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Activities of Jutta STEINRUCK

Plenary speeches (185)

Working conditions and precarious employment (short presentation) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2221(INI)
Decision adopted on Mobility package (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Road transport in the European Union (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2545(RSP)
Decision adopted on the European Pillar of Social Rights and work-life balance initiative (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Decision adopted on the European Pillar of Social Rights and work-life balance initiative (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Equality between women and men in the EU in 2014-2015 - Equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services - Report on EU funds for gender equality (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2144(INI)
Gender pay gap (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Civil Law Rules on Robotics (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2103(INL)
European Semester for Economic Policy Coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2017 - European Semester for Economic Policy Coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2017 - Single Market Governance within the European Semester 2017 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2248(INI)
Implementation of Erasmus + (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2327(INI)
A European Pillar of Social Rights (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2095(INI)
Programme of activities of the Maltese Presidency (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Establishing a Skills Guarantee (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2799(RSP)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2016 priorities (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2101(INI)
Macroeconomic situation in Greece, structural reforms and their impact, as well as prospects for future negotiations within the Programme (debate) DE
2016/11/22
18th birthday Interrail pass for Europe (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Minimum income schemes in the EU (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2010(INI)
Application of the Postal Services Directive (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2032(INI)
Social dumping in the EU (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Application of minimum wage law in the transport sector (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Preparation of the Commission Work Programme 2017 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2773(RSP)
Refugees: social inclusion and integration into the labour market (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2321(INI)
Mid-term review of the Investment Plan (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Legal migration package - Action plan on integration of third country nationals (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Decision adopted on New Skills agenda for Europe (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Framework Agreement on parental leave (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Tackling inequalities in order to boost inclusive and sustainable economic growth in the EU (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Economic growth and youth employment (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Gender equality and empowering women in the digital age (short presentation) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2007(INI)
Meeting the antipoverty target in the light of increasing household costs (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2223(INI)
Posting of workers (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Posting of workers (debate) DE
2016/11/22
What is a 'social triple-A' rating? (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/3024(RSP)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2016 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2016 - Single Market governance within the European Semester 2016 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2256(INI)
European network of Employment Services, workers' access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0002(COD)
Establishment of a European Platform to enhance cooperation in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0124(COD)
Negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2233(INI)
Programme of activities of the Dutch Presidency (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Towards a Digital Single Market Act (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2147(INI)
Skills policies for fighting youth unemployment (short presentation) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2088(INI)
Labour mobility (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Decision adopted on the European Accessibility Act (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Implementation of the European Progress Microfinance Facility (A8-0331/2015 - Sven Schulze) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2042(INI)
Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2967(RSP)
Elimination of violence against women in the EU (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2855(RSP)
EU Strategic framework on health and safety at work 2014-2020 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2107(INI)
Preventive measures to tackle the gender pension gap in the EU (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Reform of the electoral law of the EU (A8-0286/2015 - Danuta Maria Hübner, Jo Leinen) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2035(INL)
Council Recommendation on the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2820(RSP)
European single market for electronic communications (A8-0300/2015 - Pilar del Castillo Vera) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0309(COD)
Equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2160(INI)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2015/002 DE/Adam Opel (A8-0273/2015 - Jens Geier) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2208(BUD)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2015/003 BE/Ford Genk (A8-0272/2015 - Paul Rübig) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2209(BUD)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2015/004 IT/Alitalia (A8-0274/2015 - Monika Vana) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2212(BUD)
Social entrepreneurship and social innovation in combating unemployment - Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century - Precarious employment (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2235(INI)
Assessment of the 2012 European Year for active ageing and solidarity between generations (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2255(INI)
Conclusions of the European Council (25-26 June 2015) and of the Euro Summit (7 July 2015) and the current situation in Greece (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Long-term shareholder engagement and corporate governance statement (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0121(COD)
Green employment initiative - Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2238(INI)
European Fund for Strategic Investments (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0009(COD)
Review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges (A8-0190/2015 - Pervenche Berès) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2145(INI)
European energy security strategy (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2153(INI)
EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2152(INI)
Ending the practice of early, forced marriage of girls (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on Aid scheme for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in the educational establishments - 2014/0014(COD) (B8-0362/2015) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0014(COD)
European Agenda on Migration (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Self-certification of importers of minerals and metals originating in conflict-affected and high-risk areas (A8-0141/2015 - Iuliu Winkler) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0059(COD)
Youth Employment Initiative (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Decision adopted on the Digital Single Market (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Maternity leave (debate) DE
2016/11/22
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2684(RSP)
Report of the extraordinary European Council meeting (23 April 2015) - The latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2660(RSP)
Pre-financing of operational programmes supported by the Youth Employment Initiative (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0026(COD)
International Convention on standards for fishing vessel personnel (A8-0064/2015 - Sofia Ribeiro) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0285(NLE)
Second anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse and the state of play of the Sustainability Compact (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Employment quotas for people with disabilities in the EU institutions (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Employment conditions including minimum rates of pay applicable to the transport sector - Compliance of the German provisions with European law on the minimum wage in the transport sector (debate) DE
2016/11/22
European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2015 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2015 - Single market governance within the European Semester 2015 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2212(INI)
European long-term investment funds (continuation of debate) DE
2016/11/22
Annual report on EU competition policy (A8-0019/2015 - Morten Messerschmidt) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2158(INI)
Progress on equality between women and men in the EU in 2013 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2217(INI)
Fight against child sexual abuse on the Internet (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Initiatives in the framework of the International Labour Organization debate on the right to strike (debate) DE
2016/11/22
European Youth Initiative (modification of the ESF regulation) (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Promotion of employee financial participation (debate) DE
2016/11/22
European fund for strategic investments (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Commission work programme 2015 (RC-B8-0001/2015, B8-0001/2015, B8-0007/2015, B8-0034/2015, B8-0035/2015, B8-0037/2015, B8-0038/2015, B8-0039/2015) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2829(RSP)
Freedom of expression in Turkey: Recent arrests of journalists, media executives and systematic pressure against media (RC-B8-0036/2015, B8-0036/2015, B8-0040/2015, B8-0041/2015, B8-0042/2015, B8-0043/2015, B8-0044/2015, B8-0045/2015) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/3011(RSP)
Programme of activities of the Latvian Presidency (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Women on company boards (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Assessment of good repute of transport operators (debate) DE
2016/11/22
25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Employment and social aspects of the EU2020 strategy (debate) DE
2016/11/22
EU Strategic framework on health and safety at work 2014-2020 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2861(RSP)
Implementation of the Employment Equality Directive (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Amendments to agreements with EEA countries and Switzerland (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Presentation by the Commission President-elect of the College of Commissioners and their programme (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2811(RSP)
Outcome of the high level conference on employment in Europe (Milan, 8 October) (debate) DE
2016/11/22
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2014 priorities (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2059(INI)
Roll-out of the European Youth Initiative (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Youth employment (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Statement by the candidate for President of the Commission (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Withdrawal of the maternity leave directive (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Programme of activities of the Italian Presidency (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (A7-0249/2013 - Danuta Jazłowiecka)
2016/11/22
Enhancing worker mobility by improving the acquisition and preservation of supplementary pension rights (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2005/0214(COD)
Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/0061(COD)
Freedom of movement for workers (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0124(COD)
Implementation of the Youth Guarantee (debate)
2016/11/22
European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2014 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects - Single market governance (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/2194(INI)
29th annual report on monitoring the application of EU law (2011) - EU regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality - better lawmaking (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/2119(INI)
Award of concession contracts - Public procurement - Procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0438(COD)
Effective labour inspections as a strategy to improve working conditions (short presentation)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/2112(INI)
Programme for social change and innovation (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0270(COD)
Programme for social change and innovation (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0270(COD)
Common provisions on European funds - European Social Fund - European Regional Development Fund and the 'investment for growth and jobs' goal - European Regional Development Fund and the 'European territorial cooperation' goal - Cohesion Fund - European grouping of territorial cooperation (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0268(COD)
EU citizens' mobility and Member States' welfare systems (debate)
2016/11/22
Implementation of the EU youth strategy 2010-2012 - Tackling youth unemployment: possible ways out (debate)
2016/11/22
Implementation of the EU youth strategy 2010-2012 - Tackling youth unemployment: possible ways out (debate)
2016/11/22
Impact of the crisis on access to care for vulnerable groups (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/2044(INI)
Fund for European aid to the most deprived (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/0295(COD)
Social housing in the European Union (short presentation)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2293(INI)
Adequate, safe and sustainable pensions (short presentation)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2100(INI)
Groundhandling services at European Union airports (A7-0364/2012 - Artur Zasada)
2016/11/22
Equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2043(INI)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (14-15 March 2013) (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/2528(RSP)
Integration of migrants, its effects on the labour market and the external dimension of social security coordination (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2131(INI)
Impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women's rights - Eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU - Situation of women in North Africa (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2116(INI)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2013 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual growth survey 2013 - Governance of the single market (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2260(INL)
Corporate social responsibility: accountable, transparent and responsible business behaviour and sustainable growth - Corporate social responsibility: promoting society's interests and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2098(INI)
Recent casualties in textile factory fires, notably in Bangladesh (debate)
2016/11/22
Authorised dimensions and weights of certain road vehicles (debate)
2016/11/22
Information and consultation of workers, anticipation and management of restructuring (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2061(INL)
Youth guarantee (debate)
2016/11/22
Introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at European Union airports - Groundhandling services at European Union airports - Allocation of slots at European Union airports
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0397(COD)
Social Investment Pact (short presentation)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2003(INI)
Women's working conditions in the service sector (short presentation)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2046(INI)
Programme of activities of the Cyprus Presidency (debate)
2016/11/22
Future of European company law (debate)
2016/11/22
Towards a job-rich recovery (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2647(RSP)
Equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2285(INL)
Youth opportunities initiative (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2068(INI)
Youth opportunities initiative (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2068(INI)
Coordination of social security systems (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0380(COD)
Equality between women and men in the European Union - 2011 - Women in political decision-making (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2295(INI)
Preparation for the European Council meeting (1-2 March 2012) (debate)
2016/11/22
Question Time (Commission)
2016/11/22
Question Time (Commission)
2016/11/22
Cross-border transfer of company seats (short presentation)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2046(INL)
Danish Presidency Programme (continuation of debate)
2016/11/22
Freedom of movement for workers within the European Union (debate)
2016/11/22
Health and safety at work (short presentation)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2147(INI)
European platform against poverty and social exclusion (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2052(INI)
Implementation of Professional Qualifications Directive (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2024(INI)
Surge in job dismissals in Europe as a result of the economic crisis in particular at Arcelor and Nokia (debate)
2016/11/22
Agenda for new skills and jobs (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2067(INI)
Modernisation of public procurement (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2048(INI)
Question Time (Commission)
2016/11/22
Situation of women approaching retirement age (short presentation)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2091(INI)
Social services of general interest (short presentation)
2016/11/22
Spent fuel and radioactive waste (debate)
2016/11/22
Cooperation in vocational education and training to support the Europe 2020 strategy (short presentation)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2234(INI)
Report: Zver - Youth on the Move: – a framework for improving Europe's education and training systems - Report: Honeyball - Early years learning - Report: Schaake - Cultural dimensions of EU external actions - Report: Sanchez-Schmid - Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries - Sarajevo as a European Capital of Culture in 2014 (debate)
2016/11/22
Report: Zver - Youth on the Move: – a framework for improving Europe's education and training systems - Report: Honeyball - Early years learning - Report: Schaake - Cultural dimensions of EU external actions - Report: Sanchez-Schmid - Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries - Sarajevo as a European Capital of Culture in 2014 (debate)
2016/11/22
Efficiency of the European agencies linked to employment, working conditions and training (debate)
2016/11/22
Respect of national wage and retirement-setting mechanisms (debate)
2016/11/22
Female poverty - Equality between women and men - 2010 (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2138(INI)
Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States - Europe 2020 - Implementation of the guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0007(CNS)
Adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2239(INI)
Implementation of the Services Directive (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2053(INI)
An agenda for new skills and jobs (debate)
2016/11/22
Preparations for the European Council meeting (28-29 October) - Preparations for the G20 summit (11-12 November) - Financial, economic and social crisis: recommendations concerning the measures and initiatives to be taken - Improving economic governance and stability framework in the EU, in particular, in the euro zone (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2009/2182(INI)
Improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding - Precarious women workers (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/0193(COD)
Postal services
2016/11/22
Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (A7-0235/2010, Csaba Őry) (vote)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0115(NLE)
Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0115(NLE)
Conclusions of the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) (debate)
2016/11/22
Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2591(RSP)
The organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/0195(COD)
Implementation of the synergies of research and innovation earmarked funds in Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 concerning the European Fund of Regional Development and the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development - Delivering a single market to consumers and citizens - Long-term sustainability of public finances for a recovering economy - Contribution of the Cohesion policy to the achievement of Lisbon and the EU 2020 objectives (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2009/2235(INI)
Question Hour with the President of the Commission
2016/11/22
GM/Opel: current developments (debate)
2016/11/22
GM/Opel: current developments (debate)
2016/11/22
Restructuring of the European car industry, in particular the Opel case (debate)
2016/11/22

Reports (3)

REPORT on effective labour inspections as a strategy to improve working conditions in Europe PDF (226 KB) DOC (115 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2013/2112(INI)
Documents: PDF(226 KB) DOC(115 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision authorising Member States to ratify, in the interests of the European Union, the Convention concerning Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work, 1990, of the International Labour Organisation (Convention No 170) PDF (135 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2012/0320(NLE)
Documents: PDF(135 KB) DOC(53 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European Union Programme for Social Change and Innovation PDF (859 KB) DOC (1 MB)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2011/0270(COD)
Documents: PDF(859 KB) DOC(1 MB)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT Report on the proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States: Part II of the Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines PDF (493 KB) DOC (603 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2010/0115(NLE)
Documents: PDF(493 KB) DOC(603 KB)

Opinions (7)

OPINION on gender equality and empowering women in the digital age
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Documents: PDF(129 KB) DOC(195 KB)
OPINION on a Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(433 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on single-member private limited liability companies
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Documents: PDF(109 KB) DOC(54 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 718/1999 of 29 March 1999 on a Community-fleet capacity policy to promote inland waterway transport
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Documents: PDF(150 KB) DOC(572 KB)
OPINION on an integrated parcel delivery market for the growth of e-commerce in the EU
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Documents: PDF(102 KB) DOC(341 KB)
OPINION on the application of Directive 2004/25/EC on takeover bids
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Documents: PDF(100 KB) DOC(75 KB)
OPINION on Youth on the Move: a framework for improving Europe’s education and training systems
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Documents: PDF(143 KB) DOC(108 KB)

Shadow opinions (9)

OPINION on the report on the application of the Postal Services Directive
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2016/2010(INI)
Documents: PDF(128 KB) DOC(215 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Common provisions on the European Funds as regards specific measures for Greece
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2015/1060(COD)
Documents: PDF(109 KB) DOC(63 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a Council directive laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2011/0254(NLE)
Documents: PDF(183 KB) DOC(392 KB)
OPINION on the 20 main concerns of European citizens and business with the functioning of the Single Market
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2012/2044(INI)
Documents: PDF(131 KB) DOC(96 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2011/0404(COD)
Documents: PDF(206 KB) DOC(547 KB)
OPINION on the implementation of the Professional Qualifications Directive 2005/36/EC
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2011/2024(INI)
Documents: PDF(117 KB) DOC(101 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a Council directive on the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2010/0306(NLE)
Documents: PDF(226 KB) DOC(593 KB)
OPINION on equality between women and men in the European Union
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2010/2138(INI)
Documents: PDF(125 KB) DOC(97 KB)
OPINION on unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2010/2156(INI)
Documents: PDF(122 KB) DOC(91 KB)

Institutional motions (23)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on sign languages and professional sign language interpreters PDF (374 KB) DOC (86 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2952(RSP)
Documents: PDF(374 KB) DOC(86 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for a European reindustrialisation policy in light of the recent Caterpillar and Alstom cases PDF (310 KB) DOC (99 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2891(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Libya PDF (288 KB) DOC (78 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2537(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the systematic mass murder of religious minorities by ISIS PDF (275 KB) DOC (74 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2529(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in Yemen PDF (283 KB) DOC (75 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2515(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Azerbaijan PDF (155 KB) DOC (85 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2840(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Angola PDF (154 KB) DOC (84 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2839(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Belarus PDF (271 KB) DOC (71 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2834(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Srebrenica commemoration PDF (262 KB) DOC (67 KB)
2016/11/22
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the List of Issues adopted by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in relation to the initial report of the European Union PDF (254 KB) DOC (72 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2684(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the imprisonment of workers and human rights activists in Algeria PDF (144 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2665(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Nadiya Savchenko PDF (136 KB) DOC (64 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2663(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria PDF (145 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2664(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the second anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse and progress of the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact PDF (166 KB) DOC (91 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2589(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Imprisonment of Workers and Human Rights Activists in Algeria PDF (148 KB) DOC (66 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2665(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria PDF (131 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2664(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Nadiya Savchenko PDF (132 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2663(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies PDF (250 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2660(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the second anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse and progress of the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact PDF (252 KB) DOC (71 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2589(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the steel sector in the EU: protecting workers and industries PDF (161 KB) DOC (74 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2976(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the steel sector in the EU: protecting workers and industries PDF (153 KB) DOC (75 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2976(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Youth Employment PDF (146 KB) DOC (81 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2713(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on youth employment PDF (142 KB) DOC (78 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2713(RSP)
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Oral questions (4)

Commission's answers to written questions PDF (205 KB) DOC (19 KB)
2016/11/22
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Autonomous driving PDF (197 KB) DOC (27 KB)
2016/11/22
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Commission's answers to Written Questions PDF DOC
2016/11/22
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Review and extension of the Commission Recommendation of 12 March 2014 on a new approach to business failure and insolvency, with regard to family insolvency and second chances for individuals and households PDF (109 KB) DOC (26 KB)
2016/11/22
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Written explanations (1)

EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (A8-0009/2017 - Artis Pabriks) DE

Seit dem ersten Vertragsentwurf von CETA konnten Sozialdemokratinnen und Sozialdemokraten entscheidende Verbesserungen durchsetzen. Insbesondere die Ersetzung privater Schiedsgerichte beim Investitionsschutz durch ein internationales Gerichtssystem ist ein Erfolg. Diese Errungenschaft ist ein Mindeststandard für alle zukünftigen Handelsabkommen. Ziel bleibt ein internationaler Handelsgerichtshof, der im Streitfall über Investorenschutz und internationale Pflichten von Investoren befinden muss.Ich habe dennoch dem Handelsabkommen mit Kanada (CETA) nicht zugestimmt, weil folgende, aus meiner Sicht gewichtige Punkte nicht zufriedenstellend geregelt sind:1.) InvestitionsschutzDer Verhaltenskodex für die Schiedsrichter beim neuen Internationalen Gerichtssystem ist bisher nicht fertiggestellt und lag dem Europäischen Parlament zum Zeitpunkt der Abstimmung nicht vor. Zudem ist nicht ausgeschlossen, dass Investitionsschutzklagen auf unbestimmte Rechtsbegriffe gegründet werden können.2.) Arbeitnehmerrechte, NachhaltigkeitEbenso wird noch an einem Sanktionsmechanismus bei Verstößen gegen Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltstandards gearbeitet. Das Ergebnis ist ungewiss. Der Mechanismus ist jedoch entscheidend für die Verbindlichkeit dieser Rechte.3.) DaseinsvorsorgeAusnahmen von der Liberalisierung werden über Negativlisten geregelt. Bisher war es üblich, in Positivlisten zu definieren, welche Bereiche liberalisiert werden sollen. So wird es komplizierter, die Daseinsvorsorge verlässlich von Liberalisierungszwängen freizuhalten. Zudem ist nicht ausgeschlossen, dass eine Rekommunalisierung von Bereichen der Daseinsvorsorge Investitionsschutzklagen auslöst.
2016/11/22

Written questions (32)

Measures to support Member States with long-term and youth unemployment rates above the Eurozone average PDF (199 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
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EU funding for Rieter CZ s.r.o. PDF (104 KB) DOC (17 KB)
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European Works Council Directive 2009/38/EC PDF (104 KB) DOC (16 KB)
2016/11/22
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ENF Group restricting freedom of the press PDF (102 KB) DOC (16 KB)
2016/11/22
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Article 62 of the EU Customs Code PDF (99 KB) DOC (16 KB)
2016/11/22
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European Works Council Directive (2009/38/EG) PDF (100 KB) DOC (16 KB)
2016/11/22
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Accusations of embezzlement of European funds in Hungary PDF (196 KB) DOC (17 KB)
2016/11/22
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Interpretation of the list of administrative requirements and control measures pursuant to Article 9 of the Enforcement Directive concerning the Posting of Workers Directive (2014/67/EU) PDF (106 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
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Mobility scooter ban introduced by the Rhine-Moselle Transport Authority (VRM) PDF (5 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
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Use of antibiotics in livestock farming PDF (6 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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Free movement and Roma PDF (6 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Quality framework for traineeships PDF (6 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Question No 1 on call for proposals VP/2015/008 PDF (103 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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Question No 2 on call for proposals VP/2015/008 PDF (101 KB) DOC (23 KB)
2016/11/22
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Exploitative employment models at low-cost airlines ('Pay to Fly') PDF (5 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Allocation of Youth Employment Initiative funding PDF (5 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Implementation of the Council framework decision (2008/913/JHA) on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law PDF (99 KB) DOC (26 KB)
2016/11/22
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Implementation of the Council framework decision (2008/913/JHA) on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law PDF (195 KB) DOC (26 KB)
2016/11/22
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Investigation of working conditions at airlines based in the Gulf States PDF (5 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
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Unanswered questions from the discussion with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President of the Commission) at the EMPL Committee meeting PDF (102 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
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Uber's circumvention of social, labour, road-safety and consumer-rights protection PDF (104 KB) DOC (26 KB)
2016/11/22
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Limitation of social housing construction by Commission Decision 2012/21/EU PDF (104 KB) DOC (25 KB)
2016/11/22
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Coca-Cola Iberian Partners' redundancy plan PDF (195 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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Systematic use of the Posting of Workers Directive 96/71/EC by Atlanco Rimec/ Oradeo to exploit employees and evade social security contributions PDF (6 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
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Letterbox companies in the road transport sector PDF (102 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Circumvention of European social and safety standards by Norwegian Air International PDF (6 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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German Anti-Discrimination Act PDF (5 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Relocation of production by the firm Franklin Electric - EU funding PDF (5 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Nürburgring state aid procedure - list of talks PDF (102 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Flow of information to MEPs regarding the Zweibrücken airport state aid case PDF (6 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Social dumping in aviation and airline pilot training in Europe PDF (100 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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Competition law: Nürburgring state-aid procedure PDF (103 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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Written declarations (5)

Written declaration on unpaid and low-quality internships

Written declaration on the protection of disabled people and better recognition and harmonisation of disability-related rights, measures and instruments between Member States

Written declaration on the European Year for Reconciling Work and Family Life

2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(90 KB) DOC(46 KB)
Authors: Marian HARKIN, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Roberta ANGELILLI, Jutta STEINRUCK
Written declaration on civilian invalids of war

2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(95 KB) DOC(43 KB)
Authors: Jelko KACIN, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anna ROSBACH, György SCHÖPFLIN, Jutta STEINRUCK

Amendments (2765)

Amendment 1 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
1a. having regard to its resolution of 13 September 2016 on Creating Labour Market Conditions favourable for work- life balance,
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
1a. having regard to its resolution of 15 September 2016 on Application of the Employment Equality Directive,
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)
1b. having regard to its resolution of 14 June 2017 on the need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap,
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 c (new)
1c. having regard to its resolution of 4 July 2017 on working conditions and precarious employment,
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 d (new)
1d. having regard to its resolution of 3 October 2017 on women’s economic empowerment in the private and public sectors in the EU,
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 e (new)
1e. having regard to its resolution of 26 October 2017 on combating sexual harassment and abuse in the EU,
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 f (new)
1f. having regard to the proposal of the European Commission of 26 April 2017 for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on work- life balance for parents and carers repealing the Council Directive 2010/18/EU,
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that while women make up a clear majority of journalism and media graduates in the EU, they are still significantly under-represented at the decision-making and leadership level; notes that this under-representation is a major contributing factor to the negative and stereotypical portrayal of women in the media in the EU;
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises that an increase in the proportion of women in leadership roles in the media sector is an important step and calls on media sector organisations to introduce best practice measures to increase the proportion of women in leadership roles; encourages such organisations to actively consider measures such as those incorporated by the Nordic Public Services Broadcasters1c, including making workforce gender balance in staff composition, including by pay grade, transparent and comparable over time in yearly corporate reports; setting clear and realisable yearly targets; incorporating gender sensitive training and establishing mentor and role model programmes for staff; __________________ 1c http://www.nordicom.gu.se/sites/default/fil es/mediefakta- dokument/Gender_Media/Making_Chang e/1-12_makingchange_lr.pdf
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes with concern the continued systemic and pervasive nature of gender- based harassment in all walks of life, including at the workplace: the scale of which has been brought to light by the recent #metoo movement; notes that, according to a 2014 Fundamental Rights Agency Study1a, one in three women in the EU have experienced physical or sexual violence during their adult lives and that for 32% of these victims, the perpetrator was someone encountered at the workplace (notably a boss, colleague or customer); __________________ 1a http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2014/v iolence-against-women-eu-wide-survey- main-results-report
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes in particular the disturbing scale of harassment suffered by female journalists; notes that according to a recent IFJ study1b, 50% of female journalists have experienced one form of harassment; that 44% of female journalists have suffered online abuse; that 37% have been sexually harassed and that in 38% of these cases, the perpetrator was a boss or supervisor; __________________ 1bhttp://www.ifj.org/nc/news-single- view/backpid/1/article/ifj-survey-one-in- two-women-journalists-suffer-gender- based-violence-at-work/
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes a recent Eurofound study highlighting the growth of precarious forms of work such as fixed-term, temporary, atypical, freelance and discontinuous in the media sector further notes that, as is true across the labour market, women are overrepresented in these precarious forms of work1d; notes that the increasing pressures on the media sector to maintain economic viability due to digitalisation is likely to aggravate this trend; further notes that women on these more precarious contracts may be more vulnerable to workplace harassment due to the relative ease with which they can be dismissed from the organisation; __________________ 1d http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/e tudes/STUD/2016/587285/IPOL_STU%28 2016%29587285_EN.pdf
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop, fund and encourage training on workplace policy related to anti-harassment, equality and diversity in order to combat harassment at the workplace;
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that only a few Member States have systematically ensured that existing legal texts are in line with the principle of equal treatment, and that even fewer implement them systematically; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure full implementation of Equal Treatment and Employment Equality Directives in order to address this situation;
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Insists that flexible working arrangements should be employee- oriented and voluntary, accompanied by adequate social protection, and believes that workers` rights and the right to secure employment must come before any increase in flexibility in the labour market, so as to ensure that flexibility does not increase precarious, undesirable and insecure forms of work and employment does not undermine employment standards;
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle precarious employment, including undeclared work and bogus self-employment, in order to ensure that all types of work contracts offer decent working conditions with proper social security coverage, in line with the ILO Decent Work Agenda, Article 9 TFEU, the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter; calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat all practices, which might lead to an increase of precarious employment;
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Calls on media organisations to, where not previously present, establish internal bodies to assist victims of harassment throughout the process of speaking out; further calls on these organisations to ensure the existence of clear and specific internal policies and structures, including a process for whistleblowing, that specifically aim to tackle a workplace culture which allows the fostering of gender-based discrimination and harassment;
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Calls on the Member States to increase job quality in non-standard jobs by providing, at the least, set of minimum standards as regards social protection, minimum wage levels and access to training and development; stresses that this should be done while maintaining entry opportunities;
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that women working in the media will benefit from the general advancement of conditions for women in the workplace, including ending the gender pay gap and pension gap, reducing precarious work, ensuring affordable and accessible and quality childcare and boosting collective bargaining rights;
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to adopt social protection measures to ensure that women`s pay and welfare entitlements, including pensions, are in line with the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or for work of equal value, in accordance with Article 157 TFEU;
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes in particular that the pattern of informal or casual recruitment in this sector can have the effect of disproportionately disadvantaging women due to their existing underrepresentation in sector; calls on media organisations to establish open and transparent recruitment procedures as part of their gender equality strategy;
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 69 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for media organisations to put in place all possible positive discrimination measures to ensure women’s equal representation in all levels of the media sector, particularly in leadership roles; notes the positive role of unions, women’s councils and women’s equality officers in workplaces; considers these organisations should continue to work alongside employers in delivering appropriate measures to deliver gender balance within media organisations;
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 73 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes a recent Eurofound study1d stating that high level of poor work-life balance was reported by media workers in printing and publishing sectors, with highest levels in small and medium-sized workplaces in the media and communications sector; __________________ 1d https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/information-sheet/2014/working- conditions/media-and-communications- working-conditions-and-job-quality
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses in this context the importance of ensuring that women and men are equal earners and equal carers by eliminating gender inequalities in paid and unpaid work, and to promote equal sharing of responsibilities, costs and care; therefore welcomes the Commission`s proposal on work-life balance, as response to repeated calls of the European Parliament, and insists that the outcome of inter-institutional negotiations result in an ambitious legislation;
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls for Member States to develop programmes in order to improve women’s skills in STEM subjects that are important for careers in the media sector with a more technical focus, such as sound and audiovisual technicians; stresses the importance of vocational education and training in diversifying career choices and introducing women and men to non- traditional career opportunities to overcome horizontal and vertical exclusion;
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Acknowledges that women cannot be treated as one homogenous group but that women of different ethnicity, religion, gender alignment, sexual orientation and women with disability face specific gender-based obstacles and sources of stress at the workplace, including harassment, exclusion, discrimination or gender stereotypes;
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on Member States and the Commission to combat all forms of multiple discrimination and to ensure proper application of the principle of non- discrimination and equal treatment in access to employment;
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 87 #

