1514 Amendments of Siôn SIMON
Amendment 24 #
2018/0162(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) A broad debate involving social partners, Member States, training institutions and other stakeholders is necessary to investigate the possibility of creating a voluntary system of harmonised certificates going beyond the STCW in the level of training, in order to increase the competitive advantage of European seafarers. Such a STCW+ could establish “maritime certificates of excellence” based on European maritime postgraduate courses, which would provide European seafarers with skills above and beyond those required at international level. The courses would allow staying abreast of the fast-changing technology in the sector, such as shipboard technology and shore based support systems.
Amendment 25 #
2018/0162(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) The education of European seafarers as masters and officers should be supported by exchanges of students between Maritime Education and Training Institutions across the Union.
Amendment 28 #
2018/0162(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/106/EC
Article 5b – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 5b – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. By [insert date 5 years after the entry into force], the Commission shall present an evaluation of the impact of the mutual recognition of certificates issued by Member States on the employment of European seafarers.
Amendment 33 #
2018/0162(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Directive 2008/106/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to meet the standards of medical fitness, including physical and mental health, prescribed by Article 11; and
Amendment 1 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 (new)
Citation -1 (new)
-1 having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Amendment 2 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
-1a having regard to the European Charter of Fundamental Rights (2012/C 326/02),
Amendment 3 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 b (new)
Citation -1 b (new)
-1b having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (A/RES/61/106),
Amendment 4 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 c (new)
Citation -1 c (new)
-1c having regard to the Interinstitutional Proclamation on the European Pillar of Social Rights,
Amendment 5 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 d (new)
Citation -1 d (new)
-1d having regard to the European Social Charter of 3 May 1996,
Amendment 6 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 e (new)
Citation -1 e (new)
-1e having regard to its resolution of 15 September 2016 on Application of the Employment Equality Directive,
Amendment 7 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 f (new)
Citation -1 f (new)
-1f having regard to the European Chronic Disease Alliance’s joint statement on “Improving the employment of people with chronic diseases in Europe” (2017),
Amendment 11 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 25 November 2015 on the EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014-2020,
Amendment 15 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the Declaration of Philadelphia of 10 May 1944 on the goals and objectives of the International Labour Organisation (ILO),
Amendment 16 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 23 May 2007 on promoting decent work for all1a, __________________ 1a OJ C 102 E, 24.4.2008, p. 321.
Amendment 17 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication on a ‘Renewed social agenda: Opportunities, access and solidarity in 21st century Europe’ (COM(2008)0412),
Amendment 18 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 d (new)
Citation 5 d (new)
- having regard to the Commission report on the implementation of the European social partners’ Framework Agreement on Work-related Stress (SEC(2011)0241),
Amendment 19 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 e (new)
Citation 5 e (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication on ‘Improving quality and productivity at work: Community strategy 2007-2012 on health and safety at work’(COM(2007)0062),
Amendment 20 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 f (new)
Citation 5 f (new)
- having regard to Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation,
Amendment 21 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 g (new)
Citation 5 g (new)
- having regard to the anti- discrimination directive 2000/78/EC and ECJ case law such as ECJ 11 April 2013, Joined Cases C-335/11 and C-337/11 (HK Danmark), which together establish the prohibition for employers to discriminate when a long term ill health can be assimilated to handicap, as well as the obligation for employers to make reasonable adaptations to working conditions,
Amendment 22 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Joint Action on Mental Health and Well-being launched in 2013,
Amendment 24 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
- having regard to the EU-OSHA’s current campaign entitled ‘Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress’,
Amendment 29 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 32 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the availability and comparability of data on occupational diseases at EU-level is deficient1a; __________________ 1aReport on the current situation in relation to occupational diseases systems in EU Member States and EFTA/EEA countries, EC (2013).
Amendment 33 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas according to Eurofound’s Third European Quality of Life Survey 2001–2012, roughly 28% of Europeans report having a chronic physical or mental health problem, illness or disability; whereas 1 in 4 people of working age (15-64) are estimated to live with longstanding health problems that restrict their daily activities1a; whereas 350 million working days are lost in the European Union each year due to work- related health problems;1b __________________ 1a https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/observa tories/eurwork/comparative- information/employment-opportunities- for-people-with-chronic-diseases 1bhttp://www.enwhp.org/fileadmin/rs- dokumente/dateien/Hearts_Minds- Summary.pdf
Amendment 34 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas work-related stress in particular, and psychosocial risks in general, are a growing problem for employees and employers across the EU and almost half of all workers consider it to be present at their workplace; whereas work-related stress is the second most frequently reported work-related health problem in Europe; whereas work-related stress contributes to absenteeism, negatively impacts productivity and accounts for almost half the number of working days lost each year; whereas actions taken to manage psychosocial risks vary across the Member States;1a __________________ 1aSecond European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER- 2), EU-OSHA (2015)
Amendment 35 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Amendment 38 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas smoking, alcohol and drug abuse are amongst the most significant health risk factors for the working age population in the EU, linked with both injuries and various non- communicable diseases1a; whereas 20 to 25% of all workplace accidents involve people under the influence of alcohol1b and it is estimated that between 5 % and 20 % of the working population in Europe have serious problems related to their use of alcohol;1c whereas the reintegration of workers who have suffered from substance abuse problems into quality employment presents specific challenges for employers; __________________ 1a Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (2016) GBD Compare Data Visualization. http:// vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare 1bScience Group of the European Alcohol and Health Forum (2011) Alcohol, Work and Productivity. https://ec.europa.eu/health//sites/health/fil es/alcohol/docs/science_02_en.pdf 1cEurofound (2012) Use of alcohol and drugs at the workplace. https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/def ault/files/ef_files/docs/ewco/tn1111013s/tn 1111013s.pdf
Amendment 43 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the reintegration of workers into labour markets is also deeply interconnected withrecovering from injury or illness into quality employment is an increasingly important issue given the rising incidence of chronic diseases, disabilities and mental health disorderproblems, as well as injuries and illnesses;
Amendment 45 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas a study in 2013 demonstrated that 21.8% of cancer patients aged 18-57 years old became unemployed right after being diagnosed, with 91.6% of this group becoming unemployed 15 months after diagnosis; whereas this patient group experienced a waiting period six months longer than average before being employed again;1a __________________ 1aSource: data from national study conducted in France in 2013 (the VICAN 2), reported in European Guide on Quality Improvement in Comprehensive Cancer Control, Chapter 7 Survivorship and rehabilitation. CanCon Joint Action.2017. https://cancercontrol.eu/archived/uploads/ images/Guide/pdf/CanCon_Guide_FINA L_Web.pdf
Amendment 47 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas a 2011 Eurostat study found that only 5.2% of employed people who are limited in their work capabilities because of a longstanding health problem and/or a basic activity difficulty report to use special working arrangements, while 24.2% of the non-employed ones specify that those would be needed to return to work1a; __________________ 1a Source: Eurostat, 2011 LFS ad hoc module (hlth_dlm190)
Amendment 49 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the adoption of appropriate and individually tailored approaches towards the reintegration of people recovering from injury or illness into quality employment is an important factor in preventing additional absenteeism or sickness presenteeism, both of which put additional strain on the individual employee, the productivity of the enterprise, as well as the national social security system;
Amendment 51 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas work plays an important role in facilitating the recovery and rehabilitation process given the important positive psycho-social benefits work brings to the employee, particularly for those suffering from mental health problems;
Amendment 56 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas good occupational safety and health practices are crucial for a productive and motivated workforce, which helps companies remain competitive and innovative and helps to maintain valuable skills and work experience, reduce staff turnover and prevent exclusion, accident and injury;
Amendment 62 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the improved health and reintegration of workers is a fundamental individual right as contained within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; whereas work increases the overall wellbeing of society, has economic benefits to Member States, employees and employers and helps to retain skills that would otherwise be lost;
Amendment 80 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Stresses the importance of investing more in risk-prevention policies as well as promoting, developing and supporting a culture of prevention as regards health and safety at work; points out that the quality of preventive services is key to supporting companies, in particular SMEs, to carry out risk assessment and take adequate preventive measures; calls on the Commission to examine the tasks and training requirements of preventive services laid down in national legislation by the Member States;
Amendment 81 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Calls on the Member States to implement effective policy and regulatory action on tobacco, healthy diets, alcohol consumption and air quality and to promote such policies at the workplace; further calls on Member States to develop integrated health services with social, psychological, work services and occupational medicine;
Amendment 82 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that there is a strong case forn urgent need to tackle discrimination and prejudices against employees who are at the early stages of their diagnosis through better enforcement of the anti- discrimination directive 2000/78/EC, as well as improving the management of sickness absence by employers in the Member States as well as fornd to makinge workplaces more adaptable to chronic conditions and disabilities;
Amendment 92 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the forthcoming EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work post 2020 should further prioritise investments through EU funds aimed at prolonging healthier working lives and supporting recruitment and return to work, where desired and where medical conditions allow, of all people recovering from illness or injury into quality employment; further considers that an integral part of this strategy should be to invest in both primary and secondary preventative mechanisms, through the provision of e-health technologies, such as discrete blood glucose monitors, allowing patients and healthcare professionals to monitor and effectively manage their condition and avoid co- morbidities in the long run;
Amendment 95 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the valuable role trade unions play in the reintegration of workers recovering from injury and illness into quality employment; calls on employers to work with trade unions to ensure support is in place for the represented workers from the very early stages of diagnosis; notes that such measures play an important role in preventing psychosocial problems for the employee later on in their diagnosis;
Amendment 98 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages Member States to engage fully in the forthcoming 2020-2022 EU-wide campaign on the prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and to find innovative non- legislative solutions; calls for the active involvement, reiterates the European Parliament’s call for the Commission to take action on some of the most prevalent work-related health problems in Europe and submit without delay a proposal for a comprehensive legal instrument on MSDs and stress-related diseases; calls ofn the Member States in the dissemination of information provided by the EU-OSHAand employers to take a proactive role in integrating the information provided by the EU-OSHA into their workplace policies and programmes;
Amendment 104 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to conduct studies, broken down by gender, age and area of economic activity, into the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders among the working population at national level, with a view to preventing and combating the emergence of these disorders;
Amendment 107 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that implementing measures forsystemic psychosocial risk prevention in a systematic way should bes a crucial feature of modern workplaces; calls on the Member States to provide support to businesses in managing these risknotes with concern the rise in reported cases of mental health and psychosocial problems over recent years, calls on the Member States to provide support to businesses in implementing a coherent set of workplace policies and programmes to enhance prevention of these problems, tackle mental health stigma, and support to employees facing existing conditions;
Amendment 114 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of updating and providing common health indicators and definitions of work-related diseases, including stress at work, and EU-wide statistical data with a view to setting targets to reduce the incidence of occupational diseases;
Amendment 116 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recognises that people who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness, like all other individuals, retain the fundamental right to work; further recognises that people who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness face a unique set of challenges relating to their employment situation that is distinct from the challenges facing other patient groups, as they often have little time to adapt to their changing conditions and for any workplace adjustments to be made; notes with concern the cases of the unfair dismissal of terminally ill employees as highlighted by the Dying to Work campaign1a; calls upon the Commission and Member States to introduce additional employment protections for terminally ill people, for example through providing such employees with a “protected” employment status under EU law, similar to that which is contained within the Pregnant Workers Directive; __________________ 1a https://www.dyingtowork.co.uk/
Amendment 118 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Recognises that the reintegration of workers who have suffered from substance abuse problems presents specific challenges for employers; notes in this regard the example of the Alna model run by the Swedish social partners1a to support workplaces in taking proactive and early intervention measures as well as in assisting the rehabilitation process for employees who have had problems connected to substance abuse; __________________ 1a http://www.alna.se/in-english
Amendment 119 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Amendment 120 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Calls upon the Commission, Member States and employers to give special consideration to the employment implications for care-givers; fully supports the European Commission’s legislative proposal to introduce a harmonised minimum 5 days of paid leave per year for carers across the EU;
Amendment 121 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop and implement a programme for systematic monitoring, managing and support for workers affected by psychosocial risks, including stress, depression and burnout in order to, inter alia, draw up effective recommendations and guidelines to fight these risks; emphasises that stress at work is recognised as a major obstacle to productivity and to the quality of life; notes in this regard that mental health and psychosocial risks can be influenced by many factors, not all of them being work-related; points out, however, that psychosocial risks and work-related stress are structural problems linked to work organisation and that preventing and managing psychosocial risks and work- related stress is possible; stresses the need to carry out studies, improve prevention and consider new measures based on the sharing of best practices and tools for reintegration in the labour market;
Amendment 122 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Welcomes the Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress campaign; emphasises that initiatives for tackling work-related stress must include the gender dimension taking into accounts specific working conditions for women;
Amendment 131 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises that work is an important source of positive psychosocial wellbeing for individuals, and often an important part of that person’s identity; further recognises that the integration of long-term unemployed individuals into employment through individually tailored measures is a key factor for fighting poverty and social exclusion and also has other preventative psychosocial benefits; stresses that integrating persons returning to work after illness has a doublmany positive effects: benefiting the individual, taking additional burden away from the national social security system and the individual enterprises, as well as supporting the economy more widely;
Amendment 135 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Draws the attention of the Commission to the increased number of workers affected by chronic illness in the workforce; takes the view that accessible, safe and quality employment should be available for people affected by terminal illnesses, chronic and long-term conditions and disability; urges the Member States to focus on retention and integration of people affected by chronic diseases as well as to support reasonable adaptation of workplaces, which will ensure a timely return to work; calls on the Commission to promote integration and rehabilitation measures for people with disabilities and to support Member States’ efforts by raising awareness and identifying and sharing good practices on accommodations and adjustments in the workplace; urges Eurofound to further examine and analyse the employment opportunities and the degree of employability of people with chronic diseases;
Amendment 141 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that the Member Stateployers should take a positive and work- oriented approach to workers with disabilities, older workers and those who have suffered an mental or physical illness, including people diagnosed with terminal illness, focusing on early evaluation of the individual’s remaining capabilitiescapacity to work and the adaptation of the workplace, taking into account the person’s occupational profile and socio-economic situation; encourages Member States to improve provisions in their social security systems that would favour the system ofa swift return to work; provided it is desired by employee and if medical conditions allow;
Amendment 153 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages in this regard thereference to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (A/RES/61/106), and 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 socio-economic context; takes the view that ICF is best suited for EU-wide statistical comparison;
Amendment 156 #
2017/2277(INI)
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 to employers on how to develop and implement reintegration plans, ensuring a continued dialogue between employer, employee and trade union throughout the return-to-work process, and ensuring that employees are made aware of their rights from the beginning of this process; further encourages the exchange of good practice within and between Member States, regions and employers about identification, treatment and reintegration strategies for workers recovering from illness or injury into quality employment, specifically around processes for adapting workplace arrangements and facilities to the needs of the individual returning to work;
Amendment 164 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to provideAcknowledges the importance of taking into account the situation, specific needs and difficulties with compliance by micro and small exnternal support to ensure guidance and technicaprises as well as certain public service sectors in the context of the implementation of measures at company level; stresses that awareness raising, exchange of good practices, consultation, and online platforms are of utmost importance to help SMEs and micro enterprises in this process; calls on the Commission and Member States to continue developing practical tools and guidelines, which will support for small and micro-enterprises with limited experience in occupational rehabilitation and return-to-work measures;
Amendment 173 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the key importance of communication and a multidisciplinary and cooperativen integrated approach between all stakeholders (workers, medical doctors, social services, trade unions, employers) for the successful physical and occupational rehabilitation of workers; lauds the success of the non- bureaucratic and practical approach of the Austrian fit2work programme with its emphasis on easy communication accessible to all workers (such as the use of simplified language);
Amendment 177 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that financial incentives should be in plaStresses the importance tof keeping people with reduced working capacity in employment; if medical conditions allow, strongly encourages the reintegration of workers recovering from illness and injury into quality employment if it is so desired by the employee and if medical conditions allow through re- training and upskilling into the open labour market; further recognises however the importance of a strong safety net in place via the national social security system for individuals who are unable to return to employment;
Amendment 185 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on Member States to introduce policy frameworks including incentives for employers and active labour market policies to support the integration into quality employment of persons with disabilities and chronic illnesses, including the breaking down of barriers in the workplace; as well as people who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness, including ensuring proper compliance with the principle of non-discrimination in the workplace and making suitable adaptations to facilitate the reintegration of workers recovering from illness and injury into quality employment;
Amendment 194 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recognises in this regard that flexible working arrangements, such as telework, flexitime and reduced working hours,individually tailored workplace solutions play an important role in returning to work; stresses the importance of encouraging early return to work (if medical conditions allow) through flexible working arrangements and reduceround working time arrangementshours and workload, which could be accompanied by partial sickness benefit;
Amendment 198 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Commends national programmes and initiatives which have helped to facilitate the reintegration into quality employment of people with chronic diseases, such as the German programme “Job4000”1a which uses an integrated approach to improve the stable professional integration of persons with severe disability and particular difficulties to find a job; or the establishment of reintegration agencies to help people with chronic diseases find a job that is suited to their situation and abilities;1b __________________ 1aSource: Pathways project deliverable 5.2 “Scoping Paper on the Available Evidence on the Effectiveness of Existing Integration and Re-Integration into Work Strategies for Persons with Chronic Conditions” 1bSource: Return to work coaching services for people with a chronic disease by certified “experts by experience”: the Netherlands. Case Study. EU-OSHA
Amendment 207 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure in their communications, guidelines and policies that employers see the reintegration process as an opportunity to recoverbenefit from workers’ skills, competences and experience; takes the view that employsocial partners are full participants in the return-to-work processintegration of workers recovering from illness or injury into quality employment from the start and are part of the decision- making process;
Amendment 212 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that raising awareness of occupational rehabilitation and return-to- work policirogrammes and improved company culture are critical success factors in the return-to-work process and fighting negative attitudetackling prejudices and discrimination, particularly towards people with mental health problems, terminal illness, as well as chronic and long-term conditions;
Amendment 227 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for better understanding of the challenges and discrimination leading to fewer opportunities for people with health problems, such as a lack of understanding of the health problem, perceived low productivity levelrejudices and social stigma;
Amendment 236 #
2017/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Takes the view that EU-wide campaigns play an important role in shifting popular opinioneducation, changes in company culture, as well as national and EU-wide campaigns such as the Dying to Work campaign to combat discrimination against terminally ill workers, are amongst the most effective ways of shifting popular opinion around the issue of reintegration of workers recovering from injury and illness into quality employment;
Amendment 11 #
2017/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. DRegrets that timely and correct application of EU legislation in the Member States remains a matter of serious concern as shown by the large number of infringement procedures; deplores the high number of negative trends revealed in the current report, notably the substantial increase in the opening of infringement cases, representing a 67.5 % increase over the past year and a five-year peak, together with a recorded increase in complaints and a decrease in rates of resolution; notes that according to the breakdown of the infringement cases open at the end of 2016, the four policy areas in which the greatest number of transposition infringement proceedings were opened against Member States were the internal market, environment, financial stability, financial services and capital markets union, and mobility and transport; welcomes the decrease in the total number of new EU Pilot files, reaching its lowest level since 2011; notes the Commission’s aim, in line with its communication entitled ‘EU law: Better results through better application’1 , [1],to make use of the EU Pilot only where it provides effective added value in the infringement resolution process; welcomes the fact that the report acknowledges the role of Parliament in calling the Commission’s attention to shortcomings in the application of EU law in Member States by means of parliamentary questions and petitions; _________________ 1 C(2016)8600, OJ C 18, 19.1.2017, p. 10.
Amendment 16 #
2017/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the crucial importance of transparency and accountability in the drafting and application of EU law by the EU institutions, meaning that EU legislation has to be clear, understandable, consistent and precise, while also taking into consideration the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which ins; recognistes on the need for foreseeability and predictability in EU norms2 ; _________________ 2Judgment of the Court of Justice of 10 September 2009, Plantanol GmbH & Co. KG v Hauptzollamt Darmstadt, C-201/08, ECLI:EU:C:2009:539, paragraph 46.essential role that social partners and civil society organisations play in monitoring and enhancing effective redress of EU law;
Amendment 23 #
2017/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the principle of transparency as enshrined in the EU Treaties, as well as the right of EU citizens to justice and good administration, as stipulated in Articles 41 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; points out that those rights and principles require citizens to be given adequate access to drafts of the legal acts that concern them; insistreminds that those rights and principles should also be of paramount importance to the Member States when proposing draft acts aiming at implementing EU law;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for all EU institutions engaged in the legislative process to commit to enhancing the drafting quality of legislative texts, in line with the commitment undertaken in the Better Law- Making Agenda; recalls that the 1998 Inter-institutional Agreement on common guidelines for the quality of drafting of Community legislation needs to be substantially adapted in order to deliver on that objective;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the revised European Social Charter,
Amendment 3 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Amendment 4 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to Sustainable Development Goal 3 (‘Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages’), and, in particular, to Target 7 (‘ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes by 2030’) and to Target 8 (‘Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all’),
Amendment 5 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
– having regard to Sustainable Development Goal 4 (‘Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all’),
Amendment 6 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 c (new)
Citation 6 c (new)
– having regard to Sustainable Development Goal 5 (‘Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls’),
Amendment 7 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 d (new)
Citation 6 d (new)
– having regard to Sustainable Development Goal 8 (‘Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all’), and, in particular, to Target 5 (‘Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value by 2030’), to Target 6 (‘Substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training by 2020’), and to Target 8 (‘Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment’),
Amendment 8 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 e (new)
Citation 6 e (new)
– having regard to Sustainable Development Goal 10 (‘Reduce inequality within and among countries’), and, in particular, to Target 4 (‘Adopt policies, especially fiscal, wage and social protection policies, and progressively achieve greater equality’),
Amendment 16 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 3 March 2010 entitled ‘Europe 2020 – A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’ (COM(2010)2020), and to its resolution of 16 June 2010 on EU2020,
Amendment 17 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
Citation 14 b (new)
– having regard to the Commission’s Social Investment Package of 20 February 2013, including recommendation 2013/112/EU entitled ‘Investing in Children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage’,
Amendment 18 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)
Citation 23 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission publication of the seventh edition of the annual ‘Employment and Social Developments in Europe (2017)’ focused on intergenerational fairness and solidarity in Europe,
Amendment 19 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 a (new)
Citation 26 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 24 November 2015 on reducing inequalities with a special focus on child poverty,
Amendment 20 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
Citation 28 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 14 June 2017 on the need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap,
Amendment 21 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 b (new)
Citation 28 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 14 March 2017 on equality between women and men in the European Union in 2014-2015,
Amendment 22 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 a (new)
Citation 37 a (new)
– having regard to the Eurofound report ‘Income inequalities and employment – patterns in Europe before and after the Great Recession’,
Amendment 23 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 b (new)
Citation 37 b (new)
– having regard to the Eurofound overview report ‘Sixth European Working Conditions Survey’,
Amendment 24 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 c (new)
Citation 37 c (new)
– having regard to the Eurofound report ‘Social mobility in the EU’,
Amendment 25 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 d (new)
Citation 37 d (new)
– having regard to the Eurofound report ‘New forms of employment’,
Amendment 26 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 e (new)
Citation 37 e (new)
– having regard to Eurofound’s topical update, ‘Pay inequalities experienced by posted workers: Challenges to the “equal treatment” principle’, which provides a detailed overview of governments’ and social partners’ positions across Europe as regards the principle of equal remuneration for equal work,
Amendment 27 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 f (new)
Citation 37 f (new)
– having regard to the Eurofound report ‘Developments in working life in Europe: EurWORK annual review 2016’, and specifically to its chapter ‘Pay inequalities –Evidence, debate and policies’,
Amendment 28 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 g (new)
Citation 37 g (new)
– having regard to the Eurofound report ‘Occupational change and wage inequality: European Jobs Monitor 2017’,
Amendment 29 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 h (new)
Citation 37 h (new)
– having regard to the Eurofound report ‘Women, men and working conditions in Europe’,
Amendment 30 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 i (new)
Citation 37 i (new)
– having regard to Eurofound studies on the Involvement of the social partners in the European Semester and on the Role of the social partners in the European Semester during the period 2011 to 2014,
Amendment 31 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the employment rate in the EU is increasing and has reached 235.4 million people in jobs in the second quarter of 2017, which constitutes an employment rate of 72.3 %, meaning that the EU is on track to reach the 75 % employment rate target specified in the Europe 2020 strategy; whereas, nonetheless, employment rates diverge widely, ranging from much below the EU average of 65% in Greece, Croatia, Italy and Spain, to higher than 75% in the Netherlands, Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany and Sweden;
Amendment 36 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas employment measured in terms of hours worked per employee remains 3% below the pre-crisis level in the EU and 4% in the Euro Area due to increases in part-time work and reductions in the hours worked by full- time employees;
Amendment 37 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU unemployment rate is at its lowest level in nine years and stands at 7.5 %; whereas, nonetheless, the vary on unemployment rates is still relevant, ranging from around 4% in Germany to almost 20% in Spain and 23.6% in Greece; whereas hidden unemployment was at 20% in 2016 (unemployed, willing to work but not actively searching for employment);
Amendment 42 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas employment growth has been stronger among older workers, high- skilled employees and among men rather than young people, low-skilled workers and women;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas part-time work has increased 11% compared to 2008, and full-time employment has dropped by 2% in the same period, while involuntary part-time work still represents almost one- third of this type of contracts;
Amendment 45 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas labour market segmentation between permanent and atypical jobs remains worrying, with countries showing a percentage of temporary contracts ranging from 10% to 20%, with particularly low transition rates towards permanent contracts and temporary jobs representing "dead ends" rather than "stepping stones" towards permanent jobs; whereas this phenomenon is impeding large numbers of workers to benefit from secure, relatively well-paid employment and good prospects, creating a wage gap between permanent and temporary workers; whereas labour market segmentation worsens due to many EU countries adopting two-tier reforms in employment protection legislation, easing the use of temporary contract;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, although a slight improvement in the youth unemployment rate can be observed, it still remains disturbingly high at 16.6 % (18.7 % in the euro area); whereas in 2016 there were still 6.3 million young people aged 15-24 not in employment, education or training (NEETs); , according to the Draft Joint Employment Report, young people are more often employed under non- standard and atypical forms of employment, including temporary jobs, involuntary part-time work and lower wage jobs; whereas some countries have introduced measures such as reduced minimum wage to encourage employers to recruit young people, which constitutes an unacceptable treatment of young people based on the prohibition of discrimination as regards age in relation to article 19 of TFEU and the Directive 2000/78 on Employment Equality;
Amendment 48 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas in 2016 there were still 6.3 million young people aged 15-24 not in employment, education or training (NEETs); whereas the early school leavers rate stills score around 20% in several Member States as Malta, Spain, Romania and above the EU target of 10% in Portugal, Bulgaria, Italy, Hungary, United Kingdom and Greece; whereas early school leaving represents a complex challenge at individual, national and European levels; whereas young people who leave education and training early are often both socially and economically disadvantaged; whereas early school leaving is fundamentally due to the socio- economic situation of students, such as difficult family situations, unemployment, low household income and low levels of parental education; whereas early school leaving reduction is shaped by countries' broader policies for the economy, employment, social affairs, health and also rely on improvements in the socio- economic climate – on higher economic growth, measures to combat poverty and improve health, and the effective integration of migrants and minorities into society;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, although the differences in unemployment rates among the Member States are smaller, they still remain above the pre-crisis level; whereas long-term unemployment remains above 50% of total unemployment in some Member States and represents 45,6% in the EU and 49,7% in the Euro Area; whereas unemployment rate only tracks individuals who do not have a job and have actively looked for work in the last 4 weeks and long term unemployment rate only measures the share of the economically active population aged 15 to 74 who has been unemployed for 12 months or more;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas wage growth remains subdued in the EU, increasing less than 1% in the last two years and dispersion of compensation of employees is rather wide in the EU, ranging from 4,6 euros per hour worked in Bulgaria to 43,3 in Luxembourg; whereas real wage growth lagged behind average productivity growth in 18 out of 28 Member States and is even lagging behind the drop of unemployment;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas gender employment gap still remain above 10 pps, scoring 11.6 % for the EU, with a 76.9% employment rate for men and 65.3% for women, and even wider gaps among non-EU born and Roma women;
Amendment 59 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas gender gap in part-time employment is even wider amounting a difference of 23 pps in 2016, and exceeding 30 pps in four Member States and scoring 23.5% of female involuntary part-time employment;
Amendment 60 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas the employment rate of women with at least one child under the age of 6 is 9 pps less than the employment rate of women without children and 19% of the EU potential female workforce in 2016 was inactive because of looking after children or incapacitated adults;
Amendment 61 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
Recital D e (new)
De. whereas, due to lower full-time equivalent employment rates, women suffer from a significant pay gap of 16.3% in 2015 in the EU on average, ranging from 26.9%in Estonia to 5.5% in Italy and Luxemburg;
Amendment 62 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas societies in the European Union are ageing, which presents additional challenges for Member States’ social security and healthcare systemduties for Member States to ensure well-funded and robust social security and health care systems; whereas life expectancy at birth in the EU-28 slightly declined in 2015, it was estimated at 80.6 years (0.3 years lower than 2014), reaching 83.3 years for women (0.3 years lower than 2014), and 77.9 years (0.2 years lower than 2014) for men; whereas this was the first decline in EU-28 life expectancy since the year 2002, when life expectancy data became available for all EU Member States, and it can be observed in the majority of the Member States; whereas according to Eurostat it is not yet possible to say whether the reduction in life expectancy observed between 2014 and 2015 is only temporary or whether the reduction will continue in the following years;
Amendment 70 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas disadvantaged socio- economic background, migrant origin students and those with special needs, are the most significant factors associated with low educational achievement, taking into account that the EU average proportion of low achievers in science within the bottom socio-economic quartile of the 2015 PISA student population is around 34%, 26 pps more than in the top socio-economic quartile;
Amendment 73 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas education is a crucial determinant of young people's integration into the labour market, taking into account that the employment rate of young people with higher education (aged 20-34) is 82.8% in the EU, more than 10 pps above those with upper secondary education;
Amendment 78 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas gross disposable household income (GDHI) per capita has still not recovered in different Member States from its pre-crisis levels, several of them recording levels from 20 to 30 pps lower than 2008;
Amendment 81 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas income inequalities increases have not been reversed from the onset of the crisis in several Member States, and in some cases even have worsened and taking into account that in the EU as a whole the richest 20% of households received an income share that is 5.1 times that of the poorest 20%, with ratios of 6.5 or above in some Eastern and Southern European countries, almost twice as high as values for some Center Europeans and Nordic best performers countries;
Amendment 84 #
2017/2260(INI)
Hc. whereas, according to the Commission publication ‘Employment and Social Developments in Europe 2017’, in 2015 there were 118,8 million people at risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE), 1,7 million above the 2008 level and far from the Europe 2020 Strategy target of reducing AROPE by 20 million, with wide disparities between Member States, ranging from 5% or less in the Czech Republic or Germany to around 20% in Greece and Spain; whereas children AROPE rate (0-17) in 2016 is 26,4%, higher than 24,2% of adult people (16-64) and almost10 pps higher than AROPE rate of 18,3% for elder people (65+); whereas, the number of children experiencing poverty remains alarmingly high in Europe, currently standing at more than 25 million and whereas the impact of poverty on children can last a lifetime and perpetuates the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage;
Amendment 88 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Recital H d (new)
Hd. whereas increasing in-work poverty remains in Europe as a whole, with highest levels recorded in Spain (13.1%), Greece (14%) and Romania (18.6%), showing that employment alone is not always sufficient to lift people out of poverty and reflecting different labour market patterns, including part-time and/or temporary jobs, wage levels and work intensity in the households and poor working conditions;
Amendment 90 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H e (new)
Recital H e (new)
He. whereas, according to Eurofound research the involvement of the social partners in the elaboration of the National Reform Programmes is gradually improving in most Member States, although significant differences and outcomes remain in the quality and effectiveness of the national social partners engagement in the European Semester process;
Amendment 91 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H f (new)
Recital H f (new)
Hf. whereas the Eurofound forthcoming study on the involvement of the social partners in the European Semester reports a process of consolidation and growing awareness, following the Employment Guideline No.7; Nevertheless, the social partners highlight the need to ensure a proper engagement through facilitating meaningful and timely consultation, exchange of contributions and feedback, as well as giving visibility to their views;
Amendment 93 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesNotes that the Annual Growth Survey 2018, as an important part of the European investment process, is once again based on a strategy of investment, structural reforms and responsible public finances; calls on the Member States to take account of the priorities identified in the survey in their national policies and strategies to promote growth, employment and social protectionbalanced budgetary policies and neutral fiscal stance; stresses that socially responsible public finances are those ensuring quality public services and better opportunities for citizens tackling income inequalities and promoting sustainable growth, decent job creation and social protection; highlights that the main priorities of the European Semester for coordination of employment and social policies must be to reduce inequalities and poverty, to increase wages and the quality of employment, including by strengthening unions and collective bargaining systems, and to improve social protection and access and quality of public services;
Amendment 98 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that inequalities threaten the future of the European project, erode its legitimacy and can damage trust in the EU as an engine of social progress and that the reduction of inequalities must be one of the main priorities at the European level, as recently stated by the Parliament; reminds, therefore, that the Commission should improve, within the framework of the European Semester, the process of policy coordination in order to better monitor, prevent and correct negative trends that could increase inequalities and weaken social progress or negatively affect social justice, putting in place preventive and corrective measures when necessary;
Amendment 99 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. States that after seven years from the onset of the European Semester cycle of economic policy coordination, some of the more relevant employment and social imbalances of Europe, as labour market segmentation, wage dispersion or child poverty, have not been resolved but have worsened, evidencing that public policies at the national level are insufficient for building a fairer European labour market, and stronger and wider policies at European level are needed to complement current national efforts; Notes that there have been positive steps to rebalance economic and social priorities in the European Semester, but fiscal flexibility to support social investment in social rights is vital as well as mainstreaming all principles enshrined in the European Pillar of Social Rights effectively at all stages;
Amendment 102 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need for structural reforms aimed at improving labour market and social policies, in order to help the workforce to acquire the skills they need and to promote equal opportunities in the labour market, fair working conditions, increasing labour productivity to support wage growth, and sustainable and adequate social protection systemocially responsible reforms based on solidarity, integration, social justice and a fair distribution of wealth, a model that ensures equality and social protection, protects vulnerable groups and improves living standards for all citizens;
Amendment 113 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Interinstitutional Proclamation on the European Pillar of Social Rights and believes that the European Semester must be a tool to develop its 20 key principles regarding equal opportunities and access to the labour market, fair working conditions and social protection and inclusion should serve as a point of reference when implementing the European Semester policy coordination cycle; Stresses, therefore, that the Proclamation has to be seen as a first step, and concrete legislative, financing and investment measures must be developed from 2018 and further to legally protect people’s labour and social rights and improve social justice in Europe and must be monitored by the European Semester in order to build a real Social Triple A for Europe, as stated by President Juncker;
Amendment 123 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission, within the framework of the MFF 2014-2020 revision, to increase substantially the European Social Fund aimed specifically to support the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 124 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to put forward a concrete legislative planning for the period 2018-2019 aiming to improve living and working conditions in the context of the Proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, and specifically encourage the proclamation of a Social Protocol to be annexed to the Treaties to ensure that fundamental social rights take precedence over economic freedoms;
Amendment 129 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the new scoreboard, which provides for 14 headline indicators to screen the employment and social performance of Member States along three broad dimensions, identified in the context of the Social Pillar; underlines the fact, that for the EU on average, 11 of the 14 headline indicators recorded an improvement over the last available year, confirming the steady improvement in the labour market and social situation which has accompanied the economic recoverregrets, nonetheless, that 14 out of the 20 principles enshrined in the EPSR are not linked to any indicators in this new social scoreboard, and two of the remaining 6 are only covered partially;
Amendment 130 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission, once again, to develop and complement the scoreboard of the Joint Employment Report with new indicators covering topics of the European Pillar of Social Rights related to the situation of women in labour market beyond pay, grounds of equal treatment in employment, quality of employment, living wages, protection against dismissal, collective bargaining coverage, unionization, access to care other than childcare, healthy and safe work places, social protection coverage, unemployment benefits, minimum income schemes, adequate pensions, inclusion of people with disabilities, long term care, access to housing and access to essential services;
Amendment 134 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Underlines the fact, that for the EU on average, 11 of the 14 headline indicators recorded an improvement over the last available year, confirming the steady improvement in the labour market and social situation which has accompanied the economic recovery; notes, however, that action is required to achieve social upward convergence along the dimensions identified by the Social Pillar, as stated by the Commission, and that the analysis of the headlines indicators shows at least one "critical situation" for 17 out of 28 Member States;
Amendment 135 #
2017/2260(INI)
4c. Regrets that the way data is presented in the Joint Employment report is not clear and often inconclusive, especially in the area of poverty and social exclusion, or difficult to compare, for instance regarding the evolution of wages, productivity and capital gains, or the tax wedge for labour and capital; warns that multifactor productivity is not being measured, which is essential to understand the evolution of productivity in the European economy;
Amendment 138 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its concern about the level of youth unemployment, which remains high, with the number of NEETs having stagnated; welcomes, in this respect, an increase ivariability in employment and unemployment rates recorded in different Member States and is particularly concerned by the level of youth unemployment and long-term unemployment that threaten the ability to integrate in the medium and long term of a large number of young and elderly unemployed; warns about the worrying degree of and rising trend towards underemployment and hidden funding for the Youth Employment Initiative by EUR 2.4 billion for the period 2017-2020employment and that unemployment rate might capture only about two-thirds of the extent of European underemployment;
Amendment 144 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that is specially worrying the high level of NEETs and early school leavers that still remain in several countries, as well as the very long- term unemployed pockets with increasingly scarce opportunities to integrate in a normal way in the labour market; Notes, in this respect, that the increase in funding for the Youth Employment Initiative by EUR 2.4 billion for the period2017-2020 seems insufficient and calls on the Commission and the Member States to raise the funding level of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) for the period 2018-2020 to at least EUR 21 billion, including young people under 30;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to strengthen their efforts through the ESF and the European Semester to support comprehensive public policies in the Member States, focused to provide smoother transitions from education and (long-term) unemployment to work and specifically for the full implementation of the measures at national level outlined in the Council Recommendation on the labour market integration of the long- term unemployed;
Amendment 151 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Considers that labour market segmentation, which especially affects young people, must be stopped, therefore it is necessary to prohibit and control the use of atypical contracts and non- standard forms of work, such as zero- hour contracts or unpaid traineeship, as well as guarantee fair and non- discriminatory working conditions for all workers;
Amendment 152 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Welcomes the Commission Proposal for a Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union replacing the current Written Statement Directive, but calls on the Commission to reconsider further expanding the scope and enforcement of the proposal in the Member States, with the aim of effectively extending to all workers not only rights but also minimum working conditions across Europe, regardless the type of contract or job that is exercised;
Amendment 153 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Recalls that the creation of the European Labour Authority as an inspectorate body with powers to carry out controls and impose sanctions and penalties on non-compliant companies, would be a guarantee of the enforcement of labour and social legislation in the European single market to combat social dumping, exploitation and abuse of workers;
Amendment 154 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Calls on the Commission to create the European social security card in order to facilitate information exchange and to provide people with a record of their current and past entitlements and to prevent abuse;
Amendment 155 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Recalls to the Commission that access to social protection is fundamental for creating fair working conditions and that following up the consultations of the social partners it is needed to come along with concrete proposals to ensure that all people in all forms of work build up social security entitlements, including for adequate pensions;
Amendment 156 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Considers that despite the general increase of employment rates in Europe, these have not been accompanied by a decline in the levels of inequality and risk of poverty or social exclusion; Gains produced in recent years have been distributed unevenly, with the majority of the population, especially the most needy, receiving scarcely nothing of these profits;
Amendment 157 #
2017/2260(INI)
5i. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to reverse the downward tax competition through coordination of tax rates and compensation schemes between countries; Calls on the Commission to support the establishment of a UN intergovernmental body for tax cooperation and to initiate discussions on a European financial register;
Amendment 158 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 j (new)
Paragraph 5 j (new)
5j. Calls on the Commission to encourage tax systems reforms focused in increase the top rate of income tax specifically capital income taxation, generating resources for transferring public goods and services and reversing threatening trends on growth and job creation because of income and wealth inequalities, affecting mostly 40% of the population at the bottom of income distribution;
Amendment 159 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 k (new)
Paragraph 5 k (new)
5k. Notes that wealth is more unequally distributed than income and that the rate of capital return is much higher than the economic growth rate, and considers worrying that the real estate market in some countries is generating arbitrary effects on inter- generational distribution of wealth ; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to coordinate tax reforms in order to establish annual tax on wealth holdings and inheritance tax rates aimed to reduce wealth inequality and promote meritocracy and redistribution;
Amendment 160 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 l (new)
Paragraph 5 l (new)
5l. Taking into account the intensive dependence of middle-class earns on nominal wages, is concerned about the negative relationship between market wage inequality and trade union organizational density and notes the positive link between worker’s share in the production value and the coverage of collective bargaining; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to reverse the most aggressive labour market reforms carried out in the past and encourage unionisation, wider coverage of collective bargaining agreements and strengthening coordinated forms of wage- setting, aimed to promote nominal wage growth in line with the sum of productivity growth plus the inflation target of the ECB;
Amendment 161 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 m (new)
Paragraph 5 m (new)
5m. Calls on the Commission to coordinate the Member States in the adoption of duly designed frameworks of Minimum Wages Systems at national level, in accordance with their national practices and the involvement of Social Partners, aimed to reach a universal minimum level of earns according with a national living wage as the income needed to meet a family’s basic needs for each Member State and region;
Amendment 162 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 n (new)
Paragraph 5 n (new)
5n. Notes that one of the most relevant public policies to promote equal opportunities is encouraging equal and affordable access to high-quality public goods and service specially ensuring universal access to health, (early-age) education, childcare, social housing and public transport;
Amendment 163 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 o (new)
Paragraph 5 o (new)
5o. Is concerned about the remaining high levels of poverty in Europe almost a decade after the onset of the crisis and the inter-generational divide produced including those Member States performing better in terms of share of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion; Is especially worried about the increasing rates of child poverty and in- work poverty registered in several Member States despite the macroeconomic recovery recorded in recent years; Notes that more than a third of Member States report a critical situation in relation to the share of children participating in early childhood care and education; calls on the Commission to support the Member States in the design and implementation of structural reforms evaluating the social and distributional impact of them;
Amendment 164 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 p (new)
Paragraph 5 p (new)
5p. Asks the Commission to adopt all the necessary measures to drastically reduce poverty in Europe, and particularly child poverty, and therefore to put forward a regulation establishing a European Child Guarantee with corresponding funds, according with their Recommendation on Investing in Children, the preparatory actions established by the EU Budget 2017 and 2018, and the EP Resolutions, by ensuring that every child at risk of poverty will have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition; Stresses the need for the Member States to adopt national plans to reduce child poverty, specifically addressing the limited impact of social transfers in reducing the risk of poverty;
Amendment 165 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 q (new)
Paragraph 5 q (new)
5q. Highlights that the modernisation of benefit systems must be a priority for the Member States and Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the unemployed are provided with adequate income and social benefits for enough time and parents have access to generous child-allowances schemes and affordable quality pre-school childcare and education; Calls on the Commission to encourage more progressive means-tested benefit systems in the Member States aimed to achieve affordability and universal access;
Amendment 166 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 r (new)
Paragraph 5 r (new)
5r. Points out that social protection systems should ensure the right to minimum income benefits for people lacking sufficient resources and promote social inclusion by encouraging all to participate in the labour market and in society; Calls on the Commission to coordinate the Member States in the adoption of a common framework to implement such Minimum Income Benefits Systems according with their national practices and the involvement of social partners;
Amendment 167 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 s (new)
Paragraph 5 s (new)
5s. Is convinced that the development of a European Unemployment Insurance Scheme duly designed as a complement of the National Benefits Systems, would improve not only the possibilities of absorbing economic crises with asymmetric results, but also a way to strengthen the Social Dimension of the EU;
Amendment 168 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 t (new)
Paragraph 5 t (new)
5t. Stresses the higher unemployment rates of young people and low-skilled workers compared with adult high-skilled workers; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to speed up the implementation of the New Skills Agenda aimed to up-skill persons with specific skills problems to re-integrate the labour market;
Amendment 175 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to maximise their efforts in investing in affordable and universal access to high-quality education and training in order to guarantee that the skills acquired will match labour market demandare adequate to facilitate labour market integration of workers; underlines, in this respect, the growing demand for digital and other transferable skills and insists that the development of these skills is urgent and particularly necessary;
Amendment 181 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take all the necessary measures to improve the services and legislation that are important for a proper work-life balance; calls for the development of accessible and affordable childcare and early education services, and for the creation of favourable conditions for parents and carers by allowing for advantageous family leave take-up and flexible working arrangements which tap into the potential of new technologies; underlines, in this respect, the potential of public-private partnerships; Is concerned about the lack of gender perspective and indicators in the framework of the European Semester and calls for greater inclusion of the gender mainstreaming perspective in the formulation of country-specific recommendations, convergence programmes and national reform programmes; urges the need for monitoring of social and gender progress and impact of reforms overtime;
Amendment 191 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enforce at European and National level wage transparency and conducting pay audits on the company level in order to achieve equal pay for the same work in all sectors and professions; Calls on the Commission to put forward initiatives, if necessary, to remove any kind of gender pay gap, setting penalties for Work places that violate the right to equality, establishing different wages for identical job categories, depending on whether they are occupied mainly by men or by women;
Amendment 195 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the potential of SMEs in job creation and the economy as a whole; considers it vital to but points out that entrepreneurship alone does not promote industrialization or solve unemployment or poverty problems and it is a solution that does not fit everyone; considers it vital to assess the high rate of start-up failure in order to draw lessons on how to better support entrepreneurship and to improve the business environment by removing administrative burdens,, considers important improving access to finance and supporting the development of tax models and simplified tax compliance procedures favouring SMEs, entrepreneurs, micro- entities and start-ups promoting a progressive tax collection, avoiding tax evasion and the lack of records of the fundamental information to identify the tax bases and their real owners;
Amendment 218 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that increasing life expectancy requires the adaptation ofPoints out that life expectancy declined in 2016 for the first time since 2002 and that it is necessary to assess whether this is going to be a trend before adapting pensions systems in order to; stresses that ensureing a good quality of life for elderly people; stresses that this can be achieved by linking retirement age not only can be achieved by universal access to public, solidarity-based and adequate retirement schemes; calls on the Commission to support Member States in strengthening public and occupational pension systems to provide an adequate retirement income above the poverty threshold and to allow pensioners to maintain their standard of living and to lifve expectancy but also to insurance contribution years, and by preventing early exit from the labour marketin dignity and independence; 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; highlights that while personal pension schemes can be important tools to improve pension adequacy, statutory solidarity-based pension systems remain the most efficient tool to combat old-age poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 224 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is of the opinion that Cohesion Policy, as the main investment policy of the European Union, has demonstrated its effectiveness in reducing inequalities and should therefore be maintained at at least a similar budgetary level in the future multiannual financial framework; considers that the European Social Fund should be retained as the main EU instrument for the integration and reintegration of workers into the labour marketincreased to ensure that they reach at least the equivalent of 30% of the current Structural and Investment Funds in the next MFF targeted to tackle inequality, reduce poverty and implement the principles enshrined in the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 235 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up efforts for further inclusion of people with disabilities into the labour market by removing legislative barriers and creating incentives for their employment; calls on the Commission to include in the social scoreboard indicators regarding labour and social inclusion of people with disabilities;
Amendment 238 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the fact that the non- alignment of labour demand with labour supply is a problem that encompasses all EU regions, including the most developedand that cannot be solved by forcing people into insecure working lives, with discontinuous careers, with constant changes in jobs, sectors and cities, with very little prospect for stability and professional progress and promotion; calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle this issue by introducing measures to ensure stability and decent working conditions that will facilitate the mobility of workers across jobs, sectors and locations in order to meet labour demand in less and better developed regions alike; calls on the Commission and the Member States, furthermore, to devote particular attention to the unique circumstances of cross-border workers and workers in peripheral regions;
Amendment 249 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the role of the social partners, as essential stakeholders, the national social dialogue practices and the civil society, in the reform process and the added value of their active involvement in the drafting, sequencing and implementation of reforms; stresses that being effectively involved in the design of the policies will allow social partners to feel more engaged in the national reforms adopted as a result of the Country-specific recommendations of the Semester and therefore their ownership of the outcomes will be reinforced; supports the opinion that new forms of employment in the globalised market call for new forms of social dialogue; affirms that the Member States need to help people build the skills required in the labour markend calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the creation of these new forms of social dialogue and the extension of collective agreements and protection to these new forms of employment;
Amendment 255 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Affirms that the Member States need to help people build the skills required in the labour market; highlights that according to CEDEFOP and the EU2020 scoreboard the distribution of skills in the labour force largely matched the qualification requirements of the labour market in 2016, that labour supply exceeded demand for all qualification types, being particularly high for low and medium level qualifications; stresses that Cedefop forecasts show a parallel rise in skills from both the demand and the supply side until 2025 and that skills levels are expected to change faster for the labour force than those required by the job market; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to carefully reassess the difficulties in accessing labour market; is concerned about the increase in the over qualification rate (25% in 2014);
Amendment 1 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
1a. having regard to its resolution of 13 September 2016 on Creating Labour Market Conditions favourable for work- life balance,
Amendment 2 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
1a. having regard to its resolution of 15 September 2016 on Application of the Employment Equality Directive,
Amendment 3 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
1b. having regard to its resolution of 14 June 2017 on the need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap,
Amendment 4 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 c (new)
Citation 1 c (new)
1c. having regard to its resolution of 4 July 2017 on working conditions and precarious employment,
Amendment 5 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 d (new)
Citation 1 d (new)
1d. having regard to its resolution of 3 October 2017 on women’s economic empowerment in the private and public sectors in the EU,
Amendment 6 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 e (new)
Citation 1 e (new)
Amendment 7 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 f (new)
Citation 1 f (new)
1f. having regard to the proposal of the European Commission of 26 April 2017 for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on work- life balance for parents and carers repealing the Council Directive 2010/18/EU,
Amendment 14 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that while women make up a clear majority of journalism and media graduates in the EU, they are still significantly under-represented at the decision-making and leadership level; notes that this under-representation is a major contributing factor to the negative and stereotypical portrayal of women in the media in the EU;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises that an increase in the proportion of women in leadership roles in the media sector is an important step and calls on media sector organisations to introduce best practice measures to increase the proportion of women in leadership roles; encourages such organisations to actively consider measures such as those incorporated by the Nordic Public Services Broadcasters1c, including making workforce gender balance in staff composition, including by pay grade, transparent and comparable over time in yearly corporate reports; setting clear and realisable yearly targets; incorporating gender sensitive training and establishing mentor and role model programmes for staff; __________________ 1c http://www.nordicom.gu.se/sites/default/fil es/mediefakta- dokument/Gender_Media/Making_Chang e/1-12_makingchange_lr.pdf
Amendment 18 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 19 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes in particular the disturbing scale of harassment suffered by female journalists; notes that according to a recent IFJ study1b, 50% of female journalists have experienced one form of harassment; that 44% of female journalists have suffered online abuse; that 37% have been sexually harassed and that in 38% of these cases, the perpetrator was a boss or supervisor; __________________ 1bhttp://www.ifj.org/nc/news-single- view/backpid/1/article/ifj-survey-one-in- two-women-journalists-suffer-gender- based-violence-at-work/
Amendment 23 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes a recent Eurofound study highlighting the growth of precarious forms of work such as fixed-term, temporary, atypical, freelance and discontinuous in the media sector further notes that, as is true across the labour market, women are overrepresented in these precarious forms of work1d; notes that the increasing pressures on the media sector to maintain economic viability due to digitalisation is likely to aggravate this trend; further notes that women on these more precarious contracts may be more vulnerable to workplace harassment due to the relative ease with which they can be dismissed from the organisation; __________________ 1d http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/e tudes/STUD/2016/587285/IPOL_STU%28 2016%29587285_EN.pdf
Amendment 24 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop, fund and encourage training on workplace policy related to anti-harassment, equality and diversity in order to combat harassment at the workplace;
Amendment 29 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that only a few Member States have systematically ensured that existing legal texts are in line with the principle of equal treatment, and that even fewer implement them systematically; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure full implementation of Equal Treatment and Employment Equality Directives in order to address this situation;
Amendment 31 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Insists that flexible working arrangements should be employee- oriented and voluntary, accompanied by adequate social protection, and believes that workers` rights and the right to secure employment must come before any increase in flexibility in the labour market, so as to ensure that flexibility does not increase precarious, undesirable and insecure forms of work and employment does not undermine employment standards;
Amendment 32 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle precarious employment, including undeclared work and bogus self-employment, in order to ensure that all types of work contracts offer decent working conditions with proper social security coverage, in line with the ILO Decent Work Agenda, Article 9 TFEU, the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter; calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat all practices, which might lead to an increase of precarious employment;
Amendment 33 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Calls on media organisations to, where not previously present, establish internal bodies to assist victims of harassment throughout the process of speaking out; further calls on these organisations to ensure the existence of clear and specific internal policies and structures, including a process for whistleblowing, that specifically aim to tackle a workplace culture which allows the fostering of gender-based discrimination and harassment;
Amendment 34 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Calls on the Member States to increase job quality in non-standard jobs by providing, at the least, set of minimum standards as regards social protection, minimum wage levels and access to training and development; stresses that this should be done while maintaining entry opportunities;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that women working in the media will benefit from the general advancement of conditions for women in the workplace, including ending the gender pay gap and pension gap, reducing precarious work, ensuring affordable and accessible and quality childcare and boosting collective bargaining rights;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to adopt social protection measures to ensure that women`s pay and welfare entitlements, including pensions, are in line with the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or for work of equal value, in accordance with Article 157 TFEU;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes in particular that the pattern of informal or casual recruitment in this sector can have the effect of disproportionately disadvantaging women due to their existing underrepresentation in sector; calls on media organisations to establish open and transparent recruitment procedures as part of their gender equality strategy;
Amendment 69 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for media organisations to put in place all possible positive discrimination measures to ensure women’s equal representation in all levels of the media sector, particularly in leadership roles; notes the positive role of unions, women’s councils and women’s equality officers in workplaces; considers these organisations should continue to work alongside employers in delivering appropriate measures to deliver gender balance within media organisations;
Amendment 73 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes a recent Eurofound study1d stating that high level of poor work-life balance was reported by media workers in printing and publishing sectors, with highest levels in small and medium-sized workplaces in the media and communications sector; __________________ 1d https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/information-sheet/2014/working- conditions/media-and-communications- working-conditions-and-job-quality
Amendment 75 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses in this context the importance of ensuring that women and men are equal earners and equal carers by eliminating gender inequalities in paid and unpaid work, and to promote equal sharing of responsibilities, costs and care; therefore welcomes the Commission`s proposal on work-life balance, as response to repeated calls of the European Parliament, and insists that the outcome of inter-institutional negotiations result in an ambitious legislation;
Amendment 76 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls for Member States to develop programmes in order to improve women’s skills in STEM subjects that are important for careers in the media sector with a more technical focus, such as sound and audiovisual technicians; stresses the importance of vocational education and training in diversifying career choices and introducing women and men to non- traditional career opportunities to overcome horizontal and vertical exclusion;
Amendment 83 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Acknowledges that women cannot be treated as one homogenous group but that women of different ethnicity, religion, gender alignment, sexual orientation and women with disability face specific gender-based obstacles and sources of stress at the workplace, including harassment, exclusion, discrimination or gender stereotypes;
Amendment 85 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on Member States and the Commission to combat all forms of multiple discrimination and to ensure proper application of the principle of non- discrimination and equal treatment in access to employment;
Amendment 87 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Regrets the under-reporting of all forms of discrimination at the workplace and highlights that the lack of objective data makes it more difficult to prove the existence of discrimination; calls on the Commission and Member States to collect equality data within the scope of the Employment Equality Directive in an accurate and systemic way and with the involvement of social partners, national equality bodies and national courts; further recommends that national, regional and local authorities, law enforcement bodies, including labour inspectors, national equality bodies and civil society organisations, increase their monitoring of the intersectionality between gender and other grounds in cases of discrimination and practices;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2179(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the ongoing revision of the founding regulations of the three tripartite Agencies; recalls the importance of preserving the tripartite nature of these agencies to ensure active participation of national authorities, European employers’ organisations and European workers’ organisations in their governance and functioning; recalls that staffing cuts have been implemented with great difficulty and reiterates its opposition to further cuts which would limit the agencies' ability to carry out their mandate;
Amendment 3 #
2017/2179(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that the discussion about the draft annual work programmes and the multiannual strategies of the agencies in the committees responsible helps to ensure that the programmes and strategies reflect the actual political priorities;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2156(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned by the Court’s observation that the situation regarding the Foundation’s premises is unsatisfactory and puts activities at risk of disruption; notes the urgent need for the host country to find a solution to this matter; calls on the Foundation to update Parliament on the progress of the ongoing tendering procedure;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2148(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Acknowledges that the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (the ‘Foundation’) remained an essential contributor to policy development and that the use of its expertise in key Union policy documents remained significant;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2148(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the work of the Foundation during the four-year work programme 2013-2016 “From crisis to recovery: Better informed policies for a competitive and fair Europe”; welcomes the Foundations's high-quality analysis and policy input as regards living and working conditions, industrial relations and employment and labour market developments, in particular the Overview report of the sixth European Working Conditions Survey; considers it to be important to maintain strong cooperation between the Foundation and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs in order to continue to engage in constructive and evidence-based discussions;
Amendment 10 #
2017/2148(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Commends the exemplary high budget implementation rate (100 %); notes, however, that the level of appropriations carried over to 2017 increased for Title III (43 %) compared to the previous year (31 %), mainly in relation to projects going beyond the end of the year;
Amendment 13 #
2017/2148(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the Foundation’s remedial actions undertaken in relation to salary corrections following Court’s reports ; notes that an audit of the salaries function was undertaken in Q2 2017 in order to provide additional assurance that the appropriate processes and controls are in place and operating well;
Amendment 14 #
2017/2148(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Expresses concern about the negative budgetary impact of the increasing Irish country coefficient which risks to undermine more and more the financial capability of the Foundation to deliver on its mandate; expects action to be taken by the Institutions of the Union to offset the effect;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern the high estimated level of error in the policy area of ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’ at 4,8 %, which iremains above the error level for the EU budget as a whole (3,1 %); notes, however, that this represents a small decrease from the previous year (5,2 %); notes that the estimated error level in the area of ‘Competitiveness for growth and jobs’ is 4,1 %;
Amendment 16 #
2017/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the achievements of the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) in 2016 and the fact that almost three times the number of people were supported by them in 2016 compared to the period 2014-2015 (7,8 million people in 2016 compared to 2,7 million people in 2014- 2015); notes that, as a result of ESF and YEI support, 787 000 participants were in employment, 820 000 participants gained a qualification, and 276 000 participants followed education or training;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Is concerned about the delay in the implementation of ESF and YEI and at their low budgetary execution; notes that the Commission has drawn attention that the ex-ante conditionalities as one of the reasons for their delayed implementation and that the absorption is affected by the introduced annual accounts and by the risk of net financial corrections; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to seriously reconsider the continuation of ex-ante conditionalities and to make efforts to mitigate the side effects of the other novelties introduced for the current period when elaborating its legislative proposals for the post-2020 period;
Amendment 18 #
2017/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Draws attention to the Court ‘s observations in its Annual report on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2016 that over the last five years it did not quantify any errors relating to the use of simplified cost options (SCOs) for transactions under the policy area of ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’; asks the Commission to continue providing guidance and support to Member States on the implementation of SCOs given their increasing applicability, as envisaged in the ongoing amendments of the rules of the European Structural and Investment Funds, in order to facilitate widest possible utilisation of SCOs;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Welcomes the results achieved under the three axes of the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) in 2016; draws attention to the importance of EaSI support, and, in particular, of its Progress and European Employment Services network (EURES) axes, for the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights; notes with concern that the thematic section Social Entrepreneurship within EaSI Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis remains underperforming and calls on the Commission to insist that the European Investment Fund commits to full utilisation of the resources under Social Entrepreneurship thematic section;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the social provisions of the Charter are at the heart of the Union’s structure and reinforce respect, whereas it is important to ensure respect and highlight the importance for fundamental rights across the Union;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas all EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencithe Union and the Member States have the obligation to safeguard fundamental rights during the execution of their mandates and to fully comply with the Charter;
Amendment 10 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights further enhstresses the importances of equal opportunities and access to the labour market, fair working conditions and social protection and inclusion;.
