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The next EMPL meeting is scheduled to take place on 18-19 March 2024.
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The rights of workers to be informed and consulted on decisions that affect their working conditions is a crucial right. Indeed, it is protected by the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, part of the European Pillar of Social Rights, and enshrined in the EU Treaties. In this context, more than a thousand European Works Councils (EWCs) were created following the adoption of Council Directive 94/45/EC of 22 September 1994 on the establishment of a European Works Council.
The European Semester as the European Union’s framework for coordination and surveillance of economic and social policies is one of the most important tools in the governance system which directly influences the implementation of the EU's fiscal rules and other policies. Until 2022, the European Parliament's involvement in the Semester (via the EMPL and ECON Committees) consisted of two sets of annual Own-Initiative Reports.
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