Activities of Guillaume BALAS related to 2015/0051(NLE)
Plenary speeches (1)
Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (A8-0205/2015 - Laura Agea) FR
Amendments (7)
Amendment 123 #
Annex 1 – section 1 – paragraph 3
Member States should, together with the social partners, encourage wage-setting mechanisms allowing for a responsiveness of wages to productivity developments. In this respect, and helping to correct past diffvergences in skills and local labour market conditions as well asunit labour costs without fuelling deflationary pressures. In this respect, divffergences in economic performance across regions, sectors and companielocal labour market conditions should be taken into account. When setting minimum wages, Member States and social partners should consider their impact on in- work poverty, aggregate demand, job creation and competitiveness.
Amendment 173 #
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 5
Member States should make a full use of European Social Fund and other Union funds support in order to improve employment, social inclusion, education and public administration. The European Fund for Strategic Investments and its investment platforms should also be mobilised to ensure that quality jobs are created and workers are equipped with skills needed for the Union's transition towards a sustainable growth model.
Amendment 179 #
Annex 1 – section 3 – paragraph 1
Member States should reduce labour market segmentation. Employment protection rules and institutions should provide a suitable environment for recruitment while offering adequate levels of protection to those in employment and those seeking employment or employed on temporary, part-time or atypical contracts or independent work contracts. Quality employment should be ensured for all in terms of socio-economic security, education and training opportunities, working conditions (including health and safety), adequate wages and work-life balance. Upward convergence in working conditions should be promoted across the Union.
Amendment 208 #
Annex 1 – section 3 – paragraph 4
Mobility of workers should be ensured as a fundamental right and a matter of free choice with an aim of exploiting the full potential of the European labour market, including by enhancing the portability of pensions and social security, and the recognition of qualifications. Member States should at the same time guard against abuses of the existing rules. Investment in regions experiencing labour outflows should be promoted to mitigate brain drain and encourage mobile workers to return.
Amendment 216 #
Annex 1 – section 4 – paragraph 1
The Union and Member States should modernisensure basic standards of social protection. Member States should improve their social protection systems to provide effective, efficient, and adequate protection throughout all stages of an individual’s life, ensuring universal access, fairness and addressing inequalities. There is a need for simplified and better targetilored social policies complemented by, including on affordable quality childcare and education, training and job assistance, housing support and accessible health care, access to basicother services such as bank account and Internet and for action to prevent early school leaving and fight poverty and social exclusion. Child poverty, in particular, must be decisively tackled.
Amendment 228 #
Annex 1 – section 4 – paragraph 3
Amendment 246 #
Annex 1 – section 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
The Europe 2020 headline target on fighting poverty and social exclusion, on the basis of which Member States set their national targets, taking into account their relative starting conditions and national circumstances, is to promote social inclusion, in particular through the reduction of poverty by aiming to lift at least 20 million people out of the risk of poverty and exclusion.1 __________________ 1 The population is defined as the number of persons who are at risk of poverty and exclusion according to three indicators (at risk of poverty; material deprivation; jobless household), leaving Member States free to set their national targets on the basis of the most appropriate indicators, taking into account their national circumstances and priorities.