2017/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Regrets the under-reporting of all forms of discrimination at the workplace and highlights that the lack of objective data makes it more difficult to prove the existence of discrimination; calls on the Commission and Member States to collect equality data within the scope of the Employment Equality Directive in an accurate and systemic way and with the involvement of social partners, national equality bodies and national courts; further recommends that national, regional and local authorities, law enforcement bodies, including labour inspectors, national equality bodies and civil society organisations, increase their monitoring of the intersectionality between gender and other grounds in cases of discrimination and practices;
2017/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2017/2179(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the ongoing revision of the founding regulations of the three tripartite Agencies; recalls the importance of preserving the tripartite nature of these agencies to ensure active participation of national authorities, European employers’ organisations and European workers’ organisations in their governance and functioning; recalls that staffing cuts have been implemented with great difficulty and reiterates its opposition to further cuts which would limit the agencies' ability to carry out their mandate;
2017/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2017/2179(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that the discussion about the draft annual work programmes and the multiannual strategies of the agencies in the committees responsible helps to ensure that the programmes and strategies reflect the actual political priorities;
2017/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2017/2156(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned by the Court’s observation that the situation regarding the Foundation’s premises is unsatisfactory and puts activities at risk of disruption; notes the urgent need for the host country to find a solution to this matter; calls on the Foundation to update Parliament on the progress of the ongoing tendering procedure;
2017/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2017/2148(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Acknowledges that the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (the ‘Foundation’) remained an essential contributor to policy development and that the use of its expertise in key Union policy documents remained significant;
2017/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2017/2148(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the work of the Foundation during the four-year work programme 2013-2016 “From crisis to recovery: Better informed policies for a competitive and fair Europe”; welcomes the Foundations's high-quality analysis and policy input as regards living and working conditions, industrial relations and employment and labour market developments, in particular the Overview report of the sixth European Working Conditions Survey; considers it to be important to maintain strong cooperation between the Foundation and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs in order to continue to engage in constructive and evidence-based discussions;
2017/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2017/2148(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Commends the exemplary high budget implementation rate (100 %); notes, however, that the level of appropriations carried over to 2017 increased for Title III (43 %) compared to the previous year (31 %), mainly in relation to projects going beyond the end of the year;
2017/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2017/2148(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the Foundation’s remedial actions undertaken in relation to salary corrections following Court’s reports ; notes that an audit of the salaries function was undertaken in Q2 2017 in order to provide additional assurance that the appropriate processes and controls are in place and operating well;
2017/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2017/2148(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Expresses concern about the negative budgetary impact of the increasing Irish country coefficient which risks to undermine more and more the financial capability of the Foundation to deliver on its mandate; expects action to be taken by the Institutions of the Union to offset the effect;
2017/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2017/2136(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern the high estimated level of error in the policy area of ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’ at 4,8 %, which iremains above the error level for the EU budget as a whole (3,1 %); notes, however, that this represents a small decrease from the previous year (5,2 %); notes that the estimated error level in the area of ‘Competitiveness for growth and jobs’ is 4,1 %;
2017/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas employment rates are generally lower among women, in 2015, the employment rate for men aged 20–64 stood at 75.9 % in the EU-28, as compared with 64.3 % for women;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas in March 2017 the youth unemployment rate in the euro area was 19.4 %, compared with 21.3 % in March 2016; whereas youth unemployment remains unacceptably high; Whereas in 2015 the share NEET's remains high and represents 14,8 % of 15-29 year olds, namely 14 million of NEET's;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Young people not in employment, education or training are estimated to cost the EU €153bn (1.21% of GDP) a year – in benefits and foregone earnings and taxes[1]while the total estimated cost of establishing Youth Guarantee schemes in the Eurozone is €21bn a year, or 0.22% of GDP ; [1] Euro found report on youth unemployment
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Bb. Whereas an amount of € 1bn is currently allocated to the Youth Employment Initiative plan which is to be matched by €1 billion from the European Social Fund for the period 2017 - 2020;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas in many Member States the working-age population and the labour force are continuing to shrink, notably as a result of low birth rates; whereas the employability of women as the ongoing arrival of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers are opportunities for Member states to cope with this issue and reinforce the work force in the EU;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas also one of the five Europe 2020 targets aims at reducing by at least 20 million the number of people in or at risk of poverty and social exclusion; whereas this objective is far from being achieved and in 2013 almost 123 million people in the EU are in this situation of whom 32,2 million persons with disabilities in 2012;whereas in 2013 26,5 million children in the EU28 were at risk of falling into poverty or social exclusion; points out that high levels of inequality reduce the output of the economy and the potential for sustainable growth;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Cb. Whereas the increasing of the employment rate in member states has been unfortunately accompanied - due to the economic crisis, austerity policies and structural reforms - by the increase of atypical, precarious and non-formal forms of employment, zero-hour contracts included, the weakening of social dialogue, the decentralisation of the collective consultation in some member states giving rise to negative impact on worker's rights;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Cc. Whereas the most precarious work involves the inability of individuals to enforce their rights, where social insurance protection is absent, where health and safety is put at risk and where work does not provide sufficient income to enable people to live decently; whereas insecurity is another key element of precariousness and it encompasses work uncertainty, income insufficiency, lack of protection against dismissal, an unknown length of employment where there is uncertainty about future employment;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)
Cd. Whereas as opposed to precarious work, decent jobs with employment security must be promoted and required to help tackle unemployment across the EU but also to boost the domestic demand and stimulate growth;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C e (new)
Ce. Whereas growth in most of member states remains low, the EU growth rate for 2016 having even declined to stabilize at 2 % (whereas Global growth (excluding the EU) is expected to strengthen to 3.7% this year and 3.9% in 2018 from 3.2% in 2016) despite positive temporary aspects such as low oil prices, low interest for credits and unconventional monetary policies showing therefore that the EU can do more to boost the economic and social recovery so as to make it more sustainable in the medium term;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C f (new)
Cf. Whereas as stated by the Commission[1]to strengthen the convergence within countries and the EU, it is essential to achieve a more inclusive, robust and sustainable growth; [1] European Commission, Press release, the 22 of May 2017
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D
D. whereas labour market conditions and performances show substantial differences across Member States, though these disparities are decreasing;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the EU continues to suffer from structural problems that need to be addressed; recognizes that austerity measures have failed to provide sustainable solutions for these problems; underlines the crucial need to break up austerity policies, to boost the domestic demand by promoting public and private investment, by promoting socially and economically balanced structural reforms that reduce inequalities and promote quality and inclusive jobs, sustainable growth and social investment and responsible fiscal consolidation, thus reinforcing a favourable path towards more cohesion and upward social convergence environment for business and public services with a view to creating more quality jobs while balancing the social and the economic dimensions; stresses that those priorities will only be achieved if investment in human capital is prioritised as a common strategy;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Highlights that socially responsible reforms must be based on solidarity, integration, social justice and a fair wealth distribution - a model that ensures equality and social protection, protects vulnerable groups and improves the living standards for all citizens; stresses also the need to re-orientate the union's economic policies towards a social market economy;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Is concerned that labour market reforms in many Member states have mainly promoted precarious jobs; observes that 50 % of the jobs created that last 3 years were temporary; in this context, calls for a wage increase not only to guarantee decent income, but also which serves to consolidate the economic recovery through the strengthening of the internal demand;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In this context, recalls the need to support and enhance social dialogue which plays a critical role in achieving high-level working conditions; emphasises that labour law and high social standards have a crucial role to play in rebalancing economies, supporting incomes and encouraging investment in capacity; stresses that EU law and policy documents must respect trade union rights and freedoms, comply with collective agreements and uphold equal treatment of workers;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to build on the resolution of the European Parliament by putting forward ambitious proposals, including a framework directive on decent working conditions and a Social Protocol, for a strong European Pillar of Social Rights and full pursuit of the Treaties' social objectives in order to improve everyone's living and working conditions and provide good opportunities for all;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Warns about the declining wage share in the EU, the widening wage and income inequalities and the increase of in work-poverty; recalls that the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN, 1948) recognizes the need for workers to earn a living wage as does the ILO Constitution (ILO, 1919) and that all human rights declarations agree that remuneration should be sufficient to support a family;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. stresses that wages must enable workers to meet their needs and those of their families and that every worker in the European Union should receive a living wage that provides not only for the mere necessities of basic food, shelter and clothing, but that it is also sufficient to cover healthcare, education, transportation, recreation and some savings to help provide for unforeseen events, such as illnesses and accidents; emphasises that this is the decent living standard that living wages should provide for workers and their families in the EU;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Asks the Commission to study how to identify what a living wage could encompass and how it should be measured, serving as a reference tool for social partners and help to exchange best practices in this regard;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 73 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Recalls that decent wages are important not only for social cohesion, but also for maintaining a strong economy and a productive labour force; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement measures to improve job quality and reduce wage dispersion, including by raising wage floors also in the form of, where applicable, minimum wages set at decent levels;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 g (new)
3g. Calls for policies that respect, promote and strengthen collective bargaining and workers' position in wage- setting systems which play a critical role in achieving high level working conditions; believes all this should be done with a view to supporting aggregate demand and economic recovery, reducing wage inequalities and fighting in-work poverty; stresses in this context, that European legislation and policies must respect trade union rights and freedom, comply with collective agreements and uphold equal treatments of workers;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 h (new)
3h. Warns that excessive levels of top managers' pay come not only at the expense of the shareholders but at the expense of workers; highlights that this excessive dispersion in wages is unethical, increases inequalities and damages productivity and competitiveness of companies; calls on the Commission to present a proposal to adopt at European level a legal obligation requiring listed as well as public companies to disclose the annual total compensation of the chief executive officer (CEO) and the top managers and the median of the annual compensation of all other employees of the company;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 i (new)
3i. Highlights the importance of the automatic stabilisation dimension of welfare systems to absorb social shock waves caused by external effects as recessions; calls therefore on the Member states to introduce policies to re-establish security in employment by providing pro- active protection, including in case of dismissals; with a view to ILO Recommendation No 202 which defines the social protection floors, calls also on the member states to ensure and increase their investment in social protection systems in order to guarantee their performance in tackling and preventing poverty and inequalities while ensuring their sustainability;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 j (new)
3j. Highlights that universal access to public, solidarity-based and adequate retirement and old age pensions must be granted to all; acknowledges the challenges faced by Member States to strengthen the sustainability of pension systems but stresses the importance of safeguarding the solidarity in the pension systems by strengthening the revenue side without necessarily increasing the retirement age;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 k (new)
3k. Underlines the importance of public and occupational pension systems which provide an adequate retirement income well above the poverty threshold and allow pensioners to maintain their standard of living; believes that the best way to ensure sustainable, safe and adequate pensions for women and men is to increase the overall employment rate and quality jobs across all ages, improving working and employment conditions, and by committing the necessary supplementary public spending; believes that reforms of pension systems should focus amongst others on the effective retirement age and reflect labour market trends, birth rates, the health and wealth situation, working conditions and the economic dependency ratio;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 l (new)
3l. Considers that these reforms must also take account of the situation of millions of workers in Europe, particularly women, youngsters and self- employed, suffering insecure, atypical employment, periods of involuntary unemployment and working-time reduction;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 80 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 m (new)
3m. Calls on the Commission to continue to pay particular attention to the improvement of childcare services and to flexible working time arrangements, to the needs of ageing men and women and other dependent persons as regards long- term care;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 n (new)
3n. Deplores the persistence of the gender pay and pension gap; calls on the EU and the Member States, in cooperation with the social partners and gender equality organisations, to set out and implement policies to close the gender pay and pension gap; calls on the Member States to carry out wage-mapping on a regular basis as a complement to these efforts;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the fact that insufficient and inadequately focused investment in digital skills and programming may undermine the Union’s competitive position;deleted
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that the increase in the employment rate has been accompanied by the increase of atypical, precarious and non-formal forms of employment, zero- hour contracts included and the weakening of social dialogue; encourages the Member States to make further efforts in order to reach the Europe 2020 employment rate target of 75 % while guaranteeing European citizens the best quality of life via quality and inclusive jobs;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Underlines that the implementation of the Youth Guarantee should be strengthened at national, regional and local level, and stresses its importance for school-to-work transitions; points out that special attention has to be paid to young women and girls, who could face gender-related barriers to obtaining a good-quality offer of employment, continued education, an apprenticeship or a traineeship; emphasises the need to ensure that the Youth Guarantee reaches young people facing multiple exclusions and extreme poverty;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses the need to guarantee suitable forms of collaboration between public and private employment services and individualised and mainstream social support services; highlights that a better collaboration of public administrations and stakeholders at the local level and better synergies among levels of governments would increase the outreach and the impact of the programmes;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Regrets that in some member states the youth guarantee has failed to deliver the expected results; regrets also that the financing of the youth guarantee had not been enough to effectively address the issue and the lack of coordination on the use that member states have done with the funding; reiterates its continuous call for a European framework for introducing minimum standards for the implementation of youth guarantee;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 95 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Emphasises that a better work-life balance and strengthened gender equality are essential for supporting the participation of women in the labour market; underlines that the key to women's economic empowerment is the transformation and adaptation of the labour market and welfare systems in order to take into account women's life cycles;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 96 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Welcomes the proposal for the Work-life balance Directive as a positive first step forward in ensuring reconciliation of the work and private lives for men and women caring for their children and other dependants and increasing the participation of women on the labour market although regretting that no progress on the maternity leave has been made; insists however that securing appropriate remuneration and strong social security and protection are key to achieving these goals;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 97 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop transformative policies and to invest in awareness-raising campaigns to overcome gender stereotypes and to promote a more equal sharing of care and domestic work, focusing also on the right of and need for men to take up care responsibilities without being stigmatised or penalised;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4h. Calls on the Member States to put in place proactive policies and appropriate investment aimed and designed to support women and men entering, returning to, staying and advancing in the labour market, after periods of family and care- related types of leave, with sustainable and quality employment, in line with Article 27 of the European Social Charter; stresses in particular the need to guarantee reinstatement to the same post or to an equivalent or similar post, protection against dismissal and less favourable treatment as a result of pregnancy, applying for or taking family leave, and a protection period after their return so that they can readjust to their job; reiterates that changes in working hours and/or routines on the return to work (including the need for the employer to justify a refusal) and training periods should also be guaranteed;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 99 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 i (new)
4i. Calls on the Member States to step up protection against discrimination and unlawful dismissal related to work-life balance, calls in this context on the Commission and the Member States to propose policies to improve enforcement of anti-discrimination measures in the workplace, including increasing the awareness of legal rights regarding equal treatment by conducting information campaigns, reversal of the burden of proof and empowering national equality bodies to conduct formal investigations on their own initiative of equality issues and help potential victims of discrimination;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 100 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 j (new)
4j. Considers that promoting women's participation in the labour market would boost GDP; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen policies and increase investment supporting female employment in quality jobs, particularly in sectors and positions where women are under- represented, such as the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and green economy sectors, or senior management positions across all sectors;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 k (new)
4k. Underlines that the integration of long-term unemployed individuals through individually tailored measures is a key factor for fighting poverty and social exclusion and will ultimately contribute towards contributing to the sustainability of national social security systems; considers that necessary, taking into account the social situation of these citizens and their needs in terms of sufficient incomes, adequate housing, public transport, health and childcare as well as a better monitoring at the European level of the policies implemented at the national level;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 102 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 l (new)
4l. Notes that an increased effort is required in many Member States to educate the workforce, including adult education and vocational training opportunities; puts emphasis on life-long learning, including for women, as it gives the opportunity to re-skill in the ever- changing labour market; calls for an increase in the promotion of STEM subjects aimed at girls to address existing education stereotypes and combat long- term gender employment, pay and pensions gaps;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 m (new)
4m. Recalls that the role of Member States is to guarantee an access to quality education and training at affordable cost notwithstanding the labour market need across the EU;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 n (new)
4n. Calls on the Commission and Member States to fully implement the Recommendation on Investing in Children and closely monitor its progress; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop and introduce initiatives, such as a Child Guarantee, placing children in the centre of existing poverty alleviation policies and ensuring dedicated resources necessary for its full implementation;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 o (new)
4o. Stresses the need to invest in people as early as possible in the life cycle to reduce inequality and foster social inclusion at a young age; stresses also the need to fight against stereotypes from the youngest age at school by promoting gender equality at all level of education; calls therefore for access to quality, inclusive and affordable early childhood education and care services for all children in all member states;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 106 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 p (new)
4p. Calls on the Member states to support apprenticeship and to fully use the Erasmus+ funds available for apprentices in order to guarantee the quality and attractiveness of this kind of training;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2017/2114(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes the importance of skills and competences acquired in non-formal and informal learning environments ;stresses, therefore, the importance of creating a validation system for non-formal and informal forms of knowledge, especially those acquired via voluntary activities; insists in the implementation of the lifelong learning framework approach on a flexible education path recognizing formal, but also non formal and informal learning to foster equity and social cohesion and allowing employment opportunities for more vulnerable groups;
2017/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that growth is the key to morebust recovery and sustainable growth are key factors to create quality jobs and, to increased prosperity and to boost upward social convergence and that it is necessary to direct the European structural and investment funds more effectively towards promoting growthinclusive growth, fostering social cohesion and reducing inequalities; recalls that the EU budget should financially support the achievement of the Europe 2020 targets in the social and employment area;
2017/05/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the 2018 budget must play a key role in enhancing the Union’s contribution to sustainable and inclusive growth and quality jobs, especially in combating youth unemploymenand long- term unemployment, poverty including in- work poverty, rising inequalities and social exclusion; in this regard, stresses that the budget 2018 can not be understood out of the MFF 2014-2020 which needs to be revised upwards by the end of this year at the latest;
2017/05/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights the necessity to provide resources for combating poverty, especially child poverty and for supporting measures addressing children's basic needs such as food supplies, housing, education and healthcare;
2017/05/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Insists that adequate commitment and especially payment appropriations are ensured in Budget 2018 for the European Social Fund given that the ESF is entering a period of intense implementation and payment requests by Member States will increase;
2017/05/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Stresses, as stated by OECD, that more educated people contribute to more democratic societies and sustainable economies, and are less dependent on public aid and less vulnerable to economic downturns; therefore points out that the EU budget should foster investment in quality education, vocational training and innovation as a key not only to fight unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, but also for the EU to compete successfully in the global markets;
2017/05/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that youth unemployment 3. rates remain very high in the Union and that the situation of unemployed young people, especially NEETS (not in education, employment, or training), is particularly worrying; emphasiszes that, in order to address this issue, it is of the utmost importance to ensure the proper and timely funding of the Youth Guarantee schemes through the European Youth Initiative and the European Social FundYouth Employment Initiative and the European Social Fund, bearing in mind that funding for YEI remains insufficient; highlights that long- term solutions are also needed especially regarding quality and accessibility of tertiary education systems and ensuring availability of quality jobs also for young people, in this sense, stresses that more financial and administrative efforts need to be done to increase the access to Erasmus + to help delete barriers to mobility for applicants from lower-income regions that have been more heavily hit by the economic crisis and the cuts;
2017/05/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines the importance of the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) for tackling poverty and social exclusion and asks for appropriate resources to be allocated in the Budget 2018 to allow needs of the target groups and Fund's objectives to be adequately met;
2017/05/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of sufficient funding and good budgetary management of the programmes within the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework that aim to address unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, such as the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the different axes of the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) with a special regard to the Eures axis, the three autonomous Budget Headings in support for European Social Dialogue and Workers' Organisations and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD); insists, therefore, that for 2018 these programmes’ resources should be increased or at least be maintained at the levels of the previous EU budget;
2017/05/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the EU budget should also support vocational training and professional qualification measures; highlights, in this respect, that proper funding for the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) is paramount promoting in particular the Upskilling Pathways initiative recently adopted by the Council (targeting low-skilled adults) as well as to promote mobility among apprentices, as is already being done for students under the Erasmus programme;
2017/05/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Highlights the important contribution that all the employment and social affairs Agencies (CEDEFOP, ETF, Eurofound, EU-OSHA) have when dealing with EMPL related issues, as well as their potential to address a wide range of problems such as quality job creation, new forms of employment, vocational training support and professional qualification measures or ocuppational safety and health and safety, therefore calls for sufficient financial resources to be ensured for both the Agencies and staff;
2017/05/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, including social enterprises, are a major source of employment in the Union and that one of the main problems in setting up such enterprises and keeping them going is that of obtaining finance; underlines that the 2018 budget should support measures promoting entrepreneurship in those enterprises, including social entrepreneurship and innovative social enterprises, employee financial participation and self-employment; stresses, in this respect, that the budget 2018 should in particular facilitate access to micro- credits available through the microfinance and social entrepreneurship axis of the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) programme; stresses that the amount of grants available for SMEs and social enterprises should be guaranteed in order to maintain their competitiveness and potential for job- creation;
2017/05/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Urges that financial support be provided for programmes creating jobs foradequate conditions (job creation and support measures) so that those with multiple disadvantages on the labour market, such as women, the long-term unemployed, the elderly unemployed, people with disabilities and people from minority backgrounds, can find and maintain employment; recommends that sufficient funding through the ESF and EaSI be provided for the implementation of the measures identified in the Council's Recommendation on the integration of the long-term unemployed in the labour market;
2017/05/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates that pilot projects and preparatory actions are very valuable tools to initiate new activities and policies; stresses that several ideas of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs have been implemented successfully in the past as pilot projects/preparatory actions; calls on the Commission to continue with this "think out of the box" approach when selecting the PP/PAs with European added value; is of the opinion, therefore, that that committee will make further use of those instruments in 2018; encourages the full use of the margins available under each heading; calls for Parliament to be given regular, detailed updates on the various stages in the implementation of pilot projects and preparatory actions by the Commission.; calls on the Commission in the implementation of the PP and PAs to respect their content as agreed and approved by the EP and the Council;
2017/05/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2017/2043(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Regrets the decision of the Commission to transform the Preparatory Action "Child Guarantee Scheme", adopted in the Budget 2017, into project under EaSI and to transfer to EaSI the appropriations dedicated to this Preparatory Action; asks in this regard the Commission to present its Working Programme for EaSI 2018 before the EMPL vote on draft budget 2018;
2017/05/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the Council Recommendation for a Quality Framework for Traineeships of 10 March 2014;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the European Social Charter, the Additional Protocol thereto and the revised version thereof, which entered into force on 1 July 1999;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
- having regard to the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, in particular goal 8 to ‘Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all’ which were adopted by the UN in 2015 and which apply to the whole world, including the EU,
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
- having regard to the report on completing Europe’s economic and monetary union (the ‘Five Presidents’ Report’) of 22 June 2015, the reflection papers on the Social dimension of Europe, the reflection paper on deepening the European Monetary Union and the White Paper on the Future of Europe;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 d (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication of 26 April 2017 establishing a European Pillar of Social Rights and the Commission Recommendation of 26 April 2017 on the European Pillar of Social Rights;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 e (new)
- having regard to the work and research of Eurofound, Cedefop, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD), the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), the Union of Industrial and Employers’ Confederations of Europe (BusinessEurope), the European Association of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (UEAPME), the European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation (CEEP), Eurocities and the European Youth Forum;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 f (new)
- having regard to President Juncker’s speech on the State of the Union on 13 September 2017, the Roadmap for a More United, Stronger and More Democratic Union (Draft Commission Work Programme 2018) and the Letter of Intents to President Antonio Tajani and to Prime Minister Juri Ratas;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas long spells of youth unemployment can make young people feel isolated from society and lose a sense of belonging, and can cause ‘scarring effects’, as well as skills erosion, meaning that there is a higher probability that they will become unemployed again, and face lower earnings and career prospects during their working lives; whereas the side-lining of young people represents a huge loss of public and private investment, given the unused and faltering human capital that it entails;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the YG is an EU-wide commitment, while the YEI is targeted to only those Member States andwith regions whereof youth unemployment rates are particularly badof 25% or higher, with a total of 20 eligible Member States either partly or totally eligible;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas a quick mobilisation of funds was sought by frontloading the YEI budget for 2014 and 2015; in order to maximise the impact of YEI funded measures; whereas frontloading alone fell short as a measure to effectively speed up the programmes, as a number of Member States raised concerns on their inability to finance the programmes;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas due to delays in the implementation at national and regional level mainly caused by budgetary constraints faced by Member States, as well as the lack of available funding at the initial stage of the YEI programming period, the initial pre-financing paid to operational programmes implementing the YEI has been raised from 1% to 30% of the Union contribution by amending the ESF Regulation; whereas, in order to stimulate rapid implementation, Member States were requested to submit interim payment applications in which the Union contribution from the YEI were at least equal to 50% of the additional pre- financing received by 23 May 2016;whereas the majority of Member States managed to submit such payment applications on time, while only 8 Member States were requested to return the pre-financing obtained;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas the YG is designed to achieve the sustainable integration of NEETs into the labour market by offering an individualised approach, leading to a good-quality offer and enhancing young people’s employability, while in a broader context helpsupporting young people ing tohe school-to-work transition and addressing skills mismatches on the (regional) labour market;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the Commission proposed an increase of 1 billion Euro, to be matched with 1 billion of ESF commitments, in the framework of the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework for the years 2017- 2020;whereas, following an agreement between Parliament and Council the figure was raised to 1,2 billion; whereas Parliament adopted on 5 September 2017 the Draft amending budget No 3/2017 in order to provide for EUR 500 million for the YEI in 2017, financed by the Global Margin for Commitments, while also regretting the delay in the 2017 budgetary procedure due to the blockage and late approval by Council of the mid-term MFF revision;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas in its first Special report on the YG, the ECA raised concerns about the adequacy of funding (both EU and national) of the initiative, about the definition of a ‘good-quality offer’, and about monitoring and reporting on the results; whereas all these elements are inherently intertwined, since the quality of an offer is a multifaceted concept which defines measures in their design, in their implementation and the access to rights and services for young people, as well as in the sustainability of outcomes they produce;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas in its recently published second Special report on the YEI and the YG, conducted on the basis of a seven Member State sample, the ECA voiced concerns that limited progress had been made with YG implementation by Member States, with results falling short of initial expectations; whereas the Youth Employment Initiative and the Youth Guarantee still represent one of the most innovative and ambitious policy responses to the economic crisis that disproportionally hit youth employment, and which are therefore going to require continued financial and political commitment by European, national and regional institutions in their delivery for the years to come;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas the Youth Employment Initiative and the Youth Guarantee are meant to play a central role in the achievement of key Recommendations included in the European Pillar of Social Rights;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)
Ob. whereas in his State of the Union 2017 speech the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, made no mention to the still alarming youth unemployment situation in Europe; whereas in the letter of intent accompanying the State of the Union 2017 speech, the Youth Guarantee has been acknowledged in its role to help creating jobs in the EU; whereas the fight against unemployment and youth unemployment in particular should remain a priority for the action of the EU;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O c (new)
Oc. Whereas delays in payment to young people of YEI funded measures have been signalled, often caused by the late set-up of managing authorities or to insufficient administrative capacity of national or regional authorities;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O d (new)
Od. whereas YEI and YG measures such as internships or traineeships should help facilitate transition into the labour market and never substitute regular employment contracts;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 80 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph –1 (new)
-1. Reiterates its full support to the Youth Employment Initiative; stresses that further efforts and continued political and financial commitment to address youth unemployment are urgently necessary; calls therefore for a substantial increase in YEI funding for the period 2017-2020;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph –1 a (new)
-1a. Recalls, in particular, the importance of ensuring funding of at least EUR 700 million for the YEI for the period 2018 to 2020, as agreed within the MFF mid-term revision; calls also for the allocation of sufficient payment appropriations to ensure the proper and timely implementation of the YEI;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph –1 b (new)
-1b. Calls for funding to be ensured for the post 2020 period in the framework of the next revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the significant divergence in economic performance in terms of both economic and employment growth across the EU-28; urges the Member States that continue to lag behind to implement the necessary structural reforms in order to catch up with other EU economies which requires a decisive policy response at EU level also via the completion of the Economic and Monetary Union, including with the establishment of mechanisms for automatic macroeconomic stabilization, as already foreseen in the ‘Five Presidents’ report, in the ‘White Paper on the Future of Europe’, in the reflection paper on the ‘Social Dimension of Europe and ‘Deepening the Economic and Monetary Union’; notes that it is sound economic policies, which are ultimately a Member State responsibility, that create jobs;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 93 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the YEI aims to complement national funding and not to replace funding should respect the principle of additionality; stresses therefore that the YEI budget cannot and was never meant to shoulder on its own the ambition ofhas to be complemented by, and not replace, national funding for policies directly targeting young NEETs and in the delivery of the Youth Guarantee, by offering all young people a good-quality offer within a period of four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to make all necessary adjustments to guarantee the timely delivery of this objective, including by strengthening the capabilities of public employment services and their coordination at European level in the framework of the PES Network; by encouraging synergies between public and private employment providers, businesses and education systems, both at the school and university level, with education and employment institutions; by fully and periodically consulting and involving social partners and youth organisations in the design, implementation and monitoring of YEI and YG measures;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Considers the monitoring data and results available at present insufficient to properly assess the implementation and results of the YEI as the main EU financing vehicle for YGs, in particular due to the starting delays in the setting up of operational programmes by Member States and the still relatively early stage since its launch; is concerned, however, about the findings in the recent ECA report, while taking into account its limited territorial and temporal scope, about the impact of the YEI and YG as Union policies aimed at tackling youth unemployment; insists on the need to maintain youth employment as a priority of EU action;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 124 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Reaching out to the most excluded young people
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 132 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses therefore the need for more and better data on the entire NEET population, with the objective of registering them and reaching out to them more effectively, as more disaggregated data could identify which groups should be targeted, with which means and what measures would work best;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 136 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Highlights the need for holistic strategies to reach all NEETs and to support young people facing multiple barriers, going beyond mere employment aspects but with an integrated approach involving more services such as access to housing and healthcare;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 139 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Advocates for a better involvement of youth and civil society organisations as important intermediaries between young people, public administration and public employment services in developing outreach strategies and effectively reaching out to the most excluded young people;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 140 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Supports the development of one- stop-shops that can ensure that all services and guidance are easily accessible, available and free-of-charge for young people in one location;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 147 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Considers the Youth Employment Initiative and the Youth Guarantee as powerful instruments in the fight against social exclusion of other most excluded groups of young people such as Roma, migrants, refugees and people with disabilities;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 149 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adapt their operational programmes in order to ensure that YEI and YG measures are effectively accessible to all persons with disabilities, providing equity of access for disabled young people, guarantee an adequate income and set specific programmes in order to match the individual’s needs and their type of disability;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 155 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 b (new)
Ensuring the quality of offers under the Youth Employment Initiative
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 157 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Endorses the call to define what a ‘quality offer’ should be, but cautions that such a definition should not lead to unnecessary restrictions or administrative burdens;deleted
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 162 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the need to elaborate a comprehensive definition of ‘quality of offer’, to be developed at the European level, which fully takes into account the work undertaken in the EMCO committee in collaboration with the Commission, the International Labour Organisation, and the relevant stakeholders; stresses that an offer of good quality is a multifaceted measure leading to sustainable, well- matched, integration in the labour market for the participants achieved through the development of skills; such measure should start with quality and individualised skills mapping, mentoring and coaching services and should be based on an offer matching the participants’ qualification level and profile, while at the same time ensuring access to rights and services at the workplace and during the training;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 166 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Points to the quality standards mentioned in the ‘Youth Employment Initiative evaluation guidance’ published by the Commission in 2015, which flags the characteristics of employment offers, their relevance to the participant needs, the labour market outcomes produced by the offers and the proportions of offers not accepted or abandoned prematurely as valid indicators for the assessment of quality of employment;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 168 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Encourages Member States to progressively update and revise their YEI operational programmes with the involvement of social partners and youth organisations in order to fine-tune their action based on the actual needs of young people and the labour market;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 169 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Calls on the Member States to provide the Commission with updated figures on the actual implementation of the Youth Employment Initiative as often as possible and more frequently than their annual implementation reporting obligations as defined in article 19(2)of the ESF Regulation, which do not provide the most recent data on implementation;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 189 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for a discussion about the future status of the YEI which does not question its continuation but addresses the question of transforming it from a Highlights the need for the YEI to evolve from an anti-crisis instrument into a more permanent, main EU financing instrument for tackling youth unemployment, and which establishes a co-financing requirement in order to underline the primary responsibility of the Member States;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 214 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers the Youth Employment Initiative and the Youth Guarantee as essential in the effective delivery of key Recommendation included in the European Pillar of Social Rights, in particular Recommendation 1 on education, training and life-long learning; number 4 on active support to employment, number 5 on secure and adaptable employment, number 6 on wages; number 8 on social dialogue and involvement of workers; number 10 on healthy, safe and well-adapted work environment and data protection; number 12 on social protection; number 13 on unemployment benefits and number 14 on minimum income;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 219 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Recalls that YEI should provide financial support to measures fostering the integration of young NEETs into the labour market, including paid internship, traineeships and apprenticeships, but should not become an instrument to substitute actual gainful employment;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 221 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. is concerned about reports signalling the inappropriate usage of YEI funded measures, including delayed payments to young people or the excessive usage in certain Member States of internships or traineeships instead of more permanent contracts; urges therefore the Member States and the Commission to watch over any abuse in the achievement of the genuine objective of the YEI and the YG;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 222 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Takes the view that any repeated take-up of the YG must not go against the spirit of labour market activation and the aim of transition into permanent employment;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 223 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14e. suggests the establishment of an “EU hotline against the violation of youth rights” for young people to directly report to the Commission any eventual negative experience in their participation of YEI and YG measures, therefore allowing for the collection of information and for the investigation of possible abusive practices in the deployent of EU funded policies;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 224 #

2017/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 f (new)
14f. Welcomes the reference contained in the letter of intent attached to President Juncker’s speech on the State of the Union 2017 to a proposal of establishing a European Labour Authority to strengthen cooperation between labour market authorities at all levels and better manage cross-border situations, as well as further initiatives in support of fair mobility; suggests the attribution of a role to this authority in supervising the correct implementation of YEI and YG measures across the EU;
2017/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2017/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas a recent study by EIGE states that improvements in gender equality would lead to an additional 10.5 million jobs in 2050 that would lead to an increase in EU GDP per capita by 6.1 to 9.6% [1] [1] European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE); "Economic benefits of gender equality in the EU", 2017
2017/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2017/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Member States to fully implement the 'Employment Equality Directive' and on the Commission to revise the directive and to promote the implementation of plans on gender equality among companies;
2017/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2017/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls for a Directive for European minimum income schemes to cover basic living costs, while respecting national practices;
2017/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2017/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for a Directive on decent working conditions in all forms of employment, guaranteeing every worker access to a core set of labour and social rights;
2017/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #

2017/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Stresses the importance to raise wages in sectors where women make up the majority of the workforce, such as personal care workers, cleaners and helpers, catering staff and health associate professionals among others;
2017/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2017/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to eliminate occupational segregation by addressing discriminatory social behaviours and stereotypes and promoting the equal participation of women and men in the labour market, quality education, formal and non-formal training and life-long training and all forms of care;
2017/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2017/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls that sustainable public funding for education is the basis for an inclusive, fair and democratic society - this priority must be reflected in budgets; calls in this regard on the Member States to increase the quality of education and training, and to set benchmarks for an inclusive education system that ensures equality, non-discrimination and civic competences;
2017/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2017/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Stresses the multifaceted challenges migrant and refugee women face and calls on the Member States to ensure their early and easy access to quality training, including internships, in order to ensure full integration into our societies and the labour market, taking into consideration the refugees' existing informal and formal skills and competences, talents and know-how;
2017/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2017/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Stresses the need to ensure that the structural and investment funds are used to improve education and training with a view to improving labour market access and combating unemployment, poverty and social exclusion of women; highlights that the 20 % share of the ESF allocated to social inclusion measure and social innovation projects could be used more actively to support initiatives such as small local projects aimed at empowering women experiencing poverty and social exclusion;
2017/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2017/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Encourages Member States to adapt their educational systems, with a view to promoting teaching and interest in sectors and positions where women are under-represented, such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), as well as to strengthen policies and increase investment supporting female employment in quality jobs in these sectors;
2017/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2017/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Points out that the demand for new skills, particularly in the ICT field, needs to be tackled through training as well as through further education and lifelong learning, in the interests of promoting digital literacy and tackling the existing gender gap in order to enlarge the pool of highly qualified candidates;
2017/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2017/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to enforce laws and workplace policies that prohibit discrimination in the recruitment, retention and promotion of women in employment in both the public and private sectors via the principle of gender- neutrality in job evaluation and classification systems;
2017/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #

2017/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Emphasises that access to credit, financial services and advice is key to empowering women facing social exclusion in entrepreneurship and increasing their representation in the private sector, therefore EFSI and ESF should be examined for their more flexible and less bureaucratic use to support women entrepreneurs in the start- up phase;
2017/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 128 #

2017/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to implement and enforce public social care policies as well as to provide high-quality childcare facilities, affordable and universally accessible care services to assist persons with caring responsibilities and by an upward revision of the Barcelona objectives on childcare facilities, as well as by making better use of the EU funds, and promote the equal sharing of unpaid domestic work and co- responsibility in care.;
2017/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 135 #

2017/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls co-legislators to put forward new effective measures to improve work- life balance, including legislative proposals as regards maternity, paternity, parental and carer's leave to promote gender equality by improving women's access to the labour market and equal sharing of domestic and care tasks between women and men;
2017/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2017/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Stresses the importance of tax and benefit systems in Member States that are free of disincentives for second earner to work or work more, because women often are second earners;
2017/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 147 #

2017/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Calls on the Member States to mainstream the gender perspective into their national skills and labour market policies and include such measures in national action plans and/or as part of the European Semester, in line with the Employment Guidelines;
2017/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the rates of self- employment (2006: 3.7%, 2016: 5,6%) and the proportion of workers taking up second jobs (2002: 3.6%, 2016: 4,2%) are on the rise in the EU;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas European labour markets are rapidly evolving towards 'atypical' or 'non-standard' forms of employment, such as temporary work, part-time work, casual work, seasonal work, on-demand work or work on online platforms, which show many features of employment but do not bring the benefits normally associated with employment;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas non-standard forms of employment often involve economic insecurity and bad working conditions, notably in terms of lower and less certain incomes, lack of possibilities to defend one's rights, lack of social and health insurance, lack of career prospects, and difficulties in reconciling on-demand work with private and family life;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas promoting social justice and protection, as defined in Article 3 TEU and Article 9 TFEU, are also objectives of the EU internal market;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2017/2003(INI)

-1a. Notes that there is no common definition of the digital economy based on online platforms ('platform economy', 'collaborative economy', 'sharing economy' etc.); points out that the use of the terminology 'platform economy' seems to be the most objective description and calls on the Commission to ensure the usage of coherent terminology;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need for a clear distinction between ‘profession'commercial' and 'non-professional’ platforms andcommercial' platforms as well as between professional and occasional users/workers; underlines the importance to recognise remunerated activities in the platform economy that are properly categorised as 'work' regardless of the terminology ('gigs', 'tasks', 'giving rides' etc.);
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. States that all workers in the platform economy are either employed or self-employed based on the primacy of facts; recalls ingardless of how thise context that the Court of Justice has defined the concept of ‘worker’ on the basis of an employment relationship characterised by certain criteria such as subordination, remuneration and the nature of workractual relationship is defined; highlights that all work in the platform economy should be classified accordingly;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes note of the Commission's communication on 'A European Agenda for the collaborative economy' which provides amongst others indicators for employment relationships in the digital labour market; recalls in this context that the European Court of Justice has defined the concept of 'worker' on the basis of an employment relationship characterised by certain criteria such as subordination, remuneration and the nature of work; considers the approach by the Commission insufficient to provide adequate protection to workers in the platform economy and calls for decisive steps to ensure legal certainty on what constitutes 'employment' for work intermediated by online platforms, taking into account the ILO Recommendation No 198 regarding the determination of an employment relationship;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase its efforts to tackle bogus self-employment; notes that there are cases where self-employed platform workers meet the ECJ criteria defining an employment relationship, and which should therefore be classified as employees; calls on the Commission and the Member States to work towards a common definition of self-employed which also applies to the platform economy;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. CallReiterates its call in the framework of the European Pillar of Social Rights for a framework directive on decent working conditions including in the platform economy, in order to guarantedefine the legal situation of platform workers and to ensure, in line with national law and practice, that all platform workers have the same social and employment rights ands well as health and safety protection as workers in the traditional economy; underlines the importance of such a directive, taking into account the mobility and delocalisation of digital work, with regard to the creation of a level playing field;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the needCalls on the Member States to ensure adequate social security for self- employed workers, who are key players in the digital labour market; stresses that freedom of association and collective action are fundamental rights which must apply to all workers;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 86 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that freedom of association and collective action are fundamental rights which must apply to all workers; is concerned that the right of workers to freely associate may be called to question if they are regarded as self- employed and collective bargaining could be regarded as forming a cartel, which could put them in conflict with EU rules on anti-competitive practices; underlines in this context the need to adjust European and national competition law accordingly; urges the Commission to exclude individual platform workers from anti-cartel-measures; calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to increase collective bargain coverage, union density and to empower workers in the platform economy to bargain;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls fon the Commission and the Member States to gather more reliable data on jobs and working conditions in the platform economy and for the adjustment of related policies to create a level playing field between the platform and traditional economie; calls on the Commission, the Member States and social partners to provide adequate information to workers on working conditions and workers' rights throughout the supply-chain of online platforms;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that possible efficiency advantages of the online platforms over the traditional economy should not rely on wage dumping and unfair competition; calls therefore for the adjustment of related policies to create a level playing field between the platform and traditional economies;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls that online platforms must comply with pertinent labour-law provisions including working time and occupational health;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 106 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all mandatory contributions are paid for all forms of work and examine to what extent social security systems have to be adjusted to provide appropriate protection for platform workers; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the portability and accumulation of social security entitlements;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on the Commission to examine in how far existing EU regulations are applicable to the digital labour market and ensure the adequate implementation and enforcement; calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess the need for the modernisation of existing legislation to stay abreast of such changes and to encourage social partners to update collective agreements where necessary so that existing protection standards can also be maintained in the digital world of work;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 109 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Calls on the Commission to examine in how far the Temporary Agency Work Directive is applicable to specific online platforms; considers that many intermediating online platforms are structurally similar to temporary work agencies (triangular contractual relationship between temporary agency worker/ platform worker - temporary work agency/ online platform - user undertaking/ client) and should therefore analogously fall under the same regulations as temporary work agencies;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Calls on the Commission to broaden the Written Statement Directive (91/533/EEC) to cover all forms of employment and employment relationships;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 111 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Stresses that the socially and environmentally sustainable online platforms organized on cooperative basis should be promoted and supported;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 113 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 i (new)
5i. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands – especially regarding information and communications technology (ICT) skills – are being placed on training as well as on further education and life-long learning to promote digital literacy and to tackle the existing gender and generational gaps, especially for disadvantaged persons in this context; emphasises the importance of stronger synergies involving the social partners and various educational and training institutions in order to bring teaching and studies' contents up to date and develop skills strategies linking the world of education with the world of work;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 114 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 j (new)
5j. Insists that public investment in vocational education and lifelong learning is necessary in order to ensure that the EU workforce, is equipped with the right skills for the digital age; stresses that education and training must be accessible for all workers; believes that new funding opportunities for lifelong learning and training are needed, especially for micro and small enterprises;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 k (new)
5k. Is concerned about the quality of the services intermediated or provided by online platforms; stresses that the quality of services must fulfil the same requirements as in the traditional economy to prevent health and safety risks; calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to develop protective mechanisms regarding the monitoring of qualifications;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 l (new)
5l. Reporting duties and transparency obligations for platform operators
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 121 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for EU standards on transparency and disclosure obligations for platform operators in order to monitor tax payments, social security contributions and practices regarding the rating of work on platforms and to ensure that all relevant information is available to national authorities; criticizes the information asymmetries paramount on many online platforms whereby platforms and clients have access to much more information on workers than vice versa;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 127 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need to ensure the portability of ratings of platform workers which constitute their digital market value and are important to avoid dependency of workers on certain platforms since ratings are important determinants in the allocation of tasks; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the transferability and accumulation of ratings across platforms;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take decisive steps to prohibit discriminatory and opaque algorithms and software developed or used by online platforms which do not comply with European and national legislation and set up monitoring structures accordingly;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 137 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Seeks the Commission and the Member States in collaboration with the social partners to ensure that workers and users are able to rate online platforms;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 139 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Believes that the effects of digitalisation on health and safety at work need to be assessed and existing health and safety provisions adapted accordingly;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that constant accessibilitywork-related mental health problems such as burnout or depressions caused by constant accessibility, the erosion of traditional working time arrangements and social isolation represents a serious health and safety risk in the platform economy; advocates therefore full compliance with the prescribed rest times and stresses the need to respect working time arrangements in order to maintain the boundaries of working time as defined by the labour laws of the individual Member States; advocates the establishment of a 'right to log off’. ' for worker outside the agreed working hours;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 154 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to produce a study on the spillover effects of digitalisation, on workers' psychological wellbeing and private life;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 156 #