Amendment 15 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms that all legal acts adopted by the EUnion must fully include and comply with the Charter’s social provisions, particularly in economic governance, and its compliance must be systematically assessed on compliance;
Amendment 18 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes, in the context of the European Pillar of Social Rights, the Commission proposals on work-life balance, on predictable and transparent working conditions and on the coordination of the social security systems;
Amendment 24 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that all EUnion actors should devote equal consideration to social rights and economic rights as to the other fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter;
Amendment 28 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that EU institutions and agencies needthe Union needs to further raise awareness of the Charter at both national and EU level, by enhancing communication on fundamental rights, values and freedoms with a special focus on employment and social issues and policies; calls for the EUnion’s institutions and agencies, in particular with a specific reference to agencies in the field of employment and social policies, to better align their practices with regard to Charterthe implementation of the Charter;
Amendment 35 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that Member States should respect their obligations relating to the social and economic requirements of the Charter when seeking to fulfil compliance with EU instruments, such as the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union (TSCG), in particular the Stability and Growth Pact.
Amendment 38 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that Member States should respect their obligations relating to the social and economic requirements of the Charter when seeking to fulfil compliance with EUnion instruments, such as the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union (TSCG).
Amendment 39 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reaffirms that the Charter`s social provisions guarantee adequate social and health coverage and protection for all workers, including platform workers;
Amendment 42 #
2017/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 1 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the Council Recommendation for a Quality Framework for Traineeships of 10 March 2014;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the European Social Charter, the Additional Protocol thereto and the revised version thereof, which entered into force on 1 July 1999;
Amendment 3 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
- having regard to the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, in particular goal 8 to ‘Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all’ which were adopted by the UN in 2015 and which apply to the whole world, including the EU,
Amendment 4 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
Citation 12 c (new)
- having regard to the report on completing Europe’s economic and monetary union (the ‘Five Presidents’ Report’) of 22 June 2015, the reflection papers on the Social dimension of Europe, the reflection paper on deepening the European Monetary Union and the White Paper on the Future of Europe;
Amendment 5 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 d (new)
Citation 12 d (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication of 26 April 2017 establishing a European Pillar of Social Rights and the Commission Recommendation of 26 April 2017 on the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 e (new)
Citation 12 e (new)
- having regard to the work and research of Eurofound, Cedefop, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD), the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), the Union of Industrial and Employers’ Confederations of Europe (BusinessEurope), the European Association of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (UEAPME), the European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation (CEEP), Eurocities and the European Youth Forum;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 f (new)
Citation 12 f (new)
- having regard to President Juncker’s speech on the State of the Union on 13 September 2017, the Roadmap for a More United, Stronger and More Democratic Union (Draft Commission Work Programme 2018) and the Letter of Intents to President Antonio Tajani and to Prime Minister Juri Ratas;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas long spells of youth unemployment can make young people feel isolated from society and lose a sense of belonging, and can cause ‘scarring effects’, as well as skills erosion, meaning that there is a higher probability that they will become unemployed again, and face lower earnings and career prospects during their working lives; whereas the side-lining of young people represents a huge loss of public and private investment, given the unused and faltering human capital that it entails;
Amendment 37 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, an analysis of the gender breakdown of full-time and part-time work across Europe reveals that the gender gap has persisted between 2007 and 2017, where men continue to make up around 60% of 15-24 year olds in full- time employment, while making up consistently around 40% of the same age group in part-time employment;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the YG is an EU-wide commitment, while the YEI is targeted to only those Member States andwith regions whereof youth unemployment rates are particularly badof 25% or higher, with a total of 20 eligible Member States either partly or totally eligible;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas a quick mobilisation of funds was sought by frontloading the YEI budget for 2014 and 2015; in order to maximise the impact of YEI funded measures; whereas frontloading alone fell short as a measure to effectively speed up the programmes, as a number of Member States raised concerns on their inability to finance the programmes;
Amendment 48 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas due to delays in the implementation at national and regional level mainly caused by budgetary constraints faced by Member States, as well as the lack of available funding at the initial stage of the YEI programming period, the initial pre-financing paid to operational programmes implementing the YEI has been raised from 1% to 30% of the Union contribution by amending the ESF Regulation; whereas, in order to stimulate rapid implementation, Member States were requested to submit interim payment applications in which the Union contribution from the YEI were at least equal to 50% of the additional pre- financing received by 23 May 2016;whereas the majority of Member States managed to submit such payment applications on time, while only 8 Member States were requested to return the pre-financing obtained;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the YG is designed to achieve the sustainable integration of NEETs into the labour market by offering an individualised approach, leading to a good-quality offer and enhancing young people’s employability, while in a broader context helpsupporting young people ing tohe school-to-work transition and addressing skills mismatches on the (regional) labour market;
Amendment 59 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the Commission proposed an increase of 1 billion Euro, to be matched with 1 billion of ESF commitments, in the framework of the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework for the years 2017- 2020;whereas, following an agreement between Parliament and Council the figure was raised to 1,2 billion; whereas Parliament adopted on 5 September 2017 the Draft amending budget No 3/2017 in order to provide for EUR 500 million for the YEI in 2017, financed by the Global Margin for Commitments, while also regretting the delay in the 2017 budgetary procedure due to the blockage and late approval by Council of the mid-term MFF revision;
Amendment 62 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas in its first Special report on the YG, the ECA raised concerns about the adequacy of funding (both EU and national) of the initiative, about thea standard definition of a ‘good-quality offer’ which can be applied across the Union, and about monitoring and reporting on the results;
Amendment 63 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas in its first Special report on the YG, the ECA raised concerns about the adequacy of funding (both EU and national) of the initiative, about the definition of a ‘good-quality offer’, and about monitoring and reporting on the results; whereas all these elements are inherently intertwined, since the quality of an offer is a multifaceted concept which defines measures in their design, in their implementation and the access to rights and services for young people, as well as in the sustainability of outcomes they produce;
Amendment 66 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the ECA’s Special Report on the YG identified some common criteria for what constitutes a ‘good quality offer’, with Slovakia making its definition legally binding, covering provisions for minimum working time, sustainability of employment after cessation of YEI support, as well as taking into account the health status of the recipient;
Amendment 67 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas in its recently published second Special report on the YEI and the YG, conducted on the basis of a seven Member State sample, the ECA voiced concerns that limited progress had been made with YG implementation by Member States, with results falling short of initial expectations; whereas the Youth Employment Initiative and the Youth Guarantee still represent one of the most innovative and ambitious policy responses to the economic crisis that disproportionally hit youth employment, and which are therefore going to require continued financial and political commitment by European, national and regional institutions in their delivery for the years to come;
Amendment 75 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas the Youth Employment Initiative and the Youth Guarantee are meant to play a central role in the achievement of key Recommendations included in the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 76 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)
Recital O b (new)
Ob. whereas in his State of the Union 2017 speech the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, made no mention to the still alarming youth unemployment situation in Europe; whereas in the letter of intent accompanying the State of the Union 2017 speech, the Youth Guarantee has been acknowledged in its role to help creating jobs in the EU; whereas the fight against unemployment and youth unemployment in particular should remain a priority for the action of the EU;
Amendment 77 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O c (new)
Recital O c (new)
Oc. Whereas delays in payment to young people of YEI funded measures have been signalled, often caused by the late set-up of managing authorities or to insufficient administrative capacity of national or regional authorities;
Amendment 78 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O d (new)
Recital O d (new)
Od. whereas YEI and YG measures such as internships or traineeships should help facilitate transition into the labour market and never substitute regular employment contracts;
Amendment 80 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph –1 (new)
Paragraph –1 (new)
-1. Reiterates its full support to the Youth Employment Initiative; stresses that further efforts and continued political and financial commitment to address youth unemployment are urgently necessary; calls therefore for a substantial increase in YEI funding for the period 2017-2020;
Amendment 82 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph –1 a (new)
Paragraph –1 a (new)
-1a. Recalls, in particular, the importance of ensuring funding of at least EUR 700 million for the YEI for the period 2018 to 2020, as agreed within the MFF mid-term revision; calls also for the allocation of sufficient payment appropriations to ensure the proper and timely implementation of the YEI;
Amendment 83 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph –1 b (new)
Paragraph –1 b (new)
-1b. Calls for funding to be ensured for the post 2020 period in the framework of the next revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework;
Amendment 84 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the significant divergence in economic performance in terms of both economic and employment growth across the EU-28; urges the Member States that continue to lag behind to implement the necessary structural reforms in order to catch up with other EU economies which requires a decisive policy response at EU level also via the completion of the Economic and Monetary Union, including with the establishment of mechanisms for automatic macroeconomic stabilization, as already foreseen in the ‘Five Presidents’ report, in the ‘White Paper on the Future of Europe’, in the reflection paper on the ‘Social Dimension of Europe and ‘Deepening the Economic and Monetary Union’; notes that it is sound economic policies, which are ultimately a Member State responsibility, that create jobs;
Amendment 93 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the YEI aims to complement national funding and not to replace funding should respect the principle of additionality; stresses therefore that the YEI budget cannot and was never meant to shoulder on its own the ambition ofhas to be complemented by, and not replace, national funding for policies directly targeting young NEETs and in the delivery of the Youth Guarantee, by offering all young people a good-quality offer within a period of four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education;
Amendment 101 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to make all necessary adjustments to guarantee the timely delivery of this objective, including by strengthening the capabilities of public employment services and their coordination at European level in the framework of the PES Network; by encouraging synergies between public and private employment providers, businesses and education systems, both at the school and university level, with education and employment institutions; by fully and periodically consulting and involving social partners and youth organisations in the design, implementation and monitoring of YEI and YG measures;
Amendment 118 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers the monitoring data and results available at present insufficient to properly assess the implementation and results of the YEI as the main EU financing vehicle for YGs, in particular due to the starting delays in the setting up of operational programmes by Member States and the still relatively early stage since its launch; is concerned, however, about the findings in the recent ECA report, while taking into account its limited territorial and temporal scope, about the impact of the YEI and YG as Union policies aimed at tackling youth unemployment; insists on the need to maintain youth employment as a priority of EU action;
Amendment 124 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
Reaching out to the most excluded young people
Amendment 132 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses therefore the need for more and better data on the entire NEET population, with the objective of registering them and reaching out to them more effectively, as more disaggregated data could identify which groups should be targeted, with which means and what measures would work best;
Amendment 136 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Highlights the need for holistic strategies to reach all NEETs and to support young people facing multiple barriers, going beyond mere employment aspects but with an integrated approach involving more services such as access to housing and healthcare;
Amendment 139 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Advocates for a better involvement of youth and civil society organisations as important intermediaries between young people, public administration and public employment services in developing outreach strategies and effectively reaching out to the most excluded young people;
Amendment 140 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Supports the development of one- stop-shops that can ensure that all services and guidance are easily accessible, available and free-of-charge for young people in one location;
Amendment 145 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that in order to achieve the ‘final objective’ of the YG, the skill and employability of NEETS must be better developed and enhanced, enabling them to integrate better into the labour market, as well as taking into consideration any functional disabilities they may have;
Amendment 147 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Considers the Youth Employment Initiative and the Youth Guarantee as powerful instruments in the fight against social exclusion of other most excluded groups of young people such as Roma, migrants, refugees and people with disabilities;
Amendment 149 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adapt their operational programmes in order to ensure that YEI and YG measures are effectively accessible to all persons with disabilities, providing equity of access for disabled young people, guarantee an adequate income and set specific programmes in order to match the individual’s needs and their type of disability;
Amendment 151 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Welcomes that the measures and policies implemented through the context of the YG have helped to address existing skills mismatches, allowing young people to better meet the demands of the labour- market;
Amendment 154 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Endorses the recommendation of the ECA that offers of work should be better tailored to the profile and qualifications of individuals as well as complying with minimum requirements for a good ‘quality offer’;
Amendment 155 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 b (new)
Subheading 2 b (new)
Ensuring the quality of offers under the Youth Employment Initiative
Amendment 157 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 162 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 164 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that the ILO define ‘decent work’ as work which is ‘productive and delivers a fair income, with a safe workplace and social protection, better prospects for personal development and social integration, freedom for people to express their concerns, organise and participate in the decisions that affect their lives and equality of opportunity and treatment for all women and men’, and that this minimum standard continues not to be met for young people in employment;
Amendment 166 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Points to the quality standards mentioned in the ‘Youth Employment Initiative evaluation guidance’ published by the Commission in 2015, which flags the characteristics of employment offers, their relevance to the participant needs, the labour market outcomes produced by the offers and the proportions of offers not accepted or abandoned prematurely as valid indicators for the assessment of quality of employment;
Amendment 168 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Encourages Member States to progressively update and revise their YEI operational programmes with the involvement of social partners and youth organisations in order to fine-tune their action based on the actual needs of young people and the labour market;
Amendment 169 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Calls on the Member States to provide the Commission with updated figures on the actual implementation of the Youth Employment Initiative as often as possible and more frequently than their annual implementation reporting obligations as defined in article 19(2)of the ESF Regulation, which do not provide the most recent data on implementation;
Amendment 189 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for a discussion about the future status of the YEI which does not question its continuation but addresses the question of transforming it from a Highlights the need for the YEI to evolve from an anti-crisis instrument into a more permanent, main EU financing instrument for tackling youth unemployment, and which establishes a co-financing requirement in order to underline the primary responsibility of the Member States;
Amendment 214 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers the Youth Employment Initiative and the Youth Guarantee as essential in the effective delivery of key Recommendation included in the European Pillar of Social Rights, in particular Recommendation 1 on education, training and life-long learning; number 4 on active support to employment, number 5 on secure and adaptable employment, number 6 on wages; number 8 on social dialogue and involvement of workers; number 10 on healthy, safe and well-adapted work environment and data protection; number 12 on social protection; number 13 on unemployment benefits and number 14 on minimum income;
Amendment 217 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recognises that skills utilisation continues to present a challenge across Europe, with many workers being over or under qualified for their current position, and may be contributing to low productivity in certain areas;
Amendment 219 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Recalls that YEI should provide financial support to measures fostering the integration of young NEETs into the labour market, including paid internship, traineeships and apprenticeships, but should not become an instrument to substitute actual gainful employment;
Amendment 220 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls for a more comprehensive, region-by-region, analysis of NEET populations to better tailor employment initiatives to recipients; this should include, inter alia, a breakdown of age distribution, qualifications, gender, disability and sexual orientation;
Amendment 221 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. is concerned about reports signalling the inappropriate usage of YEI funded measures, including delayed payments to young people or the excessive usage in certain Member States of internships or traineeships instead of more permanent contracts; urges therefore the Member States and the Commission to watch over any abuse in the achievement of the genuine objective of the YEI and the YG;
Amendment 222 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Takes the view that any repeated take-up of the YG must not go against the spirit of labour market activation and the aim of transition into permanent employment;
Amendment 223 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14e. suggests the establishment of an “EU hotline against the violation of youth rights” for young people to directly report to the Commission any eventual negative experience in their participation of YEI and YG measures, therefore allowing for the collection of information and for the investigation of possible abusive practices in the deployent of EU funded policies;
Amendment 224 #
2017/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 f (new)
Paragraph 14 f (new)
14f. Welcomes the reference contained in the letter of intent attached to President Juncker’s speech on the State of the Union 2017 to a proposal of establishing a European Labour Authority to strengthen cooperation between labour market authorities at all levels and better manage cross-border situations, as well as further initiatives in support of fair mobility; suggests the attribution of a role to this authority in supervising the correct implementation of YEI and YG measures across the EU;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas a recent study by EIGE states that improvements in gender equality would lead to an additional 10.5 million jobs in 2050 that would lead to an increase in EU GDP per capita by 6.1 to 9.6% [1] [1] European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE); "Economic benefits of gender equality in the EU", 2017
Amendment 31 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Member States to fully implement the 'Employment Equality Directive' and on the Commission to revise the directive and to promote the implementation of plans on gender equality among companies;
Amendment 33 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls for a Directive for European minimum income schemes to cover basic living costs, while respecting national practices;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for a Directive on decent working conditions in all forms of employment, guaranteeing every worker access to a core set of labour and social rights;
Amendment 55 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Stresses the importance to raise wages in sectors where women make up the majority of the workforce, such as personal care workers, cleaners and helpers, catering staff and health associate professionals among others;
Amendment 59 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to eliminate occupational segregation by addressing discriminatory social behaviours and stereotypes and promoting the equal participation of women and men in the labour market, quality education, formal and non-formal training and life-long training and all forms of care;
Amendment 75 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Stresses the need to ensure that the structural and investment funds are used to improve education and training with a view to improving labour market access and combating unemployment, poverty and social exclusion of women; highlights that the 20 % share of the ESF allocated to social inclusion measure and social innovation projects could be used more actively to support initiatives such as small local projects aimed at empowering women experiencing poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 76 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Encourages Member States to adapt their educational systems, with a view to promoting teaching and interest in sectors and positions where women are under-represented, such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), as well as to strengthen policies and increase investment supporting female employment in quality jobs in these sectors;
Amendment 78 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Points out that the demand for new skills, particularly in the ICT field, needs to be tackled through training as well as through further education and lifelong learning, in the interests of promoting digital literacy and tackling the existing gender gap in order to enlarge the pool of highly qualified candidates;
Amendment 118 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Emphasises that access to credit, financial services and advice is key to empowering women facing social exclusion in entrepreneurship and increasing their representation in the private sector, therefore EFSI and ESF should be examined for their more flexible and less bureaucratic use to support women entrepreneurs in the start- up phase;
Amendment 128 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to implement and enforce public social care policies as well as to provide high-quality childcare facilities, affordable and universally accessible care services to assist persons with caring responsibilities and by an upward revision of the Barcelona objectives on childcare facilities, as well as by making better use of the EU funds, and promote the equal sharing of unpaid domestic work and co- responsibility in care.;
Amendment 135 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls co-legislators to put forward new effective measures to improve work- life balance, including legislative proposals as regards maternity, paternity, parental and carer's leave to promote gender equality by improving women's access to the labour market and equal sharing of domestic and care tasks between women and men;
Amendment 147 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Calls on the Member States to mainstream the gender perspective into their national skills and labour market policies and include such measures in national action plans and/or as part of the European Semester, in line with the Employment Guidelines;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the rates of self- employment (2006: 3.7%, 2016: 5,6%) and the proportion of workers taking up second jobs (2002: 3.6%, 2016: 4,2%) are on the rise in the EU;
Amendment 15 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas European labour markets are rapidly evolving towards 'atypical' or 'non-standard' forms of employment, such as temporary work, part-time work, casual work, seasonal work, on-demand work or work on online platforms, which show many features of employment but do not bring the benefits normally associated with employment;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas non-standard forms of employment often involve economic insecurity and bad working conditions, notably in terms of lower and less certain incomes, lack of possibilities to defend one's rights, lack of social and health insurance, lack of career prospects, and difficulties in reconciling on-demand work with private and family life;
Amendment 24 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas promoting social justice and protection, as defined in Article 3 TEU and Article 9 TFEU, are also objectives of the EU internal market;
Amendment 27 #
Amendment 30 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need for a clear distinction between ‘profession'commercial’' and ‘'non-professional’ platforms andcommercial' platforms as well as between professional and occasional users/workers; underlines the importance to recognise remunerated activities in the platform economy that are properly categorised as ‘'work’' regardless of the terminology ('gigs', 'tasks', 'giving rides' etc.);
Amendment 37 #
Amendment 51 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 54 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase its efforts to tackle bogus self-employment; notes that there are cases where self-employed platform workers meet the ECJ criteria defining an employment relationship, and which should therefore be classified as employees; calls on the Commission and the Member States to work towards a common definition of self-employed which also applies to the platform economy;
Amendment 61 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. CallReiterates its call in the framework of the European Pillar of Social Rights for a framework directive on decent working conditions including in the platform economy, in order to guarantedefine the legal situation of platform workers and to ensure, in line with national law and practice, that all platform workers have the same social and employment rights ands well as health and safety protection as workers in the traditional economy; underlines the importance of such a directive, taking into account the mobility and delocalisation of digital work, with regard to the creation of a level playing field;
Amendment 75 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the needCalls on the Member States to ensure adequate social security for self- employed workers, who are key players in the digital labour market; stresses that freedom of association and collective action are fundamental rights which must apply to all workers;
Amendment 85 #
Amendment 86 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that freedom of association and collective action are fundamental rights which must apply to all workers; is concerned that the right of workers to freely associate may be called to question if they are regarded as self- employed and collective bargaining could be regarded as forming a cartel, which could put them in conflict with EU rules on anti-competitive practices; underlines in this context the need to adjust European and national competition law accordingly; urges the Commission to exclude individual platform workers from anti-cartel-measures; calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to increase collective bargain coverage, union density and to empower workers in the platform economy to bargain;
Amendment 87 #
Amendment 88 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls fon the Commission and the Member States to gather more reliable data on jobs and working conditions in the platform economy and for the adjustment of related policies to create a level playing field between the platform and traditional economie; calls on the Commission, the Member States and social partners to provide adequate information to workers on working conditions and workers' rights throughout the supply-chain of online platforms;
Amendment 101 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that possible efficiency advantages of the online platforms over the traditional economy should not rely on wage dumping and unfair competition; calls therefore for the adjustment of related policies to create a level playing field between the platform and traditional economies;
Amendment 105 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Amendment 106 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all mandatory contributions are paid for all forms of work and examine to what extent social security systems have to be adjusted to provide appropriate protection for platform workers; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the portability and accumulation of social security entitlements;
Amendment 108 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on the Commission to examine in how far existing EU regulations are applicable to the digital labour market and ensure the adequate implementation and enforcement; calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess the need for the modernisation of existing legislation to stay abreast of such changes and to encourage social partners to update collective agreements where necessary so that existing protection standards can also be maintained in the digital world of work;
Amendment 109 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Amendment 110 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Calls on the Commission to broaden the Written Statement Directive (91/533/EEC) to cover all forms of employment and employment relationships;
Amendment 111 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Stresses that the socially and environmentally sustainable online platforms organized on cooperative basis should be promoted and supported;
Amendment 112 #
Amendment 113 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 i (new)
Paragraph 5 i (new)
5i. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands – especially regarding information and communications technology (ICT) skills – are being placed on training as well as on further education and life-long learning to promote digital literacy and to tackle the existing gender and generational gaps, especially for disadvantaged persons in this context; emphasises the importance of stronger synergies involving the social partners and various educational and training institutions in order to bring teaching and studies' contents up to date and develop skills strategies linking the world of education with the world of work;
Amendment 114 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 j (new)
Paragraph 5 j (new)
5j. Insists that public investment in vocational education and lifelong learning is necessary in order to ensure that the EU workforce, is equipped with the right skills for the digital age; stresses that education and training must be accessible for all workers; believes that new funding opportunities for lifelong learning and training are needed, especially for micro and small enterprises;
Amendment 116 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 l (new)
Paragraph 5 l (new)
5l. Reporting duties and transparency obligations for platform operators
Amendment 134 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take decisive steps to prohibit discriminatory and opaque algorithms and software developed or used by online platforms which do not comply with European and national legislation and set up monitoring structures accordingly;
Amendment 138 #
Amendment 139 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Believes that the effects of digitalisation on health and safety at work need to be assessed and existing health and safety provisions adapted accordingly;
Amendment 144 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that constant accessibilitywork-related mental health problems such as burnout or depressions caused by constant accessibility, the erosion of traditional working time arrangements and social isolation represents a serious health and safety risk in the platform economy; advocates therefore full compliance with the prescribed rest times and stresses the need to respect working time arrangements in order to maintain the boundaries of working time as defined by the labour laws of the individual Member States; advocates the establishment of a ‘'right to log off’. ' for worker outside the agreed working hours;
Amendment 154 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to produce a study on the spillover effects of digitalisation, on workers' psychological wellbeing and private life;
Amendment 156 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses that the EU should support the rapid development of the platform economy through the establishment of a comprehensive legal framework and shape its course in a socially just and sustainable way.
Amendment 30 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union enshrines the right to have access to vocational trining and life-long learning;
Amendment 124 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Agrees with the focus on the need to upgrade the European education and training systems in line with the fast changing economic and societal environment; notes that, while skills needs are dynamic, the main focus of the skills package is the immediate needs of the labour market; highlights in this respect the importance of a pan-European skills needs forecasting tool and lifelong learning with a view to adapting to new situations in the labour market; calls in particular for the agenda to focus on literacy, numeracy, digital and media literacy, critical thinking and social skills;
Amendment 146 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Encourages Member States to also focus on tackling gender stereotypes as women represent 60% of new graduates but their employment rate remains below that of men and they are underrepresented in many sectors;
Amendment 215 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that skills development must be a shared responsibility between education providers, trade unions and employers; insists that the industry/employersall actors of the labour market should be involved in providing and training people with the necessary skills in order for businesses to be competitive and at the same time boost people’s self-confidence;
Amendment 228 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks for concrete measures to be put in place in order to facilitate the transition of young people from education to work by ensuring quality and paid internships and apprenticeships, giving young people the possibility of putting their talents into practice and have a set of rights and access to social protection;
Amendment 326 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the need to include elements of entrepreneurial learning and to encourage women entrepreneurship at all levels of education, since instilling entrepreneurial spirit among the young at an early stage is an effective way of combating youth unemployment;
Amendment 336 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Stresses the need to foster the involvment of women in STEM studies by tackling gender stereotypes from an early age;
Amendment 88 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Since the adoption of Council Directive 91/533/EEC,33 labour markets have undergone far-reaching changes due to demographic developments and digitalisation leading to the creation of new forms of employment, which have supported job creation and labour market growth. New forms of employment are often not as regular or stable as traditional employment relationships and lead to reduced predictability for the workers concerned, creating uncertainty as tond precariousness as to working conditions, applicable rights and social protection. In this evolving world of work, there is therefore an increased need for all workers in all types of employment relationship to be fully informed about their essential working conditions, which should occur in a written form and in a timely manner. In order adequately to frame the development of new forms of employment, workers in the Union should also be provided with a number of new minimum rights aimed at promoting security and predictability in employment relationships while achieving upward convergence across Member States and preserving labour market adaptabililegal certainty. __________________ 33 Council Directive 91/533/EC of 14 October 1991 on an employer's obligation to inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment relationship (OJ L 288, 18.10.1991, p. 32).
Amendment 100 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 115 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure effectiveness of the rights provided by the Union law, the personal scope of Directive 91/533/EEC should be updated. In its case law, the Court of Justice of the European Union has established criteria for determining the status of a worker34 which are appropriate for determining the personal scope of application of this Directive. The definition of worker in Article 2(1) is based on these criteria. They ensure a uniform implementation of the personal scope of the Directive while leaving it to national authorities and courts to apply it to specific situations. Provided that they fulfil those criteria, domestic workers, on- demand workers, intermittent workers, voucher based-workers, platform workers, trainees and apprentices could come within scope of this Directive. __________________ 34 Judgments of 3 July 1986, Deborah Lawrie-Blum, Case 66/85; 14 October 2010, Union Syndicale Solidaires Isère, Case C-428/09; 9 July 2015, Balkaya, Case C-229/14; 4 December 2014, FNV Kunsten, Case C-413/13; and 17 November 2016, Ruhrlandklinik, Case C- 216/15.
Amendment 128 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 130 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In view of the increasing number of workers excluded from the scope of Directive 91/533/EEC on the basis of derogations made by Member States under Article 1 of that Directive, it is necessary to replace these derogations with a possibility for Member States not to apply the provisions of the Directive to a work relationship equal to or less than 8 hours in total in a reference period of one month. That derogation does not affect the definition of a worker as provided for in Article 2(1)eliminate these derogations.
Amendment 161 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Information on remuneration to be provided should include all elements of the remuneration, indicating accurately all elements and entitlements as well as their method of calculation where appropriate, including contributions in cash or kind, directly or indirectly received by the worker in respect of his or her work. The provision of such information should be without prejudice to the freedom for employers to provide for additional elements of remuneration such as one-off payments. The fact that elements of remuneration due by law or collective agreement have not been included in that information should not constitute a reason for not providing them to the worker.
Amendment 187 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Workers should have the right to be informed about their rights and obligations resulting from the employment relationship in writingthe form of a document, paper or electronic, at the start of employment. The relevant information should therefore reach them at the latest on the first dayprior to the commencement of the employment relationship.
Amendment 289 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Workers exercising rights provided for in this Directive should enjoy protection from dismissal or equivalent detriment (such as an on-demand worker no longer being assigned work) or any preparations for a possible dismissal, on the grounds that they sought to exercise such rights. Where workers consider that they have been dismissed or have suffered equivalent detriment on those grounds, workers and competent authorities should be able to require the employer to provide duly substantiated grounds for the dismissal or equivalent measure, and the right to reinstatement and compensation should be guaranteed by the Member States.
Amendment 298 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34 a (new)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34a) Member States should ensure the principle of equal pay and terms and conditions to apply to all workers regardless of their employment status, with respect to comparable permanent workers.
Amendment 299 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34 b (new)
Recital 34 b (new)
(34b) Member States should ensure that workers have access to social protection regardless of the type of their employment relationship.
Amendment 316 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The purpose of this Directive is to improve working conditions by promoting more transparent secure and predictable employment while ensuring labour market adaptability.
Amendment 327 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive lays down minimum rights that apply to every worker, in the private and public sector, in the Union.
Amendment 332 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Amendment 333 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Amendment 346 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Amendment 353 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Article 1 – paragraph 5
5. Member States may determine which persons are responsible for the execution of the obligations for employers laid down by this Directive as long as all those obligations are fulfilled. They may also decide that all or part of these obligations shall be assigned to a natural or legal person who is not party to the employment relationship. This paragraph is without prejudice to Directive 2008/104/EC. Where one or more natural or legal person(s) who is or are or indirectly party to an employment relationship with the worker, they shall be jointly and severally liable for obligations under this Directive.
Amendment 361 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 6
Article 1 – paragraph 6
Amendment 367 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 6 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. In the absence of specific national or European regulation of the working conditions of apprenticeships and traineeships, it shall be deemed that the employment relations covering apprenticeships and traineeships fall under the scope of this Directive.
Amendment 380 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘worker’ means a natural person who for a certain period of time performs services for and under the direction of another person in return for remuneration; or who works for another person in a relationship of economic dependence;
Amendment 405 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ‘reference hours and days’ means time slots in specified days during which work can take place at the request of the employer.
Amendment 407 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) ‘social protection scheme’ means a distinct framework of rules to provide benefits to entitled beneficiaries. Such rules specify the personal scope of the programme, entitlement conditions, the type of benefits, benefit amounts, benefits’ duration and other benefit characteristics, as well as the financing (contributions, general taxation, other sources), governance and administration of the programme.
Amendment 410 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of this Directive the terms ‘microenterprise’, ‘small enterprise’ and ‘medium-sized enterprise’ shall have the meaning set out in the Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises43 or in any subsequent act replacing that Recommendation. __________________ 43 OJ L 124/36, 20.05.2003. OJ L 124/36, 20.05.2003.
Amendment 411 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. For the purposes of this Directive the determination of the existence of an employment relationship should be guided primarily by the facts relating to the performance of work, the actual nature of the activity and the remuneration of the worker, regardless of how the relationship is characterised in any contrary arrangement, contractual or otherwise, that may have been agreed between the parties. An employment relationship will be deemed to be existing provided that some of the following indicators are present: (a) the fact that the work is carried out according to the instructions and under the control of another party; the terms and conditions for the provision of work and the price and conditions of the services provided are settled unilaterally by another party; the duties fall under the company normal activity; the business activity is controlled and organised by another party; involves the integration of the worker in the organization of the enterprise; the work performed is similar to that of existing employees or to work formerly carried out by employees; is performed solely or mainly for the benefit of another person; is carried out personally by the worker; is carried out within specific working hours or at a workplace specified or agreed by the party requesting the work; is of a particular duration and has a certain continuity; requires the worker’s availability or involves the provision of tools, digital means, materials and machinery by the party requesting the work; responsibility for investment and management in the business correspond to another party; (b) periodic payment of remuneration to the worker; the fact that such remuneration constitutes the worker’s sole or principal source of income and implies economic dependence; provision of payment in kind, such as food, lodging or transport; recognition of entitlements such as weekly rest and annual holidays; payment by the party requesting the work for travel undertaken by the worker in order to carry out the work; or absence of financial risk for the worker or participation in the profits;
Amendment 419 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall as a minimum include:
Amendment 431 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) in the case of a temporary employment relationship, the end date or the expected duration thereof; in the case of temporary agency workers, the name and the pay scales of the user undertaking in order to provide for equal pay;
Amendment 447 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) the procedure, including the length of the periods of notice, to be observed by the employer and the worker should their employment relationship be terminated or, where the length of the period of notice cannot be indicated when the information is given, the method for determining such periods of notice, as well as the deadline for taking legal action contesting the dismissal;
Amendment 455 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point j
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) the initial basic amount, any other component elements, indicate separately payments of overtime, bonuses and other entitlements, such as sick pay; the method of calculation; the frequency and method of payment of the remuneration to which the worker is entitled;
Amendment 460 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point k
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point k
(k) if the work schedule is entirely or mostly not variable, the length of the worker’s standarcontracted working day or week and any, the arrangements for overtime and its remuneration; where applicable, the arrangements for working outside the worker’s contracted working day or week, including shift changes;
Amendment 467 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point l – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point l – introductory part
(l) if the work schedule is entirely or mostly variable, the principle that the work schedule is variable, the amount of guaranteed paid hours, the higher remuneration of work performed in addition to the contracted amount of guaranteed hours and, if the work schedule is entirely or mostly determined, by the employer:
Amendment 474 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point l – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point l – point ii
(ii) the minimum advance notice the worker shall receive before the start of a work, assignment agreed upon by the social partners at the appropriate level;
Amendment 487 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point m
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point m
(m) any collective agreements governing the worker’s conditions of work; in the case of collective agreements concluded outside the business by special joint bodies or institutions, the name of the competent body or joint institution within which the agreements were concluded; the cut off periods if any;
Amendment 489 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point m a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point m a (new)
(ma) the right of workers to join Trade Unions and be represented by a Trade Union, and where it exist, information about Trade Unions present in the company;
Amendment 502 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The information referred to in paragraph 2(f) to (k) and (n) may, where appropriate, be given in the form ofaccompanied by a reference to the laws, regulations and administrative or statutory provisions or collective agreements governing those particular points.
Amendment 523 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The information referred to in Article 3(2) shall be provided individually to the worker in the form of a document at the latest on the first day ofprior to the employment relationship. That document may be provided and transmitted also electronically as long as it is easily accessible by the worker, and the labour inspector, and can be stored and printed.
Amendment 533 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The document referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided simultaneously to the worker´s representative and the responsible social protections authorities.
Amendment 541 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall in conjunction with the social partners develop templates and models for the document referred to in paragraph 1 and put them at the disposal of workers and employers including by making them available on a single official national website and by other suitable means, in all EU languages.
Amendment 552 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the information on the laws, regulations and administrative or statutory provisions or collective agreements governing the legal framework applicable which are to be communicated by employers is made generally available free of charge in a clear, transparent, comprehensive and easily accessible way at a distance and by electronic means, including through existing online portals for Union citizens and businesses.
Amendment 556 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that: (a) any change in the aspects of the employment relationship referred to in Article 3(2) and to the additional information for workers posted or sent abroad in Article 6 may only be made in accordance with national law or practice and shall be provided in the form of a document by the employer to the worker at the earliest opportunity and at the latest on the day it takes effect. nd, where applicable, his/her legal representatives, at the earliest opportunity and at the latest 15 days before the modification takes effect, as provided for in Article 4; (b) any change in the aspects of the employment relationship referred to in Article 3(2) and to the additional information for workers posted or sent abroad in Article 6 shall be objectively justified by the employer; (c) when the changes affect aspects regarding article 3 (2)points (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (j), (k), (l), the worker has the right to terminate the employment relationship before the change takes effect and receive a monetary compensation, according to national law and practice.
Amendment 558 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that any change in the aspects of the employment relationship referred to in Article 3(2) and to the additional information for workers posted or sent abroad in Article 6 shall be provided in the form of a document by the employer to the worker at the earliest opportunity and at the latest on the day it takes effect, as provided for in Article 4 (1) and (new 2).
Amendment 579 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) the name of the line manager in the place or places of work where the work abroad is to be performed;
Amendment 587 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) the employer shall inform the worker about the applicable rules, in paper or electronic form;
Amendment 589 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Amendment 600 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Amendment 613 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 626 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Worker´s rights shall not be dismissed during the probation period.
Amendment 634 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that an employer shall not prohibit workers from taking up employment with other employers, outside the work schedule established with that employer.
Amendment 640 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 656 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 660 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that where a worker's work schedule is entirely or mostly variable and entirely or mostly determined by the employer, or the reference hours/days are variable the worker may be required to work by the employer only:
Amendment 669 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) if the worker is informed by their employer of a work assignment within a reasonable period in advance, in accordance with Article 3(2)(l)(ii). , and/or if the worker is provided with a compensation;
Amendment 674 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i (new)
(i) Member States shall ensure that after working for three months for an employer, a worker has a right to a contract guaranteeing specified amount hours of work.
Amendment 676 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) The predetermined work schedule cannot go beyond the legislative maximum weekly working hours and the reference hours/days need to respect the 11 hours consecutive rest period as laid down in Directive2003/88/EC.
Amendment 680 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Amendment 682 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
(bc) when the employer does not meet the requirements laid down in the first subparagraph, the worker shall have the right to refuse to carry out work in excess of the guaranteed hours without any detrimental consequences;
Amendment 683 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b d (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b d (new)
(bd) employers shall pay a compensation for non-guaranteed hours;
Amendment 689 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where notice is given of work, the worker is entitled to be paid for the hours of which they were notified. If work is cancelled without notice, the worker is entitled to be paid in full for the hours of which they were notified.
