28 Amendments of Tatjana ŽDANOKA related to 2015/0051(NLE)
Amendment 31 #
Recital 1
(1) Member States and the Union should work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for decent working conditions across the Union, promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce and labour markets responsive to economic, social and environmental change and with a view to achieving the full employment and social progress objectives set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union. Within this joint responsibility Member States, having regard to national practices related to the responsibilities of management and labour, are to regard promoting employment as a matter of common concern and coordinate their action in this respect within the Council; the Union should accompany these efforts with policy proposals to achieve the Treaty objectives and ensure an inclusive integrated labour market as well as decent working conditions across the Union.
Amendment 42 #
Recital 2
(2) The Union must combat social exclusion and discrimination, ensure equal access to fundamental rights, and promote social justice and protection. This overarching objective needs to be implemented across all Union policies and legislation, ensuring that this overall Union objective is not endangered by side effects of other legislation. In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union should take into account requirements linked to the guarantee of adequatecent social protection and the fight against poverty, social exclusion and a high level of education and training.
Amendment 56 #
Recital 4
(4) Member States should regard their economicThe financial and economic crisis and the related policy actions have clearly shown that Member States action alone on economic, employment or social policies ais a matter of common concern and coordinate them within the Council. Employment guidelines and broad economic policy guidelines should be adopted by the Council to guide Member States’ and Union policiesnot enough and that intergovernmental agreements endanger democracy and citizens' rights. It is therefore of utmost importance that Member States accept that their economic policies are a matter of common concern and must be coordinated at Union level.
Amendment 59 #
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Regrettably the Employment guidelines and Broad economic policy guidelines are only adopted by the Council and not under the ordinary legislative procedure. To ensure a more democratic decision-making on the Employment guidelines, which affect the citizens and labour markets across the Union, it is of utmost importance to change Article 148 TFEU so that both the Employment guidelines and the Broad Economic Guidelines are decided upon by both legislators, Council and European Parliament.
Amendment 66 #
Recital 5
(5) In accordance with the Treaty provisions, the Union has developed and implemented policy coordination instruments for fiscal policy and macro- structural policies which have a strong impact on the social and employment situation in the Union. The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral economic and budgetary surveillance and should be better geared to delivering on the EU2020 targets. The streamlining and strengthening of the European Semester as set out in the Commission's 2015 Annual Growth Survey will only further improve its functioning if the poverty and employment targets are taken more seriously and policy recommendations which bear the risk of increasing poverty are no longer possible.
Amendment 70 #
Recital 6
(6) The financial and economic crisis revealed and emphasised important weaknesses in the economy of the Union and its Member States. It has also underscored the close interdependence of the Member States' economies and labour markets. Moving the Union to a state of strong, sustainable and inclusive growth and job creation is the key challenge faced today. This requires coordinated and ambitious policy action both on Union and national level, in line with the provisions of the Treaty and the Union economic governance. Combining supply and demand side measures, these actions should encompass a boost to investment, a renewed commitment to structural reforms and exercising fiscal responsibilitythe creation of a more inclusive rights- based labour market underlined with decent social protection and at least a floor of labour and social rights at Union level to avoid competition on labour and social standards.
Amendment 78 #
Recital 7
(7) Member States and the Union should alsourgently address the social impact of the crisis and aim at building a cohesiven inclusive and more just society in which people are empowered to anticipate and manage change, and can actively participate in society and the economy. A. Non-discriminatory access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion reduced, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and decent, poverty-proof social welfare systems and removing barriers to labour market participationmore inclusive labour markets. Member States should also make sure that the benefits of economic growth reach all citizens and all regions and that the trend towards increasing inequalities is reversed aiming at a more just and inclusive society.
Amendment 89 #
Recital 8
(8) Action in line with the guidelines is an important contribution to reaching the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy including its commitment to a low carbon economy, to reducing poverty and improving the employment rate in the Union. The outcome of the 2014 public consultation on the Europe 2020 Strategy as well discussions in the different Council formations clearly show that the employment, poverty, social exclusion and education targets of the Strategy are still highly relevant, and are equally important, interdependent and mutually reinforcing. The guidelines constitute an integrated set of European and national policies, which Member States and the Union should implement in order to achieve the positive spill-over effects of coordinated structural reformreforms aimed at reducing inequalities and increasing the well-being of citizens, an appropriate overall economic policy mix and a more consistent contribution from European policies to the Europe 2020 strategy’'s objectives.