2017/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses that the EU should support the rapid development of the platform economy through the establishment of a comprehensive legal framework and shape its course in a socially just and sustainable way.
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 293 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Emphasises that the digital revolution is having a profound impact on the labour market and that emerging trends in the collaborative economy are part of a broader tendency within the overall digitalisation of the society; underlines the risks of unclear employment relations, unfair working conditions and non compliance with worker's rights;
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 298 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. At the same time, notes that the collaborative economy is opening new opportunities and new, flexible routes into work for all users - including prosumers - thriving innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe;
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 305 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Underlines the paramount importance of safeguarding workers’ rights in collaborative services, - first and foremost the worker`s right to organise, take collective action and negotiate collective agreements - of avoiding social dumping, and of guaranteeing fair working conditions and adequate social protection;
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 317 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Stresses that there is a strong need to fully clarify the working relationship between workers and collaborative platforms; calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee a level playing field between digital and traditional economies also from the labour market and workers' right perspective, avoiding thus the risk of applying different rules to comparable situations and unfair competition;
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 323 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
33 b. Recalls that all workers in the collaborative economy are either employed (employees) or self-employed and that all work in the collaborative economy should be classified accordingly, avoiding the creation of new hybrid categories for workers in the collaborative economy; regardless of the status classification, calls the Commission and Member States to assess the possibility to extend traditional protections of employment law and social security protections established at national level to workers in the collaborative economy;
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 325 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 c (new)
33 c. Due to the rising number of self- employed workers in the collaborative economy, urges the Commission to re- examine the existing EU competition laws, which are now hampering the right to organise for those workers treated as independent contractors, in order to guarantee the fundamental right to organise, undertake collective actions and negotiate collectively, including with regard to their compensation;
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 327 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 d (new)
33 d. Underlines the importance to ensure the portability of ratings and reviews for collaborative platforms workers and to guarantee the transferability and accumulation of ratings and reviews across different platforms while respecting rules on data protection and the privacy of other parties involved;
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 328 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 e (new)
33 e. Stresses the importance of up to date skills in the changing employment world to ensure that all workers could have adequate skills, as required in the digital economy; encourages the Commission, Member States and collaborative economy businesses to enable life-long learning training and skills development;
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 329 #

2017/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 f (new)
33 f. Draws attention to the lack of data relating to changes in the employment world brought by the collaborative economy and underlines the importance of closely monitoring working conditions in the collaborative economy in order to combat illegalities; furthermore, encourages each Member States to appoint a national competent entity as responsible for controlling and evaluating emerging trends in the collaborative economy's labour market, taking necessary actions in case of illegalities, and informing other relevant authorities; asks Member States to periodically provide to the European Commission with data and information about jobs and working conditions in the collaborative economy;
2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 64 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas, at EU level, NEETs (not in employment, education or training) are considered to be one of the most problematicvulnerable groups in the context of youth unemployment; whereas women are 1.4 times more likely to become NEET than men on average;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 68 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas according to the latest PIAAC study by the OECD, about 70 million European adults lack basic skills such as reading, writing and numeracy, which represents an obstacle to those people finding a decent job and living standard;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 82 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas, nowadays, our education and training systems are facing a significant challenge as a result of the digital transformation, which is impacting teaching and learning processes;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 115 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that education systems should be inclusive, providing high- quality education to the whole population, enabling people to be active European citizens, preparing them to be able to learn and adapt throughout their lives and responding to societal and labour market needs, and fostering social inclusion;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 126 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. AConsiders that Europe needs a paradigm shift in the goals and functioning of the education sector; agrees with the focus on the need to upgrade the European education and training systems in line with the fast changing economic and societal environment; notes that, while skills needs are dynamic, the main focus of the skills package is the immediate needs of the labour market; highlights in this respect the importance of a pan-European skills needs forecasting tool and lifelong learning with a view to adapting to new situations in the labour market;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 131 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to include leadership, management, entrepreneurial and financial education, business start-up advice and communication technologiesfocus not only on the development of employability skills, but also on the skills that are more broadly relevant to society, such as transversal, transferable or soft skills (e.g. critical and creative thinking, social, civil and cultural competences, leadership, entrepreneurship, financial literacy) in their education and training programmes, and to prioritise the further development of vocational training and education (VET) programmes, including enhancing European craftsmanship;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 158 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls, in this respect, the need for enhanced cooperation among the Member States to learn from best practices which lead to lower unemployment rates, like alternance training19 ; _________________ 19 Educational training combining periods in any educational institution or training centre and in the work place. The alternance scheme can take place on a weekly, monthly or yearly basis. Depending on the country and the applicable status, participants may be contractually linked to the employer and/or receive remuneration. According to the CEDEFOP terminology, the German dual system is an example of alternance training. (Terminology of European education and training policy, CEDEFOP)such as apprenticeships;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 168 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Insists that education is not only a key factor in enhancing employability, but also in combating social exclusion and therefore believes that investing in skills and competences is crucial to tackling the high unemployment rates, especially among NEETs, long-term unemployed, the low-skilled, refugees, and people with disabilities; recalls that a genuine estimation of future skills needs is paramount in this respect;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 182 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Considers that completion of secondary education should be obligatory in 21st century Europe and that relevant programmes must be available to give all young people who have dropped out from primary or secondary school a new chance;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 183 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Boosting lifelong learning opportunities 1a _________________ 1aThis should be a subtitle (such as "The role of education in tackling unemployment, social exclusion and poverty", that should be placed ahead of paragraph 9
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 187 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Considers that, in order to efficiently tackle the high unemployment and skills mismatch and in order to cope with the rapidly changing skills development in a digital era, Member States should have an ongoing approach to up-skilling, re-training and lifelong learning, as well as should ensure a close dialogue with social partners such as trade unions and employers' associations, and other stakeholders;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 195 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Believes that equipping people with a minimum set of skills is not enough and that it is crucial to ensure that every individual is encouraged to acquire advanced skills and competences in order to better adapt to the future, especially in the case of vulnerable groups who are at risk of precarious employment;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 196 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Calls for a real guarantee of skills as a right for everyone, at every stage of life, to acquire fundamental skills for the 21st century, including literacy, numeracy, digital and media literacy, critical thinking, social skills and relevant skills needed for the green and circular economy;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 197 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9 d. Considers that the initiative "Upskilling pathways: new opportunities for adults" should involve individualised assessment of learning needs, a quality learning offer and systematic validation of the skills and competences acquired, enabling their easy recognition on the labour market; points to the need to ensure widespread access to broadband in order to enable digital literacy; regrets that the European Parliament was not involved in the shaping of the initiative;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 198 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9 e. Is of the opinion that the proposed 'upskilling pathways' will make a tangible difference only if lessons are learned from the implementation of the Youth Guarantee, in particular, it should aspire to ensure faster implementation, have an integrated approach with accompanying social services, and foster better cooperation with social partners, such as trade unions and employers' association, and other stakeholders;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 199 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 f (new)
9 f. Insists that the outreach and guidance to people in disadvantaged situations, including those with disabilities, long-term unemployed people and underrepresented groups, that may not be aware of the benefits of raising their skills levels or of opportunities for re-skilling or up-skilling, is of key importance to the success of such an initiative;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 200 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 g (new)
9 g. Calls for a strong involvement and dialogue of all relevant stakeholders not only on national and European level, but also the local and regional in order to meet the real labour market situations and needs;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 206 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need to strive for a more flexible and individuallearner-focused approach to career development and lifelong education and training across one’s personal career path, and recognises the role that bothmainly public and, but also private parties, can play in providing this, while recognising that guidance and counselling which address individual needs and focus on the evaluation and expansion of individual skills must be a core element of education and skills policies from an early stage;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 209 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Member States together with the social partners to develop and put in place policies that provide for educational and training leave, as well as in-work training; calls on them to make learning inside and outside work, including paid training leave, accessible to all workers and in particular to those in disadvantaged situations, and with an emphasis on women employees;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 231 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Asks for concrete measures to be put in place in order to facilitate the transition of young people from education to work by ensuring quality internships and apprenticeships, giving young people the possibility of putting their talents into practice and have a set of social and economic rights and access to social protection equal to adult workers; calls on Member States to ensure a quality framework that does not allow internships and apprenticeships to be used as a cheap or free labour;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 241 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, in order to anticipate future skills needs, civil society, social partners, and education and training, providers must be strongly involved at all levels, in particular in designing, implementing and evaluating vocational qualification programmes, which provide an effective transition from formal education to work-based learning;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 245 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. States that mobility in the context of education and training is fundamental, as it leads to the development of both specific professional skills, as well as of transversal and transferable sets of skills and competencies like critical thinking and entrepreneurship;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 247 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
The key role of non-formal learning and informal educationlearning
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 268 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that non-formal learning, including through volunteering, has a crucial role to play in stimulating the development of life skills such as team work, creativity and a sense of initiative while reinforcing self- esteem and motivation to learn;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 279 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Asks for validation and recognition arrangements to be put in place by 2018 to ensure that the upskilling pathways are a success20 ; _________________ 20Calls on the Member States for the full and timely implementation of the Council Recommendation of 1920 December 2016.2 on the validation of non- formal and informal learning;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 286 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Calls on the Commission to present and on Member States to endorse a Quality Framework for Apprenticeships1d; _________________ 1dTo be built on the Opinion of the Advisory Committee on Vocational Training on "A Shared Vision for Quality and Effective Apprenticeships and Work- based Learning" adopted on 2 December 2016
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 291 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the need to incorporate new technologies in the teaching and learning processCalls on the Member States to transform their educational systems (eg: teaching methods and curricula), including vocational training programs, in order to incorporate new technologies in the teaching and learning process, as well as to facilitate education through hands- on and real-life experiences, in order to equip people with the right set of skills, competences and knowledge;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 310 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to urge Member States to draw up comprehensive national strategies for digital skills; points out however that in order for these strategies to be effective, there is a need for strong pedagogical leadershipinnovation from teachers at all levels of education supported by the ongoing training and skilling of teachers;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 323 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the need to include elements of entrepreneurial learning at all levels of education, since instilling entrepreneurial spirit among the young at an early stage is an effective way of combating youth unemployment, including social entrepreneurship, at all levels of education and across various subjects, since fostering an entrepreneurial spirit among the young at an early stage is an effective way of combating youth unemployment, as well as of encouraging creativity, critical thinking and leadership skills contributing to local communities;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 334 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Considers that STEM-related skills, if taught in a creative and learner- focused way, can foster a structured way of thinking that expands beyond the STEM subjects, ensuring better prospects in education, training and future career;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 340 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to examine factors which discourage women from taking up an entrepreneurial, STEM or technology career path and to ensure that educational systems as well as related measures and activities actively strive for gender equality;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 343 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Urges active dialogue and cooperation between the university communityacademic community, other educational and training institutions or actors, and the world of work, aimed at developing educational programmes which equip young people with the requisite skills and competences;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 356 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls for an increased involvement of civil society and social partners in the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 359 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates the importance of vocational education and training (VET) for, as a relevant type of education not only to enhancing employability and clearing the pathway to professional qualifications for young people; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that VET is made more relevant and is, but also leading to equal opportunities for all citizens, including from socially vulnerable and disadvantaged groups; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure adequate investment in VET, to guarantee that it is more relevant to learners, employers and society in a holistic and participatory educational approach, and to tailored it to labour market needs by making ithem an integral part of the education system, and to guarantee high qualification standards and quality assurance in this regard;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 381 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the need to increase the attractiveness of VET by making sure that young people and their families have access to information on VET optionsCalls on the European Commission and the Member States to increase the attractiveness and position VET and VET mobility as an important choice leading to a promising career, by making sure that young people and their families have access to information on VET options, by ensuring access to all, gender balance and non-discrimination in VET programmes; calls for specific targets such as the implementation of a fully operational credit transfer system and recognition by using ECVET;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 393 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7
Boosting lifelong learning opportunities for allTeachers and trainers
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 405 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that the upskilling of all teachers and trainers would be the prerequisite for the delivery of the Skills Agenda and that further efforts and analyses have to be made in attracting talents to this profession;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 409 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Emphasises the need to invest in and support the initial and continuous professional development of teachers ofand trainers in all educational sectors, as well as to ensure quality working conditions, and to establish lifelong career guidance services;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 431 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue to focus on digital skills and competences, in particular the digital transformation of the society and economy, ands well as re- shaping the way people work and do business, and takes note of the Commission’s intention to focus on the positive aspects of this transformation via the EU e-skills strategy;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 442 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Calls for entrepreneurship education, including social entrepreneurship, to be part of the curriculum in the Member States in order to develop an individual entrepreneurial mind-set in citizens;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 453 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission in addition to develop a pan-European skill needs forecasting tool, which would make it possible to estimate future skill needs in both personal and professional lives of the people, and adapt them better to the jobs available on the labour market; however stresses the importance of transversal and life skills whose relevance does not change with labour market needs;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 457 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Calls on the European Commission to keep track of the demand and supply on the labour market within the European Union, as well as the geographic and occupational mobility, and to collaborate closer with the Member States, and social partners in order to match the needs of the labour market;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 458 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Is of the opinion that the proposed ‘up-skilling pathways’ will make a tangible difference only if lessons are learned from the implementation of the Youth Guarantee;deleted
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 463 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Believes that equipping people with a minimum set of skills is not enough and that it is crucial to ensure that every individual is encouraged to acquire advanced skills and competences in order to better adapt to the future;deleted
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 468 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. RAlthough Member States should be encouraged to take full advantage of the existing sources of funding that are available to support the implementation of the Agenda, especially the European Social Fund, regrets the lack of dedicated funding for the implementation of the proposals, which might be an important obstacle to taking actions that make a real difference at national level;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 480 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. Highlights the need to improve the understanding and comparability of different qualifications across Member States; welcomes the proposed revision and further development of EQF and calls for a strengthened cooperation between Member States and all stakeholders; calls for greater consistency between EU qualification instruments – namely the EQF, ECVET and EQAVET;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 485 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Calls on the Member States to foster cooperation and reinforce synergies between formal, non-formal and informal education providers, as well as with social partners, with a view to reaching a wider group of low-skilled people in order to better take into account their specific needs;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 495 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Asks the Commission to leave more flexibility to Member States to broaden their skills offer and to not only focus on basic skills in the framework of the upskilling pathways, in the context ofCalls on the Member States to have a broad approach in implementing the upskilling pathways, providing diverse opportunities that take into account concrete needs at local, regional and sectorial level (for example intercultural, health, family skills), and should go beyond basic skills provision;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 501 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40 a. Calls on the Commission to support Member States' efforts through mutual learning activities and the exchange of good policy practices;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 503 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 b (new)
40 b. Encourages the new Europass Framework, particularly the move from using Europass as a document-based facility to a service-based platform; considers it crucial to ensure its accessibility to persons with disabilities;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 504 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 c (new)
40 c. Believes that gender disparities in relation to skills development should be better reflected in the New Skills Agenda;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 505 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 d (new)
40 d. Welcomes the initiative to introduce a system of graduate tracking in order to provide a more evidence-based and relevant approach to designing curricula and learning offers; calls for a similar system for large-scale tracking of VET graduates;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 506 #

2017/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 e (new)
40 e. Calls for continuous and increased support for Erasmus+ mobility programme offering and promoting inclusive learning and training opportunities for young people, educators, volunteers, apprentices, interns and young workers;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 62 #

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The European Solidarity Corps should open up new opportunities for young people to carry out volunteering, traineeship or job placements in solidarity-related areas as well as to devise and develop solidarity projects based on their own initiative. Those opportunities should contribute to enhancing their personal, educational, social, civic and professional development. The European Solidarity Corps should also support networking activities for European Solidarity Corps participants and organisations as well as measures to ensure the quality of the supported activities and to enhance the validation of their learning outcomes.deleted
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 73 #

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) Traineeships and jobs in solidarity-related areas can offer additional opportunities for young people to make a start on the labour market while contributing to addressing key societal challenges. This can help foster the employability and productivity of young people while easing their transition from education to employment, which is key to enhancing their chances on the labour market. The traineeship placements offered under the European Solidarity Corps should be remunerated by the participating organisation and follow the quality principles outlined in the Council Recommendation on establishing a Quality Framework for Traineeships of 10 March 201421. The traineeships and jobs offered should constitute a stepping stone for young people to enter the labour market and should therefore be accompanied by adequate post-placement support. The traineeship and job placements should be facilitated by relevant labour market actors, in particular public and private employment services, social partners and Chambers of Commerce. As participating organisations, they should be able to apply for funding via the competent implementing structure of the European Solidarity Corps in view of intermediating between the young participants and employers offering traineeship and job placements in solidarity sectors. __________________ 21Council Recommendation of 10 March 2014 on a Quality Framework for Traineeships, OJ C 88, 27.3.2014, p. 1.deleted
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 167 #

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) “traineeship” means a period of work practice from two to twelve months, remunerated by the organisation hosting the European Solidarity Corps participant, based on a written traineeship agreement, which includes a learning and training component, and undertaken in order to gain practical and professional experience with a view to improving employability and facilitating transition to regular employment;deleted
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 177 #

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) “job" means a period of work from two to twelve months, remunerated by the participating organisation employing the European Solidarity Corps participant, carried out in a participating country and based on an employment contract in accordance with the national regulatory framework of that participating country;deleted
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 237 #

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) number of participants in traineeship placements (in-country and cross-border);deleted
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 239 #

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) number of participants in job placements (in-country and cross-border);deleted
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2017/0004(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The Committees work is vital to a responsible policy process. The Committees work should be made public for the sake of transparency and evidence-based policymaking. If the Committees work is to be reorganised, dedicated resources for the work must be guaranteed and specific expertise on epidemiology, toxicology, occupational medicine and occupational hygiene shall not be lost.
2017/12/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2017/0004(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) There is sufficient evidence of the carcinogenicity of oils that have been used before in internal combustion engines to lubricate and cool the moving parts within the engine. These used engine oils are process-generated and therefore they are not subject to classification in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council57 . The CommitteeSCOEL identified the possibility of significant uptake through the skin for these oils, assessed that occupational exposure occurs through the dermal route and strongly recommended the establishment of a skin notation. The ACSH has agreed on an entry of used engine oils in Annex I to Directive 2004/37/EC while agreeing that the route of exposure of concern is the skin. It is therefore appropriate to include work involving exposure to oils that have been used before in internal combustion engines to lubricate and cool the moving parts within the engine in Annex I to Directive 2004/37/EC and to set out a skin notation in Part B of Annex III to Directive 2004/37/EC indicating the possibility of significant dermal uptake. __________________ 57 Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1).
2017/12/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2017/0004(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
((5a) There is sufficient evidence of the carcinogenicity of diesel engine exhaust emissions arising from the combustion of diesel fuel in compression ignition engines. Diesel engine exhaust emissions are process-generated and therefore not subject to classification in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1).)1a. The ACSH has agreed on an entry of exposure to traditional diesel engine exhaust emissions in Annex I to Directive 2004/37/EC and has requested further investigations on the scientific and technical aspects for newer types of engines. Diesel engine exhaust has been classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as carcinogenic to humans (IARC category 1) and IARC specifies that while the amount of particulates and chemicals are reduced with newer types of diesel engines, it is not yet clear how the quantitative and qualitative changes may translate into altered health effect. IARC also specifies that it is common to use elemental carbon, which makes up significant fraction of these emissions, as a marker of exposure. It is therefore appropriate to include work involving exposure to diesel engine exhaust emissions in Annex I to Directive2004/37/EC and to establish a limit value in Part A of Annex III to that Directive for diesel engine exhaust emissions calculated on elemental carbon. Or. en
2017/12/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #

2017/0004(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) For new technology with significantly reduced diesel engine exhaust and elemental carbon mass concentrations, elemental carbon may not be an equally useful exposure indicator. Nitrogen dioxide is likely to be a more relevant exposure indicator for new technology diesel engine exhaust. Since the age and type of engines and exhaust after-treatment systems applied vary within and between workplaces, it may be appropriate to set an occupational exposure limit value for diesel exhaust both as respirable elemental carbon and as nitrogen dioxide. Both of these values should be fulfilled at a workplace where diesel engines are applied. Although data allowing a direct comparison of the carcinogenic potential of the diesel engine exhaust emitted by new technology and older technology diesel engines are not available, the significant reduction of the diesel engine exhaust mass concentration in exhaust from new technology diesel engines is expected to reduce the lung cancer risk (per kWh). This is supported by the findings from a single set of animal studies showing reduced or negligible in vivo lung genotoxicity and oxidative DNA damage after inhalation exposure to diesel exhaust from new technology diesel engines. Determination of relevant exposure indicators for new technology diesel engine exhaust, including consideration of the particle size distribution and different particle exposure metrics (e.g. number vs mass concentration) would be valuable. In addition, it is important to compare the hazard per mass unit of diesel engine exhaust from new and older technology diesel engines. Further information would also be needed on exposure levels at workplaces where new diesel engines are in use.
2017/12/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2017/0004(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) Certain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) mixtures, including those containing benzo[a]pyrene, meet the criteria for classification as carcinogenic (category 1A or 1B) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and therefore are carcinogens as defined in Directive 2004/37/EC. The CommitteeSCOEL identified the possibility of significant uptake through the skin for these mixtures. The ACSH has agreed on the importance of introducing an occupational exposure limit value for PAHs and has recommended to carry out the work to evaluate the scientific aspects with the view to proposing an occupational exposure limit value at some time in the future. It is therefore appropriate to set out a skin notation in Part B of Annex III to that Directive 2004/37/EC indicating the possibility of significant dermal uptake and to carry out further investigations to set a limit value for benzo[a]pyrene in order better to protect workers from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons mixtures.
2017/12/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 87 #

2017/0004(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 18 a – paragraph 2 a (new)
(-1) In Article 18a, the following paragraph is added: “The Commission shall, as part of the next evaluation of the implementation of this Directive in the context of the evaluation referred to in Article 17a of Directive 89/391/EEC, also assess the possibility to set a limit value for benzo[a]pyrene in order to better protect workers from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons mixtures. The Commission shall propose, where appropriate, necessary amendments and modifications related to that substance.”.
2017/12/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 93 #

2017/0004(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex I – point 5 b (new)
(1a) In Annex I, the following point is added: “5b. Work involving exposure to diesel engine exhaust emissions”
2017/12/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2017/0004(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – Part A – row 14 h (new)
- - Diesel 0,057a - - - - - engine exhaust emission s ____________________ 7a measured as elemental carbon
2017/12/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #

2017/0004(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – Part A – row 14 h (new)
- - Diesel - 0,057b - 17b - - engine exhaust emission s ____________________ 7b measured as nitrogen dioxide
2017/12/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #

2017/0004(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 3
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – Part B – column 3 – row 1
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons mixtures, including those containing benzo[a]pyrene, which are carcinogens within the meaning of the Directive.
2017/12/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2016/2304(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to propose effective communication measures which can best illustrate the positive contribution made by Cohesion Policy and how the policy has positively contributed towards improving lives of the European citizens on the ground; calls on all stakeholders to make the best use of new communication techniques to increase the visibility of this Policy;
2017/03/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2016/2304(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission, with the aim to increasing the visibility of the Cohesion Policy and ESI Funds, to adopt targeted measures for beneficiaries, managing authorities and stakeholders of Member States to widely communicate the results and benefits of this particularly well documented Policy;
2017/03/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2016/2304(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission, in close cooperation with the managing authorities, to monitor regularly that all legal provisions as regards information and communication are being implemented thoroughly in order to ensure transparency and the widespread dissemination of information about the achievementthrough institutional communication, social media, dedicated applications for smartphones and any other type of informal communication, about the achievements of the Funds, and through the creation of accessible and transparent data bases and the exchange of best practices between managing authorities and beneficiaries of the Funds;
2017/03/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2016/2304(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the visibility of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) by communicating the European added value of the projects, particularly in terms of job creation and social integration through a targeted and detailed institutional communication of results and projects achieved and the collection of best practices;
2017/03/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2016/2304(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to ensure and to monitor adequate resources for social partners in this regard as allocated under Article 6 of the Regulation n. 1304/2013, and to establish a reserve for this purpose;
2017/03/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2016/2304(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that in order to achieve the impact and the added value of Cohesion Policy a “one size fits all” approach cannot work in practice, for this reason a future Cohesion Policy should take into account different social and economic realities to address the specific situations;
2017/03/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas an average of 9% of jobs are at high risk of being automated, while for another 25% of jobs half of the tasks will change significantly due to automation
2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the digitisation of industry represents a major challenge in terms of the organisation of work and therefore requires targeted responses from the Commission and the Member States regarding employment, social and education policies, as well as the provision of up-to-date infrastructure;
2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the strong regional differences as regards the digitisation of industry, which have consequences on jobs and growth; calls, therefore, for efforts in developing digital infrastructure to be stepped up, particularly in regions lagging behind, and for universal access to the open internet to be promoted; stresses the importance of networking and cooperation of the already established national digitisation initiatives such as Industrie 4.0, and calls for increased efforts to support regions and sectors currently lacking such initiatives
2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in cooperation with social partners, to regularly assess the impact of digitisation on the quality, number and types of jobs and to adjust related policies accordingly; points out that due to the digitisation of industry, the differential between the creation and loss of different types of jobs may have consequences on the financial sustainability of social security schemes, pension systems and unemployment insurance systems of the Member States; recalls that not all future jobs are equally affected by the digitisation of industry and that the importance of human interaction should not be underestimated;
2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that digitisation also offers opportunities to reshore manufacturing; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop reshoring strategies to promote growth and jobs in the Union;
2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the opportunities related to the digitisation of industry; stresses, however, that new forms of work must comply with labour and social legislation and guarantee the protection of workers’ and consumer rights; recognises the positive effects digitisation of industry has as it increases flexible working arrangements that can create a better work-life balance, diversify choices through mobile telework, and allow people from rural and secluded areas to join the labour market provided that they are equipped with the necessary infrastructure; emphasises, however, that the digitisation driven trend towards increased flexibility may increase the danger of unstable and precarious employment;
2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes the growth of the platform economy; calls, therefore, for an EU framework on platform work;
2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that digitisation of industry and the consequent increase in new forms of work will not be detrimental to social contributions and that all contributions will be paid for all forms of work; notes that digital solutions can facilitate the collection of taxes and social security contributions;
2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Recalls that the European Court of Justice has defined the concept of 'worker' on the basis of an employment relationship characterised by certain criteria, such as subordination, remuneration and the nature of the work; stresses the need for a clear definition of a 'platform worker' in order to ensure compliance with labour and social laws;
2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to involve the social partners regularly when adapting the regulatory framework for the digital economy; calls on the social partners to conclude collective agreements for the platform economy;
2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to ensure universal access to training in digital skills21st century skills, in particular digital skills, usage of big data, critical thinking, problem solving and teamwork, in order to allow equal participation of all citizens in the digital single market, be it as employees, entrepreneurs or customers; stresses that it is the industry's task to offer suitable training for acquainting their employees properly with new technologies; calls on the Member States to develop skills strategies for the digital age involving social partners as well as education and training institutions, to adapt their educational systems to digitisation and to promote teaching and interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in educational institutions from an early age; stresses that adapting curricula in primary schools can have particular importance in increasing interest in STEM subjects whereby particular efforts must be made to overcome the severe gender gap in the ICT sector; emphasises the importance of lifelong learning for all workers in the digital era; points to the importance of upgrading occupational training programmes for the digital era; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that workers losing their jobs due to digitisation have rapidly access to retraining in digital skills if they so wish;
2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that the skills mismatch in the digital economy is not only about lacking skills, but also the result of poor working conditions making some of the best-skilled workers choose to work elsewhere, and of poor management of human resources failing to fully tap into the skills and knowledge of the digital generation;
2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need to identify potential occupational health and safety risks stemming from the digitisation of industry and to take appropriate measures.; points to the psychological and neurological effects of digitisation on employees as constant accessibility presents a risk of work-related mental health problems such as burnout; advocates, therefore, a 'right to log off' for workers outside the agreed working hours; calls on the Commission and its agencies, in particular EU-OSHA, to examine the effects of digitisation, robotics and artificial intelligence on mental strain and to make policy recommendations where necessary; calls for employees to be given the opportunity to play an active part in shaping their work environment and for social partners and unions to be involved at all levels;
2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Notes that the increasing use of new technologies and means of electronic communication at the workplace raises many questions concerning workers' privacy and the new possibilities of monitoring and surveillance; believes that the use, processing and storage of employee-related data needs strict rules in line with the Regulation 2016/679 to prevent an infringement of workers' fundamental rights and ensure a right to data access for the worker;
2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2016/2271(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Believes that with the increasing digitisation of workplaces, it is essential to amend the rules of liability concerning the consequences associated with the actions or inaction of automated systems and robots, keeping also in mind work injuries caused by robots; is concerned by the lack of general framework and legal provisions in this context and calls for a legal framework that reflects the complexity of digitising European industry and its social implications.
2017/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
– having regard to Eurofound report (2015) Access to social benefits: reducing non-take-up,
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
– having regard to Eurofound report on "Income inequalities and employment patterns in Europe before and after the great Recession",
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 c (new)
– having regard to the draft final report by Policy Department A on "minimum income policies in EU Member States" March 2017,
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas 120, according to the European Commission 1a , 119 million people in the European Union – some 25% of the total population – are at risk of poverty and social exclusion; whereas this fact is accompanied by persistently high unemployment rates; even though numbers are declining, there are still 1,7 million people above the 2008 level; whereas the EU is far from reaching the EU2020 target on poverty and social exclusion since the level remain above the Europe 2020 target by around 21,6 million people; whereas available data suggest that certain groups, such as children, women, unemployed, single-parent households, or persons with disabilities, are especially vulnerable to poverty, deprivation and social exclusion; __________________ 1a COM 2017 90 (final) 2017 European Semester: Assessment of progress on structural reforms, prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances, and results of in-depth reviews under Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas according to the European Commission high unemployment, poverty and inequality remain key concerns in some countries, and socioeconomic convergence across the EU has yet to resume fully 2a; whereas broad income inequalities are not only detrimental for social cohesion, but they also hamper sustainable economic growth, as stated by Commissioner Thyssen 1a ; whereas the impact of the crisis has been generally more acute among lower-income individuals, pushing income inequalities upwards within European societies; whereas income inequality increased in 22 EU Member States because the higher income quintiles decreased less or increased more than the lower income quintiles; __________________ 2aEuropean Commission high unemployment, poverty and inequality remain key concerns in some countries, and socioeconomic convergence across the EU has yet to resume fully 1ahttp://europa.eu/rapid/press- release_SPEECH-16-1744_en.htm
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 106 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas a transitional job scheme is one of the mostsocial employment programmes are effective forms of minimum income, as ithey combines income support with a proper job; whereas people who keep themselves busy working in a public transitional job schesocial employment programme will also find it easier to find new jobs in the private sector; whereas these programmes need to provide a decent wage, include a personalized itinerary for the person, based on their qualifications and skills and should never become a precarious job trap;
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that it is necessary to introducinge minimum income schemes in all EU Member States - consisting of specific measures supporting people whose income is insufficient with a funding supply and facilitata subsistence income oriented to job search or education and training programmes adapted to the personal and family situation of the beneficiary as the most effective measure supporting households with insufficient income. This minimum income should be the last social protection network and consist in an adequate economic benefit in addition to a guaranteed access to quality services - is one ofas the most effective ways to combat poverty, guarantee an adequate standard of living and foster social integration;
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is of the opinion that adequate minimum income schemes should be set at a level equivalent to at least 60% of the median income in the Member State. Minimum income schemes should establish larger amounts depending on the poverty level of the beneficiary household and the number of dependents in the household, especially if they are children or people with high dependence. Recalls in this regard that the European Commission and Eurostat have defined poverty indicators and calls for those to be standardized at EU level;
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 139 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the importance of defining appropriate admission criteria to benefit from an adequate minimum income scheme; these criteria must include: not being a beneficiary of an unemployment benefit or the fact that this is insufficient to avoid being below the poverty and social exclusion threshold, that the annual economic capacity of the household is less than 80% of the interprofessional minimum wage. These criteria should put a special focus on children and dependents in charge;
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Reiterates its call on the European Commission 1a to draw up a European minimum income framework that establishes common principles, definitions and methods so as to guarantee that every person undergoing a situation in need is covered by an adequate income. As a consequence of this European framework, Member States should to take specific action to determine a minimum income threshold, based on relevant indicators, in order to safeguard social and economic cohesion and reduce the risk of poverty throughout the European Union; __________________ 1a http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getD oc.do?pubRef=- //EP//TEXT+REPORT+A8-2016- 0309+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language= en
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 150 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that it is vital for everyone to have a sufficient minimum income to be able to meet their basic requirements; recalls that the recommendation on Active inclusion recognises the need for an integrated strategy in the implementation of the three social inclusion strands (adequate income support, inclusive labour markets and access to quality services) and the need to ensure the effectiveness of inclusion policies through a comprehensive policy design and coordination;
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 153 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the importance of the automatic stabilisation dimension of welfare systems to absorb social shock waves caused by external effects such as recessions; calls therefore on the Member States, in view of ILO Recommendation No 202, which defines social protection floors, to ensure and increase investment in social protection systems in order to guarantee their performance in tackling and preventing poverty and inequalities while ensuring their sustainability;
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 155 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Highlights that people should be put in the condition to participate fully in society and in the economy and that this right should be fully recognised and made visible in the Union policy making by ensuring high quality universal social protection systems which include within them effective and adequate minimum income Schemes;
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 156 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Considers that, social protection, including pensions and services such as healthcare, child care and long-term care, remain essential for balanced and inclusive growth, to contribute to a longer working-life, to create employment and to reduce inequalities; calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to boost policies which guarantee sufficiency, adequacy, efficiency as well as quality of social protection systems throughout all the life cycle of a person, guaranteeing a decent life, fighting inequalities and boosting inclusion with the aim to eradicate poverty, especially for those excluded from the labour market and the most vulnerable groups;
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 186 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the Commission statement that the European Semester now has a stronger focus on employment and social performance but believes more efforts are necessary to reach this goal and to assure global coherence, especially through the promotion of social investment; calls on the Commission to regularly monitor and assess the progress made by Member States in the Country Specific Recommendations in delivering accessible, affordable and quality services, as well as implementing adequate and efficient minimum income schemes;
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 189 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the European Commission to specifically monitor the use of the 20% of the total allocation of the ESF on poverty and social exclusion, as well as to present good practices in the use of the ESF for innovative approaches to fight poverty and social exclusion, in particular on integrated active inclusion linking minimum income schemes with inclusive labour markets and access to quality services;
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 191 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the Commission to carry out an impact assessment on minimum income schemes in the EU, while examining other innovative measures, taking into account the economic and social circumstances of each Member State and to assess whether these schemes allow households to meet their basic personal needs;
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 213 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights that according to recent studies there is evidence of non-take up of minimum income schemes in more than half of the EU Member states (it differs within countries from 20% to as much as 75%) with the most vulnerable groups like the homeless, migrants or those experiencing social isolation bearing the worst consequences; calls on the Commission and the Member States to urgently address this issue in all the policies they implement regarding minimum income schemes improving the access to information, reducing the complexity of the access to the programmes and addressing the social and administrative barriers, putting a special focus on those groups most affected by the non-take up such as the homeless population;
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 276 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Notes with particular interest the proposals concerning transitional job schesocial employment programmes, which consist of the option, for those who want to and are able to work, to have a transitional job, at a pre-established minimum wage, in the general government sector or in a non- profit institution or non- governmental organisation (NGO);
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 285 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that these social employment programs can only be participated by public entities, non-profit private entities (such as NGOs or third sector organizations) social economy enterprises or small or very small enterprises and that they should provide workers with decent wages;
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 291 #

