92 Amendments of Marc ANGEL related to 2020/2086(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 48 a (new)
Citation 48 a (new)
- having regard to the Council Directive of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (89/391/EEC), in particular the employer's obligation to ensure the safety and health of workers in every aspect related to work and that he may not impose financial costs to the workers to achieve this aim,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas persons with disabilities1a (PwD) are denied their right to engage in work on an equal basis with others; prived of their fundamental rights in the EU; whereas they are overwhelmingly excluded from the open labour market and denied their right to engage in work on an equal basis with others; _________________ 1aWe apply the concept of ‘persons with disabilities’ as provided in Article 1 of the UNCRPD.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt a holistic life cycle policy approach to support prevention against discrimination and to ensure effective retention and inclusion of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas PwD are suffering discrimination along the different phases of the work cycle, starting from recruitment1a; _________________ 1a Source: Eurofound (2020), Role of social partners in tackling discrimination at work, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/def ault/files/ef_publication/field_ef_docume nt/ef20011en.pdf
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas sheltered employment refers to a model of undertaking where high percentage of workers are workers with disabilities, while sheltered workshops also include models of occupational therapy and personal and social adjustment, i.e. social services which fall outside the field of employment
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas PwD face discrimination and disadvantage based on the intersection between their disability and their gender, race, ethnicity, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, migration status or socioeconomic background, including their education level;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Charter prohibits discrimination on any ground, including on disability, and recognises the rights of PwD1b; _________________ 1b Article 21 and 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the UNCRPD is binding upon the EU, its institutions and its Member States, which have a direct obligation to fully implement it, including its Article 27 on work and employment;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Urges the Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention that is supposed to have a transversal impact on all EU legislation with a specific focus on women with disabilities who face multiple discrimination and are more vulnerable to harassment;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the UNCRPD rejects the medical model of disability and endorses the human rights model of disability instead; whereas the UNCRPD demands inclusive equality1c for PwD; _________________ 1c According to General Comment No. 6 of the UNCRPD committee, “inclusive equality embraces: i) a fair redistributive dimension; ii) a recognition dimension; iii) a participative dimension; and iv) and an accommodating dimension.” UN Doc. CRPD/C/GC/6, para. 11.
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, as it emerges from the UNCRPD, reasonable accommodation (RA) focuses on the specific needs of an individual, while positive actions apply to a whole group of persons subject to potential discrimination; whereas both are necessary to safeguard the achievement of workplace diversity and to ensure that PwD can equally exercise their right to work; whereas there is a lack of clear EU guidelines con RAcerning reasonable accommodation, which is not sufficiently understood by employers, is often unavailable or insufficient;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas reasonable accommodation of the needs of workers with disabilities can have an important impact on their job quality, career prospects and the sustainability of work;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the Employment Equality Directive (‘'the Directive’) is only in partial alignment with the UNCRPD, as it does not embrace the human rights model of disability, does not target intersectional discrimination, does not require Member States to adopt positive action measures, does not extend to all areas of life, does not tackle freedom of movement, does not require independent monitoring mechanisms, does not provide for the systemic involvement of PwD in its monitoring and does not include the obligation to gather disaggregated data'), which entered into force in 2000, is currently the key EU legal instrument to provide protection against discrimination for PwD; whereas safeguarding equality and non- discrimination is a shared competence between the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the Directive is only in partial alignment with the UNCRPD, as it does not embrace the human rights model of disability, it does not address discrimination based on assumed or future disability, it does not target intersectional discrimination, it does not require Member States to adopt positive action measures, it is limited to the field of employment, occupation and vocational training, and does not extend to all ambits of life as required by the UNCRPD, it does not tackle freedom of movement for the purpose of employment, it does not require the creation of independent monitoring mechanisms, it does not foresee systemic involvement of PwD and their representative organisations in the monitoring process, and it lacks the obligation to gather disaggregated data;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Directive does not legally require Member States to designate an equality body to work on discrimination on the ground of disability, which is highly problematic, since equality bodies play a central role in the implementation of equal treatment directives on the grounds under their mandate, such as gender, and race and ethnic origin;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas there is a lack of disaggregated official disability statistics, including regarding employment, disaggregated by types of disability, race/ethnic origin, sexual orientation, etc., which has also been called for in the Equality data guidelines; whereas there is an almost entire lack of data on PwD living in institutional care settings; whereas such data collection is vital for evidence-based policy- and decision-making;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas only 50.6 % of PwD are in employment (48.3% of women and 53.3% of men) compared with 74.8 % of persons without disabilities39 ; whereas PwD living in institutions or considered to be unable to work are excluded from these statistics40 ; whereas these figures do not reveal the type, quality and conditions of employment, i. a. if the employment is provided in the open labour market, and if an employee status with the enjoyment of labour rights and the provision of a minimum wage is guaranteed; whereas PwD are a diverse group and are often subject to intersectional discrimination, whose cumulative effects have a tangible impact on employment; _________________ 39EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) 2017. 40 Ibid.