Amendment 94 #
Recital 9
(9) When designing and implementing national policies, Member States should ensure effective governance. While these guidelines are addressed to Member States and the Union, they should be implemented, monitored and evaluated in partnership with all national, regional and local authorities, closely associating parliaments, as well as social partners and representatives of civil society.
Amendment 101 #
Annex 1 – section 1 – title
Boosting demand for labour by creating quality jobs
Amendment 102 #
Annex 1 – section 1 – paragraph 1
Member States should facilitate job creation, reduce barriers for business to hire people, promote entrepreneurship and in particularand invest in sustainable and quality job creation, address accessibility for at-risk-groups and reduce barriers to the employment of people across skill levels and labour market sectors, promote entrepreneurship, green employment as well as support the creation and growth of small enterprises; Member States should act in order to increase the employment rate of women and mento facilitate the regular employment of third country nationals. Member States should also actively promote white and green sector jobs, the social economy and foster social innovation.
Amendment 115 #
Annex 1 – section 1 – paragraph 2
The tax burden should be shifted away from labour to other sources of taxation that are more fair and less detrimental to employment and growth while protecting revenue for adequate social protection and growth enhancing expenditures. Reductions in, including towards consumption, towards unearned income, high earners and the use of fossil fuels, while protecting revenue for adequate social protection and expenditures directed towards public investment, innovation and job creation. Where the choice is to reduce labour taxation, it should be aimed at the relevant components of the tax burden and at removingtackling discrimination, barriers and disincentives to labour market participation, in particular for those furthest away from the labour market. At the same time full compliance with employment rights and protection standards needs to be ensured. Any tax shift should go hand in hand with improving transition security supporting workers opting to change work, invest in life-long-learning, take care breaks or become entrepreneurs.
Amendment 122 #
Annex 1 – section 1 – paragraph 3
Policies to ensure that wages allow a decent living income remain important to both improve quality employment and decrease poverty in the Union. Member States should therefore, together with the social partners, respect and encourage wage-setting mechanisms allowing for a responsiveness of real wages to aggregate productivity developments while boosting purchasing power and internal demand. In this respect, differences in skills levels and local labour market conditions as well as divergences in employment, social and economic performance across regions, sectors and companies should be taken into accountproperly evaluated with the aim of ensuring a decent living wage across the Union. When setting minimum wages, Member States and social partners should ensure their adequacy as well as consider their impact on in-work poverty, job creation and competitiveness and household income.
Amendment 130 #
Annex 1 – section 2 – title
Enhancing labour supply and skillsincreasing labour market inclusion
Amendment 131 #
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 1
Member States should promote and take the required policy actions towards sustainable productivity and quality employability through an appropriate supply of relevant knowledge and skills- on the one hand by lifelong education and training towards the necessary supply of knowledge, creativity and skills – and on the other hand by creating those workplace conditions which stimulate productivity, innovation and are a pre-condition for a healthy productive and inclusive workforce. It is of utmost importance that both education and training as well as decent workplace conditions are made available and are accessible to all. Member States should make the necessary investments in education and training, including vocational training systems, while improving their effectiveness and efficiency to raise the skill level of the workforce, allowing itcompetency, creativity, know-how and skill level of the workforce, creating therefore the conditions for employers and employees to better anticipate and meet the rapidly changing needs of dynamic labour markets in an increasingly digital and resource efficient economy. Member States should step up efforts to improve access and remove barriers to quality adult learning for all and implement active ageing strategies to enable longer working livewith a special focus on high risk groups and their needs.
Amendment 143 #
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 2
Amendment 158 #
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 4
Amendment 171 #
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 5
Member States should make a full use of European Social Fund and other Union funds support in order to combat poverty, improve employment, social inclusion, education and public administration.