Amendment 715 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that workers with at least six months' seniority with the same employer may requestconvert into a form of employment with more predictable and secure working conditions where available.
Amendment 725 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The employer shall genuinely consider the conversion. A refusal is only allowed if provide ad in written replying based on objective business needs within one month of the request. With respect to natural persons acting as employers and micro, small, or medium enterprises, Member States may provide for that deadline to be extended to no more than three months and allow for an oral reply to a subsequent similar request submitted by the same worker if the justification for the reply as regards the situation of the worker remains unchanged.
Amendment 730 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Should the employer not reply to the request for a more stable from of employment, the conversion is presumed to have taken effect.
Amendment 738 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that where employers are required by Union or national legislation or relevant collective agreements or internal rules to provide training to workers to carry out the work for which they are employed, such training shall be provided cost-free to the worker. The same shall apply to training which took place before the start of the employment relationship but trained the worker for it.
Amendment 748 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The worker remains entitled to its remuneration, as if he/she would have been working.
Amendment 753 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The training shall take place during working hours.
Amendment 756 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. The employers shall not make unfair deductions from the remuneration.
Amendment 767 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Member States may allowshall strongly encourage social partners to conclude collective agreements, in conformity with the national law or practice, which, while respecting the overall protection of workers, establish arrangements concerning the working conditions of workers which differ from those referred to in Articles 7 to 11.
Amendment 769 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Member States shall ensure the principle of equal pay and terms and conditions to apply to all workers regardless of their employment status. The Member States shall ensure the elimination of discrimination with regard to all aspects and conditions of remuneration and terms and conditions of employment.
Amendment 775 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Amendment 783 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – title
Article 14 – title
Amendment 789 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that, where a worker has not received in due time all or part of the documents referred to in Article 4(1), Article 5, or Article 6, and the employthe worker shas failed to rectify that omission within 15 days of its notification, one of the following systems shall apply:ll benefit from favourable presumptions defined by the Member State.
Amendment 795 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the worker shall benefit from favourable presumptions defined by the Member State. Where the information provided did not include the information referred to in points (e), (f), (k) or (l) of Article 3(2), the favourable presumptions shall include a presumption that the worker has an open- ended employment relationship, that there is no probationary period or that the worker has a full-time position, respectively. Employers shall have the possibility to rebut the presumptions; or
Amendment 818 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where one or more natural or legal person(s) who is or are directly or indirectly party to an employment relationship with a worker, they shall be jointly and severally liable for obligations under this Directive.
Amendment 820 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15a Early settlement mechanism The worker shall have the possibility to submit a complaint to a competent authority in a timely manner. If the competent authority finds that the complaint is justified, it shall order the relevant employer(s) to provide the missing information. If the employer does not provide the missing information within 15 days following receipt of the order, the authority shall be able to impose an appropriate administrative penalty, even if the employment relationship has ended. Employers shall have the possibility to lodge an administrative appeal against the decision imposing the penalty. Member States may designate existing bodies as competent authorities. This settlement mechanism is without prejudice to any judicial procedure.
Amendment 822 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Member States shall introduce measures necessary to protect every workers, including workers who are employees' and trade union representatives, from any adverse treatment by the employer or adverse consequences resulting from a complaint lodged with the employer or from any legal proceedings initiated with the aim of enforcing compliance with theexercising a rights provided for in this Directive.
Amendment 828 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to prohibitstop and declare as null and void the dismissal or its equivalent and all preparations for dismissal or other detriments or less favourable treatments of workers, on the grounds that they exercised the rights provided for in this Directive. As well as the necessary measures shall include the right to reinstatement and compensation.
Amendment 840 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Workers who consider that they have been dismissed, or have been subject to measures with equivalent effect, on the grounds that they have exercised the rights provided for in this Directive may request the employer to provide duly substantiated grounds for the dismissal or its equivalent. The employer shall provide those grounds in writing. As long as the worker has not received written justification from the employer, Member States shall suspend the deadline for bringing an action contesting the dismissal.
Amendment 850 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive or the relevant provisions already in force concerning the rights which are within the scope of this Directive. Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that those penalties are applied. Penalties shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Theydissuasive and proportionate to the number of infringements and to the delay the employer is taking in providing the document to the worker. Penalties may take the form of a fine. They mayust also comprise appropriate payment of compensation.
Amendment 860 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 b (new)
Article 18 b (new)
Article 18b Access to social protection Member States shall ensure that workers have access to social protection by extending formal coverage on a mandatory basis to all workers, regardless of the type of their employment relationship.
Amendment 861 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 c (new)
Article 18 c (new)
Article 18c Health and safety at work Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers in variable work schedules and variable reference hours/days have access to safety and health protection, prevention services and facilities with regard to the health and safety at work appropriate to the nature of their work.
Amendment 865 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. TImplementation of this Directive shall not constitute valid grounds for reducing the general level of protection already afforded to workers within Member States and for undermining better working conditions provided for in collective agreements.
Amendment 873 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall involve the social partners in the implementation of this Directive.
Amendment 875 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20a Facilitation of complaints Member States shall ensure that there are effective mechanisms through which workers may lodge complaints against their employers, directly or through third parties designated by Member States such as trade unions or other associations or a competent authority of the Member State when provided for by national legislation.
Amendment 877 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 b (new)
Article 20 b (new)
Article 20b Enforcement and Monitoring Member States shall ensure that the labour inspection bodies, at the relevant level, enforce the provisions laid down in this Directive. For this purpose, adequate and specific training shall be provided. To facilitate the monitoring of the implementation of this Directive Member States shall ensure Union-level coordination and that effective and adequate inspections are carried out to control the rights laid down in this Directive.
Amendment 880 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
The rights and obligations set out in this Directive shall apply to existing employment relationships as from [entry into force date + 2 years]. However, employers shall provide or complement the documents referred to in Article 4(1), Article 5 and Article 6 only upon request of a worker. The absence of such request shall not have the effect of excluding workers from the minimum rights established under this Directive.
Amendment 31 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) So far, and unless otherwise provided for in national law, the rules on access to the occupation of road transport operator do not apply to undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or combinations of vehicles not exceeding that limit. The number of such undertakings which are active in both national and international transport operations has been increasing. As a result, several Member States have decided to apply the rules on access to the occupation of road transport operator, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009, to those undertakings. To ensure a minimum level of professionalisation of the sector using vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes for international transport by way of common rules, and thus to approximate competitive conditions between all operators, this provision should be deleted, whereas the requirements regarding effective and stable establishment and appropriate financial standing should be rendered mandatore requirements for engagement in the occupation of road transport operator should apply equally.
Amendment 36 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) In its impact assessment, the Commission estimates savings for businesses in the range of EUR 2.7 to 5.2 billion in 2020-2035.
Amendment 54 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) It is necessary for the proper functioning of the European road haulage market to tackle letterbox companies. Decisive action is necessary in this context, to put an end to this practice, including enhanced cooperation, joint controls, the setting of targets and exchange of best practice between Member States.
Amendment 55 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) The road transport sector is currently faced with a shortage of professional drivers, particularly among young people and women. It is imperative that additional action is taken to make it easier and more attractive for young people and women to access the market, while also retaining those currently employed in the sector. To this end, fraudulent work and precarious work must be reduced, by efforts made to combat the abuse of fixed-term contracts, traineeship status used to replace regular work contracts and bogus self- employment.
Amendment 58 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In view of their potential to considerably affect the road haulage market, as well as the social protection of workers, serious infringements of Union rules on the posting of workers, cabotage and the law applicable to contractual obligations should be added to the items relevant to the assessment of good repute.
Amendment 67 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or with combinations of vehicles not exceeding that limit should have a sufficient, minimum level of financial standing, to ensure that they have the means to carry out operations on a stable and long-lasting basis and to ensure that they are able to meet their obligations related to wages and social contributions for employees engaged in the sector. However, since the operations concerned are generally of a limited size, the corresponding requirements should be less demanding than those applicable to operators using vehicles or combinations of vehicles above that limit.
Amendment 72 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The information about transport operators contained in the national electronic registers should be as complete as possiblecontinually updated to allow national authorities in charge of enforcing the relevant rules to have a sufficient overview of the operators being investigated. In particular, information regarding the registration number of the vehicles at the disposal of operators, the number of employees they hire, their risk rating and their basic financial information should allow a better national and cross-border enforcement of the provisions of Regulations (EC) No 1071/2009 and (EC) No 1072/2009. Furthermore, the national electronic registers should be interoperable and the data contained therein should be directly accessible for enforcement officials of all Member States performing roadside checks. The rules on the national electronic register should therefore be amended accordingly.
Amendment 77 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The rules on national transport performed on a temporary basis by non- resident hauliers in a host Member State ('cabotage') should be clear, simple, fair and easy to enforce, while broadly maintaining the level of liberaleading to a level playing field between hauliers, while safeguarding the advantages and integrity of the Union's internal market. To this end, it is imperative that EU rules on the posting of workers and the law applicable to contractual oblisgation achieved so fars are applied at the commencement of cabotage operations.
Amendment 87 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) To this end, and iIn order to reduce the environmental burden and to avoid empty runs, cabotage operations should be allowed following an international carriage to or from a haulier's Member State of establishment. In order to facilitate checks and to eliminate uncertainty, the limitation on the number of cabotage operations subsequent to an international carriage should be abolished, while the number of daysamount of time available for such operations in that Member State should be reduced.
Amendment 98 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Effective and efficient enforcement of the rules is a prerequisite for fair competition in the internal market and to ensure that the rights of workers are protected. Further digitalisation of enforcement is essential in order to free up enforcement capacity, reduce unnecessary administrative burden and better target high-risk transport operators. The rapid update and use of smart tachographs and electronic transport documents (eCMR) is necessary. The means by which road transport operators can prove compliance with the rules for cabotage operations should be clarified. The use and transmission of electronic transport information should be recognised as such means, which should simplify the provision of relevant evidence and its treatment by the competent authorities. The format used for that purpose should ensure reliability and authenticity. Considering the increasing use of efficient electronic exchange of information in transport and logistics, it is important to ensure coherence in the regulatory frameworks and provisions addressing the simplification of administrative procedures.
Amendment 107 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a – point i
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point a
(i) point (a) is deletedreplaced by the following: (a) undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles or combinations of vehicles the permissible laden mass of which is lower than 3,5 tonnes;
Amendment 115 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 6
Article 1 – paragraph 6
Amendment 125 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) in Article 3, paragraph 2 is deleted; replaced by the following: 2. Member States may decide to impose additional requirements, which shall be proportionate and non- discriminatory, to be satisfied by undertakings in order to engage in the occupation of road transport.
Amendment 126 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 5 – point (a)
Article 5 – point (a)
(a) have premises in which it keeps its core business documentsappropriate premises, proportionate to the activities of the undertaking, in which it keeps its core business documents, or secures access to them, either in written or electronic form, in particular its commercial contracts, accounting documents, personnel management documents, labour contracts, documents containing data relating to cabotage, posting of workers rules, and driving time and rest and any other document to which the competent authority must have access in order to verify compliance with the conditions laid down in this Regulation;;
Amendment 133 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 5 – point d
Article 5 – point d
(d) manage theeffectively and regularly, a substantial part of transport operations carried out withusing the vehicles referred to in point (b) within the Member State of establishment and provide parking spaces proportionate to the size of the fleet of the vehicles and the appropriate technical equipment situated in that Member State;;
Amendment 136 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 5 – point e
Article 5 – point e
(e) hold assets and employ staff proportionate to the activityies of the establishmentundertaking;
Amendment 143 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d a (new)
(da) The following point (f) is added: (f) have a clear link between the transport operations carried out using the vehicles referred to in point (b) and the Member State of establishment.
Amendment 152 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a – point iii (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a – point iii (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 6 – point b – point xii a (new)
Article 6 – point b – point xii a (new)
(xiia) cabotage
Amendment 163 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
In order to satisfy the requirement laid down in Article 3(1)(c), an undertaking shall, on a permanent basis, be able to meet its financial obligations in the course of the annual accounting year. The undertaking shall demonstrate, on the basis of annual accounts certified by an auditor or a duly accredited person, that, every year, it has at its disposal equity capital totalling at least EUR 9 000 when only one vehicle is used and EUR 5 000 for each additional vehicle used. Undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or combinations of vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes shall demonstrate, on the basis of annual accounts certified by an auditor or a duly accredited person, that, every year, they have at their disposal equity capital totalling at least EUR 1 800 when only one vehicle is used and EUR 900 for each additional vehicle used. In addition, undertakings shall demonstrate that they have at their disposal an amount proportionate to one month's wage per mobile worker at the level of the country where they habitually carry out their activity;
Amendment 167 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Amendment 168 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) in Article 12(2), the second subparagraph is deleted;replaced by following; 'Member States shall carry out checks at least every three years to verify that undertakings fulfil the requirements laid down in Article 3'
Amendment 179 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) the number of employees, their names, nationality, country of residence, Member State of social contribution and social insurance number;
Amendment 187 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 16 – Paragraph 2
Article 16 – Paragraph 2
(ia) the following point (ca) is added: ' (ca) the names and all relevant information of the road transport undertakings previously managed by the transport managers; '
Amendment 190 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a a (new)
(aa) Paragraph -1 is added as follows: 'For more effective cross-border enforcement, the data contained in the national electronic registers shall be fully accessible and in real time to competent authorities from all Member States';
Amendment 192 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 16 – Paragraph 2 – point c
Article 16 – Paragraph 2 – point c
(ab) Article 16 - paragraph 2 - point c is amended as follows: "(c) the names of the transport managers designated to meet the conditions asrequirements laid down in Article 3 relating to good repute and professional competence or, as appropriate, the name of a legal representative; " Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32009R1071)
Amendment 198 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. WIn relation to paragraphs 1 and 2, where the requested Member State considers that the request is insufficiently reasoned, it shall inform the requesting Member State accordingly within tenfive working days. The requesting Member State shall further substantiate the request and the Member States concerned shall discuss with each other with a view to finding a solution for any difficulty raised. Where this is not possible, the request may be rejected by the requested Member State. In such a case, the requesting Member State may refer the complaint to the Commission, who may take necessary measures as appropriate.
Amendment 200 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
6. In response to requests under paragraph 3, Member States shall supply the requested information and carry out the required checks, inspections and investigations within twenty-fivefifteen working days from the receipt of the request, unless they have informed the requesting Member State that the request is insufficiently reasoned or of the impossibility or the difficulties pursuant to paragraphs 4 and 5.another time limit is mutually agreed between the Member States concerned. Where this is not possible, the request may be rejected by the Member State. In such a case the requesting Member State may refer the complaint to the Commission, who may take necessary measures as appropriate;
Amendment 205 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a
Amendment 211 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 2 – paragraph 6
Article 2 – paragraph 6
Amendment 216 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 3
Article 3
Amendment 229 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Once the goods carried in the course of an incoming international carriage from another Member State or from a third country to a host Member Stateto or from a haulier's Member State of establishment have been delivered, the hauliers referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allowed to carry out, with the same vehicle or, in the case of a coupled combination, the motor vehicle of that same vehicle, cabotage operations in the host Member State or in contiguous Member States. The last unloading in the course of a cabotage operation shall take place within 5 day48 hours from the last unloading in the host Member State in the course of theis incoming international carriage, subject to a transport contract;
Amendment 241 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 8 – Paragraph 4
Article 8 – Paragraph 4
Amendment 242 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a
Evidence referred to in paragraph 3 shall be kept on board the vehicle, and presented or transmitted to the authorised inspecting officer of the host Member State on request and within the duration of the roadside check. It may be presented or transmitted electronically, using a revisable structured format which can be used directly for storage and processing by computers, such as an electronic consignment note (the eCMR).* During the roadside check, the driver shall be allowed to contact the head office, the transport manager or any other person or entity which may provide theadditional evidence referred to in paragraph 3.
Amendment 248 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
(5a) the following Article 8a is added: ' Electronic Notification Road transport undertakings shall, by way of an electronic notification or in writing ahead of each cabotage operation performed, ensure that the competent authorities of all Member States are duly informed of the cabotage operation and relevant information necessary in order to allow for effective control of cabotage operations, at the latest at the commencement. This notification shall be made in one of the official languages of the host member state, or into another acceptable language, and shall include the following information: (i) the name of the consignor; (ii) the estimated duration of the operation; (iii) the driver's name, his country of residence, his country of social contributions and social insurance number; '
Amendment 252 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(5b) In Article 9, in paragraph 1, the following point is added: (ea) the minimum rates of pay and paid annual leave, as stipulated in points (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council*. __________________ *Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (OJ L 18, 21.1.1997, p. 1).
Amendment 254 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 10 a – paragraph 1
Article 10 a – paragraph 1
(7a) The following Article 10 a, is inserted: In order to further enforce the obligations in this Chapter, Member States shall ensure that a coherent national enforcement strategy is applied on their territory. That strategy shall focus on undertakings with a high risk rating, referred to in Article 9 of Directive 2006/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council*, and shall make use of the information and data recorded, processed or stored over a 56-day period by the smart tachographs. The smart tachograph shall be introduced on a mandatory basis on all vehicles engaged in international transport and cabotage by the 2nd January 2020, at the latest. __________________ * Directive 2006/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on minimum conditions for the implementation of Council Regulations (EEC) No 3820/85 and (EEC) No 3821/85 concerning social legislation relating to road transport activities and repealing Council Directive 88/599/EEC
Amendment 259 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 10 a – paragraph 1
Article 10 a – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall organise checks in such a way that, as from 1 January 2020, in every calendar year at least 26 % of all cabotage operations performed in their territory are checked. They shall increase the percentage to at least 38 % from 1 January 2022. The basis for the calculation of that percentage shall be the total cabotage activity in the Member State in terms of tonnes- kilometres in year t-2, as reported by Eurostat.
Amendment 262 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 10 a – paragraph 3
Article 10 a – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall, at least threesix times per year, undertake concerted roadside checks on cabotage operations, which may be performed in conjunction with checks carried out in accordance with Directive 2006/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Such checks shall be undertaken at the same time by the national authorities in charge of enforcing the rules in the field of road transport of two or more Member States, each operating in its own territory. The national contact points designated in accordance with Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council**** shall exchange information on the number and type of infringements detected after the concerted roadside checks have taken place.
Amendment 269 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 14 a – paragraph 1
Article 14 a – paragraph 1
Member States shall provide for effective and dissuasive sanctions against consignors, freight forwarders, contractors and subcontractors for non- compliance with Chapters II and III, where they knowingly commission transport services which involve infringements of this Regulation.
Amendment 15 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Good working conditions for drivers and fair business conditions for road transport undertakings are of paramount importance to creating a safe, efficient and socially accountable road transport sector, which is able to attract qualified workers. To facilitate that process it is essential that the Union social rules in road transport are clear, fit for purpose, easy to apply and to enforce and implemented in an effective and consistent manner throughout the Union.
Amendment 22 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Having evaluated the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of the existing set of Union social rules in road transport, and in particular Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council9 , certain deficiencies were identified in the existing legal framework. Unclear and unsuitable rules on weekly rest, resting facilities, breaks in multi- manning and the absence of rules on the return of drivers to their home, lead to diverging interpretations and enforcement practices in the Member States. Several Member States recently adopted unilateral measures further increasing legal uncertainty and unequal treatment of drivers and operators. __________________ 9 Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 (OJ L 102, 11.4.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 32 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Drivers engaged in long-distance international transport operations spend long periods away from their home. The current requirements on the regular weekly rest unnecessarily prolong those periods. It is thus desirable to adapt the provision on the regular weekly rest in such a way that it is easier for drivers to carry out transport operations In order to secure decent working compliance with the rules and to reach their home for a regular weekly rest, and be fully compensated for all reduced weekly rest periods. It is alsonditions, it is necessary to provide that operators organise the work of drivers in such a way that these periods away from home are not excessively long, and ensure that drivers have both the opportunity and the means to return home on a regular basis.
Amendment 42 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) There are differences among Member States in the interpretation and implementation of the weekly rest requirements as regards the place where the weekly rest should be taken. It is therefore appropriate to clarify that requirement to ensure that drivers are provided with adequate private accommodation paid for by the employer for their regular weekly rest periods if they are taken away from home.
Amendment 56 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) In order to improve road safety and the working conditions of drivers, the scope of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 should include the use of vehicles for the transport of goods with a permissible mass of less than 3,5 tonnes.
Amendment 64 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) The need for a level playing field among companies in international road transport make it necessary to shorten the transitional period for the installation of the digital tachograph in registered vehicles. The digital tachograph will contribute to simplified controls and thus facilitate the work of national authorities.
Amendment 71 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 c (new)
Recital 11 c (new)
(11c) In order to guarantee effective enforcement when carrying out roadside checks, the competent authorities should be able to observe whether the rules regarding driving and rest time periods have been complied with on the day of the check and over the preceding 56 days.
Amendment 76 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) of goods where the maximum permissible mass of the vehicle, including any trailer, or semi-trailer, exceeds 3,5 tonne-1) in Article 2(1), point (a) is replaced by the following "(a) of goods, or"
Amendment 82 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 3 – point h
Article 3 – point h
(h) vehicles or combinations of vehicles with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 7,5 tonnes used for the non-commercial carriage of goods;
Amendment 91 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 4 – point r a (new)
Article 4 – point r a (new)
(2a) In Article 4, the following point is added: “(ra) “home” means the place of residence of the driver in a Member State.”
Amendment 107 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – point 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – point 6 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 124 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 7
Article 8 – paragraph 7
7. Any rest period taken as compensation for a reduced weekly rest period shall immediately precede or followbe taken before or as an extension of a regular weekly rest period of at least 45 hours as one continuous rest period.;
Amendment 133 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 8 a – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 8 a – introductory part
8a. The regular weekly rest periods and any weekly rest of more than 45 hours taken in compensation for previous reduced weekly rest shall not be taken in a vehicle. They shall be taken in a suitable accommodation, with adequate private sleeping and sanitary facilities;
Amendment 139 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 8 b
Article 8 – paragraph 8 b
8b. A transport undertaking shall organise the work of drivers in such a way that the drivers are able to spend at least one regular weekly rest period or any weekly rest of more than 45 hours taken in compensation for reduced weekly rest at home or at another private location chosen by the driver. Where drivers do not have weekly rests of more than 45 hours taken in compensation for reduced weekly rest at home within each period of three consecutive weeks., the drivers shall be able to spend at least one regular weekly rest period at home or at another private location chosen by the driver within each period of three consecutive weeks. The drivers journey to and from home shall be either provided or paid for by the employer, and the driver shall be compensated equivalently where another private location is chosen. Time spend traveling to and from home or to and from a private location can not be considered as rest;
Amendment 157 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) in Article 10, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. A transport undertaking shall not give drivers it employs or who are put at its disposal any payment, even in the form of a bonus or wage supplement, related to fast delivery, distances travelled and/or the amount of goods carried if that payment is of such a kind as to endanger road safety and/or encourages infringement of this Regulation..”;
Amendment 173 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EU) No 165/2014
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Amendment 182 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 165/2014
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point i
(2a) in Article 36(1), point (i) is replaced by the following: "(i) the record sheets for the current day and those used by the driver in the previous 2856 days,”;
Amendment 183 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
(2b) In Article 36(1), point iii is replaced by the following: "(iii) any manual records and printouts made during the current day and the previous 2856 days as required under this Regulation and Regulation (EC) No 561/2006.”;
Amendment 184 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 165/2014
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point ii
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point ii
Article 2c In Article 36 (2), point ii is replaced by the following: "(ii) any manual records and printouts made during the current day and the previous 2856 days as required under this Regulation and Regulation (EC) No 561/2006,”;
Amendment 24 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The free movement of workers, freedom of establishment, and freedom to provide services are fundamental principles of the internal market in the Union; they are enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and are essential to a properly functioning internal market. The implementation and enforcement of those principles is further developed by the Union, aimed at guaranteeing a level playing field for businesses, combating the circumvention of rules, respecting workers’ rights, improving working conditions, and enhancing social cohesion among Member States. In order to create a safe, efficient and socially responsible road transport sector, it is therefore necessary to ensure adequateequal pay for equal work at the same place, decent working conditions and social protection for drivers, on the one hand, and suitable business and fair competition conditions for operators, on the other.
Amendment 41 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In order to ensure that Directive 96/71/EC relating to the posting of drivers in the road transport sector and Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to administrative requirements and control measures for the posting of those drivers are correctly applied, controls and cooperation at Union level to combat fraud relating to the posting of drivers should be strengthened, and stricter checks should be carried out to ensure that social contributions for posted drivers are actually paid.
Amendment 52 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Difficulties have also been experienced in applying the rules on posting of workers specified in Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council15 and the rules on the administrative requirements laid down in Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council16 to the highly mobile road transport sector. The uncoordinated national measures on the application and enforcement of the provisions on posting of workers in the road transport sector have generated highnot only unnecessary administrative burdens for non-resident Union operators. This created undue restrictions to the freedom to provide cross-border road transport services having negative side-effects on joboperators but also a high degree of legal uncertainty for drivers. __________________ 15 Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (OJ L 18, 21.1.97, p.1) 16 Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’) (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 11).
Amendment 54 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Commission, in its proposal of 8 March 201617 for the revision of Directive 96/71/EC, recognized that the implementation of that Directive in the highly mobile road transport sector, raises particular legal questions and difficulties in the highly mobile road transport sector and indicated that those issues should be best addressed through sector-specific road transport legislation. However, taking into account that the transport sector is one of the most vulnerable sectors, the protective minimum provisions of Directive 96/71/EC must be applied to all workers. __________________ 17 COM(2016)128
Amendment 57 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Given the fact that there is a lack of drivers in the Union, working conditions should be significantly improved in order to increase the attractiveness of the profession.
Amendment 58 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 69 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Such balanced criteria should be based on a concept of a sufficient link of a driver with a territory of a host Member State. Therefore, a time threshold should be establishCabotage operations as defined, beyond which the minimum rate of pay and the minimum annual paid holidays of the host Member State shall apply in case of international transport operations. This time threshold should not apply to cabotage operations as defined by Regulations 1072/200918 and 1073/200919 since the entiry Regulations 1072/200918 and 1073/200919 are service provisions which are covered by Directive 96/71/EC as the transport operation is entirely taking place in a hostnother Member State. As a consequence the minimum rate of payremuneration and the minimum annual paid holidays of the host Member State should apply to cabotage irrespective of the frequency and duration of the operations carried out by a driver. __________________ 18 Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international road haulage market (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 72). 19 Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services, and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p.88)
Amendment 92 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to ensure effective and efficient enforcement of the sector-specific rules on posting of workersDirective 96/71/EC in the transport sector and to avoid disproportionate administrative burdens for non-resident operators sector, specific administrative and control requirements should be established in the road transport sector, taking full advantage of control tools such as the digital tachograph, which has to be introduced on a mandatory basis by 2 January 2020, at the latest.
Amendment 105 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Directive 2006/22/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
These checks shall cover each year a large and representative cross-section of mobile workers, drivers, undertakings and vehicles of all transport categories falling within the scope of Regulations (EC) No 561/2006 and (EU) No 165/2014 and of mobile workers and drivers falling withing the scope of Directive 2002/15/EC.;
Amendment 115 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point -a (new)
Directive 2006/22/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
(-a) in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, the introductory part is replaced by the following: “1. Information made available bilaterally under Article 17(322(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85561/2006 or Article 19(3)40 of Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85165/2014 shall be exchanged between the designated bodies notified to the Commission in accordance with Article 7(2):”
Amendment 116 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Directive 2006/22/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) upon reasonedspecific request by a Member State in individual cases.
Amendment 122 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Directive 2006/22/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a – subparagraph 1
Member State shall submitprovide the information requested by other Member States pursuant to paragraph 1(b) of this Article within 25five working days from the receipt of the request in cases requiring in- depth examination or involving checks at premises of the undertakings concerned. A shorter time limit may be mutually agreed between the Member States. In urgent cases or cases requiring simple consultation of registers, such as of a risk rating system, the requested information shall be submitted within three working days.
Amendment 123 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Directive 2006/22/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a – subparagraph 2
Where the requested Member State considers that the request is insufficiently reasoned, it shall inform the requesting Member State accordingly within 105 working days. The requesting Member State shall further substantiate the request and the Member States concerned shall discuss with each other with a view to finding a solution for any difficulty raised. Where this is not possible, the request may be rejected by the requested Member State. In such a case, the requesting Member State may refer the complaint to the Commission, who may take necessary measures as appropriate.
Amendment 126 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Directive 2006/22/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a – subparagraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a – subparagraph 3
Amendment 127 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Directive 2006/22/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, establish a common formula for calculating a risk rating of undertakings, which shall take into account the number, severity and frequency of occurrence of infringements as well as the results of controls where no infringement has been detected and whether a road transport undertaking has been using the smart tachograph, pursuant to Chapter II of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014, on all its vehicles. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 12(2) of this Directive.
Amendment 129 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Directive 2006/22/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. In order to facilitate targeted roadside checks, the data contained in the national risk rating system shall be accessible at the time of control to all the competent control authorities of the Member State concerned.s;
Amendment 131 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Directive 2006/22/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Article 9 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall make the information contained in the national risk rating system available upon request or directly accessible to all competent authorities of other Member States in accordance with the time limits set out in Article 8.;
Amendment 132 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c a (new)
Directive 2006/22/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 5 a
Article 9 – paragraph 5 a
(ca) the following paragraph is added: 5a. The smart tachograph, whose data will indicate the location of drivers over the span of a 56-day period shall be introduced on all vehicles engaged in international transport and cabotage by 2 January 2020.
Amendment 133 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2006/22/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Amendment 151 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Article establishes specific rules as regards certain aspectsthe enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC relating to the posting of drivers in the road transport sector and of Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to administrative requirements and control measures for the posting of those drivers.
Amendment 153 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The smart tachograph, whose data will indicate the location of drivers over the span of a 56-day period shall be introduced on all vehicles engaged in international transport and cabotage by the 2nd of January 2020, at the latest.
Amendment 163 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 187 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 216 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Amendment 249 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Member States may onlyin particular impose the following administrative requirements and control measures:
Amendment 254 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) For each posted driver and each posting, an obligation for the road transport operator established in another Member State to send a posting declaration to the national competent authorities at the latest atprior to the commencement of the posting, in electronic forma standardised electronic form developed and made available by the Commission, at the latest two years after the publication of the Directive, in an official language of the host Member State or in English, containing onlyat least the following information:
Amendment 266 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point iii
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point iii
(iii) the anticipated number and the identities of posted drivinformation about the posted drivers including at least the following: the identify, the country of residence, the country where the employment contract is based, the country of payment of social contributions and the social security numbers;
Amendment 284 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) an obligation for the driver to keep and make available, where requested at the roadside control, in paroad transport oper ator electronic form, a copy of the posting declaration and evidence of transport operation taking place in the host Member State, such as an electronic consignment note (e-CMR) or evidence referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council.to provide the driver with the following documents for the purpose of road side checks:
Amendment 289 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b – point i (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b – point i (new)
i) a copy of the posting declaration in paper or electronic form;
Amendment 291 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b – point ii (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b – point ii (new)
ii) evidence of the transport operation taking place in the host Member State as refereed in the legal act amending Regulation (EC) No1072/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council;
Amendment 293 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b – point iii (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b – point iii (new)
iii) the electronic CMR;
Amendment 295 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b – point iv (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b – point iv (new)
iv) a copy of the employment contract in (one of) the official languages of the host Member State, or in English;
Amendment 297 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b – point v (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b – point v (new)
v) a copy of the pay slips for the past two months, in paper or electronic form;
Amendment 299 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 305 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point d
Amendment 314 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point e
Amendment 327 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point f
(f) an obligation for the road transport operator to deliver, after the period of posting, in paper or electronic form, copies of documents referred to in points (b), (c) and (e), at the request of the authorities of the host Member State within a reasonable period of timefive days of the request;
Amendment 334 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Evidence referred to in Article 2(4)(a), (b) and (f) shall be kept on the vehicle and presented to the authorised inspecting officers of the host Member State in the event of roadside checks.
Amendment 341 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 5
Article 2 – paragraph 5
5. For the purposes of point (a) of paragraph 4 the road transport operator may provide a posting declaration covering a period of a maximum of six months.To prove that the provisions of Directive 96/71/EC and Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to administrative requirements and control measures for the posting of workers are met, the competent authorities of the host Member State shall verify the following during roadside checks:
Amendment 344 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 5 – point a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 5 – point a (new)
(a) the tachograph data of the current day and that of the past 56 days;
Amendment 345 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 5 – point b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 5 – point b (new)
(b) the electronic consignment notes of the current day and the past 56 days;
Amendment 346 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 5 – point c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 5 – point c (new)
(c) the documents referred to in Article 2, paragraph 4 (a) (b) and (f);
Amendment 347 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The roadside check authorities shall transmit all information referred to in Article 2 paragraph 5 (a) (b) and (c) to the competent authorities of the host Member State, for an assessment of compliance with the legal acts referred to in paragraph 5.
Amendment 350 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. The competent authorities in the Member States shall cooperate closely and provide each other with mutual assistance and all relevant information, within the conditions laid down in Directive 2014/67/EU and in Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009.
Amendment 351 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 5 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. For the purpose to increase the effectiveness of cross-border enforcement and of targeted checks, the Member States shall provide all relevant authorities real time access to the Internal Market Information System (IMI), established by Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 to the national electronic registers established by Regulation(EC) No 1071/2009, to posting declaration and to any other relevant databases.
Amendment 40 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The Committees work is vital to a responsible policy process. The Committees work should be made public for the sake of transparency and evidence-based policymaking. If the Committees work is to be reorganised, dedicated resources for the work must be guaranteed and specific expertise on epidemiology, toxicology, occupational medicine and occupational hygiene shall not be lost.
Amendment 48 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) There is sufficient evidence of the carcinogenicity of oils that have been used before in internal combustion engines to lubricate and cool the moving parts within the engine. These used engine oils are process-generated and therefore they are not subject to classification in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council57 . The CommitteeSCOEL identified the possibility of significant uptake through the skin for these oils, assessed that occupational exposure occurs through the dermal route and strongly recommended the establishment of a skin notation. The ACSH has agreed on an entry of used engine oils in Annex I to Directive 2004/37/EC while agreeing that the route of exposure of concern is the skin. It is therefore appropriate to include work involving exposure to oils that have been used before in internal combustion engines to lubricate and cool the moving parts within the engine in Annex I to Directive 2004/37/EC and to set out a skin notation in Part B of Annex III to Directive 2004/37/EC indicating the possibility of significant dermal uptake. __________________ 57 Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1).
Amendment 52 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
Amendment 55 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) For new technology with significantly reduced diesel engine exhaust and elemental carbon mass concentrations, elemental carbon may not be an equally useful exposure indicator. Nitrogen dioxide is likely to be a more relevant exposure indicator for new technology diesel engine exhaust. Since the age and type of engines and exhaust after-treatment systems applied vary within and between workplaces, it may be appropriate to set an occupational exposure limit value for diesel exhaust both as respirable elemental carbon and as nitrogen dioxide. Both of these values should be fulfilled at a workplace where diesel engines are applied. Although data allowing a direct comparison of the carcinogenic potential of the diesel engine exhaust emitted by new technology and older technology diesel engines are not available, the significant reduction of the diesel engine exhaust mass concentration in exhaust from new technology diesel engines is expected to reduce the lung cancer risk (per kWh). This is supported by the findings from a single set of animal studies showing reduced or negligible in vivo lung genotoxicity and oxidative DNA damage after inhalation exposure to diesel exhaust from new technology diesel engines. Determination of relevant exposure indicators for new technology diesel engine exhaust, including consideration of the particle size distribution and different particle exposure metrics (e.g. number vs mass concentration) would be valuable. In addition, it is important to compare the hazard per mass unit of diesel engine exhaust from new and older technology diesel engines. Further information would also be needed on exposure levels at workplaces where new diesel engines are in use.
Amendment 59 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Certain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) mixtures, including those containing benzo[a]pyrene, meet the criteria for classification as carcinogenic (category 1A or 1B) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and therefore are carcinogens as defined in Directive 2004/37/EC. The CommitteeSCOEL identified the possibility of significant uptake through the skin for these mixtures. The ACSH has agreed on the importance of introducing an occupational exposure limit value for PAHs and has recommended to carry out the work to evaluate the scientific aspects with the view to proposing an occupational exposure limit value at some time in the future. It is therefore appropriate to set out a skin notation in Part B of Annex III to that Directive 2004/37/EC indicating the possibility of significant dermal uptake and to carry out further investigations to set a limit value for benzo[a]pyrene in order better to protect workers from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons mixtures.
Amendment 87 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 18 a – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 18 a – paragraph 2 a (new)
(-1) In Article 18a, the following paragraph is added: “The Commission shall, as part of the next evaluation of the implementation of this Directive in the context of the evaluation referred to in Article 17a of Directive 89/391/EEC, also assess the possibility to set a limit value for benzo[a]pyrene in order to better protect workers from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons mixtures. The Commission shall propose, where appropriate, necessary amendments and modifications related to that substance.”.
Amendment 93 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex I – point 5 b (new)
Annex I – point 5 b (new)
(1a) In Annex I, the following point is added: “5b. Work involving exposure to diesel engine exhaust emissions”
Amendment 115 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – Part A – row 14 h (new)
Annex III – Part A – row 14 h (new)
- - Diesel 0,057a - - - - - engine exhaust emission s ____________________ 7a measured as elemental carbon
Amendment 116 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – Part A – row 14 h (new)
Annex III – Part A – row 14 h (new)
- - Diesel - 0,057b - 17b - - engine exhaust emission s ____________________ 7b measured as nitrogen dioxide
Amendment 118 #
2017/0004(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 3
Annex I – paragraph 3
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – Part B – column 3 – row 1
Annex III – Part B – column 3 – row 1
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons mixtures, including those containing benzo[a]pyrene, which are carcinogens within the meaning of the Directive.
Amendment 35 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas however employment rates are generally lower among women and in 2015, the employment rate for men aged 20–64 stood at 75.9 % in the EU-28, as compared with 64.3 % for women;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the youth unemployment rate at EU level stands at 18.6 % and 4.2 million young people are unemployed, including 2.9 million in the euro area; whereas the level of youth unemployment remains markedly higher than at its low point in 2008; Whereas in 2015 the share NEET's remains high and represents 14,8 % of 15-29 year olds not in employment, education or training, namely 14 million of NEET's;
Amendment 59 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. Whereas also one of the five Europe 2020 targets aims at reducing by at least 20 million the number of people in or at risk of poverty and social exclusion; whereas this objective is far from being achieved and in 2013 almost 123 million people in the EU are in this situation of whom 32,2 million persons with disabilities in 2012; whereas in 2013 26,5 million children in the EU28 were at risk of falling into poverty or social exclusion; whereas high levels of inequality reduce the output of the economy and the potential for sustainable growth;
Amendment 63 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. Whereas however the increasing of the employment rate in member states has been unfortunately accompanied by the increase of atypical, precarious and non-formal forms of employment, zero- hour contracts included; the weakening of social dialogue giving rise to negative impact on worker's rights, on purchasing power of EU citizens and growth;
Amendment 96 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that in the Annual Growth Survey 2017 emphasis is placed on the importance of ensuring social fairness as a means of stimulating more inclusive growth, as well as on creating quality and inclusive jobs and enhancing skills and on the need to strengthen competitiveness, innovation and productivity; stresses that the need to invest in social development is not just a means of guaranteeing that economic growth and convergence can be achieved, but must also be a specific target in itself; calls for measures preventing a race to the bottom in terms of taxation and social standards, building on better use of social indicators in this context; takes note of recent studies by the OECD (OECD, 'in it together : why less inequality benefits all", 2015) and the IMF (IMF report 'causes and consequences of income inequality", June 2015) underlining that social inequalities in Europe hamper economic recovery; stresses that more effort is needed to improve the political visibility and impact of the scoreboard of key employment and social indicators; calls for the commission to make sure that member states with low social performance adequately address the problems of social inequalities; Stresses that employment and social considerations should be put on equal footing with the economic ones in the framework of the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP);
Amendment 113 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Is of the opinion that the data contain on the Employment and Social Scoreboard is useful but it is not enough to assess the evolution of the employment and social situation in the European Union; calls on the Commission and the Member States to complement the Scoreboard with data on the quality of employment and poverty, with especial emphasis on multi-dimensional child poverty
Amendment 117 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Calls on the Commission to present employment and social data in connection with the evolution of the macroeconomic data so that the analysis presents a comprehensive picture of the interconnection and impacts of different policy choices
Amendment 130 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. entitle 1 - Education and skills as a pillar of creating jobs
Amendment 132 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Underlines that insufficient investment in public education system, may undermine Europe's competitive position and the employability of its workforce; Stresses the need to invest in people as early as possible in the life cycle to reduce inequality and foster social inclusion at a young age; Stresses also the need to fight against stereotypes from the youngest age at school by promoting gender equality at all level of education;
Amendment 134 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Notes the importance of skills and competences acquired in non-formal and informal learning environments;
Amendment 135 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Calls therefore on the Member States to implement policies guaranteeing an access to quality, inclusive Education and training at an affordable cost but also the implementation of the lifelong learning framework approach towards a flexible education path recognizing formal, but also non formal and informal learning to foster equity and social cohesion and allowing employment opportunities for everyone;
Amendment 136 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2 e. Calls on the Member States to introduce policies to implement and monitor more inclusive forms of social protection systems and income support, in order to ensure that these systems offer a decent standard of living for the unemployed and those at risk of poverty and social exclusion, and provide access to education, training and opportunities to enter the labour market;
Amendment 150 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. entitle 2 : Access and participation in the labour market
Amendment 153 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Deplores Gender inequalities in terms of employment rate, gender pay and pension gap and so on; Emphasises that a better work-life balance is essential for supporting the participation of women in the labour market;
Amendment 154 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to put in place proactive policies and appropriate investment aimed and designed to promote women's participation in the labour market; Calls also on the Member States to set minimum social standards, including maternity, paternity, parental leave provisions and appropriate policies to support women and men entering, returning to, staying and advancing in the labour market, after periods of family and care-related types of leave, with sustainable and quality employment, in line with Article 27 of the European Social Charter;
Amendment 155 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Calls for policies encouraging and supporting women to build a career in entrepreneurship, facilitating access to finance and business opportunities, offering tailor-made trainings and creating environment allowing for reconciliation of professional and private life;
Amendment 171 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Calls for policies that respect and promote collective bargaining and its coverage to reach as many workers as possible while at the same time also aiming better wage floors in the form of minimum wages set at decent levels and with the involvement of social partners - all this with a view to end the competitive wage race to the bottom, to support aggregate demand and economic recovery, to reduce wage inequalities, to fight in-work poverty;
Amendment 176 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 h (new)
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4 h. Deplores the persistence of the gender pay and pension gap; calls on the EU and the Member States, in cooperation with the social partners and gender equality organisations, to set out and implement policies to close the gender and pension pay gap; calls on the Member States to carry out wage-mapping on a regular basis as a complement to these efforts;
Amendment 177 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 i (new)
Paragraph 4 i (new)
4 i. Calls on the Member States to ensure that people on temporary or part- time contracts or who are self-employed enjoy equal treatment -also regarding dismissals and pay-, have adequate social protection and access to training and that framework conditions are set to enable them to make a career; calls on the Member States to implement the framework agreements on part-time work and fixed-term employment and to effectively enforce the Directive establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation;
Amendment 233 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that micro-enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are important for sustainable and inclusive development and quality job creation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to give greater consideration to the interests of MSMEs in the policy-making process;
Amendment 295 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes that in the AGS 2017 emphasis is placed on the role of wages in tackling inequalities as well as the need to promote tax and benefit reforms aimed at improving work incentives and making work pay, as progressive tax systems can also contribute to combating income inequalities and poverty; welcomes that minimum wages should prevent in-work poverty;
Amendment 318 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the involvement in the European Semester process of the social partners, the national parliaments and other relevant stakeholders from civil society; reiterates that social dialogue must be pursued in all phases of the Semester; highlights the need to make the involvement more effective by ensuring useful timing, access to all documents and dialogue with interlocutors at the appropriate level;
Amendment 326 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Reiterates its call on the Commission and Member States to use gender disaggregated data in European Semester monitoring process, and to define additional gender-specific indicators for example to monitor the gender employment, pay and pension gaps;
Amendment 329 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Calls on Member States to pay specific attention to the gender dimension throughout their National Reform Programmes under the European Semester, in particular as regards systematic measures for advancing gender equality in the fields of employment, social inclusion, fight against poverty, education and research and innovation;
Amendment 6 #
2016/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to propose effective communication measures which can best illustrate the positive contribution made by Cohesion Policy and how the policy has positively contributed towards improving lives of the European citizens on the ground; calls on all stakeholders to make the best use of new communication techniques to increase the visibility of this Policy;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission, with the aim to increasing the visibility of the Cohesion Policy and ESI Funds, to adopt targeted measures for beneficiaries, managing authorities and stakeholders of Member States to widely communicate the results and benefits of this particularly well documented Policy;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission, in close cooperation with the managing authorities, to monitor regularly that all legal provisions as regards information and communication are being implemented thoroughly in order to ensure transparency and the widespread dissemination of information about the achievementthrough institutional communication, social media, dedicated applications for smartphones and any other type of informal communication, about the achievements of the Funds, and through the creation of accessible and transparent data bases and the exchange of best practices between managing authorities and beneficiaries of the Funds;
Amendment 29 #
2016/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the visibility of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) by communicating the European added value of the projects, particularly in terms of job creation and social integration through a targeted and detailed institutional communication of results and projects achieved and the collection of best practices;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to reduce the administrative burden on authorities and beneficiaries with a view to ensuring a better absorption rate, in particular for SMEs, which have created around 85 % of new jobs within the Union in the past five years and higher effectiveness of I and II level controls;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to ensure and to monitor adequate resources for social partners in this regard as allocated under Article 6 of the Regulation n. 1304/2013, and to establish a reserve for this purpose;
Amendment 66 #
2016/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that in order to achieve the impact and the added value of Cohesion Policy a “one size fits all” approach cannot work in practice, for this reason a future Cohesion Policy should take into account different social and economic realities to address the specific situations;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas an average of 9% of jobs are at high risk of being automated, while for another 25% of jobs half of the tasks will change significantly due to automation
Amendment 17 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the digitisation of industry represents a major challenge in terms of the organisation of work and therefore requires targeted responses from the Commission and the Member States regarding employment, social and education policies, as well as the provision of up-to-date infrastructure;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the strong regional differences as regards the digitisation of industry, which have consequences on jobs and growth; calls, therefore, for efforts in developing digital infrastructure to be stepped up, particularly in regions lagging behind, and for universal access to the open internet to be promoted; stresses the importance of networking and cooperation of the already established national digitisation initiatives such as Industrie 4.0, and calls for increased efforts to support regions and sectors currently lacking such initiatives
Amendment 34 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in cooperation with social partners, to regularly assess the impact of digitisation on the quality, number and types of jobs and to adjust related policies accordingly; points out that due to the digitisation of industry, the differential between the creation and loss of different types of jobs may have consequences on the financial sustainability of social security schemes, pension systems and unemployment insurance systems of the Member States; recalls that not all future jobs are equally affected by the digitisation of industry and that the importance of human interaction should not be underestimated;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that digitisation also offers opportunities to reshore manufacturing; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop reshoring strategies to promote growth and jobs in the Union;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Recalls the risk of digitisation aggravating unequal distribution of wealth in view of a deepening digital divide which could split society, Member States and regions into those who are able to profit from increased digital productivity and those who are not; calls on the Commission and Member States, therefore, to investigate possible ways of reducing inequalities rising through automation;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the opportunities related to the digitisation of industry; stresses, however, that new forms of work must comply with labour and social legislation and guarantee the protection of workers’ and consumer rights; recognises the positive effects digitisation of industry has as it increases flexible working arrangements that can create a better work-life balance, diversify choices through mobile telework, and allow people from rural and secluded areas to join the labour market provided that they are equipped with the necessary infrastructure; emphasises, however, that the digitisation driven trend towards increased flexibility may increase the danger of unstable and precarious employment;
Amendment 64 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes the growth of the platform economy; calls, therefore, for an EU framework on platform work;
Amendment 65 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that digitisation of industry and the consequent increase in new forms of work will not be detrimental to social contributions and that all contributions will be paid for all forms of work; notes that digital solutions can facilitate the collection of taxes and social security contributions;
Amendment 66 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Recalls that the European Court of Justice has defined the concept of 'worker' on the basis of an employment relationship characterised by certain criteria, such as subordination, remuneration and the nature of the work; stresses the need for a clear definition of a 'platform worker' in order to ensure compliance with labour and social laws;
Amendment 67 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to involve the social partners regularly when adapting the regulatory framework for the digital economy; calls on the social partners to conclude collective agreements for the platform economy;
Amendment 70 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to ensure universal access to training in digital skills21st century skills, in particular digital skills, usage of big data, critical thinking, problem solving and teamwork, in order to allow equal participation of all citizens in the digital single market, be it as employees, entrepreneurs or customers; stresses that it is the industry's task to offer suitable training for acquainting their employees properly with new technologies; calls on the Member States to develop skills strategies for the digital age involving social partners as well as education and training institutions, to adapt their educational systems to digitisation and to promote teaching and interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in educational institutions from an early age; stresses that adapting curricula in primary schools can have particular importance in increasing interest in STEM subjects whereby particular efforts must be made to overcome the severe gender gap in the ICT sector; emphasises the importance of lifelong learning for all workers in the digital era; points to the importance of upgrading occupational training programmes for the digital era; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that workers losing their jobs due to digitisation have rapidly access to retraining in digital skills if they so wish;
Amendment 78 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that the skills mismatch in the digital economy is not only about lacking skills, but also the result of poor working conditions making some of the best-skilled workers choose to work elsewhere, and of poor management of human resources failing to fully tap into the skills and knowledge of the digital generation;
Amendment 81 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need to identify potential occupational health and safety risks stemming from the digitisation of industry and to take appropriate measures.; points to the psychological and neurological effects of digitisation on employees as constant accessibility presents a risk of work-related mental health problems such as burnout; advocates, therefore, a 'right to log off' for workers outside the agreed working hours; calls on the Commission and its agencies, in particular EU-OSHA, to examine the effects of digitisation, robotics and artificial intelligence on mental strain and to make policy recommendations where necessary; calls for employees to be given the opportunity to play an active part in shaping their work environment and for social partners and unions to be involved at all levels;
Amendment 85 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Notes that the increasing use of new technologies and means of electronic communication at the workplace raises many questions concerning workers' privacy and the new possibilities of monitoring and surveillance; believes that the use, processing and storage of employee-related data needs strict rules in line with the Regulation 2016/679 to prevent an infringement of workers' fundamental rights and ensure a right to data access for the worker;
Amendment 88 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Believes that with the increasing digitisation of workplaces, it is essential to amend the rules of liability concerning the consequences associated with the actions or inaction of automated systems and robots, keeping also in mind work injuries caused by robots; is concerned by the lack of general framework and legal provisions in this context and calls for a legal framework that reflects the complexity of digitising European industry and its social implications.