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas sheltered employment refers to a model of undertaking where high percentage of workers are workers with disabilities, while sheltered workshops also include models of occupational therapy and personal and social adjustment, i.e. social services which fall outside the field of employment;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas in several Member States PwD are overwhelmingly employed in sheltered workshops, in a segregated environment in which they often do not have an employee status, neither labour rights, nor a guaranteed minimum wage, which is1d, thereby curtailing the autonomy of PwD; whereas this amounts to a violation of both the UNCRPD; and the Charter; _________________ 1d https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/ 2014_2019/documents/empl/dv/empl2014 1120-wss-people-disabilities- /empl20141120-wss-people-disabilities- en.pdf
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas in severalome Member States PwD are overwhelmingly employed in particular sheltered workshops models that do not comply with the UNCRPD, in a segregated environment in which they often do not have an employee status, labour rights, or a guaranteed minimum wage, which is a violation of the UNCRPD;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the rate of unemployment of PwD (17,1%) is almost twice of the general population (10,2%)1e , and the unemployment of PwD lasts longer than that of the persons without disabilities regardless of qualifications; _________________ 1e EU SILC 2017
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Recital J c (new)
Jc. whereas women with disabilities, who constitute 16% of the total population of women, and 60% of the overall population of PwD in the EU, continue to face multiple and intersectional discrimination in all areas of life; whereas only 20,7% of women with disabilities are in full time employment, compared to 28,6% of men with disabilities1g; whereas the economic inactivity rate among women with disabilities is over two thirds of the total population of women of working age (16- 64 years); _________________ 1g Gender Equality Index 2019
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J d (new)
Recital J d (new)
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas among PwD 29.5 % of women and 27.5 % of men41 are at risk of poverty and social exclusion in the EU compared to 22.4% of the entire population; whereas PwD are more likely to face in- work poverty than those without disabilities (11 % versus 9.1 %) due to the extra costs of their disability, e.g. healthcare, logistical and human support, their loss of disability entitlements once in work and the fact that they earn less than their colleagues in an equivalent role and are less likely to get a promotion; _________________ 1l; whereas the risk of poverty is emphasised for those declaring more severe levels of disability; _________________ 1l https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/site s/default/files/research-report-107-the- disability-pay-gap.pdf 41EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) 2018.
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas a disproportionate number of PwD are homeless1m and there is an increased risk for PwD to become homeless1n; _________________ 1mhttps://social.un.org/publications/UN- Flagship-Report-Disability-Final.pdf 1n https://www.housingrightswatch.org/conte nt/homelessness-and-disabilities-impact- recent-human-rights-developments- policy-and-practice%E2%80%8B
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas, due to the cumulative effects of intersectional discrimination, Roma PwD are assumed to face more barriers, experience greater unemployment, more severe poverty and less access to education and services than their peers without disabilities1o; _________________ 1o https://www.ecmi.de/publications/studies/ 8-not-even-in-the-margins-where-are- roma-with-disabilities
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas LGBTI PwD face added obstacles in employment; 16% of them report being denied jobs or promotions because of their identity, compared to 10% for LGBTI staff in general; one in four LGBTI PwD have been subject to derogatory remarks, bullying and abuse and were outed without consent1p; _________________ 1p https://www.stonewall.org.uk/system/files/ lgbt_in_britain_work_report.pdf
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K d (new)
Recital K d (new)
Kd. whereas a recent EU-wide survey with PwD shows that 96% of them find access to the open labour market inadequate or requiring improvement, only 10% of them find that the existing legislation is adequate to protect PwD against discrimination in the open labour market, and 18% of them were not aware of the existence of a legislation in their country which would protect them against discrimination1q; _________________ 1q The survey has been carried out by ENIL.
