18 Amendments of Gabriele ZIMMER related to 2015/2107(INI)
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the proportion of workers, who report their health and safety to be at risk because of their work, varies significantly across Member States14 and sectors of economic activity; __________________ 14 5th Working Conditions Survey, Overview Report, Eurofound (2012) http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/defa ult/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ ef1182en.pdf
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas the EU needs sufficient resources to appropriately deal with workplace health and safety against the background of on-going traditional risks at work and continually emerging new risks like risks deriving from nanomaterials, psycho-social risks, aging of the workforce, demands concerning the mobility and flexibility of workers, or changes in the forms of employment;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. Whereas chronic health problems are widespread in the EU and the number of work-related diseases is alarmingly high, including an extreme high number of up to 192.000 work related annual deaths;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. Whereas the pandemic of asbestos related diseases is far from its end, and especially construction workers in maintenance, demolition, repair and similar occupations but also workers in other sectors are potentially exposed;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. Whereas low exposure to asbestos as for example in the environment or in schools and long latency periods can result in mesothelioma;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
Recital D e (new)
De. Whereas health, social as well as economic costs of work-related injuries and illnesses are significantly high for the society;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)
Recital D f (new)
Df. Whereas the precarisation of employment conditions is undermining existing structures of occupational safety and health and excludes workers with unstable contracts from training and access to OHS services;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D g (new)
Recital D g (new)
Dg. Whereas the fundamental role of European social partner organisations in the dynamic world of work is established in TFEU Art. 153 – 155;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for a European campaign on asbestos including specific support for Member States with the aim to free all schools and gyms from asbestos until 2020;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to dedicate a core action of the coming Horizon 2020 programmes on working conditions and better inclusion of ergonomic and precautionary principles in the design of technology used in work processes;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to work out a precise strategy to cover all forms of employment under the EU legislation on OHS and to integrate self-employment and other types of employment not covered into OHS services and training;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission to rethink its SME concept which in its current form covers some 99 % of all companies and therefore does not allow making precise distinctions between varying conditions or needs of specific type of economic activity or company size;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Council and the Commission to ensure that all EU trade agreements with third countries respect the obligation of the EU to improve the working environment in order to protect workers' health and safety;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to work towards putting in place an asbestos register in all Member States; reiterates its call on the Commission to design and implement a model for asbestos screening and registration building upon Article 11 of Directive 2009/148/EC;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes efforts to improve the quality of the regulatory framework; reminds the Commission, however, that the submission of OSH directives to the REFIT exercise and modifications of legislation should focus on further enhancing protection of employees, be transparent, involve social partners and must under no circumstances result in reductions in occupational health and safety provisions; reminds that EU Directives in this field are setting minimum standards and Member States are invited to implement higher standards and that the often used term of "gold- plating" is misleading and inappropriate in connection with EU OHS legislation;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Regrets that the social partner's European framework agreement on the protection of OHS in the hairdressing sector has not been immediately implemented by the Commission on EU level;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the uncertainty about the distribution and use of nanomaterials and believes that further research on the OSH risks associated with nanotechnology is needed; underlines that the precautionary principle should be applied in the protection of workers' health at risk for exposure to nanomaterials at work; calls upon the Commission to make EU regulation "nano proof" and to establish a single European registry that contains information on nanomaterials and a link to the products containing them;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Underlines that an ever growing number of new chemicals, including those with endocrine disruption capacity, must be accompanied by chemicals and environmental legislation; stresses that EU programmes for research in safer alternatives are vital for applying to the precautionary and the substitution principle;