L-imsieħba soċjali
"Imsieħba soċjali" huwa terminu użat b'mod ġenerali fl-Ewropa biex jirreferi għar-rappreżentanti tal-maniġment u l-ħaddiema (l-organizzazzjonijiet ta' min iħaddem u t-trejdjunjins), u f'xi kuntesti l-awtoritajiet pubbliċi, li jinvolvu ruħhom fi djalogu soċjali. It-terminu "imsieħba soċjali Ewropej" jirreferi speċifikament għal dawk l-organizzazzjonijiet fil-livell tal-UE li huma involuti fi djalogu soċjali Ewropew, previst fl-Artikoli 154 u 155 tat-Trattat dwar il-Funzjonament tal-Unjoni Ewropea (TFUE). L-imsieħba soċjali għandhom rwol ewlieni fil-governanza tar-relazzjoni ta' impjieg, u huma atturi ewlenin fis-sistemi ta' relazzjonijiet industrijali. Fil-biċċa l-kbira tal-Istati Membri tal-UE, dawn jiffurmaw il-kundizzjonijiet tax-xogħol u jinfluwenzaw il-politika soċjali, jew permezz ta' negozjar kollettiv jew djalogu soċjali tripartitiku. Dawn huma partijiet interkonnessi f'sistema ta' governanza f'diversi livelli li tinkludi l-livelli Ewropej, nazzjonali, settorjali, reġjonali (provinċjali jew lokali), tal-kumpaniji u tal-istabbilimenti.
Sib l-aktar kontenut reċenti dwar dan is-suġġett hawn taħt.
Rappreżentanza tal-organizzazzjonijiet Ewropej tal-partners soċjali: Settur tal-agrikoltura – 2026
Dan l-istudju jipprovdi informazzjoni li tippermetti valutazzjoni tar-rappreżentattività tal-organizzazzjonijiet involuti fil-kumitat Ewropew ta' djalogu soċjali sektorjali għas-settur agrikolu. Ir-rappreżentanza relattiva tagħhom tleġittimizza d-dritt tagħhom li jiġu kkonsultati u l-kapaċità tagħhom li jinnegozjaw ftehimiet. L-għan tal-istudji ta' Eurofound dwar ir-rappreżentanza huwa li jidentifikaw l-organizzazzjonijiet nazzjonali u Ewropej ta' sħab soċjali rilevanti fis-settur. Dan l-istudju jidentifika l-Federazzjoni Ewropea tal-Unjins tal-Ikel, l-Agrikoltura u t-Turiżmu (EFFAT), li jirrappreżentaw lill-impjegati, u l-Grupp tal-Impjegaturi tal-Organizzazzjonijiet Agrikoli Professjonali fl-Unjoni Ewropea / il-Kumitat tal-Organizzazzjonijiet Professjonali Agrikoli fl-Unjoni Ewropea (GEOPA-COPA), li jirrappreżentaw lill-impjegaturi, bħala l-aktar organizzazzjonijiet rappreżentattivi ta' sħab soċjali fil-livell Ewropew fis-settur tal-agrikoltura.
Involviment ta' organizzazzjonijiet ta' impjegaturi u unjins tax-xogħol fis-Semester Ewropew fl-2024–2025
Dan ir-rapport jeżamina r-rwol tal-unions tax-xogħol u l-organizzazzjonijiet tal-impjegaturi fil-formazzjoni tal-pjanijiet strutturali fiskali ta' medju żmien u r-rapporti annwali tal-progress tal-2025. Janalizza l-involviment tal-partners soċjali fuq livell nazzjonali mal-gvernijiet, kif ukoll l-involviment tagħhom mal-Kummissjoni Ewropea f'missjonijiet ta' riċerka, rapporti tal-pajjiż u rakkomandazzjonijiet speċifiċi għall-pajjiż, u jevalwa l-parteċipazzjoni tagħhom fis-semester Ewropew usa', inkluż il-qafas il-ġdid ta' konverġenza soċjali.Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Personal services sector – 2026
This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the personal services sector.Il-Eurofound tinvestiga u tirrapporta dwar l-iżviluppi li jikkonċernaw l-imsieħba soċjali, u r-riċerka teżamina kif dawn irreaġixxew fl-Istati Membri tal-UE u fin-Norveġja għall-ħafna sfidi politiċi, legali u soċjali ġodda li nqalgħu f'dawn l-aħħar snin.
