13 Amendments of Leszek MILLER related to 2019/0000(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 48 e (new)
Citation 48 e (new)
– having regard to the Commission report of 2019 on In-Work Poverty,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 48 f (new)
Citation 48 f (new)
– having regard to the Council recommendation of 2018 on access to social protection for workers and the self- employed,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the employment rate has grown strongly among workers above 55 years of age; whereas in 2018 the employment rate of workers between 55 and 64 years in the euro area is with 58.8% still well below the average; whereas with 52.9% especially women in this age category have a lower employment rate; whereas demographics forecast a growing number of older workers; whereas demographic change has impact on pension, healthcare and long-term care systems;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the employment gender gap was 11.6 percentage points in 2018; whereas it has not improved substantially in recent years and it remained almost unchanged since 2013;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas aggregate household incomes grew slower than the GDP, indicating that income gains from the recovery have reached households only to some extent and suggesting that recent growth is not inclusive; whereas average wages in real terms still lag behind pre- crisis levels in many Member States and their growth remained below productivity growth in 2017; whereas income inequality is often linked to unequal opportunities in access to education, training and social protection;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas horizontal and vertical labour market segmentation persists and affects, in particular, women, low-skilled, young and older people, people with disabilities, national, linguistic, ethnic and sexual minorities and people with migrant backgrounds; whereas in 2016 the employment rate of people with disabilities was with 48.1% well below the average employment rate;
Amendment 86 #
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 an urgent need for improvement in terms of youth unemployment, long-term unemployment, labour market segmentation and inequalities, in-work poverty and productivity; strongly regrets that real wage growth remains below what could be expected given the positive labour market and economic performance; calls for a new financial instrument to tackle long- term unemployment, which provides financial support for measures and projects in regions with above-average long-term unemployment;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes with great concern the unacceptably high level of youth unemployment in a number of Member States; emphasises that the detachment of young people from the labour market also has significant negative consequences for social cohesion and must urgently be addressed; stresses the importance of the Youth Guarantee to reduce the number of NEETs and youth unemployment; calls on the Commission to make the Youth Guarantee a permanent instrument and to further strengthen it;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that considerable divergences in employment persist between countries, regions and population groups; considers it necessary to increase employment rates and promote decent job creation in order to achieve the Europe 2020 goal of an employment rate of at least 75 %; calls on the Commission to propose a European unemployment re-insurance scheme that plays a stabilising role when Member States face economic crises;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need for well- designed labour market policies and reforms that create quality employment, promote equal opportunities and the equal treatment of workers, facilitate equal access to the labour market and social protection for all, facilitate labour mobility, reintegrate the unemployed and tackle inequalities and gender imbalances; strongly regrets that many Europeans are involuntarily working part-time; notes that this has detrimental consequences for their social protection; calls on Member States to improve framework conditions in order to increase opportunities for permanent and full-time employment;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that participation of women in the labour market continues to grow but that gender inequalities in terms of employment and pay persist; takes the view that efforts should be strengthenednotes with concern that the gender gap in employment remains almost unchanged since 2013 and that gender inequalities in terms of employment and pay persist at a high level; strongly regrets that the Barcelona targets of childcare availability of 90% for children between 3 years and mandatory school age will not be met; notes that only few Member States have taken actions to tackle the gender pay gap; urges all Member States to strengthen their efforts to reduce the gender pay gap, the gender pension gap and disincentives to work, improve work- life balance and provide access to affordable childcare, early childcare and long-term care facilities; calls on Member States to improve training, working conditions and wages in these services (as well as in health services); calls on the Commission to issue a directive on pay transparency in order to quickly close the gender pay gap; calls on Member States to encourage more men to take up paid family-related leave; notes with concern that women are overrepresented in lower- paid sectors and work more frequently in jobs they are over-qualified for;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. CWelcomes the progress made in the European Disability Strategy 2010- 2020 and especially the directive on accessibility; emphasises however that more needs to be done; strongly regrets that people with disabilities remain consistently disadvantaged in terms of employment, education and social inclusion; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up efforts for the further inclusion of people with disabilities in the labour market, by removing legislative barriers to creating incentives for their employment and ensuring the accessibility of workplaces;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the social situation continues to improve and that poverty is in decline, but that itDeplores that poverty still remains unacceptably high; stresses that while the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) in the EU continued to decrease in 2017, some 113 million people in the EU and 74 million in the euro area were AROPE in 2017; urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary steps to reduce poverty, including child and in-work poverty, in order to achieve the Europe 2020 goal; emphasises that decent job creationas well as poverty among old ages; regrets that the Europe 2020 goal of reduction of poverty will most probably be missed; emphasises that especially certain groups are at risk of poverty, namely children, people with disabilities and people with a migrant background; underlines the need to eradicate child poverty and calls on the Commission to propose legislation for the implementation of a European Child Guarantee; emphasises that decent jobs, access to social protection regardless of employment relationship or contract type, wage growth and well-resourced, quality public education systems and accessible life-long learning offers have a significant impact on reducing inequalities, the risk of poverty and social exclusion; welcomes the significant impact that social transfers have on poverty reduction; regrets however that this is not reflected in national policies of all Member States; notes that in 2017 9.4% of all employed people in the EU were at risk of poverty and that according to a study by the Commission on in-work poverty in Europe from 2019, in-work poverty is increasing in many Member States; emphasises that in-work poverty is a fundamental sign of social unfairness and urges Member States to take decisive action to ensure that people can afford themselves and their families a decent life from their wages; calls on the Commission to propose legislation on EU- wide minimum social protection floor and minimum income schemes;