9 Amendments of Thomas MANN related to 2015/0051(NLE)
Amendment 104 #
Annex 1 – section 1 – paragraph 1
Member States should facilitate job creation, dismantle red tape on a large scale, reduce barriers for business to hire people, promote entrepreneurship and in particular support the creation and growth of smallmicro-, small and medium-sized enterprises in order to increase the employment rate of women and men, in particular young people. Member States should also actively promote the social economy and foster social innovation.
Amendment 119 #
Annex 1 – section 1 – paragraph 2
The tax burden should be shifted away from labour to other sources of taxation that are less detrimental to employment and growth while protecting; any such shift should be preceded by intensive scholarly studies and objective analyses; at the same time revenue for adequate social protection and growth enhancing expenditures should be protected. Reductions in labour taxation should be aimed at the relevant components of the tax burden and at removing barriers and disincentives to labour market participation, in particular for those furthest away from the labour market.
Amendment 137 #
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 1
Member States should promote productivity and employability through an appropriate supply of relevant knowledge and skills. Member States should make the necessary investments in education and vocational training systems while improving their effectiveness and efficiency to raise the skill level of the workforce, allowing it to better anticipate and meet the rapidly changing needs of dynamic labour markets in an increasingly digital economy. Member States should step up efforts to prevent young people from dropping out of school, to ensure a smoother transition from education and training to professional life, to improve access to quality adult learning for all and implement active ageing strategies to enable longer working lives.
Amendment 149 #
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 equipping the relevant institutions with the necessary means to fully and consistently implement their national Youth Guarantee Implementation Plans, but also by the rapid take-up of resources by Member States.
Amendment 153 #
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 3
Structural weaknesses in education and training systems should be addressed to ensure quality learning outcomes and prevent and tackle early school leaving. That requires flexible school and education systems with a practical focus. Member States should increase educational attainment and consider dual learning systems and upgrading professional training while at the same time increaseing opportunities for recognising skills acquired outside the formal education system.
Amendment 174 #
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 5
Member States should make a full, effective and efficient use of European Social Fund and other Union funds' support in order to improve employment, social inclusion, education and public administration.
Amendment 185 #
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 contracts or independent work contracts. Quality employment should be ensured in terms of socio-economic security, durability, education and training opportunities, working conditions (including health and safety) and work-life balance.
Amendment 207 #
Annex 1 – section 3 – paragraph 4
Mobility of workers should be ensured with an aim of exploiting the full potential of the European labour market, including by enhancing the portability of pensions and the recognition of qualifications. Member States should at the same time guard against abuses of the existing rules. In the process, account should be taken of the fact that, as regards quality assurance and consumer protection, conditions for entering occupations can be of particular significance.
Amendment 221 #
Annex 1 – section 4 – paragraph 1
Member States should eliminate the burden of red tape for small and medium- sized enterprises and modernise their social protection systems to provide effective, efficient, and adequate protection throughout all stages of an individual’s life, ensuring fairness and addressing inequalities. There is a need for simplified and better targeted social policies complemented by affordable quality childcare and education, training and job assistance, housing support and accessible health care, access to basic services such as bank account and Internet and for action to prevent early school leaving and fight social exclusion.