9 Amendments of Jordi CAÑAS related to 2020/2086(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Condemns the fact that, according to these petitions, individuals with disabilities continue to encounter many challenges related to accessibility, participation in employment and mobility within the EU, and continue to encounter discrimination; considers it unacceptable that many employers are still not taking appropriate measures to tackle these issues, despite such measures being crucial to the economic and social inclusion of the 100 million persons with disabilities in the EU;, highlights that this leads to a large unused percentage of potential workforce.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its call on the Member States to take specific measures with a view to ensuring full equality in practice to prevent or compensate for disadvantages linked to disabilities, and recommends that the Member States ensure the employment of people with disabilities is addressed in their national reform programmes; Member states shall ensure that Enterprises should receive incentives for a better inclusion of disabled people within their business. In this context, financial support and technical measures for the hiring of the disabled people should be simplified, and enterprises should be encouraged to adapt recruitment procedures so that people with disabilities have easier access to job offers and application procedures.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that a reasonStresses that considerable efforts should be made to adapt all workplaces to accommodate special needs with a view to potentiallyimprove their accessibility and accommodate special needs so as to promote a supportive environment for employing persons with all types of disabilities and insists on promotadvancing dialogue between social partners with a view to fostering equal treatment, including through the monitoring of workplace practices, collective agreements, codes of conduct and research on or the exchange of experiences and goodat legislative level where appropriate, and through constant exchange of best practices;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on all Member States to take appropriatand the Commission to take effective action to achieve the social and economic integration of disabled peoplepeople with disabilities, to raise awareness, to share research and best practices and to combat youth and senior unemployment, as unemployment can lead to poverty, social exclusion and mental health problems;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on all Member States to take appropriate action to achieve the social and economic integration of disabled people, to raise awareness, to share best practices and to combat youth and senior unemployment, as unemployment can lead to poverty, social exclusion and mental health problems; calls on member states to ensure access for people with disabilities to quality education, employment measures like the Youth Guarantee and exchange programmes as Erasmus+.
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the role of women, who usually have primary responsibility for taking care of children and dependants with disabilities; stresses that this has a direct effect on women’s access to jobs and their professional development and may negatively affect their conditions of employment; Member states should promote research on this topic, as data is scarce. Calls on member states to establish a flexible parental leave system, with a job guarantee once the parental leave is over, which is equally accessible regardless of gender.
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Insists on updating and renewing the post-2020 European Disability Strategy, with the aim of further reducing inequalities for disadvantaged personpeople with disabilities, and promoting their social and economic inclusion and independence, taking into account the challenges and issues relating to disabilities that have arisen from the COVID-19 pandemic; notes that confinement measures taken by governments and teleworking may have affected persons with disabilities.;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Highlights that the challenges prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic have particularly affected people with disabilities; urges Governments to consider the impact that confinement requirements and teleworking have on persons with disabilities.