On Monday 30 June, representatives of employers in the construction sector (FIEC) published their expectations of the ‘Quality Jobs Roadmap’, which the European Commission is due to present by the end of 2025.
In particular, the sector is calling for this Roadmap to reflect the needs of employers. In order to create quality jobs, companies need to have economic and legal stability and to be able to invest in their workforce.
The FIEC also recommends not defining quality jobs, “as it is a multifactorial and evolving concept”. Neither is it calling for new legislation. “The European Commission should focus on the implementation, enforcement and monitoring of current legislations”, writes the Federation, “rather than further constraints”.
From the ‘European Pillar of Social Rights’ to the ‘Directive on adequate minimum wages’, the ‘EU Strategic Framework for Health and Safety at Work 2021–2027’ and the ‘Union of Skills’, the European Commission has built a strong framework for quality jobs, explains the FIEC, which is calling for a focus on the many challenges facing the sector, such as unfair competition and the skills gap, but not for new legislation.
The European Commission has not yet decided on the content of this future Roadmap, but according to sources, President Ursula von der Leyen’s cabinet has already rejected the idea of a directive on artificial intelligence in the workplace.
When questioned in Luxembourg on 19 June, Executive Vice-President of the Commission, Roxana Mînzatu, indicated that all avenues remained “open, between legislation and non-legislative guidelines”, and above all considered it crucial to work with the social partners.
Link to position: https://aeur.eu/f/hpm (Original version in French by Solenn Paulic)