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FIM NEWSLETTER of 4 June 2021
EU | Collective bargaining for self-employed workers

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For many years now, FIM and its partners FIA and UNI MEI, have been attempting to convince the European Commission to exclude self-employed workers in our sector from the field of application of article 101 of the TFEU. The aim of this article is to prevent price-fixing agreements between companies in order to protect consumers.

The DG Competition (COMP) now recognizes that protecting consumers does not justify depriving the most exposed workers of collective protection. With this in mind, in January 2021, it published a document prefiguring a future impact study. […]
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EU | Risk prevention in the audiovisual sector

OIRA

During a webinar on 14 April 2021, professional bodies in the European audiovisual sector –FIM, FIA and UNI MEI for workers, CEPI and IFFPA for employers– presented the new interactive risk assessment tool (OIRA) dedicated to audiovisual production sites.

Run by UNI-MEI, the webinar essentially targeted representatives and professionals in the European audiovisual sector. Davide Gianluca Vaccaro, who coordinated the development of this tool for two years, presented a technical description. Roger Sutton contributed to this development work for FIM. […]
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Previously in the FIM News
FIM Statement on Online Music
ILO | Working paper on social protection in the CCS
Covid-19 | Impact on the music sector
FIM pays tribute to John Morton (1925–2021)
Music competition launched to raise awareness of child labour
Instruments aboard planes: Easyjet toughens up on its rules
EU | Status and working conditions in the creative sector
Belgium | ONB sentenced for breaching musicians’ neighbouring rights
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