Social Chapter

British  

noun

1. the section of the Maastricht Treaty concerning working conditions, consultation of workers, employment rights, and social security. The UK government negotiated an opt-out clause from this section of the treaty in 1993 but adopted it in 1997

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Example Sentences

The row over beef exports during the BSE crisis aside, these were happy days in the Anglo-EU marriage: Blair opted back in to the social chapter and was applauded from Brussels to Berlin.

From The Guardian

He will say the European social chapter and other EU directives have secured:

From BBC

Labour is campaigning "on issues of social justice across Europe" including the social chapter, which sets out EU policies on workers' rights, and the Working Time Directive governing the hours employees can work, he said.

From BBC

In fact, despite well-known frustration in Europe at Britain often asking to be an exception to EU policies and regulations - in the case of the euro, Schengen border controls, the social chapter, the charter on fundamental rights, and police and justice co-operation which EU officials dismissively describe as the UK's "pick and mix attitude" towards the EU - Britain is hugely appreciated in a number of ways.

From BBC

Britain secured opt-outs from the single currency and the social chapter.

From BBC