A fair and efficient labour market is essential for upholding workers’ rights and ensuring fair competition in the construction industry. However, issues like undeclared work, social dumping, and bogus self-employment harm compliant SMEs and compromise the social rights of workers.
EBC actively works to improve EU labour market enforcement, participating in discussions to protect construction SMEs from unfair competition and ensure workers can exercise their social and labour rights fully.
Social Affairs
EBC supports the new European Parliament Intergroup focused on education and skills development to tackle labour shortages and the need for upskilling in response to green and digital transitions.
Social Affairs
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Last week, on 16 January, the European Labour Authority (ELA) held its annual outreach event for social partners in Brussels, to which EBC was invited next to several other SME...
Social Affairs
The European Labour Authority (ELA) considers the construction sector to be a critical area as the largest industrial employer in the EU. Many of its sectoral employment models are relevant...
Social Affairs
On 15 March 2023, the European Labour Authority (ELA) organised a thematic meeting on the posting of workers in the construction sector, in the context of its Working Group on...
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Yesterday, the final event of the Erasmus+ project Construction Blueprint for skills took place in Brussels and online. The event was the perfect occasion to present the final findings of this 4-yea...
