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Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee in the Gas Sector - Working Group 2/2024 Brussels Belgium

Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee in the Gas Sector - Working Group 2/2024

Utilities, PPPs, Outsourcing, Digitalisation, Recruitment & organising, Corporate Social Responsibility

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Mar. 15, 2024

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EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence passes council vote

Despite last minute push back from a number of EU Member States, the EU Council today finally voted in favour of the new EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD).

Mar. 15, 2024

EPSU Standing Committee on Local and Regional Government, February 2024, Brussels

Waste, organising, and digitalisation: local and regional government standing committee meets

At its 62nd meeting, the LRG Standing Committee defined its priorities for 2024 in line with the program of action of the 2019 EPSU Congress in Dublin.

Sep. 26, 2023

DQP Final Conference

Digitalisation: more flexibility for some but less autonomy for others

Digitalisation can deliver better work-life balance but the risks of greater control and monitoring of workers are significant. This is one of the key conclusions of a two-year research project on digitalisation in the public services that concluded with a conference in Brussels on 25 September.

Feb. 23, 2021

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Social partners’ hearing with the European Commission- towards a sustainable corporate governance initiative

EPSU joined a dedicated hearing with social partners on the “sustainable corporate governance initiative” organised by Commission’s DG Justice and Consumers.

Nov. 30, 2020

Drinking Water Directive sees progress. The fight for Human Right to Water and Sanitation continues

Press Release - EPSU welcomes the vote on the Drinking Water Directive recast in the European Parliament today as small step forward to realise the Human Right to Water in the EU.

Apr. 09, 2020

Social partners electricity sector cover report EPSU

Digitalisation at the heart of social partners’ commitment to keep the lights on

In these times of public health crisis, digital technologies enable the electricity sector to keep the lights on, adapting traditional models from generation to smart infrastructure in our constantly transforming industry.

Sep. 03, 2019

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Public and Private Sector efficiency

A major review of hundreds of academic studies reveals that there is no empirical evidence that the private sector is intrinsically more efficient than the public sector

Jul. 01, 2019

10th EPSU Congress June 2019 Dublin Youth Network members

EPSU Programme of Action and Affiliates Resolutions

The EPSU programme of action has been adopted at the 10th EPSU Congress, 4-7 June 2019, Dublin; it highlights the main priorities for EPSU over the next Congress period and is set out on the basis of three main themes.

Oct. 22, 2018

Cover page report Eurodad PPS history repppeated

Report exposes further problems with public-private partnerships

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) can end up leaving citizens and the public sector facing higher costs, greater risk, less transparency and more complexity than the public sector alternative.

Feb. 09, 2017

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EPSU’s Utilities SC grapples with challenges of digitalisation and a just transition through social dialogue

A packed EPSU Utilities Standing Committee grappled with the massive impact digitalisation is having on Europe’s utilities sector.

Apr. 29, 2016

Trade Union Strategies Towards Decent Work in Global Supply Chains

Representatives from European national unions – Bulgaria, Malta, Poland, Sweden - and ETUFs – EPSU, ETF - discussed strategies to ensure good working conditions in global supply chains with their

Jan. 22, 2014

First follow-up of Joint position on the social aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility

European Social Dialogue Committee for the Electricity Sector, EURELECTRC/industriAll Europe/ EPSU Positive actions on Training/Health & safety/Equal opportunity & Diversity (22 January 2014) Following the 2009 Joint Statement on the

May. 27, 2013

Skills, CSR, employment, South East European energy community discussed in electricity social dialogue

(27 May 2013) Agreement was reached to continue exploring the establishment of a [sector skill council in the electricity sector->art8856] which can respond to developments on the labour market, new

Mar. 25, 2013

Training, employment, CSR, sector skill council on agenda of electricity social partners

(25 March 2013) The European social partners in the electricity sector continued their work on a number of burning issues and concluded with agreements. The social partners [adopted three texts->art9367]

Nov. 21, 2012

Electricity social partners consider skill council, training, CSR, and internal market electricity and gas

(20 November 2012) Training was the main issue. The unions and employers considered the [follow up of their conference->art8856] on the Future of Jobs and Skills in the European electricity