It-TFUE jirrikonoxxi u jippromwovi r-rwol tal-imsieħba soċjali fil-livell tal-UE u jiddokumenta l-impenn tal-UE li tiffaċilita d-djalogu bejn l-imsieħba soċjali, filwaqt li tirrispetta l-awtonomija tagħhom. Dan ir-rikonoxximent huwa muri mill-adozzjoni tal-programmi ta' ħidma pluriennali tal-imsieħba soċjali. F'dawn il-programmi, l-imsieħba soċjali nfushom jistabbilixxu l-prijoritajiet u l-aġenda tan-negozjati tagħhom u jiddeċiedu dwar l-istrumenti xierqa għad-djalogu soċjali.
Matul is-snin, kien hemm rikonoxximent akbar tar-rwol tal-imsieħba soċjali fil-livell tal-UE mill-istituzzjonijiet Ewropej. Dan huwa rifless, pereżempju, fit-twaqqif ta' summit soċjali tripartitiku annwali bejn il-Kunsill Ewropew, il-Kummissjoni Ewropea u l-imsieħba soċjali, li jippermetti lil dawn tal-aħħar jikkontribwixxu, fil-kuntest tad-djalogu soċjali tagħhom, għad-diversi komponenti tal-governanza ekonomika u soċjali tal-UE. L-organizzazzjonijiet transindustrijali ewlenin li jirrappreżentaw lill-imsieħba soċjali fil-livell tal-UE huma:
il-Konfederazzjoni Ewropea tat-Trejdjunjins (ETUC)
il-Konfederazzjoni tan-Negozju Ewropew (BusinessEurope)
l-Assoċjazzjoni tas-Snajja' u l-SMEs fl-Ewropa (SMEunited, li qabel kienet UEAPME)
iċ-Ċentru Ewropew ta' Min Iħaddem u l-Intrapriżi li jipprovdu Servizzi Pubbliċi u Servizzi ta' Interess Ġenerali (CEEP)
L-imsieħba soċjali għandhom rwol prominenti fit-tfassil tal-leġiżlazzjoni soċjali tal-UE. Il-Kummissjoni għandha tikkonsulta mal-imsieħba soċjali qabel ma tissottometti proposti fil-qasam tal-politika soċjali permezz ta' proċedura ta' konsultazzjoni obbligatorja f'żewġ stadji (l-Artikolu 154 tat-TFUE). Barra minn hekk, l-imsieħba soċjali jistgħu jinnegozjaw ftehimiet li jistgħu jiġu implimentati jew b'mod awtonomu skont il-prattiki nazzjonali, jew jiġu implimentati fuq talba tagħhom fil-livell tal-UE permezz ta' deċiżjoni tal-Kunsill (l-Artikolu 155 tat-TFUE). Għal dan il-għan, il-ftehimiet tal-imsieħba soċjali implimentati fil-livell tal-UE kellhom rwol sinifikanti fl-iżvilupp tal-acquis soċjali tal-UE.
Barra minn hekk, il-korpi istituzzjonali Ewropej iqisu liż-żewġ naħat tal-industrija bħala kruċjali għall-iżvilupp tas-Semestru Ewropew, iċ-ċiklu ta' koordinazzjoni tal-politika ekonomika u fiskali fi ħdan l-UE. Filwaqt li r-rwol tal-imsieħba soċjali fis-Semestru mhuwiex stabbilit b'mod ċar fil-qafas leġiżlattiv, il-parteċipazzjoni tagħhom ġiet rikonoxxuta u msaħħa fir-Regolament 1175/2011 dwar is-sorveljanza tal-pożizzjonijiet baġitarji u s-sorveljanza u l-koordinazzjoni tal-politiki ekonomiċi. Is-Semestru Ewropew imġedded, li nbeda fl-2015, jippermetti aktar żmien għad-djalogu u involviment akbar tal-imsieħba soċjali fil-livelli kollha. F'Marzu 2025, il-Kummissjoni u s-sħab soċjali transindustrijali ffirmaw Patt konġunt dwar it-tisħiħ tad-djalogu soċjali Ewropew. Dan jibni fuq id-Dikjarazzjoni tal-2024 tal-Imsieħba Soċjali ta' Val Duchesse.
