12 Amendments of Elena LIZZI related to 2021/2165(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
Citation 14
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, notwithstanding a 70% decrease in workplace fatalities between 1994 and 20181a, they still exceed 3 000 annually, with 3 million injuries of various types and magnitudes; __________________ 1aEurostat, data for common economic sectors in the EU-15 (1994-2009) and all economic sectors in the EU-27 (2010- 2018)
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for Directive 2004/37/EC of 29 April 2004 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work to be updated on a continual basis and in an ambitious timeframe, ensuring that occupational exposure limits contained in the directive exist for a minimum of 50 priority substances by 2024; calls for the inclusion of reprotoxic substances and hazardous medicinal products in the scope of the directive; reiterates the importance of future legislative amendments for the addition of new substances and/or new limit values being based on the opinion of the Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health and agreed through tripartite dialogue;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to present in 2022 a legislative proposal to further reduce workers’ exposure to asbestos; calls on the Commission to be ambitious in its endeavours to achieve the total ban of asbestos and with regard to its zero accidents at work vision, and to update the exposure limit for asbestos to 0.001 fibres/cm3 (1 000 fibres/m3); stresses the need for an EU framework directive for national asbestos removal strategies, including public asbestos registers;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to look more closely into the issue of work-related cardiovascular diseases, which are the second leading cause of work-related deaths in the EU, when, despite this, little is known about the reasons for these and the correlation with employment-related risks;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomNotes the Commission’s intention to present by the end of 2021 a legislative initiative to improve the working conditions of platform workers; calls on the Commission to ensure that the proposal guarantees rights for all platform workers for a healthy and safe working environment;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Invites the Member States to focus greater attention on the working environments of persons with disabilities, who may need additional protection at the workplace when it comes to health and safety;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Invites the Member States to implement specific return-to-work and rehabilitation programmes for workers involved in accidents at the workplace;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Emphasises the need to factor in all the risks for technical workers associated with the automation and digitalisation of work, particularly in the case of older workers;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to propose a legislative framework with a viewInvites all the Member States to establishing minimum requirements for remote work across the Union; stresses that such a framework shouldin order to clarify working conditions, including the provision, use and liability of equipment, including as regards existing and new digital tools, and that it shouldo ensure that such work is carried out on a voluntary basis and that the rights, workload and performance standards of teleworkers are equivalent to those of comparable workers;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive on minimum standards and conditions to ensure that workers are able to exercise effectively, in accordance with Article 153(2)(b) TFEU, to consult the Member States before introducing a new Union directive with a view to promoting their right to disconnect and to regulateing the use of existing and new digital tools for work purposwithin the existing rules;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the need to support small and medium-sized enterprises and micro-enterprises, which employ the lion’s share of Europe’s workforce and often face the greatest obstacles in guaranteeing high standards in health and safety at work, through targeted European funding; stresses, therefore, the need for measures in the field of health and safety at work to respond to the precise and varying needs of SMEs;