Amendment 178 #
Annex 1 – section 3 – paragraph 1
Member States should reduce labour market segmentation. Employment protection rules and institutions should provide a suitable environment for recruitment while offering adequate levels of by focussing on quality employment for insiders and outsiders. Employment legislation as well as employment actors should offer decent and fair protection to those in employment and those seeking employment or employed on temporary contracts or independent work contracts, by actively involving social partners. Quality employment should be ensured in terms of socio-economic security and a living income, decent pay, rights at work, decent workplace conditions, social security protection to reduce the at-poverty-risk, education and training opportunities, working conditions (including health and safety) and, work-life balance and gender equality.
Amendment 191 #
Annex 1 – section 3 – paragraph 2
Member States should closely involve National Parliaments, civil society organisations and social partners in the design and implementation of relevant reforms and policies, in line with the partnership principle and with national practices, while supporting the improvement of the functioning and effectiveness of social dialogue at national level.
Amendment 195 #
Annex 1 – section 3 – paragraph 3
Member States should strengthen active labour market policies by increasunderlining their targeting, outreach, coverage and interplay with passive measures. These policies should aim atsupporting measures such as social security. These policies should aim at improving workers’ safety in case of changes, improving labour market access and matching and support sustainable transitions on the labour market, with public employment services delivering individualised support and implementing performance measurement systems. Member States should also ensure that their social protection systems effectively activate and enable those who canhoose to participate in the labour market, protect those (temporarily) excluded from the labour markets and/or unable to participate in it by providing them with at least a poverty-proof minimum income, and prepare individuals for potential risks, by investing in human capital. Member States should promote inclusive labour markets open to all and also, to achieve that, put in place effective anti-discrimination measures.
Amendment 201 #
Annex 1 – section 3 – paragraph 4
Mobility of workersas a choice should be ensurpromoted with an aim of exploiting the full potential of the European labour market, including by enhancing thsupporting mobile pwortability of pensions and the recognition of qualifications. Member States should at the same time guard agaikers, improving their access to and awareness of rights at work, by providing for accompanying measures such as care infrastructures, return schemes and by enhancing the portability of pensionst abuses of the existing rules well as social security in general and the recognition of qualifications.
Amendment 212 #
Annex 1 – section 3 a (new) - title
Improving the quality and performance of education and training systems at all levels
Amendment 213 #
Annex 1 – section 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States should make access to care and to affordable quality early childhood education a priority as both are important support measures for labour market actors and contribute to increasing the overall employment rate while supporting the individuals in their responsibilities. Member States should set up the comprehensive policies and investment needed to improve family and parenting support and reconciliation measures helping parents to balance work and family life, as a contribution to preventing early school-leaving and increasing young people's chances on the labour market.
Amendment 215 #
Annex 1 – section 4 – paragraph 1
Member States should modernisimprove their social protection systems to provide effective, efficient, and adequatecent protection throughout all stages of an individual’'s life, ensuring solidarity, inclusion, fairness and addressing inequalities. There is a need for simplified and better targeted social policies complementedincluding by affordable quality childcare and education, training and job assistance, housing support and accessiblequality health care, access to basic services such as bank account and Internet and for action to prevent early school leaving and fight social exclusion.
Amendment 226 #
Annex 1 – section 4 – paragraph 2
For that purpose a variety of instruments should be used in a complementary manner, including labour activation enabling services and income support, targeted at individual needs. Social protection systems should be designed in a way that facilitate access, decency, take up of all persons entitledin a non-discriminatory way, support investment in human capital, and help prevent, reduce and protect against poverty and other risks such as health, accidents or lack of employment.
Amendment 231 #
Annex 1 – section 4 – paragraph 3
The pension systems should be reforme, where necessary, be reformed aiming at a decent retirement income at least above the poverty level and in order to secure their sustainability and adequacy for women and men in a context of increasing longevity and demographic change, including by linking statutory retirement ages to life expectancycreating conditions to enable workers to work up to their retirement age, by increasing effective retirement ages, and by developing complementary solidarity- based retirement savingchemes.
Amendment 240 #
Annex 1 – section 4 – paragraph 4
Member States should improve the quality, affordability, accessibility, efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare and long term care systems as well as decent working conditions in the related sectors, while safeguarding fiscthe financial sustainability of these systems by improving the solidarity- based financing in line with social justice.