25 Amendments of Javi LÓPEZ related to 2018/2034(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in January 2018 the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the euro area was 8.6 %, which was down from 9.6 % in January 2017 and constituted the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since December 2008; whereas this low unemployment rate hides uneven situations among the euro area Member States with lowest unemployment rates in January 2018 recorded in Malta (3.5 %) and Germany (3.6 %), while the highest and still concerning unemployment rates were observed in Greece (20.9 % in November 2017) and Spain (16.3 %);
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in January 2018 the youth unemployment rate in the euro area was 17.7 % compared with 19.9 % in January 2017; but still significantly high with some Southern countries with more than 1 out of 3 young unemployed;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the total employment rate for the euro area in 2017 was 71.0⁰ %, while the employment rate for women was 65.4 %, notwithstanding employment levels still fall short of levels recorded a decade ago in several Eastern and Southern countries (ESDE 2018, p. 27); whereas the declining trend in hours worked per employed person due to increased part-time work is concerning, with a slight decline (0.3%) in 2017 relative to the previous year and still at a level approximately 3.0% lower than in 2008 (ESDE 2018 p.27);
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas labour market segmentation persists and affects in , involuntary part-time and temporary work together with non- standard and atypical forms of employment, non-genuine and bogus self- employment persist, causing uncertainty, precariousness and insecure jobs, affecting in particular women, low-skilled, young and older people, people with disabilities and people with a migrant background;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas universal access to quality and affordable public healthcare is a basic societal needneed which has to be secured and invested in by Member States and the Union;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas in 2016 the percentage of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the euro area was 23.15 %, still above its bottom level in 2009 and the in- work poverty rate in the EU-28 was 9.6 %, representing almost 1 out of 10 employed people who are still under the poverty threshold in spite of being employed; whereas still 118 millions of European citizens are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, still 1 million above the pre- crisis level;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas according to the Employment and Social Developments in Europe (ESDE) review 2018, the restrained pace of growth in productivity per person employed affecting wage growth is linked to factors such as the higher share of part-time jobs and the lower numbers of hours worked;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the part-time employment rate in the euro area has remained stable since 2013, and whereas in 2017 part-time work accounted for 21.2 % of all contractsand temporary work in the euro area remain being a high proportion of total employment with involuntary part-time work still above 25%, which has negative consequences in terms of precariousness, wage growth and the reduction of income inequalities; whereas in 2017 part-time work accounted for 21.2 % of all contracts; and whereas in 2016 young people held by far the highest share of temporary contracts with 43.8 % of employees aged 15 to 24 employed under a temporary contract;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that while the economic conditions in the EU are currently favourable and overall employment is steadily growing, there is still much room for improvement in terms of youth unemployment,tackling youth and long-term unemployment and gender imbalances, fight against labour market segmentation and, inequalities, in-work poverty, productivity and wage growth especially linked to vulnerable groups and in-work poverty, the eradication of child poverty, fostering productivity through the creation of permanent and full-time jobs, encouraging unionisation and wage growth; regrets the limited impact of public policy on reducing poverty in EU Member States as highlighted by the 2017 Social Scoreboard;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that well-functioning social protection systems are an important precondition for inclusive national labour markets andwhich offer equal rights and benefits for all workers regardless their type of employment relationship, contract or form of employment are an important precondition for inclusive national labour markets, avoiding insecurity, uncertainty, precariousness and poverty among those most vulnerable and reinforce the resilience of the euro area economy as a whole;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the Commission’s 2018 country-specific recommendations (CSR) as an important part of the European Semester process and welcomes the specialnotes the attention given in them to social challenges which are still insufficiently addressed by the Member States in terms of efforts and resources; notes that the 20 principles proclaimed in the Social Pillar have not been sufficiently integrated into the CSRs; notes with concern that only 50 % of the recommendations for 2017 were implemented fully or partially and therefore encourages the Member States to step up their efforts to implement the recommendations, in particular in the fields of: - income inequalities, - wage growth linked to weakness of workers’ bargaining power and increasing decentralisation of collective bargaining and slight evolution of productivity due to increasing percentage of part-time work and its shorter duration which have brought to a decline in hours worked per employee. - child and in-work poverty, especially among some vulnerable groups - youth and long-term unemployment, - labour market uncertainty and precariousness linked to atypical and new forms of employment and types of contracts, which are linked to unequal access to social protection - gender balances, in terms of labour market participation, gender pay and pension pay gap, education, sustainability of pension systems, and healthcare, including long- term care;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that job creation, therefore, that quality job creation, equal access to social protection regardless of employment relationship or type of contract and wage growth have a significant