14 Amendments of Monika VANA related to 2015/2147(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is our resposnsible to shape its courseility and opportunity to shape its course; reminds policy makers both at EU and Member States level that they are responsible to steer its course in a socially just and sustainable way;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets and strongly criticizes that the European Commission in its communication on a digital single market strategy for Europe COM (2015) 192 has chosen to ignore the employment and social dimension limiting it to the skills dimension; stresses that this ignorance is even more regrettable, as digitalisation is a key driver in shaping new and different forms of work and life;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on Member States and the EU to urgently develop new mechanisms of protection which are adequate to the working and career patterns shaped by digitalisation;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Points out that new forms of work based on digitalisation often uncouple the place of work from the enterprise; stresses that in such cases the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same workplace is being challenged while it is of utmost importance to ensure just and fair wages; stresses that digitalisation has the potential to challenge the principle of lex loci laboris - which determines the law applicable to the worker's social protection according to connecting criteria related to the workplace - as regards wages and working conditions; considers that the protection of workers should not be reduced when applying the relevant rules of choice of law to new forms of work based on digitalisation;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that employment and social policy need to keep pace with the digitalisation of societyDemands that the Digital Agenda needs to become also a Social Digital Agenda as it has the potential to affect all elements of working and living conditions; points out that when shaping the digitalisation of society, employment and social policy need to be fully taken into consideration and adapted;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a thorough assessment of the impact which digitalisation does have and will have on the number and types of jobs availables well as the quality and the skills profile both as regards existing and new jobs and to gather information on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworking; calls on the Commission to make sure that workers, who are recruited via crowdsourcing and crowdworking platforms are granted the same rights and social protection, as regular workers do; stresses that these rights need to be transnational;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training and further education; emphasises that in this context existing gender and generational gaps need to be taken into account and tackled; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring course content up to date and develop skills strategies;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that for a successful transition from education or training to employment, it is of great importance to equip people with key transversal competences that will enable them to take informed decisions and develop a sense of initiative and self-awareness; stresses the importance of social security systems which are adapted to the needs of those using them, to new forms of work and which provide for quality transitions, be it from education to work, between jobs, or after career breaks;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide grand coalition for digital jobs, and encourages businesseall key stakeholders to join;
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points outStresses that the digitalisation-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to precarious forms of employment to which current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, worker participation and employment protection no longer apply; calls for self-employed persons with quasi-employee status to be placed on an equal footing with employed persons under employment law; stresses that persons performing work as if they are workers - regardless of whether their official status is self-employed or other- are workers; calls on policy makers to comply when defining who is a worker with the definition by the European Court of Justice 1 a of what is a worker, which is a person who under supervision performs a service for remuneration; __________________ 1asee ECJ C 596/12, Paragraph 17 and ECJ C 232/09, Paragraph 39
Amendment 160 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that freedom of association must apply in the context of new forms of employment and where needed that both the policy framework for new forms of employment and for the freedom of association must be adapted in a way that new forms of work come under similar protection as previously; stresses that this also applies for the right to strike, the right to conclude collective agreements on behalf of workers and the right to organize workers;
Amendment 174 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the urgent need to discuss and develop better policy frameworks as regards data ownership of employees at the workplace; points to the risk that constant supervision using digital techniques can have for the working environment and for stress at work; Stresses in this context that research clearly indicates that higher pressure and supervision do not increase performance but health risks, mistakes and accidents;
Amendment 184 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and regions and the social partners to suggest ways of enhancing and improving social security for self- employed persons in need of protection, in order to safeguard both the protection of the individual and the effectiveness of existing national systems.
Amendment 187 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that already the severe price competition on the parcel delivery markets is drastically influencing working conditions and wages of workers in this sector; warns again that competition on price alone will neither be beneficial for the EU economy nor for the labour force; calls for common minimum standards as regards working conditions including minimum pay to be fully enforced where existing and to be put into place where absent.