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December 7, 2022
Published by EPICENTER on December 7, 2022
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EU Minimum Wage Will Harm Subsidiarity And Low-income Earners

The briefing reviews the newly passed directive on adequate minimum wages in the EU and investigates its potential negative impacts on traditional collective bargaining agreements and low-income groups.
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October 6, 2020
Published by EPICENTER on October 6, 2020
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Working Conditions of Platform Workers

The European Commission has published a study on working conditions of platform workers. The report identifies key challenges related to platform work, such as employment status, autonomy, and information available to the workers about their working conditions, non-discrimination and dispute resolution.
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September 3, 2020
Published by EPICENTER on September 3, 2020
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Challenges Related to Fair Minimum Wages

This position paper is a response to the European Commission’s second phase consultation with social partners. The EC’s initiative has a general objective of ensuring that “all workers in the EU are protected by fair minimum wages, allowing for a decent living wherever they work.”
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September 6, 2018
Published by EPICENTER on September 6, 2018
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Minimum Wage Regulation; It’s Complicated

Raising mandatory minimum wage might seem to be a simple policy that serves to increase wages for low-income earners. Politicians use this policy with good intentions to reduce poverty and inequality. Yet, it has serious drawbacks and creates unintended consequences.
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November 10, 2016
Published by LMFI on November 10, 2016
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Initiatives Against Posted Workers – Protectionism in Disguise

Posting of workers plays an essential role in the internal market of the European Union. Drawing on the fundamental values of the free movement of persons and the free movement of services, it allows workers from one EU member state to work and carry out services in another member state on a temporary basis.
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