A fair and efficient labour market is essential for upholding workers’ rights and ensuring fair competition in the construction industry. However, issues like undeclared work, social dumping, and bogus self-employment harm compliant SMEs and compromise the social rights of workers.
EBC actively works to improve EU labour market enforcement, participating in discussions to protect construction SMEs from unfair competition and ensure workers can exercise their social and labour rights fully.
Social Affairs
The European Labour Authority (ELA) considers the construction sector to be a critical area as the largest industrial employer in the EU. Many of its sectoral employment models are relevant...
Social Affairs
On 15 March 2023, the European Labour Authority (ELA) organised a thematic meeting on the posting of workers in the construction sector, in the context of its Working Group on...
Social Affairs
Yesterday, the final event of the Erasmus+ project Construction Blueprint for skills took place in Brussels and online. The event was the perfect occasion to present the final findings of this 4-yea...
Social Affairs
The posting of workers is one of the key areas of the mandate of the European Labour Authority (ELA). The year 2023 will witness further activities of ELA in this...
Social Affairs
On 14 December, the European Labour Authority (ELA) organized a meeting in Brussels to continue the direct exchanges with sectorial social partners at European level. On this occasion, EBC was...
Economy
In the context of the EU Industry Days 2022, EBC Secretary General Fernando Sigchos Jiménez was invited by the European Commission DG Grow to speak in an episode of the...