Amendment 83 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the guarantee of an adequate minimum income and minimum wage is included in the first draft of the European Pillar of Social Rights9 ; whereas minimum income schemes should not substitute for decent wages; whereas, at the high-level conference held in Brussels on 23 January 2017, following the public consultation on this issue, the President of the Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, reiterated that such measures should be adopted by all Member States; __________________ 9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions launching a consultation on a European Pillar of Social Rights (COM(2016)0127) – Annex 1.
Amendment 216 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on Member States to implement and monitor micro-pilots on the use of a Universal Basic Income;
Amendment 293 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that quality job creation should be a priority for the European Union as a first step towards reducing poverty;
Amendment 6 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
Citation 28 a (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report 'Income inequalities and employment patterns in Europe before and after the Great Recession',
Amendment 7 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 b (new)
Citation 28 b (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound overview report 'Sixth European Working Conditions Survey',
Amendment 8 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 c (new)
Citation 28 c (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report 'Social mobility in the EU',
Amendment 9 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 d (new)
Citation 28 d (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report 'New forms of employment',
Amendment 10 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 e (new)
Citation 28 e (new)
- having regard to Eurofound's topical update 'The Posted Workers' remuneration gaps:Challenging the equal treatment principle', which provides a detailed overview of governments and social partners positions across Europe as regards the principle of equal remuneration for equal work,
Amendment 11 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 f (new)
Citation 28 f (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report 'Developments in working life in Europe:EurWORK annual review 2016', and specific chapter on Eurwork Annual review 'Pay inequalities at the workplace and beyond – Evidence and debates around Europe',
Amendment 12 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 g (new)
Citation 28 g (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report 'Occupational change and wage inequality:European Jobs Monitor 2017',
Amendment 13 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 h (new)
Citation 28 h (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report 'Women, men and working conditions in Europe',
Amendment 14 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)
Citation 29 a (new)
- having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and more specifically to its sustainable development goal 10 "Reduce inequalities within and among countries",
Amendment 42 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas Eurofound publication (2017) on social mobility in the EU provides evidence that the social background continues to determine life chances in many of the EU countries with only a few countries (Finland, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands) having high levels of social mobility;
Amendment 45 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas multiple inequalities in access to work and within work create a risk for individual's health and well- being, and financial opportunities;
Amendment 46 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
E c. whereas social protection unequal coverage is analysed in Eurofound's New Forms of Employment Report1e; some focus is placed on the most problematic of these forms from a social protection perspective, namely casual work; examples are provided of legislation that specifically excludes casual workers, and others which act to include them, typically by compensating from income thresholds; voucher work and strategic employee sharing are examples of non-standard work that aim to address the inadequacy of social protection in occasional or part- time work; _________________ 1e https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/def ault/files/ef_publication/field_ef_docume nt/ef1461en.pdf
Amendment 47 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
E d. whereas wage inequality derived from changes in occupational patterns is analysed in Eurofound's European Jobs Monitor 20171g, concluding that changes in increasing wage inequality between 2005 and 2014 were mostly an outcome of changes in the distribution of wages within occupations, linked to processes of labour market deregulation and destandardisation of employment contracts, with job polarisation and occupational upgrading, linked to technological changes and skills bias, playing a less relevant role; _________________ 1g https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/def ault/files/ef_publication/field_ef_docume nt/ef1710en.pdf
Amendment 63 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas according to recent studies although income inequality between countries have been reduced in recent decades, the global effect of its evolution is characterized by an increase in real income gains of people around the middle of the income distribution in Asian emerging economies, who are poorer than the lower middle-class in western countries, and by the gains of the richest top 1% of developed countries in contrast with the stagnation in real income gains of those people of developed countries ranging between 40% to 60% of the income distribution1a; _________________ 1aMilanovic, Branko (2016) Global Inequality.A new approach for the age of globalization
Amendment 65 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas the global evolution of inequalities is consistent with a steady increase in inequality in developed countries since the 1980s, in which, according to OECD1b, inequality has grown, regardless of the economic cycle, with specific exceptions, raising the Gini coefficient by three points from 0.29 to 0.32 between 1980 and 2013, which is a 10% increase in the last decades; _________________ 1bOECD (2015) In It Together.Why Less Inequality Benefits All.OECD Publishing, Paris
Amendment 66 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
H c. whereas on average the EU and the Eurozone as a whole have more equal societies with Gini coefficient scoring 0.31 in 2013 compared to developed countries such as the United States (0.39) or Japan (0.34);whereas during the first decade of the new century and until the beginning of the crisis in 2008 the EU had begun a process of convergence in terms of inequality characterized by increasing inequality in countries with lower levels such as France, Germany or the Nordic countries, while reducing in countries with higher levels of inequality, such as Italy, Spain or Greece;whereas this trend has stagnated and even reversed in most cases since 20071c; _________________ 1c European Commission (2015) Analytical Web Note 6/2015 ‘High and rising inequalities; what can be done about it (at EU level)?’
Amendment 67 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Recital H d (new)
H d. whereas inequalities increased between mid-1980s and late 2000s, in terms of Gini coefficients, in various European countries in the OECD:Italy, United Kingdom, but also in Continental countries (Germany, Netherlands, Luxembourg) and Nordic countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark)1d; _________________ 1dOECD (2011) ‘Divided We Stand: Why Inequality Keeps Rising’
Amendment 68 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H e (new)
Recital H e (new)
H e. whereas the proportion of people at risk of monetary poverty is closely linked to income inequality and monetary poverty has increased steadily since 2005, most sharply in Hungary, Sweden and Spain;
Amendment 79 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. Whereas low wages and precarious employment increase income inequalities;
Amendment 81 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
I b. Whereas the at risk-of-poverty rate in the EU in 2015 was 24.4% and 26.9% for children according to Eurostat;
Amendment 83 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
I c. Whereas women are at higher risk of poverty and precariousness;
Amendment 91 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Affirms that growing inequalities threaten the future of the European project, erode its legitimacy and damage trust in the EU as an engine of social progress;2a; _________________ 2aAntonucci, L., Horvath, L., Krouwel, A. and Y.Kutyski (2017) “The malaise of the squeezed middle: Challenging the narrative of the left behind Brexiter” Competition & Change, Special Issue:Brexit:a year later, Vol. 21 (3), pp. pp. 211–229.
Amendment 115 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reminds the Commission and the Member States that the European Union must fulfil its commitments under the Treaties in terms of promoting the wellbeing of its peoples, full employment and social progress, social justice and protection, equality between women and men, equality between citizens from different socio-economic backgrounds, solidarity between generations, and protection of the rights of the child20 ; _________________ 20 Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and Preamble of the TFEU.
Amendment 119 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission and the Member States to evaluate the performance and outcomes of economic policy coordination, taking into account the evolution of social progress and social justice in the EU; warns that the European Semester has not been successful in the achievement of these aims and in reducing inequalitiesprioritised the achievement of these aims and the reduction of inequalities; Urges the Commission to initiate a process of policy coordination to monitor, prevent and correct negative trends that could increase inequalities and weaken social progress or negatively affect social justice, putting in place preventive and corrective measures when necessary;
Amendment 127 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers that the social scoreboard of the Joint Employment Report must play a more prominent role in the European Semester as an "early warning system" for excessive social imbalances at the same footing than the macroeconomic ones, and should be extended by an additional inequality indicator more focused on how income inequalities between and within countries contribute to explain EU-wide inequality levels;
Amendment 132 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to extend the scope of the European Semester and the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP), from 2018 onward, by adding new binding indicators to estimate individual imbalances in inequalities as a way to link economic coordination with employment and social performanceits Scoreboard with specific country-by-country thresholds, to estimate country-specific imbalances measured in terms of income and wealth distribution, which must entail individual in-depth review (IDR) reports if imbalances are detected, as a way to link economic coordination with employment and social performance, detecting and addressing labor and social deficits affecting potential economic growth;
Amendment 140 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Warns of the lack of a strong Social Agenda in Europe; Reiterates its call for the establishment of an authentic European Pillar of Social Rights and the building of a deeper and fairer social dimension of the EMU; Urges the Commission to go much further than the strict description of scenarios in the 'reflection paper on the Social Dimension of Europe' and the mere enumeration of labor and social principles in its Recommendation on the 'European Pillar of Social Rights'; calls on the Commission to put forward a concrete 'Roadmap completing the Social Dimension of the EMU' with no delay, with the necessary legislative, institutional and financial means being devoted to guaranteeing true social progress;
Amendment 153 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to broaden the scope of the Europe 2020 Strategy to include the fight against inequality among its goals, in addition to its focus on tackling poverty, among its goals and ensure progress towards its achievement, which should be aligned with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 158 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Asks the Commission to embed the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy targets deeper in the European Semester procedure, adjusting Country Specific Recommendations to the deviations observed country-by-country in the Eurostat scoreboard on Europe 2020 headline indicators;
Amendment 175 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Recalls however that employment needs to be decent in order to decrease inequality;
Amendment 176 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Recalls that the European Parliament defines decent work as a work that provides: - a living wage, also guaranteeing the right of freedom of association; - collective agreements in line with Member States' practices; - workers' participation in company matters in line with Member States' practices; - respect of collective bargaining; - equal treatment of workers in the same workplace; - workplace health and safety; - social security protection for workers and their dependents; - provisions on working and rest time; - protection against dismissal; - access to training and lifelong learning; - support for work-life balance for all workers;stresses that to deliver on these rights it is also essential to improve the implementation of labour and social law;1 ________________________ 1 Report on working conditions and precarious employment (2016/2221(INI))
Amendment 207 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses its concern about the increasing number of atypical work contracts and forms of non-standard employment, such as involuntary part- time and temporary work, on-demand work and the use of temporary agency workers to replace workers on strike or the use of fixed-term contracts for permanent tasks, linked with precarious working conditions, undeclared work, lower wages, exploitation and poorer social security contributions, and rising inequality in particular amongst young workers;
Amendment 216 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Considers that the deterioration of the quality of jobs all over Europe is unsustainable and action is needed to improve living wages, job security, access to education and lifelong learning and occupational health and safety;
Amendment 218 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Considers that some forms of employment such as zero-hours contracts and unpaid internships do not allow for a decent living;
Amendment 220 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Considers crucial to establish limits on non-standard forms of work and to ban zero-hour contracts and unpaid internship and traineeships, the use of temporary agency workers to replace workers on strike or the use of fixed-term contracts for permanent tasks;
Amendment 222 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Calls on the Commission to support further research in relation to monitoring and improving quality job creation, based on Eurofound's research and to delegate to Eurofound the implementation of the Pilot Project on Monitoring Job Quality to ensure Europe's competitiveness;
Amendment 227 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a Framework Directive on decent working conditions for all forms of employment, ensuring for every worker a core set of enforceable rights, eliminating discrimination based on contractual status, equalizing non-standard arrangements to the conditions of workers in standard employment, ensuring a minimum number of working hours and facilitating decent working times and the right to negotiate schedules; Calls on the Commission to ensure that employees in non-standard forms of employment are able to make their rights enforceable, have access to unionisation and share collective bargaining coverage to the same extent as any other employee;
Amendment 244 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Considers that the New Skills Agenda must provide a Skills Guarantee scheme ensuring affordable access for all workers to lifelong learning and adaptation to digitalisation and permanent technological changes;
Amendment 249 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for a common approach across Member States regarding the introduction of a Minimum Income Scheme, in order to support people with insufficient income, ease access to fundamentalnsure equal access to high quality, affordable and integrated social, health, education and leisure services, combat poverty and foster social integration;
Amendment 274 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls on the Commission to improve workers' occupational health and safety, including the proper enforcement of the Working Time Directive;
Amendment 285 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Highlights that collective bargaining coverage has declined in the majority of the European countries hit harder by the crisis due to recent labour market reforms and government-induced decentralization, which has entailed the removal of national general collective agreements, prioritizing company over sectorial agreements, the introduction of opt-out clauses for employers and permitted the recognition of non-union bargaining representatives;is concerned that reforms have increased precarious working conditions and decreased wages2c; _________________ 2cILO (2015) Issue Brief 'Trends in collective bargaining coverage:stability, erosion or decline?'
Amendment 304 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Emphasises the need for a multidimensional approach to the achievement of greater equality and social cohesion as reflected in the horizontal social clause (article 9 TFEU), focusing on the social dimension of union policies;stresses that the implementation of article 9 depends on the commitment to apply the principle of social mainstreaming to all Union policies;
Amendment 306 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. States that social progress as defined in the European social progress index, is the capacity of a society to meet the basic human needs of its citizens, establish the building blocks that allow citizens and communities to enhance and sustain the quality of their lives, and create the conditions for all individuals to reach their full potential;
Amendment 313 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to reform their welfare systems (education, health, pensions and transfers) in order to achieve more effective redistribution and promote fairer distributionbased on high-level social safeguards in order to achieve comprehensive protection of everyone and to make sure that no one is left behind , taking into account the new social risks and vulnerable groups that have arisen from the social and economic challenges confronting society;
Amendment 317 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the appropriate measures to ensure universal and affordable access to quality public education from early ages (0-3), which is key for combating inequalities in the long-term;
Amendment 327 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls for legislation to ensure universal access to affordable housing, protecting vulnerable households against eviction and over-indebtedness, and promoting an effective second chance framework for individuals and families at the European level;
Amendment 343 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that international trade has been an engine for growth in many countries, but also can be perceived as a source of inequalities; calls on the Commission and the Member State to promote fairer international trade agreements that respect European labour market regulations and ILO conventions, while protecting quality employment and workers’' rights and ensuring intra- European and national mechanisms for the compensation of workers and sectors negatively affected;
Amendment 347 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Considers that the current inequality of opportunities for children and young peopleutcomes for everyone living in the EU, but especially for children and young people, is often aggravated by the non-egalitarian design of education systems and has damaging consequences for their wellbeing and ‘'wellbecoming’' as individuals, thereby contributing to the estrangement of European youth, especially those on the wrong side of thelacking resources and opportunity gapies.;
Amendment 357 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up the fight against child poverty, especially among children, and ensuring the coordinated implementation of the Investment in Children Initiative through thea Child Guarantee scheme;
Amendment 362 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to facilitate a common approach towards a National Child Basic Income toEuropean-wide Child Basic Income (ECBI) scheme co-funded by National Governments and using a specific mechanism of the European Fiscal Capacity; Calls on the Commission for setting a European index of necessity (at PPP) as income threshold, ensureing that every child receives a minimum inco(aged from 0-18) receives a basic income above this threshold under this ECBI programme, thereby helping to achieve the goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy on reducing poverty and the risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 395 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to promote and further develop socially just tax systems that ensure the sound financing of social safeguards;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation,
Amendment 24 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
Citation 13 b (new)
– having regard to the Directive on Temporary Agency Work (2008/104/EC),
Amendment 25 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 c (new)
Citation 13 c (new)
– having regard to the targeted revision of the Posting of Workers Directive (1996/71/EC) and the Enforcement Directive (2014/67/EC),
Amendment 26 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 d (new)
Citation 13 d (new)
– having regard to the report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a European Platform to enhance cooperation in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work (COM(2014)0221 – C7-0144/2014 – 2014/0124(COD)),
Amendment 27 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 e (new)
Citation 13 e (new)
– having regard to EESC opinion: The changing nature of employment relationships and its impact on maintaining a living wage1a, __________________ 1ahttp://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.C_.201 6.303.01.0054.01.ENG&toc=OJ:C:2016:3 03:TOC
Amendment 28 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 f (new)
Citation 13 f (new)
– having regard to ILO “Employment Relationship Recommendation, 2006 (No. 198)” to determine the existence of an employment relationship:”,
Amendment 29 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas there is no common definition of precarious employment so far;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
Amendment 42 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas some sectors such as agriculture, construction and art are disproportionately affected by precarious employment; whereas precarious employment has also spread to other sectors in recent years such as the aviation and hotel industry;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas precarious work leads to market segmentation and exacerbates wages inequalities;
Amendment 82 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas atypical employment doesn’t necessarily have a positive effect on work-life balance due to wages and working time’s irregularity; whereas atypical employment has long term consequences on pensions;
Amendment 83 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Amendment 87 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
I. Towards a definition of decent workprecarious employment
Amendment 96 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Understands standard employment to mean full-time, regular employment on the basis of open-ended contracts in a subordinate employment relationship, and non- standard or atypical forms of employment to include, i.a., marginal or involuntary part-time work, temporary agency work, fixed-term contract work, zero-hour contracts, unpaid internships that are not part of an education programme, and informal or undeclared work;
Amendment 116 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Understands precarious workemployment to mean, as a minimum definition, a non- standard, atypical form of employment having any of the following characteristics:
Amendment 122 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
- little or no job security owing to the non-permanent nature of the work, as in some fixed-term contracts, involuntary and often marginal part-time contracts, contracts containing poor conditions, unwritten contracts, unclear working hours, and duties that change owing to work on demandor owing to the lack of sufficient social protection in case of dismissal;
Amendment 132 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
- low remuneration, which may even be unofficial or unclearnot contractually agreed; or no remuneration in the case of unpaid internships and traineeships;
Amendment 143 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
Amendment 149 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
- limited or no prospects for advancement in the labour market with regards to skills development;
Amendment 172 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that decent work should specifically guarantee coverage by collective agreements, security of collective bargaining, equal pay for equal work in the same place, and protection of the workers’ familiesfreedom of association, collective agreements, workers’ representation on board level, equal pay for equal work in the same place, health and safety protection, provisions on working and rest time, protection against dismissal, access to training and lifelong learning, and social protection, while supporting the work-life balance for all workers;
Amendment 208 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that social protection, and protection by collective agreements and collective bargaining, should be available to all workers; calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee effective protection for workers who perform work in the context of an employment relationship, and a comprehensive policy response that includes policies towards reducing and ultimately eradicating precarious work; calls for policies that empower workers by strengthening social dialogue and promoting the extension of collective bargaining, ensuring that all workers can access and exercise their right to associate, and to bargain collectively, freely and without fear; is concerned that the right of association of platform workers could be undermined if they are regarded as self- employed as collective bargaining could be regarded as forming a cartel, which could put them in conflict with EU rules on anti-competitive practices; underlines in this context the need to adjust European and national competition law accordingly;
Amendment 218 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that social protection, and protection by collective agreements and collective bargaining, should be available to all workers; calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee effective protection for workers who perform work in the context of an employment relationship, and a comprehensive policy response that includes policies towards reducing and ultimately eradicating precarious work; calls for policies that empower workers by strengthening social dialogue and promoting the extension of collective bargaining, ensuring that all workers can access and exercise their right to associate, and to bargain collectively, freely and without feadirect or indirect sanctions by the employer;
Amendment 240 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
II. ProposalsAdjusting policies to new forms of employment
Amendment 241 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat non-standard, atypical and precarious forms of employment, in line with the ILO Decent Work Agenda and the European Social Charter; calls in particular on Member States to ban forms of on-demand employment that do not allow for decent living such as zero-hours contracts;
Amendment 257 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take into account the gender perspective on precarious employment;
Amendment 260 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls for the Commission to assess new forms of employment driven by digitalisation, calls especially for an assessment of the legal status of labour market intermediaries and online platforms and of their liability; calls on the Commission to revise the Written Statement Directive to take into account new forms of employment;
Amendment 261 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Notes that boundaries for employment relationships are blurred, calls on the Member States to take into account the following ILO indicators to determine the existence of an employment relationship: – the work is carried out according to the instructions and under the control of another party; – it involves the integration of the worker in the organization of the enterprise; – it is performed solely or mainly for the benefit of another person; – it must be carried out personally by the worker; – it is carried out within specific working hours or at a workplace specified or agreed by the party requesting the work; – it is of a particular duration and has a certain continuity; – it requires the worker’s availability; or involves the provision of tools, materials and machinery by the party requesting the work; – a periodic payment of remuneration is made to the worker and constitutes the his sole or principal source of income and the provision of payment in kind, such as food, lodging or transport; – the worker has entitlements such as weekly rest and annual holidays;
Amendment 262 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Calls on the Member States to adapt their welfare models to ensure the coverage of workers in atypical forms of employment; calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess whether basic income schemes could be an appropriate answer to changing work relationships;
Amendment 263 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9e. Stresses that the development of new or precarious forms of employment may result in a decline in tax revenues; calls Member States to assess the need for more appropriate taxation in order to ensure fair levels of taxation for economic activities; calls on the Commission to assess the impact of new forms of employment in social security and pensions;
Amendment 264 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 f (new)
Paragraph 9 f (new)
9f. Calls for the Commission to proceed with its targeted review of the Posting of workers directive and to review the Agency Workers Directive to ensure fundamental social rights for all workers including equal pay for equal work at the same location;
Amendment 275 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new)
III. Ensuring decent working conditions
Amendment 278 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the need to tackle undeclared work, as undeclared work decreases tax and social security revenues and creates precarious and poor working conditions and unfair competition between workers; welcomes the creation of a European Platform to enhance cooperation in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work;
Amendment 289 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recalls that according to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the Working Time Directive 2003/88/EC, every worker has the right to limitation of maximum working hours, to daily and weekly rest periods and to an annual period of paid leave; stresses the need to ensure that those rights apply to all workers including on-demand workers, workers in marginal part-time employment and crowd workers; recalls that the Working Time Directive is a health and safety measure; calls for the enforcement of ECJ decisions confirming that on-call time in the workplace is working time and must be followed by compensatory rest;
Amendment 292 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the Commission to swiftly review health and safety legislation under REFIT and to consider proposing new legislation to ensure a better protection of workers in the workplace, including legislation on work related musculoskeletal disorders, a Directive to ensure that ‘terminal illness’ becomes a protected characteristic, specific provisions on healthcare workers’ exposure to hazardous drugs, an asbestos register with a realistic timetable for removal and further protection against medical sharps injuries for all workers at risk;
Amendment 294 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Recalls that according to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, everyone has the right to have access to vocational training and life-long learning; calls on the Member States to ensure that vocational and continuing training are also available to workers in atypical employment relationships; recalls that up-skilling measures are particularly important in a fast changing digital economy; recalls that skills shortage and mismatches participate to high unemployment levels; welcomes recent initiatives to tackle skills shortage;
Amendment 295 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Calls for a Skills Guarantee as a new right for everyone, at every stage of life, to acquire fundamental skills for the 21st century, including literacy, numeracy, digital and media literacy, critical thinking, social skills and relevant skills needed for the green and circular economy, taking into account emerging industries and key growth sectors and ensuring full outreach to people in disadvantaged situations, including those with disabilities, asylum-seekers, long- term unemployed people and underrepresented groups; stresses that education systems should be inclusive, providing good-quality education to the whole population, enabling people to be active European citizens, preparing them to be able to learn and adapt throughout their lives and responding to societal and labour market needs;
Amendment 296 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that the policies of the Member States should be formulated and implemented in accordance with national law and practice, in consultation with, and without prejudice, the most representative organisations of employers and workers;
Amendment 306 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure effective protection to workers especially affected by uncertainty and precariousnessprecarious employment, giving special priority to women workers, young workers, older workers, workers in the informal economy, migrant workers and workers with disabilities; calls on the Commission to assess whether Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation is suited for new forms of employment;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the garment industry is one of the most precarious for workers both within and outside Europe; calls on the flagship initiative, therefore, to put ratification and implementation of ILO conventions and the Decent Work Agenda at its core, with particular focus on those most vulnerable to exploitation, especially children; in this sense, considers it vital to guarantee the ratification and implementation of ILO conventions 182 on worst forms of child labour and 138 on the minimum age for admission to employment and work; calls on the Commission to learn from the experience of the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) and The Global Alliance to Eradicate Forced Labour, Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking and Child Labour;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that voluntary initiatives are not adequately addressing issues such as health and safety, wages, social security and working time; therefore believes that any initiative should go beyond compliance and responsible management supply chains and support the capacities of public authorities including the strengthening of labour administration and labour inspection systems as well as ensuring that national laws and regulations are in conformity with ILO Core Conventions. Action undertaken should also strengthen Minimum Wage setting mechanisms in accordance with relevant ILO conventions
Amendment 30 #
2016/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the EU initiative to promote skills training which contributes to economic and social development and women’s empowerment, since women represent a large share of the workforce in the global supply chain of the garment sector; therefore believes that the initiative should actively promote non- discrimination and gender equality including remuneration along the lines provided for by ILO conventions 100 and 111;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that trade unions must be able to operate independently and freely to promote and protect workers’ rights, particularly health and safety, and that they are a necessary partner in social dialogue and collective bargaining; in this sense the actions resulting from the Garment Initiative should promote social dialogue and collective bargaining at all levels (local, national and international) paying special attention to the ratification and implementation of ILO conventions 87 and 98 on freedom of association and collective bargaining. Workers' representatives should be included in the due diligence process set-up at the company level;
Amendment 106 #
2016/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Encourages the European Commission to continue to include the ratification of core ILO standards, health and safety inspection and freedom of association in discussions with countries linked to the global supply chain on the garment sector on continued preferential trade;
Amendment 4 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights,
Amendment 17 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
Amendment 22 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
Citation 4 b (new)
– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by the EU in 2010,
Amendment 24 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)
Citation 4 c (new)
- having regard to the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, which were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 and which apply to the whole world including the EU,
Amendment 45 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2013 with recommendations to the Commission on information and consultation of workers, anticipation and management of restructuring (2012/2061(INL)),
Amendment 49 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 26 January 2014 on an EU homelessness strategy1a , __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0043.
Amendment 61 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 5 October 2016 on the need for a European reindustrialisation policy in light of the recent Caterpillar and Alstom cases (2016/2891(RSP)),
Amendment 65 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
Citation 18
– having regard to its resolution of 20 November 2012 on a Social Investment Pact as a response to the crisis8 and to the Commission’s Social Investment Package of 20 February 2013, including the Commission Recommendation on Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage, __________________ 8 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0419.
Amendment 67 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission Recommendation of 3 October 2008 on the active inclusion of people excluded from the labour market,
Amendment 75 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
– having regard to the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 20 September 2016 in joined cases C-8/15 P to C-10/15 P (Ledra Advertising and others),
Amendment 79 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
– having regard to the joint opinion of the Employment Committee and Social Protection Committee on the European Pillar of Social Rights, endorsed by the Council on [15] October 2016,
Amendment 105 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union needs a paradigm shift towards a strong European social model which enables sustainable prosperity and high productivity based on solidarity, social justice, a fair distribution of wealth, gender equality, a high-quality public education system, quality employment and sustainable growth - a model that ensuresover the long term, in line with worldwide Sustainable Development Goals - a model that ensures adequate and universal good social protection for all, empowers people in vulnerable groupssituations, fights poverty and social exclusion, enhances participation in civil and political life, and improves the living standards for all citizens, delivering on the objectives and rights set out in the EU Treaties, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter;
Amendment 121 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas the European Union must respond swiftly and visibly to increasing frustration and worry among many citizens about uncertain life prospects, lack of opportunities, socio- economic precariousness and growing inequalities;
Amendment 122 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas people belonging to vulnerable groups such as women, ethnic minorities, the long-term unemployed, senior citizens and people with disabilities may require additional measures to foster their participation in the labour market and to ensure decent living standards throughout their lifetime;
Amendment 138 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Commission is expected to come forward in the spring of 2017 with a proposal for a binding European Pillar of Social Rights that would serve as a basis for updating existing EU legislation, improving the EU’s economic and social governance framework, adapting or establishing relevant financial instruments, and promoting European social standards towards the rest of the world;
Amendment 141 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the European Parliament, elected directly by European citizens, has a fundamental responsibility and a role to play in defining and adopting the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 149 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas fundamental social rights apply to all people in the European Union and the existing body of Union legislation regulating labour, product and service markets applies to all Member States;
Amendment 153 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the euro area faces, with its present macroeconomic framework, specific challenges to the achievement of employment and social objectives set out in the Treaties, notably in the sense that euro area membership reduces possibilities for the use of macroeconomic policy instruments at national level and creates pressure for tougher and swifter internal adjustment, such as through wages, working conditions, unemployment and scaling back of social expenditure; whereas restoring adequate socio-economic security to compensate for this increased internal flexibility may require introducing specific social targets, standards and/or financial instruments at the euro area level;
Amendment 154 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas European labour markets are rapidly evolving towards ‘atypical’ or ‘non-standard’ forms of employment, such as temporary work, part-time work, casual work, seasonal work, on-demand work or self-employment intermediated by digital platforms, which shows many features of employment but does not bring the benefits normally associated with employment; whereas demand for labour is becoming and will likely remain more ‘fluid’ and diversified than in the past; whereas in some cases this can be beneficial for productivity as well as work-life balance; whereas, however, many non-standard forms of employment involve prolonged economic insecurity and precariousness, notably in terms of lower and less certain incomes, lack of possibilities to stand up for one’s working conditions, lack of social and health insurance, lack of a professional identity, lack of a career perspective, and difficulties to reconcile on-demand work with family life;
Amendment 174 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) cannot be limited to a declaration of principles or good intentions but must consist of real matter (legislation, policy-making mechanisms and financial instruments), delivering positive impact on citizens’ lives already in the short term and enabling support for European construction in the 21st century by effectively upholding social rights and Treaty objectives, strengthening cohesion and upward convergence, and helping to complete EMU in economic and social outcomes, and helping to complete EMU with instruments necessary for this purpose;
Amendment 177 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that social standards to be articulated by the European Pillar of Social Rights should apply to all countries participating in the Single Market and that legislation, governance mechanisms and financial instruments relevant for their achievement should apply to all EU Member States; finds, however, that the specific constraints of euro area membership call for additional specific social targets, standards and financial instruments to be established at the euro area level; points at the possibility of using the enhanced cooperation mechanism under Article 20 TEU if necessary to build a solid European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 193 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the EPSR should equip European citizens with stronger means to keep control over their lives and make markets work for shared prosperity, wellbeing and sustainable development; it should enable effective realisation of existing social rights and it should set out new rights where justified in view of new technological and socio-economic developments;
Amendment 205 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is convinced that the European Social Model needs to be updated and strengthened to support upward transitions into and within the labour market and to maintain a sense of economic security throughout people’s lives; considers that as the labour market becomes more complex, it is natural that the welfare state also needs to adapt its mechanisms and instruments in order to manage well the various social risks arising;
Amendment 213 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that markets are meant to serve people and people are also the most important factor for the good performance of a company and of the entire economy; it is therefore vital to ensure workers’ participation in decision- making on the organisation of work and utilisation of company revenue; points to the good example of social economy enterprises, such as cooperatives, in providing quality employment, supporting social inclusion and promoting economic democracy;
Amendment 225 #
Amendment 245 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the enactment of a directive on fair working conditions for all forms of employment, and other relevant legislative measures, based on a sufficiently broad EU definition of a worker and ensuring for every worker a core set of enforceable rights, including equal treatment, social protection, protection in case of dismissal, health and safety protection, provisions on working time and rest time, freedom of association and representation, the right to strike, collective bargaining, collective action, access to training, andin-work support, adequate information and consultation rights throughout subcontracting chains, and a prospect of stabilising the working relationship as open-ended employment after a certain period of time; underlines that this directiveese instruments should apply to employees as well as to all workers in non- standard forms of employment, such as fixed-term work, part-time work, on- demand work, self-employment, work intermediated through online platforms, crowd-working, internship or traineeship; requests that the EU acquis be updated accordingly so as to apply to all workers; and to improve the enforceability of rights;
Amendment 256 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that women are more likely to be subject to precarious and low-paid employment and to interruptions in their career which has repercussions in terms of pay, pensions and social benefits; calls for the Commission to propose a new Maternity Leave Directive, calls on the Member States to better implement the Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation; calls for Member States to offer accessible childcare facilities with a view to meeting the Barcelona objectives;
Amendment 294 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Calls for decisive steps towards legal certainty on what constitutes ‘employment’, also for work intermediated by digital platforms; underlines that open- ended employment contracts should remain the norm given their importance for socio- economic security; calls for the directive on fair working conditions to include relevant minimum standards to be ensured in more precarious forms of employment, in particular:
Amendment 330 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point b
Paragraph 4 – point b
b. for work intermediated by digital platforms and other instances of dependent self-employment, a definition of employment that is less dependent on full cumulation of the relevant criteria, taking into account ILO recommendation No. 198, according to which the fulfilment of several indicators is sufficient to determine employment; alternatively, a new category of ‘dependent self- employed’ could be established to reduce the grey zone between employment and self-employment; such definition should spell out the labour rights applicable to this category of workers and should ensure their participation in social and health insurance schemes;
Amendment 348 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c
Paragraph 4 – point c
c. limits regarding on-demand work: zero-hour contracts should be banned and certain core working hours should be guaranteed to all workers; work requested at short notice should also involve correspondingly higher remuneration;
Amendment 374 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need for renewed upward convergence in wages throughout the EUIs concerned about the declining labour share of total income in Europe over the past decades; emphasises the need for an overall pay rise in Europe and for renewed upward convergence in wages throughout the EU in order to boost demand, enable sustainable growth and reduce inequality; calls on the Commission to actively support a wider coverage for collective bargainingagreements; considers that to ensure decent living wages, non-discriminatory minimum wages set at a decent level are necessary; recommends the establishment of national wage floors through legislation or collective bargaining, with due respect for the practices of each Member State, with the objective of attaining at least 60 % of the respective national average wage; recognises that changes in wage levels should go hand in hand with commensurate adaptations in financial support to public sector in order to avoid negative impact on the extent or quality of services provided;
Amendment 394 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the right to healthy and safe working conditions also involves protection against workplace risks as well as limitations on working time and provisions on minimum rest periods and paid annual leave; awaits Commission proposals for legislation and other concrete measures to uphold this right for all workers, reflecting all current knowledge about health and safety risks and taking into account new ways of working associated with digitalisation and other technological developments;
Amendment 418 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of collective rights; expects the Commission to step up concrete support for strengthening social dialogue in Member States and sectors where it is weak owing to the prolonged crisis or the prevalence of non-standard forms of employment; underlines the benefits of involving workers in company management, including in transnational companies, and the need to improve their information, consultation and participation, also to make good use of new forms of work organisation, ensure that work is meaningful and rewarding and anticipate economic change; calls for improved enforcement of European legislation on European Works Councils and the information and consultation of workers and for effective measures ensuring that company restructuring takes place in a socially responsible manner;
Amendment 453 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports more integrated provision of social protection benefits and social services as a way to make the welfare state more understandable and accessible while not weakening social protection; underlines the need for adequate and universal social protection and social investment throughout people's lives, enabling everyone to participate fully in the society and economy and sustaining decent living standards; points to the importance of informing citizens about social rights and to the potential of e- government solutions, possibly including a European social security card, which could improve individual awareness and also help mobile workers clarify their contributions and entitlements in home and host countries; highlights the importance of personalised, face-to-face support to excluded and vulnerable households;
Amendment 466 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Agrees with the importance of universal access to timely, good-quality and affordable preventative and curative health care, free from discrimination; considers this as a right that must be upheld; emphasises that all workerspeople must be covered by health insurance; agrees that increased health prevention and disease prevention is an obvious social investment that pays for itself;
Amendment 488 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is aware that rising life expectancy and workforce shrinking pose a challenge to the sustainability and adequacy of pensions systems and to intergenerational fairness; reaffirms that the best response is to increase the overall employment rate; considers that pensionable ages should reflect, besides life expectancy, other factors including labour market trends, the economic dependency ratio, the birth rate and differences in job arduousness, with particular attention to specific disadvantages such as those faced by people with disabilities; recalls the importance of investments in active ageing and of arrangements enabling people who have reached their pensionable age to continue working at their desired level of intensity while being able to draw their pension;
Amendment 502 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls the urgent need to tackle the 39% pension gap between men and women, calls on the Commission and Member States to take all necessary measures to challenge this inequality;
Amendment 514 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that all workers should be covered by insurance against involuntary unemployment or part-time employment, coupled with job-search assistance and investment in (re)-training; recalls that decent unemployment benefits reduce the pressure to take 'any job' and are therefore useful for productivity; considers that the EPSR should set out minimum quality standards for national unemployment insurance schemes, which would help to improve their effectiveness as well as maximising the economic stabilisation potential and minimising institutional moral hazard involved in a possible European unemployment (re)- insurance scheme that could be established for the Eurozone and open to other Member States; such minimum standards should apply in particular to the coverage of national schemes, activation requirements and the quality of job-search support provided to unemployed people;
Amendment 545 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for a European framework for adequate minimum income schemes; highlights the importance of such schemes for maintaining human dignity as well as their role as a form of social investments enabling people to undertake training and/or look for work; notes with concern that in some Member States, no minimum income schemes are in place or they provide less to their recipients than the subsistence minimum; reminds also of the importance of material assistance schemes such as those supported by the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived; encourages stronger provision of support for active social inclusion and labour market (re-)integration alongside minimum income and material assistance schemes;
Amendment 558 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Agrees that all persons with disabilities must be ensured individualised enabling services and basicprovided by adequately qualified professionals and income security allowing them a decent standard of living and social inclusion; with adequate support even when they take up paid work; expects the Commission to follow up swiftly on the Parliament's recent resolution on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
Amendment 573 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers access to quality and affordable long-term care services, including home-based care, to be a right that should be upheld with the help of suitably qualified professionals employed under decent conditions; believes that low- income households should therefore be targeted by adequate public services and tax deductionsnotes with concern that availability and affordability of long-term care remain a major problem across Europe, trapping informal family carers at home and preventing them from pursuing their careers; deplores frequent abuses of carers employed through work agencies or on an informal basis; believes that adequate public services and tax deductions should be therefore put in place for households, in particularly those living on low incomes, to avoid institutionalisation and the risk of poverty; repeats its call for legislation on carers’ leave accompanied by adequate remuneration and social protection; calls on the Commission to set out a concrete action plan in this area;
Amendment 617 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls foron Member States to deliver on the right to adequate housing inter alia through legislation to ensure that access to social housing or adequate housing benefits are provided for those in need, obviously including homeless people, and that vulnerable people and poor households are protected against eviction; calls for tax incentives to help young people on low incomes set up their own householdconcrete measures to prevent and reduce homelessness with a view to its gradual elimination, based on combining provision of housing with relevant social services supporting social and economic inclusion; reminds that the increased need for support for low and medium- income households' housing is closely related to increased labour market precariousness and income inequalities; calls for help for young people on low incomes set up their own households; highlights investments in energy efficient social housing as a win-win for jobs, the environment, reduction of energy poverty and realisation of social rights; calls for greater use of the EFSI to support urban renewal and affordable, accessible and energy-efficient housing provision;
Amendment 643 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for legislation ensuring fair access for all to good-quality and affordable social services of general interest and other essential services, such as e-communications, energy, transport and financial services; highlights the very useful role of social enterprises and not- for-profit organisations in this context given that their primary objective is not maximisation of financial returns but positive social impact;
Amendment 701 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – point a
Paragraph 19 – point a
a. social insurance schemes must be broadened in order to enable all workers to accumulate entitlements providing income security in situations such as unemployment, involuntary part-time work, old age or career breaks for family or training reasons;
Amendment 711 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – point b
Paragraph 19 – point b
b. all workers should have a personal activity account, easily accessible through a website and/or a smartphone application, where they could consult their accumulated social entitlements and other social rights, including to lifelong learning; adequate data protection should be ensured;
Amendment 717 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 19 – point b a (new)
ba. digital platforms and other intermediaries should have an obligation to report all work undertaken through them to the competent authorities for the purpose of ensuring adequate contributions and protection through social and health insurance for all workers, even if they work in short gigs;
Amendment 720 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that secure professional transitions require adequate investment, both in the institutional capacity of public employment services and to assist individual job-search and upskilling at the earliest stage possible; reminds of the useful role of the European Social Fund in supporting active labour market policies throughout Europe and of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, which supports re-skilling and return to employment in case of regional economic shocks and large-scale lay-offs;
Amendment 783 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to set out new concrete measures to ensure non- discrimination and equal opportunities and enhance labour market participation and social integration of under-represented groups, building e.g. on the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies; points to the acute need to help vulnerable migrants arriving in Europe, notably children and women, regardless of their status, and calls for a flexible use of the European Social Fund for this purpose;
Amendment 813 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasises that labour mobility within the EU is a right whose exercise must be supported but which, also through readily available information on the rights and duties of mobile workers and a smoothly functioning system of social security coordination; notes, however, that mobility should not be forced on workers by poor economic conditions in their home regions, and should not undermine host countries’ social standards; highlights that mobile workers are usually net contributors to host countries' public budgets; calls for adequate investments in public services in areas experiencing population increases;
Amendment 841 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to propose a clear roadmap for legislative updates and other measures that are necessary for full practical application of the EPSR; highlights that in cases of conflict of law,order to protect fundamental social rights, provisions such as the horizontal social clause (Article 9 TFEU) should be properly applied;, in particular through:
Amendment 846 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point a (new)
Paragraph 25 – point a (new)
(a) thorough social impact assessments in the context of 'better regulation';
Amendment 847 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point b (new)
Paragraph 25 – point b (new)
(b) full compliance with social rights and thorough pursuit of the Treaties' social objectives in the context of economic governance and financial assistance programmes; and
Amendment 848 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point c (new)
Paragraph 25 – point c (new)
(c) helping to resolve situations where economic freedoms and fundamental social rights may be in conflict;
Amendment 858 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – introductory part
Paragraph 26 – introductory part
26. Considers that the objective of upward social and economic convergence should be underpinned by a set of targets, building on the Europe 2020 strategy and the Sustainable Development Goals and serving to guide the coordination of economic, employment and social policies in the EU, with due regard for Member States' starting positions; believes that these targets could also form part of the Convergence Code currently being discussed for the euro area, and could be based on the followinga set of social and economic indicators which are directly affected by public policies; the social indicators should include notably:
Amendment 868 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point a
Paragraph 26 – point a
a. the early school-leaving rate (before completion of secondary education);
Amendment 915 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point i
Paragraph 26 – point i
i. the total investment rate (gross fixed capital formation and social investment) and its implications for job creation and overall productivity;
Amendment 977 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Highlights that today’s phenomena of capital-intensive production, and the important contribution of intangible assets to the creation of added value on the one hand, and high rates of inequality and the continuing rise in ’atypical’ work on the other hand imply a need to increase the role of general tax revenue in cofinancing social insurance schemes in order to provide decent social protection for all; financing welfare systems in order to provide decent social protection for all; recalls that accumulation of social insurance entitlements through work is an important aspect of decent work and is likely to contribute to longer-term economic and social stability more than means-tested benefits or unconditional basic income schemes can do; points out, however, that the current tax wedge on labour (including social security contributions from employees and employers) should be reduced and social insurance schemes should be cofinanced to a greater extent from other sources of revenue, including taxation of capital gains, intangible assets, wealth or pollution; highlights also that combatting corporate tax avoidance is crucially important for ensuring an adequate level of public investments and the sustainability of welfare systems;
Amendment 984 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls for a swift launch of the long-delayed Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) in order to reduce administrative burden on national authorities;
Amendment 1031 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission and the EIB Group to refocus the EFSI on job creation and sustainable development, including through social investment, and adapt its risk/return requirements accordingly;
Amendment 1098 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to translate the EPSR into relevant external action, in particular by promoting the implementation of the UN SDGs, the ILO conventions, relevant G20 conclusions and European social standards through trade agreements and strategic partnerships; calls for provisions ensuring equal treatment in terms of wages and working conditions as a precondition for labour migration schemes in the framework of trade agreements;
Amendment 1118 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Considers that the EPSR should be adopted in 2017 as a binding agreement between the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Council, involving social partners and civil society at the highest level, and should contain a clear roadmap for implementation, with concrete commitments and target dates;
Amendment 6 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the main aim of projects financed under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) should be to create innovation-led, sustainable and inclusive growth and a dynamic labour market in Europe, and hence to enhance the well-being of EU citizens;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to help SMEs and micro- enterprises to tap into funding more easilyaccess funding, so as to increase their capacity to implement projects, grow and create quality employment; and afford them better access to advisory services and technical support;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and, the Member States, and the EIB Group to help SMEs and micro- enterprises to tap into funding more easily, so by promoting EFSI and the European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH) more efficiently at local level, as well as to increase their capacity to implement projects and afford themto enable better access to advisory services and technical support;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the European Commission and the EIB Group to increase their efforts and enhance the social and employment impact of the European Fund for Strategic Investments, whilst maintaining the aim of EFSI to help overcome the current investment gap in the EU by mobilising private financing for strategic investments;
Amendment 34 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to develop national platforms using the EFSI to invest in, local authorities, public sector organizations or other government-related entities to strengthen their cooperation with various stakeholders, including social partners and use the EFSI, where appropriate, to make smart investments for the development of high-quality social and health services for new-generation jobtheir citizens;
Amendment 45 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the EFSI to operate in closer conjunction with the Structural Fon the European Commission and the EIB Group to enable the EFSI to operate in closer conjunction with various EU funds and financing instruments, such as the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) programme, the European Structural Fund and other relevant funds;
Amendment 56 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the EIB Group to engage more actively in consultation at local level, especially in cooperation with national investment banks, and not only; believes that the EFSI should focus in particular onalso support business startup projects and projects aimed ato reduceing unemployment;
Amendment 60 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the European Commission's proposals for a second phase of the European Fund for Strategic investments EFSI, with regards to the technical improvement of the European Investment Advisory Hub; insists that a European Investment Advisory Hub that would act more locally and enhance its cooperation with National Promotional Banks to provide customized technical assistance according to local needs and build capacity, would lead to a better geographical coverage of EFSI and could also potentially increase the number of social projects;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. whereas the gender-specific employment gap, pay gap and associated pension gap, women's overrepresentation in precarious work1a and involuntary part-time work and interruptions in women's careers to care for children or other dependants contribute to the situation whereby women are particularly affected or in risk of poverty; _________________ 1aEuropean Parliament resolution of 19 October 2010 on precarious women workers (OJ C 70E , 8.3.2012, p. 1).
