56 Amendments of Marian HARKIN related to 2016/2095(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to the Report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by the EU in 2010,
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 10 September 2015 on creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century,
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union needs a paradigm shift towards a strongmust continue to strengthen and build upon the European social model based on solidarity, social justice, a fair distribution of wealth, gender equality, a high- quality public education system, quality employment and sustainable growth - a model that ensures goodadequate social protection for all, combats economic inequality, empowers vulnerable groups, enhances participation in civil and political life, and improves the living standards for all citizens, delivering on the objectives and rights set out in the EU Treaties, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. The social dimension of the EU is much broader than EU Social Rights, the EPRS or Social Pillar also includes an extensive body of EU and national legislation protecting workers, as well as well-developed national social systems;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Commission is expected to come forward in the spring of 2017 with a proposal for a binding European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) cannot be limited to a declaration of principles or good intentions but must consist of real matter (legislation, policy-making mechanisms and financial instruments),should include specific policy-making mechanisms delivering a positive impact on citizens’ lives in the short term and enabling support for European construction in the 21st century by effectively upholding social rights and Treaty objectives, strengthening cohesion and upward convergence, and helping to complete EMU in the long term;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the EPSR should equihelp European citizens with stronger means to keep control over their lives and make markets work for wellbeingto maintain ownership over their lives and make economic policy also work for social cohesion and sustainable developmentgrowth;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges that the Social Pillar should not undermine the prerogative of social partner to agree beyond minimum standards agreed at EU level, and should never impair the freedom of social partners to negotiate in areas where flexicurity-approaches have proven to be effective. Neither create any difficulty or setback to Member States, sectors or citizens that have reached levels of social rights beyond the basic frame of the Social Pillar;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recognises that the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is ratified by the European Union and therefore believes that the EPSR should reference and mainstream the principles of the CRPD throughout each policy domain;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. In addition, EPSR should provide an instrument to foster upward convergence for national reforms of the economic, social and labour market systems of the member states to facilitate the free movement of labour in a deeper and fairer market;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States and social partners, should also reinforce the European social dialogue with a view to better reconciling labour markets and social protection demands in order to address social inequalities and competitiveness challenges;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point a
Paragraph 4 – point a
a. decent working conditions for internships, traineeships and apprenticeships, prohibiting those that are unpaid or paid so little that they do not enable workers to make ends meet;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point b
Paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c
Paragraph 4 – point c
c. limits regarding on-demand work: zero-hour contracts should be banned and certain core working hours should be guaranteed to all workers;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
ca. reduce social inequalities and promote employment, especially for young people and the long-term unemployed in order to boost economic growth;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes note that traditional work patterns are being challenged by an increase in the diversity of non-standard forms of employment, and new forms of work are emerging that are blurring the boundary between dependent employment and self-employment. Calls on Member States and the Commission improve the legal certainty and legal clarity on worker´s employment status and employers responsibility;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need for renewed upward convergence in wages throughout the EU; calls on the Commission to actively support a wider coverage for collective bargaining in line with Member States’ national traditions and practices; considers that to ensure decent living wages, minimum wages set at a decent level are necessary; recommends the establishment of national wage floors through legislation or collective bargaining, with the objective of attaining at least 60 % of the respective national average wage;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to carry out a substantive analysis of the best practice to assist Member States in the calculation of minimum pensions;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. StresRecognises the importance of collective rights; expect in many Member States; encourages the Commission to step up concrete support for strengthening social dialogue in Member States and sectors where it is weak owing to the prolonged crisis or the prevalence of non-standard forms of employmentat European level and in sectors where it is weak;
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports more integrated provision of social protection benefits and social services as a way to make the welfare state more understandable and accessible while not weakening social protection; points to the importance of informing citizens about social rights and to the potential of e- government solutions, possibly including a European social security card, which could improve EU Social Security Coordination, individual awareness and also help mobile workers clarify their contributions and entitlements;
Amendment 486 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is aware that rising life expectancy and workforcea shrinking workforce pose a challenge to the sustainability and adequacy of pensions systems and to intergenerational fairness; reaffirms that the best response is to increase the overall employment ratenotes that tackling the gender pension gap must also be a priority in this regard; reaffirms that the best response is to increase the overall employment rate for both younger and older workers with particular attention given to disadvantaged groups most excluded from the labour market; considers that pensionable ages should reflect, besides life expectancy, other factors including labour market trends, the economic dependency ratio, the birth rate and differences in job arduousness;
