Activities of Dragoş PÎSLARU related to 2023/2866(RSP)
Institutional motions (1)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the revision of the European Labour Authority mandate
Amendments (17)
Amendment 3 #
Citation 9
– having regard to the motion for a resolution of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairsits resolution on The introduction of a European social security pass for improving the digital enforcement of social security rights and fair mobility (2021/2620),
Amendment 4 #
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis (2020/2664),
Amendment 5 #
Citation 9 b (new)
– having regard to Article 45(2) of the TFEU, forbidding any discrimination based on nationality between workers of the Member States as regards employment, remuneration and other conditions of work and employment.
Amendment 8 #
Recital B
B. whereas the freedom of movement of workers and the freedom to provide services are two of the four basic freedoms of the EU; whereas theis essential to the proper functioning of the Internal Market, is a key contributor to economic growth across the Union and a fundamental economic asset freedoms are among the main achievements of EU integrator EU regions situated in the periphery as well as border regions;
Amendment 9 #
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the mobility of workers can be hampered by an insufficient coordination of social security systems across Member States, whereas weaknesses in the application of workers’ portability of their rights and entitlements in the area of social protection can create protection gaps and disincentivise workers who want to move and work in another member state;
Amendment 15 #
Recital C
C. whereas labour mobility creates economic growth and benefits for the whole EU and offers opportunities for workers and undertakings in the single market; whereas ensuring fair mobility and fair competition remains a challenge as a result of the 27 different labour market regimes with national regulations and practices; whereas EU legislation must be duly implemented and enforced in all Member States, not least by addressing skills mismatch across the Union, and labour shortages in certain regions as well as by mitigating the pressure on public finances on regions that might be hit by asymmetric shocks and a rise in unemployment;
Amendment 17 #
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas ensuring fair mobility and fair competition remains a challenge as a result of the 27 different labour market regimes with national regulations and practices; whereas EU legislation with respect to workers’ labour and social rights must be duly implemented and enforced in all Member States, also as a way to address the challenge of the permanent leave of high skilled and educated people due to numerous reasons leading to population decline and economic downturn;
Amendment 25 #
Recital E
E. whereas national enforcement authorities, such as labour and social security inspectorates, and social partners involved in labour and social security inspections, struggle to effectively enforce national and EU law, especially in cross- border situations; whereas effective enforcement requires structured cooperation and regular and secure information exchanges between Member States and all relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 37 #
Recital H
H. whereas ELA has not yet reached its full operational potential; whereas ELA’s activities and impact are restricted due to the voluntary nature of the cooperation and participation of Member States; whereas the legal framework of the authority prevents it from carrying out investigations on its own initiative or dealing with labour migration from non-EUthird country countries;
Amendment 57 #
Recital L
L. whereas in its resolution of 11 May 2023 on a roadmap towards a social Europe – two years after the Porto Social Summit, the European Parliament underlined the importance of a well- functioning and efficient ELA; whereas Parliament has already called on the Commission to make use of the opportunity presented by the forthcoming evaluation to submit a legislative proposal to review the scope of ELA’s founding regulation and allow it to realise its full potential, especially concerning ELA’s inquiry powers;
Amendment 59 #
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas labour shortages are on the rise in the EU; whereas EURES has the potential to become a key instrument to foster labour mobility and improve job matching across the EU but its potential is currently not fully tapped; whereas there is an insufficient use by national authorities, employment agencies and social partners of EURES;
Amendment 60 #
Recital L b (new)
L b. whereas undeclared work remains an acute problem in the EU with some sectors, such as in the HORECA sector, construction, tourism, care and household support services sectors, being more at risk than others;
Amendment 78 #
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the scope of ELA is limited to the EU acts mentioned in its founding regulation; notes, however, that the authority is often confronted with sector-specific problems and labour mobility issues related to non-EUthird country nationals; calls, therefore, for its scope to be expanded to include non-EUthird country nationals, to better support Member States in the application of relevant EU law and to explicitly take upassess the implementation of the sector-specific legislation, for example, in the transport sector or temporary agency work;
Amendment 98 #
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Highlights the essential role that EURES could play in addressing labour shortages and skills mismatch in certain countries and regions and enhancing fair mobility; calls on the Commission to make concrete proposals on how ELA could upscale the visibility and effectiveness of EURES, not least by creating a user-friendly system where job seekers and employers could easily find each other via a smart identification of skills; calls on the Commission to update ELA’s mandate accordingly;
Amendment 109 #
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that exploitative and fraudulent practices by international actors are not always easy to identify and tackle at national level; is therefore convinced that ELA could provide added value through operational analyses at EU level with a view to better identifying problematic practices and involved entiat risk sectors, entities and sites of unfair practices; regrets that the current ELA regulation provides neither a sufficient legal basis for conducting operational risk analyses nor any follow-up procedures; recalls that any infringement of EU law, including in the area of labour mobility, should entail investigations and, where appropriate, dissuasive sanctions;
Amendment 112 #
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for a clear provisions allowing ELA to process sensitive and personal data related to investigations and operational analyses; considers it important that ELA have access to the IMI System and other relevant databases; stresses that ELA also in particularly when cross-border inspections are carried out, while respecting EU legislation on personal data protection, respecting data subject’s fundamental rights and ensuring all necessary safeguards for data protection; considers it important that ELA have access to the IMI System and other relevant databases; stresses that in order to better contribute its services and resources to the needs of Member States and to carry out timely, effective and targeted inspections, ELA needs access to all national data relevant for its work, including findings from past and ongoing inspections or enforcement activities by Member States; calls, in that respect, on the Commission to create an electronic system for effective and timely data and information sharing that should complement ongoing initiatives in the area of digital exchange of information among national authorities;
Amendment 121 #
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the high proportion of seconded national experts (SNEs) in ELA brings significant additional challengobstacles to its operations in the medium and long term; recalls that SNEs only have temporary assignments, which may contribute to institutional inconsistency as well as difficulties in delivering on ELA’s core tasks and jeopardise operational continuity; calls, therefore, for the conversion of a sufficient number of SNE posts to permanent posts;