Il-Kummissjoni Ewropea: Il-Kummissjoni u l-imsieħba soċjali jiffirmaw Patt konġunt biex jissaħħaħ id-djalogu soċjali fl-Ewropaopens in new tab
Il-Kummissjoni Ewropea: Is-Semestru Ewropewopens in new tab
Il-Kummissjoni Ewropea: Konsultazzjonijiet mal-imsieħba soċjaliopens in new tab
BusinessEurope: Djalogu soċjali Ewropew – Programm ta' ħidma 2022–2024opens in new tab
Din hija għażla tal-aktar riżultati importanti għal dan is-suġġett.
31 March 2025
National-level social governance of the European Semester and the Recovery and Resilience Facility
The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) is integrated into the European Semester framework for economic and social policy coordination. It is the cornerstone of the NextGenerationEU package and provides funds to Member States for the implementation of the reforms and investments in their recovery and resilience plans until the end of 2026.
This report looks at the extent and quality of social partner involvement in the European Semester and in the RRF. It examines the question of how the social partners have been involved in the design and implementation of national recovery and resilience plans and how satisfied they have been with this involvement. It also aims to identify general trends in the implementation of the national plans, with a particular focus on measures in the social policy field. The involvement of the social partners came to the fore with the adoption of a new economic governance framework in April 2024, which introduced national medium-term fiscal-structural plans on which the social partners need to be consulted.
19 July 2023
Supporting regions in the just transition: Role of social partners
This report investigates the involvement of social partners in the just transition to a climate-neutral economy, with a particular focus on the territorial just transition plans. These plans aim to support the regions most negatively affected by the just transition by assisting workers to retrain, relocate and find other jobs, and also support industries that need to phase out fossil fuels or other greenhouse gas-intensive activities. The role and input of the social partners in these plans and their views on the just transition are explored. An analysis of social dialogue practices and examples of collective agreements shows the range of topics covered by the social partners. The report also investigates the role of the energy crisis in the just transition and how it has contributed to delays in the implementation of territorial just transition plans in certain Member States.
10 December 2021
Social partners going digital: Using digital tools and adapting social dialogue processes
Digital transformation is changing the world of work. This report looks at how social partners – the actors involved in the regulation of employment relationships – are increasingly adopting technological solutions to improve the services that they provide to their members and facilitate collective bargaining processes. Technological tools offer social partners the opportunity to enhance consultation, engage with their members through digitised processes, improve services and increase networking activities, as well as addressing the issue of membership decline. The findings of this report show that the extent to which the social partners use digital technologies varies greatly across the EU Member States, Norway and the United Kingdom. Provisions in collective agreements on several aspects of digitalisation have been identified in about half of the countries. Through these provisions, social partners encourage their members to boost training on digital skills, ensure fair and safe working conditions and take account of data protection and employee monitoring practices. The European social partners’ autonomous framework agreement on digitalisation has provided inspiration to national-level organisations, and follow-up actions in this regard have the potential to greatly benefit their members.
9 March 2021
Involvement of social partners in policymaking during the COVID-19 outbreak
Since 2016, Eurofound has closely monitored the involvement of national social partners in policymaking as part of the European Semester cycle. In 2020, the focus was on their involvement during the first months of the COVID-19 outbreak. While the pandemic has presented a huge challenge to social dialogue, the results of the analysis highlight how social dialogue can be an effective tool in shaping policy initiatives and finding solutions to emergency situations affecting businesses, workers, the economy and society. It is clear that the participation of social partners in the design and implementation of national recovery and resilience plans in 2021 will be key in the recovery process and for strengthening social dialogue going forward.