impact on reducing inequalities, improving standard of living and supporting economic recovery, and that Member States’ reforms should therefore focus in particular on policies that increase productivity and growth potential, support the creation of quality jobs and reduce inequalit, encourage creation of permanent and full- time employment, promoting unionisation and labour market reforms to rebalance workers’ bargaining power, restabilising wage and economy;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission communication of 13 March 2018 on monitoring the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) (COM(2018)0130), which aligns the Pillar with the European Semester cycle by reflecting the priorities of the EPSR in the analysis of measures taken and progress made at national level; Calls on the Commission and the Member State to be more ambitious with the roadmap for the implementation of the EPSR to build up a real Social Dimension of the EU, providing complete legislative and financial resources at European and National level in order to accomplish the commitments proclaimed last November in Gothenburg;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the labour markets of euro area countries differ significantly, which constitutes a challenge to their proper functioning; calls therefore for well- designed labour market policies that reducereforms which undo the negatives effects brought by Labour Market Reforms done during the crisis, with the objective of reducing labour market segmentation, promote equal opportunities, facilitate equal access to the labour market, increase labour mobility and reintegrate the unemployed and social protection, increase and reintegrate the unemployed, tackle inequalities and gender imbalances;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need to increase employment rates,reduce poverty, in particular child and in-work poverty, encouraging progressive reforms of benefits systems, increasing employment rates and promoting quality job creation in particular among low- skilled, young and older workers, women, migrants and people with disabilities, in order to achieve the Europe 2020 goal of an employment rate of at least 75 % and to mitigate the social and financial risks they facdrastically the risk of poverty and social exclusion they face; underlines the need to reduce child poverty via the implementation of an EU-wide Child Guarantee;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to take full advantage of the positive economic outlook and pursue labour market reforms fostering reliable permanent and full-time labour contracts and, tackling non-genuine and bogus self-employment and promoting adequatel access to social protection for all types of contractregardless of the employment relationship or the type of contract; stresses the importance of an ambitious directive on predictable and transparent working conditions;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to ensure the long-term sustainability of pension systems that do not overburden the younger generation, and to reduce the risk of poverty in old age;reduce gender pension gaps and ensure intergenerational equity ensuring decent and sufficient retirement benefits in order to eradicate poverty in old ages and at the same time providing long-term sustainability of pension systems, promoting higher employment rates of quality jobs which provide higher contributions to public pension systems and do not overburden the younger generation; calls on the Member States to reform their contributory systems to ensure they can better adapt to the reality of people’s employment trajectories, including by ensuring that temporary work, as well as internships and apprenticeships, are counted as working time giving rise to pension entitlements, and therefore making it easier to bank enough working time to reach adequate incomes at retirement, notes with concern that in some Member States the gender pension gap, as well as the rate of early retirement, remains high;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that adequate skills can be acquired and the skills mismatch tackled by improving the quality and accessibility of education and training particularly for the most vulnerable and the most marginalised, including targeted quality training and reinforcing upskilling and reskilling measures, which require appropriate support, including funding at EU, national and regional level for both formal and non-formal education providers; points to the need to increase the relevance of vocational training to the labour market;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Supports a Skills Guarantee as a new right for everyone to acquire fundamental skills for the 21st century, underlines that the Skills Guarantee is an important social investment, requests that national public investments be considered within a “silver rule on social investment” under the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the need to pursue reforms that prepare the labour market and its workforce for the digital transformation; highlights the need to modernise national social protection systems to provide adequate protection for employees in new forms of work and with new kinds of contracts as well as improving coverage for those who cannot work and those who are unable to find work;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Highlights that digital skills are central to a knowledge based economy and calls on the Member States to increase digital access as well as improve digital skills among their citizens;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to undertake the necessary reforms to increase the affordability, accessibility, quality and cost- effectiveness of their educational and healthcare systems;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points out the need for well- designed policies for a better work-life balance, including provision of affordable childcare and early childcare, rebalancing the gender care role among men and women, promoting flexible working arrangements, and take-up of advantageous family leave and adequate investment in affordable, quality childcare; sees, in this regard, the swiftat a balanced adoption of the directive on work-life balance for parents and carers ais a necessary step towards improved work- life balance;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the importance of enhancing structured dialogue and consulting with civil society and the participation of employers’ organisations and trade unions in implementing employment and social policies and reforms;