Article 151 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides that the Union and the Member States, having in mind fundamental social rights such as those set out in the European Social Charter signed at Turin on 18 October 1961 and in the 1989 Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers, shall have as their objectives the promotion of employment, improved living and working conditions, so as to make possible their harmonisation while the improvement is being maintained, proper social protection, dialogue between management and labour, the development of human resources with a view to lasting high employment and the combating of exclusion.
L-Artikolu 151 tat-Trattat dwar il-Funzjonament tal-Unjoni Ewropea jipprovdi li l-Unjoni u l-Istati Membri, waqt li jżommu f'moħħhom id-drittijiet soċjali fundamentali bħal dawk stabbiliti fil-Karta Soċjali Ewropea li ġiet iffirmata f'Turin fit-18 ta' Ottubru 1961 u l-Karta tal-Komunità dwar id-Drittijiet Soċjali Fundamentali tal-Ħaddiema tal-1989, bħala l-objettivi tagħhom għandu jkollhom il-promozzjoni tal-impjieg, it-titjib tal-kondizzjonijiet tal-ħajja u tax-xogħol, sabiex jagħmlu possibli l-armonizzazzjoni tagħhom waqt li jitkompla t-titjib, il-protezzjoni soċjali xierqa, id-djalogu bejn min imexxi u l-ħaddiema, l-iżvilupp tar-riżorsi umani bl-għan ta' livell għoli ta' impjieg li jdum għal żmien twil u l-ġlieda kontra l-esklużjoni.