Amendment 512 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that all workers should be covered by insurance against involuntary unemployment or part-time employment, unemployment, coupled with job-search assistance and investment in (re)-training;
Amendment 540 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for a European framework forEncourages Member States to introduce minimum income schemes; highlights the importance of such schemes for maintaining human dignity as well as their role as a form of social investments enabling people to undertake training and/or look for work;
Amendment 562 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Agrees that all persons with disabilities must be ensured enabling individualised services and basic income security allowing them a decent standard of living and social inclusion; recognises that disability benefits must be developed in a way which both encourages access to the labour market and ensures a decent standard of living in the community;
Amendment 576 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers access to quality and affordable long-term care services, including home-based care, to be a right that should be upheld with the help of suitabsupport of adequately qualified professionals employed under decent conditions; believes that low- income households should therefore be targeted by adequate public services and tax deductions to avoid institutionalisation and the risk of poverty; repeats its call for legislation ona carers’ leave directive accompanied by adequate remuneration and social protection;
Amendment 615 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for legislationon Member States to ensure that access to social housing or adequate housing benefits are provided for those in need, obviously including homeless people, and that vulnerable people and poor households are protected against eviction; calls for tax incentives to help young people on low incomes set up their own households; calls for greater use of the EFSI to support urban renewal and affordable housing provision;
Amendment 633 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for legislationmeasures ensuring fair access for all to good-quality and affordable social services of general interest and other essential services, such as e-communications, energy, transport and financial services; highlights the role of social enterprises;
Amendment 664 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Supports a Skills Guarantee as a new right for everyone to acquire fundamental skills for the 21st century, including digital literacy; stresses that universal access to broadband is a crucial component for the implementation of this right; highlights this as an important social investment, requiring adequate financing;
Amendment 683 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
19. Is alarmed at the spreconcerned about the lack of stability and security of new forms of contractual arrangement and the abusive use of 'atypical' contracts that have led to a certain fade of precariousness arising from the excessive use of ‘atypical’ contractthe employment relationship, making it difficult for workers to exercise their rights at work, or gain access to social security benefits; points out that a variety of employment contracts should be available for employers and workers; stresses the importance of ensuring sufficient institutional and budgetary capacities to provide adequate protection for people in non-standard forms of employment; considers in particular that:
Amendment 719 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that secure professional transitions require adequate investment, both in the institutional capacity of public employment services and to assist individual job-search and upskilling;
Amendment 733 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for full implementation of the Youth Guarantee for all people under 30 and of the recommendation on the long- term unemployed, including through the development of additional measures necessary to ensure the Youth Guarantee is accessible for persons with support needs; highlights these as important structural reforms and social investments that are in need of adequate financing;
Amendment 768 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – point b
Paragraph 22 – point b
b. there is a need for new legislative proposals at both a national and European level on family leave schemes, including maternity leave, paternity leave, parental leave and carers’ leave, encouraging equal take-up of leave arrangements by men and women across all categories of workers in order to improve women’s access to and position within the labour market and facilitate work-life balance;
Amendment 797 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Amendment 802 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasises that labour mobility within the EU is a right whose exercise must be supported but which should not be forced on workers by poor conditions in their home regions, and should not undermine host countries’ social standard, non-discrimination and freedom of movement is a cornerstone for a well-functioning internal market, mobility should be encourage and support by the European Commission and Member States;
Amendment 821 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for a structured, long-term EU strategy to address the challenges posed by demographic change, as all the Member States are now faced with an increasingly ageing population; calls on the Commission, in this context, to look extensively into future shortages and mismatches in the EU labour market, and to examine in depth how such problems can be addressed across the EU, inter alia through targeted anticipation of future skills needs, and by better matching skills with the jobs available in the labour market and further strengthening labour mobility; Calls on the EU and its Member States to continue its efforts to financial aid and services to families to improve labour market conditions favourable for work-life balance;
Amendment 826 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Urges the Commission to put in place all suitable mechanisms for greater mobility among young people, with a special accent in apprenticeships, as a way to address skill mismatches in the labour market and improve access to employment opportunities; Calls for the establishment and regular use of coordination mechanisms between business organisations and training institutions to ensure that they provide training programmes adapted to market needs;
Amendment 838 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to propose a clear roadmap for legislative updates and other measures that are necessary for full practical application of the EPSR; highlights that in cases of conflict of law,Welcomes that the EPRS delivers on the horizontal social clause (Article 9 TFEU) should be properly applied;, calls on the Commission and Member States to inspired the action in the goals and objectives an continue to promote and attaint high level of employment, to guarantee adequate social protection, to fight against social exclusion, and to provide for a high level of education, training and protection of human health.
