At its 589th plenary session, held on 10 and 11 July 2024, the European Economic and Social Committee adopted the following opinion, available in all language versions.
The EESC stresses the importance of fair compensation, to ensure equal access to the traineeship experience for all. It underlines the key role played by the competent authorities in combating regular employment relationships disguised as traineeships, and to recognise the important role that social partners can play in these efforts, taking into account existing national practices. It points at the importance of data collection and of sharing examples of good national practices for each type of traineeship at EU level, as part of the review and implementation process.
