Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO)
Luxembourg, 9 - 10 June 2008
EPSCO is a European Council formation, whose regular meetings take place a maximum of four times per year. On the first day of its meeting, EPSCO usually focuses on employment, social policy and consumer affairs, while on the second day it turns its attention on health issues.
Council of Ministers responsible for Employment and Social Policy, which will meet on 9 June 2008 in Luxembourg, will endeavour to find a political solution to two extremely sensitive directives – the Directive concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time and the Directive regulating the working conditions of temporary agency workers. Both directives, which are of utmost importance for European workers, will be discussed in a package. Among other important items on the agenda of the Council meeting is also the political agreement expected to be reached on the Employment Guidelines for 2008–2010 that have been amended on the basis of an opinion of the European Parliament.
In the field of social policy the ministers will, among other things, adopt a general approach to the missing parts of the Regulation on the coordination of social security systems and to the new chapter of the Regulation which lays down the rules for its implementation. Therewith, the Slovenian Presidency will take an important step forward towards the adoption and entry into force of the legislative package aimed at simplifying and modernising procedures for efficient use of various social security systems for migrant workers. The Council will also adopt conclusions on equality between women and men.
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