Activities of Dominique MARTIN related to 2015/2147(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards a Digital Single Market Act (A8-0371/2015 - Kaja Kallas, Evelyne Gebhardt) FR
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe
Amendments (9)
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
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1. Stresses that whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is possible to shape its course while retaining current labour standards and rights, so as to protect EU workers;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
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2. Points out that employment and social policy need to keep pace with the digitalisation of societythe digitalisation of society needs to be properly regulated so that businesses and training approaches can keep up and the necessary adjustments can be made without employability and the employment rate being adversely affected;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
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3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a thorough assessment of the impact which digitalisation will have on the number and types of jobs available and to gather information on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworking; calls on the Commission to keep an open mind about both the positive and the negative effects of digitalisation; stresses the need to take account of both the short- term and the long-term impact of the digitalisation of society;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
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4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training and further education; emphasises the importance of social dialogue between business and education in efforts to bring course content up to date and develop skills strategies;
Amendment 87 #
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4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training and further education; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring course content up to date and develop skills strategies; stresses the importance of arranging for this dialogue as soon as possible, so as to give those already in employment the skills they require to keep their jobs and young people entering the labour market the skills they require to find a job;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion
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6. Points out that the digitalisation-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to precarious forms of employment to which current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, worker participation and employment protection no longer apply; calls for social rules and workers’ rights to be respected in the move towards digitalisation; calls for self- employed persons with quasi-employee status to be placed on an equal footing with employed persons under employment law;
Amendment 173 #
Draft opinion
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8. Stresses the need to develop employee data protection measures which cover new forms of data collection (relations between humans and robots);
Amendment 186 #
Draft opinion
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9. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to suggest ways of enhancing social security for self- employed persons in need of protection, in order to safeguard the effectiveness of existing national systems.; urges the Commission to take these recommendations by the Member States into account and to accord them the serious study they deserve;