Amendment 861 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – introductory part
Paragraph 26 – introductory part
26. Considers that the objective of upward social convergence should be underpinned by a set of targets, building on the Europe 2020 strategy and the Sustainable Development Goals and serving to guide the coordination of economic, employment and social policies in the EU; Regrets that coordination mechanisms used in the employment and social fields have failed to achieve upward convergence in the past; believes that these targets could also form part of the Convergence Code currently being discussed for the euro area, and could be based on the following indicators which are directly affected by public policies:
Amendment 867 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point a
Paragraph 26 – point a
a. Education, including the early school-leaving rate and the proportion of young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs);
Amendment 869 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 26 – point a a (new)
aa. Productivity and labour costs
Amendment 870 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point a b (new)
Paragraph 26 – point a b (new)
ab. Labour mobility and protection of workers
Amendment 871 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point a c (new)
Paragraph 26 – point a c (new)
ac. Investment in infrastructure
Amendment 878 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point c
Paragraph 26 – point c
Amendment 885 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point d
Paragraph 26 – point d
d. the at-risk-of-poverty rateor social exclusion rate (AROPE) ;
Amendment 886 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 26 – point d a (new)
da. gini and palma index
Amendment 887 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point d b (new)
Paragraph 26 – point d b (new)
db. income quintile share ratio
Amendment 891 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 26 – point e a (new)
ea. access to adequate, safe and affordable housing;
Amendment 894 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point e b (new)
Paragraph 26 – point e b (new)
eb. EIGE gender equality index;
Amendment 925 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point j a (new)
Paragraph 26 – point j a (new)
ja. Pensions
Amendment 991 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – introductory part
Paragraph 30 – introductory part
30. Reiterates wits chout a comprehensive mid-term revision of the MFF the Union budget will be able neither to further address additional financial needs and new political priorities of the EPSR; Call for the raising of the MFF 2014-20 ceilings in order to cope with increased needs; calls, in particular, for:
Amendment 1009 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – point c
Paragraph 30 – point c
Amendment 1029 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission and the EIB to refocus the EFSI on job creation and social investment and adapt its risk/return requirements accordingly; welcomes Commissioner Thyssen's statement that the social dimension of the investment plan for Europe will be reinforced by increasing support for social enterprises, social services and microfinance with €1 billion;
Amendment 1059 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point a
Paragraph 32 – point a
a. a fund for renewed structural convergence, supporting the implementation of socially just reforms and investments that are necessary for increasing the growth potential of crisis- affected areas and restoring upward social convergence, including implementation of the Youth Guarantee, Skills Guarantee and Child Guaranteeinvestment that reduce inequalities and poverty;
Amendment 1087 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 1110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Considers that the EPSR should be adopted in 2017 as a bindingn agreement between the European Parliament and the European Council, involving social partners at the highest level, and should contain a clear roadmap for implementation, with concrete commitments and target dates;