Activities of Patrick LE HYARIC related to 2017/0305(NLE)
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REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States PDF (230 KB) DOC (97 KB)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Member States should promote work with rights, in accordance with labour regulations and collective agreements and based on higher wages, eliminating the harmful economic and social consequences that austerity policies have entailed for their people.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Union is to combat social exclusion and discrimination in all aspects of work life and promote social justice and protection, as well as equality between women and men. In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union is to take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against poverty and social exclusion, and a high level of education and training.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Guidelines for the Employment Policies are consistent with the Stability and Growth Pact, the existing European Union legislation and various EU initiatives, including the Council recommendation on establishing a Youth Guarantee1 , the Council Recommendation on the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market2 , the Council Recommendation on Upskilling Pathways3 and the proposal for a Council Recommendation on a European Framework for Quality and Effective Apprenticeships4 . _________________ 1 OJ C 120, 26.4.2013, p. 1–6 2 OJ C 67, 20.2.2016, p. 1–5 3 OJ C 484, 24.12.2016, p. 1–6 4 COM/2017/0563 final - 2017/0244 (NLE)
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 68 #
(5a) A policy of economic cooperation, basing labour relations on collective bargaining, raising ages and pursuing active policies to combat unemployment and promote social support, and developing universal free public services in the areas of education, health, and social security are the best ways to enhance the well-being of, and improve living conditions for, the workers and peoples of Member States.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The European Union’s recovery from the economic crisis is supporting positivehas not the results expected concerning labour market trends, but and important challenges and disparities in economic and social performanceaspects remain between and within Member States. The crisis underscored the close interdependence of the Member States' economies and labour markets. Ensuring that the Union progresses to a state of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and job creation is the key challenge faced today. This requires coordinated, ambitious and effective policy action at both Union and national levels, in accordance with the TFEU and the Union's provisions on economic governance. Combining supply- and demand-side measures, such policy action should encompass a boost to investment, a renewed commitment to appropriately sequenced structural reforms that improve productivity, growth performance, social cohesion and economic resilience in the face of shocks and the exercise of fiscal responsibility, while taking into account their employment and social impact.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The IntegratedEmployment Guidelines should support Member States on forming the basis for country-specific recommendations that the Council may address toir own strategies on employment and respect their subsidiarity, revoking the country-specific recommendations' austerity measures that causes impoverishment and unemployment in the Member Sstates. Member States should make full use of the European Social Fund and other Union funds to foster employment, social inclusion, lifelong learning and education and to improve public administration. While the IntegratedEmployment Guidelines are addressed to Member States and the Union, they should be implemented in partnership with all national, regional and local authorities, closely involving parliaments, as well as social partners and representatives of civil society and in close cooperation with the European Parliament.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The Integrated Guidelines should form the basis forand country-specific recommendations that the Council may address to the Member States. Member States should make full use of the European Social Fund and other Union funds to foster employment, social inclusion, lifelong learning and education and to improve public administration. Whil are anti-democratic instruments amounting to unacceptable interference in Member States' policy-and-strategy- making. In addition these guidelines and recommendations which have led to wage cuts, cuts in welfare provision, unemployment, and the loss of jobs security, and have the Integrated Guidelines are addressnce impoverished workers, have worsened tohe Member States and the Union, they should be implemented in partnership with all national, regional and local authorities, closely involving parliaments, as well as social partners and representatives of civil society' social and economic problems. The fact that these instrument are considered social and employment indicators does not alter their anti-democratic nature, nor does it affect their implications.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 2 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part 2 – paragraph 1
In the context of technological, environmental and demographic change, Member States, in cooperation with social partners, should promote productivity and employability through an appropriate supply of relevant knowledge, skills and competences throughout people's working lives, responding to current and future labour market needs. Member States should make the necessary investment in both initial and continuing education and training. They should work together with social partners, education and training providers and other stakeholders to address structural weaknesses in education and training systems, to provide quality and inclusive education, training and life-long learning. They should ensure the transfer of training entitlements during professional transitions. In this context consideration should be given to the establishment of a European training account within which points and associated rights are accumulated. This should allow everyone better to anticipate and adapt to labour market needs and successfully manage transitions, thus strengthening the overall resilience of the economy to shocks.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 3 – paragraph 5
Annex I – part 3 – paragraph 5
In line with national practices, and in order to achieve more effective social dialogue and better socio-economic outcomes, Member States should ensure the timely and meaningful involvement of social partners in the design and implementation of economic, employment and social reforms and policies, including by providing support for increased capacity of social partners. Social partners should be encouraged to negotiate and conclude collective agreements in matters relevant to them, respecting fully their autonomy and the right to collective action. Member States should foster action to strengthen the role of trade unions via improved access to information in businesses and the introduction of codetermination arrangements.
Amendment 163 #
Affordable, accessible and quality services such as childcare, out-of-school care, education, training, housing, health services and long-term care are essential for ensuring equal opportunities, including for children and young people. Achieving a work-life balance makes it easier to bring up children and make progress professionally, and the Member States are therefore called upon to stop being so reluctant to extend maternity leave and accept the Commission’s proposal on parental leave. Particular attention should be given to fighting poverty, social exclusion, including reducing in-work poverty. Member States should ensure that everyone has access to essential services, including water, sanitation, energy, transport, financial services and digital communications. For those in need and vulnerable people, Member States should ensure access to adequate social housing assistance as well as the right to appropriate assistance and protection against forced eviction. Homelessness should be tackled specifically. The specific needs of people with disabilities should be taken into account.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 4
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 4
Affordable, accessible and quality services such as childcare, out-of-school care, education, training, housing, health services and long-term care are essential for ensuring equal opportunities, including for children and young people. Particular attention should be given to fighting poverty, social exclusion, including reducing in-work poverty. Member States should ensure that everyone has access to essential services, including education, healthcare, housing, water, sanitation, energy, transport, financial services and digital communications. For those in need and vulnerable people, Member States should ensure access to adequate social housing assistance as well as the right to appropriate assistance and protection against forced eviction. Homelessness should be tackled specifically. The specific needs of people with disabilities should be taken into account.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 6
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 6
In a context of increasing longevity and demographic change, Member States should secure the sustainability and adequacy of pension systems for women and men, providing equal opportunities for workers and the self-employed, of both sexes, to acquire pension rights, including through supplementary schemes to ensure living in dignity. Pension reforms should be supported by measures that extend working lives and raise the effective retirement age, such as limiting early exit from the labour market and increasing the statutory retirement age to reflectso as to enable everyone to lifve expectancy gains. Members States should establish a constructive dialogue with the relevant stakeholders, and allow an appropriate phasing in of the reformsin dignity.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Equal rights and working conditions must be guaranteed in the Member States by means of labour inspectorates and health and safety committees with budgets that are sufficient to carry out their tasks. Member States must ensure that labour law and health and safety at work rules are duly adhered to with regard to all workers, wherever they are from. To that end, enhanced cooperation must be established among labour inspectorates in the various Member States, with the aim being to set up a European corps of labour inspectors.