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"The aim is to better regulate work and provide the right employment regime, whether it is for employed or self-employed workers, without abuses."
The Minister of Labour and Social Insurance, Mr. Yannis Panayiotou, participated in the EU Employment and Social Policy Council held today, 12 June 2023, in Luxembourg. The Council decided to adopt a Directive on better regulation of work on digital platforms, discussed the upgrading of the social dimension with concrete ways of monitoring and agreed on strengthening structures and policies that promote equality and adopted a recommendation to Member States to upgrade social dialogue.
The main issues addressed by the Council were:
a) the establishment of the Social Convergence Framework to further promote the social dimension in European policies in order to take timely corrective measures;
b) the promotion of the Proposal for a Directive on anti-discrimination; and
c) the adoption of the Proposal for a Directive on the regulation of employment on digital work platforms, on which Ministers reached agreement and which will be sent to the European Parliament for consultation.
During the negotiation on the adoption of the Council's position on the Directive on improving employment conditions on digital work platforms, Mr Panagiotou stressed the need for better regulation of labour relations in order to tackle the misuse of self-employment as a form of work. He stressed the need for immediate regulation of work in this environment, with the aim of combating the phenomenon of false self-employment and ensuring labour rights, as well as the safety and health of those employed on digital platforms.
In his intervention on the issue of EU policy priorities, the Minister highlighted the importance of developing the right skills to ensure the sustainable employability of the workforce, promoting policies and actions to improve gender equality in the digital workforce, and promoting the development of the right skills in the digital workforce.
In his intervention on the issue of EU policy priorities, the Minister stressed the importance of developing the right skills to ensure the sustainable employability of the workforce, promoting policies and actions to improve gender equality in the digital workforce, and ensuring the safety and health of those employed on digital platforms. Regarding the establishment of the Social Convergence Framework, Mr Panagiotou advocated the adoption of such a process as necessary to strengthen the monitoring of Member States' employment and social protection challenges in the context of EU policy coordination.
Regarding the advancement of the work on the adoption of the Anti-Discrimination Directive, the Minister of Labour reiterated Cyprus' readiness to work constructively to remove obstacles to its adoption, while he also referred to new manifestations of discrimination that need to be addressed, such as discrimination arising, inter alia, from digital illiteracy and poverty.
During the working lunch on mental health at work and future challenges, Mr Panagiotou identified as one of the causes of mental health stress for workers the impact of their constant connection to personal electronic devices, especially in the context of teleworking. To this end, he referred to the recent adoption by the Council of Ministers in Cyprus of a draft law regulating teleworking issues, with special provision for the right to disconnect.
On the sidelines of the meeting, the Minister held contacts with his counterparts and EU officials.
In a statement after the Council, the Labour Minister said. We decided that work on digital platforms must be regulated and the abusive adoption of self-employment must be tackled, and I informed my colleagues about the progress made on labour issues in our country."
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