Activities of Bart STAES related to 2013/2173(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on: Are tools in place to monitor the effectiveness of European Social Fund spending on older workers? (Court of Auditors Special Report 25/2012) PDF (181 KB) DOC (97 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets the fact that in the OPs, the definition of ‘older workers’ is not used consistently; notes that many MAs do not use in their respective OPs the definition of ’older workers’ as defined in the Lisbon Agenda, namely any person of working age between 55 and 64 years old, but instead use different age groups, is of the opinion that the definition of "older workers" should be adapted to the maximum legal pension age in the respective Member- States;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is of the opinion that specific groups of workers needs special adapted programmes and projects, like those working in shifts or heavy industry versus those in less physical jobs like the service industry/sectors, further points out that gender as a policy factor should be incorporated;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Strongly believes that the experience of older workers is an asset which should be used in the best possible way, not only for individual workers to remain active in the labour market in their own job but to see to it that they can use this acquired experience by and in changing jobs;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the European Economic and Social Committee to pay due attention to this Special report of the Court of Auditors and to closely monitor if the European Commission and the Member - States are giving a proper follow up to its conclusions;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to put more emphasis on the fight against age discrimination of older workers and to use its prerogatives under the existing legal instruments to tackle blatant forms of age discrimination in certain Member- States and in certain sectors of the economy;