8 Amendments of Ivan JAKOVČIĆ related to 2016/2221(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas age structural agricultural sector creates concern since from 2010 only 7.5% of farmers were under 35 years old and more than 4.5 million of those now running farms are aged over 65; whereas in the period 2000- 2012, 4.8 million full-time jobs were lost in the EU agricultural industry, 70% of which were in the new Member States and 93% were self-employed, and whereas, in that connection, it is difficult to accurately assess the number of people employed in agriculture since 'illegal' employment is, by its very nature, not included in the available data1a ; _________________ 1aEuropean Commission-Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development. 2014 Management Plan (July)
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that farmers and farm workers are, by virtue of their profession, exposed to a range of external factors, such as price and market fluctuations, imbalances in agrifood chain o or even unpredictable weather, that make employment prospects precarious and insecure; considers that the Commission and the Member States must encourage the use of income-stabilisation and risk- management tools;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Draws attention to the specific case of seasonal workers, whose working conditions are particularly precarious; understands ‘seasonal workers’ to be workers who have entered into open-ended or fixed-term employment contracts, the duration and renewal of which are contingent to a major degree on seasonal factors, such as the changing weather, public holidays and/or the timing of harvests; calls on the Commission andto promote protection rights of seasonal workers as well as the Member States to regulate the social and legal status of seasonal workers and to provide them with social security cover; emphasizes the need to provide all seasonal workers with a comprehensive information on employment and social security rights, including pensions, taking into account also a cross-border nature of seasonal work;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls to the Commission together with the Members States to explore schemes to give seasonal workers long- term employment such as the implementation of pluriactivity contracts across the EU, or even via a European Agreement;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls on the Member States to transpose Directive 2014/36/EU on seasonal workers into national legislation; calls on the Commission together with Members States to address the cases of immigrants´ exploitation in agricultural sector in those regions where farm workers work for almost no money and live in deplorable conditions; draws the attention of the possible "inefficiency" of labour market intermediaries, allowing the increase of influence of gangmaster agencies operating at the limits of or even outside the existing rules;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Draws the attention to the increasingly high standards of professional competence required by agricultural sector and, therefore, the need to raises a real question about the content of vocational training to ensure a better qualification and employability of workers;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to put into practice the recommendations set out in the Andrieu report (‘How can the CAP improve job creation in rural areas?’), which was adopted by Parliament on 27 October 2016, and in particular that concerning the mobilisationo promote and maximize the full capacity of funds from the EAFRD in an effort to develop a genuine social economy in rural areas;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to emphasisestrengthen the role thatof the social partners and, social protection agencies should playas well as to provide effective instruments, including adequate inspections and controls, in rural areas in combating undeclared work and improving safety and well-being at work, with a view to integrating all types of farm worker, particularly young people and women, even - and above all - those engaged in seasonal work.