12 Amendments of Asger CHRISTENSEN related to 2020/2007(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas Article 153(5) TFEU makes clear that the setting of minimum wages is a national competence and forbids the EU to intervene directly on the level of pay;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas agriculture is a sector with a strong reliance on temporary labour, work which is mostly seasonal in nature with peaks and high employment of migrant workers to meet the needs and demands of sector;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s legislative proposal of March 2018 for establishing a European Labour Authority to ensure that EU rules on labour mobility are enforced in a fair, simple and effective way; however regrets that the European Labour Authority is currently not planning to be fully operational before 2024;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights the important and essential role of migrant and seasonal workers in responding to periodic and seasonal peaks in labour demand in the agricultural sector which local supply cannot meet;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Notes that several Member States, such as Denmark, Italy and Spain, have in recent years experienced a significant increase in the share of migrant workers in agriculture;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Stresses the disproportionately negative impact movement restrictions introduced as a result of the COVID-19 crisis had on the availability of seasonal workers for necessary agricultural work and across the food supply chain as a whole, notes in this regard the importance of a fully functioning internal market with clear guidelines and uniform interpretation by the Member States;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. CNotes that the full and proper implementation of Directive 2014/36/EU (on the conditions of entry and stay of third-country nationals for the purpose of employment as seasonal workers) should be ensured and monitored in Member States to ensure minimum standards are achieved, considers that better legal frameworks and a greater focus on the implementation and enforcement of labour law are urgently needed, including with regard to employment rights and social security coverage, especially for atypical work and exploited labour; furthermore underlines the importance of the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same place;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that better targeting of EU funds would support worker mobilitysuch as those under the European Social Fund and tools under the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) programme would support worker mobility, inclusion and increased health and safety training and awareness, enabling better use of the information available and improving the collection and use of data on the patterns of labour mobility flows and imbalances within the labour market;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that family workers still represent the vast majority of agricultural labour in Europe, and that insufficient generational renewal is one of the major challenges faced by the farming sector across the EU, resulting in fewer farmers in the sector year after year; Notes that CAP measures oriented towards young farmer help maintain employment in agriculture, namely through supporting farm succession and generating local jobs in both farming and its up-and downstream sectors. However, regrets that this positive trend remains very limited in its impact because of many other economic factors influencing farming employment, such as access to credit and land as well as lack in succession planning and lack of tax incentives;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that technological innovation is a driver of structural change within farms and agricultural labour markets, and that many holdings across Europe are not sufficiently prepared for taking up technological innovation owing to the low level of agricultural training of their farm managers, a level which differs significantly among Member States; notes that that the current trend towards a technology-oriented agricultural sector has the potential to push labour costs upwards, as farming will demand a higher-skilled labour force; highlights that increased training, education and upskilling will be required by all workers in the sector to meet the challenge of increased technologic innovation and modernisation and notes that this increased training should be planned in close collaboration with social partners within the labour market;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Highlights that, as enshrined in the TFEU, the EU does not have the competence to intervene on the setting of pay or minimum wages;