Activities of Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA related to 2018/2120(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and Social Aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2019 PDF (212 KB) DOC (75 KB)
Amendments (24)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 29 November 2018 on the situation of women with disabilities;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
– having regards to its resolution of 15 November 2018 on care services in the EU for improved gender equality;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)
Citation 8 c (new)
– having regard to European Economic and Social Committee Opinion on Digital gender gap;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the employment rate for those aged between 20 and 64 stood at 73.2 % in 2017, indicating that the EU is well on track to reach the 75 % employment rate target specified in the Europe 2020 strategy; whereas the EU gender employment gap still stands at 12% and the Europe 2020 employment rate target can be reached faster by ensuring equal opportunities between men and women regarding participation in the labour market and right to affordable care services of good quality;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas as new forms of work emerge and expand, including platform and own- account work, social protection traditionally geared to covering workers in full-time open-ended contracts will need to be modernised and adapted;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas although income inequality in the EU decreased slightly in 2017, in- work poverty remains unacceptably high, standing at 9.6 % of the working population and mainly concern women;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the total number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) stands at 22.5 % and while this is below pre-crisis levels, the Europe 2020 headline target of reducing AROPE by 20 million remains far from being reached; whereas the AROPE rate for children continues to decline but is still unacceptably high; whereas the AROPE rate for children from single parent households is twice the average for children overall;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas 80 million Europeans have disabilities and are therefore at greater risk of poverty and social exclusion; whereas 80% of care in the EU is provided by unpaid informal carers and 75% of them are women;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the employment rate of women in 2017 is 66.5 %, yet the gender employment gap remains substantial, as does the gender pay gap; and gender pension gap;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas informal or family carers are at greater risk of experiencing poverty, both during their period of caring and when accessing pension entitlements; whereas majority of carers in Europe are women;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas significant progress has been made towards reaching the 2020 headline target of an early school leaving rate of 10 % and on reaching the target of 40 % for tertiary education attainment, but large disparities still persist between Member States; whereas the quality of tertiary education should remain at the highest level while achieving 2020 headline targets;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas more than 40 % of adults in the EU do not have basic digital skills; in the digital era, digital skills are essential for any personal or professional tasks; whereas more than 40 % of adults in the EU do not have basic digital skills; whereas the gender gap in basic digital skills persists among females over 55 years old, but comes down to almost zero among the younger users; whereas the rate of individuals with basic digital skills is 27% for both men and women, but there is a gender gap of 12.9% when digital skills above basic are considered;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas low skilled and older workers are significantly less likely to participate in re-skilling and training programmes; whereas MSMEs often lack resources to organise training and re- skilling for their employees;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that pension adequacy is still a challenge, as the risk of social exclusion is increasing with age and the gender pension gap of 37% still poses a challenge to many women and the whole society;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points out that Member States are faced with structural challenges in the labour market such as low participation, labour market segmentation as well as skills and qualification mismatches; notes that there is a growing need for effective measures for the integration and re- integration of inactive workforce including migrants in the labour market;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that all Member State economies are forecast to continue growing but at a slower pace; highlights the need to bridge the investment gap for research and innovation in infrastructure; calls on the Commission and the Member States to maximise their efforts in investing in affordable, accessible and targeted high- quality education and training, including digital and transferable skills,reinforcing upskilling and reskilling measures and to promote lifelong learning and skills development including basic, digital and transferable skills; highlights the importance of reinforcing the initial training and continuous professional development of teachers and trainers; calls on the Member States to strengthen their vocational education, apprenticeship and training systems, reality based-learning and increase their alignment with labour market needs;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. NDespite the fact that the EU unemployment rates are at their lowest level, the job vacancy rate in the EU was 2.2 % in 2018, up from 1.9 % in 2017, notes with concern that skills mismatches are considerable, and calls on the Member States to prioritise quality public investment in quality education and training as a driver of sustainable and inclusive growth; stresses that skills mismatch and shortages in the labour market should be tackled by making education systems cooperate more closely with business and social partners, such as employers’ associations and trade unions, and by promoting dual education, apprenticeship, work-based learning and reality-based learning in all forms and levels of education, including higher education;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to further support the job mobility portal EURES and other programmes, which facilitate learning and training mobility; notes that mutual recognition of qualifications enhances opportunity for employment especially in countries with high job vacancy rate;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and all Member States to initiate and/or strengthen the regulation of new forms of work; in this context, expresses concern about the coverage of atypical workers and self- employed workers, who often do not have full access to the social protection system; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop and promote measures with proven effectiveness in reducing undeclared work, enabling the recognition of domestic and care workers’ labour rights as well as improving working conditions;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up efforts for the further inclusion of people with disabilities in the labour market, by removing legislative barriers to creating incentives for their employment and ensuring the accessibility of workplaces by greater use of new technologies in communication and mobility of people with disabilities;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that micro-enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are important for sustainable and inclusive development and job creation; Calls for further support for micro-, small-and medium-sized enterprises to organise training for employees; calls on the Commission and the Member States to give greater consideration to the interests of MSMEs in the policymaking process;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. CIs concerned that such little attention was given to work-life balance in Annual Growth Survey 2019: For a stronger Europe in the face of global uncertainty; calls on the Member States and the Commission to take all necessary measures to improve work-life balance and boost gender equality; calls for the development of accessible and affordable high-quality care services and childcare and early education services, as well as; calls for the recognition of informal carers as well as improved working conditions and adequate forms of support for family carers, who deliver the greaterst part of care in the EU; calls for promoting flexible working arrangements and take-up of advantageous maternity, paternity, parental and carer’s leave; deplores the continuing gender pay gap; recognises that this issue requires a multifaceted response, and calls on the Member States to address it as a matter of urgency; is of the strong opinion that a fast adoption of the directive on work-life balance for parents and carers is a necessary step towards improved work-life balance;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights the fact that gender discrimination is still persisting problem, as evidenced by the gender pay gap (with the average gross hourly earnings of male employees about 16% higher than those of female employees) and the pension gap of 37%; stresses that the pension gap, which is the most important indicator of gender inequality is due to the underrepresentation of women in well-paid sectors, discrimination in the labour market and the high rate of women in part-time work as well as not sufficient mechanisms of reconciliation of family and work-related obligations between men and women;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that increasing life expectancy requires the adaptation of pension systems in order to ensure sustainable and adequate pensions; reiterates its call for care credits in pension systems to compensate for lost contributions of women and men due to child and long-term care responsibilities as a tool to reduce the gender pension gap;