On 23 August 2022, the Comité de conjuncture (Economic Committee) examined possible solutions for businesses affected by gas shortages to save employment.
The Minister of Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy, the Minister of the Economy and the social partners agreed to allow employers, whose activities will be impacted by a restriction imposed by the government on their gas consumption, to resort to partial unemployment.
It includes a Communication, setting out the EU approach and measures on platform work, a proposal for a Directive and a Draft Guidelines on how EU competition applies to attempts by self-employed gig economy actors to bargain collectively.
On 15 July 2021, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) stated that the provision on the application of the minimum wages of the country in which the work is habitually carried out cannot be waived, regardless of the existence of a transnational posting.
The decision delimits the perimeter within which the parties to an employment contract can freely choose the law to be applied.