Activities of Siôn SIMON related to 2015/2147(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards a Digital Single Market Act (A8-0371/2015 - Kaja Kallas, Evelyne Gebhardt)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Commission's initiative; stresses, that the Digital Single Market plays an important role as an engine for jobs and growth; stresses however that a comprehensive strategy is needed which goes beyond the technical aspects to take full advantage of employment and growth potential;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. PRegrets that the effects of a common digital single market on employment and social protection are not addressed by the Commission, although in terms of the transformation of the working world digitization causes a considerable need for policy-making on EU level and in the Member States; points out that employment and social policy need to keep pace with the digitalisation of society;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Demands a permanent European Forum composed of all relevant stakeholders, including social partners, to discuss how such a European digital vision can be developed and how to shape the future digital Europe, how to design industry 4.0, workplaces 4.0 and smart digital services, on the basis of a clear roadmap;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a thorough assessment of the impact whichcomprehensive analysis of the qualitative and quantitative development of types of employment, which are triggered by digitalisization will have on the number and types of jobs available and to gather information on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworkingin order to better seize the opportunities and to meet the challenges; stresses that there is a need for a detailed analysis regarding the sustainable sectors, including new forms of employment and jobs in the health and care sector, and the geographical distribution as well as the consequences of digitization;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Draws the Commission's attention to the urgent need for more detailed and regularly updated statistics that show the spread and distribution of income as well as nonstandard forms of employment, including data on practices such as "Crowdsourcing / Working Crowd";
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. draws attention to the problem that, according to official Commission data, there are significant shortages of skills acquisition. The mismatch between skills supply and demand opportunities and the development of the digital economy hinders the creation of jobs which has a huge impact on the competitiveness of the EU;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Recalls that women are underrepresented in the field of information and communication technologies; points out that women in Europe studying rare ICT-based subjects, rarely find employment in this sector and rarely hold a leadership positions in technology companies; calls on Member States, to promote the qualification and training of women in the ICT sector;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide grand coalition for digital jobs, and encourages businesses to joinin order to promote education and training in digital skills; encourages companies to join this coalition; Calls on companies to finance training opportunities;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the necessity for a definition of the term 'worker' in order to distinguish between self-employment and bogus self-employment; calls on the Commission to promote the exchange between Member States on the various forms of self-employment, taking into account the mobility and delocalization of digital work;
Amendment 161 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that digitization has promoted new forms of employment such as Crowd Working, where services of all kinds are mediated via digital platforms; Encourages the Commission to recognise the working conditions of Crowd Worker not only as a new form of employment but also as a new form of outsourcing; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to create a regulatory framework ensuring a high level of social security for all; stresses that social and labour law regulation is necessary at both national and European level; points out that European minimum standards are necessary where services are solely digitally rendered and where the Crowdsourcer (contractor) and the Crowd Worker (contractee) come from different Member States;
Amendment 162 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the social partners to provide adequate information to workers on working conditions and workers' rights throughout Crowd Working platforms;
Amendment 163 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Emphasises that work-related mental health problems such as burnout caused by the constant accessibility and the limitation of work represents serious risk; advocates therefore a "right to log off" for workers;
Amendment 183 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to suggest ways of enhancing social security for self- employed persons in need of protection, such as "self-dependent" and "solo self- employed" workers, in order to safeguard the effectiveness of existing national systems.