Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council
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The Minister for Employment (Alok Sharma)
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will take place on 15 March 2019 in Brussels. I plan to represent the UK.
The Council will be invited to agree a partial general approach on a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council that continues the European globalisation adjustment fund (EGF).
Under the European semester agenda item, the Council will adopt the joint employment report for 2019, along with conclusions on the 2019 annual growth survey, and the Commission will present its country reports for 2019. The Romanian presidency has chosen the social dimension of Europe post 2020 as the theme for debate.
Under other business, the presidency will give updates on six current legislative proposals: a regulation establishing a European labour authority; revision of the regulations on the co-ordination of social security systems; revision of the directive on carcinogens and mutagens (third batch); and directives on work-life balance, on accessibility requirements for products and services and on transparent and predictable working conditions.
The presidency will also provide information on its recent conference on an EU framework on national strategies for Roma inclusion. The Commission will present information on the tripartite social summit which will take place on 20 March, and the Chairs of the Employment Committee and the Social Protection Committee will present the committees’ work programmes for 2019.
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