Social Affairs Committee (French National Assembly)

Press release - Exposure to asbestos: MEPs adopt law to protect workers more robustly

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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Lower level of exposure

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  • Lower level of exposure
    The law aims to reduce exposure to asbestos fibres to the lowest possible level.
  • The new rules also include new requirements to protect workers more robustly.
  • These new rules on asbestos drastically reduce the level of asbestos that workers are exposed to, protecting them from the dangerous carcinogen.
  • It is by far the biggest cause of work-related cancer: 78% of occupational cancers recognised in EU member states are related to asbestos exposure.

New England Law | Boston Law Day Banquet and Barrister's Ball Welcomes Distinguished Friends and Colleagues, Features the Honorable David A. Lowy as Keynote Speaker

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023
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Friends of the law school joined students, alumni, faculty, and staff for the event, which featured the Honorable David A. Lowy, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, as keynote speaker.

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  • Friends of the law school joined students, alumni, faculty, and staff for the event, which featured the Honorable David A. Lowy, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, as keynote speaker.
  • Law Day was established in 1958 by proclamation of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  • Nationwide, Law Day celebrations include events at law schools, court houses, bar associations, secondary schools, and community centers.
  • Justice Lowy shared his thoughts on the Law Day theme with more than 800 guests.

Highlights - Social and employment consequences of the rising cost of living hearing – 6.02.23 - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Monday, February 13, 2023
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Social and employment consequences of the rising cost of living hearing – 6.02.23

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  • Social and employment consequences of the rising cost of living hearing – 6.02.23
    On 6 February, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Committee held a hearing on “the Social and employment consequences of the rising cost of living”.
  • With the war in Ukraine and rocketing energy prices, inflation levels have been rising steadily.
  • The hearing aimed to evaluate the situation of workers and all people in the Member States suffering from the rising cost of living.
  • Additionally, it highlighted the measures which are being taken or could be implemented at both Member State and EU level in order to effectively address the social and employment consequences of the rising cost of living.

Press release - Opening: President Metsola on more integrity, independence and accountability

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
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Press release - Gender pay gap: deal reached on binding pay-transparency measures

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Thursday, December 15, 2022
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Pay structures to compare pay levels should be based on gender-neutral criteria and include gender-neutral job evaluation and classification systems.

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  • Pay structures to compare pay levels should be based on gender-neutral criteria and include gender-neutral job evaluation and classification systems.
  • Vacancy notices and job titles will have to be gender neutral and recruitment processes led in a non-discriminatory manner.
  • If pay reporting shows a gender pay gap of at least 5%, employers will have to conduct a joint pay assessment in cooperation with their workers representatives.
  • Parliament pushed for more workers to have their right to equal pay and pay information and for more companies to be transparent about the pay gap.

Article - Cost of living crisis: targeted support and reforms needed (interview)

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022
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EU governments should support those most affected by rising prices and carry on with reforms, MEPs Ludk Niedermayer and Drago Pslaru said in an interview.

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  • EU governments should support those most affected by rising prices and carry on with reforms, MEPs Ludk Niedermayer and Drago Pslaru said in an interview.
  • While he is in favour of targeted support for businesses and households, Niedermayer warned against very broad supportive measures that are expensive, and have potential to create inflation.
  • Pslaru noted that the EU post-pandemic recovery plan focuses on providing support for national reforms and investments.
  • These longer-term solutions, the reforms and investments that we are putting forward, are going to take us out of the inflation crisis, he concluded.