OLD PROBLEMS AND NEW SOLUTIONS? SOME CURRENT QUESTIONS OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL RIGHTS REGARDING THE EUROPEAN PILLAR OF SOCIAL RIGHTS AND THE ACTUAL CASE LAW OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
OLD PROBLEMS AND NEW SOLUTIONS? SOME CURRENT QUESTIONS OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL RIGHTS REGARDING THE EUROPEAN PILLAR OF SOCIAL RIGHTS AND THE ACTUAL CASE LAW OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Summary/Abstract: The present paper analyses some current issues of the social policy of the European Union (EU). Employment policy is also present in the research but both aspects are focused around the labour and social rights that workers are entitled to. The methodology is both based on the hypothetical context and the relevant case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The paper examines the relevant issues regarding the fundamental social rights in EU law and the latest steps of their development materialised in the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR). The relevant connection between the already existing labour and social rights and their regulation and the reforms of the EPSR is emphasised – among others – with the help of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFREU). The analysis of some current judgments of the CJEU show the contradictions and questions regarding the social and the economic approach but both need to be considered regarding the changing environment in the labour market. That is the main reason the paper aims to conclude some ideas concerning the recent past and the future of these rights and regulations in EU law. The focus is on the EPSR and the practical approach of the CJEU”s case law in the context of labour and social rights in EU law.

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