The Additional Protocol of 1998 (ETS No. 128) extends the social and economic rights guaranteed by the European Social Charter of 1961 (ETS No. 035) by adding the following rights:

– the right for workers to equal opportunities and equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation without discrimination on the ground of sex;
– the right for workers to be informed and consulted within the undertaking;
– the right for workers to take part in the determination and improvement of working conditions and the working environment in the undertaking;
– the right for elderly persons to social protection.