46 Amendments of Arne GERICKE related to 2015/2107(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
– having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in particular Articles 3, 6, 9, 20, 151, 152, 153, 154, 156, 159 and 168 thereof,;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to the Council conclusions of 27th February 2015 on the EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2014 - 2020 (6535/15);
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas consistent protection of occupational health for women and men must form part of a 'new work culture' in Europe;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas proper health protection at the workplace should be part of a new, holistic work culture in Europe;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Article 153 TFEU states that the Union shall support and complement the activities of the Member States in the improvement in particular of the working environment to protect workers' health and safety;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas the EU regulatory framework aims at preventing occupational accidents and ill health, while minimising administrative burdens on small and medium sized enterprises;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas the fatal injury at work rate various significantly across Member States;1 a __________________ 1a http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/european/ european-comparisons.pdf
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the dramatic increase in mental illnesses such as burnout or depression at work, and calls for a kind of pan-European 'right to be uncontactable' for all employees, a right to work part- time or at home, which is particularly important for mothers and fathers, and further measures at the respective political levels responsible;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas worker involvement and consultation, including through health and safety representationves at company level and commitment from management isare important to successful risk prevention atmanagement in the workplace15 ; __________________ 15 Worker representation and consultation on health and safety, EU-OSHA (2012) https://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/rep orts/esener_workers-involvement
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes that many important fields of action are identified in the EU OSH strategic framework; stresses, in this context, that more concrete legislative measurese appropriateness of the planned 2016 review of the strategic framework, and stresses that the most up to date scientific evidence should be included irelied upon twhe framework, following the 2016-reviewn reviewing the framework;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes that many important fields of action are identified in the EU OSH strategic framework; stresses, in this context, that more concrete legislative measures should be included in the framework, following the 2016-review, non-legislative proposals are made and the more effective implementation of existing legislative provisions is recommended in the EU OSH strategic framework;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Draws attention to the dramatic increase in the prevalence of psychiatric disorders, such as burnout and depression, at the workplace, and points out that a new EU framework strategy for health and safety at the workplace must take proper account of these disorders;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to define and apply quantitative reduction targets at EU level for occupational diseases and accidents at work following the 2016- review of the OSH strategic framework and to rely on the latest research findings when reviewing the framework and to observe the subsidiarity principle and take due account of the fact that in this area competence rests with the Member States;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that the introduction of EU OSH reduction targets would not sufficiently take into account the existing divergences in terms of performance between Member States; Calls on the Commission to encourage the sharing of OSH approaches between Member States;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that it is necessary to ensure a safe and healthy working environment throughout people’s working life in order to ensure that fathers and mothers can properly combine work and family during the relevant phase of their lives and achieve the goal of active and healthy ageing for all workers;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises that bringing up children and domestic duties also constitute work which should be taken into account when consideration is given to ways of improving health and safety at the workplace;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that national OSH strategies are essential andimportant and can help contributes to improvements in OSH in the Member States and stresses that regular reporting on progress made should be encouraged; considers it necessary to continue to initiate and coordinate policies at EU level with a view to ensuring a high level of occupational health and safety for all workersthat the EU should concentrate on areas where action at Member State level is not sufficient to ensure the occupational safety and health of workers, bearing in mind the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that national OSH strategies are fully transparent and open to input from social partners according to Member States customs and practices;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to incorporate quantitative and measurable targets intoreview and update their national strategies regularly;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to incorporate quantitative and measurable targetappropriate targets relative to their own circumstances into their national strategies;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges the importance of taking into account the situation, specific needs and lack ofdifficulties with compliance by micro and small enterprises in the implementation of OSH measures at company level; encourages the Commission, EU-OSHA and the Member States to continue developing practical tools and guidelines, which support and improve the compliance of SMEs with OSH requirements;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges the importance of taking into account the situation, specific needs and lack of compliance by micro and small enterprises in the implementation of OSH measures at company level; encourages the Commission, EU-OSHA and the Member States to continue developing practical tools and guidelines, which improve the compliance of SMEs with OSH requirements and do away with unnecessary red tape;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States and social partners to take initiatives to upgrade the skills of health and safety representatives and managers; calls on the Commission to draw up guidelines for the involvement of employees in implementing preventive OSH measures;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that Member States are best placed to develop guidelines for the involvement of employees in implementing OSH measures that match the local operating conditions of businesses;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that