Europe during heatwaves.
It gives the floor to 4 speakers:

• Ignacio Doreste, Occupational Health and Safety Adviser, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
• Annarita Piazza, Studies Manager, EUROGIP
• Elke Schneider, Senior Occupational Health and Safety Specialist, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
• Christelle Akkaoui, Deputy Director of Working Conditions, French Directorate-General for Labour (DGT).

They cover the following topics:

• Periods of extreme heat and risks in the workplace
• How is extreme heat measured?
• What does the European legislation say?
• What concrete mesures at the Community level?
• A specific directive?
• And in France, what is the situation?

To find out more, we suggest the following resources:

• EU-OSHA
• Heat at work – Guidance for workplaces – EU-OSHA
• EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2021-2027
• Napo in… too hot to work – EU-OSHA
• Working in extreme heat and heatwaves: what legislation and preventive measures at international level? – EUROGIP
• Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate – OIT
• Climate crisis requires EU law on maximum working temperatures – ETUC
• Travail par forte chaleur en été – Ressources INRS
• French Labor Code

And our publications, resources, newsletter… that are available at https://eurogip.fr/

Occupational health and safety in Europe: where are we now?

William Cockburn Salazar, the new Executive Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), answers this question.

In this first episode of the “Discussions d’EUROGIP”, he reviews:

• EU-OSHA’s mission
• The difference between EU-OSHA and Eurofound, two EU agencies that are sometimes confused,
• the 2023-2025 campaign on OSH in the digital age and the priorities for 2024
• the state and trends in occupational safety and health in Europe,
• the progress made, but also the challenges that remain,
• the Platforms Directive and the Artificial Intelligence Regulation and their future impact on occupational safety and health.

William concludes by reminding us that more needs to be done to prevent the deaths of nine to ten workers at work on an average day in Europe, and the deaths of 550 to 600 workers from occupational diseases…

To go further…

• EU-OSHA website
• EU-OSHA Report “Occupational safety and health in Europe: state and trends 2023”
• “Focus sur la santé-sécurité au travail en Europe en 2023” (EUROGIP Synthesis of the report, in French)
• “EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027 Occupational safety and health in a changing world of work”
• EU-OSHA Healthy Workplaces Campaigns
• EU rules on platform work
• UE and Artificial Intelligence
• And of course our publications, ressources, newsletter… at https://eurogip.fr/en

See you soon for the next episode!