8 Dec

At the Council meeting of the employment and social ministers held in Brussels on 6 December 2021 the Member States reached a general approach regarding the draft Directive on a framework for adequate minimum wages in the European Union and also about the draft Directive to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work, or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms. The Council gave mandates to the Presidency to enter into the interinstitutional negotiations with respect to the draft Directives. This, in case of the draft Directive on a framework for adequate minimum wages in the European Union will commence before the end of this year.

The Council adopted council conclusion on sustainable work over the life course also on the impact of artificial intelligence on gender equality in the labour market.

The European Commission presented the autumn package of the European Semester and both the outgoing Slovenian and the incoming French Presidencies presented their achievements and their work program