a preconditionone element for good OSH management and performance is documented risk assessment including documentation where appropriate, which allows for appropriate preventivworkplace measures to be put in place;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to express their explicit support for measures to foster a new, sustainable work culture and the development of a genuinely family- friendly work environment;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary steps to monitor the implementation and enforcement of OSH legislation in the Member States; believes that the ex post evaluation of the practical implementation of EU OSH directives in EU Member States provides a good opportunity for this exercise to be carried out and expects that the results relating to inadequate implementation of existing legislation will be taken into account as part of the review of the strategic framework;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that ensuring a level playing- field across the EU and eliminating unfair competition and social dumping is crucial; stresses that labour inspectorates play a key role in enforcing workers' rights to a safe and healthy working environment; calls on the Member States to follow the ILO recommendation of a minimum of one labour inspector per 10 000 workers and to increase staffing and resources available to labour inspectoratensure that their labour inspectorates have appropriate staffing and resources;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Does not consider blanket ratios to spread resources evenly across all sectors will have the desired effect; believes that resources should be targeted to those sectors which have been identified to present the highest risks to workers;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes efforts to improve the quality of the regulatory framework, including by the application of better regulation principles; reminds the Commission, however, that the submission of OSH directives to the REFIT exercise and modifications of the legislation should be transparent, involve social partners and, must under no circumstancesnot result in reductions in occupational health and safety and must take into account changes in the workplace resulting from technological development; Believes in this regard that attention should be paid to the respective merits of using outcome oriented goals as appropriate;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the SME test; calls on the Commission to take into account the specific nature of SMEs and micro- enterprises, to use more effective or lighter regimes and to consider exemptions on a case by case basis while not compromising on health and safety standards;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the social partners in the context of health and safety legislation to embrace the better regulation principles, to increase the use of impact assessments in their negotiations and to refer agreements proposing legislative action to the Commissions Impact Assessment Board;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points to the importance of protecting workers against exposure to carcinogens, mutagens and substances that are toxic to reproduction; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a revision of Directive 2004/37/EC adding more binding occupational exposure limit valuesbased on robust scientific evidence, following a full impact assessment, and in cooperation with the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work to develop an assessment system that can be used to assess binding occupational limit values based on clear and explicit criteria;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that many workers are still exposed to asbestos in their workplace; calls on the EU to work closely with social partners and the Member States to promote and coordinatencourage Member States' efforts to develop nationaltake appropriate action plans for the management and safe removal of asbestos;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to take action onEncourages the Member States to take action on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) as one of the most prevalent work- related health problems in Europe and submit a proposal for a comprehensive directive on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) to improve effective prevention and address the causes of MSDs; points out that integrating provisions of existing directives into a comprehensive directive laying down minimum requirements for protecting workers from exposure to ergonomic risk factors can benefit both workers and employer, in order to improve effective prevention and address the causes of MSDs;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to take action on one of the most prevalent work-related health problems in Europe and submit a proposal for a comprehensive directiveencourage further action by Member States on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) to improve effective prevention and address the causes of MSDs; points out that integrating provisbetter implementations of existing directives into a comprehensive directive laying down minimum requirements forlegislation coupled with the application of good practices to protecting workers from exposure to ergonomic risk factors can benefit both workers and employers;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission, in the light of the dramatic increase in the prevalence of psychiatric disorders such as burnout and depression at the workplace, to find ways of taking proper account of this new aspect of health protection and to work together with the social partners, the Member States and the regions to prevent any further increase;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the potential uncertainty about the distribution and use of nanomaterials and believes that further research on the OSH risks associated with nanotechnology is needed;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop and implement a programme for systematic monitoring ofencourage the sharing of best practices with employers to help them manage psychosocial risks, including stress;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Invites the social partners, the Member States and the Commission openly to discuss the chances of and the scope for introducing an EU-wide non- legislative ‘right to be uncontactable’ for workers outside working hours;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to adoptMember States to consider the need for a targeted approach to improve the health and safety situation of workers in precarious employment and to take into account the negative effects that precarious employment has on occupational health and safety when addressing this issue in generalof all workers in all forms of employment;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Draws the attention of the Commission to the rolpotential added value that the sectoral social dialogue Committees can play in tackling sector- specific OSH risks through agreements between the social partners using their best knowledge of sector specific situations; Calls on the Commission in this context to encourage social partners to embrace the better regulation principles and the use of impact assessments;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22