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K e (new)
Recital K e (new)
Ke. whereas these data demonstrate that the EU Disability Strategy 2010-2020 has not placed enough emphasis on the employment of PwD and the intersectional discrimination they face;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas employment-related discrimination against PwD is not a standalone challenge but it is interrelated with the lack of inclusive education and vocational training, and the segregation and discrimination present in the field of housing, health, andthe lack of accessibility; of transport and other services and products, etc.;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas measures in the workplace are crucial for promoting positive mental health, and for preventing mental-health and psychosocial disabilities;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the accessibility of workplaces, transport and support services, and the society at large is essential for PwD to effectively enjoy their right to work;
Amendment 84 #
O. whereas the different definitions of disability, the diverse disability assessment and various and often unclear classification methods applied across Member States, and the lack of mutual recognition of disability status hinder freedom of movement within the EU for PwD;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas Member States and European organisations and companies developing inclusive models of supported employment, respecting the rights of persons with disabilities, serve as a measure for effective immediate inclusion and later the transition to the open labour market;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas discrimination and the lack of workplace diversity bring with them significant human as well as economic costs
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)
Recital O b (new)
Ob. whereas new technologies, notably AI systems, have the potential to develop efficient, accessible and non- discriminatory hiring processes, but non inclusive technological developments could represent a risk of adding new barriers and discriminations; whereas the Article 9 of the UNCRPD requires accessibility of information as well as communication technologies and systems on an equal basis;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls foron the EU institutions and the Member States to reaffirm their commitment to realising inclusive equality for PwD, and to fully implement the UNCRPD, andincluding its Article 27 on work and employment; to this end, calls on them to step up their efforts to create an inclusive, accessible and non- discriminatory EU labour market for PwD and for all; , in compliance with the EU Treaty and the rights enunciated in the EPSR as well as the international values enshrined in the UN 2030 Agenda and the SDGs;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and Member states to adopt a holistic life cycle policy approach to support prevention against discrimination and to ensure effective retention and inclusion of PwD in the labour market
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Urges the Council to unblock the negotiations on the proposed horizontal equality directive
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls the EU and Member States to ratify the Optional Protocol to the UNCRPD
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt universal design standards and guidelines on the accessibility of environments, programmes, services and products - including workplaces, their equipment and facilities - in order to make them usable by all;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to take into account the different types of disability and to recognize specific disabilities such as deaf blindness in order to facilitate access into the labour market according to the specific characteristics of each disability;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to ensure the provision of reasonable accommodation for PwD in the workplace and to provide relevant training in accessible formats for employers and PwD; calls on the Commission to prepare clear EU guidelines on RAreasonable accommodation detailing what forms it might take in line with an individual’s needs so that Article 5 of the Directive can be transposed effectively into national law; calls on the Commission to launch infringement procedures where appropriate; calls on the Member States to prepare support and guidance materials and provide relevant trainings in accessible formats for employers, duty bearers and PwD to develop the necessary knowledge, skills and awareness about the practical implementation of reasonable accommodation, thereby also dispelling the myth about the prohibitive costs of it;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to ensure reasonable accommodation for PwD in the workplace and to provide relevant training in accessible formats for employers and PwD; calls on the Commission to prepare clear EU guidelines on RA detailing what forms it might take in line with an individual’s needs so that Article 5 of the Directive can be transposed effectively into national law; calls on the Commission to launch infringement procedures where appropriate; calls on the Commission to propose a sanction system to ensure that non-application of RA is considered discrimination; calls on Member States to provide, within their support schemes for persons with disabilities, provisions to ensure that RA cannot be claimed as a disproportionate burden;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to ensure reasonable accommodation for PwD in the workplace and, to provide relevant training in accessible formats for employers and PwD and to ensure accessible infrastructure beyond the workplace in order to facilitate transport to the workplace; calls on the Commission to prepare clear EU guidelines on RA detailing what forms it might take in line with an individual’s needs so that Article 5 of the Directive can be transposed effectively into national law; calls on the Commission to launch infringement procedures where appropriate;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to ensure reasonable accommodation for PwD in the workplace without any cost at the expense of the worker and to provide relevant training in accessible formats for employers and PwD; calls on the Commission to prepare clear EU guidelines on RA detailing what forms it might take in line with an individual’s needs so that Article 5 of the Directive can be transposed effectively into national law; calls on the Commission to launch infringement procedures