{"id":2302,"date":"2019-01-30T08:41:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T07:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2302"},"modified":"2019-01-30T08:41:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T07:41:50","slug":"il-prijorita-tad-drittijiet-socjali-fl-ue","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/il-prijorita-tad-drittijiet-socjali-fl-ue\/","title":{"rendered":"Prioritising Social Rights in the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2291\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/iStock-859461886.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2128\" height=\"1409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/iStock-859461886.jpg 2128w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/iStock-859461886-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/iStock-859461886-768x509.jpg 768w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/iStock-859461886-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2128px) 100vw, 2128px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission has taken concrete initiatives to put the 20 principles of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/priorities\/deeper-and-fairer-economic-and-monetary-union\/european-pillar-social-rights_en\">European Pillar of Social Rights<\/a>\u00a0into practice at European level.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The pillar aims to\u00a0take into account\u00a0the changing realities of the world of work and will serve as a compass for the renewed convergence within the euro area. This initiative is primarily conceived for the euro area, but open to all\u00a0Member\u00a0States wishing to participate.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Major steps forward have been taken in the EU\u2019s legislative procedure recently in the following fields:<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/social\/main.jsp?catId=1312&amp;langId=en\">Access to social protection<\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/social\/main.jsp?langId=en&amp;catId=148&amp;newsId=9210&amp;furtherNews=yes\">Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive<\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/social\/main.jsp?langId=en&amp;catId=1414&amp;\">European Labour Authority (ELA)<\/a>\u202f<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/social\/main.jsp?langId=en&amp;catId=471&amp;newsId=9225&amp;furtherNews=yes\">Posting of Workers Directive<\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/social\/main.jsp?catId=849&amp;langId=en\">Social Security Coordination<\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/social\/BlobServlet?docId=20458&amp;langId=en\">According to the European Commission<\/a>, progress has been made, as \u201caround 12 million jobs have been created since the start of the Juncker Commission, unemployment decreased to its lowest level ever recorded and, with almost 239 million people in a job in the second quarter of 2018, employment levels have reached an all-time high\u201d.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Despite this, \u201cthere must be no complacency\u201d. In fact, as of \u201cSeptember 2018, 16.6 million persons were still unemployed, including 3.3 million young people\u201d.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information, please click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/social\/main.jsp?langId=en&amp;catId=89&amp;newsId=9251&amp;furtherNews=yes\">here<\/a>.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The European Commission has taken concrete initiatives to put the 20 principles of the\u00a0European Pillar of Social Rights\u00a0into practice at European level.\u00a0 The pillar aims to\u00a0take into account\u00a0the changing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2291,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[95],"issuem_issue_categories":[14],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2302"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2302"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2304,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2302\/revisions\/2304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=2302"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=2302"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=2302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}