Amendment 43 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas in 2015 women on average still earned 16 % less per hour than men for the same work; whereas the gender pay gap often leads to women receiving lower pensions than men and makes women more likely to fall into poverty after retirement, and whereas, on average across the EU, women's pensions are 39 % lower than men's;
Amendment 61 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to combat all forms of multiple discrimination on gender basis, to ensure application of the principle of non-discrimination and equality in the labour market and in access to employment, and in particular to adopt social protection measures to ensure that women's pay and welfare entitlements, including pensions, are equal to those of men with the same experience doing the same job or a job of equal value;
Amendment 66 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for full implementation of Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation, and for it to be revised with a compulsory requirement for companies to draw up measures or plans on gender equality, including actions on desegregation, the development of pay systems and measures to support women's careers;
Amendment 68 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Member States to reform pension systems with the aim of always ensuring adequate pensions for all in view of closing the pension gap; considers that instruments to tackle the pension gap should include the adjustment of pension systems to ensure equality between women and men, the adjustment of education, career planning, improving work-life balance, investing in child and elderly care, establishing regulations on health and safety at the workplace that include gendered occupational risks as well as psycho- social risks, investing into public employment services that are able to guide women of all ages in their search for employment, introducing flexible rules for transitioning from work into retirement and care credits;
Amendment 70 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Notes that women are more often financially penalised than men as they tend to have interrupted careers, also women more often struggle to build up sufficient contributions across both the private and public pension systems as a result of the pay gap, precarious and low- paid work, part-time jobs and atypical contracts, carrying out unpaid caring, and being excluded from the labour market for long periods over the course of their lives; stresses the importance of combating indirect discrimination in pension schemes, not only in occupational schemes but also in the practices of statutory pension schemes;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Stresses that closing the gender pay gap requires increased participation of women in the labour market, increased transparency in the payment process (including data broken down by sector) and calls on the Member States to implement Commission recommendations on wage transparency, gender-neutral job descriptions and classification, the reversal of the burden of proof when it comes to challenging gender discrimination in the workplace;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that all people have the right to a decent public pension, and recalls that the Union recognises the entitlement to social security benefits and social services which provide protection in the event of old age, disability or dependency on long-term care; reminds in this context that the right of older persons to live in dignity and independently is enshrined in Article 25 of the EU Charter of Fundamental rights;
Amendment 89 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Deplores that in many Member States there is no entitlement to available, affordable and quality child care and long-term care and more often women are forced to reduce their working time to care for children, persons with disabilities and other dependants; therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to increase their support for childcare and to introduce targets similar to the Barcelona targets on the availability of quality long- term care services;
Amendment 123 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. RegretsIs highly concerned that the current freeze and cuts in pensions in some Member States isare hitting people with low incomes, part-time jobs or interrupted careers (– most of them women) – hardest;
Amendment 142 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Member States to increase minimum wages as annd guarantee social protection for all as important tools for narrowing pension gaps;
Amendment 145 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to include the gender gap in pension indicator among the scoreboard indicators adopted for the European Semester surveillance process;
Amendment 149 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Member States to adopt measures to extend pension coverage to atypical and self-employed workers;
Amendment 195 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to follow up on the Council conclusions of 18 June 2015 on equal income opportunities for women and men: closing the gender gap in pensions, including the call for the inclusion of care periods in the calculation of social protection rights, investment in accessible and affordable care systems, the developments of indicators on the gender pension gap and to promote further research on its causes1b ; _________________ 1bCouncil conclusions of 18 June 2016 on equal income opportunities for women and men: closing the gender gap in pensions: http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-9302-2015-INIT/en/pdf
Amendment 221 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to reverse any reforms of pension systems that aggravate imbalances in pensions, (especially gender imbalances).; stresses that any policy changes related to pensions should always be measured against their impact on the gender gap, with specific analysis comparing the impact of the proposed changes on women and men and this should be a key feature of the planning, design, implementation and evaluation processes of public policy;
Amendment 226 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to raise awareness of the overall pension gender gap issue amongst policy makers, businesses and civil society as well as for tailored financial literacy, information and advice for women to help them make the right investment decisions.
Amendment 10 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas SMEs and mid-caps play an important role for the European economy in terms of employment and growth;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas 77% of outstanding SME funding in Europe is provided for by banks; __________________ 2bECB survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises in the euro area – April to September 2015
Amendment 35 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the diversity of SMEs and mid-caps in the Member States, which is reflected in their business models, size, stages of development, financial structure and legal form; regrets the lack of harmonisation in national SMEs-creation legislation;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the low proportion of women running SMEs is partly due to a more difficult access to finance; regrets that the European Progress Microfinance Facility whose objective is to promote equal opportunities for women and men, had a 60:40 male-to-female ratio for microloans in 2013; calls therefore on the Commission to make sure that its programmes aiming at facilitating access to finance for SMEs do not disfavour women entrepreneurs;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to assess discrimination faced by SMEs run by other vulnerable groups of society;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages SMEs to consider the whole EU as their home market and to use the potential of the single market for their financing needsNotes that the Capital Markets Union represents an opportunity for filling both the regulatory gaps in the current framework and for harmonising cross- border regulation; welcomes the Commission’s initiatives supporting SMEs and start-ups in an upgraded Single Market; underlines, in this context, the importance of the implementation of the Small Business Act; calls on the Commission for a follow-up to the Small Business Act;
Amendment 73 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that start-ups in particular find it difficult to obtain appropriate funding and to identify and meet regulatory financial requirements, especially at development stage; encourages therefore Member States in their efforts to create one-stop shops as hubs for all regulatory requirements for entrepreneurs; welcomes the Commission’s plan to launch a European Pact for starts- ups to address these issues;
Amendment 93 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges that bank lending is traditionallyhus far the most important external financing source for SMEs; underlines the important role of banks with specific regional and local knowledge and their long-term relationship with SME in Europe; stresses that, where there are well developed local banks, they have proven effective in lending to SMEs and avoiding losses; underlines therefore the importance of developing local banks;
Amendment 111 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Encourages the Commission to assess and introduce "funding for lending" programmes that would make ECB money available to banks with the sole purpose of lending to SMEs;
Amendment 117 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that a diversification of credit sources would lead to greater stability of the financial sector;
Amendment 118 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. ICalls concerned about multiple regulatory requirements for banks and possible negative effects on lending to SMEs; calls on the Commission to assess these effects on the Commission to assess the effects of regulatory requirements for banks with regards to SME lending, with the support of the EBA and SSM;
Amendment 127 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the importance ofCalls on the Commission to assess the SME Supporting Factor for maintaining and increasing bank lending to SMEs; calls on the Commission to examine the appropriate calibration of the factor, including size, threshold and possible interactions with other regulatory requirements; is concerned about the possible negative impact of its removal; calls on the Commission to explore the possibility of making this factor permanent should the findings indicate its usefulness;
Amendment 134 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Reminds banks that lending and risk- taking is part of their core business; sStresses that risk assessment and the evaluation of qualitative information is one of their banks' major strengths, in particular for complex SME lending; underlines the confidential nature of credit information that banks receive when assessing the creditworthiness of SMEs;
Amendment 146 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to develop public sector backed investments and government scheme loans to SMEs;
Amendment 147 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that credit institutions must, upon request, provide SMEs with an explanation of their rating decisions; calls onencourages the Commission to assess the implementation of this provisionstrengthen the provisions outlined in Article 431 (4) of the CRR and to make giving feedback to SMEs applying for loans mandatory;
Amendment 165 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States to foster a risk-taking and capital market culture; reiterates that financial education for SMEs is key to increasing the use and acceptance of capital market solutions, allowing for a better assessment of costs, benefits and the associated risks; calls on the Member States to enhance the financial literacy of SMEs and their access to information via the creation of regional one-stop-shops;
Amendment 203 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Highlights the need to foster innovation through lending platforms; encourages banks to regard the use of such innovative technologies as an opportunity; stresses that alternative funding sources like crowdfunding or peer-to-peer lending offer solutions for start-ups and innovative SMEs in particular; welcomes the Commission’s assessment of the existing framework for crowdfunding; calls on the Commission to explore the need for, and potential of, a harmonised EU framework for alternative funding sources;
Amendment 215 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to encourage safe lending to companies by private individuals through peer-to-peer lending or retail bonds;
Amendment 216 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Calls on the Commission to encourage new platforms for private equity financing such as mezzanine finance, public sector backed equity funds, business angels and fundraising; welcomes the Commission's assessment of the existing framework for crowdfunding and calls for a regulatory initiative to harmonise the European framework for crowdfunding and facilitate cross-border investment;
Amendment 217 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Emphasises the role that Member States could play to achieve innovation- led, sustainable and inclusive growth through mission-oriented agencies at European level;
Amendment 4 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the interinstitutional agreement (IIA) on better law-making and the inclusion of new, innovative elements such as the annual burden survey (ABS), SME and competitiveness tests, burden reduction targets and the Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB), which willcan help to provide clear added value in terms of competitiveness, growth and jobs;
Amendment 5 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers better law-making as an inter-institutional exercise of improving the quality of EU legislation by prioritising its social purpose to enhance citizens’ well-being and promote their rights and freedoms as defined in the Treaties;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. UnderlRemineds the importance of proper implementation of the programming arrangements andCommission of its obligation to respond promptly, with specific communications signed by the College, to own-initiative reports adopted by the European Parliament; deplores that several own-initiative reports remainds the Commission of its obligation to unanswered, such as the legislative initiative respond promptly to own-initiative reportsrt on information and consultation of workers, anticipation and management of restructuring;
Amendment 14 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomesTakes note of the establishment of the Commission Task Force on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and ‘Doing Less More Efficiently’, which must work hand in hand with the IIA to increase the trust of citizens who consider the subsidiarity principle a key aspect of the democratic process; questions, however, whether the European Parliament, as a co-legislator tasked to scrutinise the Commission, should be part of a consultative body presided over by the Commission itself;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the ‘Think Small First’Acknowledges the important role of SMEs in job creation and growth; proinciple can play an important role in job creation and growth by reducing the cost of legislation to SMEsts out that legislation can have a different impact on large enterprises and SMEs, which should be kept in mind during the drafting process; underlines the importance of good legislation which can help reducing unnecessary administrative burdens on SMEs; stresses, however, that all employees have a right to the highest level of protection regarding health and safety in the workplace regardless the size of the employer, the place of employment or the underlying contract;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 26 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 32 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is convinced that sound impact assessments constitute an important tool to support decision-making and play a significant role in better regulation; underlines, however, that such assessments cannot substitute for political assessments and decisions;
Amendment 37 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of the new provisions for public and stakeholderimely, public and transparent stakeholder involvement and consultations which must be used both in the preparatory phase and throughout the entire legislative procesith sufficient time for meaningful replies;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of the agreed ABS as a tool to identify and monitor the results of EU efforts to avoid overto ensure good regulation and reduce unnecessary administrative burdens;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to establish the ABS without delay, as it will play a key role in the implementation and applicatHighlights the importance to scrutinise Member States’ transposition and enforcement of directives, and all national measures that go beyond the provisions of EU legislation, in particular the scrutiny (‘gold- plating’); stresses in this context however the right of Member States’ transposition of directives, and of all national measures that go beyond the provisions of EU legislation (‘gold- plating’o always maintain or introduce more stringent protective measures compatible with the Treaties than the minimum requirements set out in the EU directives, including in the field of social policy (Art.153(4) TFEU);
Amendment 53 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the RSB must show more ambition; cCalls for an regular evaluation and follow-up ofn the independence of the RSB in fulfilling its role ofwork of the RSB to supervisinge and providinged objective advice on impact assessments;
Amendment 57 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 58 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Highlights that the choice of the legal bases of a proposal by the Commission should be made on objective grounds which are subject to judicial review; stresses however the right of the Parliament, as co-legislator, to propose modifications to the legal bases, on the basis of its interpretation of the Treaties;
Amendment 59 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Stresses that better law making should focus less on reducing regulation and concentrate more on quality legislation and its ability to protect and promote the interests of EU citizens; highlights the importance of giving fundamental rights as well as employment and health and safety considerations the same weight as financial considerations when legislative fitness checks are carried out; points out that in the case of conflicts fundamental rights should always take precedence;
Amendment 235 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. StresseHighlights the need to addresseliminate inequalities in paid and unpaid work and to promote an, regards as care work for family, and to foster equal sharing of responsibilities and costs for child caren and care for dependants betweenamong women, men and society as a whole;
Amendment 401 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Supports ‘smart working’ but rejects a shift from a culture of presence to a culture of permanent availability; calls on the Member States and social partners, when developing smart working policies, to ensure these do not impose an additional burden on the worker;
Amendment 404 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to map the situation in Member States of a "Right to request flexible working arrangements," which enables employees to request changes in the number of hours they work, their work schedule and their place of work and to consider if an initiative at the European level is needed;
Amendment 406 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to guarantee social security, social protection and remuneration in the case of maternity parental, paternity or sick leave in order to enable a genuine work-life balance;
Amendment 430 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Considers that child poverty is linked to parents' poverty, and therefore calls on the Member States to implement the Recommendation on Child Poverty and well-being1a and to use the indicator- based monitoring framework therein; 1a.Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast), OJ L 204, 26.07.2006, p. 23.
Amendment 431 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Reiterates its call on the Commission and Member States to introduce a Child Guarantee with its specific fund, so that every child in poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition, as part of a European integrated plan to combat child poverty including both the Child Guarantee and programmes offering support and opportunities for the parents to come out of social exclusion situations and to integrate into the labour market1a; 1a.European Commission Recommendation on investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage, Brussels, 20.2.2013 COM(2013)0778.
Amendment 432 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Calls on Eurofound to continue measuring its concept of job quality1a as comprising: earning, prospects, working time quality, use of skills and discretion, social environment, physical risk, work intensity, social environment and to develop its research on policies, social partners agreement and companies practices supportive of job quality; 1a.Eurofound report on Trends in job quality in Europe (2012) and Eurofound report Convergence and divergence of job quality in Europe 1995-2010 (2015).
Amendment 6 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that in recent years technological advances and digitalisation have transformed the postal services sector and that the modernisation and diversification of postal services has had a major impact on working conditions and employment in the sector;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is concerned about the extremely high amount of outsourcing in the postal sector and the frequently accompanying evasion of working and employment standards; highlights in this context the long-term social and financial implications of precarious employment for individuals as well as social security systems;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of monitoring compliance with mandatory driving and resting times as well as working hours in the postal sector; recalls that all tasks in relation to the activity of an employee are to be considered working time; stresses likewise the importance of monitoring compliance with European standards regarding the protection of health and safety at work, including conditions in vehicles, for all people involved in postal deliveries irrespective of whether their employment status is self-employed, subcontractor, temporary staff member or contract worker; believes that monitoring should take place by means of digital monitoring devices installed in the vehicle;
Amendment 71 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to compile more data on workforce size and working conditions in the postal sector so that they can respond promptly to developments and potential problems and find sustainable solutions;
Amendment 75 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines the benefits of quality and sustainable jobs in postal and delivery services, including on providing high and consistent standards of service to consumers;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. WRecalls the fundamental role of the universal service obligation and welcomes the fact that most of the universal service providers in the Member States have concluded collective agreements; takes the view that, in keeping with national practice, the social partners should negotiate collective wage agreements for other companies providing postal services;
Amendment 82 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recalls the importance of the regulators in each Member State to make sure that the service does not get eroded or worsen and not themselves encourage the worsening of the postal industry.
Amendment 84 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to guarantee all workers in the postal services sector appropriate working conditions.decent working conditions regardless of the size of the company which employs them, the place of employment or the underlying contract; recalls that all workers in the postal sector must have the right to enjoy the highest possible level of protection as regards health and safety at work;
Amendment 8 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) The proportionality test should not apply to rules laid down in collective agreements negotiated by social partners, which should not be considered as legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions within the meaning of this Directive.
Amendment 11 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The activities covered by this Directive should concern the regulated professions falling within the scope of Directive 2005/36/EC. This Directive should apply in addition to Directive 2005/36/EC an. In line with the purposes of this Directive, the term "regulated profession" should refer to all existing regulated professions as defined in Directive 2005/36/EC and professions that Member States will regulate in the future so that they will fall under the definition of "regulated professions" of Directive 2005/36/EC. This Directive should be applied without prejudice to other provisions laid down in a separate Union act concerning access to, and the exercise of a given regulated profession.
Amendment 22 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) Regulation of professions plays a key role in protecting public interest objectives and should, inter alia, contribute to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health and to environmental and consumer protection;effective professional regulation is furthermore of paramount importance in order to ensure high quality products and services.
Amendment 24 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8 b) It is for the Members States to determine the level of protection which they wish to afford to the public interest objectives and the proportionate way in which that level is to be achieved.The fact that one Member State imposes less strict rules than another Member State does not mean that the latter Member State's rules are disproportionate and therefore incompatible with the EU law.
Amendment 25 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 c (new)
Recital 8 c (new)
(8 c) Member States should undertake an assessment of non-discrimination, justification and proportionality in accordance with the rules laid down in this Directive before introducing new, or amending existing legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions, taking into account the reasonable margin of appreciation allowed to Member States.The extent and degree of intensity of the assessment shall be proportionate to the nature, the content and the impact of the provisions being introduced.Provisions which would not restrict access to or pursuit of regulated professions, such as editorial amendments, or adaptations of content of training courses or modernisation of training regulations, should not fall within the scope of this Directive.
Amendment 95 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
It is for the Member States to determine the level of protection which they wish to afford to the public interest objectives and the proportionate way in which that level is to be achieved.The fact that one Member State imposes less strict rules than another Member States does not mean that the latter Member State's rules are disproportionate and therefore incompatible with EU Law.
Amendment 100 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member States shall undertake an assessment of non-discrimination, justification and proportionality in accordance with the rules laid down in this Directive before introducing new, or amending existing legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions, taking into account the reasonable margin of appreciation allowed to Member States.The extent and degree of intensity of the assessment shall be proportionate to the nature, the content and the impact of the provision being introduced.Provisions which would not restrict access or pursuit of regulated professions, such as editorial amendments, or adaptations of content of training courses or modernisation of training regulations, shall not fall within the scope of this Directive.
Amendment 116 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that before introducing new legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions, or amending existing ones, the relevant competent authorities undertake an assessment of their proportionality, taking into account the necessity to guarantee a high level of protection of fundamental rights guaranteed by Article 6 of Treaty on European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in accordance with the rules laid down in this Directive.
Amendment 149 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The relevant competent authoritiMember States shall consider in particular whether those provisions are objectively justified on the basis of public policy, public security or public health, or by overriding reasons in the public interest, such as preserving the financial equilibrium of the social security system, the protection of consumusers, recipients of services and workerensuring healthy and safety and decent working conditions, the safeguarding of the proper administration of justice, fairness of trade transactions, combating fraud and prevention of tax evasion and avoidance, road safetyand effectiveness of fiscal supervision, transport safety, guaranteeing the quality of products and services, promotion of research and development, ensuring high standards of education and training, the protection of the environment and the urban environment, the health of animals, intellectual property, the safeguarding and conservation of the national historic and artistic heritage, social policy objectives, including the encouragement of employment and recruitment and sustainability of employment, and cultural policy objectives.
Amendment 175 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the nature of the risks related to the public interest objectives pursued, in particular the risks to consumers, to professionals or third partiesservices recipients, users, including patients, to professionals or third parties, considering that, where there is uncertainty as to existence or extent of risk, a Member State shall be able to take protective measures without having to wait until the reality of those risks becomes fully apparent;
Amendment 213 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) the scientific and technological developments which may effectively reduce the asymmetry of information between professionals and consumers;
Amendment 216 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point i
Amendment 220 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) the economic impact of the measure, with particular regard to the degree of competition in the market and on the quality of the service provided, as well as the impactnd on the free movement of persons and services within the Union, and on the freedom to choose an occupation;
Amendment 224 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point j
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) the possibility to use less restrictive means to achieve the same or higher level protection of the public interest objective;
Amendment 228 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point k
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point k
Amendment 242 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. For the purposes of paragraph 2(k), the relevant competent authoritiMember States shall assess in particular the cumulative effect ofeffect of the new or amending regulation considering that Member States can increase the level of protection of public interest objectives imposing any of the following requirements:
Amendment 276 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point i
(i) requirements concerning insurance cover or other means of personal or collective protection with regard to professional liability;
Amendment 290 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Member States shall, by appropriate means, inform citizens, service recipients, representative associations and relevant stakeholders other than the members of the profession before introducing new legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions, or amending existing ones, and give them the opportunity to make known their viewefore introducing new, or amending existing legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions, by appropriate means, inform citizens, users, social partners, representative associations and all relevant stakeholders other than the members of the profession, and give them the opportunity to make known their views through a public and transparent consultation. To this purpose, Member States may use national procedures.
Amendment 296 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – title
Article 8 – title
Exchange of information between competent authoritiMember States
Amendment 300 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of the efficient application of this Directive, before introducing new legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions, or amending existing ones, Member Statesthe Commission shall encourage the exchange of information with competent authorities of otherbetween Member States on matters covered by this Directive, such as the particular way they regulate a profession or the effects of regulation identified in similar sectors of activities, on a regular basis, or, where appropriate, on an ad hoc basis.
Amendment 302 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall inform the Commission of the competentpublic authorities responsible for transmitting and receiving information for the purposes of applying paragraph 1.
Amendment 308 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall not submit new legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions, or amending existing ones assessed in accordance with this Directive , to any other ex ante procedure to assess their compatibility with EU legislation prior to its adoption.
Amendment 54 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to reinforce the take-up of the EFSI in less-developed and transition regions, the scope of the general objectives eligible for EFSI support should be enlarged, and a strategy for the better promotion of EFSI financing, capacity building and local technical assistance in the above mentioned regions should be developed and duly implemented.
Amendment 94 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d
Regulation (EU) 2015/1017
Article 7 – paragraph 12
Article 7 – paragraph 12
12. Decisions approving the use of the EU guarantee shall be made public and accessible without delay, and include the rationale for the decision based on the projects scoreboard, with particular focus on compliance with the additionality criterion. The publication shall not contain commercially sensitive information. In reaching its decision, the Investment Committee shall be supported by the documentation provided by the EIB.;
Amendment 115 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a – point i
Regulation (EU) 2015/1017
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – second sentence
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – second sentence
Such support shall include providing targeted local support on the use of technical assistance for project structuring, on the use of innovative financial instruments and on the use of public- private partnerships, taking into account the specificities and needs of Member States with less- developed financial markets.;
Amendment 111 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy21 and the strengthening of economic governance, social indicators play an essential role in informing and supporting the Union’s key priorities for inclusive growth and job creation, social cohesion, the reduction of poverty, inequalities and social exclusion, skills, gender equality, mobility and the digital economy. In particular, social indicators must provide a sound statistical basis for developing and monitoring the policies introduced by the Union to address those priorities. __________________ 21 Communication from the Commission - EUROPE 2020 A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth COM (2010) 2020 of 3 March 2010.
Amendment 118 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In view of this, social indicators should be of the necessary high quality, in particular in terms of their robustness, their timeliness, their relevance, their adaptability to new users’ requests, as well as their comparability and efficiency. It is essential to ensure gender- and age- segregated data collection, including for people over 74, in order to identify gender and age specific issues, thus allowing for a solid factual basis to assess progress with regard to gender equality and tackling gender and age-based discrimination.
Amendment 141 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to better streamline and rationalise the reference framework for European social statistics collected from samples, existing legal provisions for European statistics on persons and households based on data at individual level should be brought together under one framework. This would guarantee that the European social statistics collected fromion of samples including the domains of labour marketforce, income and living conditions, health status, education and training- participation of adults in lifelong learning and use of information and communication technologies would be undertaken in a consistent, coherent and coordinated way. This should ensure the provision of relevant data regarding unemployment, in particular youth unemployment, new employment trends, in particular in the context of digital economy, poverty, including child poverty, social exclusion, access to health care, access to ICT, skills development and participation in education activities, consumption expenditure and purchasing power, for purposes of better policy making.
Amendment 143 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The existing regulations dealing with social statistics data collection at individual level have been adopted to answer policy needs existing at the time of their adoption. Since then new social circumstances and phenomena have emerged, which will certainly change in the future. This Regulation should ensure an adequate coverage of present and future needs for social data. It is also essential that the content of the data collections is kept up to date with the needs of users and with technological changes. Therefore, flexibility for further evolution should be embedded in the legal architecture of this Regulation.
Amendment 149 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Social statistics are no longer considered as just one of many sources of information for policy-making purposes, but instead play a central role in the decision-making processplay a central role in the decision-making process in particular for policies aiming to improve socio-economic conditions and the life and well-being of citizens by ensuring non-discrimination and gender equality. Evidence-based decision-making requires statistics that meet high-quality criteria, as set out in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council25 , in accordance with the purposes they are serving. __________________ 25 Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164).
Amendment 152 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In Europe there is data collection at individual level other than the one established by this Regulation. It is conducted by other Union institutions, as well as the academic community. As these sources can have complementarities, synergies among them should be sought.
Amendment 162 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In order to take account of economic, social and technical developments, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the detailed topics set out in Annex I. The Commission should also have the power to put in place or adapt the eight-year multiannual rolling planning for the collection of data covered by this Regulation in accordance with the periodicity specified in Annex IV and in accordance with the European Statistical Programme. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations are conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
Amendment 169 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The European social statistics collected from samples and the data collection process should become more efficient and relevant. The comparability and coherence of the data in the long run should be ensured. European statistics on persons and households based on data at individual level collected from samples are currently regulated in a number offive separate legislative acts which should be completely or partially replaced by this Regulation. It is therefore necessary to repeal Council Regulation (EC) No 577/9831 and Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 are covered in their totality by this Regulation and it is therefore necessary to repeal them. Regulation (EC) No 808/200432a concerning Community statistics on the information society, Regulation (EC) No 1338/200832b on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work and Regulation (EC) No 452/200832c concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning, cover other statistical units besides individuals and households, as well as other domains and topics besides those covered by this Regulation. While these three regulations should be maintained they should be amended in order to exclude from their scope the respective parts dealing with the collection of data from individuals and households which are covered by this Regulation. __________________ 31 Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community (OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3). 32 Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003 concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) (OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 1). 32aRegulation (EC) No 808/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004concerning Community statistics on the information society (OJ L 143, 30.4.2004, p. 49) 32bRegulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work (OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 70) 32cRegulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning (OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 227)
Amendment 173 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
(–a) 'microdata' means non-aggregated observations or measurements of characteristics of individual units;
Amendment 181 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) 'private household' means a person living alone or a group of people who live together in the same private dwelling and share expenditures, including the joint provision of the essentials of living;
Amendment 183 #
Amendment 185 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The data sets for all domains shall cover common detailed topics to the following topics, as further detailed in Annex I: (a) technical items; (b) person and household characteristics; (c) labour market participation; (d) educational attainment and background; (e) income. For some domains data sets shall cover additional detailed topics to these topics, which are specific for a particular domain.
Amendment 186 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The data sets shall coverIn addition to the common topics common to all domains in addition tolisted in paragraph 1a, the data sets shall cover the following specific topics, as further detailed in Annex I:
Amendment 187 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 188 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 190 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 200 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 to amend the detailed topics listed in Annex I so as to reflect relevant technical, social and economic developments and respond to the new needs of users and in accordance with the European Statistical Programme. In exercising this power, the Commission shall ensure that:
Amendment 203 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 to establish or adapt a multiannual rolling planning for eight years for the collection of data covered by this Regulation, in accordance with the periodicity specified in Annex IV and in accordance with the European Statistical Programme. The Commission shall ensure that such delegated acts do not impose a significant additional burden or cost on the Member States or on the respondents.
Amendment 205 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ad hoc subjects requested by the users, for the labour marketforce and income and living conditions domains, as provided for in Annex IV. In exceptional and justified cases, these data may cover detailed topics other than those listed in Annex I.
Amendment 207 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission ishall be empowered to adopt implementdelegated acts ing acts for the purpose ofcordance with Article 15 to specifying the following technical items of the individual data sets, in order to cover the needs, identified in the relevant detailed topics:
Amendment 209 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the number, title and description of variables;
Amendment 210 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 213 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 214 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 217 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, specify the following technical items of the individual data sets: (a) the statistical classifications; (b) the requirements relating to geographical coverage, sample features including subsampling, technical aspects of the fieldwork, editing and imputation, weighting, estimation and variance estimation; (c) the methodology to be used to collect data for employment and unemployment in the labour force domain and for material deprivation in the income and living conditions domain, including the order and placing of the questions in the questionnaire, where necessary to achieve a high level of comparability.
Amendment 222 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. For the data sets on monthly unemployment relating to the labour marketforce domain, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt implementing acts for the purpose of describing the variables and the length, quality requirements and level of detail of the time series to be transmitted.
Amendment 239 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
In order to improve the data sets, the Commission (Eurostat) shall, where necessary, institute and Member States shall cooperate in severaland participate a in limited number of representative feasibility and pilot studies, which in particular, will aim to improve quality includingand comparability of statistical data, to contribute to modernising the consumption and time use domains, to explore and implement new ways of improving responsiveness to users' needs, to better integrate the collection of data and the use of other data sources, and to make data collection in Member States more efficient, taking into account technological developmentsdomains and data collection methods, taking into account technological developments; the participation of Member States in feasibility and pilot studies shall be arranged according to their preferences and possibilities to take part in such studies, by them choosing a limited number of studies from a list established by the Commission in the multiannual rolling planning as provided in Article 4(1).
Amendment 244 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission (Eurostat) shall, where relevant, invite Union Agencies which carry out non-ESS European social surveys to contribute to the development of new indicators and the collection of pilot data on ad-hoc subjects (as per Annex IV) or subjects of future interest for ESS.
Amendment 247 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the development and/or implementation of data collections or data collection methods for social statistics, including sampling frames, during the first four yearscycle of the collection of the data sets for each domain covered by this Regulation;
Amendment 248 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) developing methodologies, including participation in the feasibility and pilot studies referred to in Article 13;
Amendment 250 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The Union financial contribution shall be provided in accordance with Article 7 of Regunder the Mulation (EU) No 99/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 , Article 16(1) (a) of Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council35 , Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council36 , Article 58 of Regulation 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council37 , or Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 282/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council38 . __________________ 34Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 onannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 shall be provided in accordance with corresponding regulations regarding the European sStatistical pProgramme 2013-17 (OJ L 39, 9.2.2013, p. 12). 35Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on a, the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation ("EaSI") and amending Decision No 283/2010/EU establishing a European Progress Microfinance Facility for employment and social inclusion (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 238) 36Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 104). 37Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006(OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320). 38 Regulation (EU) No 282/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 on the establishment of a third Programme for the Union's action in the field of health (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1350/2007/EC (OJ L 86, 21.3.2014, p. 1)), Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020), the Third Programme for the Union's action in the field of health (2014-2020) and the Structural Reform Support Programme.
Amendment 251 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall include in its proposal for the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework commitments for EU budget financial support with regard to the implementation of this Regulation as provided in Paragraph 1.
Amendment 260 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 808/2004
Article 4 and Annex II
Article 4 and Annex II
Article 17a Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 Regulation (EU) No 808/2004 is hereby amended as follows: (1) Article 4 is replaced by the following: "Article 4 Modules The modules in this Regulation shall cover the domain enterprises and the information society, as defined in Annex I." (2) Annex II is deleted
Amendment 261 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 b (new)
Article 17 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008
Article 2 and Annex I
Article 2 and Annex I
Amendment 262 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 c (new)
Article 17 c (new)
Regulation (EC) No 452/2008
Article 3 and Annex
Article 3 and Annex
Article 17c Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 is hereby amended as follows: (1) Article 3 is replaced by the following: "Article 3 Domains This Regulation shall apply to the production of statistics in two domains: (a) Domain 1 shall cover statistics on education and training systems; (b) Domain 2 shall cover other statistics on education, such as statistics on human capital and on the social and economic benefits of education, not covered by Domain 1 and by Regulation XXX/XXXX* ; The production of statistics in those domains shall be carried out in accordance with the Annex." (2) In the Annex, Domain 2: Participation of adults in lifelong learning is deleted. __________________ *OJ: please insert the reference to Regulation (2016/0264(COD)
Amendment 295 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex III – point 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Sample characteristics of the Labour MarketForce domain shall include:
Amendment 297 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1
Annex IV – point 1
1. For the Labour MarketForce domain, the data sets shall consist of information collected quarterly, annually, biennially and every 8 years. Data on variables relating to ad-hoc subjects shall be collected every four years.
Amendment 302 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1 – introductory part
Annex V – point 1 – introductory part
1. For the Labour MarketForce domain, the Member States shall transmit :
Amendment 31 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) As the three so-called tripartite Agencies - Cedefop, the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound) and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) - address issues related to the labour market, working environment and vocational education and training and skills, close coordination among the three Agencies is required and the ways to enhance efficiency and synergies should be exploited. In addition, where relevant, the Agency should seek to engage in efficient cooperation with the European Commission'srelevant in-house research capacities of the EU institutions.
Amendment 33 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The tripartite nature of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound), and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) represents a comprehensive approach based on social dialogue between social partners, European and national authorities, which is extremely valuable in terms of finding joint and sustainable solutions.
Amendment 36 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) In any procurement activities, the Agency should respect environmental, labour and social high-quality standards, as well as high-level of transparency, and fair competition rules.
Amendment 39 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The objective of the Agency shall be to assist the Commission incontribute to the shaping and implementing of vocational education and training andpolicy, skills and qualifications policies, at the Union level. To this end the Agency shall provide evidence and services for policy making and knowledge sharing amongst and between Union and national actors, in particular governments and social partners.
Amendment 52 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Agency shall participate in all public tenders organized by the European Commission in its fields of expertise with respect to rules of transparency, fair competition and social rights.
Amendment 56 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) three independent experts appointed by the European Parliament;
Amendment 60 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
All members referred to in points (a)-(da) shall have voting rights.
Amendment 62 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The members referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) shall be appointed by the Council on the basis of lists of candidates submitted by the Member States, the European employers’ and employees’ organisations respectively. The Commission shall appoint the members who are to represent it. The European Parliament shall appoint the independent experts who are to represent it, after checking by its legal services that they have no conflict of interest.
Amendment 65 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Member States, the Commission, the Parliament, and the social partners, when appointing their respective representatives in the Management Board, shall ensure a balanced representation between men and women, so that no gender exceeds 60% of the representation.
Amendment 66 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Each member of the Management Board shall have an alternate. The alternate shall represent the member in his/her absence, while respecting the gender balance rule laid down in paragraph 1a. The alternates shall be appointed following the procedure as provided for in the first paragraphparagraphs 1 and 1a.
Amendment 72 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The term of office for members and their alternates shall be four years. That term shall be extendablrenewable once. Upon the expiry of their term of office or in the event of their resignation, members shall remain in office until their appointments are renewed or until they are replaced.
Amendment 76 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Within the Management Board, the representatives of governments, employers' organisations and employees' organisations shall each form a group. Each group shall designate a coordinator in order to enhance the efficiency of deliberations within and between the groups. The coordinators of the employers' and employees' groups shall be representatives of their respective organisations at European level and do not need to be designated from among the appointed Board members. Coordinators who are not appointed Board members within the meaning of paragraph 1 shall take part in Management Board meetings without the right to vote. All parties shall aim to achieve a balanced representation between men and women when designating their coordinators.
Amendment 80 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) give generalstrategic orientation for the Agency's activities and adopt each year the Agency's programming document by a majority of two-thirds of members entitled to vote and in accordance with Article 6;
Amendment 83 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point i
Amendment 84 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) appoint the Executive Director and where relevant extendrenew the term of office or remove the Executive Director from office in accordance with Article 18;
Amendment 85 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point n
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point n
Amendment 89 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 99 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The Management Board shall elect a Chairperson and three Deputy Chairpersons as follows – one from amongst the members representing Member States, one from amongst the members representing employers' organisations, one from amongst the members representing employees' organisations and one from amongst the members representing the CommissionEuropean Union's institutions - the Commission and the Parliament. The Chairperson and the Deputy Chairpersons shall be elected by a majority of two-thirds of members of the Management Board with voting rights.
Amendment 100 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When electing the Chairperson and the three Deputy Chairpersons, the Management Board shall ensure a strict balanced representation of 50% between men and women as a whole.
Amendment 105 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Where necessary, because of urgency, the Executive Board may take certain provisional decisions on behalf of the Management Board, in particular on administrative management matters, including the suspension of the delegation of the appointing authority powers, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 5 (2) when they concur, and budgetary matters
Amendment 106 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. The Executive Board shall be composed of the Chairperson of the Management Board, the three Deputy Chairpersons, the coordinators of the three groups referred to in Article 4(5) and one representative of the Commission and one representative of the European Parliament. Each group referred to in Article 4(5) may designate up to two alternates to attend the meetings of the Executive Board, in the absence of the full members, aiming to achieve a balanced representation between men and women when designate alternates. The Chairperson of the Management Board shall also be the Chairperson of the Executive Board. The Executive Director shall take part in the meetings of the Executive Board, but shall not have the right to vote.
Amendment 110 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. The term of office of members of the Executive Board shall be two years. That term shall be extendablrenewable once. The term of office of members of the Executive Board shall end when their membership of the Management Board ends.
Amendment 119 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point j
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point j
(j) preparing the Agency's draft statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure and implementing its budget., as part of the Agency's programming document;
Amendment 120 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point j a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point j a (new)
(ja) taking decisions on the establishment and management of the Agency's internal structures and, where necessary, their modification, after submitting the decision to the Management Board, and taking into consideration the Agency's activity needs as well as having regard to sound budgetary management;
Amendment 122 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point j b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point j b (new)
(jb) in accordance with Article 5 (2), exercising, with respect to the staff of the Agency, the powers conferred by the Staff Regulations on the Appointing Authority and by the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants on the Authority Empowered to Conclude a Contract of Employment ("the appointing authority powers").
Amendment 126 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. The Executive Director shall also be responsible for deciding whether it is necessary for the purpose of carrying out the Agency's tasks in an efficient and effective manner to establish one or more localliaison offices in one or more Member StateBrussels to enhance the Agency´s cooperation with the relevant Union institutions. That decision requires the prior consent of the Commission, the Management Board and the Member State where the local office is to be established. That decision shall specify the scope of the activities to be carried out at that local office in a manner that avoids unnecessary costs and duplication of administrative functions of the Agency.
Amendment 128 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The Executive Director may appoint a Deputy Director with the vote of the Management Board. The Deputy Director shall be selected from amongst the senior Cedefop staff and his/her mandate shall terminate at the same time as the mandate of the Executive Director, or for disciplinary reasons with the approval of the Management Board. The appointment shall be made after consulting the Executive Board. The Executive Director shall justify the need for appointing a Deputy Director, as well allocate proper resources. The duties of the Deputy Director should be clearly defined, they should only refer to managing the day to day business of the Agency, and should be approved by the Executive Board following proposals from the Executive Director. The Deputy Director shall attend the meetings of the Management Board and the Executive Board.
Amendment 132 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Management Board, from a list of candidates proposed by the Commission, following an open and transparent selection procedurafter obtaining the consent of the Management Board which must be involved in the process of short-listing the candidates, and following an open and transparent selection procedure. Once appointed the new Executive Director will attend upon invitation to an exchange of views in the competent European Parliament Committee.
Amendment 134 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. The Management Board, acting on a proposal from the Commission that takes into account the assessment referred to in paragraph 3, may extendrenew the term of office of the Executive Director once, for no more than five years.
Amendment 135 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. An Executive Director whose term of office has been extendrenewed may not participate in another selection procedure for the same post at the end of the overall period.
Amendment 138 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. In each of the Member States tThe Agency shall enjoy the most extensive legal capacity accorded to legal persons under their laws of the Member State where they reside. It may, in particular, acquire and dispose of movable and immovable property and be party to legal proceedings.
Amendment 143 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. The translation services required for the functioning of the Agency shall be provided by the Translation Centre of the bodies of the European Union but may also be provided by external service providers respecting environmental, labour and social high-quality standards, as well as high-level of transparency, and fair competition rules, and under the condition that the services outsourced are not more expensive than those provided by the Translation Centre.
Amendment 147 #
2016/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission considers that the continuation of the Agency is no longer justified with regard to its assigned objectives, mandate and tasks, it may propose that this Regulation be amended accordingly or repealed. Such proposal shall only be made after a detailed assessment and after informing and consulting the European Parliament, the Member States and the social partners.
Amendment 45 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound) was established by Regulation (EEC) No 1365/753 to contribute to the planning and establishment of better living and working conditions through action designed to increase and disseminate knowledge likely to assist this development. The main aim of Eurofound must be to provide Union institutions, national governments and social partners with specialized and added-value information in its area of expertise. _________________ 3 Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75 of the Council of 26 May 1975 on the creation of a European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (OJ L 139, 30.5.1975, p.1).
Amendment 49 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Agency should be governed and operated in line with the principles of the Joint Statement of the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on decentralised agencies of 19 July 2012 to the extent possible. This proposal therefore does not prejudge any further amendments to the Founding Regulation of Eurofound which the Commission may wish to propose following further evaluation, as provided for in this act or on its own initiative. The Commission will evaluate the objectives, mandate, governance and tasks of all EU Agencies acting in the field of labour market, working conditions, vocational education and training and skills.
Amendment 52 #
2016/0256(COD)
(5) As the three so-called tripartite agencies, -the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound), the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP)edefop)- address issues related to the labour market and working environment and vocational education and training and skills, even closer coordination among the three Agencies is required andso that the work of the Agencies complements each other where they have similar fields of interest, while boosting tools currently working such as, for instance, their existing Memorandum of Understanding, while ways to enhance efficiency and synergies should be exploited. In addition, where relevant, the Agency should seek to engage in efficient cooperation with the European Commissinstitution’s’ in-house research capacities.
Amendment 55 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The tripartite nature of the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound), the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), is a high-worth expression of a comprehensive approach based on social dialogue between social partners with European and national authorities, extremely valuable in terms of finding joint and sustainable solutions in social and economics terms.
Amendment 56 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) There are already organisations at international, EU and national level providing analysis and knowledge on social, employment and work related policies (such as the Economic and Social Committees or the International Labour Organization). In order to obtain the maximum benefit, it is appropriate that Eurofound establish links with national bodies (tripartite where possible). It is also important that the Agency has very close functional links with the EU Committees on Employment (EMCO) and Social Protection (SPC), to ensure coordination and synergies, and that cooperates with the ILO, OECD and the European institutions’ in-house research capacities, in areas of common interest.
Amendment 59 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) the Agency must introduce in any procurement activities, including translations, environmental, labour and social criteria in order to guarantee high- quality standards;
Amendment 64 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) analyse trends in living and working conditions and, labour market developments and social exclusion, including vulnerable groups as children, people with disabilities or ethnic minorities;
Amendment 70 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Before commissioning an external organisation to undertake studies in the Agency’s areas of expertise, the Union institutions shall consult the Agency in order to check its availability and proceed with the allocation of resources for this purpose to the Agency.
Amendment 73 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. In carrying out its tasks, the Agency shall maintain a close dialogue particularly with specialised bodies at national level but also in the international sphere, e.g. the International Labor Organization (ILO) or the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), whether public or private, public authorities and workers’ and employers’ organisations. The Agency, without prejudice to its own aims, shall ensure cooperation with other European Union Agencies aimed at avoiding overlaps and promoting synergy and complementarity in their activities, including the possibility of working jointly, in particular with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training and, where relevant, with other EU Agencies.
Amendment 77 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an Executive Director and a Deputy Director who shall exercise the responsibilities set out in Article 11. and 11 a respectively
Amendment 79 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) one member representingative of the Government from each Member State;
Amendment 81 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) one member representingative of the employers’ organiszations from each Member State;
Amendment 84 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) one member representingative of the employees’ organiszations from each Member State;
Amendment 88 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) three members representingatives of the Commission.
Amendment 90 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) three independent experts appointed by the European Parliament;
Amendment 93 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
All members referred to in points (a)-(da) shall have voting rights.
Amendment 94 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The members referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) shall be appointed by the Council on the basis of lists of candidates submitted by the Member States, the European employers’ and employees’ organiszations respectively. The Commission shall appoint the members who are to represent it. The European Parliament shall appoint the independent experts who are to represent it, after checking by its legal services that they have no conflict of interest.
Amendment 97 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. When appointing their respective representatives, the Council, the Commission and the Parliament shall ensure a balanced representation between men and women on the Management Board, so that no gender exceeds 60% of the representation in each of the four groups - governments, employers, employees and European Union institutions - represented on the Management Board.
Amendment 98 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Each member of the Management Board shall have an alternate. The alternate shall represent the member in his/her absence, while respecting the gender balance rule laid down in paragraph 1a. The alternate shall be appointed following the procedure as provided for in the first paragraphparagraphs 1 and 1a.
Amendment 100 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Members of the Management Board and their alternates shall be appointed in light of their knowledge in the field of social and work-related policies, taking into account relevant managerial, administrative and budgetary skills. All parties represented in the Management Board shall make efforts to limit turnover of their representatives, in order to ensure continuity of the board’s work. All parties shall aim to achieve a balanced representation between men and women on the Management Board.
Amendment 106 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The term of office for members and their alternates shall be four years to ensure continuity of the Board’s work. That term shall be extendablrenewable only once. Upon the expiry of their term of office or in the event of their resignation, members shall remain in office until their appointments are renewed or until they are replaced.
Amendment 109 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Within the Management Board, the representatives of governments, employers’ organisations and employees’ organisations shall each form a group. Each group shall designate a coordinator in order to enhance the efficiency of the deliberations within and between the groups. The coordinators of the employers’ and employees’ groups shall be representatives of their respective organisations at European level and do not need to be designated from among the appointed Board members. Coordinators who are not appointed Board members within the meaning of paragraph 1 shall take part in the Management Board meetings without the right to vote. All parties shall aim to achieve a balanced representation between men and women when designating their coordinators.
Amendment 119 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point i
Amendment 121 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) appoint the Executive Director and the Deputy Director, ensuring a strict gender balanced representation between them, and where relevant extend the term of office or remove bothe Executive Director from office in accordance with Article 19;
Amendment 122 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) appoint the Executive Director and where relevant extendrenew the term of office or remove the Executive Director from office in accordance with Article 19;
Amendment 124 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point n
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) take allextraordinary decisions on the establishment of the Agency’s internal structures and, where necessary, their modification, taking into consideration the Agency’s activity needs as well as having regard to sound budgetary mn these might have an important impact or might imply a relevant chanagement.
Amendment 128 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 129 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where exceptional circumstances so require, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the previous subparagraph when they concur, the Management Board may, by way of a decisiona majority of two-thirds of the members entitled to vote, exceptionally and temporarily, suspend the delegation of the appointing authority powers conferred to the Executive Director and those sub-delegated by the latter and exercise them itself or delegate them to one of its members or to a staff member other than the Executive Director.
Amendment 138 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The Management Board shall elect a Chairperson and three Deputy Chairpersons as follows – one from amongst the members representing Member States, one from amongst the members representing employers’ organisations, one from amongst the members representing employees’ organisations and one from amongst the members representing the CommissionEuropean Union’s institutions -the Commission and the Parliament. The Chairperson and the Deputy Chairpersons shall be elected by a majority of two-thirds of members of the Management Board with voting rights.
Amendment 139 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Management Board, when electing the Chairperson and the three Deputy Chairpersons, shall ensure a strict balanced representation of 50% between men and women as a whole.
Amendment 140 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The Management Board shall hold one ordinary meeting a year. In addition, it shall meet on the initiative of its Chairperson, at the request of either the Commission or the Parliament, or at the request of at least one-third of its members.
Amendment 142 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. The Management Board may invite any person whose opinion may be of interest to attend its meetings as an observer, in particular those third-country States in the European Economic Area that participate in the Agency’s activities.
Amendment 146 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Where necessary, because of urgency, the Executive Board may take certain provisional decisions on behalf of the Management Board, in particular on administrative management matters, including the suspension of the delegation of the appointing authority powers, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 5 (2) when they concur, and budgetary matters.
Amendment 147 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. The Executive Board shall be composed of the Chairperson of the Management Board, the three Deputy Chairpersons, the coordinators of the three groups as referred to in Article 4 (5) and one representative of, one more representative of each group and one representative from each European Union institution, the Parliament and the Commission. Each group referred to in Article 4 (5) may designate up to two alternates to attend the meetings of the Executive Board, aiming the absence of the full membero achieve a balanced representation between men and women when designate alternates. The Chairperson of the Management Board shall also be the Chairperson of the Executive Board. The Executive Director shall take part in the meetings of the Executive Board, but shall not have the right to vote.
Amendment 149 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. The term of office of members of the Executive Board shall be two years. That term shall be extendablrenewable only once. The term of office of members of the Executive Board shall end when their membership of the Management Board ends.
Amendment 154 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – section 3 – title
Chapter 2 – section 3 – title
Section 3: Executive Director and Deputy Director
Amendment 159 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point a a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point a a (new)
(aa) taking ordinary decisions on the establishment of the Agency’s internal structures and, where necessary, their modification, taking into consideration the Agency’s activity needs as well as having regard to sound budgetary management, after submitting her/his decision to the Management Board;
Amendment 160 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point a b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point a b (new)
(ab) in accordance with Article 5 (2), exercising, with respect to the staff of the Agency, the powers conferred by the Staff Regulations on the Appointing Authority and by the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants on the Authority Empowered to Conclude a Contract of Employment (“the appointing authority powers”);
Amendment 165 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point j
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point j
(j) preparing the Agency’s draft statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure and implementing its budget, as part of the Agency’s programming document.
Amendment 170 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. The Executive Director shall also be responsible for deciding whether it is necessary for the purpose of carrying out the Agency’s tasks in an efficient and effective manner to establish one or more localliaison offices in one or more Member StateBrussels to further the Agency´s cooperation with the relevant Union institutions. That decision requires the prior consent of Commission, the Management Board and the Member State where the local office is to be established. That decision shall specify the scope of the activities to be carried out that that local office in a manner that avoids unnecessary costs and duplication of administrative functions of the Agency.
Amendment 172 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Amendment 175 #
2016/0256(COD)
Amendment 176 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Management Board, from a list of candidates proposed by the Commission, following an open and transparent selection procedur after obtaining the consent of the Management Board which must be involved in the process of short-listing the candidates and can act by written procedure if necessary, and following an open and transparent selection procedure. Once appointed the new Executive Director must attend a hearing in the competent European Parliament Committee.
