18 Amendments of Tiziana BEGHIN related to 2015/2116(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the European Social Charter adopted in the Council of Europe and to the social and employment rights enshrined in it,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas all 28 Member States have transposed the Employment Equality Directive and, despit whereas, given the differences oin its transposition and implementation, have gaistudies need valuable experienceto be compiled in order to give a true picture of the position regarding the application of Directive 2000/78/EC in the Member States;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas, as well as implementing Directive 2000/78/EC, all Member States should be encouraged to adopt legislation establishing social security and welfare schemes for persons suffering discrimination, combined with measures aimed at removing the obstacles preventing them from taking up employment;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas it is essential to remove the obstacles which, by limiting freedom and equality, are impeding the full development of the human person and preventing workers from genuinely participating in the political, social, and economic organisation of their Member States;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Hopes that all Member States will remove the natural, social, and economic obstacles which are preventing the principle of equality from finding substantive expression and are restricting the freedom of European citizens;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage smart working models enabling people with a disability to work at home, with all of the resulting advantages in terms of quality of life and productivity;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Considers that European funding and state investment intended for the training of workers with disabilities should be channelled towards SMEs that allow workers to follow courses leading to employment;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that, thanks to policy changeas a result of policy decisions in recent years, people aged 55- 64 make up an increasing share of workers; regrets, however, that the employment rate for this group has increasedpension policies dictated by austerity measures are compelling ageing workers too slowly and remains below 50% in the EU19; is concerned about how the digital market will affect employment, in particular for people over 50, and about how little prepared the EU and the Member States are to address this issuremain in employment too long, at the expense of the quality of their personal and family lives; points out in addition that, again as a result of policy decisions, workers in the 45 to 55 age group have been forced out and are unable to re-enter employment, not least because of discrimination on account of their age; __________________ 19 Businesseurope , ‘Position paper on Promoting diversity in employment and workplaces’, Nov. 2013.
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Hopes that investment in development and digital and soft skills will be channelled first and foremost towards SMEs which have their own in- house training schemes and retrain older employees;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Highlights that lack of comparable equality data makes it more difficult to prove the existence of discrimination; calls on the Member States to collect equality data in a systematic way and with the involvement of national social partners and equality bodies and national courts;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Maintains that proceedings have to conclude within a reasonable time and, not least by imposing severe penalties, serve to guarantee the confidentiality of the personal data of victims of discrimination while naming and shaming employers;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Calls, as regards cases of discrimination and/or mobbing and/or stalking at the workplace, for rules to be adopted to protect whistle-blowers and their privacy;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the fact that sanctions provided for by Member State anti- discrimination laws are generally in line with the Employment Equality Directive; also points to the important role of specialised public anti-discrimination bodies in resolving problems related to penalties and appeals; is concerned, however, that, in terms of the level and amount of compensation awarded, national courts tend to apply the lower scale of sanctions provided for by law23; __________________ 23 EPRS, op. cit. EPRS, op. cit.
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Believes that national and international associations should be set up with the aim of removing the economic and social obstacles preventing the principle of equality from being translated into reality;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the study of civic and human rights education in primary and secondary schools;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Paragraph 33 b (new)
33b. Urges the Member States, not least given the increase in migration, to guarantee the principle of equal treatment for migrants;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 c (new)
Paragraph 33 c (new)
33c. Urges the Member States to establish appropriate schemes enabling prisoners who have served their sentence to re-enter the labour market:
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls on the Member States to seek to bring about an exchange of best practice to help fight discrimination at work;