Activities of Michael DETJEN related to 2017/0305(NLE)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States PDF (230 KB) DOC (97 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) To ensure a more democratic decision-making process in the context of the Integrated Guidelines, which affect people and labour markets across the Union, it is important that both the employment guidelines and the broad economic policy guidelines are decided upon by both the European Parliament and the Council. The Integrated Guidelines must allow Member States, as a priority, to adopt sustainable and integrated economic models at Union, national and local level.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part 1 – paragraph 1
Member States should facilitate and invest in the creation of quality jobs, including by reducing the barriers that businesses face in hiring people, by promoting entrepreneurship and self-employment and, in particular, by supporting the creation and growth of micro and small enterprisessustainable and quality jobs across skill levels and labour market sectors, including by fully developing the potential of future oriented sectors, such as the green and circular economy, the care sector and the digital sector. Member States should reduce difficulties for people in balancing work and private life, ensure that all work places are adapted for persons with disabilities and that the hiring of people by businesses, including small and medium-sized enterprises, is facilitated. Member States should actively promote the social economy and foster social innovation.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 2 – paragraph 5
Annex I – part 2 – paragraph 5
Barriers to participation and career progression should be eliminated to ensure gender equality and increased labour market participation of women, including through equal pay for equal work. The reconciliation of work and family life should be promoted, in particular through access to long-term care and affordable in all sectors and professions. Member States should ensure at Union and national level, that undertakings practise wage transparency and conduct pay audits in order to achieve equal pay. The Commission should put forward initiatives, if necessary, to remove any kind of gender pay gap, setting penalties for work places that violate the right to equality, early childhood education and carstablishing different wages for identical job categories, depending on whether they are occupied mainly by men or by women. The reconciliation of work, private and family life should be promoted for all people. Member States should ensure that parents and other people with caring responsibilities, have access to suitable family leaves and flexibleand care leaves, affordable quality long-term care and early childhood education and care and flexible worker-oriented working arrangements in order to balance work and private life, and promote a balanced use of these entitlements between women and men.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 3 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part 3 – paragraph 1
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 2
Member States should modernisimprove social protection systems to provide effective, efficient and adequate social protection throughout all stages of an individual's life including for self-employed workers, fostering social inclusion and upward social mobility, incentivising labour market participation and addressing inequalities, including through the design of their tax and benefit systems. The modernisation of social protection systems should lead to better accessi, availability, sustainability, adequacy and quality.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 3
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 3
Member States should develop and implement preventive and integrated strategies through the combination of the three strands of active inclusion: adequate income support, inclusive labour markets and access to quality services tailored to individual needs. Social protection systems should ensure the right to adequate minimum income benefits for everyone lacking sufficient resources and promote social inclusion by encouraging people to participate actively in the labour market and society.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 4
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 4
Access to and availability of affordable, accessible and quality services such as childcare, out-of-school care, education, training, housing, health services, rehabilitation and long-term care are essential for ensuring equal opportunities, including for children and young people as well as ethnic minorities and migrants. Children living in poverty should have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and proper nutrition. Particular attention should be given to fighting poverty, and social exclusion, including reducing in-work poverty. Member States should ensure that everyone has access to essential services, including water, sanitation, energy, transport, financial services and digital communications. For those in need andor in a vulnerable peoplesituation, Member States should ensure access to adequate social housing assistance as well as the right to appropriate assistance and protection against forced eviction. Homelessness should be tackled specifically. The specific needs of people with disabilities should be taken into account.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 6
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 6