How is green transition affecting working conditions and working relationships?

When dealing with issues, including sociological and legal ones, related to the so-called Green Transition, it is appropriate to make a preliminary distinction. It is necessary to differentiate between the climate change phenomenon and the Green Transition one. The former can be considered the cause of the latter and, therefore, what justifies the need for a Green Transition. Embarking on and implementing a Green Transition means finding a way to address the consequences that climate change has caused, affecting numerous aspects of people’s lives. In terms of working conditions and employment relationships, both have been affected by climate change and will be further affected by the Green Transition. Depending on how individual legal systems have approached the issues of climate change and the Green Transition, the regulation of working conditions and employment relationships has sometimes turned out to be a mechanism to protect against climate change and sometimes an opportunity to promote the Green Transition. Therefore, this paper aims to illustrate how the Green Transition is affecting working conditions and employment relationships. To this end, several aspects of the employment relationship are examined, such as health and safety, right to refuse, remuneration, telework, sustainable mobility, vocational training and skills, and dismissals. The paper will outline the impact that climate change and the Green Transition have had on the legislation of various European countries regulating the aspects of the employment relationship and working conditions.