Activities of Daniela RONDINELLI related to 2021/2165(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A new EU strategic framework on health and safety at work post 2020 (continuation of debate)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, despite a 70% drop in the number of work-related accidents in Europe from 2010 to 2018, the figure for 2018 was still 3.1 million, 3 332 of which were fatal; whereas work-related diseases cause 200 000 deaths annually; whereas the above data does not include all accidents caused by undeclared work, making it plausible to assume that the true numbers greatly exceed the official statistics;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas downward trends in the number of workplace accidents/fatalities are not the same for all countries;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the incidence of skin cancer, one of the most common occupational diseases, is on the increase as a result of various factors, including climate change, while only a very small proportion of skin tumours that are work- related are recognised as occupational diseases;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a rapid increase in teleworking; whereas remote working is proven to have a strong impact on the organisation of working time by increasing flexibility and workers’ constant availability9, frequently resulting in work-life conflict; whereas it is expected that the uptake of remote working and teleworking will remain higher than before the COVID-19 crisis or that it will even increase further10; __________________ 9 ‘Working anytime, anywhere: The effects on the world of work’, Eurofound and the International Labour Office, 2017, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, and the International Labour Office, Geneva. 10‘Teleworking in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic: enabling conditions for a successful transition’, European Trade Union Institute, 2021, Brussels.
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the ILO recommendation advocates one labour inspector per 10 000 workers, in order to carry out effective and timely inspections designed to stamp out all forms of abuse;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas health and safety at work must be considered an ethical and social duty as well as a strict statutory requirement to be met by entrepreneurs; whereas, in recent years, evasion or non- compliance, coupled with disparities between national laws in this area, have resulted in unfair competition both on the internal market and with third countries, encouraging to new forms of dumping at the expense of workers and raising the now imperative issue of uniform sanctions at European and international level, applied on a reciprocal basis in trade agreements and acting as a truly proportionate and effective deterrent;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas, without adequate funding linked to clear, measurable and binding targets, it will not be possible to achieve the goal of zero deaths that are not directly attributable, as envisaged in the Commission proposal;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s strategic framework and, in particular, the introduction of the Vision Zero approach to work-related accidents and diseases; calls for the establishment of a roadmap containing clear, measurable and binding targets for the reduction of accidents and deaths at work, with adequate funding for Member States and companies to complete the transition towards ‘zero fatalities’; calls on the Commission to expand the Vision Zero approach to other injuries and accidents, as well as physical and mental attrition; calls on the Commission to significantly increase the focus on prevention strategies; calls for the ambitious implementation of the 7-year plan, also in the light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and believes that strong legislative action is needed on several aspects of EU policy on occupational health and safety in order to complement the variety of soft measures envisaged in order to make Vision Zero a reality; calls for a clear focus on workers’ participationthe participation of workers and the social partners in the Vision Zero approach;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the new strategic framework should be more specific and should focus on the implementation of effective measures, as well as supporting the further development and refinement of existing national strategies in collaboration with the social partners;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to present in 2022 a binding 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 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to ban the practice of asbestos encapsulation and sealing and to propose minimum technical requirements to lower the concentration of asbestos fibres in the air to the lowest level technically feasible; calls for mandatory asbestos screening prior to the start of construction work, ensuring that the samples are representative so as to measure worker exposure; calls for medical follow-up and post-occupational health surveillance for all exposed workers, to be carried out by a qualified occupational physician specialised in asbestos-related diseases; calls finally for asbestos-related diseases to be recognised and compensation paid;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that Council Directive 89/391/EEC on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work has not proven effective enough for the assessment and management of psychosocial risks; recalls its request that the Commission include in the Strategic Framework for Occupational Safety and Health the right to disconnect and, explicitly, that it develop new psychosocial measures as part of the framework; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to step up the ambition of the Strategic Framework for Occupational Safety and Health; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on psychosocial risks and well-being at work aimed at the efficient prevention in the workplace of, inter alia, anxiety, depression, burnout and stress; calls on the Commission to aim for the recognition of anxiety, depression and burnout as occupational diseases, to establish mechanisms for their prevention and the reintegration into the workplace of affected employees, and to shift from individual- level actions to a work organisation approach and one in line with the prevention hierarchy principles contained in the framework directive (Directive 89/391/EEC);
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that the Commission is strengthening the gender focus on occupational safety and health; calls on the Commission to propose a legal act based on the framework agreement on harassment and violence at work, and to ensure that the fight against workplace violence and harassment applies regardless of the reason and motive for the harassment and that it is not limited to cases based on discriminatory grounds; calls on the Member States’ governments to ratify ILO Convention No 190 to put in place the necessary laws and policy measures to prevent and address violence and harassment in the world of work;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to propose a legislative framework, in consultation with the social parties, with a view to establishing minimum requirements for remote work across the Union; stresses that such a framework should clarify working conditions, including the provision, use and liability of equipment, including as regards existing and new digital tools, and that it should 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 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls onAsks the Commission to propose a directive on minimum standards and conditions to ensure that workers are able to exercise effectively their right to disconnect and to regulate the use of existing and new digital tools for work purposes;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Repeats its call on the Commission to undertake an urgent study ofmeasures to improve the situation ofas regards the employment and health and safety conditions of mobile and migrant workers, as well as cross-border and, seasonal and posted workers, including the role of temporary work agencies, recruiting agencies, other intermediaries and subcontractors, with a view to identifying protection gaps and the need to revise the existing legislative framework as well as pandemic-proofing; , in the light of the principle of equal treatment and of the specific health and welfare challenges confronting mobile and migrant workers, such as access to proper facilities and structures, quality accommodation, safe transport and decent meals, and the need to revise the existing legislative framework as well as pandemic-proofing; calls on EU-OSHA and the ELA to work together to support the Commission and the Member States in improving the health and safety at work of mobile and migrant workers;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to implement the ILO recommendation of one labour inspector per 10 000 workers, with a view to conducting prompt and effective inspections to stamp out all forms of abuse; calls on the Commission to conduct a survey on how labour inspectorates conduct the inspections and on their scope and content;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to tackle disparities between national health and safety at work legislation which lead to unfair competition, not only on the internal market but also in relation to third countries, by fuelling forms of dumping detrimental to workers; also calls on the Commission to establish uniform penalties at European and international level that are reflected in trade agreements and are genuinely proportionate, effective and dissuasive;