Amendment 177 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The Management Board, acting on a proposal from the Commission that takes into account the assessment referred to in paragraph 3, may extendrenew the term of office of the Executive Director once, for no more than five years.
Amendment 178 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Article 19 – paragraph 5
5. An Executive Director whose term of office has been extendrenewed may not participate in another selection procedure for the same post at the end of the overall period.
Amendment 179 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 6
Article 19 – paragraph 6
6. The Executive Director may be removed from office only upon a decision of the Management Board acting on a proposal from the Commission based on an objective assessment of his/her performance as Executive Director.
Amendment 184 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. The Agency may establish localone liaison offices in one or more Member StateBrussels, subject to their consent and in accordance with Article 11 (6).
Amendment 186 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
Article 23 – paragraph 3
3. The translation services required for the functioning of the Agency shallmight be provided by the Translation Centre of the bodies of the European Union or other translation services, that respect Union’s environmental, labour and social criteria.
Amendment 194 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. No later than 5 years after the date referred to in Article 37, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall perform an evaluation in compliance with the Commission guidelines to assess the Agency’s performance in relation to its objectives, mandate and tasks. The Management Board shall be consulted in the evaluation. The evaluation shall, in particular, address the possible need to modify the mandate of the Agency, and the financial implications of any such modificationrelated additional financial, budgetary and human resources if new tasks are allocated to the Agency or if the workload linked to existing task increases.
Amendment 196 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Amendment 198 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
To this end, the Agency may, subject to prior approval by the Commission, establish working arrangements with the authorities of third countries and international organisations. These arrangements shall not create legal obligations incumbent on the Union and its Member States
Amendment 200 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. The Deputy Director the Agency appointed on the basis of Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75 of the Council shall, for the remaining period of his/her term of office be assist the Director or Executive Directorgned to the responsibilities of the Deputy Director as provided for in Article 11a of this Regulation. The other conditions of his/her contract shall remain unchanged.
Amendment 26 #
2016/0176(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The concept of highly skilled worker should replace the concept of highly qualified worker in order to emphasise that both formal educational qualifications and equivalent professional experience should be taken equally into account as criteria for admission. According to a Council Recommendation of 20 December 201232 , the validation of learning outcomes, namely competences (knowledge, skills and attitudes)33 acquired through non-formal and informal learning can play an important role in enhancing employability and mobility. It recommends Member States to have in place, no later than 2018, arrangements for the validation of non-formal and informal learning. As mechanisms and arrangements for the evaluation and validation of professional experience are not readily available in all Member States, an additionalthe transposition period of two years after the entry into force of this Directive should be provided for the provisions related to recognising professional experience in order to enable Member States, where necessary, to develop such mechanisms and for this Directive should take account of that factor to enable Member States, where necessary, to develop such mechanisms and arrangements. Member States should consult the social partners when developing such mechanisms and arrangements. Member States’' National Contact Points on the EU Blue Card should be involved in effective cooperation with stakeholders and networks in the education, training, employment and youth sectors, as well as other relevant policy areas, for the purpose of recognising professional experience under this Directive. __________________ 32 Council Recommendation of 20 December 2012 on the validation of non- formal and informal learning (2012/C 398/01) (OJ C 398, 22.12.2012, p. 1). 33 Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 on key competences for lifelong learning (OJ L 394, 30.12.2006, p. 10).
Amendment 35 #
2016/0176(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure a sufficient level of transparency and a degree of harmonisation in the admission conditions throughout the Union, both minimum and maximum factors for calculating the salary threshold should be determined. Member States should fix their threshold in accordance with the situation and organisation of their respective labour markets and their general immigration policies.
Amendment 69 #
2016/0176(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. In addition to the conditions laid down in paragraph 1, the gross annual salary resulting from the monthly or annual salary specified in the work contract or binding job offer shall not be inferior to the salary threshold set and published for that purpose by the Member States. The salary threshold set by the Member States shall be at least 1.0 times but not higher than 1.4 times the average gross annual salary in the Member State concerned. Member States shall involve the social partners before introducing a salary threshold.
Amendment 88 #
2016/0176(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 90 #
2016/0176(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall reject an application for an EU Blue Card where the employer has failed to meet its legal obligations regarding social security, taxation, labour rights or working conditions.
Amendment 92 #
2016/0176(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 101 #
2016/0176(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Unemployment in itself shall not constitute a reason for withdrawing an EU Blue Card, unless the period of unemployment exceeds threesix consecutive months, or where the unemployment occurs more than once during the period of validity of an EU Blue Card.
Amendment 103 #
2016/0176(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Unemployment in itself shall not constitute a reason for withdrawing an EU Blue Card, unless the period of unemployment exceeds three consecutive months, or where the unemployment occurs more than once during the period of validity of an EU Blue Card, except where such unemployment is the result of illness, accident or disability or in the case of the withdrawal or non-renewal of an EU Blue Card pursuant to point (b) of Article 7(2).
Amendment 104 #
2016/0176(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Unemployment in itself shall not constitute a reason for withdrawing an EU Blue Card, unless the period of unemployment exceeds three consecutive months, or where the unemployment occurs more than once during the period of validity of an EU Blue Card, except where such unemployment is the result of illness, accident or disability.
Amendment 128 #
2016/0176(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 80 #
2016/0130(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Workers exposed to hazardous substances, in particular healthcare workers, must receive suitable and regular information on the risks, personal protective equipment, as well as suitable decontamination, cleaning and disinfection guidelines based on surface contamination levels and type of drugs. Regular monitoring of surface contamination needs to be made mandatory, in particular for healthcare workers.
Amendment 81 #
2016/0130(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) Closed System Drug Transfer Device, defined by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as "a device which mechanically prohibits the transfer of environmental contaminants into the system and the escape of hazardous drug or vapour concentrations outside the system", which is airtight and leakproof, needs to be made mandatory for workers, in particular healthcare workers, exposed to contamination.
Amendment 56 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The free movement of workers, freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services are fundamental principles of the internal market in the Union enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The implementation of those principles is further developed by the Union aimed at guaranteeing a level playing field for businesses and respect for the rights of workers. Efforts towards coordination and upward convergence of social standards are necessary.
Amendment 79 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Almost twenty years after its adoption, it is necessary to assess whether the Posting of Workers Directive still strikes the right balance between the need to promote the freedom to provide services and the need to protect the rights of posted workers and whether the Posting of Workers Directive is adequately transposed by Member States.
Amendment 112 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In view of the long duration of certain posting assignments, it is necessary to provide that, in case of posting lasting for periods higher than 246 months, the host Member State is deemed to be the country in which the work is carried out. In accordance with the principle of Rome I Regulation, the law ofapplicable terms and conditions of employment should be those established by the host Member States therefore applies to the employment contract of such posted workers if no other choice of law was made by the parties. In case a different choice was made, it cannot, however, have the result of depriving the employee of the protection afforded to him by provisions that, without prejudice to more favourable terms and conditions of employment afforded to the worker under provisions from which the parties cannot be derogated from by agreement under the law of the host Member State. This should apply from the start of the posting assignment whenever it is envisaged for more than 24 months and from the first day subsequent to the 24 months when it effectively exceeds this duration. This rule does not affect the right of undertakings posting workers to the territory of another Member State to invoke the freedom to provide services in circumstances also where the posting exceeds 24 months. The purpose is merely to create legal certainty in the application of the Rome I Regulation to a specific situation, without amending that Regulation in any way. The employee will in particular enjoy the protection and benefits pursuant to the Rome I Regulationnational law which would have applied otherwise. This rule does not affect the right of undertakings posting workers to the territory of another Member State to invoke the freedom to provide services.
Amendment 154 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Because of the highly mobile nature of work in international road transport, the implementation of the posting of workerposting of workers in this sector, which is covered by this dDirective, raises particular legal questions and difficulties (especially where the link with the concerned Member State is insufficient). It would be most suited for these challenges to be addressed through sector-specific legislation together with other EU initiatives aimed at improving the functioning of the internal road transport marketwhich should be supplemented by sector-specific legislation.
Amendment 210 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The elements of remuneration under national law or universally applicable collective agreements should be clear and transparent to all service providers and posted workers. It is therefore justified to impose on Member States the obligation to publish the constituent elements of remuneration on the single website provided for by Article 5 of the Enforcement Directive as transparency and access to information are key elements for service providers and posted workers. The provision of information on the single website should be in line with national law and practice and should respect the autonomy of the social partners. The European Commission should regularly verify if the information on these websites is comprehensive, easily accessible and up to date.
Amendment 242 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Abuse and legal uncertainty in cases of chain postings and postings involving several jurisdictions should be prevented. Therefore, in cases where a posting situation falls under more than two national jurisdictions, the applicable terms and conditions of employment should be those established by the host Member State where the service is provided, without prejudice to more favourable conditions afforded to the worker under provisions from which the parties cannot derogate by agreement under the national law which would have applied otherwise.
Amendment 293 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2a – paragraph 1
Article 2a – paragraph 1
1. When the anticipated or the effective duration of posting exceeds twenty-four months, the Member State to whose territory a worker is posted shall be deemed to be the country in which his or her work is habitually carried outsix months, or when the posting is not considered to be genuine under Directive 2014/67/EU, the terms and conditions of employment of the Member State to whose territory a worker is posted and where the service is provided shall apply as long as they are more favourable for the worker than those pursuant to the law under which the individual employment contract was agreed.
Amendment 332 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2a – paragraph 2
Article 2a – paragraph 2
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1, in case of replacement of posted workers performing the same or a similar task at the same place, - be it by another posted worker or the same posted worker returning after a break - the cumulative duration of the posting periods of the workers concerned shall be taken into account, with regard to workers that are posted for an effective duration of at least six months.
Amendment 338 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2 a – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 a – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The application of this Directive shall not have the result of depriving workers of more favourable terms and conditions of employment afforded to them under provisions from which the parties cannot derogate by agreement under the national law which would have applied in the absence of the situation referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 381 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – point g a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) provisions to cover travel, board and lodging expenses for workers away from home for professional reasons
Amendment 399 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of this Directive, remuneration means all the elements of remuneration rendered mandatory by national law, regulation or administrative provision, collective agreements or arbitration awards which have been declared universally applicable and/or, in the absence of a system for declaring collective agreements or arbitration awards to be of universal application, other collective agreements or arbitthe concept of remuneration shall be determined by the national law and/or praction awards within the meaning of paragraph 8 second subparagraph, ince of the Member State to whose territory the worker is posted.
Amendment 413 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The right to form and join a trade union for the protection of the worker's interest; trade unions shall be given the possibility to collectively bargain for posted workers;
Amendment 414 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
In the context of remuneration as well as allowances and expenses related to work outside the regular working place, elements which are mandatory under both the national law of the host Member State and the national law applying to the individual employment contract, and which are essentially similar, shall only be paid once to avoid double payment whereby the worker shall always receive the amount which is more favourable.
Amendment 473 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 477 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c b (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 491 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 9 a (new)
(da) after paragraph 9, the following paragraph is inserted: 9a. If a posting situation falls under more than two national jurisdictions, the terms and conditions of employment of the Member State to whose territory a worker is posted and where the service is provided, shall apply as long as they are more favourable for the worker than those pursuant to the law under which the individual employment contract was agreed.
Amendment 497 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 10
Article 3 – paragraph 10
(e) The second subparagraph of paragraph 10 is deleted.Paragraph 10 is replaced by the following: 10. This Directive shall not preclude the application by Member States, in compliance with the Treaty, and in line with national law and practice, of terms and conditions of employment to national undertakings and to the undertakings of other States, on a basis of equality of treatment, of: – terms and conditions of employmentperating on their territory on matters other than those referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, in the case of public policy provisions, – terms and c including non-ditions of employment laid down in the collective agreements or arbitration awards within the meaning of paragraph 8 and concerning activities other than those referred to in the Annexscriminatory measures to ensure the protection of workers, fair competition and the proper functioning of the labour market.
Amendment 511 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(2a) in article 4, after paragraph 3 the following paragraph is added: 3a. Employers shall take appropriate measures to provide essential information on the terms and conditions of employment, in accordance with Directive 91/533/EU, as regards the posting before the beginning of the posting.
Amendment 521 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall adopt further measures to tackle abuses faced by posted workers, in particular with regards to undeclared work, bogus self-employment; letter-box companies and rotational postings. Member States shall ensure the proper transposition of this Directive.
Amendment 7 #
2016/0043(NLE)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, in accordance with Article 293(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 11 #
2016/0043(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The "Europe 2020 Strategy" proposed by the Commission should enables the Union to turn its economy towards smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, accompanied by high level employment, productivity and social cohesion. Five headline targets, listed undHowever, the European Parliament notes with deep concern the relevant guidelines, constitute shared objectives which guide the action of the Member States, and take into accouevolution of employment and social indicators of the Strategy so far, as the number of people at risk of poverty and exclusion has increased by 5 million instead of decreasing; the employment rate in some countries has not yet recovered the pre-crisis level and they scarcely reach 60% of population in employment; their relative starting positions and national circumstances as well as the positions and circumstances of the Union. The European Employment Strategy has the lead long-term unemployment with around 10,5 million people unemployed for more than a year; the high level of youth unemployment specially in southern and eastern countries with around half of young people unemployed in some of them; the still worrying gender gap around 10% regarding participation in labour market; the increase of child poverty in recent years with countries reaching more than one third of children under 16 years ing role in the implementation of the employment and labour market objectives isk of poverty or exclusion; the serious situation in some countries in terms of huge increase of inequality rates; the high rates of NEETs, in some countries above 20%; ofr the new strearly school leavers rates ranging up to 23% in some Member Stategys.
Amendment 23 #
2016/0043(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The integrated guidelines are in line with the conclusions of the European Council. They give precise guidance to the Member States on defining their National Reform Programmes and implementing reforms, reflecting interdependence and in line with the Stability and Growth Pact. The employment guidelines should form the basis for any country-specific recommendations that the Council may address to the Member States under Article 148(4) of the TFEU, ion parallel withthe same footing as the country-specific recommendations addressed to the Member States under Article 121(2) of that Treaty. The employment guidelines should also form the basis for the establishment of the Joint Employment Report sent annually by the Council and the European Commission to the European Council. As a result, the European Semester should combine the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral surveillance of economic, budgetary, employment and social policies in a framework of real and effective balance between economic policy and social and employment policies which should be given equal consideration so as to prevent economic and social imbalances, thus ensuring a fully coherent public policy.
Amendment 28 #
2016/0043(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The examination of the Member States' National Reform Programmes contained in the Joint Employment Report shows that Member States should continue to make every effort to address the priority areas of increasing labour market participation and reducing structural unemployment, developing a skilled workforce responding to labour market needs and promoting job quality and lifelong learning, improve the performance of education and training systems at all levels and increasing participation in tertiary education, promoting social inclusion and combating poverty. The scoreboard of key employment and social indicators within the Joint Employment Report is a particularly useful tool, helping to detect key employment and social problems and divergences in a timely way and identify areas where policy response is most needed. However, further editions of the scoreboard should include also gender disaggregated data and more detailed indicators related to structural employment and social imbalances as the long-term unemployment rate among young people, the very long-term unemployment rate among adults (unemployed persons since 24 months or more) or the children at risk-of-poverty or social exclusion.
Amendment 37 #
2016/0043(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The Council, with its Decision (EU) 2015/1848 of 5 October 2015 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States for 2015, chose to yet again obviate Parliament resolution shamefully, in a regrettable political position contrary to the letter and spirit of the Treaties, in disrespect to the direct representatives of the European citizens, undermining the interinstitutional cooperation and weakening confidence between them.
Amendment 38 #
2016/0043(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
The guidelines for Member States' employment policies, as set out in the Annex to Council Decision of 5 October 2015 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States4 are maintained for 2016 and shall be taken into account by the Member States in their employment policies. __________________ 4Council Decision (EU) 2015/1848 of 5 October 2015 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (OJ L 268, 15.10.2015, p. 28), are hereby adopted. These guidelines shall be taken into account by the Member States in their employment policies and reform programmes, which shall be reported in line with Article 148(3) TFEU.
Amendment 39 #
2016/0043(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex (new)
Annex (new)
Amendment 17 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the employment rate in the EU currently stands at 69.2 %, which is well below the Europe 2020 target, that unemployment remains especially high among women, the young, the elderly and the disadvantaged groups and that more than 12 million people in Europe are long-term unemployed, representing 5% of the EU’s active population; and in this context reminds recently passed Council Recommendation on the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market which has demonstrated again a need for strong Union policies and much more resources and calls for increased public investment in job creation and skills;
Amendment 46 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the resources of the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived are not sufficient to address the rise of inequality and poverty, the worst consequences of the economic crisis and of austerity policies on the labour market concerning labour exclusion of young people and long-term unemployed, and the unprecedented flow of refugees; and is concerned that competition for scarce funds may lead to social conflict; insists that the ESF share amount to 2530 % of the total cohesion budget, that no reductions in the national envelopes for ESF measures be made and that sufficient cash flow be provided annually for payments from the EU budget;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the policies for poverty reduction and social inclusion among vulnerable groups have failed to produce the expected results and calls for; draws attention to the fact that 24,4 % of people in the EU are at risk of poverty and social exclusion, and that their number has increased by five million after 2008; calls therefore to substantially increased the financial aid to social services and the social economy and further strengthen the commitment to act against poverty and social exclusion by introducing a compulsory minimum share of 25 % from ESF on Member State level for promotion of social inclusion;
Amendment 72 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes the increased commitment of the EU budget to various financial engineering instruments including the European Fund for Strategic Investments; is concerned however about the access to funding of various key stakeholders in social policy areas such as NGOs, education and training institutions, social partners and social economy enterprises;
Amendment 79 #
2015/2330(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas although atypical or non- standard forms of employment do not in themselves constitute precarious work, it is more likely to be found where contracts of this nature apply, albeit such contracts account for a minority of existing employment relationshipsprecarious work continues to be a problem across Europe and can lead to in-work poverty;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2330(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas high-quality skilled jobs with employment security are required to help tackle unemployment across the EU as opposed to precarious work;
Amendment 223 #
2015/2330(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considering that flexicurity contributes to avoiding labour fragmentation and promoting the creation of more quality jobsprecarious work remains a key concern across the EU; calls on the Member States to modernise their employment protection legislation in order to guarantee more stability in transitions between jobs, as well as employees’ access to social security and welfare rights; calls on the Commission to step up monitoring of the abusive practice of successive fixed-term contracts, in both private and public sectors;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that Erasmus+ is one of the key drivers of growth, employment, competitiveness and social cohesion in that it contributes to improving European education and training systems, active citizenship and employability, and provides Europeans with an opportunity to acquire transversal and transferable sets of skills and competences via studies, training, volunteering and work experience abroad;
Amendment 38 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that vocational education and training (VET) and VET mobility play a vital economic and social role in Europe, in a rapidly changing labour market, as a mechanism leading to equal opportunities for all citizens, including those from socially disadvantaged groups, unemployed young people, migrants and women, who are all under-represented in VET; calls on the Commission and the Member States to position VET as a choice which leads to a promising career, make it accessible to all, ensure gender balance and non- discrimination, and guarantee that it is adequately funded;
Amendment 57 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to position VET as a choice which leads to a promising career, make it accessible to all, ensure gender balance and non-discrimination, and increase its funding;
Amendment 59 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase training opportunities abroad of VET learners as it will provide them with professional and life skills needed for a transition from education and training to work;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to work with the Members States on a stronger cooperation between education establishmentinstitutions and key stakeholders (businesses, VET facilities, research organisations, social partners, local/regional authorities, and the youth sector) in order to enhance the responsiveness of the education and VET systems to labour market needs, and to guarantee that this cooperation is reflected in Erasmus+; believes that active involvement of beneficiaries in the desigand all stakeholders, including the trade unions and other relevant social partners in the design, organisation and implementation of the programme increasensures its success and added value;
Amendment 83 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that, despite clear improvements in recognition and validation systems in education and VET, problems still persist; calls for specific targets such as the implementation of a fully operational credit transfer system and recognithighlights the importance to ensure that competences developed through mobility experiences in any setting – formal learning environment, company traineeships or volunteering and youth activity – are properly documented, validated and recognized in the home system; calls on the Commission, and for validation of competences acquired through non- formal and informal learningMember States for a systematic use and further development of existing European instruments such as the Europass documents, the Youthpass and ECVET.
Amendment 101 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes, in the context of new societal challenges for Europe, the need to strengthen a European approach to face common European challenges by supporting large scale innovation projects promoting the acquisition of a broad, transversal and transferable sets of skills and competences through studies, training, volunteering and work experience abroad;
Amendment 110 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Highlights that non-formal learning promotes basic skills and soft skills such as social and civic competences that are highly relevant for the labour market as well as well-being at work and a good work-life balance, as well as help integrate disadvantaged groups in the labour market and society;
Amendment 116 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls for the full and timely implementation of the Council Recommendation of 20 December 2012 on the validation of non-formal and informal learning;
Amendment 119 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on the Commission to regularly review the levels of financial support, such as travel lump sums, in order to ensure they are consistent with reality and to avoid discrimination, abandon or failure of people with fewer financial means and/or special requirements;
Amendment 121 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Insists that the Commission ensures that the programme rules are applied in a harmonised way across National Agencies, respecting common quality standards and procedural practices, and thus ensuring the internal and external coherence of Erasmus+ and positioning it as a true European programme; calls on the Commission to develop European implementation guidelines of the Erasmus+ programme for the National Agencies; strongly encourages better coordination between the agencies to match the projects working on similar issues;
Amendment 123 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Strongly encourages more transparency in the evaluation of applications and the extensive quality feedback to all applicants; encourages NAs and EACEA, in order to improve the implementation of the programme, to provide training opportunities for evaluators, organise regular meetings with beneficiaries and visits to projects;
Amendment 126 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Calls on the Commission and the National Agencies to better promote the relevance of projects that target several education and training sectors, as further emphasis needs to be given to the lifelong learning dimension of the programme;
Amendment 128 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 h (new)
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4h. Encourages the development of joint VET qualifications that can ensure international recognition of qualifications, as well as address international work standards and requirements;
Amendment 129 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 i (new)
Paragraph 4 i (new)
4i. Calls on the Commission to reinforce the contribution of Erasmus+ to citizenship, as well as social inclusion of people with physical, mental or health- related conditions, and to reflect the results in the implementation and mid- term review reports;
Amendment 130 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 j (new)
Paragraph 4 j (new)
4j. Strongly supports an efficient promotion and encouragement of VET mobility among women and considers that measures should be put in place in order to ensure that all mobility programmes within Erasmus+ are strictly gender balanced and offer true equal opportunities for all; considers that ambitious targets should be set in this regard and the progress should be strictly monitored;
Amendment 131 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 k (new)
Paragraph 4 k (new)
4k. Highlights the importance of clear learning outcomes and specific job descriptions for the Erasmus+ work experiences abroad for vocational education and training students, trainees, and apprentices; stresses that the preparation of the candidates before their international experiences is an integral part of the activity and needs to include career guidance sessions, language trainings and cross-cultural communication;
Amendment 132 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 l (new)
Paragraph 4 l (new)
4l. Is concerned that internships and traineeships are often a source of cheap labour; therefore, calls for quality paid traineeships and internships that would not substitute standard employment contracts;
Amendment 133 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 m (new)
Paragraph 4 m (new)
4m. Strongly encourages the peer to peer learning following up from studies, training, and work experience abroad in order to increase the impact of Erasmus+ on local communities; highlights that good case practices sharing is vital to the improvement of the quality of the projects under Erasmus+;
Amendment 134 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 n (new)
Paragraph 4 n (new)
4n. Calls on the Commission to draw up and make available updated statistics on Erasmus+ and the impact it has had on employability, as well as type and rate of employment, and impact on salaries;
Amendment 135 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 o (new)
Paragraph 4 o (new)
4o. Calls on the Commission to analyse why some countries are applying for more VET mobility, and build a plan on how to increase the involvement of the other countries;
Amendment 136 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 p (new)
Paragraph 4 p (new)
4p. Highlights that a redefinition of jobs and skills is taking place, especially due to the undergoing transition towards a more digitised economy; calls on the European Commission and the Member States to ensure that the Erasmus+ programme reflects this reality;
Amendment 137 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 q (new)
Paragraph 4 q (new)
4q. Calls on the Commission to optimise the performance and user- friendliness of the IT tools, such as the Mobility Tool, or other IT support platforms like EPALE (Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe), in order to ensure that the programme beneficiaries make the most of their experiences, as well as promote cross- border collaboration & best practices sharing;
Amendment 138 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 r (new)
Paragraph 4 r (new)
4r. Calls on the Commission to improve the programme guide and make it more user-friendly and understandable, as well as to develop specific information brochures on each of the Key Actions; calls on the European Commission to streamline the application process in terms of administrative burdens;
Amendment 139 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 s (new)
Paragraph 4 s (new)
4s. Supports the development of adult learning institutions through on-going professional development and mobility opportunities for teachers, school leaders, trainers and other education staff; encourages the development of skills and competences, particularly in the effective use of ICT in adult learning, for improved learning outcomes; underlines the importance of exchanging best practices;
Amendment 140 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 t (new)
Paragraph 4 t (new)
4t. Welcomes the development of pilot projects such the "European framework for mobility of apprentices: developing European citizenship and skills through youth integration in the labour market" aimed at implementing cost-efficient cross-border apprentice mobility schemes between VET institutions, companies and/or other relevant organisations, as well as formally recognizing and validating learning outcomes and supporting the mutual recognition of diplomas, and "Youth mobility in vocational training - Better youth mobility" aimed at improving the mobility of young people in vocational training; calls on the Commission for an effective implementation of the two pilot projects and their long-term integration in the Erasmus+ programme;
Amendment 141 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 u (new)
Paragraph 4 u (new)
4u. Calls on the Member States under the Erasmus+ programme to promote the development of transversal entrepreneurial competences and skills, as well as other 21st century skills, by ensuring quality traineeships and studies abroad;
Amendment 142 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 v (new)
Paragraph 4 v (new)
4v. Welcomes the Erasmus+ platform for dissemination of project results and calls for a stronger approach for good case practices sharing and international exchanges of views for NAs, partners, and programme beneficiaries;
Amendment 143 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 w (new)
Paragraph 4 w (new)
4w. Calls on the Commission to guarantee an effective feedback system for the program beneficiaries on any irregularities that they might identify with respect to the implementation of the Erasmus+ programme;
Amendment 144 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 x (new)
Paragraph 4 x (new)
4x. Calls on the Commission to provide support to programme applicants to find international partners;
Amendment 145 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 y (new)
Paragraph 4 y (new)
4y. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that there is no preference of large institutions over small, young ones, in terms of programme applicants;
Amendment 146 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 z (new)
Paragraph 4 z (new)
4z. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee an increased and more long-term structural support to European of civil society organisations in the field of education, training, youth and sport in the form of operating grants, as they are the organisations providing learning opportunities and participation spaces to European citizens and residents to develop and implement European policies;
Amendment 147 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a a (new)
Paragraph 4 a a (new)
4aa. Encourages the National Agencies to make the available budgets per Key Action and per sector, easily accessible after each application round in order to allow applicants to strategically plan their future actions, as well as publish the results of projects selection and budget lines, so that adequate external monitoring of the programme can take place;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that timely and correct transposition of EU law into national legislation and a clear domestic legislative framework should be a priority for the Member States in order to reduceavoid breaches of EU law and therefore deliver benefits to people and business; notes that members of the public, business, trade unions, NGOs and other stakeholders contribute substantially to the Commission´s monitoring through reporting defaults in the transposition and in the application of EU law by Member State authorities; encourages stakeholders to remain vigilant in this regard also in the future;
Amendment 13 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that in 2014 the Commission received its highest number of new complaints in the areas of employment, social affairs and inclusion since 2011; notes that it has taken the Commission longer than normal to respond to certain complaints in the areas of employment, social affairs and inclusion;
Amendment 17 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the fact that in 2014 there we no significant European court of Justice rulings in the field of employment, social affairs and inclusion;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2326(INI)
4. Points out that the number of new late transposition cases increased slightly in 2014 compared to the previous year and all of these were related to labour law; points out that late transposition is a persistent problem which averts people and stakeholders from receiving the benefit of Union law; stresses that late transposition has a negative effect on the overall legal certainty and the level playing field of Single Market;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission, when drafting and assessing legislation, to take greater account of the burden it may impose on SMEs, which create 85% of new jobs; underlines the need to not only assess financial factors and short-term effects but also the long-term value of legislation including societal benefits which are often difficult to quantify in economic terms;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on further measures to ensure effective monitoring and enforcement of legislation, including timely transposition and compliance with the objectives of the legislation, and to deal with damaging loopholes where they arise; stresses the need for clearly-worded legislation in order to facilitate compliance in this context;
Amendment 43 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses, however, that EU legislation sets only minimum standards which can be improved by member States by national legislation; emphasises that the Commission´s focus on gold-plating as a negative practice for employment legislation runs contrary the principle of the EU Treaty including art 151 TFEU for the protection and improvement of living and working conditions;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the efforts made by the Commission during the past years and acknowledges the range of measures that have been put in place to assist the Member States with implementation such as correlation tables, an annual scoreboard and guidelines; welcomes the fact that the Commission provides implementation plans to make it easier to apply the Union law without delay and effectively; points out the importance of the Commission monitoring the use of implementation plans by Member States;
Amendment 52 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to coordinate their efforts at an earlier stage of the legislative process with a view to ensuring that future EU law can be implemented more effectively; points out, however, that such a coordination must be without prejudice to the prerogative of the legislator;
Amendment 59 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to review the framework under which Member States provide supporting information about how they transposed directives into national law;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes the tools developed by the Commission, such as Your European Portal, Solvit and Chap, which provide support to stakeholders, but deplores the fact that these tools are still only little known and little used.
Amendment 66 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on member states to provide more precise and clear information regarding the transposition of directives to the Commission in order to allow for a better review.
Amendment 7 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
Citation 28 a (new)
- having regard to recommendation 2003/361 by the European Commission concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises,
Amendment 8 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 b (new)
Citation 28 b (new)
Amendment 9 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 c (new)
Citation 28 c (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report "Employee representation at establishment level in Europe" (2011),
Amendment 10 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 d (new)
Citation 28 d (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report "Public measures to support self- employment and job creation in one- person and micro enterprises" (2012),
Amendment 11 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 e (new)
Citation 28 e (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report "Social dialogue in micro and small companies" (2014),
Amendment 15 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas recent Eurofound research shows that SMEs which tend to create jobs are often young, innovative, internationally active, located in urban areas and run by skilled managers, and have comprehensive growth and investment strategies;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas the social and solidarity- based economy provides employment for more than 14 million people, representing around 6.5% of workers in the EU; whereas there are 2 million social and solidarity-based economy enterprises in the EU, representing 10% of undertakings in the Union; whereas social enterprises have proven resilient during the economic crisis;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas trade union/employee representation and social dialogue/collective bargaining arrangements have been well documented as being not as widespread in SMEs as they are in larger companies; whereas there are considerable differences between different countries in this regard;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas data on contractual arrangements and work organisation in SMEs is difficult to find in general;
Amendment 31 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas according to Eurofound, working conditions including working hours are often more flexible and informally arranged in SMEs than in larger companies, in the case of many countries; whereas the initial impact of the crisis appears to have had the effect of increasing existing 'internal' flexibilities, as organisations try to cope with shifting external circumstances and demands;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that in order to ensure better conditions for quality job creation for the SME sector the European Commission and the Member States must address the following problems, which are unequally present in different regions: skills scarcity and brain drain; regulatory burddifficulties to fulfil administrative requirements and regulatory uncertainty; the shadow economy; and the de facto privileged position of multinational corporations (MNCs);access to finance; the motivation of owner–managers to grow a business and take some level of risk; the shadow economy; and the de facto privileged position of multinational corporations (MNCs); 1a __________________ 1aBased on data from the Eurofound report Job creation in SMEs: ERM annual report 2015 (27 January 2016)
Amendment 56 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses the need for a regulatory environment that encourages investment that concurrently fosters sustainable growth and quality jobs;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that tackling the above-mentioned structural problems would result, inter alia, in fairer competition and the extension of the social contribution and tax base to a higher number of economic operators, leading to lower labour and administrative costs and thus creating better condition for quality job creation;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 79 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses, however that lowering labour costs by reducing workers’' protection is not a correct means of achieving lower unemployment, and that, in addition, reducing workers’' rights and wages induces higher skills outflows, exposing SMEs to shortages of skilled workers, while at the same time generating precarity in Europe;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses, however that lowering labour costs by reducing workers’ protection is not a correct means of achieving lower unemployment, and that, in addition, reducing workers’ rights induces higher skills outflows, exposing SMEs to shortages of skilled workers;
Amendment 94 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned at the growing phenomenon of bogus self-employment across the EU, which cannot be considered in positive terms as contributing to the ‘growing number of micro-enterprises’, but, rather, undermines the image of entrepreneurshipworkers' rights and competitiveness;
Amendment 114 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Reminds the Commission that SMEs run by vulnerable groups have a harder time accessing finance, calls therefore on the Commission to assess and fight discrimination in access to finance;
Amendment 135 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view that the artificialright balance needs to be found regarding the academisation of specific professions is not helpful if one wishes ton tackleing the problem of skills scarcities in SMEs; believes that vocational training, and especially dual systems operated in cooperation with SMEbusinesses, should be given more public support; considers that informal training, on-the-job training and knowledge sharing among staff should be encouraged; 1b __________________ 1bBased on Eurofound report Job creation in SMEs: ERM annual report 2015 (27 January 2016). Some companies have a training plan in place to ensure that workers’ skills are kept up-to-date. Furthermore, more informal training is widely encouraged, including on-the-job training or knowledge sharing among staff.
Amendment 144 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the Commission to set up programmes to enhance entrepreneurship, in particular women entrepreneurship, and SMEs financial literacy through education but also better access to information and the creation of one-stop-shops for SMEs;
Amendment 151 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that apprenticeship schemes within SMEs should be better promoted by Member States, including through financial incentives; highlights that vocational education and training plays a vital economic and social role in Europe as an instrument to promote equal opportunities for all citizens, including vulnerable and disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 163 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Member States to create opportunities for young people to acquire entrepreneurship skills; also stresses the importance of mentoring forworking and entrepreneurial skills, starting from an early age, by updating the education curricula and the development of transversal competencies, skills and knowledge; also stresses the importance of mentoring for apprentices, interns, newly employed, as well as young entrepreneurs;
Amendment 170 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses that lifelong skills development and counselling are important tools to ensure equal opportunities, including for people from disadvantaged groups, as well as more gender equality;
Amendment 171 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Considers business mentorship programmes essential to improving survival rates not only for start-ups but also for young SMEs and SMEs wishing to expand;
Amendment 172 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the ‘'Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs’' programme, which helps provide aspiring Europeanyoung entrepreneurs with the skills necessary to start and/or successfully run a small business; calls for the European Commission and Member States to make this programme better known among the target groups;
Amendment 181 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on Member States to adopt favourable legislative frameworks for young graduates who are employed by an SME osupport young graduates entering the labour mareket or starting up an enterprise;
Amendment 193 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on Member States to provide appropriate training and ensure an ongoing professional development of teachers to promote up to date teaching methods and the development of 21st century skills and competencies;
Amendment 195 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Underlines the importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) studies also with regard to enabling European SMEs to play a leading role at the global stage;
Amendment 196 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Emphasises that corporate social responsibility has a long European tradition and that socially responsible businesses continue to set an example today; stresses that SMEs can play an important role in ensuring environmentally, socially and economically sustainable growth; calls on SMEs to live up to their environmental and social responsibility and take proactive measures to identify and prevent any violation of human or environmental rights, corruption or tax evasion, including in their subsidiaries and supply chains; points out that the organisation of work, equal opportunities and social inclusion, anti-discrimination measures, adequate transparency standards, reliable accountability mechanisms and the development of lifelong education and training are crucial in this context;
Amendment 199 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes the view that reducimproving the regulatory and administrative burdenvironment, together with improving the quality of regulation and enforcement, constitute the right way to lower SMEs’ costs, including laboursupported by information campaigns and prevention, consts, in orderitute the right way to increase their job creation potential of SMEs;
Amendment 201 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes the view that reducing the regulatory and administrative burden, together with improving the quality of regulation and enforcement, constitutes the right way to lower SMEs’ costs, including labour costs, in order to increase their job creation potential;
Amendment 208 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Stresses the importance of a comprehensive European regulatory environment which harmonizes the rules existing in 28 Member States thereby facilitating market access of SMEs;
Amendment 209 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the regulatory framework for social businesses;
Amendment 210 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Acknowledges the importance of taking into account the situation, specific needs and difficulties with compliance by micro and small enterprises in the context of the implementation of OSH measures at company level; stresses that awareness raising, exchange of good practices, consultation, user-friendly guides and online platforms are of utmost importance to help SMEs and micro enterprises comply more effectively with OSH regulatory requirements; calls on the Commission, EU-OSHA and the Member States to continue developing practical tools and guidelines, which support, facilitate and improve the compliance of SMEs and micro enterprises with OSH requirements;
Amendment 211 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13 d. Calls on the Commission to continue taking into account the specific nature and situation of SMEs and micro- enterprises when revising the strategic framework in order to help these companies meet the objectives set as regards to health and safety in the workplace;
Amendment 213 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 f (new)
Paragraph 13 f (new)
13 f. Calls for easier access to credit and microfinance as well as tailor-made counselling and support for start-ups and micro-enterprises, to enhance their job creation potential; underlines the importance of the European programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI), as well as the Investment Plan for Europe in this context;
Amendment 214 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 g (new)
Paragraph 13 g (new)
13 g. Stresses the need for one-stop- shops at national and regional level to provide SMEs with the necessary information on regulatory requirements and financing possibilities;
Amendment 215 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to review the rules affecting SMEs and to introduce measures based on the ‘Think Small First’ principlewhen drafting legislation, to take into account the effects it will have on SMEs, in order to remimprove the bureaucratic obstacles with which SMEs are confrontedregulatory environment and to achieve a high level of regulatory certainty as a precondition for jobemployment quality and stability;
Amendment 216 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to review the rules affecting SMEs and to introduce measures based on the ‘Think Small First’ principle, in order to remove the bureaucratic obstacles with which SMEs are confronted and achieve a high level of regulatory certainty as a precondition for jensure quality standards for workers such as working conditions, working time and health and safety without burdening SMEs with bureaucratic ob stabilitycles;
Amendment 227 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that a stable regulatory environment is an essential prerequisite for job perennity andsustainable quality job creation in SMEs; considers that this regulatory certainty must encompass, among other elements, workers' protection, contract law and fiscal and social regulation, as well as tax rulings and also legal certainty and procedural effectiveness;
Amendment 233 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Believes that the stability of the regulatory environment is best achieved by an ongoing involvement of social partners in the decision making process;
Amendment 236 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Recalls that competition policy is enforced at the European level; highlights that unfair competition in the Single Market damages law-abiding companies, in particular small and medium enterprises; calls on the Commission together with the Member States to take decisive measures to tackle unfair competition that is based on for example avoidance of social, fiscal or labour law;
Amendment 237 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take decisive measures to curb letterbox companies;
Amendment 238 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15 d. Recalls that all workers in the Single Market must have the right to enjoy the highest possible level of protection as regards to health and safety at work regardless of the size of the company which employs them, the place of employment or the underlying contract;
Amendment 239 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 251 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of SME- friendly, effective, flexible and responsive public administration in the Member States in order to promote entrepreneurship values, facilitate the growth of SMEs and enable them to achieve their full job creation potential; potential in generating high-quality jobs;
Amendment 253 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to facilitate efficient exchanges of best practices between Member States regarding their different regulatory environments for SMEs; welcomes in this regard the Network of SME Envoys, whose role is to improve the consultation process with national SMEs and cooperation between EU countries; also encourages cooperation between SMEs and local authorities, which can be beneficial for the creation of business clusters and incubators and hence increase their job creation potential; encourages SMEs' associations to better support SMEs and to play a stronger role as a reliable social partner;
Amendment 262 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to adopt, in the framework of the European Semester’'s country-specific recommendations, a differentiated approach to improve the environment for SMEs, taking into account the country- specific circumstances and the EU regions’' specific structural differences among SMEs;
Amendment 266 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to remove the remaining administrative barriers with a viewWelcomes the creation of a Capital Market Union and calls for further measures to facilitatinge market access for micro-enterprises and SMEs from other Member States;
Amendment 279 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Member States to adopt favourable legislative frameworks for newly- created SMEs, focusing in particular on incentive measures aimed at tackling the shadow economytackle the shadow economy and make full use of the newly established platform to tackle undeclared work;
Amendment 284 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Calls on Member States to develop active labour market policies, foster research and innovation, and provide good quality public services and infrastructures, in order to also encourage private sector investment into SMEs;
Amendment 286 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Stresses the need for Member States to foster partnerships between local authorities, education institutions, employment services, enterprises, trade unions, and civil society associations, also with regard to the creation, implementation and monitoring of sustainable and inclusive quality employment strategies and action plans;
Amendment 300 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that in some cases EU competition policy results in a privileginge that mostly benefits big market operators that are characterised by greater economic efficiency than SMEs; stresses in this regard the need for specific measures for SMEs in order to curb their market diseconomies, thus enabling their internationalisation and boosting their job creation potentialpotential to generate high quality jobs;
Amendment 309 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the view that SMEs’' unequal access to markets, information, counselling, public services, skills and finance across the EUuropean Union, as well as being detrimental to their employment creation prospects, is the result of a number of structural differences in terms of enterprises’' scale and performances; considers, therefore, that these differences should be taken into account when evaluating EUthe Union's internal market performance and implementing Union competition policy rules;
Amendment 312 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Considers that an image of a SME as an attractive employer, based on good working and employment conditions, is an important competitive advantage with regard to the recruitment of skilled staff;
Amendment 315 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Takes the view that overregulated and bureaucratic economic systems induce higher labour costs, which represent a higher financial burden for SMEs than for big companies owing to the differences in business volumestax policies should favour job creation;
Amendment 316 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Takes the view that overregulated and bureaucratic economic systems induce higher labour costs, which represent a higher financial burden for SMEs than for big companies owing to the differences in business volumesfair competition is a fundamental principle of a functioning Single Market;
Amendment 320 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that in regions where economic development is focused on attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), MNCs are treated preferentially in both legislative and tax matters; believes that these practicestresses the need to closely monitor the respect of workers' rights in these cases; believes that a preferential treatment of MNCs should also be examined with a view to ensuring a level playing field for SMEs and restoringand to diminish their potential negative impact on their employment creation capacities of SMEs;
Amendment 326 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that a reducn improved regulatory burden, better regulation and improvement offramework, and efficient law enforcement can contribute to tackling the issues of the shadow economy and tax avoidance, as the attractiveness of such ‘exits’ from the regulatory systems would be substantially reduced;
Amendment 330 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that a reduced regulatory burden, better regulation and improvement of law enforcement can contribute to tackling the issues of the shadow economy and tax avoidance, as the attractiveness of such ‘exits’ from the regulatory systems would be substantially reduced;
Amendment 340 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to conduct an impact assessment regarding the implications of the futureproposed TTIP agreement, for the number and quality of jobs in the SME sector in all Member States; stresses that such an impact assessment should include a detailed analysis of the types of SMEs and sectors that might be affected;
Amendment 348 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes the opportunities offered by the Digital Single Market to generate growth and jobs, notably in the field of e- commerce; stresses, however, the need for an SME-focused evaluation of the potential risks and benefits in different Member Statefor SMEs with regard to their growth and job creation potential in the different Member States, as well as for the impact on workers and social security systems;
Amendment 354 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the presence of information portals aimed specifically at SMEs, such as the ‘'Access to Finance Portal’' on Your Europe, and calls on the Commission to continue with them andfurther improve their functionality, accessibility and to transform them into more interactive instruments;
Amendment 31 #
2015/2283(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes, nevertheless, that it is important to raise the awareness of national parliaments on subsidiarity issues and to support them with tools permitting information exchange; stresses that, especially sincewelcomes the commitment of the European Commission to its 'Evaluate First' approach, but stresses that the volume of reasoned opinions received from national parliaments in 2014 remained unchanged in proportion to the number of Commission proposals, a mechanism should be developed for the participation of national parliaments in the EU legislative process despite the use of this policy- making approach;
Amendment 32 #
2015/2283(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes, nevertheless, that it is important to raise the awareness ofsupport national parliaments on subsidiarity issues and to support them with tools permitting information exchange; stresses that, especially since the volume of reasoned opinions received from national parliaments in 2014 remained unchanged in proportion to the number of Commission proposals, a mechanism should be developed for the participation of national parliaments in the EU legislative process;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2283(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the period of eight weeks given to national parliaments to issue a reasoned opinion under Article 6 of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality should be extended significantlymeasured flexibly, recalling that any modification of the deadline may necessarily imply a change to the Treaties;
Amendment 56 #
2015/2283(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the Commission should provide an adequate response to the request by a number of national chambers for a stronger subsidiarity control procedure; supports the request made by some national chambers to play a more crucial role, by proposing that the Commission should be bound to withdraw or amend its proposal when a yellow card is triggemore formally including national parliaments in the EU's legislative procedured; believes, at the same time, that the idea of a ‘'green card’' should be considered as one means of raising the participation and activity of national parliaments in the EU legislative process.
