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Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. The Portuguese minimum wage and Directive (EU) 2022/2041. 3. Directive (EU) 2022/2041 and the promotion of collective bargaining. 4.A new framework for autonomous workers who are economically dependent. 4.1. A new definition of the concept. 4.2.The widening of the protection – towards a new paradigm. 4.2.1. Application of pre-existing collective provisions. 4.2.2. Collective representation and negotiation of new collective agreements. 5. Conclusions.
1. Introduction
The Directive on adequate minimum wages in the European Union (Directive (EU) 2022/2041) has raised a lot of anticipation and controversy, namely due to the concern that it may endanger States’ sovereignty on this matter and/or the autonomy of national social partners1. In any case, so far, its transposition has been deemed underwhelming. In fact, while several Member States (namely Portugal) have not met the deadline2,