2016/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that quality job creation should be a priority for the European Union as a first step towards reducing poverty and social exclusion;
2017/03/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report 'Income inequalities and employment patterns in Europe before and after the Great Recession',
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 b (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound overview report 'Sixth European Working Conditions Survey',
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 c (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report 'Social mobility in the EU',
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 d (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report 'New forms of employment',
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 e (new)
- having regard to Eurofound's topical update 'The Posted Workers' remuneration gaps:Challenging the equal treatment principle', which provides a detailed overview of governments and social partners positions across Europe as regards the principle of equal remuneration for equal work,
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 f (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report 'Developments in working life in Europe:EurWORK annual review 2016', and specific chapter on Eurwork Annual review 'Pay inequalities at the workplace and beyond – Evidence and debates around Europe',
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 g (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report 'Occupational change and wage inequality:European Jobs Monitor 2017',
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 h (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report 'Women, men and working conditions in Europe',
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)
- having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and more specifically to its sustainable development goal 10 "Reduce inequalities within and among countries",
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas Eurofound publication (2017) on social mobility in the EU provides evidence that the social background continues to determine life chances in many of the EU countries with only a few countries (Finland, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands) having high levels of social mobility;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas multiple inequalities in access to work and within work create a risk for individual's health and well- being, and financial opportunities;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
E c. whereas social protection unequal coverage is analysed in Eurofound's New Forms of Employment Report1e; some focus is placed on the most problematic of these forms from a social protection perspective, namely casual work; examples are provided of legislation that specifically excludes casual workers, and others which act to include them, typically by compensating from income thresholds; voucher work and strategic employee sharing are examples of non-standard work that aim to address the inadequacy of social protection in occasional or part- time work; _________________ 1e https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/def ault/files/ef_publication/field_ef_docume nt/ef1461en.pdf
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
E d. whereas wage inequality derived from changes in occupational patterns is analysed in Eurofound's European Jobs Monitor 20171g, concluding that changes in increasing wage inequality between 2005 and 2014 were mostly an outcome of changes in the distribution of wages within occupations, linked to processes of labour market deregulation and destandardisation of employment contracts, with job polarisation and occupational upgrading, linked to technological changes and skills bias, playing a less relevant role; _________________ 1g https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/def ault/files/ef_publication/field_ef_docume nt/ef1710en.pdf
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas increased inequality is associated with poorer health and educational outcomes;societies with larger income inequalities have higher rates of poor health and violence, lower maths and literacy scores, higher obesity scores and imprisonment rates and also higher homicide rates; whereas mental illness and the quality of social relations is linked to income inequality as a social stressor irrespective of average living standards1f; _________________ 1fWilkinson, R., Pickett, K. (2017) Lancet Psychiatry. Published online 25.05.2017
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas according to recent studies although income inequality between countries have been reduced in recent decades, the global effect of its evolution is characterized by an increase in real income gains of people around the middle of the income distribution in Asian emerging economies, who are poorer than the lower middle-class in western countries, and by the gains of the richest top 1% of developed countries in contrast with the stagnation in real income gains of those people of developed countries ranging between 40% to 60% of the income distribution1a; _________________ 1aMilanovic, Branko (2016) Global Inequality.A new approach for the age of globalization
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas the global evolution of inequalities is consistent with a steady increase in inequality in developed countries since the 1980s, in which, according to OECD1b, inequality has grown, regardless of the economic cycle, with specific exceptions, raising the Gini coefficient by three points from 0.29 to 0.32 between 1980 and 2013, which is a 10% increase in the last decades; _________________ 1bOECD (2015) In It Together.Why Less Inequality Benefits All.OECD Publishing, Paris
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
H c. whereas on average the EU and the Eurozone as a whole have more equal societies with Gini coefficient scoring 0.31 in 2013 compared to developed countries such as the United States (0.39) or Japan (0.34);whereas during the first decade of the new century and until the beginning of the crisis in 2008 the EU had begun a process of convergence in terms of inequality characterized by increasing inequality in countries with lower levels such as France, Germany or the Nordic countries, while reducing in countries with higher levels of inequality, such as Italy, Spain or Greece;whereas this trend has stagnated and even reversed in most cases since 20071c; _________________ 1c European Commission (2015) Analytical Web Note 6/2015 ‘High and rising inequalities; what can be done about it (at EU level)?’
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
H d. whereas inequalities increased between mid-1980s and late 2000s, in terms of Gini coefficients, in various European countries in the OECD:Italy, United Kingdom, but also in Continental countries (Germany, Netherlands, Luxembourg) and Nordic countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark)1d; _________________ 1dOECD (2011) ‘Divided We Stand: Why Inequality Keeps Rising’
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H e (new)
H e. whereas the proportion of people at risk of monetary poverty is closely linked to income inequality and monetary poverty has increased steadily since 2005, most sharply in Hungary, Sweden and Spain;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 69 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H f (new)
H f. whereas meritocracy and equality of opportunities are core values of the European social market economy;whereas wealth is far worse distributed than income and disposable household income;whereas the role played by inheritances and gifts are key in the asset position of households and in wealth inequality in the euro area1h; _________________ 1hWestermeier, C., Tiefensee, A., Grabka, M. (2016) Inheritances in Europe:High Earners Reap the Most Benefits.DIW Berlin
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Affirms that growing inequalities threaten the future of the European project, erode its legitimacy and damage trust in the EU as an engine of social progress;2a; _________________ 2aAntonucci, L., Horvath, L., Krouwel, A. and Y.Kutyski (2017) “The malaise of the squeezed middle: Challenging the narrative of the left behind Brexiter” Competition & Change, Special Issue:Brexit:a year later, Vol. 21 (3), pp. pp. 211–229.
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Reminds the Commission and the Member States that the European Union must fulfil its commitments under the Treaties in terms of promoting the wellbeing of its peoples, full employment and social progress, social justice and protection, equality between women and men, equality between citizens from different socio-economic backgrounds, solidarity between generations, and protection of the rights of the child20 ; _________________ 20 Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and Preamble of the TFEU.
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission and the Member States to evaluate the performance and outcomes of economic policy coordination, taking into account the evolution of social progress and social justice in the EU; warns that the European Semester has not been successful in the achievement of these aims and in reducing inequalitiesprioritised the achievement of these aims and the reduction of inequalities; Urges the Commission to initiate a process of policy coordination to monitor, prevent and correct negative trends that could increase inequalities and weaken social progress or negatively affect social justice, putting in place preventive and corrective measures when necessary;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 127 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers that the social scoreboard of the Joint Employment Report must play a more prominent role in the European Semester as an "early warning system" for excessive social imbalances at the same footing than the macroeconomic ones, and should be extended by an additional inequality indicator more focused on how income inequalities between and within countries contribute to explain EU-wide inequality levels;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 132 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to extend the scope of the European Semester and the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP), from 2018 onward, by adding new binding indicators to estimate individual imbalances in inequalities as a way to link economic coordination with employment and social performanceits Scoreboard with specific country-by-country thresholds, to estimate country-specific imbalances measured in terms of income and wealth distribution, which must entail individual in-depth review (IDR) reports if imbalances are detected, as a way to link economic coordination with employment and social performance, detecting and addressing labor and social deficits affecting potential economic growth;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 140 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Warns of the lack of a strong Social Agenda in Europe; Reiterates its call for the establishment of an authentic European Pillar of Social Rights and the building of a deeper and fairer social dimension of the EMU; Urges the Commission to go much further than the strict description of scenarios in the 'reflection paper on the Social Dimension of Europe' and the mere enumeration of labor and social principles in its Recommendation on the 'European Pillar of Social Rights'; calls on the Commission to put forward a concrete 'Roadmap completing the Social Dimension of the EMU' with no delay, with the necessary legislative, institutional and financial means being devoted to guaranteeing true social progress;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 153 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to broaden the scope of the Europe 2020 Strategy to include the fight against inequality among its goals, in addition to its focus on tackling poverty, among its goals and ensure progress towards its achievement, which should be aligned with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 158 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Asks the Commission to embed the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy targets deeper in the European Semester procedure, adjusting Country Specific Recommendations to the deviations observed country-by-country in the Eurostat scoreboard on Europe 2020 headline indicators;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 166 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates its call for a European Social Protocol to ensure that fundamental social rights take precedence over economic freedoms;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 207 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses its concern about the increasing number of atypical work contracts and forms of non-standard employment, such as involuntary part- time and temporary work, on-demand work and the use of temporary agency workers to replace workers on strike or the use of fixed-term contracts for permanent tasks, linked with precarious working conditions, undeclared work, lower wages, exploitation and poorer social security contributions, and rising inequality in particular amongst young workers;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 216 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Considers that the deterioration of the quality of jobs all over Europe is unsustainable and action is needed to improve living wages, job security, access to education and lifelong learning and occupational health and safety;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 220 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Considers crucial to establish limits on non-standard forms of work and to ban zero-hour contracts and unpaid internship and traineeships, the use of temporary agency workers to replace workers on strike or the use of fixed-term contracts for permanent tasks;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 222 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Calls on the Commission to support further research in relation to monitoring and improving quality job creation, based on Eurofound's research and to delegate to Eurofound the implementation of the Pilot Project on Monitoring Job Quality to ensure Europe's competitiveness;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 227 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a Framework Directive on decent working conditions for all forms of employment, ensuring for every worker a core set of enforceable rights, eliminating discrimination based on contractual status, equalizing non-standard arrangements to the conditions of workers in standard employment, ensuring a minimum number of working hours and facilitating decent working times and the right to negotiate schedules; Calls on the Commission to ensure that employees in non-standard forms of employment are able to make their rights enforceable, have access to unionisation and share collective bargaining coverage to the same extent as any other employee;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 244 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Considers that the New Skills Agenda must provide a Skills Guarantee scheme ensuring affordable access for all workers to lifelong learning and adaptation to digitalisation and permanent technological changes;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 249 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for a common approach across Member States regarding the introduction of a Minimum Income Scheme, in order to support people with insufficient income, ease access to fundamentalnsure equal access to high quality, affordable and integrated social, health, education and leisure services, combat poverty and foster social integration;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 274 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls on the Commission to improve workers' occupational health and safety, including the proper enforcement of the Working Time Directive;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 285 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Highlights that collective bargaining coverage has declined in the majority of the European countries hit harder by the crisis due to recent labour market reforms and government-induced decentralization, which has entailed the removal of national general collective agreements, prioritizing company over sectorial agreements, the introduction of opt-out clauses for employers and permitted the recognition of non-union bargaining representatives;is concerned that reforms have increased precarious working conditions and decreased wages2c; _________________ 2cILO (2015) Issue Brief 'Trends in collective bargaining coverage:stability, erosion or decline?'
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 304 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Emphasises the need for a multidimensional approach to the achievement of greater equality and social cohesion as reflected in the horizontal social clause (article 9 TFEU), focusing on the social dimension of union policies;stresses that the implementation of article 9 depends on the commitment to apply the principle of social mainstreaming to all Union policies;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 306 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. States that social progress as defined in the European social progress index, is the capacity of a society to meet the basic human needs of its citizens, establish the building blocks that allow citizens and communities to enhance and sustain the quality of their lives, and create the conditions for all individuals to reach their full potential;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 313 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to reform their welfare systems (education, health, pensions and transfers) in order to achieve more effective redistribution and promote fairer distributionbased on high-level social safeguards in order to achieve comprehensive protection of everyone and to make sure that no one is left behind , taking into account the new social risks and vulnerable groups that have arisen from the social and economic challenges confronting society;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 317 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the appropriate measures to ensure universal and affordable access to quality public education from early ages (0-3), which is key for combating inequalities in the long-term;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 321 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to put forward a European legal framework in line with the related ILO recommendation 2012 (No. 202) to guarantee every European citizenone living in the EU a social protection floor with universal access to healthcare, access and support for education, basic income security and access to the goods and services defined as necessary at national level;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 327 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls for legislation to ensure universal access to affordable housing, protecting vulnerable households against eviction and over-indebtedness, and promoting an effective second chance framework for individuals and families at the European level;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 330 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Affirms that universal access to public, solidarity-based and adequate retirement and old-age pensions must be granted to all; cConsiders that the best way to ensure sustainable, safe and adequate pensions for women and men is to increase the overall employment rate and quality jobs across all ages, improve working and employment conditions and commit the necessary supplementary public spending; Affirms that privileging private pension solutions over public or occupational ones will be neither fair nor sustainable; Calls on the Commission to support Member States in strengthening public and occupational pension systems to provide an adequate retirement income well above the poverty threshold and to allow pensioners to maintain their standard of living;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 343 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that international trade has been an engine for growth in many countries, but also can be perceived as a source of inequalities; calls on the Commission and the Member State to promote fairer international trade agreements that respect European labour market regulations and ILO conventions, while protecting quality employment and workers' rights and ensuring intra- European and national mechanisms for the compensation of workers and sectors negatively affected;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 347 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Considers that the current inequality of opportunities for children and young peopleutcomes for everyone living in the EU, but especially for children and young people, is often aggravated by the non-egalitarian design of education systems and has damaging consequences for their wellbeing and 'wellbecoming' as individuals, thereby contributing to the estrangement of European youth, especially those on the wrong side of thelacking resources and opportunity gapies.;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 357 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up the fight against child poverty, especially among children, and ensuring the coordinated implementation of the Investment in Children Initiative through thea Child Guarantee scheme;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 362 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to facilitate a common approach towards a National Child Basic Income toEuropean-wide Child Basic Income (ECBI) scheme co-funded by National Governments and using a specific mechanism of the European Fiscal Capacity; Calls on the Commission for setting a European index of necessity (at PPP) as income threshold, ensureing that every child receives a minimum inco(aged from 0-18) receives a basic income above this threshold under this ECBI programme, thereby helping to achieve the goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy on reducing poverty and the risk of social exclusion;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 395 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to promote and further develop socially just tax systems that ensure the sound financing of social safeguards;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 399 #

2016/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Calls on Member States to re- establish the role of the taxation of inheritances and gifts which are not currently effective in reducing gaps in terms of inequality of opportunity resulting in economic inequality in the majority of the European countries;Additionally, as the European Economic and Social Committee states in its recent Draft Opinion on Wealth inequality in Europe, measures are needed, in areas such as financialisation of economy, further coordination and harmonisation of tax policy, measures against tax havens, tax fraud and evasion, measure to tackle undeclared work, and measures to optimise the mix of taxes and their weight as a share of Member State tax revenue between labour-based tax revenues and wealth-based ones;
2017/07/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2016/2224(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the role of whistle-blowers is to help in deterring and preventing wrongdoing, such as mismanagement, fraud and corruption, thus contributing to the promotion of the rule of law, transparency and democratic accountability;
2017/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2016/2224(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for action to change the public perception of whistle-blowers by highlighting their positive role as an early warning mechanism toto detect and prevent abuses and corruption and to enable public scrutiny of state action;
2017/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2016/2224(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the recommendation of the Council of Europe concerning the scope of a European framework for the protection of whistle-blowers which should cover all individuals working in either the public or private sectors, irrespective of the nature of their working relationship and whether they are paid or not;
2017/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #

2016/2224(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for measures to protect workers who detect and report cases of wrongdoings in the field of unemployment such as mismanagement, fraud and corruption; stresses the importance of ensuring the anonymity of whistle-blowers and the confidentiality of the process;
2017/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2016/2224(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points to the dangers of excluding whistle-blowing workers from career progression and of retaliation by colleagues and management at their workplace, and the dampening effect this has on those who may come across wrongdoing; considers that perpetrators of retaliation shall be subject to a regime of professional sanctions and civil penalties;
2017/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2016/2224(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. RecallStresses the importance ofto set up devising instruments at the European level to ban any form of retaliation, whether this be active dismissal or passive measures such as, discrimination at the workplace such as retributive transfers, reduced prerogatives or working hours, loss of benefits, or passive measures such as the threat of such actions or the blocking of promotion;
2017/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2016/2224(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that whistle-blowers and their family members whose lives or safety are in jeopardy must be entitled to receive effective and adequate protection;
2017/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2016/2224(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers that the burden of proof should lie with the employer who must clearly demonstrate that any measures taken against an employee were in no sense connected with a whistle-blower’s disclosure;
2017/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #

2016/2224(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Urges employers and the authorities to swiftly act on the information reported to them after this has been thoroughly verified, and to address the shortcomings identified; considers that the European framework should encourage reporting or disclosure by individuals for public interest reporting and disclosures; highlights the necessity to ensure: – the establishment of appropriate internal reporting procedures in cooperation with workers' representatives ensuring anonymity and confidentiality; – the reporting to relevant public regulatory bodies, law enforcement agencies and supervisory bodies; – the disclosure of information of public interest to the public, for example to a journalist or an elected representative;
2017/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2016/2224(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that proper European legislation is needed; encourages Member States to develop legislative instruments that protect those who report justified and proven breaches of conduct to public authoritthe Commission to propose legislative instruments ensuring effective measures to protect whistle-blowers acting in the public interest when disclosing confidential information of companies and public bodies;
2017/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 97 #

2016/2224(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. RecallSuggests that in the event of false accusations which are deliberately false and were made in bad faith, those responsible should be held accountable.
2017/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation,
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
– having regard to the Directive on Temporary Agency Work (2008/104/EC),
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 c (new)
– having regard to the targeted revision of the Posting of Workers Directive (1996/71/EC) and the Enforcement Directive (2014/67/EC),
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 d (new)
– having regard to the report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a European Platform to enhance cooperation in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work (COM(2014)0221 – C7-0144/2014 – 2014/0124(COD)),
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 e (new)
– having regard to EESC opinion: The changing nature of employment relationships and its impact on maintaining a living wage1a, __________________ 1ahttp://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.C_.201 6.303.01.0054.01.ENG&toc=OJ:C:2016:3 03:TOC
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 f (new)
– having regard to ILO “Employment Relationship Recommendation, 2006 (No. 198)” to determine the existence of an employment relationship:”,
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas there is no common definition of precarious employment so far;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas full-time permanent contracts account for 59% of total employment in the EU; self-employment with employees for 4%, freelance work for 11%, temporary agency work for 1%, fixed-term work for 7%, apprenticeship or traineeship for 2%, marginal part-time work (less than 20 hours per week) for 9% and part-time permanent work for 7%1a; __________________ 1a www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ STUD/.../IPOL_STU(2016)587285_EN.pd f.
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas some sectors such as agriculture, construction and art are disproportionately affected by precarious employment; whereas precarious employment has also spread to other sectors in recent years such as the aviation and hotel industry;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 80 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas precarious work leads to market segmentation and exacerbates wages inequalities;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas atypical employment doesn’t necessarily have a positive effect on work-life balance due to wages and working time’s irregularity; whereas atypical employment has long term consequences on pensions;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas men are more likely to work on a full-time and permanent basis than women; whereas women are particularly affected by involuntary part- time work, bogus self-employment and undeclared work1a ; __________________ 1a www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ STUD/.../IPOL_STU(2016)587285_EN.pd f.
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 87 #
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 96 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Understands standard employment to mean full-time, regular employment on the basis of open-ended contracts in a subordinate employment relationship, and non- standard or atypical forms of employment to include, i.a., marginal or involuntary part-time work, temporary agency work, fixed-term contract work, zero-hour contracts, unpaid internships that are not part of an education programme, and informal or undeclared work;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Understands precarious workemployment to mean, as a minimum definition, a non- standard, atypical form of employment having any of the following characteristics:
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 122 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
- little or no job security owing to the non-permanent nature of the work, as in some fixed-term contracts, involuntary and often marginal part-time contracts, contracts containing poor conditions, unwritten contracts, unclear working hours, and duties that change owing to work on demandor owing to the lack of sufficient social protection in case of dismissal;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 132 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
- low remuneration, which may even be unofficial or unclearnot contractually agreed; or no remuneration in the case of unpaid internships and traineeships;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 149 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
- limited or no prospects for advancement in the labour market with regards to skills development;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 172 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that decent work should specifically guarantee coverage by collective agreements, security of collective bargaining, equal pay for equal work in the same place, and protection of the workers’ familiesfreedom of association, collective agreements, workers’ representation on board level, equal pay for equal work in the same place, health and safety protection, provisions on working and rest time, protection against dismissal, access to training and lifelong learning, and social protection, while supporting the work-life balance for all workers;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 208 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that social protection, and protection by collective agreements and collective bargaining, should be available to all workers; calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee effective protection for workers who perform work in the context of an employment relationship, and a comprehensive policy response that includes policies towards reducing and ultimately eradicating precarious work; calls for policies that empower workers by strengthening social dialogue and promoting the extension of collective bargaining, ensuring that all workers can access and exercise their right to associate, and to bargain collectively, freely and without fear; is concerned that the right of association of platform workers could be undermined if they are regarded as self- employed as collective bargaining could be regarded as forming a cartel, which could put them in conflict with EU rules on anti-competitive practices; underlines in this context the need to adjust European and national competition law accordingly;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 218 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that social protection, and protection by collective agreements and collective bargaining, should be available to all workers; calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee effective protection for workers who perform work in the context of an employment relationship, and a comprehensive policy response that includes policies towards reducing and ultimately eradicating precarious work; calls for policies that empower workers by strengthening social dialogue and promoting the extension of collective bargaining, ensuring that all workers can access and exercise their right to associate, and to bargain collectively, freely and without feadirect or indirect sanctions by the employer;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 240 #
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 241 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat non-standard, atypical and precarious forms of employment, in line with the ILO Decent Work Agenda and the European Social Charter; calls in particular on Member States to ban forms of on-demand employment that do not allow for decent living such as zero-hours contracts;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 257 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take into account the gender perspective on precarious employment;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 260 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls for the Commission to assess new forms of employment driven by digitalisation, calls especially for an assessment of the legal status of labour market intermediaries and online platforms and of their liability; calls on the Commission to revise the Written Statement Directive to take into account new forms of employment;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 261 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Notes that boundaries for employment relationships are blurred, calls on the Member States to take into account the following ILO indicators to determine the existence of an employment relationship: – the work is carried out according to the instructions and under the control of another party; – it involves the integration of the worker in the organization of the enterprise; – it is performed solely or mainly for the benefit of another person; – it must be carried out personally by the worker; – it is carried out within specific working hours or at a workplace specified or agreed by the party requesting the work; – it is of a particular duration and has a certain continuity; – it requires the worker’s availability; or involves the provision of tools, materials and machinery by the party requesting the work; – a periodic payment of remuneration is made to the worker and constitutes the his sole or principal source of income and the provision of payment in kind, such as food, lodging or transport; – the worker has entitlements such as weekly rest and annual holidays;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 263 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9e. Stresses that the development of new or precarious forms of employment may result in a decline in tax revenues; calls Member States to assess the need for more appropriate taxation in order to ensure fair levels of taxation for economic activities; calls on the Commission to assess the impact of new forms of employment in social security and pensions;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 264 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 f (new)
9f. Calls for the Commission to proceed with its targeted review of the Posting of workers directive and to review the Agency Workers Directive to ensure fundamental social rights for all workers including equal pay for equal work at the same location;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 275 #
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 278 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the need to tackle undeclared work, as undeclared work decreases tax and social security revenues and creates precarious and poor working conditions and unfair competition between workers; welcomes the creation of a European Platform to enhance cooperation in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 289 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recalls that according to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the Working Time Directive 2003/88/EC, every worker has the right to limitation of maximum working hours, to daily and weekly rest periods and to an annual period of paid leave; stresses the need to ensure that those rights apply to all workers including on-demand workers, workers in marginal part-time employment and crowd workers; recalls that the Working Time Directive is a health and safety measure; calls for the enforcement of ECJ decisions confirming that on-call time in the workplace is working time and must be followed by compensatory rest;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 292 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the Commission to swiftly review health and safety legislation under REFIT and to consider proposing new legislation to ensure a better protection of workers in the workplace, including legislation on work related musculoskeletal disorders, a Directive to ensure that ‘terminal illness’ becomes a protected characteristic, specific provisions on healthcare workers’ exposure to hazardous drugs, an asbestos register with a realistic timetable for removal and further protection against medical sharps injuries for all workers at risk;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 294 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Recalls that according to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, everyone has the right to have access to vocational training and life-long learning; calls on the Member States to ensure that vocational and continuing training are also available to workers in atypical employment relationships; recalls that up-skilling measures are particularly important in a fast changing digital economy; recalls that skills shortage and mismatches participate to high unemployment levels; welcomes recent initiatives to tackle skills shortage;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 295 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Calls for a Skills Guarantee as a new right for everyone, at every stage of life, to acquire fundamental skills for the 21st century, including literacy, numeracy, digital and media literacy, critical thinking, social skills and relevant skills needed for the green and circular economy, taking into account emerging industries and key growth sectors and ensuring full outreach to people in disadvantaged situations, including those with disabilities, asylum-seekers, long- term unemployed people and underrepresented groups; stresses that education systems should be inclusive, providing good-quality education to the whole population, enabling people to be active European citizens, preparing them to be able to learn and adapt throughout their lives and responding to societal and labour market needs;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 296 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that the policies of the Member States should be formulated and implemented in accordance with national law and practice, in consultation with, and without prejudice, the most representative organisations of employers and workers;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 306 #

2016/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure effective protection to workers especially affected by uncertainty and precariousnessprecarious employment, giving special priority to women workers, young workers, older workers, workers in the informal economy, migrant workers and workers with disabilities; calls on the Commission to assess whether Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation is suited for new forms of employment;
2017/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2016/2148(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Is of the opinion that the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs) must be used to boost quality jobs, sustainable growth and shared prosperity across Europe, with a special focus on supporting the most vulnerable groups in society; draws attention to the fact that ESF is not entirely an investment tool, but rather an instrument which supports implementation of policies of public interest, as well as enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration;
2016/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2016/2148(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note of the results envisaged in PAs and OPs, and expectsbut regrets that in Communication COM(2015)639 the Commission has neither presented reliable data on the expected results of the ESF and YEI programmes, nor detailed data on the fulfilment of the requirement for both the minimum share of the ESF (Art. 92 (4), CPR) and the minimum allocation for social inclusion; expects, however, Member States and regions to take the right path in order to achieve cohesion policy objectives;
2016/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2016/2148(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that 6 millionthe Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) has been integrated into 34 ESF programmes in the 20 eligible Member States which will allow unemployed young people are to benefit from the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) – which will help them find jobs or improve their skills and qualifications – now that YEI has been integrated into 34 ESF programmes in the 20 eligible Member StateEI in order to find jobs or improve their skills and qualifications; is concerned, however, about the delayed start to the implementation of the YEI; urges Member States to intensify their efforts to ensure that the results envisaged are achieved successfully;
2016/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #

2016/2148(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines the need for greater attention to be given to employment, social, training and public administration issues in country-specific- recommendations and urges Member States to better target ESF and other ESIF investments in addressing these issues;
2016/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2016/2148(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Is satisfied that PAs outline coordination and synergies between ESF and other ESI funds, other EU programmes (EaSI, FEAD, EGF and Erasmus+ ) and national instruments; notes that ESF alone cannot solve the complex problems affecting the labour market, the education and social policies and insists that the Commission and Member States ensure true coordination and complementarity between different instruments in order to avoid overlapping and to achieve effective and efficient investments and better results;
2016/09/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1118 #

2016/2114(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 176 – paragraph 1
1. Where the text to be put to the vote contains two or more provisions or references to two or more points or lends itself to division into two or more parts having a distinct meaning and/or normative value, a split vote may be requested by a political group or at least 40 Members. Split votes on compromise amendments shall be inadmissible.
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 1165 #

2016/2114(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 209 – paragraph 1
Rules 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 38 to 48, 160, 162(2) and (10), 165, 167, 169 to 172, 174,The following Rules concerning voting, interruptive and procedural motions shall apply mutatis mutandis to committees: Rule 164a (Prevention of obstruction), Rule 168a (Thresholds), Rule 169 (Tabling and moving amendments), Rule 170 (Admissibility of amendments), Rule 171) (Voting procedure), Rule 174 (Order of voting amendments), Rule 176 (1), 177, 178, 181, 182, 184 to 187, 190 and 191 shall apply mutatis mutandis to committee mee (Split voting), Rule 177 (Right to vote), Rule 178 (Voting), Rule 179a (Tied votes), Rule 180(2) and (2a) (Vote by roll call), Rule 180a (Voting by secret ballot), Rule 181 (Use of electronic voting system), Rule 182a (Disputes on voting), Rule 184a (Points of order), Rule 190 (Adjournment of debate or vote) and Rule 191 (Suspension or closure of the sittings).
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 5 #

2016/2101(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital - A b (new)
-Ab. whereas, since 2008, there are 4.2 million more Europeans 1a at risk of poverty and social exclusion, being now more than 22 million (22.3%) in the EU; whereas the European Commission has stated that "most of the Member States are still facing the acute social legacy from the crisis"2a hence this scenario leads to the non-compliance of the most important social objective of the EU2020 Strategy; __________________ 1aEurostat 2014. EC European Semester Thematic Fiche: Poverty and Social Exclusion (03.05.2016) 2aCOM (2016) 321 final 2016 European Semester: country specific recommendations 18.05.2016, page 3
2016/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2016/2101(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the country-specific recommendations (CSRs) demonstrate the differences that exist between Member States; argues that the Member States should continue to give priority to reforms that will strengthen their economic recovery, making a commitment to investment, implementing structural reforms and taking an approach based on fiscal and budgetary responsibilitycreate quality employment and boost social cohesion. Therefore, recalls that it is necessary to strongly increase public and private investment, implementing socially responsible structural reforms which reduce economic and social inequalities and taking an approach based on fiscal and budgetary responsibility, making the best use of the existing flexibility margins so as to make it compatible with economic growth and quality employment;
2016/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2016/2101(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Recalls that, as stated by Parliament, socially responsible reforms must be based on solidarity, integration, social justice and a fair distribution of wealth, a model that ensures equality and social protection, protects vulnerable groups and improves living standards for all citizens;
2016/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #

2016/2101(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the fact that, as stated by the Commission, investment has so far failed to emerge as a strong driver of the recovery; Calls for a strong commitment to promoting the Juncker Plan (EFSI), especially in Member States with a low level of participation; and considers that, as requested by Parliament, the projects should be focusing on quality and additionally, boosting the creation of quality employment and upward social convergence; reiterates its call on the importance of investments in human capital and other social investments, such as healthcare, childcare or affordable housing and on the need of the effective implementation of the Social Investment Package;
2016/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2016/2101(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the significant progresefforts made by the Member States in implementing structural reforms, while nevertheless taking the view that further progress is necessary: with the social costs being suffered by the citizens, however points out that institutions like the IMF or the European Court of Auditors have criticized the accelerated pace of implementation, the unequal treatment between Member States, the lack of quality control and deficiencies in their documentation; takes the view that future reforms should measure their social effects and serve to reach upward social convergence between and within Member States;
2016/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #

2016/2101(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses the fact that the imbalances on pension systems are basically the consequence of unemployment, wage devaluation and labour precarisation; calls therefore for reforms which guarantee adequate financing for a strong first pension Pillar which ensures decent pensions, at the very least over the poverty threshold;
2016/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2016/2101(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Notes the increase of recommendations (to five member states) on minimum income regimes, however, taking into account that broad income inequalities are not only detrimental for social cohesion but also for sustainable economic growth (as both the IMF and the OECD have recently stated) calls on the Commission to deliver on the promise of President Junker in his inaugural address to provide an adequate income to all Europeans through a European framework of minimum income set at a level of at least 60% of the median income of Member States in order to cover basic living costs while respecting national practices and the subsidiarity principle;
2016/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2016/2101(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4h. Is concerned about the fact that long-term unemployment is still high, with 10.5 million people in the EU and reminds that their integration in the labour market is crucial to guarantee the sustainability of social protection systems as well as for their self-confidence; therefore regrets the lack of action by the Member States when implementing the Council Recommendation on the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market; reiterates its call on the Commission to support efforts to create inclusive lifelong learning opportunities for workers and jobseekers at all ages and to take measures as soon as possible to improve access to EU funding and mobilise additional resources where possible;
2016/07/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
– having regard to the EESC Opinion SOC 520 from September 2015 on ‘principles for effective and reliable welfare provision systems’,
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union needs a paradigm shift towards a strong European social model which enables sustainable prosperity and high productivity based on solidarity, social justice, a fair distribution of wealth, gender equality, a high-quality public education system, quality employment and sustainable growth - a model that ensuresover the long term, in line with worldwide Sustainable Development Goals - a model that ensures adequate and universal good social protection for all, empowers people in vulnerable groupssituations, fights poverty and social exclusion, enhances participation in civil and political life, and improves the living standards for all citizens, delivering on the objectives and rights set out in the EU Treaties, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 154 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas European labour markets are rapidly evolving towards ‘atypical’ or ‘non-standard’ forms of employment, such as temporary work, part-time work, casual work, seasonal work, on-demand work or self-employment intermediated by digital platforms, which shows many features of employment but does not bring the benefits normally associated with employment; whereas demand for labour is becoming and will likely remain more ‘fluid’ and diversified than in the past; whereas in some cases this can be beneficial for productivity as well as work-life balance; whereas, however, many non-standard forms of employment involve prolonged economic insecurity and precariousness, notably in terms of lower and less certain incomes, lack of possibilities to stand up for one’s working conditions, lack of social and health insurance, lack of a professional identity, lack of a career perspective, and difficulties to reconcile on-demand work with family life;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 177 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that social standards to be articulated by the European Pillar of Social Rights should apply to all countries participating in the Single Market and that legislation, governance mechanisms and financial instruments relevant for their achievement should apply to all EU Member States; finds, however, that the specific constraints of euro area membership call for additional specific social targets, standards and financial instruments to be established at the euro area level; points at the possibility of using the enhanced cooperation mechanism under Article 20 TEU if necessary to build a solid European Pillar of Social Rights;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 193 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the EPSR should equip European citizens with stronger means to keep control over their lives and make markets work for shared prosperity, wellbeing and sustainable development; it should enable effective realisation of existing social rights and it should set out new rights where justified in view of new technological and socio-economic developments;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 205 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is convinced that the European Social Model needs to be updated and strengthened to support upward transitions into and within the labour market and to maintain a sense of economic security throughout people’s lives; considers that as the labour market becomes more complex, it is natural that the welfare state also needs to adapt its mechanisms and instruments in order to manage well the various social risks arising;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 213 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that markets are meant to serve people and people are also the most important factor for the good performance of a company and of the entire economy; it is therefore vital to ensure workers’ participation in decision- making on the organisation of work and utilisation of company revenue; points to the good example of social economy enterprises, such as cooperatives, in providing quality employment, supporting social inclusion and promoting economic democracy;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 218 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Points out that Europe can go much further in developing a cluster of sectors focused on supporting people’s health, knowledge and ability to participate in the economy; stresses that people-focused services such as education, healthcare, sport or family care services contain an important job creation potential and should not be viewed as a cost to the economy but rather as enabling factors of sustainable prosperity;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 225 #
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 245 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the enactment of a directive on fair working conditions for all forms of employment, and other relevant legislative measures, based on a sufficiently broad EU definition of a worker and ensuring for every worker a core set of enforceable rights, including equal treatment, social protection, protection in case of dismissal, health and safety protection, provisions on working time and rest time, freedom of association and representation, the right to strike, collective bargaining, collective action, access to training, andin-work support, adequate information and consultation rights throughout subcontracting chains, and a prospect of stabilising the working relationship as open-ended employment after a certain period of time; underlines that this directiveese instruments should apply to employees as well as to all workers in non- standard forms of employment, such as fixed-term work, part-time work, on- demand work, self-employment, work intermediated through online platforms, crowd-working, internship or traineeship; requests that the EU acquis be updated accordingly so as to apply to all workers; and to improve the enforceability of rights;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 254 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the enactment of a directive on fair working conditions for all forms of employment, ensuring for every worker a core set of enforceable rights, including equal treatment, social protection, protection in case of dismissal, health and safety protection, provisions on working time and rest time, freedom of association and representation, collective bargaining, collective action, access to training, and adequate information and consultation rights; underlines that this directive should apply to employees as well as to all workers in non-standard forms of employment, such as fixed-term work, part-time work, on-demand work, self-employment, crowd-working, so- called public works programmes, internship or traineeship; requests that the EU acquis be updated accordingly so as to apply to all workers;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 330 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point b
b. for work intermediated by digital platforms and other instances of dependent self-employment, a definition of employment that is less dependent on full cumulation of the relevant criteria, taking into account ILO recommendation No. 198, according to which the fulfilment of several indicators is sufficient to determine employment; alternatively, a new category of ‘dependent self- employed’ could be established to reduce the grey zone between employment and self-employment; such definition should spell out the labour rights applicable to this category of workers and should ensure their participation in social and health insurance schemes;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 394 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the right to healthy and safe working conditions also involves protection against workplace risks as well as limitations on working time and provisions on minimum rest periods and paid annual leave; awaits Commission proposals for legislation and other concrete measures to uphold this right for all workers, reflecting all current knowledge about health and safety risks and taking into account new ways of working associated with digitalisation and other technological developments;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 421 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of collective rights; expects the Commission to step up concrete support for strengthening social dialogue in Member States and sectors where it is weak owing to the prolonged crisis or the prevalence of non-standard forms of employment; calls on the Commission in this regard for the introduction of the following measures;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 425 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. A proposal for a Directive introducing a new and integrated architecture for the involvement of workers in European company forms, setting high standards on information and consultation and introduce binding EU- minimum standards on workers' board level representation; this new framework should become the single reference on information, consultation and board-level representation for all European company forms and all European company law instruments and it should introduce an obligation to put in place a system for workers' representation in the board of directors or supervisory boards;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 436 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. A proposal for the revision of the European Works Councils (EWC) Directive introducing a right of suspension of restructuring plans and plant closures until the proper consultation procedure, as laid out in European law, is completed, and giving workers the possibility to influence the decision-making process in the company by putting in place a system for workers' representation in the board of directors or supervisory boards in companies covered by the EWC Directive;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 454 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Supports more integrated provision of social protection benefits and social services as a way to make the welfare state more understandable and accessible while not weakening social protection; calls for principles for effective and reliable welfare provision systems - as it has been outlined in the EESC opinion SOC 520 from September 2015 - including the legal right of access to affordable, professional, high-quality and solidarity financed social and health services; points to the importance of informing citizens about social rights and to the potential of e- government solutions, possibly including a European social security card, which could improve individual awareness and also help mobile workers clarify their contributions and entitlements;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 514 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that all workers should be covered by insurance against involuntary unemployment or part-time employment, coupled with job-search assistance and investment in (re)-training; recalls that decent unemployment benefits reduce the pressure to take 'any job' and are therefore useful for productivity; considers that the EPSR should set out minimum quality standards for national unemployment insurance schemes, which would help to improve their effectiveness as well as maximising the economic stabilisation potential and minimising institutional moral hazard involved in a possible European unemployment (re)- insurance scheme that could be established for the Eurozone and open to other Member States; such minimum standards should apply in particular to the coverage of national schemes, activation requirements and the quality of job-search support provided to unemployed people;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 558 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Agrees that all persons with disabilities must be ensured individualised enabling services and basicprovided by adequately qualified professionals and income security allowing them a decent standard of living and social inclusion; with adequate support even when they take up paid work; expects the Commission to follow up swiftly on the Parliament's recent resolution on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 573 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Considers access to quality and affordable long-term care services, including home-based care, to be a right that should be upheld with the help of suitably qualified professionals employed under decent conditions; believes that low- income households should therefore be targeted by adequate public services and tax deductionsnotes with concern that availability and affordability of long-term care remain a major problem across Europe, trapping informal family carers at home and preventing them from pursuing their careers; deplores frequent abuses of carers employed through work agencies or on an informal basis; believes that adequate public services and tax deductions should be therefore put in place for households, in particularly those living on low incomes, to avoid institutionalisation and the risk of poverty; repeats its call for legislation on carers’ leave accompanied by adequate remuneration and social protection; calls on the Commission to set out a concrete action plan in this area;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 583 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Considers access to quality and affordable long-term care services, including home-based care, to be a right that should be upheld with the help of suitably qualified professionals employed under decent conditions; believes that low- income households should therefore be targeted by adequate public services and tax deductions; repeats its call for legislation on non-commercial family carers’ leave accompanied by adequate remuneration and social protection;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 597 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Considers child poverty to be a major issue on which Europe should ‘act big’ given the obvious potential for large positive impact on children's development, parents' labour market prospects and reduction of inherited social disadvantage; calls for the swift implementation of a Child Guarantee in all Member States, so that every child now living inat risk of poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and proper nutrition; underlines the importance of pre-natal care and early childhood development; calls for inclusive education systems at all levels, including after- school care; recognises that implementation of the Child Guarantee will require adequate financing at national and European level, possibly involving an increase of the European Social Fund and/or support from a new convergence instrument for the Eurozone; requests that national public investments in the Child Guarantee be considered within a 'silver rule on social investment' under the Stability and Growth Pact;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 598 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Considers child poverty to be a major issue, especially child poverty, on which Europe should 'act big'; taking into account all the three poverty indicators of the Europe 2020 Strategy (income poverty, severely materially deprived or living in a household with very low work intensity); calls for the swift implementation of a Child Guarantee in all Member States, so that every child now living in poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and proper nutrition;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 642 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for legislation ensuring fair access for all to good-quality and affordable social services of general interest and other essential services, such as e-communications, energy, transport and financial services; highlights the role of social enterprises; recalls the high job creation potential of the provision of social services;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 643 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for legislation ensuring fair access for all to good-quality and affordable social services of general interest and other essential services, such as e-communications, energy, transport and financial services; highlights the very useful role of social enterprises and not- for-profit organisations in this context given that their primary objective is not maximisation of financial returns but positive social impact;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 711 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – point b
b. all workers should have a personal activity account, easily accessible through a website and/or a smartphone application, where they could consult their accumulated social entitlements and other social rights, including to lifelong learning; adequate data protection should be ensured;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 717 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – point b a (new)
ba. digital platforms and other intermediaries should have an obligation to report all work undertaken through them to the competent authorities for the purpose of ensuring adequate contributions and protection through social and health insurance for all workers, even if they work in short gigs;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 731 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for full implementation of the Youth Guarantee for all people under 30, with emphasis on quality offers and effective outreach to all NEETs, and of the recommendation on the long- term unemployed; highlights these as important structural reforms and social investments that are in need of adequate financing, possibly involving an increase of the European Social Fund, an extension of the Youth Employment Initiative by more than the €1bn foreseen under the MFF 2014-20 mid-term review, and/or support from a new convergence instrument for the Eurozone; requests that national public investments for the Youth Guarantee and integration of long-term unemployed be counted within a 'silver rule on social investment' under the Stability and Growth Pact;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 774 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls for the full implementation of the Council recommendation of 15 February 2016 on the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market (2016/C 67/01);
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 813 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasises that labour mobility within the EU is a right whose exercise must be supported but which, also through readily available information on the rights and duties of mobile workers and a smoothly functioning system of social security coordination; notes, however, that mobility should not be forced on workers by poor economic conditions in their home regions, and should not undermine host countries’ social standards; highlights that mobile workers are usually net contributors to host countries' public budgets; calls for adequate investments in public services in areas experiencing population increases;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 815 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. EReiterates the importance of investing in social services for the integration of migrants and refugees; emphasises that labour mobility within the EU is a right whose exercise must be supported but which should not be forced on workers by poor conditions in their home regions, and should not undermine host countries’ social standards;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 962 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for a ‘silver rule’ on social investment to be applied when implementing the Stability and Growth Pact, namely to consider certain public social investments having a clear positive impact on economic growth (e.g. childcare or education and trainingthe Child Guarantee, education, the Youth Guarantee and the Skills Guarantee) as being eligible for favourable treatment when assessing government deficits and compliance with the 1/20 debt rule; highlights that fiscal consolidation should not undermine national co-financing of European funding for social investment;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1098 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to translate the EPSR into relevant external action, in particular by promoting the implementation of the UN SDGs, the ILO conventions, relevant G20 conclusions and European social standards through trade agreements and strategic partnerships; calls for provisions ensuring equal treatment in terms of wages and working conditions as a precondition for labour migration schemes in the framework of trade agreements;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1116 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Considers that the EPSR should be adopted in 2017 as a binding agreement between the European Parliament and the European Council, involving social partners and civil society at the highest level, and should contain a clear roadmap for implementation, with concrete commitments and target dates;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2016/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that small-scale fishing in the Mediterranean accounts for 80% of the fleet and 60% of jobs; points to the importance of small-scale non-industrial fishing for the sustainability of stocks, environmental conservation, and the socio- economic development of fishing communities; stresses that small-scale fishing plays a significant role in local employment and is an essential economic and social factor in the Mediterranean; underlines that the identity, culture and values of many local communities concerned are largely based upon activities in the fishing sector;
2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2016/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the socio-economic situation of the fishing sector in the Mediterranean depends, first and foremost, on a sustainable level of fish stocks;
2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2016/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Believes that a balance must be struck between fair competition, consumer requirements, sustainability of the fishing sector and the maintenance of jobs; stresses the need to have a comprehensive approach and a strong political will by all Mediterranean countries to face the challenges and improve the situation of the Mediterranean sea;
2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2016/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – indent 1
– promoting fleet renewal and modernisation, while seeking to reduce the fishing effort, optimize supply chain processes, improve energy efficiency, enhance traceability systems and improve active and passive safety devices, for example personal locator systems in life jackets, in order to enhance occupational safety and health;
2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2016/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – indent 2
– promoting the recruitment, education and multi-disciplinary training of young people, in thereby enhancing the status of work and vocational training Mediterranean fishing sector, in order to ensure sustainability and territorial cohesion;
2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2016/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Suggests that a minimum wage be established for fishermen in line withe establishment of a non-discriminatory minimum wage at a decent level for fishermen through legislation or collective bargaining, with due respect for the practices of the individualeach Member States; recommends that a wage compensation funds be set up to cover non-fishing periods and that such periods be treated as actual working time for the purposes of the retirement pension and other social security entitlements;
2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2016/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the important role of strong and independent social partners in the fishing sector, an institutionalised social dialogue and the participation of employees in company matters;
2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #

2016/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls the essential role of collective agreements and encourages the social partners in the fishing sector to negotiate collective agreements in line with national law and practice, as they are an effective instrument in combating a race to the bottom regarding social, working and employment standards and in ensuring decent remuneration for all workers and fair competition in the sector;
2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2016/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure decent working conditions for all workers in the fishing sector regardless of the size and type of company which employs them, the place of employment or the underlying contract; stresses the importance of occupational safety and health as well as adequate living conditions on fishing vessels, particularly in the light of demographic changes and the nature of off-shore work in the fishing sector; highlights in this context the importance of effective labour inspections and controls;
2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2016/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Underlines the need to improve the working conditions of fishermen given the high rate of accidents in the sector, as well as the disproportionally high risk of occupational diseases, both physical and mental;
2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2016/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Stresses the need to ensure a proper work-life balance for fishermen; underlines the importance to have adequate sanitary facilities on-board and provide for decent accommodation as well as possibilities for recreational activities;
2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 69 #

2016/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Notes that improving socio- economic conditions in the Mediterranean fishing sector requires, amongst others, better access to markets and finance, a better cooperation with public administrations and institutions, the diversification of livelihoods, decent working conditions and better social protection;
2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2016/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Stresses the need to guarantee that every fish and fishery product imported into the EU is produced under conditions which comply with international environmental, labour and human rights standards; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure fair competition and sustainability in the fishing sector in order to safeguard jobs and growth; stresses that this in not only essential with regard to competition within the Union but in particular also with regard to competitors based in third countries;
2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2016/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. MaintainStresses that the pEU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership aAgreements, as well any other agreement with Morocco must respect the legitimate aspirations of the people of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic RepublicSahrawi people to independence and to self- determination as regards its coastal area.;
2016/10/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2016/2064(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the main aim of projects financed under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) should be to create growth and a dynamic labour market in Europe, and hencesustainable quality jobs in Europe, as well as to increase social cohesion, social inclusion and thus to enhance the well-being of EU citizens;
2016/12/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2016/2064(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and, the Member States, and the EIB Group to help SMEs and micro- enterprises to tap into funding more easily, so by promoting EFSI and the European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH) more efficiently at local level, as well as to increase their capacity to implement projects and afford themto enable better access to advisory services and technical support;
2016/12/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2016/2064(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that only 4% of the EFSI financing has gone to social infrastructure projects; calls on the Commission, the EIB Group, and the Member States to step up their efforts, build capacity, raise awareness, develop an appropriate ecosystem and increase the attraction of investment into social services such as education, training, healthcare and housing;
2016/12/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2016/2064(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the EFSI to operate in closer conjunction with the Structural Fon the European Commission and the EIB Group to enable the EFSI to operate in closer conjunction with various EU funds and financing instruments, such as the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) programme, the European Structural Fund and other relevant funds;
2016/12/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2016/2064(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the ECIB Group to increase investment in projects in the, in general as well as under the EFSI to the extent possible, the investment in projects in least inhabited regions as well as outermost regions, which are particularly handicapped by underinvestment in job opportunities, resulting in unemployment, exclusion, and emigration;
2016/12/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2016/2064(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that special attention should be paid to projects in Member States and regions suffering most from the crisis in order to reduce divergences in particular in relation to unemployment and employment levels;
2016/12/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the deterioration of working conditions is ubiquitous in the aviation industry in Europe1a ; whereas some airlines offer cadets a position at deplorable conditions, or even resort to pay-to-fly schemes where the pilot actually pays the airline to fly revenue- earning flights; _________________ 1aGlobal Topic on Decent Work, International Labour Organization
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas more than one pilot out of six surveyed in the Ghent study1b is facing atypical employment conditions; i.e. working through a temporary work agency, as self-employed, or on a zero- hour contract with no minimum pay guaranteed; whereas the low fare airlines are by far the largest users of atypical employment; _________________ 1bY. Jorens, D. Gillis, L. Valcke & J. De Coninck, "Atypical Forms of Employment in the Aviation Sector", European Social Dialogue, European Commission, 2015
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas greater diversification in contracts can be a tool for more flexibility, it can also be misused for rule shopping to avoid social security contributions and reduce taxes for companies; whereas atypical employment is particularly widespread among young pilots, exposing them to precarious working conditions and preventing a new generation from stable access to jobs in the aviation sector; whereas some types of atypical employment have a negative impact on safety, competition, wages, health and safety and quality standards;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas the mobile and transnational nature of aviation makes it difficult to detect social abuses and circumvention of labour standards and impossible to tackle the problems solely at a national level;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas the European social partners, in their Joint Declaration against EU-based Flags of Convenience in Aviation, called on the European legislators to take urgent action to prevent the development of EU-based flags of convenience in aviation, or the importing of non-EU flags of convenience in the sector;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas unfair competition like unlawful state aid and non-compliance with international labour standards from carriers in the Gulf States and other third countries destroys quality jobs and growth in Europe;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s communication on ‘An Aviation Strategy for Europe’; stresses that action is needed to reinforce the social agenda and maintain high-quality jobs in aviation; believes that ensuring a level playing field in the sector is crucialand eliminating social dumping in the sector is crucial and should therefore be included in the aviation strategy; encourages the Commission to focus on creating a fair and sustainable future for civil aviation in Europe and internationally;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the importance of strong, independent social partners in the aviation sector, an institutionalised social dialogue at all levels and the participation of employees in company matters; underlines that the rights to form and to join a trade union are fundamental rights insists on a proper consultation process and strengthened social dialogue ahead of any EU initiative concerning the Unionaviation sector;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes attempts by the social partners to negotiate an agreement on the working conditions and social rights of employees in the European aviation sector; encourages them to negotiate collective agreements in all parts of the aviation sector in line with national laws and practices, as they are an effective instrument in combating a race to the bottom regarding social, working and employment standards and in ensuring decent remuneration for all workers;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Considers the decrease in unionisation to be a potential threat to the social dialogue and to working conditions in European aviation; underlines that the rights to form and to join a trade union are fundamental rights in the Union and must be guaranteed; rejects any attempts to reduce the right to strike;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Draws attention to a number of instances of unfair competition in the aviation sector; recalls that unfair competition can contribute to the degradation of working conditions; calls on the responsible authorities to adequately sanction any misconduct in this regard;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Urges the Commission, Member States, social partners and other stakeholders to closely and continuously monitor the development of the working conditions in civil aviation; calls on Member States to increase efforts to tackle bogus self-employment and unfair competition in the aviation sector;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2016/2062(INI)

2e. Believes the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) must be able to scrutinize the development of new business and employment models in civil aviation in order to ensure the safety of passengers and staff; insists that EASA involves the social partners in this task;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that direct employment must remain the usual formfull time, open-ended contracts and direct employment must remain the standard model of employment in aviation; recommends a limitation of temployment in aviation in order to ensure safetyorary contracts for example by requiring that a specific, high proportion of workers of airlines with an EU Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) must be directly employed, in order to ensure safety, social standards and organisational stability; calls on the Commission to come forward with an impact assessment of such a proposal;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to come forward with legislative initiatives to prevent flags of convenience, rule shopping and unfair competition in aviation, including a ban on zero-hours contracts and pay-to-fly schemes in European commercial aviation;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a clarification of the ‘home base’ criterion in order to ensure that it determines applicable social, employment and taxation legislation for all aircraft operations of carriers holding an EU Air Operator Certificate (AOC), both in the internal market and in international operations; stresses that the definition of home base must be identical or similar to what is commonly termed work place in other labour legislation; takes the view that if a person actually works for an airline, this company must be regarded as an employer in relation to applicable law on social security, irrespective of whether the person is self- employed, subcontractor, temporary staff member or contract worker; believes that no employee should be in doubt on where they are entitled to social security;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. SDemands that all aircrew from third countries fully comply with EU/EASA licensing requirements in order to be allowed to operate EU-registered aircrafts; stresses the need to prevent social dumping and possible illegal use of foreign workeraircrew from third countries on board EU- registered planes; calls in this context on the Commission to extend the application of the Single Permit Directive (2011/98 EU) to mobile workers in civil aviation; recalls that crew from third countries have the same rights in terms of labour protection and working conditions as EU based crew;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a clarification of the concept of 'economic entity' to extend the benefits of Directive 2001/23 to ground handling workers in case of call for tender or partial loss of activities;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Insists that any agreements in the field of EU External Aviation Policy must include respect for human rights and fundamental ILO conventions, social protection and effective means of enforcement;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Regrets that requirements on third-country airlines operating to and from airports in the Union today are non- enforceable or even non-existent; insists that unfair competition from third- country airlines, due to e.g. direct and indirect state aid, subsidies or exploitation of workers, is effectively addressed and that existing tools to counter unfair competition are thoroughly evaluated and where necessary updated; firmly believes that as long as fair competition clauses, including respect of workers' rights, are not applied in air transport agreements with third countries, the rights to operate in the Union should be limited;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 89 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to invest in education and training in all parts of the aviation value chain, as the success of European aviation is highly dependent on skilled workers and innovation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure sufficient public and private investments in research and development in the aviation sector; highlights in this context the role of other parts of the aviation value chain such as manufacturing of aircraft, engines and their components, service provision, ground handling, air traffic management, which are of high importance for employment and growth; firmly believes that the role of these sectors must be further addressed in the aviation strategy;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a certification system for educational centres that provide training for cabin crew in order to enhance safety and security;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 102 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Supports the efforts to create a single air space management regime for the EU; is convinced that involvement of employees in the further modernisation of the air traffic management organisations and its implementation will improve this process;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Reminds the Commission that the Single European Sky (SES) liberalisation process and in particular the performance scheme for the Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) should not be carried out to the detriment of the working conditions of the highly skilled operational personnel, nor lead to cuts on investments in new technology and education of new personnel; encourages the Commission to consider how to avoid this development, since it does not serve the goal of a better, more effective and more productive air traffic service in Europe;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 106 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to guarantee all workers in the aviation sector decent working conditions, including health and safety at work., regardless of the size and type of company which employs them, the place of employment or the underlying contract; stresses the need for uniform rules on occupational health and safety in the aviation sector; supports the idea of making all aircraft with an EU Air Operator’s Certificate subject to regular oversight regarding occupational health and safety;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 114 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to put in place enhanced mechanisms to prevent social abuses and circumvention of labour standards including facilitating whistle blowing, open reporting and cooperation between Member States' labour inspectorates;
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #

2016/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Urges the Commission and Member States to ensure better implementation and enforcement of the existing Union legislation in the aviation sector.
2016/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
A. whereas the gender-specific employment gap, pay gap and associated pension gap, women's overrepresentation in precarious work1a and involuntary part-time work and interruptions in women's careers to care for children or other dependants contribute to the situation whereby women are particularly affected or in risk of poverty; _________________ 1aEuropean Parliament resolution of 19 October 2010 on precarious women workers (OJ C 70E , 8.3.2012, p. 1).
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas despite existing EU legislation and soft-law recommendations, progress in this area is extremely limited; whereas the situation is exacerbated by social dumping, together with the gender pay gap, which leads to a gender pension gap that puts elderly women at greater risk of poverty than elderly men;
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas growing individual responsibility for saving decisions entailing different risks also means that individuals have to be clearly informed of the options available and the associated risks; whereas women especially have to be supported in improving their financial literacy level in order to be able to make informed decisions on an increasingly complex issue;
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas in 2015 women on average still earned 16 % less per hour than men for the same work; whereas the gender pay gap often leads to women receiving lower pensions than men and makes women more likely to fall into poverty after retirement, and whereas, on average across the EU, women's pensions are 39 % lower than men's;
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to combat all forms of multiple discrimination on gender basis, to ensure application of the principle of non-discrimination and equality in the labour market and in access to employment, and in particular to adopt social protection measures to ensure that women's pay and welfare entitlements, including pensions, are equal to those of men with the same experience doing the same job or a job of equal value;
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for full implementation of Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation, and for it to be revised with a compulsory requirement for companies to draw up measures or plans on gender equality, including actions on desegregation, the development of pay systems and measures to support women's careers;
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Member States to reform pension systems with the aim of always ensuring adequate pensions for all in view of closing the pension gap; considers that instruments to tackle the pension gap should include the adjustment of pension systems to ensure equality between women and men, the adjustment of education, career planning, improving work-life balance, investing in child and elderly care, establishing regulations on health and safety at the workplace that include gendered occupational risks as well as psycho- social risks, investing into public employment services that are able to guide women of all ages in their search for employment, introducing flexible rules for transitioning from work into retirement and care credits;
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Notes that women are more often financially penalised than men as they tend to have interrupted careers, also women more often struggle to build up sufficient contributions across both the private and public pension systems as a result of the pay gap, precarious and low- paid work, part-time jobs and atypical contracts, carrying out unpaid caring, and being excluded from the labour market for long periods over the course of their lives; stresses the importance of combating indirect discrimination in pension schemes, not only in occupational schemes but also in the practices of statutory pension schemes;
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Alerts of the risks to gender equality represented by the shifts from social security pensions to personal funded pensions since personal pensions are based on individual contributions and do not compensate for times spent caring for children and other dependants or periods of unemployment, sick leave or disability; calls on the Commission and Member States to explore ways to maintain and reinforce gender equality in reformed pension systems;
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Notes that the occupational old age pensions schemes are increasingly run according to insurance principles and this might give rise to many gaps in terms of social protection1c ; emphasises that the Court of Justice of the European Union has made it clear that occupational pension schemes are to be considered as pay and that the principle of equal treatment therefore applies to these schemes as well; _________________ 1c http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender- equality/files/conference_sept_2011/dgjus tice_oldagepensionspublication3march20 11_en.pdf
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 73 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Calls on the Member States to support with public incentives for women's access to occupational and individual supplementary pensions and to make these schemes more women- friendly, with provisions supporting the introduction of unisex life tariffs and care credits, as well as derived benefits; unisex life tariffs should be adopted in both public and private funded pension schemes, so that women can receive equal pension annuities for equal contributions, even if they are expected to live longer than men;
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Stresses that closing the gender pay gap requires increased participation of women in the labour market, increased transparency in the payment process (including data broken down by sector) and calls on the Member States to implement Commission recommendations on wage transparency, gender-neutral job descriptions and classification, the reversal of the burden of proof when it comes to challenging gender discrimination in the workplace;
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 89 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Deplores that in many Member States there is no entitlement to available, affordable and quality child care and long-term care and more often women are forced to reduce their working time to care for children, persons with disabilities and other dependants; therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to increase their support for childcare and to introduce targets similar to the Barcelona targets on the availability of quality long- term care services;
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for an adequate public minimum pension not related toindependent of the previous working life; stresses the importance of shifting towards individual, rather than family-rederived pension entitlements; highlights however the important role platyed, pension entitlements by survivor's pensions in safeguarding many older women from poverty;
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 123 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. RegretsIs highly concerned that the current freeze and cuts in pensions in some Member States isare hitting people with low incomes, part-time jobs or interrupted careers (most of them women) hardest;
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 142 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Member States to increase minimum wages as annd guarantee social protection for all as important tools for narrowing pension gaps;
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 145 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to include the gender gap in pension indicator among the scoreboard indicators adopted for the European Semester surveillance process;
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 149 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Member States to adopt measures to extend pension coverage to atypical and self-employed workers;
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 195 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to follow up on the Council conclusions of 18 June 2015 on equal income opportunities for women and men: closing the gender gap in pensions, including the call for the inclusion of care periods in the calculation of social protection rights, investment in accessible and affordable care systems, the developments of indicators on the gender pension gap and to promote further research on its causes1b ; _________________ 1bCouncil conclusions of 18 June 2016 on equal income opportunities for women and men: closing the gender gap in pensions: http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-9302-2015-INIT/en/pdf
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 221 #

2016/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to reverse any reforms of pension systems that aggravate imbalances in pensions, (especially gender imbalances).; stresses that any policy changes related to pensions should always be measured against their impact on the gender gap, with specific analysis comparing the impact of the proposed changes on women and men and this should be a key feature of the planning, design, implementation and evaluation processes of public policy;
2016/10/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the 2017 budget has to be key in enhancing the Union’s contribution to growth, the creation of jobs and combatting poverty and should financially support further achievement of the Europe 2020 Strategy targets in the social and employment area;
2016/05/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. EInsists that adequate commitment and especially payment appropriations are ensured in Budget 2017 for the European Social Fund given that the ESF is entering a period of intense implementation and payment requests by Member States will increase; calls as well for including commitment and payment appropriations for the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) in Budget 2017 and recalls article 14 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 envisaging a Global MFF Margin for commitments to be made available for the years 2016 to 2020 for policy objectives related to growth and employment, in particular youth employment; emphasises the importance of sufficient funding and good budgetary management of other programmes aiming at addressing unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, such as the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD);
2016/05/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses in this regard the important contribution of the EMPL Agencies (CEDEFOP, ETF, Eurofound, EUOSHA) in dealing with a wide range of employment and social issues, as well as their potential to address problems related to migrants’ integration in the labour market and their needs for vocational training, and calls for sufficient financial resources to be ensured both for Agencies’ work and staff;
2016/05/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Highlights the need of dedicated resources to be provided for combating child poverty and for supporting measures addressing children’s basic needs such as food supplies, housing, education and healthcare;
2016/05/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2016/2024(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the budget should promote high level of workers’ protection and prevention culture across the EU and help to address new challenges to occupational safety and health and safety at work;
2016/05/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 162 #

2016/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes a persistent pay gap in all Member States between gross pay and wage, that it is not only related to the different features of concerned actors but also to the different market conditions; stresses that wages should be based on the working performance, local cost of living and not exclusively on quantitative standards; calls on the Commission and Member States to put in place all actions needed to overcome such differences, notably those linked to gender, in order to ensure equal pay for equal job;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 196 #

2016/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to step up protection against discrimination and unlawful dismissal related to work-life balance and to ensure access to justice and legal action, strengthening the role, independence and financial resources of those organizations provided by Directive 2006/54/EC, enabling free access to justice and legal actions;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 216 #

2016/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States, with particular reference to the European funding, to take into consideration the "gender occupational impact" with respect to each action proposed;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 235 #

2016/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. StresseHighlights the need to addresseliminate inequalities in paid and unpaid work and to promote an, regards as care work for family, and to foster equal sharing of responsibilities and costs for child caren and care for dependants betweenamong women, men and society as a whole;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 326 #

2016/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point 1
(1) a paternity leave directive with a minimum of a two-week fully paid leave, and at same time, calls on the Member States to move from a conciliative model of the cure to a shared one;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 357 #

2016/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Member States to support fiscal policies as a powerful lever enhancing work-life balance and to foster employment of women, introducing a tax credit for child care and elderly care or other dependants based on fiscal incentives and benefits; (1) See the Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit model in the UK, in
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 401 #

2016/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Supports ‘smart working’ but rejects a shift from a culture of presence to a culture of permanent availability; calls on the Member States and social partners, when developing smart working policies, to ensure these do not impose an additional burden on the worker;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 404 #

2016/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to map the situation in Member States of a "Right to request flexible working arrangements," which enables employees to request changes in the number of hours they work, their work schedule and their place of work and to consider if an initiative at the European level is needed;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 406 #

2016/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to guarantee social security, social protection and remuneration in the case of maternity parental, paternity or sick leave in order to enable a genuine work-life balance;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 409 #

2016/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Member states to step up their efforts to combat undeclared work, precarious jobs and the abuse of atypical forms of contract, including zero- hour contracts in some Member States; is concerned about the increased use of temporary contracts, as well as irregularity and unpredictability of working hours (often referred to as 'flexibility'), and unsocial hours working time arrangements which are a problematic issue from the perspective of reconciliation;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 420 #

2016/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Further calls on the Commission and Member States, social partners and stakeholders to focus on the innovative organization in the workplace and to balance both work-life needs of woman and men and business productivity/profitability; notes that the positive link between increasing women employment, work-life balance and business competitiveness, in terms of reducing absenteeism, output gap, turnover, talent attractiveness, loyalty, resources reallocation for developing welfare plans, increasing living standards and time freeing, has been widely proven by the best practices in Europe in a number of large enterprises or SMEs networks1a; 1a.Introducing lean production systems, “chosen and not obliged” time flexibility in the workplace, promoting the involvement and participation of male and female workers in innovating output and structure and supporting business welfare along with local welfare, should increase businesses' productivity and competitiveness in economic terms, as well as should reduce absenteeism rate, wastes, turnover and should improve talent attractiveness, male and female workers’ motivation and loyalty towards the company, increasing living standards and fostering a better work-life balance. More autonomy in time management enables, therefore, to meet differentiated care needs.
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 430 #

2016/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Considers that child poverty is linked to parents' poverty, and therefore calls on the Member States to implement the Recommendation on Child Poverty and well-being1a and to use the indicator- based monitoring framework therein; 1a.Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast), OJ L 204, 26.07.2006, p. 23.
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 431 #

2016/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Reiterates its call on the Commission and Member States to introduce a Child Guarantee with its specific fund, so that every child in poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition, as part of a European integrated plan to combat child poverty including both the Child Guarantee and programmes offering support and opportunities for the parents to come out of social exclusion situations and to integrate into the labour market1a; 1a.European Commission Recommendation on investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage, Brussels, 20.2.2013 COM(2013)0778.
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 432 #

2016/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Calls on Eurofound to continue measuring its concept of job quality1a as comprising: earning, prospects, working time quality, use of skills and discretion, social environment, physical risk, work intensity, social environment and to develop its research on policies, social partners agreement and companies practices supportive of job quality; 1a.Eurofound report on Trends in job quality in Europe (2012) and Eurofound report Convergence and divergence of job quality in Europe 1995-2010 (2015).
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 433 #

2016/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)
25d. Calls on Eurofound to keep monitoring and provide analyses of public policies and social partners agreements through its surveys, in particular the EWCS, in order to ensure that working time arrangements are negotiated and support work life balance, and to develop research on how dual workers household manage their working time arrangements together;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 434 #

2016/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 e (new)
25e. Stresses the importance of the role of equality bodies in assisting victims of discrimination, addressing gender stereotypes and implementing this directive; also calls the Member States to ensure their independence and strengthen their capacities through the provision of adequate funding;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 435 #

2016/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 f (new)
25f. Calls for full implementation of Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation, and for it to be revised with a compulsory requirement for companies to draw up measures or plans on gender equality, including actions on desegregation, the development of pay systems and measures to support women's careers;
2016/06/02
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 6 #

2016/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that in recent years technological advances and digitalisation have transformed the postal services sector and that the modernisation and diversification of postal services has had a major impact on working conditions and employment in the sector;
2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2016/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution on an integrated parcel delivery market for the growth of e-commerce in the EU (2013/2043(INI)),
2016/06/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 15 #

2016/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that employment by universal service providers has declined due to falling letter volumes, combined with modernisation and increasing automation; notes however that the number of part-time workers, agency workers and bogus self- employed persons in the sector has increased and that the general trend is towards more flexible employment contracts without adequate protection for employees;
2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2016/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is concerned about the extremely high amount of outsourcing in the postal sector and the frequently accompanying evasion of working and employment standards; highlights in this context the long-term social and financial implications of precarious employment for individuals as well as social security systems;
2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2016/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the role played by theimportant role of social partners, who in many Member States have worked together with universal service providers in an effort to make the transformation of the postal services sector socially sustainable;
2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2016/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the importance of strong and independent social partners in the postal sector, an institutionalized social dialogue and the participation of employees in company matters;
2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2016/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that the anticipated full market opening of the postal sector should not lead to a concentration of private companies in more profitable regions such as densely populated areas; reiterates that the access to postal services is a right of citizens disregarding their place of residence; calls on Member States to take measures as set out by Directive 97/67/EC to ensure that there is an appropriate density of access points to postal services in rural and remote regions;
2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2016/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Draws attention to a number of instances of unfair competition, at the casualties of which have beenexpense of the workers in the postal sector;
2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2016/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of monitoring compliance with mandatory driving and resting times as well as working hours in the postal sector; recalls that all tasks in relation to the activity of an employee are to be considered working time; stresses likewise the importance of monitoring compliance with European standards regarding the protection of health and safety at work, including conditions in vehicles, for all people involved in postal deliveries irrespective of whether their employment status is self-employed, subcontractor, temporary staff member or contract worker; believes that monitoring should take place by means of digital monitoring devices installed in the vehicle;
2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2016/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Is concerned about attempts to circumvent existing minimum wage regulations by increasing the workload to an extend which cannot be managed during paid working hours;
2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2016/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that jobs have been created as a result of restructuring and the introduction of new activities in the postal services sector and that, in keeping with theseworkers need to adapt to new circumstances, workers need to and learn new skills; draws attention to the importance of training, further training and retraining in order to acquire 21st century working skills such as digital skills, team work, problem solving and critical thinking;
2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2016/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the key to a socially sustainable transformation and adaptation in the postal sector lies in employee training; regards it as the employer's task to acquaint employees properly with new technologies such as IT and tracking applications; stresses that in the case of temporary contracts, the agency supplying the staff must give them adequate preparation and training;
2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2016/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Applauds theWelcomes the essential work of the Social Dialogue Committee for the Postal Sector;
2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2016/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to compile more data on workforce size and working conditions so that they can respond promptly to developments and potential problems; calls on the Commission and Member States to closely monitor new means of automated postal deliveries, their impact on working conditions and employment and to assess the need for the modernisation of social and employment legislation to stay abreast of changes in the postal sector; encourages social partners to likewise update collective agreements where necessary so that high working and employment standards in the workplace can be ensured;
2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2016/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the fact that most of the universal service providers in the Member States have concluded collective agreements; takes the view that, in keeping with national practice, the social partners should negotiate collective wage agreements for otherall companies providing postal services in accordance with the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same place as advocated by Commission President Juncker;
2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2016/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to introduce and strengthen laws on joint and several liability, put limits to subcontracting and increase monitoring of parcel service operators and their subcontractors as regards employment and working conditions;
2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2016/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to guarantee all workers in the postal services sector appropriate working conditions.decent working conditions regardless of the size of the company which employs them, the place of employment or the underlying contract; recalls that all workers in the postal sector must have the right to enjoy the highest possible level of protection as regards health and safety at work;
2016/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 167 #

2016/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that parcel delivery is a highly competitive, innovative and fast- growing sector, and that any new regulation in the parcel delivery market must therefore be proportionate and supported by sound economic and labour market evidence;
2016/06/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 219 #

