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Articoli Correlati: European Parliament

On 15 April 2019, with 466 votes in favor, 145 against and 37 abstentions, the European Parliament approved a text of the law which provides for new rights for Gig economy workers to guarantee a series of minimum rights to casual workers, on call , intermittent, and in addition to paid trainees and apprentices if they work on average at least three hours a week and 12 hours a week. Measures will have to be taken by E.U. countries within the next three years. The speaker Enrique Calvet Chambon called the measure a first big step towards the implementation of the European pillar of social rights, in order to prevent any abuse of labor market flexibility. As a general principle, all workers must be informed from the first day, and, where justified, within seven days, the essential aspects of their work contract, such as: job description, start date, duration, remuneration, standard working day for those who have unpredictable working hours. Workers hired on call or with similar forms of employment must be guaranteed: a minimum level of predictability, such as pre-determined times and days of reference; the possibility to refuse, without consequences, an assignment outside the pre-established time or to be compensated if the assignment is not canceled in time; the prohibition for employers to sanction workers who want to accept jobs with other companies, if the new tasks do not fall within the established working time.
The maximum duration of the trial period will be set at six months or in another measure proportional to the expected duration of the contract in the case of temporary work. There will be no trial period for a renewed contract with the same or equivalent duties. The employer must provide free training during working hours