This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs today endorsed a mandate for negotiations with member states to ensure proper trainee working conditions and dissuade companies from disguising standard jobs as traineeships Parliament’s mandate, prepared by the Employment and Social Affairs Committee, proposes changes to new EU rules on traineeships to […]Parliament ready to negotiate better working conditions for trainees
October 8, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs today endorsed a mandate for negotiations with member states to ensure proper trainee working conditions and dissuade companies from disguising standard jobs as traineeships Parliament’s mandate, prepared by the Employment and Social Affairs Committee, proposes changes to new EU rules on traineeships to […]Improving the quality of traineeships: Commission launches second-phase consultation of social partners
September 29, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission launches the second-phase consultation of European social partners to update the 2014 EU Quality Framework for Traineeships. It follows the conclusion on 15 September of the first-phase consultation, which elicited responses from 13 European social partners. Based on those replies, the […]Improving the quality of traineeships: Commission launches first-stage consultation of social partners
July 12, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission launches the first-stage consultation of European social partners on reinforcing the EU Quality Framework for Traineeships. The existing framework sets out 21 quality principles for traineeships that Member States are recommended to put into practice to ensure high-quality learning and adequate […]Commission: Gifts of €6 billion and free trainees to ‘help’ poor employers
December 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This newspaper feels fully vindicated after yesterday’s announcement issued by the European Commission, stating that the EU’s executive arm is proposing a Council recommendation which will institutionalise a Quality Framework for Traineeships. This was a badly needed decision in view of the upcoming application of the widely advertised €6 billion Youth Guarantee scheme, which promises […]
