51 Amendments of Tom VANDENKENDELAERE related to 2016/2095(INI)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the Written Statement Directive 91/533/EEC,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
– having regard to the Fixed-Term Work Directive 1999/70/EC,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
– having regard to the Temporary Work Agency Directive 2008/104/EC,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 d (new)
Citation 5 d (new)
– having regard to the Part-Time Directive 97/81/EC,
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission report on the application of Directive 2008/104/EC on temporary agency work of 21 March 2014,
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union needs a paradigm shift towardsto evaluate the existing Social Acquis, and take the necessary steps to establish a strong European social model 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 ensures good social protection for all, empowers vulnerable groups, 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 139 #
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 which should contain legislation, policy-making mechanisms and financial instruments;
Amendment 158 #
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 (Calls on the Commission to review the Social Acquis and to complement the existing legislation, policy-making mechanisms and financial instruments), in a European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) which deliverings a positive impact on citizens’ lives in the short and medium 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;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the enactment of aa revision of the existing directives on fair working conditions, where appropriate, for all forms of employment, 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, collective bargaining, collective action, access to training, and adequate information and consultation rights; underlines that this directive 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, crowd-working, internship or traineeship; requests that the EU acquis be updated accordingly so as to apply to all workersregardless of the type of contract; recalls the principle of non-discrimination in the directives on fixed-term work, part-time work and temporary agency work, that a worker who is employed under such an atypical contract should generally not be treated in a less favourable manner than comparable permanent and/or fulltime staff, concerning employment conditions, unless there are objective reasons; underlines that the principle of non- discrimination should apply to all atypical employment forms and relationships; stresses that the prevention and settlement disputes and grievances arising from the application of the directives shall be dealt with in accordance with national law, collective agreements and practice;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Supports the Commission’s initiative to carry out a REFIT evaluation of the Written Statement Directive 91/533/EEC, calls the Commission to take in account the current labour market situation where new forms of employment have appeared or developed, including forms of employment which are neither classified as a standard employment relationship nor as self-employment status;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Calls on the Member States for decisive steps towards legal certainty on what constitutes ‘employment’, also for work intermediated by digital platforms; underlines that open- ended contracts should remain the norm given their importance for socio-economic security; calls for the revision of the existing directives, on fair working conditions to includ, where appropriate, with a view to complementing the relevant minimum standards to be ensured in more precarious forms of employment, in particular:
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point a
Paragraph 4 – point a
a. decent working conditions for internships, traineeships and apprenticeships, prohibiting those that are unpaid or paid so little that they do not enable workers to make ends meet;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point b
Paragraph 4 – point b
b. for work intermediated by digital platforms, a definition of employment that is less dependent on full cumulation of the relevant criteria;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need for renewed social upward convergence in wages throughout the EU; calls on the Commission to actively support a wider coverage for collective bargaining; considers that to ensure decent living wages, minimum wages set at a decent level are necessary; recommends the establishment of national wage floors through legislation or collective bargaining, with the objective of attaining at least 60 % of the respective national average wage;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls thatUrges the Member States to fully implement the legislation on the right to healthy and safe working conditions which also involves limitations on working time and provisions on minimum rest periods and 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;
Amendment 415 #
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;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports more integrated provisa better coordination of social protection benefits and social services between the Member States, as a way to make the welfare state more understandable and accessible while not weakening social protection; 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;
Amendment 485 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is aware that rising life expectancy and workforce shrinking pose a challenge to the sustainability 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, and the economic dependency ratio, the birth rate and differences in job arduousness;
Amendment 528 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 580 #
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 deductions; repeats its call for legislationrelevant measures on carers’ leave accompanied by adequate remuneration and social protection;
Amendment 591 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers child poverty to be a major issue on which Europe should ‘'act big’'; calls on the Member States for the swift implementation of a Child Guarantee in all Member States, so thatmeasures to guarantee to every child now living in poverty can havthe access to freaccessible healthcare, freaccessible education, freaccessible childcare, decent housing and proper nutrition;
Amendment 614 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for legislationEncourages Member States 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 on the Member States for tax incentives to help young people on low incomes set up their own households; calls for greater use of the EFSI to support urban renewal and affordable housing provision;
Amendment 635 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for legislation ensuringon the Commission to evaluate the existing legislation and complement where necessary, in order to ensure 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 role of social enterprises;
Amendment 682 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
19. Is alarmed at the spread of precariousness arising from the excessive use of ‘atypical’ contracCalls on the Member States to monitor the use of different types of contracts and to improve the portability of social rights; stresses the importance of ensuring sufficient institutional and budgetary capacities to provide adequate protection for people in non-standard forms ofall employment forms, employment relationships and self- employment; considers in particular that:
Amendment 697 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – point a
Paragraph 19 – point a
a. social insurance schemes must be broadened in order to enable all workerspersons in all employment forms, employment relationships and self-employment to accumulate entitlements providing income security in situations such as unemployment, involuntary part-time work or career breaks for family or training reasons;
Amendment 708 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – point b
Paragraph 19 – point b
b. all workerspersons in all employment forms, employment relationships and self- employment should have a personal activity account, easily accessible through a website and/or a smartphone application, where they could consult their social entitlements;
Amendment 765 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – point b
Paragraph 22 – point b
b. there is a need for new legislative proposals on family leave schemes, including maternity leave, paternity leave, parental leave and carers’ leave, encouraging equal take-up of leave arrangements by men and women across all categories of workers in order to improve women’s access to and position within the labour market and facilitate work-life balance;
Amendment 777 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls onSupports the Commission to set out new concrete measures to ensure non- discrimination and equal opportunitiesimplement the Strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019 to ensure non- discrimination and equal opportunities; stresses that in the five key areas for action progress is made but further action is needed;
Amendment 788 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Recalls the invitation of the European Council1a to make use of the annual gender equality reports in the context of the European Semester in order to enhance gender mainstreaming; __________________ 1aCouncil conclusions on Gender Equality, 337/16
Amendment 803 #
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 should not be forced on workers by poor conditions in their home regions, and should not undermine host countries’ social standardich is fundamental to enhance convergence and integration between European countries;
Amendment 839 #
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, the horizontal social clause (Article 9 TFEU) should be properly applied;
Amendment 852 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – introductory part
Paragraph 26 – introductory part
26. Considers that the objective of upward social 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; 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 following indicators which are directly affected by public policies:
Amendment 866 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point a
Paragraph 26 – point a
Amendment 874 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point b
Paragraph 26 – point b
Amendment 877 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point c
Paragraph 26 – point c
Amendment 883 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point d
Paragraph 26 – point d
d. the at-risk-of-poverty raelete;d
Amendment 889 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point e
Paragraph 26 – point e
Amendment 896 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point f
Paragraph 26 – point f
Amendment 900 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point g
Paragraph 26 – point g
Amendment 908 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point h
Paragraph 26 – point h
Amendment 913 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point i
Paragraph 26 – point i
Amendment 917 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point j
Paragraph 26 – point j
Amendment 929 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 953 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 975 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Highlights that today’s phenomena of capital-intensive production, high rates of inequality and the continuing rise in ’atypical’ work imply a need to increase the role of general tax revenue in cofinancing social insurance schemesbroaden the financial base for social insurance schemes and adapt benefits accordingly in order to provide decent social protection for all;
Amendment 1011 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – point c
Paragraph 30 – point c
Amendment 1022 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 1041 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 1053 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point a
Paragraph 32 – point a
Amendment 1070 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point b
Paragraph 32 – point b
Amendment 1106 #
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 and the European Council, involving social partners at the highest level, and should contain a clear roadmap for implementation, with concrete commitments and target dates;