Second World Summit for Social Development

‘Stresses the importance of using the Social Scoreboard and the Social Convergence Framework to identify risks and to track progress towards achieving upward social convergence, reducing inequalities, strengthening social protection systems and promoting decent working conditions and supportive measures to ensure fairness in the transitions; stresses that, in this regard, it is necessary to ensure a sustainable, socially just and inclusive Europe where social rights are fully protected and safeguarded; recalls that EU citizens identify a social Europe as one of their priorities;’

‘highlights therefore the need for the Commission to bring forward as a matter of urgency a quality jobs package, including the necessary legislative initiatives and investments to ensure quality jobs;’ without the words ‘including the necessary legislative initiatives and investments’

‘Urges the Commission and the Member States to foster democracy at work, social dialogue and collective bargaining and the protection of workers’ rights, particularly in the context of the green and digital transitions; highlights the need to keep allocating sufficient resources in the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) to support social dialogue and collective bargaining, and strengthen capacity building for social partners; calls for further efforts to ensure equal pay for equal work done by men and women, enhance pay transparency and address gender-based inequality to close the gender pay, pension and employment gaps in the EU;’

Text as a whole without the words: ‘and reiterates the call for new legal initiatives on AI and algorithmic management in the workplace, as well as on the right to disconnect;’

‘Urges the EU and its Member States to ensure that the green transition is socially just, with specific support for workers, households, regions and enterprises affected by structural changes and new labour market demands; notes that climate adaptation and mitigation strategies, if carefully designed through robust social dialogue, can generate resilient economic ecosystems, quality jobs, sustainable enterprises and more inclusive societies, leaving no one behind;’