Amendment 3 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
Amendment 87 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas the multiplication of abusive practices and exercise of unfair competition weakens support to the principle of the internal market and undermines confidence in European integration;
Amendment 138 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas strong safeguards to protect the rights of posted workers and to prevent 'social dumping' are laid down in Directive 96/71/EC, that presents a core of mandatory rules regarding the terms and conditions of employment to be applied to an employee posted to work in another Member State,
Amendment 141 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
Recital D e (new)
D e. having regard to the on-going implementation of the Posting of Workers Enforcement Directive (2014/67/EU) and its aim to further increase the protection of posted workers and to specifically tackle cases of "social dumping",
Amendment 158 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a directive based on ILO Convention No. 81 on labour inspection in order to ensure the respect of labour standards and the protection of workers, such as provisions relating to working time, safety, and health; recalls the important role ensured by social partners in order to ensure that existing legislations are respected;
Amendment 178 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to increase the staffing levels and resources of their labour inspectorates, agencies and their liaison offices, in particularto monitor and enforce protections in new models of employment relationships, as well as for interpretation and translation;
Amendment 337 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to combatntinue combatting the phenomenon of letterbox companies by monitoring and re- evaluating progress made through new enforcement tools as those being developed in the framework of the Posting of Workers Enforcement Directive (2014/67/EU) and in the Platform for undeclared work and by applying more generally the principle that each company should have a single corporate headquarters; recalls the rejection by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the proposal for a directive on single-person limited liability companies;
Amendment 376 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the notion of 'minimum wage' contained in Directive 96/71/EC should be revised to ensure equal pay for posted workers and local workers in similar positions; stresses the need to respectadhere to the collective agreements of the host country and to ensure, through the revision of Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009, the payment of gross earnings corresponding to the remuneration paid by the employer before the deduction of taxes and social security contributions payable by employees and withheld by the employer; recalls that specific postings bonuses should be paid on top of remuneration;
Amendment 406 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Wishes periods of postings to be further limited in Directive 96/71/EC and temporary employment agencies to be excluded from the scope of the directive;
Amendment 476 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to introduce measures to prevent the manipulation of employment status with the aim of avoidance of employment rights and social protections;
Amendment 536 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on Member States to review their laws to eliminate on-call work models, such as precarious contracts called 'zero hour contracts' or 'pay to fly contracts', which can dramatically reduce workers´ income and security; believes that precarious working conditions are an additional safety risk;
Amendment 577 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission rapidly to draw up proposals to combat unfair competition in the digital and sharing economy as well as addressing the blurring of employment status which leaves workers unprotected, and tackling avoidance of social security and tax payments;
Amendment 631 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Desires that wage floorsmechanism be established, possibly in the form of a minimum wagwhere appropriate, to guarantee equal pay for equal work in the same place; emphasises that this instrument should be set up on the basis of legislation or conventionllective agreement, in accordance with national practices, with due respect for the role and the autonomy of the social partners; believes that these wage floors should represent at least 60% of the average national wage; calls on the Commission to consult the social partners with a view to introducing, where appropriate, a minimum wage in some border areas associated with highly mobile workersfully before presenting any measures to introduce a system for delivering equal pay for equal work in the same place;
Amendment 5 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for all ILO core labour standardsas a minimum, for the ratification and implementation of all ILO core labour standards as well as other relevant ILO conventions such as ILO 94, and for them to be a compulsory and enforceable element of EU trade agreements, such as TiSA from the outset;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that increasing mobility must be accompanied by high and binding social and labour standards so as to ensure that workers are protected against exploitation and social dumping; stresses furthermore in this regard the importance of sufficient control and enforcement mechanisms;
Amendment 19 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that any future agreement on trade in services must include a clause on control and enforcement mechanisms so as to deter and prevent companies from infringing labour and social rights, including collective agreements; is particularly concerned about the effects of complex cross-border subcontracting chains through which it becomes very difficult to ensure and monitor compliance; calls therefore on the Commission to propose EU legislation ensuring liability in sub-contracting chains, and considers that such liability must also apply and be enforceable on companies from third-countries; points out in this regard that the principle of equal remuneration for equal work at the same workplace should be enshrined in EU law and underlines that labour inspectorates and trade unions have a vital role to play in the prevention and monitoring of abuse and also help to enhance expertise and information provision at company level; urges the Member States to increase the staffing levels of, and the resources available to, their labour inspectorates and to meet the target of one inspector for every 10 000 workers, as recommended by the ILO, as well as to impose more severe penalties on firms that fail to comply with their obligations concerning fundamental rights (including remuneration, working hours and OHS); considers that the penalties in such cases must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Deplores the decline in funding for labour inspection and the inadequacy of cross-border access to data within the EU; is concerned about the consequences this inadequacy and decline might have with regards to further liberalisation of the trade in services through TiSA; highlights that labour inspections in particular face challenges in monitoring companies where migrant workers and posted workers from the EU and third countries are employed; stresses that, for labour inspections to be effective, it is important that they are sufficiently aware of situations with a high risk of non- compliance; points out that national-level electronic systems for the compulsory advance registration of foreign workers by employers could substantially facilitate the task of labour inspection;
Amendment 35 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses, in order to avoid unfair competition, social dumping and exploitation of workers, that the principle of equal remuneration for equal work is enshrined in EU law and respected in all of the trade agreements signed by the EU; underlines that all workers, irrespective of their home country must, as a minimum, enjoy the same rights, conditions of employment and salaries as nationals in the place of work; stresses that this principle be included through a protection clause for deployed workers in any future agreement on trade in services;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Considers that any future agreement on trade in services must include a clause preventing companies from circumventing or undermining the right to take industrial action, through the use of workers from third countries during negotiations on collective agreements and labour disputes;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the right of the State to organise and regulate the provision of services, taking account of social and environmental criteria as well as the public interest, must be retained in full, and calls for; underlines in this regard the duties and the role of public authorities to serve the society and our citizens through ensuring availability, accessibility, acceptability, affordability and quality of public services; calls for services of general interest, services of general economic interest as well as social services of general interest1 a to be excluded from the scope of the agreement, irrespective of whether they are provided privately or publicly; __________________ 1a European Parliament Report, 22 June 2011, A7-0239/2011 "on the future of social services of general interest": http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getD oc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A7- 2011-0239&language=EN
Amendment 58 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that the EU should make very limited commitments as to any future provisions through the current Mode 1 of the GATS, so as not to undermine the high working standards and conditions in the EU through the provisions of services being supplied from third countries, particularly concerning the ICT sector;
Amendment 64 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers furthermore that the EU-wide posting of workers should not be regulated in trade agreements; considers however that, as a minimum, the Directive 96/71/EC on the posting of workers, together with other national and EU labour and social legislation as well as collective agreements, should be applicable to contractual service suppliers and business sellers accessing the EU, today and in the future, through the Mode 4 provisions in GATS;
Amendment 67 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of the social partners and their expertise, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to involve and closely cooperate with them throughout the negotiations on TiSA, especially regarding the possible effects any trade agreement in services have on the labour market;
Amendment 74 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. ExpectsConsiders that the agreement musto include a clause making it possible to unilaterally amend and revierse the liberalisation of services, particularly in the event of infringements of labour and social standards;
Amendment 95 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes the intention of including a chapter in TiSA on the deployment of natural persons; is deeply concerned however about the current non-existence of statistics and data concerning the movement of natural persons (mode 4) under the already existing General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS); underlines the importance of transparency for this category of service providers so as to monitor and avoid abuse and exploitation of third-country nationals, for example in the form of bogus self-employment; calls on the Commission to urgently collate and present information on the number and type of service providers, including the duration of their stay, entering the EU through GATS mode 4; calls furthermore for an EU Directive to harmonise and monitor the flow of third-country individual service providers coming into the EU through these provisions in order to establish the conditions of entry and stay of individual service providers;
Amendment 96 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Underlines that any provisions concerning the deployment of natural persons or mode 4 provisions, must only concern highly skilled professionals, i.e. persons holding a University or equivalent Masters degree and employed in a senior managerial role, and the duration of their stay in the EU must be for a specific purpose, for a well determined, limited period of time and under precise conditions; therefore rejects any changes to the current mode 4 rules as defined in the GATS and considers that the current Directive 2014/66/EU on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals in the framework of an intra- corporate transfer should be revised in order to avoid abuse and social dumping;
Amendment 97 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Stresses that Member States must retain their full sovereignty as to whether or not to commit to any future Mode 4 provisions; underlines furthermore that any sectors included in these provisions must be identified together with and in full cooperation with the social partners;
Amendment 98 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Stresses that before making any new commitments on global trade in services, the Commission must present an extensive impact assessment of the effects on the economy and on the labour market of all current modes of GATS since its entry into force; calls furthermore on the Commission to as soon as possible present an impact assessment of TiSA with regards to working conditions, possible effects as to unfair competition and any eventual decline in certain sectors due to increased competition from third- countries;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. whereas employment rates are generally lower among women in comparison with men: in 2014, the employment rate for men stood at 70.1 % in the EU-28, as compared with 59.6 % for women1a ; __________________ 1a http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Employment_st atistics&oldid=190559.
Amendment 3 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C (new)
Recital C (new)
C. whereas women are generally paid around 16 % less than men, and the gender pay gap often leads to women receiving lower pensions than men – on average across the EU, women's pensions are 39 % lower than men's;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D (new)
Recital D (new)
D. whereas parental poverty often leads to child poverty and seriously affects children later in life; whereas single- parent families, especially families headed by single mothers, are at greater risk of poverty or social exclusion (49.8% compared to 25.2%, although there are large differences between countries, according to EU-SILC1b , which is related to the feminisation of poverty, women's overrepresentation in precarious work and as involuntary part-time workers, stated in the disproportionate time spent by women in unpaid work, interruptions in women's careers to care for children or other family members, and pay gap between men and women; __________________ 1b Save the Children, "Child Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe", Brussels, 2014, p.14.
Amendment 5 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E (new)
Recital E (new)
E. whereas the ICT sector is characterised by both vertical and horizontal segregation which is even higher than in many other sectors, as well as a gap between women's educational qualifications and their position in the ICT sector; whereas the majority (54 %) of women employed in the ICT sector occupy low- paid and low skilled positions and only a small minority of them (8 %) are in the high skill software engineer positions; whereas women are also underrepresented in the decision-making within this sector with only 19,2 % of ICT sector workers having female bosses compared to 45,2 % of non-ICT sector workers;
Amendment 6 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital F (new)
Recital F (new)
F. whereas enhancing women's labour market participation can help to address their increased risk of poverty and social exclusion, especially in case of single parent families, as well as help prevent their experience of poverty in old age due to lower pension entitlements;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital G (new)
Recital G (new)
G. whereas encouraging more women to enter and stay on the labour market can also help to counterbalance the effects of a shrinking working-age population projected in most EU Member States by enhancing labour supply and it would thereby help reduce the strain on public finances and social protection systems, make better use of women's skills and competences and raise growth potential and competitiveness;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Takes the view that gender equality, by increasing social and economic well- being, benefits not only women but society as a whole; recalls that effectively challenging gender stereotypes is crucial to increasing women's participation in all segments of the labour market; calls on the EU to be a champion in challenging gender stereotypes, especially in the areas of education, work and further training;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to combat all forms of multiple discrimination on gender basis, to ensure application of the principle of non-discrimination and equality in the labour market and in access to employment, and in particular to adopt social protection measures to ensure that women's pay and welfare entitlements, including pensions, are equal to those of men with the same or similar experience doing the same job or a job of equal value;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Calls on the Commission for full implementation and revision of the Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation, with a compulsory requirement for companies to draw up measures or plans on gender equality, including actions on desegregation, the development of pay systems and measures to support women's careers;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the gender pay and career development gap continues for women working in the ICT sector; stresses that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages is being challenged even though it constitutes one of the fundamental pillars of social justice in the labour market and should therefore be protected above all else; reiterates that inequalities should not be allowed to take root in the digital economy as regards equal pay and career development; stresses that an increasing labour market participation of women and related investments in social inclusion policies will help to reduce the gender pay gap; highlights the importance of collective bargaining also in the digital market economy to safeguard quality and security of jobs in times of digitalisation;
Amendment 32 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that efforts to close the gender pay gap will benefit from measures that improve conditions for all low- and medium-waged workers, including reversing the trend of declining labour income share and linking wage growth to productivity1 , increasing the minimum wage, investing in social protection systems, reducing unemployment and boosting collective bargaining rights; __________________ 1 International Labour Organisation, Global Wage Report 2012/13: Wages and equitable growth, 2013.
Amendment 36 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights that women pensioners run higher poverty risks than men as a consequence of the inequalities existing between men and women in the labour market; stresses the importance of combating indirect discrimination in pension schemes, not only in occupational schemes but also in the practices of statutory pension schemes; therefore, as regards the occupational old age pensions schemes, which are also deeply involved in the processes of reforming old age pensions, they are increasingly run according to insurance principles and thus under the criteria of capitalization, and this might give rise to many gaps in terms of social protection1c ; emphasises that the Court of Justice of the European Union has made it clear that occupational pension schemes are to be considered as pay and that the principle of equal treatment therefore applies to these schemes as well; __________________ 1c http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender- equality/files/conference_sept_2011/dgjus tice_oldagepensionspublication3march20 11_en.pdf
Amendment 48 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. NCalls on the Member States to step up their efforts to combat undeclared work and precarious jobs; highlights the high levels of undeclared work performed by women, which negatively impact on women's income, social security coverage and protection and have a bad effect on the EU's GDP levels; notes that women are disproportionately and often involuntarily concentrated in precarious work; urges the Member States to consider implementing the International Labour Organisation (ILO) recommendations intended to reduce the scale of precarious work2 , such as restricting the circumstances in which precarious or atypical contracts can be used and limiting the length of time workers can be employed on such a contract, after which they must be given a permanent contract; __________________ 2 International Labour Organisation, Policies and regulations to combat precarious employment, 2011.
Amendment 54 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that another facet of job precariousness is the extent of involuntary part-time work, which has increased from 16.7% to 19.6% of total employment and the spread and diversification of forms of casual working; the self-employment rate of women continued to be around 10%, while the male rate remained roughly one in five;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that despite the fact that women are increasingly well qualified, even out-performing men in terms of educational attainment, they continue to be underrepresented in the labour market; therefore, it leads to the need for further action towards a comprehensive integration of the work-life balance approach into policy making, including care facilities, leave and flexible working time arrangement, as well as tax and benefit systems free of disincentives for second earners to work or work more;
Amendment 56 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance the reconciliation of work and private life by concrete measures, guaranteeing better protection of women at work, such as urgently proposing new legislative proposal on Maternity leave Directive, Carers´ leave Directive, reinforcing legislation on paternity leave;
Amendment 57 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on the Commission to break the so-called "glass ceiling" that hinders women from accessing managerial and top positions; calls, therefore, for swift adoption of the Women on Boards Directive as an important first step for equal representation in the public and private sectors, and stresses the Commission's responsibility to take any action that could help break the deadlock in Council regarding EU legislation addressing transparency and greater gender balance in recruitment for decision-making positions;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes thatCalls on the Member States to create better conditions for employment of women; stresses in this regard the Barcelona Objectives and the importance of accessible and affordable quality childcare for the employment rate of women; notes that cuts in public services and social infrastructure are disproportionately hitting women and thereby having a detrimental impact on women's participation in the labour market and thereby increase women's risk of poverty, social exclusion, health problems and violence, and especially the lack of affordable childcare contributes to the gender employment gap, the pay gap and related pension gap, and the disproportionate number of women who are in precarious work and in or at risk of poverty; urges the Member States to ensure access to childcare by, for example, increasing expenditure on the provision of childcare services and/or subsidies to households, incentivising employer contributions to childcare costs, and making better use of EU funds;
Amendment 72 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reiterates its call on the Commission and Member States to introduce a Child Guarantee with its specific fund so that every child in poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition, as part of a European integrated plan to combat child poverty including both the Child Guarantee and programmes offering support and opportunities for the parents to come out of social exclusion situations and to integrate the labour market;
Amendment 86 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that women’'s economic independence plays a crucial role in their ability to escape situations of domestic violence, and that women who have exhausted their paid leave are at risk of losing their jobs and economic independence; calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider introducing a statutory right to paid domestic violence leave.leave for victims of domestic violence as well as the introduction of "care credits" to allow women outside the labour market to collect pension contributions;
Amendment 92 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need for more appropriate indicators at EU level to improve data collection and qualitative analysis as well as gender-responsive budgeting to capture the gender dimension of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 94 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the country-specific recommendations in the European Semester on addressing the gender pay gap are implemented;
Amendment 95 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Member States to use Structural funds, in particular European Social Fund, to improve education and training with a view to improving labour market access and combating unemployment, poverty and social exclusion; highlights that the 20 percent share of the European Social Funds (ESF) allocated to social inclusion measures and social innovation projects should be used more actively to support initiatives aimed at empowering women experiencing poverty and social exclusion; and urges the Member States to undertake more information campaigns on opportunities for participation in EU funded projects;
Amendment 98 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to involve social partners (trade unions and employers) and civil society, including gender equality bodies, in the realisation of gender equality, with a view to fostering equal treatment; stresses that social dialogue must include the monitoring and promotion of gender equality practices at the workplace, including flexible working arrangements, with the aim of facilitating the reconciliation of work and private life; stresses the importance of collective agreements in combating discrimination and promoting equality between women and men at work, as well as other instruments such as codes of conduct, research or exchanges of experience and good practice in the area of gender equality.
Amendment 25 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas more than 50 million people are affected by energy poverty in Europe, which represents around 30% of households in the EU;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas energy poverty is linked to general poverty and is the result of a number of underlying conditions including high-energy prices, aggressive commercial and marketing techniques, issues concerning health and disability, a lack of access to tailored offers or online services, low incomes, the type of heating system in use in the household and the quality and energy performance of the housing stock;
Amendment 122 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to acknowledge that access to affordable energy is a basic social right and adopt a common definition on energy poverty;
Amendment 141 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 1 a (new)
- adopting a common definition on energy poverty focussing on the inability of a household to support an adequate level of energy supply so as to guarantee basic levels of comfort and health, due to a combination of low income, high-energy prices and low quality housing stock;
Amendment 167 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 5 a (new)
- acknowledging the idea that access to affordable energy is a basic social right;
Amendment 299 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16 c. Calls on the Commission, in combination with the collection of data, to collect best practice between local authorities, regions and Member States and to promote those practices in both a top-down and bottom-up approach; (to be inserted after subheading 5)
Amendment 307 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Emphasises that energy must be made affordable to all citizens of the EU; considers that avoiding unnecessary consumption, efficiency improvements and sustainable energy investment, particularly in buildings, would enable many households to escape energy poverty;
Amendment 312 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Highlights that the problem is likely to worsen given unstable energy security and underlines that while fuel subsidies can provide a respite, this is a temporary solution and subsidies alone remain an unsustainable option for reducing energy poverty;
Amendment 315 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17 c. Highlights the inequality of energy poverty in that the pricing structure for customers means that the poorest people often pay more for their energy;
Amendment 317 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17 d. Stresses the importance of data collection in order to drive evidence-based policy objectives;
Amendment 326 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Calls on the Commission to prioritise measures for the retrofitting of existing housing among the most vulnerable consumers; calls on the Commission to work with local authority partners to set clear targets for the renovation of housing stock across the EU;
Amendment 337 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Recalls that local authorities also have a role to play in promoting alternative financing instruments including co-operative models and in the promotion of collective buying agreements to enable consumers to combine their energy demands and therefore lead to cheaper energy prices; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the role of local authorities in alleviating energy poverty;
Amendment 356 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Urges the Commission and Member States to take immediate action to tackle precarious work which prevents individuals from having a regular and secure income, therefore creating a barrier to successful budgeting and paying household bills;
Amendment 358 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to put measures in place to end the outrageous gender pay gap in the EU which currently stands at 16% and raises to 39% for pensions, and highlights the key importance of this measure for single female parents whose households costs may prove to be truly burdensome;
Amendment 359 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24 c. Highlights the importance of quality and accessible childcare in allowing parents to return to work and increase their incomes, stresses the importance of this for single parents in particular and calls on the Commission and Member States to put measures in place to improve childcare provisions immediately;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2147(INI)
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 #
2015/2147(INI)
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 #
2015/2147(INI)
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 #
2015/2147(INI)
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 #
2015/2147(INI)
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 #
2015/2147(INI)
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 #
2015/2147(INI)
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 #
2015/2147(INI)
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 #
2015/2147(INI)
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 #
2015/2147(INI)
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 #
2015/2147(INI)
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 #
2015/2147(INI)
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 #
2015/2147(INI)
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.
Amendment 99 #
2015/2132(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 c (new)
Paragraph 67 c (new)
67c. Stresses that Parliament and the Council must address the need for a roadmap to a single seat, as requested by the large majority of this Parliament in several resolutions, in order to create long term savings in the Union budget;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas data from the Eurofound 6th EWCS indicate that 7% of workers report being discriminated on at least one ground and confirm workers reporting evidence of discrimination on multiple grounds;
Amendment 53 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas older workers are still often exposed to age discrimination, stereotypes and barriers;
Amendment 106 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that evidence suggests that investments in reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities are cost- beneficial and provide a return, in terms not only of social inclusion, but also of increased productivity and reduced absenteeism18 ; regrets the failure in many Member States to provide reasonable accommodation; __________________ 18 European Parliament, Policy Department A: Economic and Scientific Policy, ‘Reasonable Accommodation and Sheltered Workshops for People with Disabilities: Costs and Returns of Investments’.
Amendment 127 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to use Structural funds, in particular European Social Fund, to adapt workplaces and to provide necessary assistance for people with disabilities at work, to improve education and training with a view to improving labour market access and combating unemployment, poverty and social exclusion of disabled people;
Amendment 133 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Member States to combine quotas and passive labour market policies, such as tax breaks and cash incentives, with active labour market policies – i.e. guidance and counselling, training and education, and quality job placements – to support the employment of people with disabilities;
Amendment 141 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the Member States to develop an all-encompassing framework for measures benefittsuring access to quality work ofor people with disabilities, including using fines imposed for failures to comply with anti-discrimination legislation to finance other actions in the field;
Amendment 161 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Member States to promote access to employment and integration into labour market of all workers regardless their age and to apply measures in order to protect all workers in the workplace in terms of remuneration, training, carrier development, health and safety, etc.;
Amendment 179 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission in cooperation with the Member States to study the worrying problem of unemployment among people over the age of 50 and to develop effective tools for reintegrating such workers into the labour market;
Amendment 181 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Notes that elderly workers have more precarious rights and calls on the Member States to ensure their protection against unfair dismissal in case of retirement age;
Amendment 228 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to combat all forms of multiple discrimination, to ensure application of the principle of non- discrimination and equal treatment in the labour market and in access to employment; furthermore calls on the Member States to combat the harassment and violence at workplace which violates person's dignity and/or creates an offensive environment at work;
Amendment 256 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls on the Member States to guarantee the right of return to work for women after pregnancy and maternity leave and parental leave, to guarantee their right to effective health and safety protection at the workplace, to safeguard their maternity entitlements, and to take measures to prevent the unfair dismissal of employees during pregnancy and protect women and men with care responsibilities from unfair dismissal;
Amendment 257 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance the reconciliation of work and private life by concrete measures, such as urgently proposing new legislative proposals on Maternity leave Directive, Carers´ leave Directive, reinforcing legislation on paternity leave;
Amendment 309 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to involve social partners (trade unions and employers) and civil society, including equality bodies, in the effective application of equality in employment and occupation, with a view to fostering equal treatment; also calls on the Member States to improve social dialogue and the exchange of experience and best practice;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
- Having regard to Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000, establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation,
Amendment 54 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas worker representation and comprehensive worker engagement at company level and commitment from management is important to successful risk prevention at the workplace; recognising that accident and illness rates are dramatically lower in trade union organised workplace15 ; __________________ 15 Worker representation and consultation on health and safety, EU-OSHA (2012) https://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/repo rts/esener_workers-involvement
Amendment 63 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas recognising the scope and authority of social partners to negotiate and enforce agreements relating to health and safety is paramount;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas that changes and diversification in forms of employment ("precarisation") is undermining existing structures of occupational safety and health and excluding workers with unstable contracts from training and access to OHS services;
Amendment 98 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that all employees have a right to the highest level of protection regarding health and safety in the workplace regardless of the size of the employer, the underlying contract or the Member State of employment; calls on the Commission to work out a specific strategy on how to cover all forms of employment under the EU legislation on OHS and how to integrate self-employed and other types of employment not covered into OHS services and related training;
Amendment 131 #
2015/2107(INI)
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 peer reviewed research findings when reviewing the framework;
Amendment 161 #
2015/2107(INI)
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 and health stakeholders;
Amendment 207 #
2015/2107(INI)
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 and ensuring that safety representatives are able to receive training beyond the basic modules;
Amendment 209 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that no worker shall be blacklisted or suffer any detriment for raising health and safety concerns, including whistle blowing, to regulators;
Amendment 216 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that a precondition for good OSH management and performance is documented risk assessment, with full workforce participation, which allows for appropriate preventive measures to be put in place;
Amendment 223 #
2015/2107(INI)
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 results relating to inadequate implementation of existing legislation will be taken into account as part of the review of the strategic framework; calls on the Commission to promptly review all national implementing legislative text in order to identify and tackle discrepancies in an effective and timely manner;
Amendment 240 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop and implement a comprehensive approach on terminal illnesses, chronic and long term conditions at work through inter alia, identifying and sharing good practices on accommodations and adjustments at the workplace; awareness raising actions for employers and employees on rights of people with terminal illnesses, chronic and long term conditions at work and existing support mechanisms; and producing guidelines for employers, managers and employees with terminal illnesses, chronic and long term conditions on workplace adjustments and accommodations; to prevent the exacerbation of these conditions and illnesses and provide opportunities for supported self-management, and allowing the employee the right to choose to continue to work with dignity;
Amendment 249 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes efforts to improve the quality of the regulatory framework; reminds the Commission, however, that the submission of OSH directives to the REFIT exercise and modifications of legislation should be transparent, involve social partners fully, aim to raise the level of health and safety protection, and must under no circumstances result in reducderegulations in occupational health and safety;
Amendment 254 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that there is no lowering of EU health and safety legislation, standards and protections in the negotiation of any trade agreements involving the EU;
Amendment 275 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that many workers are still exposed to asbestos in their workplace; refers to the resolution of the European Parliament on asbestos; calls on the EU to work closely with social partners and the Member States to promote and coordinate Member States' efforts to develop national action plans for the management and safe removal of asbestos; calls on the a European campaign on asbestos and specific support for Member States to free all schools and gyms by 2020 from asbestos; calls on the Commission and Member States to design and implement a model for asbestos screening by setting clear targets for the registration of asbestos in buildings, and a realistic timescale for its removal;
Amendment 278 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Points out that many healthcare workers are exposed to hazardous chemicals in their workplace, in particular during the preparation and administration of cytotoxic medicinal products. Calls on the Commission to take action on chemical risk factors in the healthcare sector and to include specific provisions on healthcare workers' exposure to hazardous drugs in the Health and Safety Strategy;
Amendment 292 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to further extend the directive on medical sharps injuries, to ensure that all workers directly or indirectly involved in the use or disposal of medical sharps equipment are protected and not just those employed in the conventional hospital and healthcare sectors; also calls on the Member States to ensure that the current directive is properly implemented;
Amendment 299 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the uncertainty about the distribution and use of nanomaterials and believes that further research on the OSH risks associated with nanotechnology is needed and that areas where developing technology such as RFID and GPS are used, have clear and explicit guidelines; underlines that the precautionary principle should be applied in the protection of workers´ health, at risk of exposure to nanomaterials at work; calls upon the Commission to make EU regulation " nano proof" and to establish a single European registry which contains information of nanomaterials and a link to the products containing them;
Amendment 314 #
2015/2107(INI)
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 monitoranaging of psychosocial risks, including stress;
Amendment 333 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to adopt a targeted approach to improve the health and safety situation of all workers in precarious employment, especially those who may be vulnerable such as young people, and to take into account the negative effects that precarious employment has on occupational health and safety when addressing this issue in general;
Amendment 5 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas despite the added value it brings to the society and the economy and the potential it holds, domestic work remains undervalued in monetary terms, often informal, undocumented and perceived as something other than regular employment,
Amendment 13 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. having regard to the varyingwhereas, the conditions under which wdomen are employed as domestic workers or carers, which can be asstic workers or carers are employed vary greatly from one Member State to another from undeclared workers, undocumented, casual or and undeclared migrant workers with no contract, or no recognition of their qualificationto domestic work and care being provided as public social service or as private social service provided by businesses, agencies, associations and cooperatives, or as direct employment by private entities,
Amendment 15 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas domestic workers are affected by significant discrimination regarding the level of the rights and protection that applies to them if compared to a country's general standards, especially where domestic work is regulated through specific legislation and/or collective bargaining instead of being simply covered by general labour law; whereas the most important forms of discrimination regard domestic workers' limited coverage by social security (particularly unemployment benefits, sickness and accident pays as well as maternity, parental and other care leaves) and their frequent exclusion from dismissal protection,
Amendment 41 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the current Directive on Safety and Health at Work (Directive 89/391/EEC) covers formally employed domestic workers and carers with the exceptions of workers directly employed by private households,
Amendment 68 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Encourages theall Member States to ratify ILO Convention 189, and urges those who have already done so toensure that it is apply itied stringently;
Amendment 84 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for measures to be taken to ensure full compliance with the law on issues affecting this group, to step up labour inspections and ensure that these can take place in private residences, so as to clamp down on unlawful behaviour and to facilitate and incentivise legal hiring practices;
Amendment 92 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to guarantee the same provisions on health and safety at work for all domestic workers and carers regardless the employment type, i.e. for formally employed workers and for workers directly employed by private households;
Amendment 107 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends the establishment of an information service in each Member State (including an office, a helpline and a website) to providinge assistance and information to domestic workers and carers, and their employers, on the rights of women workerthese employees in each Member State as well as best practice, advice and guidance for employers;
Amendment 185 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that domestic workers and carers in Europe are valued as human beings and are able to have a work-life balance, including being covered by the Working Time Directive (2003/88/EC), in order that the employees are able to have essential periods of rest and are not forced into working excessive hours;
Amendment 190 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Asks the EU institutions to amend all EU Directives which conflict with ILO Convention 189;
Amendment 191 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on EU institutions to remove all discrimination in EU legislation against domestic workers and carers in the EU, such as their exemption in Occupational Health and Safety Directive 89/391/EEC, to ensure that these employees receive the same level of protection as those in other sectors;
Amendment 192 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Calls on Member States to ensure that the visas of domestic workers and carers allow employees to change employer if they have been subjected to abuse, removal of human rights, a substandard working environment or any conditions deemed as below national standards as set in national or European employment legislation;
Amendment 193 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Calls on the Member States with a national minimum wage to ensure that all domestic carers and workers are paid at this rate as a minimum;
Amendment 194 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7f. Calls on Member States to consider introducing a service/voucher scheme, if not already in existence, to make domestic work and caring more official, in order to stamp out undeclared work;
Amendment 195 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)
Paragraph 7 g (new)
7g. Calls on Member States to ensure that domestic workers and carers receive pension contributions in line with national legislation.
Amendment 14 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a lack of relevant skills is anand relevant jobs are important factors causing youth unemployment; reminds that without quality job creation in Europe, the youth employment crisis cannot be solved;
Amendment 43 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the implementation of effective skills policies can improve the situation, although the austerity policies that are run in several Member States are reducing the funding from the education and training, making it more difficult to maintain and increase the level of the skills for youth and increasing the risk of putting youth in an unequal position which can cause social exclusion;
Amendment 68 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the involvement of young people, relevant stakeholders and, organisations and social partners in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of relevant initiatives aimed at supporting youth employment at EU, national and local level is of the highest importance;
Amendment 75 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to build up partnerships between local authorities, education and employment services and the business community to support the creation, implementation and monitoring of sustainable and quality employment strategies and action plans leading to high- quality employment; calls for closer co- operation between education, public administration, businessocial partners, SMEs and civil society, especially student and youth organisations in order to maximise the quality of education and training; highlights that this better cooperation is also crucial for an effective implementation of the youth guarantee;
Amendment 84 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to build up partnerships between local authorities, education and employment services and the business community to support the creation, implementation and monitoring of employment strategies and action plans; calls for closer co-operation between education, public administration, business and civil society, especially youth organisations; emphasises the need to improve links between young people and employment and education institutions, including through second-chance options;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that policies should focus on helping NEETs, including those who have become disengaged, to renew with education or integrate into the labour markets;
Amendment 160 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the value of high quality apprenticeships in all employment sectors and calls on the Commission and Member States to encourage women into traditionally male-dominated apprenticeships and occupations;
Amendment 190 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that a smooth transition from education to employment should be promoted by linking education with practical training and providing high- quality and financially accessible internships as stipulated in the European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships as well as through the recognition of qualifications gained during formal and non-formal education;
Amendment 193 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that a smooth transition from education to employment should be promoted by linking education with practical training and providing high- quality internships as stipulated in the European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships as well as through the recognition of qualifications gained during formal and non-formal education; stresses that high-quality internships/traineeships should always have clear learning outcomes;
Amendment 233 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Highlights the evidence of skills shortages in the STEM field in spite of high unemployment rates across the EU; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the positive image of science, make improvements in school based science teaching and learning, and increase students' interest in science;
Amendment 251 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Draws particular attention to the gender imbalance in students studying STEM subjects and asks the Commission and Member States to encourage more females to take up STEM subjects from an early age;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the EU budget should support vocational training and professional qualification measures, apprenticeships and direct quality job creation;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that the 2016 budget should support measures promoting entrepreneurship in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including social entrepreneurship and innovative social enterprises and self-employment, and encouraging women's participation;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and Switzerland to make every effort to achieve progress in the negotiations on itsthe participation in the Erasmus+ programme, in orderof Switzerland to EU programmes such as Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020, in order to ensure students and researchers rights and to guarantee exchange reciprocity and nowithout penaliseing young people;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Future Trade strategy declares strong labour rights one of the goals of a fair trade policy
Amendment 13 #
2015/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is concerned about the latest violent repression of trade unions in the Republic of Korea; calls on the Commission to initiate consultations with the Korean authorities about violations of fundamental rights, such as the freedom of association and effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; Ask the Commission to make its findings on those violations publicly available in a reasonable period of time.
Amendment 27 #
2015/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Deplores the absence of a clause in the EU-Korea Free trade agreement which would exempt repaired goods from custom duties on re-entry; .
Amendment 28 #
2015/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Call on the Commission to urgently find a solution for this problem, which constitutes a competitive disadvantage for European companies;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Asks the Commission to guarantee the implementation of the monitoring process in accordance with the wording in the agreement including a representative distribution of interests within the Domestic Advisory Group
Amendment 37 #
2015/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Ask the Commission to have the development of the labour rights situation in South Korea observed by the DAG and to receive, examine and find solutions to the results of the DAGs discussions.
Amendment 85 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on theall Member States to lend their support to the fight against tax fraud being included in the post-2015 programme;
Amendment 6 #
2015/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds in providing urgently needed investment for quality jobs and growth for regions in the EU, also including those which are suffering most from the financial, economic and social crisis; welcomes the objective of making the use of these funds more effective and efficient by strengthening their link with the EU's economic governance framework;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the 'Study on imperfections in the area of microfinance and options how to address them through an EU financial instrument' prepared on the European Commission's request,
Amendment 3 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas mEuropean Microfinance canFacilities must contribute to meeting the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy; and whereas microfinance can help to lift people out of poverty, get out of unemployment and improve social inclusion;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the objective of the Facility is to increase access to finance for unemployed and other disadvantaged people and for micro enterprises, which in turn generates employmentand to improve the capacities of the sector for bank intermediaries and, above all, for non-bank intermediaries, in order to increase the number of potential operations and promoting high-quality job creation and growth in local communities;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the targeted ratio of 40:60ratio between female and male entrepreneurs has almost been reached, andbenefited by Progress Microfinance is just 36:64; whereas ithis is significantly higher than the Union averagetill insufficient in terms of reducing the gap between men and women;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas business development services such as training and mentoring are key to the success and viability of a microenterprise, and whereas they are not funded by the European Microfinance Facilities;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of a financial instrument such as the Facility in times of financial crisis in order to reduce the risk borne by microfinance institutions, widening the scope of potential operations, and to ensure that unemployed people, disadvantaged people, social entrepreneurs, self-employed and micro enterprises have access to financing;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to establish national, regional and local contact points and to promote the knowledge among potential beneficiaries and citizens in general about European Microfinance Facilities;
Amendment 35 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) to make the Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship (MF/SE) axis of EaSI fully operational as soon as possiblewithout delay, so as to secure access to money for the beneficiaries; expects that EaSI will tackle successfully the shortcomings of the Facilityfunding tools for Microfinance Intermediaries (MFIs) and access to loans for beneficiaries;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to assess the suitability of the current definition of microcredit with a view to ensuring that future financial instruments meet not just the needs of the market; welcomes the fact that the balance and the reflows of the Facility will be, but specially the needs of people targeted by the article 2 of the Decision No 283/2010/EU establishing a European Progress Microfinance Facility for employment and social inclusion; urges the Commission to injected into the budget of the MF/SE axis of EaSI, thus all remaining funds and reflows available at the end of the European Progress Microfinance Facility, increasing the number of guarantees and funded instruments that will be offered to microborrowers;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to enlarge the geographical scope of the European Microfinance Facilities, in order to reach every Member State; highlights the need of widening the sectorial scope of this Facilities, beyond the agriculture and trade sectors;
Amendment 46 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the fact that, owing to the lack of well-defined social reporting, the social impact of the Facility has not been measured more accurately in terms of job creation, business sustainability and minority groups outreach; suggesturges, therefore, that suitable indicators be developed, and encourages the Commise Commission to establish binding social indicators, aligned with the European Code of Good Conduct for Microcredit provision, to better assess wthether the definition of target groups needs to be clarified further; impact of the instruments, also with regards to the Europe2020 targets and to the social purpose of Microfinancing.
Amendment 55 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EIF to enforce provisions in agreements with MFIs requiring them to apply the European Code of Good Conduct for Microcredit Provision and to cooperate more closely with organisations representing minority groups in order to reach target groups more effectively;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to pursue equality between men and women in terms of access to microfinance and to envisage anask MFIs to pay special attention to reduce the gap between men and women to access funding in terms of microfinance and to promote an effective equal tpargetticipation ratio between male and female entrepreneurs in the futurethrough the new EaSI Microfinance Facility;
Amendment 68 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges on the Commission to focus their efforts to improve access to microfinance for potentially excluded clients, such as migrants, refugees, long- term unemployed, young people, low- income persons, low-skilled workers and persons with disabilities, who are currently not benefiting enough from the European Microfinance Facilities;
Amendment 74 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Commission to closely monitor this new feature, ensuring appropriate reporting from MFIs, and motivating them to support projects with high social impact among their potential clients;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Deplores the fact that business development services, including mentoring and training, for final recipients, monitored by MFIs, cannot be directly financed under EaSI, and; calls on the Commission to investigate future financing avenuefund also technical assistance and mentoring programmes for final recipients and micro borrowers in order to guarantee their success beyond the financial easing provided by the European Microfinance Facilities and to ensure better outcomes in terms of Europe 2020 targets;
Amendment 84 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recommends that the Commission and Member States develop their strategic cooperation with local and regional organisations and institutions regarding EaSI, ESF and other possible national programmes, promoting their cooperation with MFIs and final recipients, in order to improve the assistance given to microborrowers in terms of training, mentoring and overall support for greater business viability;
Amendment 307 #
2015/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for citizens to have the same right of appeal when requesting information as they enjoy when requesting specific documents, and where possible, such documents should aim to be concise and understandable;
Amendment 406 #
2015/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41 a. Reminds the Commission of the compulsory nature of accession to the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), pursuant to Article 6 TFEU, as it would not only improve access to human rights, but also enhance the accountability of the EU Institutions; the own-imitative report of the European Parliament in 20101a remarks upon this and notes the extra-territorial applicability of the ECHR and as such would introduce better accountability of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), where currently the European Court of Justice does not have the jurisdiction to rule on matters in the field of CFSP, as it is an intergovernmental policy area; __________________ 1aEuropean Parliament resolution of 19 May 2010 on the institutional aspects of the accession of the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; Doc. P7_TA(2010)0184 (2009/2241/INI)
Amendment 24 #
2015/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that it is the committees which are responsible for conducting the hearings; considers, however, that when a vice-president of the Commission has responsibilities which are primarily horizontal, the hearing could exceptionally be carried out in a different format such as a meeting of the Conference of Presidents or a meeting of the Conference of Committee Chairs, provided that such a meeting is open to all Members enabling dialogue and that there is adequate opportunity to address all relevant issues;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas young people can benefit immensely from practical entrepreneurial experiencefrom entrepreneurial training and education, which could contributes to new business creation and, employability and boosts well as innovation in the wider organisations in which they are employeds;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas youth entrepreneurship can contribute to reducing youth unemployment and through education and training it can boost the employability of young people, their leadership and ‘intrapreneurial’ skills;
Amendment 105 #
2015/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on Member States to promote entrepreneurship as a positive career option within career advice in secondary and tertiary education, to tackle the negative stigma surrounding entrepreneurship as a career option, which is prevalent in some EU Member States;
Amendment 111 #
2015/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on Member States to promote learning in secondary and tertiary education which provides and develops the knowledge and skills needed for young people to become entrepreneurs such as creativity, communication skills, book-keeping and accounting and business management among others;
Amendment 117 #
2015/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on the Commission to examine factors which discourage women from taking up an entrepreneurial career path and to ensure that educational systems as well as related measures and activities actively strive for gender equality.
Amendment 393 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the EU to provide support to grass-roots projects aimed at promoting and developing high journalistic standards, freedom of the media, and unbiased and trustworthy information in Russia, and at deconstructing propaganda within the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries; supports the initiative to develop Russian- language media channels, with a view to providing a credible and accessible alternative to biased information for Russian-speaking minorities in the EU and in the Eastern Partnership countries;
Amendment 146 #
2015/0051(NLE)
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 2
High unemployment should be tackled and long-term unemployment prevented. The number of long-term unemployed should be significantly reduced by means of comprehensive and mutually reinforcing strategies, including the provision of specific active support to long-term unemployed to return to the labour market. The youth unemployment needs to be comprehensively addressed, including by investing in sectors that can create quality jobs for young people and by equipping the relevant institutions with the necessary means to fully and consistently implement their national Youth Guarantee Implementation Plans
Amendment 184 #
2015/0051(NLE)
Annex 1 – section 3 – paragraph 1
Member States should reduce labour market segmentation. Employment protection rules and institutions should provide a suitable environment for recruitment while offering adequate levels of protection to those in employment and those seeking employment or employed on temporary, precarious or zero-hour contracts or independent work contracts. Quality employment should be ensured in terms of socio-economic security, education and training opportunities, working conditions (including health and safety) and work-life balance.
Amendment 1 #
2015/0026(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In order to address the budgetary constraints faced by Member States at the initial stage of the programming period and, taking into account the urgent need to address youth unemployment and the specific features of the YEI, it is appropriate to lay down provisions in order to complement Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, with a view to increase the level of the initial pre-financing paid to operational programmes supported by the YEI in 2015. To ensure that Member States have sufficient means to provide payments to beneficiaries responsible for the implementation of operations that target youth unemployment, an additional initial pre-financing amount from the specific allocation for the YEI should be paid in 2015 for operational programmes supported by the YEI, in order to complement the pre-financing amounts paid in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. In order to enable a prompt implementation of the operational programmes supported by the YEI, the Commission should commit itself to pay the pre-financing amount to the Member States immediately after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 3 #
2015/0026(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) To ensure that the additional initial pre- financing amount is used for the immediate implementation of the YEI, it should be foreseen that this amount is reimbursed to the Commission, if the Union contribution from the YEI does not amount to an adequate level in interim payment applications submitted to the Commission 12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation. This measure is a safeguard to ensure that eligible Member States set up the required structures to promptly implement YEI. Member State action is urgently needed to deliver on YEI and combat alarming level of youth unemployment.
Amendment 6 #
2015/0026(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In order to address the budgetary constraints faced by Member States at the initial stage of the programming period and, taking into account the urgent need to address youth unemployment and the specific features of the YEI, it is appropriate to lay down provisions in order to complement Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, with a view to increase the level of the initial pre-financing paid to operational programmes supported by the YEI in 2015. To ensure that Member States have sufficient means to provide payments to beneficiaries responsible for the implementation of operations that target youth unemployment, an additional initial pre-financing amount from the specific allocation for the YEI should be paid in 2015 for operational programmes supported by the YEI, in order to complement the pre-financing amounts paid in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. In order to enable a prompt implementation of the operational programmes supported by the YEI, the Commission should commit itself to pay the pre-financing amount to the Member States immediately after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 8 #
2015/0026(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) To ensure that the additional initial pre- financing amount is used for the immediate implementation of the YEI, it should be foreseen that this amount is reimbursed to the Commission, if the Union contribution from the YEI does not amount to an adequate level in interim payment applications submitted to the Commission 12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation. This measure is a safeguard to ensure that eligible Member States set up the required structures to promptly implement the YEI. Member State action is urgently needed to deliver on the YEI and combat alarming levels of youth unemployment.
Amendment 66 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal and economic value. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote quality jobs creation, long- term growth and competitiveness. The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.
Amendment 93 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The EU guarantee shall be granted for EIB financing and investment operations approved by the Investment Committee referred to in Article 3(5) or funding to the EIF in order to conduct EIB financing and investment operations in accordance with Article 7(2). The operations concerned shall be consistent with Union policies, contribute to achieving the Europe 2020 targets and support any of the following general objectives:
Amendment 96 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investment in education and training, health, research and development, information and communications technologysocial and long-term care services, research and development, including research and technology infrastructures relevant for research and innovation;
Amendment 97 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) infrastructure projects in the environmental, natural resources, urban development and social economy fields;
Amendment 98 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) providing financial support for the companies referred to in Article 1(1), including working capital risk financing. Regarding companies referred to Article (1), 20% should be earmarked for Social Enterprises, focusing on social inclusion projects and activities.
Amendment 116 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The EU guarantee shall be granted for EIB financing and investment operations approved by the Investment Committee referred to in Article 3(5) or funding to the EIF in order to conduct EIB financing and investment operations in accordance with Article 7(2). The operations concerned shall be consistent with Union policies, contribute to achieving the Europe 2020 targets and support any of the following general objectives:
Amendment 124 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investment in education and training, health, social and long-term care services, research and development, information and communications technologycluding research and technology infrastructures relevant for research and innovation;
Amendment 131 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) infrastructure projects in the environmental, natural resources, urban development and social economy fields;
Amendment 133 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) providing financial support for the companies referred to in Article 1(1), including working capital risk financing. Regarding companies referred to Article (1), 20% should be earmarked for Social Enterprises, focusing on social inclusion projects and activities.
Amendment 140 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The EU guarantee shall be granted for EIB financing and investment operations approved by the Investment Committee referred to in Article 3(5) or funding to the EIF in order to conduct EIB financing and investment operations in accordance with Article 7(2). The operations concerned shall be consistent with Union policies, contribute to achieving the Europe 2020 targets and support any of the following general objectives:
Amendment 143 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investment in education and training, health, social and long-term care services, research and development, information and communications technologycluding research and technology infrastructures relevant for research and innovation;
Amendment 146 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) infrastructure projects in the environmental, natural resources, urban development and social economy fields;
Amendment 148 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) providing financial support for the companies referred to in Article 1(1), including working capital risk financing. Regarding companies referred to in Article (1), 20% should be earmarked for Social Enterprises, focusing on social inclusion projects and activities.
Amendment 281 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
2. The EU guarantee shall be granted for EIB financing and investment operations approved by the Investment Committee referred to in Article 3(5) or funding to the EIF in order to conduct EIB financing and investment operations in accordance with Article 7(2). The operations concerned shall be consistent with Union policies, contribute to achieving the Europe 2020 targets and support any of the following general objectives:
Amendment 288 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investment in education and training, health, social and long-term care services, research and development, information and communications technology and innovation;
Amendment 290 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) infrastructure projects in the environmental, natural resources, urban development and social economy fields;
Amendment 292 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) providing financial support for the companies referred to in Article 1(1), including working capital risk financing. Regarding companies referred to Article (1), 20% should be earmarked for Social Enterprises, focusing on social inclusion projects and activities.
Amendment 970 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investment in education and training, health, research and development, information and communications technologycluding research and technology infrastructures relevant for research and innovation;
Amendment 14 #
2014/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a number of institutions, NGOs, think tanks and civil society groups have considered the various deficiencies in the implementation of the Regulation on the Citizens’ Initiative and in the organisation of ECIs and have proposed many improvements;
Amendment 20 #
2014/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the Citizens' Initiative is an exceptional opportunity for citizens to identify and articulate their aspirations and to ask for EU action, and that it. However, at the same time recognises that there are significant deficits which need to be tackled and solved in order to make the ECI more effective. Therefore the ECI must be encouraged, simprovlified and supported in order to bring about practical improvements; further stresses that the use of one's mother tongue is a civic right, and that all activities connected with an ECI may therefore be undertaken in one's mother tongue;
Amendment 32 #
2014/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to provide as much guidanceppropriate guidance as early as possible – especially of a legal nature – to organisers of ECIs via the Europe Direct Contact Centre, so that they are aware of the possibilities open to them and will not fail by proposing an ECI that is outside the Commission's powers, or else to assign the task of giving advice to another independent company or body so as to avoid a possible conflict of interest within the Commission itself; notes, however, that under the Treaty of Lisbon the issues raised by ECIs may not correspond entirely to the Commission's jurisdiction; takes the view, furthermore, that the Commission should consider setting up a dedicated ECI office in each Member State;
Amendment 49 #
2014/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that under the terms of Article 4 of Regulation 211/2011, in the event of a refusal by the Commission to register an ECI, ‘the Commission shall inform the organisers of the reasons for such refusal and of all possible judicial and extrajudicial remedies available to them’; acknowledges, in this connection, the many complaints from organisers about not receiving detailed and exhaustive reasons for the rejection of their ECIs, and; invites the Commission to provide as many elements as possible in order to explain the reasons and guide organisers to a possible solutionexplain in detail the reasons for rejection of an ECI if in its view an ECI which has been submitted is ‘manifestly outside the Commission’s powers’ and at the same time to inform the organisers of the relevant legal considerations, so that they can decide whether to revise their ECI and resubmit it in a modified form;
Amendment 57 #
2014/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Invites the Commission to consider the possibility of registering only part of an initiative in the event that the entire ECI does not fall within the Commission's powers, and to give the organisers, at the time of registration, an indication as to which part they could register. Recognising that dialogue and engagement with ECI organisers is essential throughout the process;
Amendment 59 #
2014/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to improve the user-friendly character of its software for the online collection of signatures, particularly for people with disabilities and to offer its servers for the storage of online signatures for free on a permanent basis using existing EU budgets;
Amendment 64 #
2014/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Invites the Commission to reconsider the automatic start of the signature collection period following the registratCalls for an end to the automatic link between the registration of an ECI and the beginning of the 12-month period within which expressions of an ECI and to allow the organisers to decide when it should beginsupport can be collected, so that the organisers of an ECI themselves can decide when they wish to start to collect expressions of support;
Amendment 71 #
2014/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Deems it too complicated for organisers to provide different personal data in support of ECIs in the 28 Member States, as laid down in Regulation 211/2011 on the basis of the various national provisions, and suggests that consideration be given to establishing an EU digital citizenship; calls on the Commission, therefcalls for the introduction of a uniform procedure for making statements of support; urges the Member States, accordingly, to dispense with personal identification numbers as a requirement for making a statement of support, since they are not only a needless bureaucratic obstacle to the collection of statements of supporet, to explore this issue in its digital agendabut are also not necessary in order to check the identity of a signatory;
Amendment 77 #
2014/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for the requirements for signatories under Article 3(4) to be amended and for the minimum age for supporting a citizens' initiative not to be tied to the right to vote in elections to the European Parliament, but, rather, to be uniformly set at 16 across the EU in order to give young people in particular the possibility of becoming actively involved in taking the European project forward;
Amendment 88 #
2014/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Invites theEncourages Member States to be flexible in their verification when they receive statements of support for an ECI which are just above the threshold of 1 million signatures, with a view to allowforwarding its submission;
Amendment 97 #
2014/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to revisefor revision of the wording of Article 10(c) of Regulation 211/2011 so as to allow propermore extensive follow-up to a successful ECI, including a parliamentary debate in plenary followed by a vote on the ECI; urges the Commission to start preparing a legal act on successful ECIs within 12 months of their acceptanceafter issuing a positive opinion;
Amendment 105 #
2014/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that, in order to emphasise the political dimension of ECIs, a public hearing held under the terms of Article 11 of Regulation 211/2011 should be structured in such a way as to allow organisers to engage in a dialogue with Members of the European Parliament and relevant Commission officials; stresses that hearings on ECIs should be organised by a neutral committee that does not have the main responsibility for their subject- matter;
Amendment 112 #
2014/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Invites the Commission to explore the possibility of funding ECIs through theexisting EU budgets, via European programmes such as the Europe for Citizens programme and the Rights, Equality and Citizenship programme, givenmindful that there is a real need for financial support for the organisation of ECIs and that numerous amendments to the EU budget have been submitted to this end;
Amendment 121 #
2014/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the Commission's report of 1 April31st March 2015 on the ECI and calls on it to . The Commission should work on the European Citizens' Initiative in order to perceive it more positively as an instrument for citizens to influence European legislation. Therefore the ECI should promote the dialogue and engagement process with the citizens in order to facilitate the constitution of such initiatives. Calls on the Commission to ensure that, in its revision of this instrument, all the appropriate legal measures are implemented when an ECI is deemed to have been completed successfully;
Amendment 72 #
2014/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to study the worrying problem of unemployment among people over the age of 50 and, in conjunction with the Member States, to develop effective tools for reintegrating such workers into the labour market;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to strengthen institutional transparency and openness in the EU and urges the EU and theall Member States to:
Amendment 52 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – Indent 2
Paragraph 6 – Indent 2
– bring forward a revision of the European Citizens’ Initiative Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 211/2011) in order to improve its functioning and stop certain groups of citizens, such as those who are blind or living abroad, from being prevented from exercising their right to support citizens’ initiatives, as such exclusion limits equality among citizen, dialogue and engagement among citizens in order to facilitate the constitution of such initiatives;
Amendment 33 #
2014/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the Commission should perceive the European Citizens’ Initiative more positively and without dogmatism by reviewing the procedure as it is a substantial instrument for citizens to influence EU legislation. At the very minimum an ECI should prompt the Commission to start a dialogue and engagement process with citizens.
