11 Amendments of Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS related to 2019/2188(INI)
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15% less than men on average8; whereas the average gender employment gap stands at 11,5% with women more affected by flexible work forms, atypical and flexible contracts (part-time work, temporary work); __________________ 8 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/he adlines/society/20200227STO73519/gende r-pay-gap-in-europe-facts-and-figures- infographic
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas research8a shows that the amount a household receives from a minimum wage tends to be sufficient to protect a single adult against the risk of poverty, but it is often not sufficient to support more than one person; __________________ 8aEurofound (2020), Minimum wages in 2020: Annual review. https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/report/2020/minimum-wages-in- 2020-annual-review
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas in 2017, 36.0 % of the EU population aged 16 or more who had severe activity limitations were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, compared with 26.3 % with some activity limitations and 19.9 % of those with no activity limitations; whereas, despite large country differences, the risk-of-poverty-and- social-exclusion rate among people with activity limitations was higher compared to the overall population in all Member States; whereas the integration of people with disabilities into the labour market has proven to be especially difficult in the wake of the financial crisis 1; 1 Europe 2020 indicators - poverty and social exclusion, Statistics Explained (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statisticsexp lained/), 11/06/2020, p. 6
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas coverage is declining in OECD countries, and in at least 14 EU Member States one in every two employees works without a wage agreement; whereas only seven Member States have a collective bargaining coverage rate above 80%16 ; whereas the decline was most rapid in those countries where collective bargaining was the target of structural reforms16a; __________________ 16OECD, Visser(2016) ICTWSS Database.https://www.etuc.org/en/docume nt/etuc-reply-first-phase-consultation- social-partners-under-article-154-tfeu- possible-action, p. 6, no 15. 16aEurofound (2020 forthcoming), Industrial Relations Flagship report.
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas employers very often exploit the employees, that working without a wage agreement and violating their working hours rights [1]; [1]as defined in the EU’s Working Time Directive (2003/88/EC), https://eur- lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32 003L0088&from=EN
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L d (new)
Recital L d (new)
Ld. whereas the contraction of employment during the previous crisis created a dramatic increase in the number of involuntary part-time workers who are most likely to work in basic or lower-level service occupations and sectors and who have amongst the highest in-work poverty risk-levels17a; __________________ 17aEurofound (2017), In-work poverty in the European Union. https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/report/2017/in-work-poverty-in-the- eu
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas privatisation and outsourcing are, on the one hand, reducing job security, and on the other hand increasing stress and work anxiety, and this is also an indicator of the increase in precarious employment;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas unemployment, precarious and atypical employment rose sharply during the 2008 financial crisis, and in the COVID-19 crisis the focus is also on social issues with job losses, short-time work, threats to economic survival, e.g. in small craft industries; whereas the middle class is shrinking, the gap between rich and poor is widening and the disparities within and between Member States are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis, especially in mountain, rural, insular and dispersedly populated regions;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that in-work poverty needs to be addressed at its root causes, such as but not limited to education and training; calls on the Commission to urge Member States to invest in qualitative education and training, to share good practices and to have specific attention for life-long learning;
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for measures/actions to be taken to avoid a renewed increase in involuntary part-time employment as a result of Covid-19;
Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Proposes to actively counter potential high unemployment through European and national employment programmes and to invest in new sustainable jobs, future-oriented infrastructure, digital change and ‘green transition’.;