The European Commission opened this Wednesday an infringement procedure against 19 Member States, including Portugal, for the lack of transposition of the legislation on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union (EU), which fights against precariousness.
According to a press release, Brussels sent notification letters – the first stage of the infringement process – to 19 member states, including Portugal, for failing to communicate the full transposition of the directive into national law, which they should have already done. , 31. The affected countries now have two months to inform the community executive about the transposition of the directive.
The directive (European law) in question aims to improve working conditionspromoting more transparent and predictable employment, while ensuring the adaptability of the labor market, establishing minimum rights applicable to all EU workers who have an employment contract or other employment relationship defined in legislation, agreements, collective agreements or practices in force in each Member State.
The new rules expand and update the labor rights and protection of the 182 million workers in the EU – especially the two or three million in precarious employment situations – providing, among other things, that they have “the right to greater predictability with about assignments and work. time”, as well as complete information about the place of work and remuneration.
Source: Observadora