where appropriate;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to use compulsory workplace diversity quotas within order to foster an inclusive workplace with effective sanctions for non- compliance, including fines, the money of which is to be invested in inclusive education and employment programmes for PwD; calls on the Member States also, to support public and private undertakings to implement compulsory annual diversity plans with set targets and periodic evaluation, and to support employers in recruiting PwD, for example by by, among others, establishing a voluntary list of applicants with disabilities from which to hire candidates; calls on the Member States to provide training on the applicable ruleaccompany the introduction of quotas by a training for employers on the content and scope of national applicable rules; calls on the Member States to task public employment services with preparing a voluntary list of job-seekers to help employers meet the requirement of diversity quotas;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to use compulsory workplace diversity quotas with sanctions for non-compliance, including fines, the money of which is to be invested in inclusive education and employment programmes for PwD; calls on the Member States also to implement compulsory annual diversity plans with targets and periodic evaluation and to support employers in recruiting PwD, for example by establishing a voluntary list, or single window, of applicants with disabilities from which to hire candidates; calls on the Member States to provide training on the applicable rules;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the EU institutions to lead by example by setting a diversity quotas, developing internal guidelines on RA, ensuring and a specific diversity quota concerning PwD, developing internal guidelines on reasonable accommodation, ensuring fairness and full accessibility in the recruitment process and in the workplace, and employing PwDpersons with all types of disabilities at all levels; calls on the Member States to do the same in their public administration;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to adopt sustainable inclusive employment policies, to use fiscal incentives and other financial support measures for companies hiring PwD, to support inclusive companies through public procurement, and to helpsuch as adapted recruitment procedures, job carving/customised employment, job sharing, individual placement and support, inclusive enterprises, to use fiscal incentives and other financial support measures for companies hiring PwD or providing vocational training and apprenticeship for them, to support inclusive companies providing employment for PwD in the open labour market through public procurement, to promote corporate social responsibility concerning the employment of PwD, and to inform employers about these policies and incentives; calls on the Member States to support companies offering targeted positive action measures to tackle intersectional disadvantage;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to adopt sustainable inclusive employment policies, to use fiscal incentives and other financial support measures for companies hiring PwD, to support inclusive companies through public procurementof the Social Economy model that reinvest their profits into social goals through public procurement in accordance with the Directive 2014/24/EU, to promote tailored labour intermediation models, and to help companies offering targeted positive action measures to tackle intersectional disadvantage;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to adopt sustainable inclusive employment policies, including flexible working arrangements for PwD, to use fiscal incentives and other financial support measures for companies hiring PwD, to support inclusive companies through public procurement, and to help companies offering targeted positive action measures to tackle intersectional disadvantage;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to urgently put in place measures to assess the key trends for the future of work from a disability perspective with the active involvement of PwD, and to identify and launch relevant inclusivspecific actions to make it more inclusive considering the diversity and intersectional identities of PwD; stresses in that context the importance of inclusive and accessible initiatives aimed at lifelong learning and skill development for PwD from an early age on, in line with the fast-changing realities and demands of the labour market;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to increase the capacity of public employment services to create a network of inclusive companies, to support specialised employment service providers, to prepare a voluntary list of job-seeking PwD, and to hire job coaches providing individualised needs assessment and support to PwD, and job delivery assistants to help PwD work in the open labour market;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to increase the capacity of public employment services to create a network of inclusive companies, to prepare a voluntary list of job-seeking PwD, and to hire job coaches providing individualised needs assessment, training and support to PwD looking for a job, and job delivery assistants to help PwDfor as long as needed to help PwD perform their work in the open labour market;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to promote modern human-rights based approaches in education with a view to establishing accepting, inclusive and tolerant education systems, as well as to support training on universal design, RA and workplace diversity for university students, with the involvement of PwD, and to facilitate the training of job coaches, job delivery assistants and diversity advisers with a focus on the specificities of different disabilities;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to support the development and provision of training on universal design, RAreasonable accommodation and workplace diversity for university students, at the relevant faculties with the involvement of PwD, and to facilitate the training of job coaches, job delivery assistants and diversity advisers with a focus on the specificities of different disabilities;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote policies and projects aimed at improving vocational training and professional capacitation for persons with disabilities, adapted to the needs of the labour market, with appropriate funding;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to assess the