{"id":2033,"date":"2018-11-09T16:03:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T15:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&p=2033"},"modified":"2018-11-09T16:03:15","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T15:03:15","slug":"l-ewro-parlamentari-fuq-il-kumitat-tax-xoghol-iridu-jsahhu-d-drittijiet-tal-haddiema","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/l-ewro-parlamentari-fuq-il-kumitat-tax-xoghol-iridu-jsahhu-d-drittijiet-tal-haddiema\/","title":{"rendered":"Employment Committee MEPs want to boost workers\u2019 rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New rules on minimum rights for workers in on-demand, voucher-based or platform employment, such as Uber or Deliveroo, were approved by the Employment Committee.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Employment Committee MEPs said\u00a0that a person, who for a certain period perform services for and under the direction of another person in return for remuneration, should be covered by these new concrete rights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This would mean that workers in casual or short-term employment, on-demand workers, intermittent workers, voucher-based workers, platform workers, as well as domestic workers, freelancers, trainees and apprentices, deserve a set of minimum rights,\u00a0as long as\u00a0they meet these criteria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Transparency<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the approved text, all workers need to be informed from day one of the essential aspects of their contract, such as its duration, notice periods and initial basic salary. MEPs introduced a requirement for employers to provide such information in writing and include details about trainings, bonuses and overtime payments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

New forms of employment<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To cover new forms of employment, MEPs focused on refining a specific set of rights and security.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n