#Work

Pope Francis: “child labour is the exploitation of children for the profit of others”. “A child who cannot dream, who cannot play, cannot grow up”.

Eurostat: 2.4% of EU workers suffered at least one work accident in 2020. Italy below EU average for reported accidents

Society. Card. Bassetti: “Recovery yet to be consolidated, thousands of jobs lost”

In his opening address to the Permanent Council, Card. Bassetti stressed the need to consolidate economic recovery in the aftermath…

Eurostat: COVID-19 crisis led to less work, reduced incomes and higher risk of poverty in 2020

EU Commission: “strategic framework” on “health and safety at work 2021-27” presented. “Modernisation, prevention, preparedness” with a “zero” deaths approach

Child labour: EU Commission, 160 million children “trapped”. “Zero tolerance” approach

EU Commission: support for employment, another 14 billion to 12 Member States under SURE. 751 million to Italy

Social Summit: Sassoli, “give a social dimension to reforms and investments to overcome the crisis”

49th Social Week of Italian Catholics. “Continuous dialogue with everyone provided the good of peoples is pursued”

“The health crisis and the suffering caused by COVID-19 and by environmental pollution cannot be ignored. The ‘threat’ of the…

EU: Social Summit in Porto on 7 May, to translate 20 principles of EU Pillar of Social Rights into action

Austria: Catholic Women’s Movement, appeal to improve working conditions for women, most affected by the pandemic