Social and non-discrimination provisions in the employment field in the charter : e-learning national active charter training, March 2019

Abstract

This Training Handbook offers an overview of the main challenges in the protection of social rights. Contrary to other legal systems solely dedicated to the protection of social rights (such as the International Labour Organisation or the European Social Charter of the Council of Europe), the EU has a broader political and economic agenda. Social rights in the EU face several challenges, such as keeping social dumping at bay, reconciling high standard labour markets and social security policies with the stringent post-crisis requirements of the Economic and Monetary Union, and finding a harmonious balance between worker’s rights and the freedom to conduct business. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU is not always effective when it comes to the social rights it claims to protect. This Handbook aims at detangling the complicated web of EU fundamental social rights protection, highlighting the impact of EU and national jurisprudence on this topic.