Activities of Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ related to 2017/2277(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Pathways for the reintegration of workers recovering from injury and illness into quality employment (short presentation) SK
Reports (1)
REPORT on pathways for the reintegration of workers recovering from injury and illness into quality employment PDF (440 KB) DOC (69 KB)
Amendments (43)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its entry into force in the EU on 21 January 2011 in accordance with Council Decision 2010/48/EC of 26 November 2009,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 d (new)
Citation 2 d (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 25 November 2015 on the EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014-2020,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the joint EU- OSHA and EUROFOUND 2014 report on “Psychosocial risks in Europe - Prevalence and strategies for prevention”,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 30 November 2017 on implementation of the European Disability Strategy,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 c (new)
Citation 2 c (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 7 July 2016 on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with special regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN CRPD Committee,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas a distinction exists between disability, injury, illness and conditions associated with age, these also often overlap and require a comprehensive yet case-by-case approach to an individual;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas digitalisation induces major transformations in how work is organised and could help in improving the opportunities for workers with, for example, changed physical abilities;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas employers, workers, families and communities benefit when work disability is transformed into work ability;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the field of occupational rehabilitation and return to work could be valuable volunteering opportunities, for example by engaging volunteer work after retirement; whereas volunteering should be supported at any age;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas employers first need to promote a health and safety culture in the workplace; whereas volunteering to take part in occupational safety and health activities such as working groups could also contribute to the changing of culture;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas various EU financed programmes offer possibilities for valuable exchange of innovations and best practices in the field of sustainable occupational health and safety;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas occupational health and safety measures can enable an individual with changed work capacity to remain in employment and benefit the whole workforce;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas negative psychosocial factors are linked not only to health outcomes but also to increased absenteeism and low job satisfaction; whereas these factors hinder the workers’ participation in the labour market;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas early coordinated care, with the employee’s wellbeing as the prime focus, is crucial to improve return to work outcomes;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas work absence is sometimes medically necessary, there are also further negative effects for people who are out of work for medium to long term periods; whereas the longer the time spent away from work, the less likely a person is to ever return;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas illness, disability and exclusion from work has serious financial consequences not only for the employee concerned, but also for the people in close contact with that employee or in their family;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas 25% of workers report that they experience work-related stress with negative effects on their health; whereas psychosocial risks contribute to these adverse effects;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas tackling risks to psychosocial wellbeing is a process requiring changes in the work environment and implementation of preventive policies, especially in Member States where there are few companies with existing procedures to deal with psychosocial risks; whereas practical guidance can play an important role in complementing legal requirements;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas both formal and informal carers have a key role to play in the return to work and professional rehabilitation;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas long-term work absence has many negative consequences, among others an adverse impact on mental and physical health, high social and economic costs, and can result in permanent work disability;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas about 80% of care for persons with a chronic illness, disability or other condition that requires long-term support is carried out by informal carers;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that there is a strong case for improving the management of sickness absence in the Member States as well as for making workplaces more adaptable to chronic conditions and disabilities including with changes to tasks and equipment and skills development;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for the use of evidence-based medicine and evidence-based policy to become standard practice and form the basis of return to work approaches; calls on policy makers to take the lead in ensuring employees have access to information and medical care;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to take into account the findings of the European Parliament Pilot Project on health and safety of older workers;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Takes the view that national governments have a key role in creating an environment supportive of age management and active and healthy ageing; further considers that this could be effectively supported by EU actions, such as guidance, exchange of knowledge and use of various financial instruments, such as ESF and ESIF;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes, in this regard, growing digitisation and the need for digital skills; points out that the improvement of digital skills can be an integral and much appreciated part of the preparation for returning to work.
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that, in order to be successful, management of occupational rehabilitation and return to work requires improved communication among all stakeholders and help of appropriate specialists in management of occupational rehabilitation (work assistants);
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages in this regard the use of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) across all relevant measures and policies; shares the view that disability is a health experience that occurs in a context; takes the view that ICF is best suited for EU-wide statistical comparison;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop and provide guidelines on best practices and coaching, support and advice to employers on how to develop and implement reintegration plans;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Notes the workers’ difficulties in dealing with compensation systems that could present them with unnecessary delays in obtaining treatment and could be in some cases alienating; strongly calls for a customer-centric approach to all the administrative procedures associated with the reintegration of workers;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that financial incentives should be in place to keep people with reducchanged working capacity in employment; if medical conditions allow, strongly encourages the integration of workers through re-training and upskilling into the open labour market;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls Articles 26 and 27 of the UNCRDP that bind the State Parties to organise, strengthen and extend rehabilitation services and programmes, particularly in the areas of health, employment, education and social services and to promote employment opportunities and career advancement for persons with disabilities in the labour market, as well as assistance in returning to employment;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on Member States in cooperation with the Commission and relevant EU agencies to ensure increased level of awareness of the negative health effects of long term work absence, such isolation, psychosocial difficulties, socioeconomic consequences, employability;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Takes the view that teams of experts such as coaches trained in occupational rehabilitation and psychologists could be effectively shared between various companies in order for smaller companies to also benefit from their expertise; takes the view that there is also space for the engagement of volunteers in this process;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Supports the practice of involving working collectives in the process of professional rehabilitation and return to work, with the informed consent of the employee concerned.
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Commends enterprises that have initiatives to support people with health problems or reducchanged working capacity such as comprehensive preventative programmes, modification of tasks, training and re-training; strongly encourages more enterprises to get involved;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Expresses recognition and support for social partners’ efforts to improve conditions for employees to return to work.
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Encourages initiatives to raise awareness and support change in developing psychosocial risk prevention policies and actions at company level; commends in this regard the actions of social partners in the Member States where they contribute to a positive change;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls for existing legal requirements to be complemented with practical guidelines and support at national and organisational level to better deal with the psychosocial risks of the modern workplace; highlights the proven return on investment for psychosocial risk prevention and health promotion to further motivate employers to take action;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Recalls the importance of properly training OSH service providers and labour inspectors in psychosocial risk management practices;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Calls for closer cooperation and revitalisation of EU initiatives tackling psychosocial risks at work and for prioritising the issue in the upcoming EU OSH strategic framework;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission together with EU-OSHA to help facilitate the information exchange between all return to work stakeholders about potential non- medical barriers to return to work and act in the spirit of constructive dialogue to identify and deal with them;