The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) published today its findings 2018 on the follow-up given by 8 States (Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Portugal) to decisions in the collective complaints procedure.
In 2018, the Committee examined situations concerning notably the rights of the elderly in Finland, the right to housing of Roma and Travellers in several countries, the right to inclusive education of autistic children as well as the difficulties of access for young adults with autism to vocational training in France, the lack of sufficiently clear, binding and precise prohibition of corporal punishment in French, Greek and Irish legislation, austerity measures affecting various labour rights such as minimum wages for young workers under 25 and paid annual leave for apprentices in Greece, the right to an increased rate of pay for additional working hours of active members of the national police force in France or the insufficient number of non-objecting doctors in services carrying out voluntary terminations of pregnancy in Italy.
Out of 49 cases examined, only 5 have been brought into conformity with the Charter and the Committee decided to terminate the follow-up to these 5 decisions.
The Collective complaints procedure allows national and international trade union representations, employers’ organisations, social partners and non-governmental actors to submit to the Committee their complaints about violations of the European Social Charter, a Council of Europe treaty that safeguards day-to-day fundamental social and economic rights such as housing, health, education, employment, social protection, welfare, freedom of movement of persons, non-discrimination.
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