2016/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to ensure decent working conditions for all employees in the postal services sector; recommends close monitoring of whether labour-market-related developments in the postal services sector comply with national law irrespective of whether their employment status is self-employed, subcontractor, temporary staff member or contract worker; calls on the Commission and Member States to closely monitor whether labour-market-related developments in the postal services sector comply with national law as well as to elaborate new means of automated postal deliveries, their impact on working conditions and employment and to assess the need for the modernisation of social and employment legislation to stay abreast of changes in the postal sector; encourages social partners to likewise update collective agreements where necessary so that high working and employment standards in the workplace can be ensured; highlights in this regard the importance of strong and independent social partners in the postal sector, an institutionalized social dialogue and the participation of employees in company matters;
2016/06/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 224 #

2016/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses the importance of monitoring compliance with mandatory driving and resting times as well as working hours in the postal sector; recalls that all tasks in relation to the activity of an employee are to be considered working time; stresses likewise the importance of monitoring compliance with European standards regarding the protection of health and safety at work, including conditions in vehicles, for all people involved in postal deliveries irrespective of whether their employment status is self- employed, subcontractor, temporary staff member or contract worker; believes that monitoring should take place by means of digital monitoring devices installed in the vehicle;
2016/06/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 228 #

2016/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Stresses that the key to a socially sustainable transformation and adaptation in the postal sector lies in employee training; regards it as the employer's task to acquaint employees properly with new technologies such as IT and tracking applications; stresses that in the case of temporary contracts, the agency supplying the staff must give them adequate preparation and training;
2016/06/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 233 #

2016/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that increased competition should not generate illegal social practices or lead to the degradation of working conditions; is concerned about the already extremely high amount of outsourcing in the postal sector and the frequently accompanying evasion of working and employment standards; highlights in this context the long-term social and financial implications of precarious employment for individuals as well as social security systems;
2016/06/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 23 #

2016/2005(ACI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the importance of the provisions of the new IIA on better law- making tools (impact assessments, public and stakeholder consultations, evaluations, etc.) for a well-informed, inclusive and transparent decision-making process and for the correct application of legislation, whilst safeguarding the prerogatives of the legislators; welcomes the aim of improving the implementation and application of Union legislation, inter alia through better identification of national measures that bear no relation to the Union legislation that is to be transposed ("gold-plating"); believes that impact assessments must be comprehensive, that there must be a balanced evaluation of economic, social, health and environmental consequences, in particular, and that the impact on the fundamental rights of citizens and on equality between women and men must be assessed;
2016/02/03
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 35 #

2016/2005(ACI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the letter of 15 December 2015 from the First Vice -President of the Commission on the functioning of the new Regulatory Scrutiny Board, which is to oversee the quality of the Commission's impact assessments; points out that the legislators may also carry out their own impact assessments where they consider this necessary; points out that possible impact assessments by the Commission relating to significant amendments by the co-legislators must not replace the political decision-making process; considers, moreover, that they should be carried out in due respect of the balance of powers between the institutions during the ordinary legislative procedure; underlines that, furthermore, the new IIA provides for exchanges of information between the institutions on best practice and methodologies relating to impact assessments, thus providing an opportunity to review the functioning of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board in due time; insists that the Regulatory Scrutiny Board has an exclusively advisory role and must not issue binding opinions; observes that greater attention should also be paid to the horizontal dimension, particularly with regard to the horizontal clause (Article 9 TFEU);
2016/02/03
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 40 #

2016/2005(ACI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importancTakes note of the agreed "Annual Burden Survey" as a tool to help avoid overregulation and reduce administrative burdens; points out that the feasibility and desirability of establishing objectives for the reduction of burdens in specific sectors must bwelcomes the fact that the three institutions have agreed that impact assessments should equitably address the social, environmental and health impacts of proposals in the short and long term; underlines that the Commission should prioritise the devaluated on a case-by-case basis in close cooperation between the institutions; welcomes in this respect the fact that the three institutions have agreed that impact assessments should also address the impact of proposals on administrative burdens, particularly as regards small and medium-sized enterpriseelopment of certain measures and should focus on the quality of legislation and better enforcement of existing legislation rather than on the number of legislative acts; underlines in this regard that costs should not be the decisive factor but that quality of legislation is the only appropriate benchmark and that the REFIT programme must not be used to undermine sustainability or any social, labour, environmental or consumer standards;
2016/02/03
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 8 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) The proportionality test should not apply to rules laid down in collective agreements negotiated by social partners, which should not be considered as legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions within the meaning of this Directive.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) It is important to ensure full respect for the responsibilities of the Member States as defined in Article 168 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union with regard to the definition of their health policy and the organisation of their health care systems, including the provision of health and medical services by the regulated professions designated for this purpose.To this end, the health and social care professions should be excluded from the scope of this Directive.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 b (new)
(7 b) In order to protect public interest the Member States can exclude further professions from the scope of the directive in agreement with the social partners.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 b (new)
(8 b) It is for the Members States to determine the level of protection which they wish to afford to the public interest objectives and the proportionate way in which that level is to be achieved.The fact that one Member State imposes less strict rules than another Member State does not mean that the latter Member State's rules are disproportionate and therefore incompatible with the EU law.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) Member States should carry out proportionality assessments in an objective and independent manner, including where a profession is regulated indirectly, by giving a particular professional body the power to do so. In particular, while the assessment of the local authorities, regulatory bodies or professional organisations, whose greater proximity to local conditions and specialised knowledge could in certain cases make them better placed to identify the best way of meeting the public interest objectives, there is particular reason for concern in cases where the policy choice made by those authorities or bodies provides benefits to established operators at the expense of new market entrants.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) Where the taking-up and pursuit of certain employed or self-employed activities are conditional on complying with certain provisions relating to specific professional qualifications, laid down directly or indirectly by the Member States, it is necessary to ensure that such provisions are justified by public interest objectives, such as those within the meaning of the Treaty, namely public policy, public security and public health or by overriding reasons of general interest, recognised as such in the case-law of the Court of Justice. It is important to ensure that public interest objectives are adequately identified in order to determine the intensity of the regulation. For example, in order to ensure a high level of protection of public health, Member States shouldall enjoy a margin of discretion to decide on the degree of protection which they wish to afford to public health and on the way in which that protection is to be achieved. It is also necessary to clarify that among the overriding reasons of general interest, recognised by the Court of Justice, are preserving the financial equilibrium of the social security system; the high protection of consumers, recipients of services and workers; the protection of the workers’ rights, the workers participation and the systems of self government, the safeguarding of the proper administration of justice, the protection of vocational training, the safeguarding of the proper administration of justice; fairness of trade transactions; combating fraud and prevention of tax evasion and avoidance; road safety; the protection of the environment and the urban environment; the health of animals; intellectual property; the safeguarding and conservation of the national historic and artistic heritage, social policy objectives and cultural policy objectives. According to settled case-law, purely economic reasons, having essentially protectionist aims, as well as purely administrative reasons, such as carrying out controls or gathering statistics cannot constitute an overriding reason of general interest.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) It is essential for the proper functioning of the internal market to ensure that Member States provide information to citizens, representative associations or, social partners and other relevant stakeholders before introducing new measures restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions and give them the opportunity to make known their views.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive lays down rules on a common framework for conducting proportionality assessments before introducing new legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions, or amending existing ones, with a view to ensuring the proper functioning of the internal market. It does not affect the Member States' prerogative and margin of discretion to decide whether and how to regulate a profession within the limits of the principles of non-discrimination and proportionality.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 95 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
It is for the Member States to determine the level of protection which they wish to afford to the public interest objectives and the proportionate way in which that level is to be achieved.The fact that one Member State imposes less strict rules than another Member States does not mean that the latter Member State's rules are disproportionate and therefore incompatible with EU Law.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. This Directive establishes rules which should be applied before introducing new, or amending existing, legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions.Provisions which would not restrict access to or pursuit of regulated professions, for instance editorial amendments, or technical adaptations to content of training courses or modernisation of training regulations, shall not fall within the scope of this Directive.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Without prejudice to the application of Directive 2005/36/EC, this Directive shall not apply to professions providing health care and social services, whether or not those services are provided within the framework of healthcare or social service establishments and regardless of the way in which they are organised and financed at national, regional and local level and independently from a provision by the public or the private (not-for-profit or commercial) sector.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 112 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. In order to protect public interest the Member States can exclude further professions from the scope of the directive in agreement with the social partners.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 124 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmight ensure that before introducing new legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions, or amending existing ones, the relevant competent authorities undertake an assessment of their proportionality in accordance with the rules laid down in this Directive.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 128 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Any provision referred to in paragraph 1 shallmight be accompanied by a detailed statementn explanation making it possible to appraise compliance with the principle of proportionality.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 135 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The reasons for considering that a provision is justified, necessary and proportionate shallmight be substantiated by qualitative and, wherever possible, quantitative evidence.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shallmight monitor the proportionality of legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions on a regular basis and with a frequency appropriate to the regulation concerned, having due regard to any developments that have occurred since the measure concerned was adopted.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 150 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The relevant competent authorities shall consider in particular whether those provisions are objectively justified on the basis of public policy, public security or public health, or by overriding reasons in the public interest, such as preserving the financial equilibrium of the social security system, the high protection of consumers, recipients of services and workers, the protection of the workers’ rights, the workers participation and the systems of self government, the safeguarding of the proper administration of justice, the protection of vocational training, fairness of trade transactions, combating fraud and prevention of tax evasion and avoidance, road transport safety, the protection of the environment and the urban environment, the health of animals, intellectual property, the safeguarding and conservation of the national historic and artistic heritage, social policy objectives and cultural policy objectives. This list is not exhaustive.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 162 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Referring to public interests Member States may take protective measures if there is uncertainty about the extent or existence of risks without those risks becoming fully apparent.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 167 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Before introducing new legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions, or amending existing ones, Member States shallmight assess whether those provisions are necessary and suitable for securing the attainment of the objective pursued and do not go beyond what is necessary to attain that objective.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 172 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. When assessing the necessity and the proportionality of the provisions, the relevant competent authorities shallmight consider in particular:
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 177 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the nature of the risks related to the public interest objectives pursued, in particular the risks to consumers, to professionals or third parties; the definition of public interest is part of the Member States authority;
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 189 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the necessity of the provision and in particular whether existing rules of a specific or more general nature, such as product safety legislation or consumer protection law, are insufficient to protect the objective pursued;
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 239 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. For the purposes of paragraph 2(k), the relevant competent authorities shall assess in particular the cumulative effect of imposing any of the following requirements:deleted
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 247 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) reserved activities, existing alongside protected professional title;deleted
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 252 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) continuous professional development requirements;deleted
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 255 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) rules relating to the organisation of the profession, professional ethics and supervision;deleted
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 259 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point d
(d) compulsory chamber membership, registration or authorisation schemes, in particular where those requirements imply the possession of a particular professional qualification;deleted
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 263 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point e
(e) quantitative restrictions, in particular requirements limiting the number of authorisations to practise, or fixing a minimum or a maximum number of employees, managers or representatives holding particular professional qualifications;deleted
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 266 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point f
(f) specific legal form requirements or requirements which relate to the shareholding or management of a company, to the extent those requirements are directly linked to the exercise of the regulated profession;deleted
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 268 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point g
(g) territorial restrictions, in particular where the profession is regulated in parts of a Member State’s territory in a different manner;deleted
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 272 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point h
(h) requirements restricting the exercise of a regulated profession jointly or in partnership, as well as incompatibility rules;deleted
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 274 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point i
(i) requirements concerning insurance cover or other means of personal or collective with regard to professional liability;deleted
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 279 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point j
(j) language knowledge requirements, to the extent necessary to practise the profession.deleted
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 289 #

2016/0404(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Member States shall, by appropriate means, inform citizens, service recipients, representative associations and relevant stakeholders other than the members of the professionIt lays within the competence of the Member States' authority to define who takes part in law and regulation making processes. Member States shall, by appropriate means, inform participants before introducing new legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions, or amending existing ones, and give them the opportunity to make known their views. Participants can be service recipients, other relevant stakeholders as well as social partners.
2017/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2016/0403(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs calls on the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal.
2017/11/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2016/0402(COD)

Proposal for a directive
The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs calls on the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal.
2017/10/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2016/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Workers’ representatives should be given a whistleblower role with regard to the state of health of their company. In addition, the use of expert evaluations as part of restructuring plans should be guaranteed and promoted, particularly evaluations relevant to buy-outs of companies by their employees.
2017/06/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 97 #

2016/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) To ensure that rights which are substantially similar are treated equitably and that restructuring plans can be adopted without unfairly prejudicing the rights of affected parties, affected parties should be treated in separate classes which reflect the class formation criteria under national law. As a minimum, secured and unsecured creditors should always be treated in separate classes. National law may provide that secured claims may be divided into secured and unsecured claims based on collateral valuation. National law may also stipulate specific rules supporting class formation where non-diversified or otherwise especially vulnerable creditors, such as workers or small suppliers, would benefit from such class formation. Workers should, at all events, be given preferential treatment and special consideration as potential buyers. National laws should in any case ensure that adequate treatment is given to matters of particular importance for class formation purposes, such as claims from connected parties, and should contain rules that deal with contingent claims and contested claims. The judicial or administrative authority should examine class formation when a restructuring plan is submitted for confirmation, but Member States could stipulate that such authorities may also examine class formation at an earlier stage should the proposer of the plan seek validation or guidance in advance.
2017/06/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 160 #

2016/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall ensure that workers’ representatives are in a position to have recourse to an expert funded by the undertaking, giving access to relevant, up-to-date, clear, concise and user- friendly information regarding the situation of the business and the different restructuring policies being envisaged, including transfer to worker ownership;
2017/06/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 167 #

2016/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall introduce specific provisions placing workers in a position, prior to restructuring, to consider the possibility of a cooperative buyout, a process that would include entering into negotiations with creditors, administrators, experts, financial institutions, trade unions and the authorities concerned, so as to create every opportunity for a viable and sustainable takeover that would not simply be considered as a last resort. Member States shall ensure that the necessary legal provisions are in place for worker buyouts and the creation of cooperatives in this and other instances. Public financing should be secured, through the cohesion funds for example, to assist projects ahead of restructuring, as well as mechanisms for the direct funding of cooperative worker buyouts.
2017/06/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 183 #

2016/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Paragraph 2 shall not apply to workers' outstanding claims except if and to the extent that Member States ensure by other means that the payment of such claims is guaranteed at a level of protection at least equivalent to that provided for under the relevant national law transposing Directive 2008/94/EC.
2017/06/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 196 #

2016/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. A general stay covering all creditors shall prevent the opening of insolvency procedures at the request of one or more creditors, with the exception of procedures requested by the workers under Article 6(3).
2017/06/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 210 #

2016/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) an assessment of the employability and the individual and collective skills of the employees affected by the plan.
2017/06/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 212 #

2016/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The rights and claims of employees shall not be affected by restructuring plans.
2017/06/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 215 #

2016/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall ensure that workers’ representatives are able to appoint an expert of their choice, funded by the business, to give prior consideration to the causes and consequences for the viability of the business, employment, and pay, and that they are able to make proposals in the context of the information and consultation process (Directive 2002/14/EC).
2017/06/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 231 #

2016/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall ensure that, where the bids received are equal, preferential rights are accorded to the workers in order to place them in the best position to make a takeover bid should their business be closed down.
2017/06/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 245 #

2016/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) any restructuring plan which is the subject of counter-proposals from the workers’ class, in particular to further those which include a change of shareholder supported by the workers’ class, or any restructuring plan making workers the future buyers.
2017/06/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
(60) It is important to allow Member States to request that resources allocated to them under shared implementation are transferred at Union level and implemented by the Commission in direct or indirect implementation, where possible for the benefit of the Member State concerned. This would optimise the use of these resources and of the instruments established under this Regulation or under sector specific Regulations including the EFSI Regulation, to which the Member States would request these resources to be transferred. In order to guarantee an efficient implementation of these instruments, it is necessary to foresee that where resources are transferred to instruments established under this Regulation or under sector specific Regulations including the EFSI Regulation, the rules of those regulations shall apply.deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 144
(144) It should be clarified that, where financial instruments are combined with other forms of support from the Union budget, the rules on financial instruments should apply. Such rules should be complemented, where applicable, by specific requirements stemming from the sector specific legislation.deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27
27. ‘financial instruments’ means Union measures of financial support provided from the budget in order to address one or more specific policy objectives of the Union. Such instruments may take the form of equity or quasi-equity investments, loans or guarantees, or other risk-sharing instruments, and may, where appropriate, be combined with other forms of financial support or with funds under shared implementation or EDF funds;
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 9
9. Resources allocated to Member States under shared implementation may also be used in combination with operations and instruments carried out under Regulation 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2015 on the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the European Investment Advisory Hub and the European Investment Project Portal and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013.deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2016/0282(COD)

Transfer of resources to instruments established under this Regulation or sector specific Regulations Resources allocated to Member States under shared implementation may, at their request, be transferred to instruments established under this Regulation or under sector specific Regulations. The Commission shall implement these resources in accordance with point (a) or (c) of Article 61(1), where possible for the benefit of the Member State concerned. In addition resources allocated to Member States under shared implementation may at their request be used to enhance the risk- bearing capacity of the EFSI. In such cases, EFSI rules shall apply.Article 125 deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 201 – paragraph 3
3. Where financial instruments are implemented under shunder ESI funds ared implementation with Member Statesed, sector specific rules apply, without prejudice to subparagraph 2 of Article 208(2).
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 208 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where a financial instrument is established for the purpose of implementing Article 39 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013with a contribution from a budgetary guarantee of the Union, this Title shall apply with the exception of Article 201(1). It shall be implemented in accordance with Article 61(1)(c).deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 210
Treatment of contributions under shared implementation 1. Separate records shall be kept for contributions to financial instruments established under this Section from funds under shared implementation. 2. Contributions from funds implemented under shared implementation shall be placed in separate accounts and used in accordance with the objectives of the respective funds to actions and final recipients consistent with the programme or programmes from which contributions are made. 3. As regards contributions from funds under shared implementation to financial instruments established under this Section, the sector specific rules shall apply. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Managing Authorities may rely on an existing ex-ante evaluation, carried out in accordance with point (h) of Article 202(1), prior to contributing to an existing financial instrument.Article 210 deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 263 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013
Article 5 – paragraph 2
1. in Article 5, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. The following indicative percentages shall apply on average over the whole period of the Programme to the axes set out in Article 3(1): (a) at least 18% to the Progress axis; (b) at least 18% to the EURES axis; (c) at least 18% to the Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis.’deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 263 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013
Article 14 – paragraph 1 and paragraph 2
2. Article 14 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. The Progress axis shall support actions in one or more of the thematic sections listed in points (a), (b) and (c). (a) employment, in particular to fight youth unemployment; (b) social protection, social inclusion and the reduction and prevention of poverty; (c) working conditions.’ ‘2. From the overall allocation for the Progress axis, a significant share shall be allocated to the promotion of social experimentation as a method for testing and evaluating innovative solutions with a view to up-scaling them.’deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 263 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013
Article 19
3. Article 19 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 19 Thematic sections and financing The EURES axis shall support actions in one or more of the thematic sections listed in points (a), (b) and (c): (a) transparency of job vacancies, applications and any related information for applicants and employers; (b) development of services for the recruitment and placing of workers in employment through the clearance of job vacancies and applications at Union level, in particular targeted mobility schemes; (c) cross-border partnerships.’deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 263 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013
Article 25
4. Article 25 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 25 Thematic sections and financing The Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis shall support actions in one or more of the thematic sections listed in points (a) and (b): (a) microfinance for vulnerable groups and micro-enterprises; (b) social entrepreneurship.’deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 263 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013
Article 32
4 b. Article 32 is amended as follows: "Article 32 Work Programmes 1. The Commission shall adopt implementingdelegated acts laying down work programmes covering the three axes. Those implementingdelegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 36(3)4. The work programmes shall, where relevant, be for a three-year rolling period and shall contain a description of the actions to be financed, the procedures for selecting actions to be supported by the Union, the geographic coverage, the target audience and an indicative implementation time frame. The work programmes shall also include an indication of the amount allocated to each specific objective, as well as annual allocations to the three axes of the Programme and to their sections, and shall reflect the re-allocation of funds in accordance with Article 33. The work programmes shall reinforce the coherence of the Programme by indicating the links between the three axes." 2. In order to ensure greater transparency and accountability, the competent committee of the European Parliament may invite the Commission to appear before the committee to discuss a draft work programme referred to in paragraph 1 before the adoption of a delegated act by the Commission laying down work programme." Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1296&from=EN)
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 263 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013
Article 33
5. Article 33 is deleted.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 263 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013
Article 34 – paragraphs 2, 3 and 5
5 b. Article 34, paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 are amended as follows: "Article 34 Exercise of the delegation 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 32 and in Article 33 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of seven years from 1 January 2014. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 32 and in Article 33 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 32 and Article 33 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council." Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1296&from=EN)
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 266 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013
Article 14
2. Article 14 is amended as follows: (a) Paragraph 2 is deleted. (b) Paragraph 4 is deleted.deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 266 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013
Annex 1 – paragraph (1) – subparagraph 4 – indent 3
- participants who live in jobless households*,deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 56 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 266 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013
Annex 1 – paragraph (1) – subparagraph 4 – indent 4
- participants who live in jobless households with dependent children*,deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 266 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013
Annex 1 – paragraph (1) – subparagraph 4 – indent 5
participants who live in a single adult household with dependent children*,deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 266 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013
Annex I – paragraph (1) – paragraph 5
The data on participants under the two first above indicators will be provided in the annual implementation reports as specified in Article 50(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. The data on participants under the last threetwo first above indicators will be provided in the reports as specified in Article 50(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. The data of the five indicators above shall be collected based on a representative sample of participants within each investment priority. Internal validity shall be ensured in such a way that the data can be generalised at the level of the investment priority.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 271 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013
Article 6 – Paragraph 2
2. By way of derogation from Article 2, applicant Member States may provide personalised services co-financed by the EGF to up to a number of NEETs under the age of 25, or where Member States so decide under the age of 30, on the date of submission of the application, equal to the number of targeted beneficiaries, as a priority to persons made redundant or whose activity has ceased, provided that at least some of the redundancies within the meaning of Article 3 occur in NUTS 2 level regions that had youth unemployment rates for young persons aged 15 to 24 of more than 25 % in 2012 and, for Member States where the youth unemployment rate had increased by more than 30 % in 2012, NUTS level 2 regions that had youth unemployment rates of more than 20 % in 20120 % in 2016. The support may be rendered to NEETs under the age of 25, or where Member States so decide under the age of 30, in those NUTS 2 level regions that had youth unemployment rates for young persons aged 15 to 24 of more than 25 % in 2012 and, for Member States where the youth unemployment rate had increased by more than 30 % in 2012, NUTS level 2 regions that had youth unemployment rates of more than 20 % in 20120 % in 2016.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 271 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Where the Commission has concluded that the conditions for providing a financial contribution from the EGF are met, it shall submit a proposal to mobilise it. The decision to mobilise the EGF shall be taken jointly by the European Parliament and the Council within one month of the referral to the European Parliament and to the Council. The Council shall act by a qualified majority and the European Parliament shall act by a majority of its component members and three fifths of the votes cast. In the event of disagreement, a trilogue procedure shall be initiated.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 253 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
(60) It is important to allow Member States to request that resources allocated to them under shared implementation are transferred at Union level and implemented by the Commission in direct or indirect implementation, where possible for the benefit of the Member State concerned. This would optimise the use of these resources and of the instruments established under this Regulation or under sector specific Regulations including the EFSI Regulation, to which the Member States would request these resources to be transferred. In order to guarantee an efficient implementation of these instruments, it is necessary to foresee that where resources are transferred to instruments established under this Regulation or under sector specific Regulations including the EFSI Regulation, the rules of those regulations shall apply.deleted
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 296 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 144
(144) It should be clarified that, where financial instruments are combined with other forms of support from the Union budget, the corresponding rules on financial instruments should apply. Such rules should be complemented, where applicable, by specific requirements stemming from theand sector -specific legislation should apply.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 329 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 178
(178) In view of optimising the use of the financial resources allocated to Member States under Cohesion policy, it is necessary to allow Member States to transfer ESI Funds allocation to instruments established under the Financial Regulation or under sector specific Regulations.deleted
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 369 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
7 a. " budget implementation" means a process including the stages of management, implementation, control and audit of Union financial resources, which involves the Commission and other actors depending on different methods of implementation;
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 370 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27
27. ‘financial instruments’ means Union measures of financial support provided from the budget, and from national co-financing in case of financial instruments under shared implementation, in order to address one or more specific policy objectives of the Union. Such instruments may take the form of equity or quasi-equity investments, loans or guarantees, or other risk-sharing instruments, and may, where appropriate, be combined with other forms of financial support or with funds under shared implementation, only in case sector specific rules for these funds exclusively provide possibility for such combination, or EDF funds;
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 374 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 29 a (new)
29 a. 'grant' means direct financial contribution by way of donation from the Union budget under direct implementation, shared implementation and indirect implementation;
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 380 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 51 a (new)
51 a. "sound financial management" means a principle of implementation of the Union budget in economical, efficient and effective way;
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 434 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Appropriations shall respectbe used and Union budget shall be implemented in accordance with the principle of sound financial management, and thus be implemented in accordance withrespecting the following principles:
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 481 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1
1. Where the budget is implemented under shared implementation tCommission implements the budget under shared implementation, implementation tasks shall be delegated to Member States. The Commission and the Member States shall respect the principles of sound financial managementimplementation, transparency and non- discrimination and shall ensure the visibility of Union action when they implement Union funds. To this end, the Commission and the Member States shall fulfil their respective control and audit obligations and assume the resulting responsibilities laid down in this Regulation. Complementary provisions shall be laid down in sector-specific rules.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 486 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 9
9. ROnly in case sector specific rules for Funds under shared implementation exclusively provide possibility for combination, resources allocated to Member States under shared implementation may also be used in combination with operations and instruments carried out under Regulation 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2015 on the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the European Investment Advisory Hub and the European Investment Project Portal and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013.
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 538 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 1
Resources allocated to Member States under shared implementation may, at their request, be transferred to instruments established under this Regulation or under sector specific Regulations. The Commission shall implement these resources in accordance with point (a) or (c) of Article 61(1), where possible for the benefit of the Member State concerned. In addition resources allocated to Member States under shared implementation may at their request be used to enhance the risk- bearing capacity of the EFSI. In such cases, EFSI rules shall apply.deleted
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 639 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 210
Article 210 Treatment of contributions under shared implementation 1. Separate records shall be kept for contributions to financial instruments established under this Section from funds under shared implementation. 2. Contributions from funds implemented under shared implementation shall be placed in separate accounts and used in accordance with the objectives of the respective funds to actions and final recipients consistent with the programme or programmes from which contributions are made. 3. As regards contributions from funds under shared implementation to financial instruments established under this Section, the sector specific rules shall apply. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Managing Authorities may rely on an existing ex-ante evaluation, carried out in accordance with point (h) of Article 202(1), prior to contributing to an existing financial instrument.deleted
2017/04/18
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 40 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The extended EFSI should address remaining market failures and sub-optimal investment situations and continue to mobilise private sector financing in investments crucial for Europe’s future quality job creation – including for the youth –, inclusive growth and competitiveness, enhancing the social and employment impact, with strengthened additionality. They include investments in the areas of energy, environment and climate action, social and human capital and related infrastructure, healthcare, research and innovation, cross- border and sustainable transport, as well as the digital transformation. In particular, the contribution of operations supported by the EFSI to achieving the Union's ambitious targets set at the Paris Climate Conference (COP21) should be reinforced. Energy interconnection priority projects and energy efficiency projects should also be increasingly targeted. Moreover, social infrastructure related projects should be highly targeted. In addition, EFSI support to motorways should be avoided, unless it is needed to support private investment in transport in cohesion countries or in cross- border transport projects involving at least one cohesion country. For reasons of clarity, although they are already eligible, it should be explicitly laid down that projects in the fields of agriculture, fishery and aquaculture come within the general objectives eligible for EFSI support.
2017/02/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) In order to reinforce the take-up of the EFSI in less-developed and transition regions, the scope of the general objectives eligible for EFSI support should be enlarged, and a strategy for the better promotion of EFSI financing, capacity building and local technical assistance in the above mentioned regions should be developed and duly implemented.
2017/02/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The EIB and the EIF should ensure that all the final beneficiaries, including SMEs, are are duly informed of the existence of EFSI support, so as to enhance the visibility of the EU guarantee granted under Regulation (EU) 2015/1017.
2017/02/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 111 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) In the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy21 and the strengthening of economic governance, social indicators play an essential role in informing and supporting the Union’s key priorities for inclusive growth and job creation, social cohesion, the reduction of poverty, inequalities and social exclusion, skills, gender equality, mobility and the digital economy. In particular, social indicators must provide a sound statistical basis for developing and monitoring the policies introduced by the Union to address those priorities. __________________ 21 Communication from the Commission - EUROPE 2020 A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth COM (2010) 2020 of 3 March 2010.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) In view of this, social indicators should be of the necessary high quality, in particular in terms of their robustness, their timeliness, their relevance, their adaptability to new users’ requests, as well as their comparability and efficiency. It is essential to ensure gender- and age- segregated data collection, including for people over 74, in order to identify gender and age specific issues, thus allowing for a solid factual basis to assess progress with regard to gender equality and tackling gender and age-based discrimination.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 131 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) In 2011, the European Statistical System (ESS) endorsed in Wiesbaden its Memorandum on a New Conceptual Design for Household and Social Statistics. In its view, the European surveys that provide data relating to persons and households should be streamlined, and additional, less frequent microdata collections should be used to complement those core social surveys. Furthermore, there should be better access to administrative data, and the re-use of existing data sources and access to new data sources should be developed at national and EU level. Effective cooperation, in this regard, should be established for encouraging synergies and complementarity and for avoiding duplications between social statistical surveys carried out within ESS and beyond it by Union agencies and bodies; such cooperation should provide involvement of Union agencies and bodies in relevant activities for developing new statistical measures and indicators.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) In order to better streamline and rationalise the reference framework for European social statistics collected from samples, existing legal provisions for European statistics on persons and households based on data at individual level should be brought together under one framework. This would guarantee that the European social statistics collected fromion of samples including the domains of labour marketforce, income and living conditions, health status, education and training- participation of adults in lifelong learning and use of information and communication technologies would be undertaken in a consistent, coherent and coordinated way. This should ensure the provision of relevant data regarding unemployment, in particular youth unemployment, new employment trends, in particular in the context of digital economy, poverty, including child poverty, social exclusion, access to health care, access to ICT, skills development and participation in education activities, consumption expenditure and purchasing power, for purposes of better policy making.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 143 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The existing regulations dealing with social statistics data collection at individual level have been adopted to answer policy needs existing at the time of their adoption. Since then new social circumstances and phenomena have emerged, which will certainly change in the future. This Regulation should ensure an adequate coverage of present and future needs for social data. It is also essential that the content of the data collections is kept up to date with the needs of users and with technological changes. Therefore, flexibility for further evolution should be embedded in the legal architecture of this Regulation.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 147 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) Data collections in the domains of time use and consumption are currently carried out voluntarily by many Member States, on the basis of agreed general guidelines. These two domains including the collection of data should be modernised, so as to take full advantage of new technological advances. Data collections in these two domains should be organized in accordance with this Regulation so as to open possibilities and create opportunities for further developments in the future, ensuring data that are more timely and relevant, and produced more efficiently. In the meantime, the Member States' current approaches should not be changed.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 149 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Social statistics are no longer considered as just one of many sources of information for policy-making purposes, but instead play a central role in the decision-making processplay a central role in the decision-making process in particular for policies aiming to improve socio-economic conditions and the life and well-being of citizens by ensuring non-discrimination and gender equality. Evidence-based decision-making requires statistics that meet high-quality criteria, as set out in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council25 , in accordance with the purposes they are serving. __________________ 25 Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164).
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 152 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In Europe there is data collection at individual level other than the one established by this Regulation. It is conducted by other Union institutions, as well as the academic community. As these sources can have complementarities, synergies among them should be sought.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 162 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) In order to take account of economic, social and technical developments, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the detailed topics set out in Annex I. The Commission should also have the power to put in place or adapt the eight-year multiannual rolling planning for the collection of data covered by this Regulation in accordance with the periodicity specified in Annex IV and in accordance with the European Statistical Programme. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations are conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 165 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) Implementation of this Regulation could require major adaptations toin the national statistical systems, and the Commission may therefore grant derogations to Member States. In order to facilitated the implementation of this Regulation financial contributions from the Union budget should be provided to Member States in the form of grants.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 169 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) The European social statistics collected from samples and the data collection process should become more efficient and relevant. The comparability and coherence of the data in the long run should be ensured. European statistics on persons and households based on data at individual level collected from samples are currently regulated in a number offive separate legislative acts which should be completely or partially replaced by this Regulation. It is therefore necessary to repeal Council Regulation (EC) No 577/9831 and Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 are covered in their totality by this Regulation and it is therefore necessary to repeal them. Regulation (EC) No 808/200432a concerning Community statistics on the information society, Regulation (EC) No 1338/200832b on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work and Regulation (EC) No 452/200832c concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning, cover other statistical units besides individuals and households, as well as other domains and topics besides those covered by this Regulation. While these three regulations should be maintained they should be amended in order to exclude from their scope the respective parts dealing with the collection of data from individuals and households which are covered by this Regulation. __________________ 31 Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community (OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3). 32 Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003 concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) (OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 1). 32aRegulation (EC) No 808/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004concerning Community statistics on the information society (OJ L 143, 30.4.2004, p. 49) 32bRegulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work (OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 70) 32cRegulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning (OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 227)
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 173 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
(–a) 'microdata' means non-aggregated observations or measurements of characteristics of individual units;
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 181 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) 'private household' means a person living alone or a group of people who live together in the same private dwelling and share expenditures, including the joint provision of the essentials of living;
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 183 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) labour marketforce,
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 185 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The data sets for all domains shall cover common detailed topics to the following topics, as further detailed in Annex I: (a) technical items; (b) person and household characteristics; (c) labour market participation; (d) educational attainment and background; (e) income. For some domains data sets shall cover additional detailed topics to these topics, which are specific for a particular domain.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 186 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The data sets shall coverIn addition to the common topics common to all domains in addition tolisted in paragraph 1a, the data sets shall cover the following specific topics, as further detailed in Annex I:
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 187 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) person and household characteristics,deleted
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 188 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) labour market participation,deleted
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 190 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) educational attainment and background,deleted
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 192 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) income, consumption and wealth, including debts,
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 200 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 to amend the detailed topics listed in Annex I so as to reflect relevant technical, social and economic developments and respond to the new needs of users and in accordance with the European Statistical Programme. In exercising this power, the Commission shall ensure that:
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 203 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 to establish or adapt a multiannual rolling planning for eight years for the collection of data covered by this Regulation, in accordance with the periodicity specified in Annex IV and in accordance with the European Statistical Programme. The Commission shall ensure that such delegated acts do not impose a significant additional burden or cost on the Member States or on the respondents.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 205 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ad hoc subjects requested by the users, for the labour marketforce and income and living conditions domains, as provided for in Annex IV. In exceptional and justified cases, these data may cover detailed topics other than those listed in Annex I.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 207 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission ishall be empowered to adopt implementdelegated acts ing acts for the purpose ofcordance with Article 15 to specifying the following technical items of the individual data sets, in order to cover the needs, identified in the relevant detailed topics:
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 209 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the number, title and description of variables;
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 210 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the statistical classifications;deleted
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 213 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the requirements relating to geographical coverage, sample features including subsampling, technical aspects of the fieldwork, editing and imputation, weighting, estimation and variance estimation;deleted
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 214 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) where necessary to achieve a high level of comparability for employment and unemployment data in the labour market domain, the methodology to be used to collect the data. This may include, where necessary, the order and placing of the questions in the questionnaire. This necessity shall be duly justified.deleted
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 217 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, specify the following technical items of the individual data sets: (a) the statistical classifications; (b) the requirements relating to geographical coverage, sample features including subsampling, technical aspects of the fieldwork, editing and imputation, weighting, estimation and variance estimation; (c) the methodology to be used to collect data for employment and unemployment in the labour force domain and for material deprivation in the income and living conditions domain, including the order and placing of the questions in the questionnaire, where necessary to achieve a high level of comparability.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 222 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. For the data sets on monthly unemployment relating to the labour marketforce domain, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt implementing acts for the purpose of describing the variables and the length, quality requirements and level of detail of the time series to be transmitted.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 236 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where relevant for Union purposes the Commission shall facilitate access to NSI sampling frames for non- ESS surveys.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 239 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
In order to improve the data sets, the Commission (Eurostat) shall, where necessary, institute and Member States shall cooperate in severaland participate a in limited number of representative feasibility and pilot studies, which in particular, will aim to improve quality includingand comparability of statistical data, to contribute to modernising the consumption and time use domains, to explore and implement new ways of improving responsiveness to users' needs, to better integrate the collection of data and the use of other data sources, and to make data collection in Member States more efficient, taking into account technological developmentsdomains and data collection methods, taking into account technological developments; the participation of Member States in feasibility and pilot studies shall be arranged according to their preferences and possibilities to take part in such studies, by them choosing a limited number of studies from a list established by the Commission in the multiannual rolling planning as provided in Article 4(1).
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 244 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission (Eurostat) shall, where relevant, invite Union Agencies which carry out non-ESS European social surveys to contribute to the development of new indicators and the collection of pilot data on ad-hoc subjects (as per Annex IV) or subjects of future interest for ESS.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 245 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a Access for scientific purposes to confidential data The Commission (Eurostat) may grant access on its premises to confidential data or release sets of anonymised micro-data from the data sets sources for the domains as listed in Article 3, for scientific purposes and under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EU) No 557/2013.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 247 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the development and/or implementation of data collections or data collection methods for social statistics, including sampling frames, during the first four yearscycle of the collection of the data sets for each domain covered by this Regulation;
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 248 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) developing methodologies, including participation in the feasibility and pilot studies referred to in Article 13;
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 250 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The Union financial contribution shall be provided in accordance with Article 7 of Regunder the Mulation (EU) No 99/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 , Article 16(1) (a) of Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council35 , Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council36 , Article 58 of Regulation 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council37 , or Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 282/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council38 . __________________ 34Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 onannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 shall be provided in accordance with corresponding regulations regarding the European sStatistical pProgramme 2013-17 (OJ L 39, 9.2.2013, p. 12). 35Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on a, the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation ("EaSI") and amending Decision No 283/2010/EU establishing a European Progress Microfinance Facility for employment and social inclusion (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 238) 36Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 104). 37Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006(OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320). 38 Regulation (EU) No 282/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 on the establishment of a third Programme for the Union's action in the field of health (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1350/2007/EC (OJ L 86, 21.3.2014, p. 1)), Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020), the Third Programme for the Union's action in the field of health (2014-2020) and the Structural Reform Support Programme.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 251 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall include in its proposal for the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework commitments for EU budget financial support with regard to the implementation of this Regulation as provided in Paragraph 1.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 260 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 808/2004
Article 4 and Annex II
Article 17a Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 Regulation (EU) No 808/2004 is hereby amended as follows: (1) Article 4 is replaced by the following: "Article 4 Modules The modules in this Regulation shall cover the domain enterprises and the information society, as defined in Annex I." (2) Annex II is deleted
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 261 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008
Article 2 and Annex I
Article 17b Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 is hereby amended as follows: (1) Article 2 is replaced by the following: "Article 2 Scope Member States shall supply to the Commission (Eurostat) statistics on the following domains: – health care, as defined in Annex II, – causes of death, as defined in Annex III, – accidents at work, as defined in Annex IV, – occupational diseases and other work-related health problems and illnesses, as defined in Annex V." (2) Annex I is deleted.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 262 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 c (new)
Regulation (EC) No 452/2008
Article 3 and Annex
Article 17c Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 is hereby amended as follows: (1) Article 3 is replaced by the following: "Article 3 Domains This Regulation shall apply to the production of statistics in two domains: (a) Domain 1 shall cover statistics on education and training systems; (b) Domain 2 shall cover other statistics on education, such as statistics on human capital and on the social and economic benefits of education, not covered by Domain 1 and by Regulation XXX/XXXX* ; The production of statistics in those domains shall be carried out in accordance with the Annex." (2) In the Annex, Domain 2: Participation of adults in lifelong learning is deleted. __________________ *OJ: please insert the reference to Regulation (2016/0264(COD)
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 295 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Sample characteristics of the Labour MarketForce domain shall include:
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 297 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1
1. For the Labour MarketForce domain, the data sets shall consist of information collected quarterly, annually, biennially and every 8 years. Data on variables relating to ad-hoc subjects shall be collected every four years.
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 302 #

