Romania's presidency at the EU Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement regarding the Directive aimed at the increase of transparency and working conditions' predictability in the EU, informs the Ministry of Labour and Social Justice on Thursday in a release sent to AGERPRES.
"The document is intending to answer the labour market's challenges in context of the demographic evolutions, digitisation and appearance of new forms of hiring. At the same time, it puts forward new minimum rights and rules of information of the workers regarding the labour conditions," the release adds.
The future Directive requires that employers inform the workers on the essential aspects of the working relationship, such as the identity of the parties involved in the employment relation, the workplace and the nature of the work, the amount of the basic salary and other rights, the standard duration of the working day or the working week, when they could be determined.
In addition, the provisional agreement provides a series of supplementary minimum rights for the workers: the possibility to work in parallel for another employer; the limitation of the probationary period to 6-month maximum, a longer period being admissible only in case it is in the interest of the worker or it is justified by the nature of the job; the possibility to demand after at least six month of seniority at the same employer a job with more predictable, safer conditions; the right to benefit of free training, when it is so provided by the EU or the national legislation.
"The new types of labour are opportunity providers, but also create uncertainties when it comes to the rights of the workers and their social protection. The Directive will put forward a set of minimum rights meant to increase security and predictability of the employees-employers' relations," Minister of Labour Marius Budai said.
The proposition for a higher transparency and predictability at the workplace was launched by the European Commission in December 2017, and in June 2018 the EU Council presented its point of view that stayed at the grounds of the negotiations with the European Parliament.
Once the provisional agreement is endorsed by the Council's Committee of Representatives, it follows the official vote in both the Council and in the European Parliament.
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