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3 Amendments of Sira REGO related to 2019/2188(INI)

Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor in particular sectors characterised by a high degree of job insecurity, in order to prevent the abuse of workers in areas such as temporary work in the agricultural sector, and posted workers, where seasonal workers face abusive employment conditions that in some cases violate not only labour rights, but also workers’ fundamental rights;
2020/06/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern that, according to the European Social Policy Network, some 9.4 % of workers in the EU are at risk of poverty, representing some 20.5 million people; highlights the important differences between the Member States and regions, and underlines the need to establish policies and law at EU level to reverse this situation, in order to prevent further social polarisation in the EU; warns that this situation will be aggravated as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, and urges the Commission to protect these workers; calls on the Commission, following the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 24th October 2017, to introduce a binding EU framework that sets an adequate minimum income across Europe, in order to tackle inequalities.
2020/06/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that women continue to earn 16 % less than men in the EU and have the highest rates of job insecurity; likewise, women suffer higher rates of part-time jobs and are majority in sectors such as care, which are at the same time sectors highly undervalued and unpaid; calls on the Member States to put legislation and strategies in place to ensure equality, and urges the Commission to pay particular attention to compliance with EU labour law;
2020/06/16
Committee: PETI