6 Amendments of Evangelia TZAMPAZI related to 2007/2290(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Member States, to preserve the European social model in the light of the Lisbon strategy and the need for action to keep the social security and pensions systems sustainable, to make more progress in shifting from a social expenditure to a social activation outlook and to attract and retain more people in quality employment, increase labour supply by improving access to employment, modernise social protection systems through the differentiation of funding mechanisms, and increase investment in human capital through better education and training without exclusions;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that a decreasing work force will, if the present situation continues, lead to a decrease in the total number of hours worked; considers that it may be necessary to compensate this development by increasing the hours worked by the remaining workers or reducrecognises, however, that addressing this tendency requires a broader socio- economic framework, including an improvement ing the number of people who work part-timeprovision of support and care services for children and dependent persons;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that higher employment rates are heavily dependent on the need to keep all groups active, especially groups which are excluded from the labour market and therefore stresses the need to fight discrimination on the labour market; stresses within this framework the need to ensure reasonable adjustments so as to facilitate work for workers with disabilities and elderly workers and the obligation to preserve jobs for persons who have become disabled or mentally ill during the course of their professional life;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Observes that it is predominantly women who take care of children, voluntarily or involuntarily under the pressure of cultural attitudes and social norms or of the poor quality or lack of childcare facilities stresses the need to compensate women and to provide them with real choices as regards having children, without fearing possible financial disadvantages or suffering detriment to their career progression; welcomes action by Member States to compensation this; demands that periods spent outside the labour market and devoted to the care for children or dependent persons should be factored in when calculating pension rights;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Observes that, in order to ensure decent living conditions for people with disabilities and to avoid the ‘benefits trap’, it is necessary to provide compensation for the additional cost of living associated with disability and to coordinate it with pension systems and social integration policies;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17α. Points out that the emphasis should be placed on persons needing expensive or long-term health care, persons and groups of persons facing particular access problems, such as ethnic minorities and persons on low incomes, on care for persons suffering from chronic illnesses and the development of open support structures for the rehabilitation, social integration and support of persons with physical or mental disabilities and the elderly, so as to avoid institutionalisation and to help them live independently;