Dossier · Ordinary legislative procedure
Improving and enforcing working conditions of trainees and combating regular employment relationships disguised as traineeships (‘Traineeships Directive’)
- Reference
- 2024/0068(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
- Where it stands
- Parliament’s negotiators are talking to the Council (last trilogue 5 May 2026); the plenary vote on the outcome is still to come.
- Stage
- First reading
- Lead committee
- Employment and Social Affairs EMPL
More facts (5)
- Rapporteur
- Alicia HOMS GINEL
- Shadow rapporteurs
- 6 members
- Decisions in plenary
- None yet
- Versions
- 2 versions
- Opinions from
- JURI, CULT
Where it stands
The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.
- Referred to committee (done) 13 November 2024
- Committee work (done) Report adopted 23 September 2025
- Tabled for plenary (done) 1 October 2025
- Plenary vote (current step) Awaiting the vote
- Negotiations with the Council (current step) Trilogue 5 May 2026
- Published as law (to come)
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
People
Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.
- Lead committee
- Employment and Social Affairs EMPL
- Rapporteur
- Alicia HOMS GINEL (S&D)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Jagna MARCZUŁAJTIS-WALCZAK (EPP), Mélanie DISDIER (Patriots), Chiara GEMMA (ECR), Irena JOVEVA (Renew), Benedetta SCUDERI (Greens), Catarina MARTINS (The Left)
- Opinion: JURI
- Legal Affairs
- Opinion: CULT
- Culture and Education · rapporteur Nicola ZINGARETTI (S&D)
Decisions in plenary, 0
Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.
No plenary decision on this dossier is in the records yet.
Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.
No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.
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Versions, 2
The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.
Tabled for plenary1 Oct 2025
Report A10-0174/2025 A-10-2025-0174
Committee draft24 Feb 2025
Draft report (EMPL) EMPL-PR-769927
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Report A10-0174/2025: Parliament's amended version of the Commission's proposed 'Traineeships Directive' lays down a common definition of traineeships and rules on their quality, accessibility and enforcement.
- Draft report (EMPL): The rapporteur's draft report sets out Parliament's position on the proposed Traineeships Directive, which defines traineeships and sets rules on working conditions and pay.
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (CULT), Opinion (CULT)
What changed
Between consecutive versions of the text, newest pair first.
No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier. The “Compare” links under Versions show every change between two versions.
Timeline, 11
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Negotiations with the Council 4 steps · 8 Oct 2025–5 May 2026
5 May 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
24 February 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
18 November 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
8 October 2025
Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
Plenary stage 1 step · 1 Oct 2025
1 October 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 6 steps · 13 Nov 2024–23 Sept 2025
23 September 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
8 April 2025
CULT (Culture and Education) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
27 March 2025
Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)
Members of EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
Amendments in committee (EMPL)Amendments in committee (EMPL)
24 February 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
7 January 2025
Draft opinion from CULT (Culture and Education)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
13 November 2024
Referred to the EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; JURI (Legal Affairs), CULT (Culture and Education) give an opinion.
Connections
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Sources & citation
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- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2026). “Improving and enforcing working conditions of trainees and combating regular employment relationships disguised as traineeships (‘Traineeships Directive’)”. Dossier. reference 2024/0068(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0068 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2024/0068(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024%2F0068(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2024-0068,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Improving and enforcing working conditions of trainees and combating regular employment relationships disguised as traineeships (‘Traineeships Directive’)}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0068}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0068},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. reference 2024/0068(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024\%2F0068(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}