Amendment 141 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Recital S a (new)
Sa. whereas the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value, as laid out in Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union has still not been realised;
Amendment 156 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V a (new)
Recital V a (new)
Va. whereas there are some predictable challenges that the Union needs to be better prepared for, such as the effect that the aging population will have on the demographic make-up of many Member States and the subsequent financial and social pressures that it will present;
Amendment 161 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V b (new)
Recital V b (new)
Vb. whereas discrimination based on any ground, such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or otherwise, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age, gender identity or sexual orientation still remains a problem in every Member State;
Amendment 170 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the European Union and its Member States are facing unprecedented challenges, such as the refugee crisis, the foreign policy challenges in the immediate neighbourhood and the fight against terrorism, as well as globalisation, climate change, an aging population, the growth of precarious employment, the consequences of the financial and debt crisis, the lack of competitiveness and the social consequences in several Member States, and the need to reinforce the EU internal market, which have so far been inadequately addressed;
Amendment 198 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the Community method is superior tohas a number of advantages over the intergovernmental method as it is the only one that allows for greater transparency, QMV in the Council, and the equal right of co-legislation by the European Parliament and Council, as well as preventing a fragmentation of institutional responsibilities and the development of competing institutions;
Amendment 256 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Encourages meaningful political dialogue with national parliaments on the contents of legislative proposals; insists, however, on a clear delineation of the respective decision-making competences of the national parliaments and the European Parliament, where the former should exercise their European function on the basis of their national constitutions, in particular via the control of their national governments as members of the European Council and the Council, which is the level where they are best placed to directly influence the content of and exercise scrutiny over the European legislative process more directly; is therefore against the creation of joint parliamentary bodies with decision-making bodiespowers, or otherwise influence, for reasons of transparency, accountability and ability to act;
Amendment 302 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Proposes that the Council be transformed into a true legislative chamber by reducing the number of Council configurations to a single legislative one by means of a European Council decision, thus creating a genuinely bi-cameral legislative system involving the Council and Parliament, with the Commission acting as the executive; suggests involving the currently active specialised Council configurations as preparatory bodies for the legislative Council, along the lines of the Committees in the European Parliament;
Amendment 370 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Considers it necessary that the Commission reforms the European Citizens' Initiative into a functioning tool for democratic engagement, taking into account the Own-Initiative Report of 28 October 2015, and calls on the Commission, inter alia, to raise public awareness and give the ECI a high profile; make its software for the online collection of signatures more user- friendly, making it accessible to people with disabilities; provide appropriate and comprehensive legal and practical guidance; consider setting up a dedicated ECI office at its representations in each Member State; explain in detail the reasons for rejecting an ECI and explore ways of referring proposals within initiatives that may fall out of the scope of the Commission's competences to more appropriate authorities;
Amendment 684 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Stresses that the rights of workers, when they exercise their right of mobility, should be guaranteed, along with their social rights, in accordance with Articles 45, 151 and 153 TFEU, and guarantee that there is no discrimination in employment and renumeration as well as guaranteeing social protection at the same place of work, in order to ensure a stable social basis for the EMU;
Amendment 701 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 a (new)
Paragraph 72 a (new)
72a. Points out the facilities provided by the Union and the necessity to actively include young workers into the labour market and further encourage the exchange of young workers, in accordance with Article 47 TFEU;
Amendment 875 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 104
Paragraph 104
104. Recalls the obligation for the accession of the Union to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), in line with Article 6 (2) TEU, and urges the swift re-launching of negotiations with the Council of Europe to this effect, taking into account the opinion of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) of 18th December 2015; and reminds the Commission, in its role as the chief negotiator that such accession will improve the human rights protection of all European citizens;
Amendment 2 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas, the Commission does not provide a definition for marginalised communities, leaving to Member State the responsibility to decide on the basis of their national indicators; notices however, that marginalisation can be established by looking at a set of relevant indicators such as social exclusion, measures of high long-term unemployment, low level of education, discrimination, (extremely) poor housing conditions, high level of discrimination, and excessive exposure to health risks and/or lack of access to health care, i.e. those populations considered most vulnerable and most in need of help;
Amendment 3 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital –A c (new)
Recital –A c (new)
-Ac. whereas Regulation 1304/2013/EU stipulates that the European Social Fund shall benefit people, including disadvantaged people such as the long- term unemployed, people with disabilities, migrants, ethnic minorities, marginalised communities and people of all ages facing poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 69 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Stresses that cuts in budget for public services in some Member States during the crisis has led to aggravating unemployment, missing social security, difficult housing situation and health problems; calls on the Member States to use more efficiently the support from the European Social Fund in order to improve the quality and equal access to public services for marginalised communities and combat any form of discrimination;
Amendment 40 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the need to focus on environmental aspects and on improving the quality of the marine environmentimproving the quality of sea environment and environmental and people security in order to ensure we have a sustainable blue economy without restricting its employment potential, ensuring a regulatory framework and environmental conditions to assist the industrial development, growth, creation of new quality and sustainable jobs improving life quality in large;
Amendment 42 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers as necessary, in order to create new quality jobs in the sphere of blue economy, a better access to credit for SMEs and the improvement of the existing business networks (clusters) through internationalization's process;
Amendment 68 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of social dialogue and considers that all parties involved in the blue economy should be represented in that dialogue, together with the individuals or companies concerned and civil society, also including workers, so that the latter are actively involved in the framingactively workers in the creation and implementation of policies and solutions at local level;
Amendment 71 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the need to increase within civil society the awareness of sea importance as economic, cultural and social resource and the role of research and dialogue in reaching an integrated sustainability between stakeholders and citizens;
Amendment 76 #
2014/2238(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. In light of the new health and safety risks in this developing sector, remains strongly opposed to the Commission's intention to withdraw a number of legislative proposals, in particular the directive on musculoskeletal disorders and the revision of the carcinogens directive; deplores the fact that the proposal for the withdrawals was announced without justification and in the absence of consultation with the partners involved;
Amendment 116 #
2014/2238(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Urges Member States to take advantage of the development of this sector, to create highly skilled apprenticeships to provide young people with specialised knowledge and training, and to help tackle the high levels of youth unemployment;
Amendment 5 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 8 March 2011 on reducing health inequalities in the EU1 c , __________________ 1c OJ C 199E , 7.7.2012, p. 25.
Amendment 13 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-A b. Whereas the majority of Member States so far have given little attention on using EU Structural Funds to fight the alarming and still growing rates of poverty among children in Europe as well as promote their social inclusion and general well-being;
Amendment 57 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. Whereas single-parent families, especially families headed by single mothers, are at greater risk of poverty or social exclusion (49.8% compared to 25.2%), which is due to the feminisation of poverty, women's overrepresentation in precarious work and as involuntary part- time workers and wage discrimination between men and women;
Amendment 129 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recommends that Member States increase the quantity, amounts, scope and effectiveness of the social support specifically direcCalls on the Commission and Member States to develop policies to fight child poverty that focus on correcting the main factors affecting child poverty: improving the labour market situation of the parents and strengthening the government intervention through income support and the provision of enabling services; also urges Member Stateds to children, but also to parents (such as unemploymentprovide for adequate living standards that are compatible with a life in dignity through a combination of benefits) and to promote labour laws that guarantee social rights and security toensuring the quantity, scope and effectiveness of the social support specifically directed to children and their families, and to fight precarious employment, in-work poverty and involuntary part-time jobs;
Amendment 212 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on Member States to introducemplement legislation to protect or increase maternity and paternity rights; and to safeguard the return to work for women after pregnancy and maternity leave; on this regard, strongly opposes the Commission´s intention to withdraw the Maternity Leave Directive and calls on the Council to engage proactively with the Parliament and Commission in order to unblock the Maternity Leave Directive; stresses furthermore that reinforcing legislation on paternity leave which gives an important boost to combat gender and pay discrimination in work;
Amendment 111 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stress that Public employment services have an important role in ensuring that the return to job growth does not come at the expense of lower- quality skill matches
Amendment 154 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that, in order to anticipate future skills needs, labour market stakeholders, including employers' and employees' organisations , have to be strongly involved at all levels, in particular in designing and implementing vocational qualification programmes;
Amendment 163 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of partnerships between schools, universities, businesses and authorities with a view to estimating labour needs for the future, as well as fostering cooperation between Member States in this regard;
Amendment 208 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines the importance of better synergies between education systems and the labour market, including exposure to the workplace and cooperation with businesses; in order to promote a high- level of high quality employment.
Amendment 218 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the need for adequate financing and take-up, by the Member States and individual employers, of traineeship and apprenticeship schemes. Member States should put measures in place to ensure that vulnerable groups such as women, ethnic minorities and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply and are adequately represented in these schemes;
Amendment 275 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the importanceneed of support measures for SMEs and micro-enterprises, in order to reduce the administrative and financial barriers to their establishment and operation as well as facilitating the hiring of qualified labour and training of employees;
Amendment 282 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that incentives should be introduced for entrepreneurs wshould invest in training and apprenticeships; and incentives should be introduced for this purpose.
Amendment 314 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses the importanceneed of special measures and support for employers, in particular SMEs, to encourage them to hire young people for their first job and ensure their in-house training, as also for older workers; recalls the importance of social responsibility on the part of employers towards all employees and towards society; believes that such social responsibility should also be required of institutions responsible for education and training;
Amendment 15 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to ensure that TTIP will make a significant positive contribution to creating more and betterquality jobs and set ambitious and enforceable global trade standards for sustainable development and labour;
Amendment 33 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point ii
(ii) to ensure that TTIP includes comprehensive provisions on labour laws and policies that are consistent withaiming at the effective ratification, implementation and enforcement of the core ILO Cconventions of the ILO and the Decent Work Agenda, with a commitment to promote higher standards and, furthermore, to ensure that where disputes arise labour provisions will have a conditional dimension;levels of protection of labour and environmental standards. Where disputes arise labour provisions must be subject to arbitration measures including the possibility of imposing sanctions and penalties.
Amendment 51 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) to ensure that the horizontal dimensions of labour and social provisions are recognised and fully integrated into all relevant operational parts of the agreement, such as investment, trade in services, regulatory cooperation and public procurement, to ensure a coherent and comprehensive approach to trade and sustainable development;
Amendment 56 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point iv
(iv) to ensure that civil society can make a meaningful contribution to implementing relevant TTIP provisionsThe implementation of and the compliance with labour and social provisions must be subject to a monitoring process, which involves the social partners and civil society equally represented in all countries involved;
Amendment 79 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point v a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point v a (new)
(v a) to ensure an explicit exclusion of public services as referred to in Article 14 TFEU from the scope of application of TTIP, in order to ensure that national and local authorities have the freedom to introduce, adopt, maintain or repeal any measure with regard to the commissioning, organization, funding and provision of public services, as provided in article 168 TFEU (public health) and in Protocol 26 (Service of General Interest) of the EU Treaties. This exclusion should apply whether the services in question are organized as a monopoly, operating under exclusive rights or otherwise and whether publicly or privately funded and/or provided. Such services include, among others, health and social care services, social security systems, publicly funded education, railway and public transport, water, gas, and electricity services.
Amendment 80 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point v b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point v b (new)
(v b) to ensure that ratched and standstill clauses do not apply to any public and social services. The full scope for re- nationalisation and re-municipalisation of services must be safeguarded.
Amendment 108 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point viii
Paragraph 1 – point viii
(viii) to guarantee that agreement on anyInvestor-state dispute- settlement mechanism must take into account the results of the public consultation on investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), must be fully transparent and democratically accountable and must not hinder legislators from passing laws in th(ISDS) should be excluded from this agreement, and from CETA and other current EU trade agreements. A State-to- State dispute settlement system and the use of national courts are the most appropriate tools to address investments disputes. In any event, social and labour legislation including that initiated trough collective agrea of employment policy;ements must not be compromised as result of investment disputes.
Amendment 146 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
(x a) to guarantee that regulatory cooperation would ensure the inclusion of non-regression clauses and does not restrict the rights of governments and the European Parliament to legislate in the public interest. Steps must be taken to ensure that regulatory cooperation does not lead to the weakening of labour standards. Stakeholders, including social partners, should be included in the process of regulatory cooperation in a balanced representation. Possible negotiations on mode IV must be bound to functioning cross-border cooperation in administration and justice in Labour and Employment Law issues as a precondition to guarantee the full application of collective agreement wages and working conditions.
Amendment 154 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point x b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point x b (new)
(x b) to ensure that the provisions of the EU public procurement directive and its mandatory social clause must be applied in full in this agreement. Governments must have the opportunity to adopt socially and environmentally responsible procurement policies. Procurement provisions should not prevent governments from addressing societal and environmental needs. In addition, public procurement policies should include reference to ILO Convention 94 and Recommendation 84 regarding labour clauses in public contracts.
Amendment 762 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
(xiv) to ensure that foreign investors are treated in a non-discriminatory fashion and have a fair opportunity to seek and achieve redress of grievances, which can be achieved withoutle benefiting from no greater rights than domestic investors; to oppose the inclusion of an ISDS mechanism; such a mechanism is not necessary in TTIP given the EU’s and the US’ developed legal systems; a state-to- state dispute settlement system and the use of national courts are the most appropriate tools to address investment disputin TTIP, as other options to enforce investment protection are available, such as domestic remedies;
Amendment 455 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Notes the importance of reducing taxation on labour where appropriate, especially byon low-paid and low-skilled workers, the long-term unemployed and other vulnerable groups, while ensuring the long-range sustainability of public pension systems; calls on the Commission to shift the tax burden away from labourand social security systems; and while making sure not to endanger social benefits; notes that such shiftsany corresponding shifts in taxation should not affect taxes with regressive effects such as consumption taxes, but should focus instead on taxes on capital, wealth, energy and natural resources;
Amendment 66 #
2014/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern that the financial crisis and subsequent recession have dealt a heavy blow to European SMEs, many of which are family businesses, and highlights the importance of a decisive EU intervention to relaunch economic growth by creating high-quality jobs and a favourable regulatory framework to support healthy restructuring and thus job retention;
Amendment 59 #
2014/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights that a transition towards a sustainable and circular economy should combine ambitious environmental goals with strong social requirements, including the promotion of decent work, healthy and safe working conditions (i.e.: ensure that workers are not exposed to harmful substances at their workplace).
Amendment 1 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas the main challenge for all EU countries is the correct application and enforcement of the rules on equal pay, as established by Directive 2006/54/EC,
Amendment 2 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas employment rates are generally lower among women in comparison to men: in 2013, the employment rate for men stood at 69.4 % in the EU-28, as compared with 58.8 % for women1 a , __________________ 1a http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Employment_statistic s.
Amendment 3 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
-Ac. whereas women are generally paid around 16 % less than men, the gender pay gap effects women in receiving lower pensions in comparison to men – on average across the EU women's pensions are 39% lower than men's,
Amendment 16 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to combat all forms of discrimination in the labour market, including those against ethnic minorities, disabled people and women, and to adopt social protection measures in order to ensure that women’s pay and welfare entitlements, including pensions, are not lower than those of men doing the same job;
Amendment 23 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to actively implement the Commission Recommendation on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women through transparency1 , by introducing recommended and tailor-made wage transparency measures and gender- neutral job evaluation and classification systems; calls on the Member States to require large companies to publish their gender pay gap. __________________ 1 C(2014)1405.
Amendment 25 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to use the naming and shaming approach as the main method for victims, trade unions and gender equality bodies in order to sanction unequal pay practices;
Amendment 26 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to use the naming and shaming approach as the main method for victims, trade unions and gender equality bodies as a sanction against unequal pay practices;
Amendment 40 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that women are still heavily under-represented in senior and leadership positions at all levels of political and economic decision-making; calls, therefore, for swift adoption of the Women on Boards Directive as an important first step in the right direction;for equal representation in the public and private sectors.
Amendment 42 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to make a strong commitment to encourage and support women into traditionally male dominated apprenticeships and occupations and to ensure that the employers carry out equality and diversity training for all staff to challenge sexist stereotypes and behaviour in the workplace.
Amendment 47 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to guarantee a return to work for women after pregnancy and maternity leave, to safeguard their maternity entitlements, and to take measures to prevent the unfair dismissal of employees during pregnancy and protect women and men with care responsibilities from unfair dismissal; on this regard, strongly opposes the Commission´s intention to withdraw the Maternity Leave Directive and asks the Member States to reopen the negotiations with the European Parliament.
Amendment 57 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that occupational and sectoral segregation of the labour market remains a factor in determining the gender pay gap; also stresses that women`s jobs, particularly those who work as domestic workers and careers, are consistently undervalued;more likely to be subjected to low pay, involuntary part time work, precarious jobs and zero hours contract.
Amendment 61 #
2014/2160(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to step up their efforts to combat undeclared work and precarious jobs, including mini-jobs and false part-time jobs; deplores, furthermore, the abuse of atypical forms of contracts, including zero hours contracts, in order to avoid having to comply with employment and social protection obligations; regrets the fact that there has been a sharp increase in the number of women trapped in in-work poverty;
Amendment 6 #
2014/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the decline in the EU unemployment rate, from 20.8 % in the first quarter of 2010 toNotes that, despite an improvement in the EU unemployment rate, the percentage it was still 12.1 % in the third quarter of 2013;
Amendment 21 #
2014/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the slightly positivNotes that the rate of job creation in some Member States has been slightly positive in the fourth quarter of 2013 and the increase in compensation per employee in almost allalongside low growth, unemployed remained elevated in the majority of non- euro area Member States;
Amendment 39 #
2014/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Agrees with the ECB’s recommendation that growth-friendly fiscal consolidation over the medium term should ensure compliance with the fiscal compact, while at the same timefiscal strategies should ensure growth- friendly fiscal consolidation which combines boosting potential growth and generating employment opportunities;
Amendment 68 #
2014/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the ECB’s call on Member States to carry out the necessary labour market reforms, in particular through increasing flexibilitythe quality of jobs and optimising the conditions for businesses to create jobs;
Amendment 7 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that REFIT represents a first step towards reducing the burden of regulation on businesses and eliminating barriers togood regulation can benefit businesses and workers alike and help promote economic growth and job creation;
Amendment 11 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for REFIT to focus less on reducing regulation and concentrate on quality legislation and its ability to protect and promote the interests of EU citizens. Impact assessments should also evaluate the social and environmental consequences of non-legislation and its impact on the fundamental rights of citizens at EU level. Financial cost-benefit analysis should not be the only criteria applied. When fitness checks are carried out, fundamental rights and employment and health and safety considerations should be given the same weight as financial considerations, and when there is conflict, fundamental rights must take precedence;
Amendment 20 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports in principle the Commission’'s commitment on cutting red tape and better regulation; believes that cutting red tape should deliver proportionate, evidence- based protection for workers, while ensuring that businesses can grow, create jobs and boost competitiveness; notes that deregulation and better regulation are not mutually exclusiveto better regulation; emphasises, however, its concern about the threat of deregulation, in particular in the fields of employment and health and safety legislation, under the guise of 'cutting red tape', and the importance of the precautionary principle in these areas;
Amendment 39 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes efforts to identify genuine opportunities for simplification of legislation; stresses the need for simpler, clearly-worded rules that remove complexity and can be implemented in a simple manner in order to improve compliance, particularly in the area of health, safety and employment legislation; notes with concern, however, that four members of the High Level Group on Administrative Burdens opposed several of the Group's conclusions presented in its final report and produced a dissenting opinion; expects the Commission to take into account the concerns of all parties involved;
Amendment 54 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomesRemains strongly opposed to the Commission’'s indicatention that the maternity leave directive should be consideredo withdraw a number of legislative proposals, in particular the directive on musculoskeletal disorders and the revision of the carcinogens directive; deplores the fact that the proposal for the withdrawals was announced without justification and in the absence of consultation with the partners involved;
Amendment 56 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomeDeeply regrets the Commission’'s indication that the maternity leave directive should be considered for withdrawal; calls also on the Council to speed up the adoption of the directive concerning the implementation of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of pregnant workers, workers who have recently given birth and women who are breastfeeding and reiterates the European Parliament's will to negotiate in a pragmatic way;
Amendment 71 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Asserts that REFIT should not be a pretext for undermining agreements reached between social partners at the European level and that the autonomy of the social partners needs to be respected; underlines that Article 155 TFEU guarantees that social partner agreements become European legislation at the joint request of the signatory parties; calls therefore for the hairdressers social partner agreement on occupational health and safety to be adopted;
Amendment 81 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the SME test; cCalls on the Commission to use lighter regimes for micro-enterprises and SMEs and to consider exemptions for micro-enterprises on a case-by-case basis, while not compromisreview the SME test to ensure this does not risk lowering onthe health, and safety and employment standardrights and protections of workers in SMEs;
Amendment 100 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for further measures to check that legislation is doing what it was intended to doensure effective monitoring and enforcement of legislation and to identify areaal with damaging loopholes where therey are inconsistencies and ineffective measuresise;
Amendment 110 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 123 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 146 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the committee responsible to systematicallyto review Commission impact assessments and review IMPA’s analysis as early as possible in the legislative process, and to call for impact assessments on its own reports to ensure they have taken due consideration of the social and employment impact.
Amendment 153 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that EU legislation sets only minimum standards which can be improved by Member States through national legislation; emphasises that the Commission focus on 'gold-plating' as a negative practice for employment legislation runs contrary to the principles of the EU Treaty, including Article 151 for the protection and improvement of living and working conditions.
Amendment 48 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is deeply concerned that, up to now, the recommendations made as part of the European Semester have taken us further away from achieving the employment and social targets of the Europe 2020 strategy; calls on the new Commission to askfix an immediately that deadline for the Member States to present report on national progress on the Europe 2020 strategy and correct this discrepancy in their national reform programmes (NRPs) to be presented as part of the next European Semester;
Amendment 61 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s use of the new employment and social scoreboard for this year’s CSRs; considers it regrettable, however, that these indicators have not been made binding in view of the current employment and social emergency; calls on the Commission, therefore, to put them on an equal footing with macroeconomic indicators, and to include additional indicators – such as decent work, child poverty levels, access to healthcare, and a homelessness, and a decent work index – in the scoreboard in order to allow more effective analysis of Member States’ employment and social concerns;
Amendment 74 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the abovementioned mild decline in unemployment rates in the EU; recalls, however, that the Europe 2020 strategy accurately states that the figure to watch is the employment rate, which indicates the availability of human and financial resources to ensure the sustainability of our economic and social modelwarns that the EU shall not only measure the employment rate, as accurately stated in the Europe 2020 strategy, but also the quality of those new jobs, as new jobs are a first step but must also be real, secure and decently paid with clearly defined rights; asks that the slowdown in the unemployment rate not be confused with the recovery of lost jobs, as no account is taken of increased emigration or forced early retirement;
Amendment 125 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is concerned that, in many Member States and sectors, job losses are coupled with a decline in job quality, an increase in precarious forms of employment and a deterioration in basic labour standards; stresses that the Commission and the Member States, such as part time and zero hours contracts and bogus self-employment; stresses that the Commission and the Member States, in order to protect workers from discrimination and exploitation, need to make dedicated efforts to address the increase in involuntary part-time employment and temporary contracts, payless internships and apprenticeships, and bogus self- employment, together with the activities of the black economy;
Amendment 138 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of active labour market policies as a strategic tool for the promotion of employment in the current context; is deeply concerned that several Member States, despite rising unemployment rates, have reduced budget allocations to finance active labour market policies; calls on the Member States to increase the coverage and effectiveness of active labour market policies, in close cooperation with the social partners;
Amendment 153 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the rising number of workers, particularly young people, departing their countries of origin for other Member States in search of employment opportunities, and is deeply concerned about the persistent divergences between those Member States creating employment and those supplying a low-cost labour force; urges the Commission to develop a better legal framework for cross-border movement of workers in order to ensure freedom of movement, for example by revising the Posted Workers Directive, in order to ensure freedom of movement and reduce the dependence on low-skilled labour migrants while consecrating the principle of equal treatment and safeguarding wages and social standards; calls for the establishment in each Member State, either by law or through collective bargaining, of a minimum wage equivalent to at least 60 % of the respective national average wage;
Amendment 170 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the mild decline in youth unemployment, but points out that it is still at alarming levels: 22 % in the EU-28 and 23.1 % in the eurozone; highlights the worrying differences between Member States (7.8 % in Germany and 53.5 % in Spain); stresses that job insecurity and underemployment have also risen significantly and considers it regrettable that even when young people do find a job, many of them – 43 % on average, compared with 13 % of adult workers – find themselves working under precarious conditions or on part-time contracts, making it difficult for them to live independently from their families and resulting in a loss of innovation and expert resources which affects production and growth;
Amendment 179 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to propose a binding European framework for the implementation of the Youth Guarantees so as to prevent the funds being misused in such a way as to aggravate national internal wage devaluation processes; takes the view that this legal framework should introduce binding minimum standards for the implementation of the Youth Guarantees, including the quality of apprenticeships, decent wages for young people and access to employment services, and should cover young people aged between 25 and 30; calls on the Commission to closely monitor the introduction and the implementation of the Youth Guarantee Programme with regard to the Member States showing no progress in this regard; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make the Youth Guarantees a priority and to increase the available budget, at the latest in the promised mid- term review of the multiannual financial framework, up to at least the sum of EUR 21 billion estimated by the International Labour Organisation to be necessary to resolve the problem in the eurozone;
Amendment 190 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Urges the Member States to go above and beyond the March 2014 Council recommendation for a Quality Framework for Traineeships in order to prevent discrimination and exploitation of young workers; calls for the adoption of a directive on decent conditions and minimum standards for internapprenticeships and traineeships, giving interns and trainees clearly defined rights that include access to social protection, binding written contracts and fair remuneration and introducing limits on the use of trainees and interns in companies so as to prevent abuses;
Amendment 226 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Regrets the fact that the Commission recommendations on pensions were made without taking into account Parliament’s position on the Green and White Papers on pensions; is concerned thatcalls for reforms to guarantee the sustainability of pensions have focused sole, which focus not only on population ageing, without taking but also on the future generation and take into account the importance of the employment rate, especially in pay- as-you-go systems; recalls that guaranteeing decent pensions above a minimum level is an effective way to fight poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 113 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Regularising undeclared work into formal quality jobs and promoting workers’ inclusion in the labour market will also result in an increase in quality of employment and access to health care and social benefits;
Amendment 121 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) Scrutiny of undeclared work in the Member States must pay due attention to the behaviour of companies in this context. Companies involved in undeclared work should be subject to sanctions and additional inspections;
Amendment 133 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The regularisation of undeclared work into formal quality jobs, will contribute to the achievement of the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 346 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Develop the analysis of effectiveness of different policy measures in curbing the incidence of undeclared work, including preventive and punitive as well as deterrence measures in general as well as the effectiveness and consequences of different policy measures aimed at promoting the regularisation of work,
Amendment 442 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) elect its chair and two vice-chairs among the members of the Platform who shall constitute the board of the Platform and shall coordinate its activities;
Amendment 1 #
Amendment 138 #
2014/0120(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9
Article 9
Amendment 108 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Institutions for occupational retirement provision are financial service providerspensions institutions that serve a social purpose and which bear a heavy responsibility for the provision of occupational retirement benefits and therefore should meet certain minimum prudential standards with respect to their activities and conditions of operation. Their social function and the triangular relationship between the employee, the employer and the institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) should be adequately acknowledged and supported as a guiding principle of this Directive.
Amendment 127 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. In the event of cross-border activity as referred to in Article 12, the technical provisions shall at all times be fully funded in respect of the total range of pension schemes operated. If these conditions are not met, the competent authorities of the home Member State shall intervene in accordance with Article 62. To comply with this requirement the home Member State may require ring- fencing of the assets and liabilitiesThe conditions laid down in paragraphs1 and 2 shall also apply in the event of cross-border activity as referred to in Article 12.
Amendment 133 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) their professional qualifications, knowledge and experience are collectively adequate to enable them to ensure a sound and prudent management of the institution and to properly carry out their key functions (requirement to be fit); and
Amendment 137 #
2014/0091(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 66 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Legislation to reinforce the effectiveness of the public employment services is needed. Promoting fair employment opportunities through the EURES portal also depends on the capacity building, technical assistance and financial and human resources of the public employment services of each Member State.
Amendment 70 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The transnational and cross-border partnerships and co- operation and the support to all organisations operating for EURES in Member States would be facilitated by a structure at Union level ('the European Coordination Office') that should provide common information, training activities, tools and guidance. That structure should also be responsible for the development of the 'European Job Mobility portal' (EURES portal), the common IT platform. To guide its work, multiannual work programmes should be developed in consultation with Member States.
Amendment 74 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Member States should establish Coordination Offices at national level to provide general support and assistance to all organisations on their territory operating for EURES, including cross-border partnerships, and support the cooperation with their counterparts in the other Member States and with the European Coordination Office. Those Coordination Offices should in particular have the task of dealing with complaints and problems with job vacancies, and verify compliance issues as regards voluntary and fair labour mobility within the Union.
Amendment 108 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) A common classification system of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations constitutes one of the most important tools for enabling online job application in the Union, it is therefore necessary to develop the cooperation between Member States and the European Commission in order to achieve interoperability and meaningful automated matching across borders, including by mapping to and from the common to national classification systems. Member States should be kept informed of the development of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations tool (ESCO). Other established European formats and tools for comparability of and transparency on skills and qualifications, such as the European Qualifications Framework and the single framework for the transparency of qualifications and competences (Europass) should also be used in this context.
Amendment 115 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) A common approach to the services delivered by the organisations ('support services') participating in the EURES network should be established and the principle of equal treatment of workers and employers seeking assistance on intra- Union labour mobility, regardless of their location in the Union, should be secured as much as possible, and therefore principles and rules should be established regarding the availability of support services in the territory of the individual Member States. This common approach also covers apprenticeships and traineeships considered as work in accordance with Article 45 of the Treaty.
Amendment 126 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Support services for workers are connected to the exercise of their fundamental freedom of movement as workers under Union law, they should be free of charge. However, sSupport services for employers may be subjconnected to a fee, in accordance with national practicesthe EURES network should also be free of charge.
Amendment 132 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Particular attention should be paid to supporting mobility in the cross-border regions for and providing services to frontier workers who are living in one Member State and working in another and have to cope with different national practices and legal systems and encounters specific administrative, legal or tax obstacles to mobility. Member States, in cooperation with regional and local authorities may choose to set up specific support structures to facilitate this kind of mobility, such structures should, within the framework of the EURES network, address the specific needs for information, guidance, cross- border matching between labour demand and supply and the resulting placements.
Amendment 145 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) The sharing of draft activity plans under the programming cycle among Member States should enable the National Coordination Offices, acting on behalf of the Member States, together with the European Coordination Office and the social partners, to direct the resources of the EURES network toward appropriate actions and projects, and thereby steer the development of the EURES network as a more result-oriented tool responsive to the needs of workers according to the dynamics of labour markets.
Amendment 157 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
Amendment 164 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The aim of this Regulation is to facilitate the exercise of the freedom of movement for workers within the Union and the abolition of any discrimination based on nationality between workers of the Member States as regards employment, remuneration and other conditions of work and employment within the Union in accordance with Article 45 TFEU, by establishing a common framework for cooperation between Member States, social partners and the Commission.
Amendment 173 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) actions by and between Member States to facilitate the achievement of a balance between supply and demand in the labour market of the Union, with a view to promoteing a high -level of high-quality employment;
Amendment 174 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the functioning of a European network of employment services between Member States, the social partners and the Commission;
Amendment 181 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) services provided to job seekers in order to ensure fair mobility;
Amendment 185 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘the public employment services’ are the organisations of the Member States, as part of relevant ministries, public bodies or corporations falling under public law, that are responsible for implementing active labour market policies and providing high- quality employment services in the public interest;
Amendment 191 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ‘job vacancy’ means any offer for employment, including for apprenticeships and traineeships considered as work in accordance with Article 45 TFEU, whereby apprenticeships and traineeships must comply with the minimum social and employment standards of the Member State where the vacancy is located and provide a sufficient compensation to cover related expenses;
Amendment 199 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) "fair mobility" means mobility on a voluntary basis which respects labour law and labour standards as well as workers' rights;
Amendment 202 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) "EURES cross-border partnership" means long-term cooperation on an equal footing between the public employment services and the social partners as main regional actors as well as other stakeholders, in structures to be established by them at regional level. Other partners may be included in the cross- border partnership if so desired.
Amendment 211 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) The EURES Members which are the bodies appointed by the Member States responsible for the application of this Regulation in the respective Member State, i.e. the 'National Coordination Offices' and the social partners at national level;
Amendment 214 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the "EURES cross-border partnerships", comprising the regional public employment services and the social partners from at least two Member States, which are involved in providing crossborder support services in cross- border regions within the meaning of Article 21(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013;
Amendment 216 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) The EURES Partners which are the organisations authorised by Member States to provide at national, regional and/or local level, including on a cross-border basis, support with clearance and/or support services to workers and employers.
Amendment 225 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. In accordance with their respective roles and responsibilities, all organisations participating in the EURES network promote actively, in close cooperation, the opportunities labour mobility in the Union offers and seek to enhance ways and means for workers and employers to seize these opportunities at local, regional, national and European level, including on a cross- border basis.
Amendment 233 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the implementation of the coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce in accordance with Article 145 TFEU;
Amendment 246 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) greater coherence between Union policies introduced on tackling unemployment and inequality, i.e. the "EU-2020 Strategy" and youth unemployment in particular, i.e. "Youth Guarantee", "Youth European Initiative".
Amendment 260 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
(iv) facilitation of mutual learning within the EURES networking, and exchange of best practice and mutual learning within the EURES networks by organising annual conferences under the coordination of the EURES European Coordination Office;
Amendment 266 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the development of an appropriate framework for cooperation and clearance structure within the Union on apprenticeships and traineeships, in accordance with this Regulation;
Amendment 273 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The European Coordination office is managed by the Commission. It shall develop and conduct its activities in close cooperation with the social partners, cross-border partnerships and the National Coordination Offices.
Amendment 275 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The European Coordination office, in close cooperation with the National coordination offices, shall issue an annual statement reporting the number of job vacancies made available in each Member State, in particular taking into account the population and the size of their economy.
Amendment 278 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. EachThe National Coordination Office is responsible forcomprises the body, appointed by the Member State, responsible for the application of this Regulation in the respective Member State and the social partners at national level. In particular, it shall also be responsible for:
Amendment 281 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) taking all necessary measures at national level in order to ensure that all job applications and CVs available nationally are made available to the EURES portal;
Amendment 282 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) organisation of the work for EURES in the Member State, including ensuring a coordinated transfer to the EURES portal of information on job vacancies, job applications and CVs in accordance with Article 14;
Amendment 297 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) living and working conditions, including welfare contributions and tax payments;
Amendment 305 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) the rules applicable to apprenticeships and traineeships;
Amendment 333 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. The National Coordination Office promotes the collaboration withbetween stakeholders such as the social partners in particular, as well as career guidance services, universities, chambers of commerce and organisations involved in apprenticeships and traineeships schemes.
Amendment 338 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. The National Coordination Office promotes the EURES portal and the collaboration with stakeholders such as career guidance services, universities, chambers of commerce, social services and organisations involved in apprenticeships and traineeships schemes.
Amendment 348 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a The responsibilities of EURES cross- border partnerships 1. Cross-border partnerships shall be established as service providers covering a particular cross-border area. 2. Cross-border partnerships shall, in particular, undertake to provide the following: (a) information on living and working conditions, in particular regarding social security and fiscal regimes; (b) counselling, placement and recruitment services for jobseekers, workers and employers; (c) support for the networking of EURES advisors in the cross-border region; (d) coordination of the cooperation between the partners in the EURES cross- border partnerships; (e) cross-border activities to improve transparency on the labour market and to remove obstacles to mobility; (f) issuing multilingual publications for frontier workers, job seekers and employers and promote fair mobility. 3. Cross-border partnerships shall be considered to be permanent networks with clearly defined objectives. The activities of the EURES cross-border partnerships are to be financed in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013. 4. Each cross-border partnership shall draw up a multi-annual work programme for the organisations participating on an equal footing in the partnership.
Amendment 359 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up a system to authorise EURES Partners to participate in the EURES network, monitor their activities and their compliance with national and Union law when applying this Regulation. This system shall be transparent, proportionate and respect the principles of equal treatment for applicant organisations and due process of law. The Member States shall authorise any representative social partner organisation that requests to become a EURES partner.
Amendment 385 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7
Article 8 – paragraph 7
Amendment 391 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 8
Article 8 – paragraph 8
Amendment 403 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to contribute to the pool of job vacancies in accordance with Article 14(1), paragraph (a). In this case the EURES Partners shall inform the National Coordination offices of any discrepancy between the number of job vacancies being notified to the National Coordination offices and the total number of jobs available at national level;
Amendment 419 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the functioning of the national hub referred to in Article 15(5) through a fee or in another form;
Amendment 428 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The public employment services shall report any discrepancy between the number of job vacancies being notified to the National Coordination Offices and the total number of jobs available in the national economy.
Amendment 434 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Coordination Group ishall be composed of: - representatives of the European Coordination Office and; - representatives of the National Coordination Offices; - representatives of the social partners; - representatives of cross-border partnerships.
Amendment 439 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 450 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Member States shall, in cooperation with the Commission, take measures to ensure that priority is given to Union nationals when filling employment vacancies, in order to achieve a better balance between vacancies and applications for employment within the Union.
Amendment 455 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) all job vacancies available with its public employment services as well as those provided by its EURES Partners; Member States may introduce a mechanism allowing employers not to have a vacancy published on the EURES portal if the request is duty justified on the basis of the skills and competence requirements relating to the job.
Amendment 471 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 474 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) may exclude publicly funded job vacancies, as part of the Member State´s active labour market policies;
Amendment 493 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall seek to develop one-stop shop solutions for the communication towards frontier workers and employers in those cross border regions where the Member States concerned together deem it necessary to set up specific co-operation and service structureWhere cross-border partnerships exist Member States shall seek, in close cooperation with those cross-border partnerships, to develop one-stop shop solutions for the communication towards frontier workers and employers.
Amendment 503 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Member States cooperate with each other and the European Commission regarding interoperability between national systems and the cEuropean Classification referred to in paragraph 1of Skills/ Competences, Qualifications and occupations being developed by the Commission. The Commission shall keep the Member States informed about the development of the European classification.
Amendment 509 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall provides technical and, where possible, financial support to Member States who choose to replace national classifications with the classification referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 531 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(c a) through the EURES cross-border partnerships; or
Amendment 539 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Amendment 571 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) where necessary, to offer language support and provide language training;
Amendment 620 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Amendment 646 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Amendment 672 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The National Coordination Offices shall consult the representatives of social partner organisations at national level about the draft work programmes before sending them to the European Coordination Office.
Amendment 687 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
The European Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council, the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee an ex-post evaluation on the operation and effects of this Regulation fivetwo years after its entry into force.
Amendment 38 #
2013/0390(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 d (new)
Recital 11 d (new)
(11d) The Union should aim to improve internet-based communications on board ships, such as enhancing the availability of internet, ensuring reasonable use on board in order to enhance the implementation of Directives 2008/94/EC, 2009/38/EC, 2002/14/EC, 98/59/EC, 2001/23/EC and this Directive.
Amendment 24 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a framework on market access to port services and financial transparency of ports
Amendment 28 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The overwhelming majorityA significant proportion of Union maritime traffic transits through the core seaports of the trans-European transport network. In order to achieve the aim of this Regulation in a proportionate way without imposing any unnecessary burden on other portsand in recognition of the extra support for those ports through Union measures and funding, this Regulation should apply to thonly to the core ports of the trans-European transport network, each of which playing a significant role for the European transport system either because it handles more than 0.1% of the total EU freight or the total number of passengers or because it improves the regional accessibility of island or peripheral areas, without prejudice, however, to the possibility of Member States deciding to apply this Regulation to other ports as well. Pilotage services performed in the deep sea do not have a direct impact on the efficiency of the ports as they are not used for the direct entry and exit of the ports and therefore do not need to be included in this Regulationnetwork. Future consideration may be given to its extension subject to appropriate consultation and impact assessment.
Amendment 32 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In the interest of efficient, safe and environmentally sound port management, the managing body of the port should be able to require that port service providers can demonstrate that they meet minimum requirements to perform the service in an appropriate way. These minimum requirements should be limited toinclude a clearly defined set of conditions concerning the professional qualifications of the operators, including in terms of training, and the equipment required insofar as these requirements are transparent, non- discriminatory, objective and relevant for the provision of the port service. protection of social and employment conditions, the equipment required, maritime safety standards and environmental requirements. These minimum requirements should serve only to improve the situation in a given port and do not constitute grounds for a reduction in standards.
Amendment 40 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 43 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Any intention to limit the number of port service providers, and a justification for that limitation, should be published in advance by the Member State, competent authority and should be fully justifiedor managing body of the port that intends to apply that limitation, in order to give the interested parties the opportunity to comment. The criteria for any limitation should be objective, transparent and non- discriminatory.
Amendment 45 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The recourse to public service obligations leading to a limitation in the number of providers of a port service should only be justified for reasons of public interest in order to ensure the accessibility of the port service to all users, the availability of the port service all year long or the affordability of the port service to certain category of usersby Member States or competent authorities, for those port services classified as being of general interest, shall take place in accordance with principles and requirements of EU law.
Amendment 52 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The Member State or competent authorities designated in a Member Statey should have the choice to decide to provide port services with public service obligations themselves or to entrust directly the provision of such services directly to an internal operator. In the case that a Member State or competent authority decides to provide the service itself, this may cover the provision of services through agents employed by the competent public authority or commissioned by the competent authority. When such limitation is applied in all the TEN-T ports in the territory of a Member State, the Commission should be informed. In the cases where the competent authorities in a Member State prevail on such a choicesuch cases, the provision of port services by the internal operators should be confined only to the port or ports for which those internal operators were designated. Moreover, in such cases, and the port service charges applied by such an operator should be subject to supervision by the independent supervisory body.
Amendment 73 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 76 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) A framework for the protection and recognition of safety, environmental and labour standards and Social Dialogue in the port services industry
Amendment 78 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) common rules on the financial transparency and charges to be applied by managing bodies or providers of port servicesof port services covered by this Regulation.
Amendment 82 #
Amendment 85 #
Amendment 87 #
Amendment 88 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. This Regulation shall apply to all seaports of the trans-European transport core network, as defined in Annex I of Regulation XXX [regulation on the TEN-T Guidelines].
Amendment 90 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Amendment 91 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. ‘cargo handling services’ means the organisation and handling of cargo between the carrying waterborne vessel and the shore be it for import, export or transit of the cargo, including the processing, lashing, stowing, transporting and temporary storage of the cargo on the relevant cargo handling terminal and directly related to the transporting of the cargo, but excluding warehousing, stripping, repackaging or any other value added services related to the handled cargo;
Amendment 92 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
2a. ‘competent authority’ means any public competent authority or group of public competent authorities of a Member State or Member States, under whose jurisdiction a port or ports are established;
Amendment 93 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
18. ‘waterway access to a port’ means water access to the port from the open sea, such as port approaches, fairways, rivers, sea canals and fjords, if such a waterway falls within the legal competence of the managing body of the port or a competent authority.
Amendment 94 #
Amendment 96 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3
Article 3
Amendment 99 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In the event that the managing body of the port does not require minimum requirements, the Member State or competent authority may impose such requirements on the managing body of the port.
Amendment 102 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The minimum requirements provided for in paragraph 1 may only relate, wh to intere applicable, tolia:
Amendment 106 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) social requirements, including but not limited to health and safety obligations, fair terms of employment, decent living and working conditions including social protection and professional training, and the respect of collective bargaining agreements.
Amendment 114 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The implementation of this regulation shall under no circumstances constitute grounds for a reduction in the level of minimum requirements for the provision of port services already afforded by Member States or competent authorities.
Amendment 118 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By way of derogation from Article 3, the managing body of the portThe Member State or competent authority may limit the number of providers of a port service forin a given port service for one or several of the following reasonsreasons, including:
Amendment 122 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) to ensure compliance with minimum service requirements as provided for under Articles 4 and 5.
Amendment 125 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) In the cases provided for in Article 9 (1), whereby the port service provider is considered as an internal operator for the purpose of this Regulation;
Amendment 127 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) When the managing body of the port is neither the Member State nor the competent authority, that managing body may limit the number of providers in accordance with paragraph 1 in cases where national legislation so permits.
Amendment 130 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Amendment 131 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
Article 7
Amendment 133 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member StatesIn the cases where Member States or competent authorities classify port services as being of general interest, they may decide to impose public service obligations related to portthose services on providers in order to ensure the following:, in accordance with principles and requirements of the Union law.
Amendment 135 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 137 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In the interest of efficient, safe and environmentally sound port management, the managing body of the port should be able to require that port service providers can demonstrate that they meet minimum requirements to perform the service in an appropriate way. These minimum requirements should be limited toinclude a clearly defined set of conditions concerning the professional qualifications of the operators, including in terms of training, and the equipment required insofar as these requirements are transparent, non- discriminatory, objective and relevant for thprotection of social and employment conditions, the equipment required, maritime safety standards and environmental requirements. These minimum requirements should serve only to improve the situation in a given port and do not constitute pgrovision of the port serviceunds for a reduction in standards.
Amendment 138 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 139 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 144 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. In the event of a disruption of port services for which public service obligations are imposed or when an immediate risk of such a situation occurs, the Member State or competent authority may take an emergency measure. The emergency measure may take the form of a direct award so as to attribute the service to a different provider for a period up to one year. During that time period, the Member State or competent authority shall either launch a new procedure to select a provider of port service in accordance with Article 76 or shall apply Article 9.
Amendment 146 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Collective actions, including but not limited to strikes, shall not be considered a disruption of port services for which an emergency measure can be taken.
Amendment 148 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where the national legislation of a Member State so permits, the managing body of a port may provide a port service itself or through a legally distinct entity over which it exercises a control similar to that exercised over its own departments. In such a case, the port service provider shall be considered as an internal operator for the purpose of this Regulation.
Amendment 149 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 154 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The recourse to public service obligations leading to a limitation in the number of providers of a port service should only be justified for reasons of public interest in order to ensure the accessibility of the port service to all users, the availability of the port service all year long or the affordability of by Member States or competent authorities, for those port services classified as being of general interest, shall take place in accordance withe port service to certain category of usersrinciples and requirements of EU law.
Amendment 167 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
This Chapter, with the exception of Articles 4(2), 8(6) and Article 10 and the transitional provisions of Article 24 shall not apply to cargo handling services and, passenger services, pilotage, towage and mooring.
Amendment 176 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
No later than threewo years after the entry into forcedate of application of this Regulation, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the functioning and effect of this Regulation, accompanied, if appropriate, by relevant proposals. The report of the Commission shall take into account any progress achieved by the EU-level Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Ports.
Amendment 180 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 2015...* . * OJ: Please insert the date: 36 months after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 236 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 point a a (new)
(aa) a framework for the protection and recognition of safety, environmental and labour standards and Social Dialogue in the port services industry;
Amendment 342 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 348 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) social requirements, including but not limited to health and safety obligations, fair terms of employment, decent living and working conditions including social protection and professional training, and the respect of collective bargaining agreements.
Amendment 363 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 481 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Collective actions, including but not limited to strikes, shall not be considered a disruption of port services for which an emergency measure can be taken.