Activities of Csaba SÓGOR related to 2013/2111(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Social protection for all, including self-employed workers (short presentation)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on social protection for all, including self-employed workers PDF (266 KB) DOC (132 KB)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the right to social security is a fundamental human right which is in accordance with the community law, national laws and practices and such is an integral part of the European social model; whereas the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has adopted recommendations on ‘national floors of social protection’ with the aim of safeguarding the right of every individual to social security and to a decent standard of living;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, to tackle the crisis, some of the Member States have made severe cuts in public expenditure just when social protection needed to be strengthened in response to a sudden rise in unemployment and, at the same time, national budgets for social security cover have been further squeezed as contributions have fallen in the wake of wide-scale job losses or wage cuts, thus placing the European social model at real risk;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas social protection coverage in some of the EU Member States is still inadequacould be better; whereas cases of vulnerable workers being abused in the EU are still commonplace and labour-market compartmentalisation, with widely varying levels of protection for different types of contract and job relationship, is a glaring reality, leading to social maladjustment and inequality;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas most traditional social security systems, and particularly social cover and labour law, are designed to safeguard the social and employment rights of people in employment, and there is thus a risk that with the changing naturenew forms of employment, and increasingly commonly where people ares for example in the case of self-employed people, new groups of workers willcould lack proper social protection;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls onEncourage the Member States to ensure core national social protection which, at a minimum, will safeguard the main sources of revenue in each country and guarantee access to basic social benefits, particularly in the event of illness, unemployment, maternity or disability, thus making it possible to combat poverty and social exclusion in the Member States; calls also onencourage the Member States to draw up strategies for the development of social security in line with the ILO's proposals;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls onEncourage Member States to take practical steps to combat poverty and social exclusion, including an appropriate minimum income and a social security system, in accordance with their own national practices (collective agreements or national legislation);
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to review legislation on the coordinmonitor the implementation of social security systems and draws Member States' attention to the fact that mobile workers should not be subjected to discriminatory social protection rules aimed at curbing benefit abuses; believes that all mobile workers should enjoy the same social security entitlements and cover;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises the need for up-to-date, more detailed statistics to be made available for the purpose of monitoring and assessing the economic significance of self-employed workers and the various categories of self-employment, as well as their market share by sector, social group, age and sex;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to draw up a conceptual framework that willMember States to provide a legal definition of the nature and different forms of atypical employment in general and self-employment as its most widespread form, applying labour law and social protection measures in line with the various forms of employment and providing for the possibility of properly regulating social security for self-employed workers; also considers it appropriate to clearly identify false self- employment and to sanction employers if such cases are identified;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on Member States and the Commission to make it compulsory for people wishing to become self-employed workers to be provided with appropriate information on the changes to their social protection and the labour law applicable to them that will arise from this change in status, as well as changes in other rights and obligations linked to their economic activity;