LobbyNet & EU - UK Future Relationship meeting
2021-01-21
10:00 – 12:30
Dear members,
Please find attached the Working Papers for the next LobbyNet meeting. The meeting will take place via Microsoft Teams on Thursday 21 January 2021 from 10:00 to 11:30. A separate invitation link will be sent to you to connect to the meeting.
The following documents are attached:

The agenda;
The list of participants;
Minutes from our previous meeting.

An EU-UK Future Relationship Working Group meeting will be organised after the LobbyNet meeting from 11:30 to 12:30.

EEN - European Employers Network
2021-02-02
14:30 – 17:30

Portuguese Presidency meeting
2021-02-08
11:00 – 12:00
Topics to be discussed:

revision of the social security coordination
proposal for a Directive on adequate minimum wages

Meeting Special Advisor José Vieira da Silva
2021-02-09
The former Portuguese Minister of Labour, Social Security & Solidarity (2014-2019) became in October 2020 Special Advisor to Commissioner Nicolas Schmit to advise on the preparation of an Action Plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights and on the preparation of the Social Summit on 9 May 2021.

Liaison Committee
2021-02-10
15:00 – 17:00
Videoconference

LobbyNet & EU - UK Future Relationship meeting
2021-02-15
14:00 – 16:30

informal EPSCO
2021-02-22 - 2021-02-23
topic: A future with jobs – Jobs for the future of a strong social Europe
This meeting will be the last one before the presentation of the action plan on the European Pillar of Social Rights and will contribute to the preparation of the Porto Social Summit scheduled for early May. Three sessions will be held in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Post-pandemic employment: i.a. establish how Member States and the social partners could most effectively support the employment rate
Developing the skills needed to support economic recovery: how to increase the participation rate of adults in education and training programmes
Fight against poverty and social exclusion: detailing the weaknesses of Member States’ national social protection systems

EU Industry Days
2021-02-24 - 2021-02-26
Ceemet participating in the panel on “Pact for Skills”

EU Council
2021-02-25
15:00
Videoconference
COVID-19 coordination

SD C&E
2021-03-08
08:00 – 16:00

High-Level Conference on the future of work - "Remote work: challenges, risks and opportunities"
2021-03-09
10:00 – 17:00
Video conference
Ceemet President Rainer Ludwig, speaking on behalf of industry

BoD
2021-03-09
17:00 – 18:30
TEAMS video conference
Microsoft Teams meeting
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BusinessEurope 'Posting' seminar
2021-03-10

EU meeting
2021-03-15
09:30 – 13:00

EPSCO
2021-03-15
Official Council meeting organised by the Council of the EU and chaired by the Council presidency.
More information about the agenda and the outcome of this meeting is available on the website of the Council of the European Union.

BusinessEurope Industrial Relations WG
2021-03-16
10:00 – 11:00
topic: Platform work

BusinessEurope Industrial Relations WG
2021-03-16
15:00 – 16:30
topic: Initiative on self-employed (also platform work)

Tripartite Social Summit
2021-03-24

SoDiMa - final conference
2021-03-24

EU Council
2021-03-25 - 2021-03-26

EEN Seminar
2021-03-30
the European Entreprise Network seminar

BoD
2021-04-13
17:00 – 18:30
TEAMS video conference

ETE meeting
2021-04-16
10:00 – 12:00

H&S meeting
2021-04-26
10:00 – 14:00

Liaison Committee
2021-05-03
14:00 – 16:00
As we informed you already via circ. 136/21 of 6 April 2021, this Liaison Committee will be entirely dedicated to the preparation of Ceemet’s 60th birthday in 2022.
The Secretariat has prepared some questions (enclosure 1) to facilitate the discussion with the aim to draft a first proposal which will be presented at the General Assembly in June 2021.

89th BoD
2021-05-06
17:00 – 18:30

Social Summit
2021-05-07 - 2021-05-08
Portuguese Presidency event – Porto

07/05/2020: informal summit with the social partner
08/05/2020: European Council

LobbyNet/FRWG
2021-05-27

IER meeting
2021-05-27
10:00-12:30
Video conference (TBC)
Following the results of the doodle poll, please note that the next IER Committee meeting will take place on Thursday 27 May 2021.
Only at a later stage we will be able to determine the format of the meeting (which would most probably need to be online).
If the meeting is online, we will organise it in the morning for around 2 hours (from 10:00-12:00/12:30).
If at that point it is possible to meet physically, we could then hold the meeting in Brussels with a lunch break and a nice dinner the evening before.

Adequate Minimum Wages - A closer look at the legal consequences
2021-06-04
Technical Seminar
13:00 – 15:00
The proposed Directive for an Adequate Minimum Wage has caused a fundamental discussion on the competence of the EU and on the consequences for social partner autonomy and collective bargaining systems.
European sector employers from the tech & industry, chemicals, cleaning & facility services, retail & wholesale, agriculture, hotel & gastronomy and private employment services sector will bring their legal experts and practitioners together in one technical seminar to have a closer look at the legal and practical impact of the proposal.
The speakers will exchange with the participants on the risks of the proposal and suggest different approaches to the matter, focus on the conflict of competence and address the impact on existing collective bargaining systems. Please find attached the programme of the online seminar.
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