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MEPs: Hold companies accountable for harm caused to people and planet

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - January 28, 2021

Legal Affairs Committee MEPs pave the way for a new EU law that requires companies to comply with human rights and environmental standards within...

MEPs: ‘Right to disconnect’ should be an EU-wide fundamental right,

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - January 21, 2021

Parliament calls for an EU law that grants workers the right to digitally disconnect from work without facing negative repercussions. In their legislative initiative that...

The Left proposes directive to offer rights & recognition for digital platform workers

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - November 16, 2020

The Left group in the European Parliament is putting forward the text for an EU directive to grant rights and recognition to digital platform workers in...

Protecting workers from biological agents: how to classify SARS-CoV-2

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - June 10, 2020

On Thursday, the Employment Committee will vote on which risk group SARS-CoV-2 should be classified in to protect the health and safety of workers. Several...

S&Ds: EU trade deal strengthens labour rights of Vietnamese workers

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - June 8, 2020

Today, the Vietnamese National Assembly approved both the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement and ratified the International Labour Organisations (ILO)’s Core Convention against Forced Labour...

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