effectiveness of existing sheltered workshops in providing PwD with skills to gain employment in the open labour market, to ensure that they are bound by legal frameworks covering social security, minimum wages and non- discrimination and to phase them out; calls on the Commission to monitor this process; further insists that workers with disabilities in sheltered workshops should at least be ensured the legal statute equivalent to labour rights of people working in open working environments based on the application of the respective collective agreement for the economic sector;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to assess the effectiveness of existing sheltered workshops in providing PwD with skills to gain employment in the open labour market, to ensure that they are bound by legal frameworks covering social security, minimum wages and non- discrimination and to phase them outout those that do not comply with the Articles 27 of the UNCRPD; calls on the Commission to monitor this process;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls that sheltered workshops should be a step, a temporary period for workers with disabilities in their working life cycle. In that respect, calls the Member States to develop inclusive models of sheltered and supported employment, respecting the rights of persons with disabilities, that serve as measures for effective inclusion and later transition to the open labour market;
Amendment 162 #
10a. Calls on the Commission to ensure full and effective accessibility of information and communication technologies and systems on an equal basis and apply, in this context, guidelines supporting AI developers to take into account the needs of persons with disabilities through the development processes, avoiding the creation of new discriminatory biases;
Amendment 167 #
10b. Calls on the Member States to adopt sustainable inclusive education policies and take action regarding the exclusion and underrepresentation of students with disabilities within the PISA and other international assessments, which reinforces their social exclusion and creates a false picture of the participating countries’ systems of education;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. calls on Member States to further develop and/or better implement measures that promote participation of people with disabilities in the labour market and to recognise persons with disabilities working in sheltered workshops as workers under the law and ensure that they are entitled to the same social protection as other workers;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls on the Commission to support the research into the characteristics and diversity of sheltered employment models, identifying best practices and ensuring compliance with EU legislation;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission and the Member States to launchintensify their work with PwD, their representative organisations and equality bodies to prepare and launch comprehensive awareness-raising campaigns and targeted trainings in accessible formats and sign languages about the contributions of PwDtowards employers, duty-bearers in all fields and the wider society about the capabilities and contributions of PwD, and about the benefits of diversity, equality and non-discrimination in order to eradicate the existing stigma and prejudice against PwD, and to fight bullying, harassment and exploitation, and to achieve inclusive equality for all;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to support inclusive enterprises are included in Social Economy at European level and they need to work under its umbrella protection;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the Commission to develop and promote a universal European Legal Framework for Inclusive Enterprises to create permanent employment for an indefinite period in order to promote the realisation of professional projects of people with disabilities in the ordinary labour market;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to take active measures to safeguard non- discrimination for all, to provide RA at all stages of work, and to ensure that PwD can exercise their labour and trade union rights on equal terms and that they are protected from violence and harassment, including sexual harassment; calls for the EU institutions to take the same measures; urges the Member states to ratify the Istanbul Convention that is supposed to have a transversal impact on all EU legislation with a specific focus on women with disabilities who face multiple discrimination and are more vulnerable to harassment at the workplace;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Call on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that inclusion policies pursued at sectoral and company level are established in consultation with workers’ representatives
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to grant support to workers with disabilities resulting from an accident, continuing employment or an equivalent job reflecting the new skills of the person concerned, without loss of the rights and working conditions enjoyed before the injury;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to undertake a preventive and inclusive approach on occupational safety and health when supporting the recruitment and return to work of persons with disabilities that could be done through integrated pathways combining Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) prevention with various forms of employability measures such as individualised support, counselling, guidance, access to general and vocational education and training;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the existing gender, disability and ethnic pay gap, thereby combating wage discrimination and the risk of in-work poverty for workers subject to intersectional discrimination; urges the Commission to come forward with a Directive on Pay Transparency at the workplace to fight the pay gap faced by disadvantaged social groups at the workplace, in particular Pwd;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the existing gender, disability and ethnic pay gap, thereby combating direct and indirect wage discrimination and the risk of in- work poverty for workers facing barriers at work and being subject to intersectional discrimination;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that public and private employers and employment services make all available vacancies known
