Social Charter

British  

noun

1. a declaration of the rights, minimum wages, maximum hours, etc, of workers in the European Union, later adopted in the Social Chapter

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Example Sentences

The 15-member committee that monitors whether countries are complying with their commitments to the European Social Charter unanimously said that shortages in support services and lack of accessibility to buildings and public transport for people with disabilities cause “many families to live in precarious circumstances.”

From Washington Times

Signs up to social charter and workers' rights.

From The Guardian

Almost every European nation has signed the European social charter, which holds that healthcare is a human right.

From The Guardian

The Committee monitors how individual states apply the legally binding European Social Charter.

From BBC

A rejected asylum seeker does not have the right to appeal to the European Social Charter, it said.

From Reuters