the social chapter
1(the) Social Chapter — the Social Chapter [the Social Chapter] a section of the ↑Maastricht Treaty that deals with people’s rights. It proposed European laws to protect the rights of employees to be paid fairly and to work in safe conditions, the rights of old people… …
2Social Chapter — The Social Chapter was a protocol of the Maastricht Treaty committing 11 member states to ‘the promotion of employment, improved living and working conditions, proper social protection, dialogue between management and labour, the development… …
3Social Chapter — The section of the founding treaty of the European Union that reflects the agreement of member states with respect to social policy. The objectives of the Social Chapter are to promote employment, improve living and working conditions, establish… …
4social chapter — N SING: the N The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers rights and working conditions …
5Social Chapter — Social Chap|ter, the also European Social Chapter a document produced by the ↑EU (=European Union) and agreed upon by all the member countries, which contains details of the most important employment and social rights that should be available in… …
6Social Chapter — noun A social charter forming a section of the Treaty of Maastricht agreed by members of the European Community in 1991 and ratified in 1993 as a basis for the European Union • • • Main Entry: ↑social …
7The Social Contract — This article is about Jean Jacques Rousseau s 1762 treatise. For social contract as a political and philosophical concept, see Social contract. For other meanings, see Social Contract (disambiguation). Of The Social Contract, Or Principles of… …
8Social Chapter — a section of the Maastricht Treaty that deals with people’s rights. It is a long document that proposes European laws to protect the rights of employees to be paid fairly and to work in safe conditions, the rights of old people and children to be …
9social charter — noun A charter laying down conditions of employment, incl minimum pay, maximum working hours, etc, esp that forming the basis of the Social Chapter of the European Union • • • Main Entry: ↑social …
10The Theory of Moral Sentiments — was written by Adam Smith in 1759. It provided the ethical, philosophical, psychological and methodological underpinnings to Smith s later works, including The Wealth of Nations (1776), A Treatise on Public Opulence (1764) (first published in… …