2016/0264(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1 – introductory part
1. For the Labour MarketForce domain, the Member States shall transmit :
2017/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) As the three so-called tripartite Agencies - Cedefop, the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound) and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) - address issues related to the labour market, working environment and vocational education and training and skills, close coordination among the three Agencies is required and the ways to enhance efficiency and synergies should be exploited. In addition, where relevant, the Agency should seek to engage in efficient cooperation with the European Commission'srelevant in-house research capacities of the EU institutions.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The tripartite nature of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound), and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) represents a comprehensive approach based on social dialogue between social partners, European and national authorities, which is extremely valuable in terms of finding joint and sustainable solutions.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) In any procurement activities, the Agency should respect environmental, labour and social high-quality standards, as well as high-level of transparency, and fair competition rules.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The objective of the Agency shall be to assist the Commission incontribute to the shaping and implementing of vocational education and training andpolicy, skills and qualifications policies, at the Union level. To this end the Agency shall provide evidence and services for policy making and knowledge sharing amongst and between Union and national actors, in particular governments and social partners.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Agency shall participate in all public tenders organized by the European Commission in its fields of expertise with respect to rules of transparency, fair competition and social rights.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 56 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) three independent experts appointed by the European Parliament;
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
All members referred to in points (a)-(da) shall have voting rights.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The members referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) shall be appointed by the Council on the basis of lists of candidates submitted by the Member States, the European employers’ and employees’ organisations respectively. The Commission shall appoint the members who are to represent it. The European Parliament shall appoint the independent experts who are to represent it, after checking by its legal services that they have no conflict of interest.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Member States, the Commission, the Parliament, and the social partners, when appointing their respective representatives in the Management Board, shall ensure a balanced representation between men and women, so that no gender exceeds 60% of the representation.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Each member of the Management Board shall have an alternate. The alternate shall represent the member in his/her absence, while respecting the gender balance rule laid down in paragraph 1a. The alternates shall be appointed following the procedure as provided for in the first paragraphparagraphs 1 and 1a.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The term of office for members and their alternates shall be four years. That term shall be extendablrenewable once. Upon the expiry of their term of office or in the event of their resignation, members shall remain in office until their appointments are renewed or until they are replaced.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Within the Management Board, the representatives of governments, employers' organisations and employees' organisations shall each form a group. Each group shall designate a coordinator in order to enhance the efficiency of deliberations within and between the groups. The coordinators of the employers' and employees' groups shall be representatives of their respective organisations at European level and do not need to be designated from among the appointed Board members. Coordinators who are not appointed Board members within the meaning of paragraph 1 shall take part in Management Board meetings without the right to vote. All parties shall aim to achieve a balanced representation between men and women when designating their coordinators.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 80 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) give generalstrategic orientation for the Agency's activities and adopt each year the Agency's programming document by a majority of two-thirds of members entitled to vote and in accordance with Article 6;
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) in accordance with paragraph 2, exercise, with respect to the staff of the Agency, the powers conferred by the Staff Regulations on the Appointing Authority and by the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants on the Authority Empowered to Conclude a Contract of Employment ("the appointing authority powers");deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) appoint the Executive Director and where relevant extendrenew the term of office or remove the Executive Director from office in accordance with Article 18;
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) take all decisions on the establishment of the Agency's internal structures and, where necessary, their modification, taking into consideration the Agency's activity needs as well as having regard to sound budgetary management;deleted
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 89 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Management Board shall adopt, iIn accordance with Article 110 of the Staff Regulations, a decisiond based on Article 2(1) of the Staff Regulations and on Article 6 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, delegating relevant appointing authority powers to the Executive Director andare conferred to the Executive Director. The Executive Director shall be authorised to sub-delegate those powers. The Management Board shall defininge the conditions under which this delegation of powers can be suspended. The Executive Director shall be authorised to sub- delegate those powersese powers can be exceptionally and temporarily suspended.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 99 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The Management Board shall elect a Chairperson and three Deputy Chairpersons as follows – one from amongst the members representing Member States, one from amongst the members representing employers' organisations, one from amongst the members representing employees' organisations and one from amongst the members representing the CommissionEuropean Union's institutions - the Commission and the Parliament. The Chairperson and the Deputy Chairpersons shall be elected by a majority of two-thirds of members of the Management Board with voting rights.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 100 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When electing the Chairperson and the three Deputy Chairpersons, the Management Board shall ensure a strict balanced representation of 50% between men and women as a whole.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Where necessary, because of urgency, the Executive Board may take certain provisional decisions on behalf of the Management Board, in particular on administrative management matters, including the suspension of the delegation of the appointing authority powers, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 5 (2) when they concur, and budgetary matters
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 106 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. The Executive Board shall be composed of the Chairperson of the Management Board, the three Deputy Chairpersons, the coordinators of the three groups referred to in Article 4(5) and one representative of the Commission and one representative of the European Parliament. Each group referred to in Article 4(5) may designate up to two alternates to attend the meetings of the Executive Board, in the absence of the full members, aiming to achieve a balanced representation between men and women when designate alternates. The Chairperson of the Management Board shall also be the Chairperson of the Executive Board. The Executive Director shall take part in the meetings of the Executive Board, but shall not have the right to vote.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. The term of office of members of the Executive Board shall be two years. That term shall be extendablrenewable once. The term of office of members of the Executive Board shall end when their membership of the Management Board ends.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point j
(j) preparing the Agency's draft statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure and implementing its budget., as part of the Agency's programming document;
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 120 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point j a (new)
(ja) taking decisions on the establishment and management of the Agency's internal structures and, where necessary, their modification, after submitting the decision to the Management Board, and taking into consideration the Agency's activity needs as well as having regard to sound budgetary management;
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 122 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point j b (new)
(jb) in accordance with Article 5 (2), exercising, with respect to the staff of the Agency, the powers conferred by the Staff Regulations on the Appointing Authority and by the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants on the Authority Empowered to Conclude a Contract of Employment ("the appointing authority powers").
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 126 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. The Executive Director shall also be responsible for deciding whether it is necessary for the purpose of carrying out the Agency's tasks in an efficient and effective manner to establish one or more localliaison offices in one or more Member StateBrussels to enhance the Agency´s cooperation with the relevant Union institutions. That decision requires the prior consent of the Commission, the Management Board and the Member State where the local office is to be established. That decision shall specify the scope of the activities to be carried out at that local office in a manner that avoids unnecessary costs and duplication of administrative functions of the Agency.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 128 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The Executive Director may appoint a Deputy Director with the vote of the Management Board. The Deputy Director shall be selected from amongst the senior Cedefop staff and his/her mandate shall terminate at the same time as the mandate of the Executive Director, or for disciplinary reasons with the approval of the Management Board. The appointment shall be made after consulting the Executive Board. The Executive Director shall justify the need for appointing a Deputy Director, as well allocate proper resources. The duties of the Deputy Director should be clearly defined, they should only refer to managing the day to day business of the Agency, and should be approved by the Executive Board following proposals from the Executive Director. The Deputy Director shall attend the meetings of the Management Board and the Executive Board.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 132 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Management Board, from a list of candidates proposed by the Commission, following an open and transparent selection procedurafter obtaining the consent of the Management Board which must be involved in the process of short-listing the candidates, and following an open and transparent selection procedure. Once appointed the new Executive Director will attend upon invitation to an exchange of views in the competent European Parliament Committee.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. The Management Board, acting on a proposal from the Commission that takes into account the assessment referred to in paragraph 3, may extendrenew the term of office of the Executive Director once, for no more than five years.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 135 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. An Executive Director whose term of office has been extendrenewed may not participate in another selection procedure for the same post at the end of the overall period.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 138 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. In each of the Member States tThe Agency shall enjoy the most extensive legal capacity accorded to legal persons under their laws of the Member State where they reside. It may, in particular, acquire and dispose of movable and immovable property and be party to legal proceedings.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 143 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. The translation services required for the functioning of the Agency shall be provided by the Translation Centre of the bodies of the European Union but may also be provided by external service providers respecting environmental, labour and social high-quality standards, as well as high-level of transparency, and fair competition rules, and under the condition that the services outsourced are not more expensive than those provided by the Translation Centre.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 147 #

2016/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission considers that the continuation of the Agency is no longer justified with regard to its assigned objectives, mandate and tasks, it may propose that this Regulation be amended accordingly or repealed. Such proposal shall only be made after a detailed assessment and after informing and consulting the European Parliament, the Member States and the social partners.
2017/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound) was established by Regulation (EEC) No 1365/753 to contribute to the planning and establishment of better living and working conditions through action designed to increase and disseminate knowledge likely to assist this development. The main aim of Eurofound must be to provide Union institutions, national governments and social partners with specialized and added-value information in its area of expertise. _________________ 3 Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75 of the Council of 26 May 1975 on the creation of a European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (OJ L 139, 30.5.1975, p.1).
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The Agency should be governed and operated in line with the principles of the Joint Statement of the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on decentralised agencies of 19 July 2012 to the extent possible. This proposal therefore does not prejudge any further amendments to the Founding Regulation of Eurofound which the Commission may wish to propose following further evaluation, as provided for in this act or on its own initiative. The Commission will evaluate the objectives, mandate, governance and tasks of all EU Agencies acting in the field of labour market, working conditions, vocational education and training and skills.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2016/0256(COD)

(5) As the three so-called tripartite agencies, -the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound), the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP)edefop)- address issues related to the labour market and working environment and vocational education and training and skills, even closer coordination among the three Agencies is required andso that the work of the Agencies complements each other where they have similar fields of interest, while boosting tools currently working such as, for instance, their existing Memorandum of Understanding, while ways to enhance efficiency and synergies should be exploited. In addition, where relevant, the Agency should seek to engage in efficient cooperation with the European Commissinstitutions in-house research capacities.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The tripartite nature of the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound), the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), is a high-worth expression of a comprehensive approach based on social dialogue between social partners with European and national authorities, extremely valuable in terms of finding joint and sustainable solutions in social and economics terms.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 56 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) There are already organisations at international, EU and national level providing analysis and knowledge on social, employment and work related policies (such as the Economic and Social Committees or the International Labour Organization). In order to obtain the maximum benefit, it is appropriate that Eurofound establish links with national bodies (tripartite where possible). It is also important that the Agency has very close functional links with the EU Committees on Employment (EMCO) and Social Protection (SPC), to ensure coordination and synergies, and that cooperates with the ILO, OECD and the European institutions’ in-house research capacities, in areas of common interest.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) the Agency must introduce in any procurement activities, including translations, environmental, labour and social criteria in order to guarantee high- quality standards;
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) analyse trends in living and working conditions and, labour market developments and social exclusion, including vulnerable groups as children, people with disabilities or ethnic minorities;
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Before commissioning an external organisation to undertake studies in the Agency’s areas of expertise, the Union institutions shall consult the Agency in order to check its availability and proceed with the allocation of resources for this purpose to the Agency.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 73 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. In carrying out its tasks, the Agency shall maintain a close dialogue particularly with specialised bodies at national level but also in the international sphere, e.g. the International Labor Organization (ILO) or the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), whether public or private, public authorities and workers’ and employers’ organisations. The Agency, without prejudice to its own aims, shall ensure cooperation with other European Union Agencies aimed at avoiding overlaps and promoting synergy and complementarity in their activities, including the possibility of working jointly, in particular with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training and, where relevant, with other EU Agencies.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an Executive Director and a Deputy Director who shall exercise the responsibilities set out in Article 11. and 11 a respectively
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) one member representingative of the Government from each Member State;
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) one member representingative of the employers’ organiszations from each Member State;
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) one member representingative of the employees’ organiszations from each Member State;
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) three members representingatives of the Commission.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) three independent experts appointed by the European Parliament;
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 93 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
All members referred to in points (a)-(da) shall have voting rights.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The members referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) shall be appointed by the Council on the basis of lists of candidates submitted by the Member States, the European employers’ and employees’ organiszations respectively. The Commission shall appoint the members who are to represent it. The European Parliament shall appoint the independent experts who are to represent it, after checking by its legal services that they have no conflict of interest.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 97 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. When appointing their respective representatives, the Council, the Commission and the Parliament shall ensure a balanced representation between men and women on the Management Board, so that no gender exceeds 60% of the representation in each of the four groups - governments, employers, employees and European Union institutions - represented on the Management Board.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Each member of the Management Board shall have an alternate. The alternate shall represent the member in his/her absence, while respecting the gender balance rule laid down in paragraph 1a. The alternate shall be appointed following the procedure as provided for in the first paragraphparagraphs 1 and 1a.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 100 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Members of the Management Board and their alternates shall be appointed in light of their knowledge in the field of social and work-related policies, taking into account relevant managerial, administrative and budgetary skills. All parties represented in the Management Board shall make efforts to limit turnover of their representatives, in order to ensure continuity of the board’s work. All parties shall aim to achieve a balanced representation between men and women on the Management Board.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 106 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The term of office for members and their alternates shall be four years to ensure continuity of the Board’s work. That term shall be extendablrenewable only once. Upon the expiry of their term of office or in the event of their resignation, members shall remain in office until their appointments are renewed or until they are replaced.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 109 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Within the Management Board, the representatives of governments, employers’ organisations and employees’ organisations shall each form a group. Each group shall designate a coordinator in order to enhance the efficiency of the deliberations within and between the groups. The coordinators of the employers’ and employees’ groups shall be representatives of their respective organisations at European level and do not need to be designated from among the appointed Board members. Coordinators who are not appointed Board members within the meaning of paragraph 1 shall take part in the Management Board meetings without the right to vote. All parties shall aim to achieve a balanced representation between men and women when designating their coordinators.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) in accordance with paragraph 2, exercise, with respect to the staff of the Agency, the powers conferred by the Staff Regulations on the Appointing Authority and by the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants on the Authority Empowered to Conclude a Contract of Employment (“the appointing authority powers”);deleted
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 121 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) appoint the Executive Director and the Deputy Director, ensuring a strict gender balanced representation between them, and where relevant extend the term of office or remove bothe Executive Director from office in accordance with Article 19;
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 122 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) appoint the Executive Director and where relevant extendrenew the term of office or remove the Executive Director from office in accordance with Article 19;
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 124 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) take allextraordinary decisions on the establishment of the Agency’s internal structures and, where necessary, their modification, taking into consideration the Agency’s activity needs as well as having regard to sound budgetary mn these might have an important impact or might imply a relevant chanagement.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 128 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Management Board shall adopt, iIn accordance with Article 110 of the Staff Regulations, a decisiond based on Article 2(1) of the Staff Regulations and on Article 6 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, delegating relevant appointing authority powers are conferred to the Executive Director and. The Management Board shall defininge the conditions under which this delegation of powers can be suspended. The Executive Director shall be authorised to sub- delegate those powerspowers can be exceptionally and temporarily suspended.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 129 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where exceptional circumstances so require, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the previous subparagraph when they concur, the Management Board may, by way of a decisiona majority of two-thirds of the members entitled to vote, exceptionally and temporarily, suspend the delegation of the appointing authority powers conferred to the Executive Director and those sub-delegated by the latter and exercise them itself or delegate them to one of its members or to a staff member other than the Executive Director.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 138 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The Management Board shall elect a Chairperson and three Deputy Chairpersons as follows – one from amongst the members representing Member States, one from amongst the members representing employers’ organisations, one from amongst the members representing employees’ organisations and one from amongst the members representing the CommissionEuropean Union’s institutions -the Commission and the Parliament. The Chairperson and the Deputy Chairpersons shall be elected by a majority of two-thirds of members of the Management Board with voting rights.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 139 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Management Board, when electing the Chairperson and the three Deputy Chairpersons, shall ensure a strict balanced representation of 50% between men and women as a whole.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 140 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The Management Board shall hold one ordinary meeting a year. In addition, it shall meet on the initiative of its Chairperson, at the request of either the Commission or the Parliament, or at the request of at least one-third of its members.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 142 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. The Management Board may invite any person whose opinion may be of interest to attend its meetings as an observer, in particular those third-country States in the European Economic Area that participate in the Agency’s activities.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 146 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Where necessary, because of urgency, the Executive Board may take certain provisional decisions on behalf of the Management Board, in particular on administrative management matters, including the suspension of the delegation of the appointing authority powers, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 5 (2) when they concur, and budgetary matters.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 147 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. The Executive Board shall be composed of the Chairperson of the Management Board, the three Deputy Chairpersons, the coordinators of the three groups as referred to in Article 4 (5) and one representative of, one more representative of each group and one representative from each European Union institution, the Parliament and the Commission. Each group referred to in Article 4 (5) may designate up to two alternates to attend the meetings of the Executive Board, aiming the absence of the full membero achieve a balanced representation between men and women when designate alternates. The Chairperson of the Management Board shall also be the Chairperson of the Executive Board. The Executive Director shall take part in the meetings of the Executive Board, but shall not have the right to vote.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 149 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. The term of office of members of the Executive Board shall be two years. That term shall be extendablrenewable only once. The term of office of members of the Executive Board shall end when their membership of the Management Board ends.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 154 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – section 3 – title
Section 3: Executive Director and Deputy Director
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 159 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point a a (new)
(aa) taking ordinary decisions on the establishment of the Agency’s internal structures and, where necessary, their modification, taking into consideration the Agency’s activity needs as well as having regard to sound budgetary management, after submitting her/his decision to the Management Board;
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 160 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point a b (new)
(ab) in accordance with Article 5 (2), exercising, with respect to the staff of the Agency, the powers conferred by the Staff Regulations on the Appointing Authority and by the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants on the Authority Empowered to Conclude a Contract of Employment (“the appointing authority powers”);
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 165 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point j
(j) preparing the Agency’s draft statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure and implementing its budget, as part of the Agency’s programming document.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 170 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. The Executive Director shall also be responsible for deciding whether it is necessary for the purpose of carrying out the Agency’s tasks in an efficient and effective manner to establish one or more localliaison offices in one or more Member StateBrussels to further the Agency´s cooperation with the relevant Union institutions. That decision requires the prior consent of Commission, the Management Board and the Member State where the local office is to be established. That decision shall specify the scope of the activities to be carried out that that local office in a manner that avoids unnecessary costs and duplication of administrative functions of the Agency.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 172 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a Responsibilities of the Deputy Director 1. The Deputy Director shall assist the Executive Director supporting his/her internal and external functions and complementing his/her activities in a narrow collaboration and close coordination with the Executive Director. 2. The Deputy Director shall attend the meetings of the Management Board and the Executive Board. 3. Article 19 shall apply to the Deputy Director.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 175 #

2016/0256(COD)

ExecutiveRules applying to the Executive Director and, mutatis mutandis, to the Deputy Director
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 176 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Management Board, from a list of candidates proposed by the Commission, following an open and transparent selection procedur after obtaining the consent of the Management Board which must be involved in the process of short-listing the candidates and can act by written procedure if necessary, and following an open and transparent selection procedure. Once appointed the new Executive Director must attend a hearing in the competent European Parliament Committee.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 177 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The Management Board, acting on a proposal from the Commission that takes into account the assessment referred to in paragraph 3, may extendrenew the term of office of the Executive Director once, for no more than five years.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 178 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
5. An Executive Director whose term of office has been extendrenewed may not participate in another selection procedure for the same post at the end of the overall period.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 179 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 6
6. The Executive Director may be removed from office only upon a decision of the Management Board acting on a proposal from the Commission based on an objective assessment of his/her performance as Executive Director.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 184 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. The Agency may establish localone liaison offices in one or more Member StateBrussels, subject to their consent and in accordance with Article 11 (6).
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 186 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
3. The translation services required for the functioning of the Agency shallmight be provided by the Translation Centre of the bodies of the European Union or other translation services, that respect Union’s environmental, labour and social criteria.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 194 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. No later than 5 years after the date referred to in Article 37, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall perform an evaluation in compliance with the Commission guidelines to assess the Agency’s performance in relation to its objectives, mandate and tasks. The Management Board shall be consulted in the evaluation. The evaluation shall, in particular, address the possible need to modify the mandate of the Agency, and the financial implications of any such modificationrelated additional financial, budgetary and human resources if new tasks are allocated to the Agency or if the workload linked to existing task increases.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 196 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission considers that the continuation of the Agency is no longer justified with regard to its assigned objectives, mandate and tasks, it may propose that this Regulation be amended accordingly or repealed.deleted
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 198 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
To this end, the Agency may, subject to prior approval by the Commission, establish working arrangements with the authorities of third countries and international organisations. These arrangements shall not create legal obligations incumbent on the Union and its Member States
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 200 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. The Deputy Director the Agency appointed on the basis of Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75 of the Council shall, for the remaining period of his/her term of office be assist the Director or Executive Directorgned to the responsibilities of the Deputy Director as provided for in Article 11a of this Regulation. The other conditions of his/her contract shall remain unchanged.
2017/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) was established by Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/943 to contribute to improvement of the working environment, as regards the protection of the safety and health of workers, through action designed to increase and disseminate knowledge likely to assist this improvement. The main aim of EU-OSHA must be to provide specialized and added-value information in its area of expertise. _________________ 3 Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 of 18 July 1994 establishing a European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OJ L 216, 20.8.1994, p. 1).
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The repeal of Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 and its replacement with this Regulation aims to update EU-OSHA's mandate and tasks with a view to better reflecting its current activities, including the need to pay particular attention to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) As the three tripartite Agencies - EU-OSHA, the European Centre for development and vocational training (Cedefop), and the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound) - address issues related to the labour market, working environment and vocational education and training and skills, close coordination among three Agencies is required andso that the work of the Agencies complements each other where they have similar fields of interest, while boosting tools currently working such as, for instance, their existing Memorandum of Understanding, while the ways to enhance efficiency and synergies should be exploited. In addition, whenever relevant, the Agency should seek to engage in efficient cooperation with the European CommissInstitution's' in-house research capacities.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The tripartite nature of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound), and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), is a high-worth expression of a comprehensive approach based on social dialogue between social partners with European and national authorities, extremely valuable in terms of finding joint and sustainable solutions in social and economics terms.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) In any procurement activities, including translations, the Agency should comply with environmental, labour and social criteria in order to guarantee high- quality standards.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The objective of the Agency shall be to provide the European Union institutions and bodies, the Member States, the social partners and those involved in the field of safety and health at work with the technical, scientific, legal and economic information and qualified expertise of use in that field, in order to improve the occupational safety and health of workers.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) establish a communication strategy which is coherent with the Agency's work as well as Union policies and objectives.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Before commissioning an external organisation to undertake studies in the Agency's areas of expertise, the Union institutions shall consult the Agency in order to check its availability and proceed with the allocation of resources for this purpose to the Agency.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. In carrying out its tasks, the Agency shall maintain a close dialogue particularly with specialised bodies, whether public or private, public authorities and workers' and employers' organisations. The Agency, without prejudice to its own aims, shall ensure cooperation with other European Union Agencies aimed at avoiding overlaps and promoting synergy and complementarity in their activities, including the possibility of working jointly, in particular with the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions, the European Centre for the development of vocational training and, where relevant, with other EU Agencies.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) three independent experts appointed by the European Parliament;
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
All members referred to in points (a)-(da) shall have voting rights.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 7
The Commission shall appoint the members who are to represent it. The European Parliament shall appoint the independent experts who are to represent it, after checking by its legal services that they have no conflict of interest.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The term of office for members and their alternates shall be four years. It shall be extendabl to ensure continuity of the Board's work. That term shall be renewable once. Upon the expiry of their term of office or in the event of their resignation, members shall remain in office until their appointments are renewed or until they are replaced.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) in accordance with paragraph 2, exercise, with respect to the staff of the Agency, the powers conferred by the Staff Regulations on the Appointing Authority and by the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants on the Authority Empowered to Conclude a Contract of Employment (‘the appointing authority powers’);deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) take allextraordinary decisions on the establishment of the Agency's internal structures and, where necessary, their modification, taking into consideration the Agency's activity needs as well as having regard to sound budgetary mn these might have an important impact or might imply a relevant chanagement.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 93 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Management Board shall adopt, iIn accordance with Article 110 of the Staff Regulations, a decisiond based on Article 2(1) of the Staff Regulations and on Article 6 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, delegating relevant appointing authority powers are conferred to the Executive Director and. The Management Board shall defininge the conditions under which this delegation of powers can bepowers can be exceptionally and temporarily suspended. The Executive Director shall be authorised to sub-delegate those powers.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 95 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Where exceptional circumstances so require, the Management Board may, by way of a decisiona majority of two-thirds of the members entitled to vote, exceptionally and temporarily, suspend the delegation of the appointing authority powers conferred to the Executive Director and those sub-delegated by the latter and exercise them itself or delegate them to one of its members or to a staff member other than the Executive Director.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Where necessary, because of urgency, the Executive Board may take certain provisional decisions on behalf of the Management Board, in particular on administrative management matters, including the suspension of the delegation of the appointing authority powers and budgetary matters.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. The Executive Board shall be composed of the Chairperson of the Management Board, the three Deputy Chairpersons, the coordinators of the three groups as referred to in Article 4 (5) and one representative of, one more representative of each group and one representative from each European Union institution, the Parliament and the Commission. Each group referred to in Article 4 (5) may designate up to two alternates to attend the meetings of the Executive Board, aiming the absence of the full membero achieve a balanced representation between men and women when designating alternates. The Chairperson of the Management Board shall also be the Chairperson of the Executive Board. The Executive Director shall take part in the meetings of the Executive Board, but shall not have the right to vote.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 109 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. The term of office of members of the Executive Board shall be two years. That term shall be extendablrenewable once. The term of office of members of the Executive Board shall end when their membership of the Management Board ends.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Executive Director shall manage the Agency. The Executive Directorbe responsible for the overall management of the Agency according to the strategic direction set by the Management Board and shall be accountable to the Management Board.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point a a (new)
(aa) taking ordinary decisions on the establishment of the Agency's internal structures and, where necessary, their modification, taking into consideration the Agency's activity needs as well as having regard to sound budgetary management, after submitting her/his decision to the Management Board;
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point a b (new)
(ab) in accordance with Article 5 (2), exercising, with respect to the staff of the Agency, the powers conferred by the Staff Regulations on the Appointing Authority and by the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants on the Authority Empowered to Conclude a Contract of Employment ("the appointing authority powers");
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 121 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point j a (new)
(ja) taking all decisions on the management of human resources and on the establishment of the Agency's internal structures and, where necessary, their amendment, taking into account the needs relating to the Agency's activities and sound budgetary management.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 125 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. The Executive Director shall also be responsible for deciding whether it is necessary for the purpose of carrying out the Agency's tasks in an efficient and effective manner to establish one or more localliaison offices in one or more Member StateBrussels to further the Agency´s cooperation with the relevant Union institutions. That decision requires the prior consent of the Commission, the Management Board and the Member State where the local office is to be established. That decision shall specify the scope of the activities to be carried out that that local office in a manner that avoids unnecessary costs and duplication of administrative functions of the Agency.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 132 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Management Board, from a list of candidates proposed by the Commission, following an open and transparent selection procedure after obtaining the consent of the Management Board which must be involved in the process of short-listing the candidates and can act by written procedure if necessary, and following an open and transparent selection procedure. Once appointed the new Executive Director shall attend a hearing in the European Parliament. For the purpose of concluding the contract with the Executive Director, the Agency shall be represented by the Chairperson of the Management Board.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 135 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 6
6. The Executive Director may be removed from office only upon a decision of the Management Board acting on a proposal from the Commission based on an objective assessment of his/her performance as Executive Director.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 138 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. The Agency may establish localone liaison offices in the Member StateBrussels, subject to their consent and in accordance with Article 11 (6).
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
3. The translation services required for the functioning of the Agency shallmay be provided by the Translation Centre of the bodies of the European Union or other translation services, that respect the Union's environmental, labour and social criteria.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 146 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Not later than 5 years after the date referred to in Article 357, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall perform an evaluation in compliance with the Commission guidelines to assess the Agency's performance in relation to its objectives, mandate and tasks. The Management Board shall be consulted in the evaluation. The evaluation shall, in particular, address the possible need to modify the mandate of the Agency, and the financial implications of any such modificationrelated additional financial, budgetary and human resources if new tasks are allocated to the Agency or if the workload linked to existing task increases.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) The concept of highly skilled worker should replace the concept of highly qualified worker in order to emphasise that both formal educational qualifications and equivalent professional experience should be taken equally into account as criteria for admission. According to a Council Recommendation of 20 December 201232 , the validation of learning outcomes, namely competences (knowledge, skills and attitudes)33 acquired through non-formal and informal learning can play an important role in enhancing employability and mobility. It recommends Member States to have in place, no later than 2018, arrangements for the validation of non-formal and informal learning. As mechanisms and arrangements for the evaluation and validation of professional experience are not readily available in all Member States, an additionalthe transposition period of two years after the entry into force of this Directive should be provided for the provisions related to recognising professional experience in order to enable Member States, where necessary, to develop such mechanisms and for this Directive should take account of that factor to enable Member States, where necessary, to develop such mechanisms and arrangements. Member States should consult the social partners when developing such mechanisms and arrangements. Member States' National Contact Points on the EU Blue Card should be involved in effective cooperation with stakeholders and networks in the education, training, employment and youth sectors, as well as other relevant policy areas, for the purpose of recognising professional experience under this Directive. __________________ 32 Council Recommendation of 20 December 2012 on the validation of non- formal and informal learning (2012/C 398/01) (OJ C 398, 22.12.2012, p. 1). 33 Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 on key competences for lifelong learning (OJ L 394, 30.12.2006, p. 10).
2017/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure a sufficient level of transparency and a degree of harmonisation in the admission conditions throughout the Union, both minimum and maximum factors for calculating the salary threshold should be determined. Member States should fix their threshold in accordance with the situation and organisation of their respective labour markets and their general immigration policies.
2017/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) A lower salary threshold should be laid down for specific professions where it is considered by the Member State concerned that there is a particular lack of available workforce and where such professions belong to major group 1 or 2 of the ISCO ("International Standard Classification of Occupation") classification.deleted
2017/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) A lower salary threIn agreement with the social partners at all levels, Member States should should also be laid downbe entitled to lay down a lower salary threshold to benefit third-country nationals during a certain period after their graduation. This period should be granted each time that the third-country national reaches, when reaching a level of education relevant for the purposes of this Directive, namely levels 6, 7 or 8 of ISCED 2011, or levels 6, 7 or 8 of EQF, according to the national law of the Member State concerned. It should apply whenever the third-country national applies for an initial or renewed EU Blue Card within three years from the date of obtaining the qualifications and in addition, when that third-country national applies for a first renewal of the EU Blue Card and the initial EU Blue Card was issued for a period shorter than 24 months. After these grace periods – which may run in parallel – have elapsed the young professionals can be reasonably expected to have gained sufficient professional experience in order to fulfil the regular salary threshold.
2017/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) In order to promote innovative entrepreneurship, third-country nationals admitted under this Directive should be given the right to exercise in parallel a self-employed activity without it affecting the right of residence as an EU Blue Card holder. This right should be without prejudice to the continuous obligation to meet the conditions for admission under this Directive, and the EU Blue Card holder should therefore remain in highly skilled employed activity.deleted
2017/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 56 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3
- has the required competence, as proven by higher professqualifications or skills as attested by evidence of higher educational qualifications. or higher professional skills,
2017/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) "higher professional qualifications" means qualifications attested by evidence of higher education qualifications or higher professional skills;deleted
2017/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 69 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. In addition to the conditions laid down in paragraph 1, the gross annual salary resulting from the monthly or annual salary specified in the work contract or binding job offer shall not be inferior to the salary threshold set and published for that purpose by the Member States. The salary threshold set by the Member States shall be at least 1.0 times but not higher than 1.4 times the average gross annual salary in the Member State concerned. Member States shall involve the social partners before introducing a salary threshold.
2017/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, and for employment in professions which are in particular need of third-country national workers and which belong to major groups 1 and 2 of ISCO, the salary threshold shall be 80 percent of the salary threshold set by the Member State concerned in accordance with paragraph 2.deleted
2017/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 80 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
By way of derogation from paragraph 2, as regards third-country nationals who have obtained a higher education qualification not more than three years before submitting the application for an EU Blue Card, theMember States may apply a salary threshold which shall be 8at least 90 percent of the salary threshold set by the Member State concerned in accordance with paragraph 2. The period of three years shall reapply after the attainment of each level of higher education qualifications.
2017/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) where appropriate, where the employer has failed to meet its legal obligations regarding social security, taxation, labour rights or working conditions;deleted
2017/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 180 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) It is necessary to provide for a flexible demand-driven admission system based on objective criteria, such as a work contract or a binding job offer of at least 612 months, a salary threshold adaptable by the Member States to the situation in its labour market and higher professional qualifications.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 188 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure a sufficient level of harmonisation in the admission conditions throughout the Union, both minimum and maximum factors for calculating the salary threshold should be determined. Member States should fix their threshold in accordance with the situation and organisation of their respective labour markets and their general immigration policies. Members States should involve the social partners before introducing a salary threshold.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 300 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) “business activity” means a temporary activity related to the business interests of the employer, such as attending internal and external business meetings, attending conferences and seminars, negotiating business deals, undertaking sales or marketing activities, performing internal or client audits, exploring business opportunities, or attending and receiving training;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 339 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) present a valid work contract or, as provided for in national law, a binding job offer for highly skilled employment, of at least sixtwelve months in the Member State concerned;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 355 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. In addition to the conditions laid down in paragraph 1, the gross annual salary resulting from the monthly or annual salary specified in the work contract or binding job offer shall not be inferior to the salary threshold set and published for that purpose by the Member States. The salary threshold set by the Member States shall be at least 1.0 times but not higher than 1.4 times the average gross annual salary in the Member State concerned. Member States shall involve the social partners before introducing a salary threshold.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 362 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, and for employment in professions which are in particular need of third-country national workers and which belong to major groups 1 and 2 of ISCO, the salary threshold shall be 80 percent of the salary threshold set by the Member State concerned in accordance with paragraph 2.deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 112 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) In view of the long duration of certain posting assignments, it is necessary to provide that, in case of posting lasting for periods higher than 246 months, the host Member State is deemed to be the country in which the work is carried out. In accordance with the principle of Rome I Regulation, the law ofapplicable terms and conditions of employment should be those established by the host Member States therefore applies to the employment contract of such posted workers if no other choice of law was made by the parties. In case a different choice was made, it cannot, however, have the result of depriving the employee of the protection afforded to him by provisions that, without prejudice to more favourable terms and conditions of employment afforded to the worker under provisions from which the parties cannot be derogated from by agreement under the law of the host Member State. This should apply from the start of the posting assignment whenever it is envisaged for more than 24 months and from the first day subsequent to the 24 months when it effectively exceeds this duration. This rule does not affect the right of undertakings posting workers to the territory of another Member State to invoke the freedom to provide services in circumstances also where the posting exceeds 24 months. The purpose is merely to create legal certainty in the application of the Rome I Regulation to a specific situation, without amending that Regulation in any way. The employee will in particular enjoy the protection and benefits pursuant to the Rome I Regulationnational law which would have applied otherwise. This rule does not affect the right of undertakings posting workers to the territory of another Member State to invoke the freedom to provide services.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 148 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) Because of the highly mobile nature of work in international road transport, the implementation of the posting of workers directive raises particular legal questions and difficulties (especially where the link with the concerned Member State is insufficient). It would be most suited for these challenges to be addressed through sector-specific legislation together with other EU initiatives aimed at improving the functioning of the internal road transport market.deleted
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 154 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) Because of the highly mobile nature of work in international road transport, the implementation of the posting of workerposting of workers in this sector, which is covered by this dDirective, raises particular legal questions and difficulties (especially where the link with the concerned Member State is insufficient). It would be most suited for these challenges to be addressed through sector-specific legislation together with other EU initiatives aimed at improving the functioning of the internal road transport marketwhich should be supplemented by sector-specific legislation.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 210 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) The elements of remuneration under national law or universally applicable collective agreements should be clear and transparent to all service providers and posted workers. It is therefore justified to impose on Member States the obligation to publish the constituent elements of remuneration on the single website provided for by Article 5 of the Enforcement Directive as transparency and access to information are key elements for service providers and posted workers. The provision of information on the single website should be in line with national law and practice and should respect the autonomy of the social partners. The European Commission should regularly verify if the information on these websites is comprehensive, easily accessible and up to date.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 242 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Abuse and legal uncertainty in cases of chain postings and postings involving several jurisdictions should be prevented. Therefore, in cases where a posting situation falls under more than two national jurisdictions, the applicable terms and conditions of employment should be those established by the host Member State where the service is provided, without prejudice to more favourable conditions afforded to the worker under provisions from which the parties cannot derogate by agreement under the national law which would have applied otherwise.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 254 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Unlike the freedom to provide services and the freedom of movement the key feature of the posting of workers is its temporary nature. It is therefore the responsibility of the host Member State, where the service is provided, to ensure that this fundamental principle regarding the posting of workers is adhered to.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 293 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2a – paragraph 1
1. When the anticipated or the effective duration of posting exceeds twenty-four months, the Member State to whose territory a worker is posted shall be deemed to be the country in which his or her work is habitually carried outsix months, or when the posting is not considered to be genuine under Directive 2014/67/EU, the terms and conditions of employment of the Member State to whose territory a worker is posted and where the service is provided shall apply as long as they are more favourable for the worker than those pursuant to the law under which the individual employment contract was agreed.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 305 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2a – paragraph 1a (new)
1a. The undertakings referred to in Article 1(1) may submit to the competent authority of the Member State where the service is provided reasoned grounds justifying that the nature of the service provided remains temporary even after the lapse of the period referred to in paragraph 1. The undertaking shall specify the time frame to which these reasoned grounds apply. It shall not exceed a maximum of six months overall.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 314 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2a – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. When the posting is considered not to be genuine under Directive 2014/67/EU, the terms and conditions of employment of the Member State to whose territory a worker is posted and where the service is provided shall apply as long as they are more favourable to the worker than those pursuant to the law under which the individual employment contract was agreed.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 317 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2a – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. The application of this Directive shall not have the result of depriving workers of more favourable terms and conditions of employment afforded to them pursuant to the law under which the individual employment contract was agreed.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 318 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2a – paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. The posting of workers shall only be temporary. It is the responsibility of the host the Member State, where the service is provided, to ensure that this principle is adhered to.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 332 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2a – paragraph 2
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1, in case of replacement of posted workers performing the same or a similar task at the same place, - be it by another posted worker or the same posted worker returning after a break - the cumulative duration of the posting periods of the workers concerned shall be taken into account, with regard to workers that are posted for an effective duration of at least six months.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 338 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2 a – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The application of this Directive shall not have the result of depriving workers of more favourable terms and conditions of employment afforded to them under provisions from which the parties cannot derogate by agreement under the national law which would have applied in the absence of the situation referred to in paragraph 1.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 381 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) provisions to cover travel, board and lodging expenses for workers away from home for professional reasons
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 384 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) provisions for working outside the regular working place.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 399 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of this Directive, remuneration means all the elements of remuneration rendered mandatory by national law, regulation or administrative provision, collective agreements or arbitration awards which have been declared universally applicable and/or, in the absence of a system for declaring collective agreements or arbitration awards to be of universal application, other collective agreements or arbitthe concept of remuneration shall be determined by the national law and/or praction awards within the meaning of paragraph 8 second subparagraph, ince of the Member State to whose territory the worker is posted.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 414 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
In the context of remuneration as well as allowances and expenses related to work outside the regular working place, elements which are mandatory under both the national law of the host Member State and the national law applying to the individual employment contract, and which are essentially similar, shall only be paid once to avoid double payment whereby the worker shall always receive the amount which is more favourable.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 473 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
"Paragraphs 1 to 6 shall not prevent application of(ca) In paragraph 7, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: "Paragraphs 1 to 6 shall not prevent the host Member State or the Member State where the worker habitually carries out his or her work, to apply terms and conditions of employment which are more favourable to workers.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 477 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c b (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Allowances specific to the posting shall be considered to be part of the minimum wage, unless they are paid in reimbursement of expenditure actually(cb) In paragraph 7, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: Expenses incurred on account of the posting, such as expenditure on travel, board and lodginghall be provided for by the employer and shall not be deducted from the remuneration referred to in Article 3.1. (c)."
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 489 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 9 a (new)
(da) after paragraph 9, the following paragraph is inserted: 9a. If a posting situation falls under more than two national jurisdictions, the Member State to whose territory a worker is posted and where the service is provided, shall be deemed to be the country where the work is habitually carried out by the worker. The application of this Article may not have the result of depriving workers of more favourable conditions afforded to them under provisions from which the parties cannot derogate by agreement under the national law which would have applied in the absence of the situation referred to in paragraph 1.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 491 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 9 a (new)
(da) after paragraph 9, the following paragraph is inserted: 9a. If a posting situation falls under more than two national jurisdictions, the terms and conditions of employment of the Member State to whose territory a worker is posted and where the service is provided, shall apply as long as they are more favourable for the worker than those pursuant to the law under which the individual employment contract was agreed.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 493 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 9a new
(da) after paragraph 9, the following paragraph is inserted: 9a. Service providers, who post a worker to another Member State, shall declare the posting to the host Member State at least five working days before the commencement of the provision of services. The European Commission shall set up a European register for posted workers for this purpose.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 497 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 10
(e) The second subparagraph of paragraph 10 is deleted.Paragraph 10 is replaced by the following: 10. This Directive shall not preclude the application by Member States, in compliance with the Treaty, and in line with national law and practice, of terms and conditions of employment to national undertakings and to the undertakings of other States, on a basis of equality of treatment, of: – terms and conditions of employmentperating on their territory on matters other than those referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, in the case of public policy provisions, – terms and c including non-ditions of employment laid down in the collective agreements or arbitration awards within the meaning of paragraph 8 and concerning activities other than those referred to in the Annexscriminatory measures to ensure the protection of workers, fair competition and the proper functioning of the labour market.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 511 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(2a) in article 4, after paragraph 3 the following paragraph is added: 3a. Employers shall take appropriate measures to provide essential information on the terms and conditions of employment, in accordance with Directive 91/533/EU, as regards the posting before the beginning of the posting.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2016/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The Commission and the Member States should encourage young people to take up a professional qualification in inland navigation and set up specific measures to support social partners’ activities in this regard.
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2016/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Social partners should be fully involved in the design of professional qualification schemes and training programmes in inland navigation.
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2016/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘deck crew members’ means persons qualified involved in the operation of a vessel navigating on Union inland waterways carrying out tasks related to navigation, cargo handling, stowage, maintenance or repair, with the exception of persons solely assigned to the operation of the engines, electrical and electronic equipment;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2016/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘passenger navigation expert’ means a person serving on board who is competent to take measures in emergency situations on board passenger vessels;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2016/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 to lay down the standards for competences and corresponding knowledge and skills in compliance with the essential requirements set out in Annex II.
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2016/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) as part of a training programme that is a component of the Member State's training system approved in accordance with Article 17.
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2016/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) a certificate of qualification for navigational safety experts on passenger vessels;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #