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States not to deprive PwD of their disability entitlements covering their disability- related extra costs when entering the labour market or when surpassing a certain income threshold, as this practice contributes to in-work and old-age poverty;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Member States to allow sufficient flexibility in the provision of social support and benefits to ensure their adjustability to the individual needs and career paths of PwD;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide sustainable funding for capacity-building of representative organisations of PwD recognising their important role in tackling suspected discrimination against PwD;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to extend the usage of the EU Disability Card to all the Member States and to widen its scope so that it can be used forallowing by it the recognition of one’s disability status and tohe access to services all throughout the EU; calls on the Commission to set up a central information point in national sign languages and in accessible formats for PwD about the available services for PwD in the different Member States;
Amendment 220 #
18. Calls on the Commission to place special emphasis in the post-2020 EU Disability Strategy on employment, as well as to cover all the provisions of the UNCRPD, to set clear and binding targets relating to workplace diversity, to address reflecting the heterogeneity of PwD, to address multiple and intersectional discrimination, and to monitor the efficiency of the strategy with the involvement of PwD and their representative organisations; calls on the Commission to link the future Disability Strategy to the European Semester process; calls on the Commission to propose measures to tackle the COVID- 19- related challenges and rights violations of PwD;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the Commission's public consultation on its 2021-2030 strategy on the rights of persons with disabilities, stresses that collaboration with authorities, organisations and civil society at European, national and local level is indispensable to ensure the implementation of the CRPD, stresses that the notion of "nothing about PwD without PwD" should be applied in all decision making processes;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for the collection of EU-wide disability-related data with a specific focus on employment with a human rights- based approach, disaggregated by gender, age, disability type, race/ethnic origin, sexual orientation, etc., including PwD who have until now been left out of the statistics; calls on the Commission to assess how high inactivity rates affect the available employment statistics of persons with disabilities, leading to showing employment and unemployment rates which do not reflect the reality of this population;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for the collection of EU-wide disability-related data with a human rights- based approach, including on employment, disaggregated by gender, age, disability type1s, race/ethnic origin, sexual orientation, education level, etc., including PwD who have until now been left out of the statistics; _________________ 1sThrough the application of the Washington Group Short Set of Questions, data can be collected per disability type: http://www.washingtongroup- disability.com/washington-group- question-sets/short-set-of-disability- questions/
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for all the EU institutions and the Member States to establish close cooperation with PwD and their representative organisations, including social partners, and to ensure their accessible and meaningful participation in all stages of relevant legislation and programmes, including mainstream ones and collective agreements;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for all the EU institutions and the Member States to establish close cooperation with PwD and their representative organisations, and to ensure their accessible and meaningful participation in all stages of relevant legislation, strategies, policies and programmes, including mainstream ones;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream the rights of PwD in all employment-related proposals, such as in the upcoming fair minimum wage proposal, as well as in all the proposals related to the expected transformations in the future of work, including the relevant skills development;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission, in particular the Equality Task Force, and the Member States to systematically mainstream the rights of PwD, with special attention to those subject to intersectional discrimination, in all the relevant laws, policies and programmes, since equality in employment is indivisible from equal access to education, health, housing, justice, social protection, and to expand the focus on accessibility to make progress towards an accessible built environment, public spaces, transportation, information, communication technologies, etc.;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Expresses its deep concern that most mainstream programmes, including those covered by Structural Funds, fail to reach out to the most deprived groups, including PwD; calls, therefore, on the Court of Auditors to check the performance of EU programmes, with special emphasis on the EU’s education and employment programmes, e.g. ESF+, YEI, ERDF, Erasmus+, in a thorough manner;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that EU funds will respect EU and international human rights standards and will not support any measures and programmes that contribute to segregation, and; calls on the Commission to guarantee that EU-funded actions reach PwD and ensure their active involvement; promoting environments, services, practices and devices, favouring deinstitutionalisation, including strong support for personal assistance;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that EU funds will respect EU and international human rights standards and will not support any measures and programmes that contribute to segregation or to social exclusion, and to guarantee that EU-funded actions reach PwD and ensure their active involvement;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council and, the governments and parliaments of the Member States and candidate countries, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, the Court of Auditors, the Court of Justice, the European Ombudsman, the Committee of the Regions, the European Economic and Social Committee, for distribution to subnational parliaments and councils, the Council of Europe, and the United Nations.