3 Amendments of Jeroen LENAERS related to 2015/2330(INI)
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the importance of skills and competences acquired in non-formal and informal learning environments in terms of improving the employability of young people; stresses, therefore, the importance of creating a validation system for non- formal and informal forms of knowledge, especially those acquired via voluntary activities; coherent certification and mutual recognition of qualifications will contribute to bridge the gap between the skills shortages on the European labour market and young job seekers;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Draws attention to the urgent need to fight undeclared work, letterbox companies and bogus self-employment which jeopardises workers’ access to social protection systems and national public finances and creates unfair competition between European enterprises; calls on the Member States to reinforce and adequately equip labour inspection mechanisms and to design measures to enable workers in the grey economy to have access to employment protection regimes; encourages Member States to implement rates of taxation related to the diverse forms of employment relationships, as one of the incentives for stable contracts;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to modernise their current social protection systems, in order to guarantee their sustainability in the face of expected ageing; considers that pension schemes should be linked not only to life expectancy but also to other social and labour factors, while not jeopardising the sustainability of public finances; in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, Member States should retain full responsibility for the organisation of their pension systems as well as for the decision on the role of each of the three pillars of the retirement system in individual Member States.