30 August 2020
Role of social partners in tackling discrimination at work
This report assesses the role of the social partners in tackling workplace discrimination. Against the background of EU and national anti-discrimination legislation, it highlights the extent to which the need to tackle discrimination on different grounds is on the radar of cross-sectoral social partners. It also provides an overview of the measures taken to deal with the persistent incidence of discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, and sexual orientation or gender identity.
24 June 2020
COVID-19: Policy responses across Europe
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of individuals and societies, including on the economy and labour markets, is unprecedented. The impact of the global health emergency has placed a growing number of businesses under threat, putting the jobs of more and more workers at risk and impacting the livelihoods of many citizens. Policymakers moved swiftly in an effort to mitigate the social and economic effects on businesses, workers and citizens. Eurofound’s COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch database provides information on initiatives introduced to cushion these effects. Drawing on the content of this database of around 500 policy initiatives (April 2020), this report aims to present an overview of both large-scale government measures and collective agreements that impact on large groups of workers, setting this in the context of the evolving labour market situation.
Data: COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch
10 September 2020
Capacity building for effective social dialogue in the European Union
The aim of this report is to add to the discussion on how Eurofound can contribute to supporting capacity building of social partners for effective social dialogue. The report includes a review by Eurofound aimed at identifying the capacity-building needs and initiatives of social partners in relation to national frameworks for autonomous collective bargaining, involvement in European social dialogue and the European Semester, and the development of membership and services for members. It also includes the results from stakeholder consultations and two exchange seminars held in 2019, along with a set of policy pointers for further discussion.
6 December 2019
European sectoral social dialogue: Facts and figures
European sectoral social dialogue plays an important role in promoting dialogue between the social partners in industrial sectors at European level. There are currently 43 European sectoral social dialogue committees that bring together the social partners from the EU Member States – representatives of trade unions and employer organisations – to engage in dialogue on behalf of specific sectors. This research report provides facts and figures on sectoral diversity, social partner organisations, and representativeness at EU, Member State and sectoral levels.
Ir-riċerkaturi tal-Eurofound jipprovdu għarfien espert u jistgħu jiġu kkuntattjati għal mistoqsijiet jew talbiet mill-midja.
Peter Kerckhofs
Senior research managerPeter Kerckhofs huwa maniġer anzjan tar-riċerka fl-unità tal-Ħajja tax-Xogħol fil-Eurofound. Ix-xogħol tiegħu jiffoka fuq ir-rwol tal-imsieħba soċjali fis-Semestru Ewropew u wkoll fuq ir-rappurtar nazzjonali dwar l-iżviluppi fir-relazzjonijiet industrijali. Peter għandu għarfien espert wiesa' fl-iżvilupp tal-metodoloġija għall-istudji tar-rappreżentanza, l-applikazzjoni ta' kriterji ta' rappreżentanza Ewropej u nazzjonali fil-kuntest speċifiku ta' setturi differenti, filwaqt li akkumula wkoll għarfien fil-fond tax-xenarju tar-relazzjonijiet industrijali f'diversi setturi. Peter ħadem ukoll fuq proġetti relatati mal-Kunsilli tax-Xogħlijiet Ewropej u d-Djalogu Soċjali Settorjali Ewropew. Qabel ma ngħaqad mal-Eurofound, huwa ħadem bħala riċerkatur għall-ETUI u l-UCL, bħala segretarju politiku għall-EMCEF u kien koordinatur xjentifiku tal-Iskola tal-PhD tal-fakultà tax-xjenzi soċjali tal-KU Leuven. Huwa għandu grad ta 'Baċellerat fil-Ħidma Soċjali u grad ta' Masters fix-Xjenza Politika minn KU Leuven u wieħed fir-Relazzjonijiet Internazzjonali mill-UCL, u għandu PhD fir-Relazzjonijiet Industrijali mill-Università ta 'Manchester.
Din it-taqsima tipprovdi aċċess għall-kontenut kollu li ġie ppubblikat dwar is-suġġett.