2016/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Training programmes leading to diplomas or certificates demonstrating compliance with the standards of competence referred to in Article 15(1) shall be approved by the competent authorities of the Member States in whose territory the relevant education or training institute is established, provided that the educational programme is an integral part of the Member State's training system with a minimum training period of one year including 180 days of driving practice.
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2016/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) an examination verifying compliance with the standards of competence referred to in Article 15(1) is carried out by qualified independent examiners.
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2016/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those means mayshall consist of a limitedminimum number of journeys to be carried out on the stretch concerned, a simulator examination, and a multiple choice examination or a combination thereof.
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2016/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Simulators used for the training and assessment of competences shall be subject to an approval by Member States. That approval shall be issued upon request when it is demonstrated that the device complies with the standards for simulators established by delegated acts referred to in paragraph 2. The approval shall specify which particular assessment of competence is authorised as regards the simulator.
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2016/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) labour inspectorates have adequate resources and there is a swift exchange of information with competent authorities of other Member States in order to ensure safety and fair competition in the inland navigation sector.
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 96 #

2016/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – indent 3
- have navigation time of not less than 9180 days as part of this approved training programme.
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 100 #

2016/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6 – indent 4
- have navigation time of not less than 9180 days as part of this approved training programme.
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #

2016/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1 a (new)
- not be less than 17 years of age.
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 106 #

2016/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
- have navigation time of not less than 18360 days as part of an official training programme of at least three years, while qualified to serve as able boatman.
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 111 #

2016/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6 – indent 2
- have a minimum of five years' work experience prior to the enrolment of an approved training programme of at least two years;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2016/0043(NLE)

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, in accordance with Article 293(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
2016/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2016/0043(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
(2) The "Europe 2020 Strategy" proposed by the Commission should enables the Union to turn its economy towards smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, accompanied by high level employment, productivity and social cohesion. Five headline targets, listed undHowever, the European Parliament notes with deep concern the relevant guidelines, constitute shared objectives which guide the action of the Member States, and take into accouevolution of employment and social indicators of the Strategy so far, as the number of people at risk of poverty and exclusion has increased by 5 million instead of decreasing; the employment rate in some countries has not yet recovered the pre-crisis level and they scarcely reach 60% of population in employment; their relative starting positions and national circumstances as well as the positions and circumstances of the Union. The European Employment Strategy has the lead long-term unemployment with around 10,5 million people unemployed for more than a year; the high level of youth unemployment specially in southern and eastern countries with around half of young people unemployed in some of them; the still worrying gender gap around 10% regarding participation in labour market; the increase of child poverty in recent years with countries reaching more than one third of children under 16 years ing role in the implementation of the employment and labour market objectives isk of poverty or exclusion; the serious situation in some countries in terms of huge increase of inequality rates; the high rates of NEETs, in some countries above 20%; ofr the new strearly school leavers rates ranging up to 23% in some Member Stategys.
2016/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2016/0043(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
(3) The integrated guidelines are in line with the conclusions of the European Council. They give precise guidance to the Member States on defining their National Reform Programmes and implementing reforms, reflecting interdependence and in line with the Stability and Growth Pact. The employment guidelines should form the basis for any country-specific recommendations that the Council may address to the Member States under Article 148(4) of the TFEU, ion parallel withthe same footing as the country-specific recommendations addressed to the Member States under Article 121(2) of that Treaty. The employment guidelines should also form the basis for the establishment of the Joint Employment Report sent annually by the Council and the European Commission to the European Council. As a result, the European Semester should combine the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral surveillance of economic, budgetary, employment and social policies in a framework of real and effective balance between economic policy and social and employment policies which should be given equal consideration so as to prevent economic and social imbalances, thus ensuring a fully coherent public policy.
2016/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2016/0043(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
(4) The examination of the Member States' National Reform Programmes contained in the Joint Employment Report shows that Member States should continue to make every effort to address the priority areas of increasing labour market participation and reducing structural unemployment, developing a skilled workforce responding to labour market needs and promoting job quality and lifelong learning, improve the performance of education and training systems at all levels and increasing participation in tertiary education, promoting social inclusion and combating poverty. The scoreboard of key employment and social indicators within the Joint Employment Report is a particularly useful tool, helping to detect key employment and social problems and divergences in a timely way and identify areas where policy response is most needed. However, further editions of the scoreboard should include also gender disaggregated data and more detailed indicators related to structural employment and social imbalances as the long-term unemployment rate among young people, the very long-term unemployment rate among adults (unemployed persons since 24 months or more) or the children at risk-of-poverty or social exclusion.
2016/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2016/0043(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The Council, with its Decision (EU) 2015/1848 of 5 October 2015 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States for 2015, chose to yet again obviate Parliament resolution shamefully, in a regrettable political position contrary to the letter and spirit of the Treaties, in disrespect to the direct representatives of the European citizens, undermining the interinstitutional cooperation and weakening confidence between them.
2016/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2016/0043(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
The guidelines for Member States' employment policies, as set out in the Annex to Council Decision of 5 October 2015 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States4 are maintained for 2016 and shall be taken into account by the Member States in their employment policies. __________________ 4Council Decision (EU) 2015/1848 of 5 October 2015 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (OJ L 268, 15.10.2015, p. 28), are hereby adopted. These guidelines shall be taken into account by the Member States in their employment policies and reform programmes, which shall be reported in line with Article 148(3) TFEU.
2016/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2016/0043(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex (new)
ANNEX GUIDELINES FOR THE EMPLOYMENT POLICIES OF THE MEMBER STATES PART II OF THE EUROPE 2020 INTEGRATED GUIDELINES Guideline 5: Boosting demand for labour Member States, in cooperation with regional and local authorities, should effectively and promptly tackle the serious issue of unemployment, and facilitate and invest in sustainable and quality job creation, address accessibility for at-risk groups and reduce barriers for business to hire people across skill levels and labour market sectors, including by cutting red tape, whilst respecting labour and social standards, promote youth entrepreneurship and in particular support the creation and growth of micro, small and medium enterprises in order to increase employment rate especially among women. Member States should actively promote, inter alia, green, white and blue-sector jobs and the social economy and foster social innovation. The tax burden should be shifted away from labour to other sources of taxation, especially by low-paid and low-skilled workers, the long-term unemployed and other vulnerable groups, that are less detrimental to employment and growth while protecting revenue for adequate social protection and expenditures directed towards public investment, innovation and quality job creation. Reductions in labour taxation should be aimed at the relevant components of the tax burden, at tackling discrimination and at removing barriers and disincentives to labour market participation, in particular for people with disabilities and those furthest away from the labour market, while respecting existing labour standards. Policies to ensure that wages allow an adequate living income remain important to create 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 productivity developments helping to correct past divergence without fuelling deflationary pressure. Those mechanisms should ensure sufficient resources to satisfy basic needs, taking account of poverty indicators specific to each Member State. In this respect, differences in skills and local labour market conditions should be properly evaluated with the aim of ensuring a decent living wage across the Union. When setting minimum wages in accordance with national legislation and practices, Member States and social partners should ensure their adequacy as well as consider their impact on in-work poverty, energy poverty, household income, aggregate demand, quality job creation and competitiveness. In order to reduce wage inequalities across the Union and limit nominal imbalances in competitiveness, the Commission together with the Member States should aim at a better coordination of wages via a European Framework on minimum wages, either by law or collective agreement whilst respecting national practices. Member States should cut red tape in order to ease the burden on small and medium-sized enterprises, as they contribute significantly to job creation. Guideline 6: Enhancing labour supply and skills Member States should promote sustainable productivity and quality employability through an appropriate supply of relevant knowledge and skills made available and accessible to all. There should be particular focus on health care, social services and transport services which are facing or will face staff shortages in the medium term. Member States should make effective investments in high-quality and inclusive education from an early age and vocational training systems while improving their effectiveness and efficiency to raise the knowhow and skill level of the workforce, while increasing the diversity of skills, allowing it to better anticipate and meet the rapidly changing needs of dynamic labour markets in an increasingly digital economy. To that end, the fact that "soft skills" such as communication are becoming more important for a large number of occupations should also be taken into account. Member States should promote entrepreneurship among young people. Member States, in cooperation with local and regional authorities, should step up efforts to prevent young people from dropping out of school and to ensure a smoother transition from education and training to professional life, to improve access and remove barriers to high- quality adult learning for all with particular focus on high-risk groups and their needs, by offering retraining of skills when job losses and changes in the labour market necessitate active reintegration. Simultaneously Member States should implement active ageing strategies to enable healthy working up to the real retirement age. While ensuring the necessary skills level requested by a continuously changing labour market and supporting education and training alongside programmes for adult learning, Member States should take into account that low-skills jobs are also needed and that employment opportunities are better for the high- skilled than for the medium- and low- skilled. Access to affordable, high-quality, early childhood education and care should be a priority for comprehensive policies and investment coupled with family and parenting support and reconciliation measures helping parents to balance work and private life, as a contribution to preventing early school-leaving and increasing young people's chances on the labour market. The issue of unemployment, in particular long-term unemployment and regional high unemployment should be resolved effectively and promptly, as well as prevented through a mix of demand and supply-side measures. The number of long-term unemployed and the problem of skills mismatch and skill obsolescence should be addressed by means of comprehensive and mutually reinforcing strategies, including the provision of personalised needs-based active support and appropriate social protection schemes to long-term unemployed to return to the labour market in an informed and responsible manner. The youth unemployment needs to be comprehensively addressed, through an overall youth employment strategy. This includes investing in sectors that can create quality jobs for young people and by equipping the relevant actors such as youth support services, education and training providers, youth organisations and public employment services with the necessary means to fully and consistently implement their national Youth Guarantee Implementation Plans, but also by the rapid take-up of resources by Member States and assuring enough funding for the period 2016-2020 to keep a long-term application of Youth Guarantee . Access to funding for those who choose to start a business should be facilitated by means of a wider availability of information, a reduction in excessive bureaucracy and possibilities to convert several months' unemployment benefits into an upfront start-up grant after presentation of a business plan. Member States should take into consideration local and regional disparities in drawing up and carrying out measures against unemployment and should work together with local employment services. Structural weaknesses in education and training systems should be addressed to ensure high-quality learning outcomes and prevent and tackle early school leaving, and promote an all-embracing, high-quality education from the most basic level onwards. This requires flexible educational systems with a focus on practice. Member States, in cooperation with local and regional authorities, should increase the quality of educational attainment by making it accessible to all, set up and improve dual learning systems, adapted to their needs, by upgrading professional training and existing frameworks such as Europass, while ensuring, where necessary, appropriate retraining of skills and recognition of those acquired outside of the formal education system. Links between education and labour market should be strengthened, while ensuring that education is sufficiently broad to provide people with a solid basis for life-long employability. Member States should gear their training systems more closely to the labour market with a view to better transition from training to employment. In particular in the context of digitisation, and in terms of new technologies, green jobs and health care are essential. Discrimination on the labour market as well as with regard to access to the labour market need to be further reduced, especially for groups that face discrimination or exclusion such as women, older workers, young people, people with disabilities and legal migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers. Gender equality including equal pay must be ensured in the labour market as well as access to affordable, high- quality early childhood education and care as well as the flexibility necessary to prevent the exclusion of those with breaks in their careers due to family responsibilities such as family carers. In this sense, the Women on Board Directive should be unblocked by the Member States and a new common ambitious approach must be promoted by Member States and the Union on parental, paternity and maternity leave in order to tackle the gender gap, increase women participation on the labour market and improve equal opportunities between women and men without deepening in ageing societies problems. In this respect, Member States should take into account the fact that the rates of young persons not in employment, education or training (NEET) are higher for women than for men and that the NEET phenomenon is primarily due to an increase in youth unemployment but also to non-education linked inactivity. Member States should make a full, effective and efficient use of European Social Fund and other Union funds support in order to combat poverty, improve quality employment, social inclusion, education and training, public administration and public services. The European Fund for Strategic Investments and its investment platforms should also be mobilised to ensure that quality jobs are created and workers are equipped with skills needed for the Union's transition towards a sustainable growth model. Guideline 7: Enhancing the functioning of labour markets The Europe 2020 headline target on employment, on the basis of which Member States set their national targets, taking into account their relative starting positions and national circumstances, is to aim to raise the employment rate for women and men aged 20-64 to 75 % by 2020, including through the greater participation of young people, older workers and low-skilled workers and the better integration of migrants. A subtarget for youth employment, which should likewise be translated into national sub- targets, is to aim to reduce the rate of people aged below 25 who are neither in employment, education or training to less than 10 % by 2020, based on full implementation of the Youth Guarantee. Member States should reduce labour market segmentation by tackling precarious employment, underemployment, undeclared labour and zero-hour contracts. Employment protection rules and institutions should provide a suitable environment for recruitment while offering adequate levels of protection to those in employment and those seeking employment or employed on temporary, part-time, atypical contracts or independent work contracts, by actively involving the social partners and by promoting collective bargaining. Quality employment should be ensured for all in terms of socio-economic security, durability, adequate wages, rights at work, decent workplace conditions (including health and safety), social security protection, gender equality, education and training opportunities. Therefore it is necessary to promote the entry of young people into the labour market, the reintegration of long-term unemployed and work-life balance, providing affordable care and modernising work organisation. Upward convergence in working conditions should be promoted across the Union. Access to the labour market should facilitate entrepreneurship, sustainable job creation in all sectors, including green employment, and social care and innovation, in order to make the best use of people's skills, foster their lifelong development and encourage employee- driven innovation. Member States should closely involve national parliaments, social partners, civil society organisations, regional and local authorities in the design and implementation of relevant reforms and policies, in line with the partnership principle and national practices, while supporting the improvement of the functioning and effectiveness of social dialogue at national level, especially in those countries with major problems of wage devaluation caused by recent deregulation of labour markets and weakness of collective bargaining and where labour rights are threatened. Member States should ensure basic standards of quality of active labour market policies by improving their targeting, outreach, coverage and interplay with supporting measures such as social security. These policies should aim at improving labour market access, strengthening collective bargaining and social dialogue and support sustainable transitions on the labour market, with highly qualified 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 can participate in the labour market, protect those excluded from the labour markets and/or unable to participate in it, and prepare individuals for potential risks and changing economic and social conditions, by investing in human capital. Member States should introduce, as one of the possible measures to reduce poverty and in accordance with national practice, a minimum income proportionate to their specific socio- economic situation in accordance with the European Parliament resolution of 20 October 2010 on the role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (2010/2039(INI)). Member States should promote inclusive labour markets open to all and also put in place effective anti- discrimination measures. Member States and the Union should implement a joint approach on a framework of European unemployment insurance to prevent external shocks with uneven outcomes in different countries. It must be a complementary tool performing as an automatic stabilizer. Mobility of workers should be ensured as a fundamental right and as a matter of free choice, with an aim of exploiting the full potential of the European labour market, including by enhancing the portability of pensions and the effective recognition of qualifications and validation of skills and the elimination of red tape and other existing barriers. Member States should at the same time tackle the language barriers, improving training systems in this respect. Member States should also make an appropriate use of the EURES network in order to encourage worker mobility. Investment in regions experiencing labour outflows should be promoted to mitigate brain drain and encourage mobile workers to return. 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 comprehensive policies and investment needed to improve family and parenting support and reconciliation measures helping parents to balance work and private life, as a contribution to preventing early school leaving and increasing young people's chances on the labour market. Guideline 8: Ensuring social justice, combating poverty and promoting equal opportunities Member States, in cooperation with local and regional authorities, should improve their social protection systems by ensuring basic standards to provide effective, efficient and sustainable protection throughout all stages of an individual's life, ensuring life in dignity, solidarity, access to social protection, full respect of social rights, fairness and addressing inequalities as well as ensuring inclusion in order to eliminate poverty, in particular for people excluded from the labour market and for the more vulnerable groups. There is a need for simplified, better targeted and more ambitious social policies including by affordable, high- quality childcare and education, effective training and job assistance, housing support and high-quality health care accessible to all, access to basic services such as bank accounts and the Internet and for action to prevent early school leaving and fight extreme poverty, energy poverty, social exclusion, and more generally all forms of poverty. Child poverty in particular must be tackled immediately, by Member States and the Union introducing the Child guarantee so that every child in poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition, as part of the European integrated plan to combat child poverty. 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 and take up of all persons in a non-discriminatory way, support investment in human capital, and help prevent, reduce and protect against poverty and social exclusion as well as against other risks such as loss of health or employment. There should be a particular focus on children in poverty due to their parents' long-term unemployment. The pension systems should be structured in a way that their sustainability, safety and adequacy for women and men is ensured by strengthening retirement schemes, aiming at a decent retirement income at least above the poverty level. The pension systems should provide for consolidation, further development and improvement of the three pillars of retirement saving systems. Linking retirement age to life expectancy is not the only instrument by means of which to tackle the challenge of ageing. Reforms of pension systems should also, inter alia, reflect labour market trends, birth rate, demographic situation, health and wealth situation, working conditions and the economic dependency ratio. The best way to tackle the challenge of ageing is to increase the overall employment rate, building, inter alia, on social investments in active ageing. Member States should improve the quality, affordability, accessibility, efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare and long term care systems and welfare services as well as decent working conditions in the related sectors, while safeguarding the financial sustainability of these systems by improving the solidarity-based financing. Member States should make a full use of European Social Fund and other Union funds support in order to fight poverty, social exclusion and discrimination, improve accessibility for people with disabilities to promote equality between women and men, and improve public administration. The Europe 2020 headline targets, on the basis of which Member States set their national targets, taking into account their relative starting positions and national circumstances, aims to reduce the drop- out rate to less than 10 %; to increase the share of 30 to 34-year-olds completing tertiary or equivalent education to at least 40 %; and to promote social inclusion, in particular through the reduction of poverty by aiming to lift at least 20 million people out of the risk of poverty and exclusion.
2016/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation A a (new)
Aa. having regard to its resolution of 14 January 2014 on effective labour inspections as a strategy to improve working conditions in Europe (2013/2112(INI));
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation B a (new)
Ba. having regard to its resolution of 19 January 2016 on Towards a Digital Single Market Act (2015/2147(INI));
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Article 3 TEU obliges the Union to work for the sustainable development of Europe based on balanced economic growth and price stability, a highly competitive social market economy, aiming at full employment and social progress, and a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Article 9 TFEU obliges the Union to take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health when defining and implementing its policies and activities;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the economic consequences of the financial crisis have not yet been overcome and the GDP still remains below the level of 2008 in several Member States;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the Single Market is characterised by persistently high unemployment rates; whereas the financial crisis increase the number of the unemployed by over 6 million; whereas by the end of 2015 there were more than 22 million people in the Union without work;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas between 2010 and 2013 the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU 28 increased from 117 million to 121; Whereas that women are far more vulnerable and exposed to social exclusion and poverty ; whereas in 2013 16.7% of the Union population were at risk of poverty after social transfers, 9.6% were in a situation of serious material deprivation and 10.7% of households were considered to have low work intensity;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas policies to lower labour, social, environmental and consumer protection standards are risking a race to the bottom, thereby contributing to a distortion of fair competition in the Single Market;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas good regulation can benefit businesses and workers alike and help promote economic growth and quality job creation in the Single Market;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the Single Market Strategy (SMS), which will helpis supposed to inject new life into Europe's economies by opening up borders and removing barriers for goods and services;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Regrets that the Single Market Strategy is neglecting the potential of the industrial sector with regard to sustainable growth and quality job creation in Europe; calls on the Commission to revise its strategy in this regard;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Regrets that the Single Market Strategy does not take the social dimension of the single market sufficiently into account and does neither include proposals to fight unemployment and social exclusion nor to promote social cohesion; believes therefore that the Single Market Strategy does not satisfy the obligations laid down in Articles 3 TEU and 9 TFEU; calls on the Commission to revise its strategy in this regard;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e(new)
1e. Stresses that a forward-looking Single Market Strategy must put the interest of workers, consumers as well as small and medium sized enterprises in the focus, as they are the key drivers of the single market; underlines that the Single Market Strategy must put more emphasis on the fight against unemployment and in particular long-term, youth and more than 50 years old unemployment, the promotion of social cohesion as well as the effects of digitalisation on the world of work;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Considers that the internal demand - and especially the improving of purchasing power, the adoption of innovative measures and the investment in green economy - is essential to tap the full potential of the Single Market and promote sustainable growth;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that barriers to doing business across borders are barriers to growth and job creatcan hamper growth and job creation depending on their nature; calls therefore for a thorough analysis of the matter on a case by case basis including any potential social and environmental dimension;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Insists that better regulation should focus on the quality and not the quantity of legislation, including the closing of regulatory loopholes; underlines the need to not only assess short-term effects but also the long-term value of legislation as well as the consequences of non- legislation; considers it indispensable in the context of impact assessments to give social and environmental considerations at least the same weight as economic considerations;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses the importance of fair competition as a fundamental principle of a functioning Single Market; calls on the Commission and the Member States to put an end to cross-border wage, fiscal dumping and social dumping which likewise hamper workers, enterprises and social security systems in the host Member States; considers the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same place as advocated by Commission President Juncker as an important tool to fight market distortions;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Recalls that competition policy is enforced at the European level; highlights that unfair competition in the Single Market damages law-abiding companies, in particular small and medium enterprises; believes therefore that unfair competition based on wage, fiscal dumping or social dumping should be tackled in the same manner as price fixing and cartel agreements, including sanctions;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take decisive measures to curb bogus self-employment, wage and social dumping as well as letter box companies which hamper the Single Market;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Recalls its 2014 report on effective labour inspections as a strategy to improve working conditions in Europe, which highlights the importance of labour inspectorates to prevent distortions of the Single Market; reiterates its call on the Commission to investigate the benefits of introducing a European social security card;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Calls for the introduction of a European labour inspectorate in order to better tackle the cross-border dimension of unfair competition and market distortions;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Recalls that all workers in the Single Market must have the right to enjoy the highest possible level of protection as regards health and safety at work regardless of the size of the company which employs them, the place of employment or the underlying contract;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the deepening of the single market and the digital single market willshould bring new opportunities and challenges, such as skills, new forms of employment and, social protection, health and safety at work as well as financial structures, which will have to be addressed;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the potential and challenges of the collaborative economy for job creation and a more inclusive labour market across Member States; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures to ensure that the collaborative economy does not lead to an increase of precarious employment or bogus self-employment; believes that a country-by-country taxation principle needs to be established;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support job creation in the collaborative economy by developing appropriate safeguards, while at the same time providing a platform that will allow entrepreneurs to grow, innovate and create sustainable quality jobs;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the opportunities that the SMS offersoffered by the Single Market to SMEs; believes that developing the right business environment by improving private venture capital frameworks for SMEs and fully applying the ‘Think Small First’ principle across the single market is crucial for growth and job creationis crucial for sustainable growth and quality job creation; calls on the Commission when drafting and assessing legislation to take account of the effects on SMEs, which are the backbone of the European economy;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 69 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes note of the Commission proposal to introduce a services passport; warns against the misuse of such an instrument to undermine national labour and employment standards or national control competences; points out the great number of statutory violations in the context of the posting of workers; rejects therefore any coverage of requirements in the framework of the Posting of Workers Directive or the Enforcement Directive by such a passport;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. RegretNotes that the services market remains fragmented; calls on the Commission to deliver the necessary reforms that will remove barriers in the service sector by adopting a targeted sector-specific approach for servic, improve working conditions and raise the quality of services without undermining the social and labour standards as well as industrial relation systems in the host Member States;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to work with the Member States to simplify and speed up procedures for the recognition of professional qualifications, including by facilitating and encouraging the introduction of Common Training Frameworks, while fully respecting the principle of subsidiarity;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States to make use of the possibility to introduce social requirements in the context of public procurement;
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support job creation in the collaborative economy by developing appropriate safeguards, while at the same time providing a platform that will allow entrepreneurs to grow, innovate and create jobs.deleted
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 102 #

2015/2354(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights the importance of strong and independent social partners, and a good social dialogue
2016/02/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the post-electoral revision of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) must address the new political challenges facing the EU; underlines that reallocation of funds for emergencies is not a sustainable solution; recalls that most of the challenges that the EU is facing, from social dumping to dislocation of refugees, have their roots in the inequalities between Member States and insists that the existing resource commitments for achieving the Union’s strategic objectives and greater economic, social and territorial cohesion be maintained;
2016/04/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the employment rate in the EU currently stands at 69.2 %, which is well below the Europe 2020 target, that unemployment remains especially high among women, the young, the elderly and the disadvantaged groups and that more than 12 million people in Europe are long-term unemployed, representing 5% of the EU’s active population; and in this context reminds recently passed Council Recommendation on the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market which has demonstrated again a need for strong Union policies and much more resources and calls for increased public investment in job creation and skills;
2016/04/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the resources of the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived are not sufficient to address the rise of inequality and poverty, the worst consequences of the economic crisis and of austerity policies on the labour market concerning labour exclusion of young people and long-term unemployed, and the unprecedented flow of refugees; and is concerned that competition for scarce funds may lead to social conflict; insists that the ESF share amount to 2530 % of the total cohesion budget, that no reductions in the national envelopes for ESF measures be made and that sufficient cash flow be provided annually for payments from the EU budget;
2016/04/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the policies for poverty reduction and social inclusion among vulnerable groups have failed to produce the expected results and calls for; draws attention to the fact that 24,4 % of people in the EU are at risk of poverty and social exclusion, and that their number has increased by five million after 2008; calls therefore to substantially increased the financial aid to social services and the social economy and further strengthen the commitment to act against poverty and social exclusion by introducing a compulsory minimum share of 25 % from ESF on Member State level for promotion of social inclusion;
2016/04/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Draws attention to the huge problem of child poverty in Europe, which is afflicting over 20 million children, and reiterates its call for the establishment of a (27,8 % in EU-28 and almost 50 % in certain Member States), living in families that suffer daily from lack of income and basic services, such as food supplies, housing, education and healthcare; reiterates its call on the Commission and Member States for the establishment of a specific fund dedicated to the Child Guarantee with dedicated special resources, together with programmes to assist parents in getting out of social exclusion and unemployment;
2016/04/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that the maximum annual amount available for mobilisation through the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) should at least stay at EUR 150 million (2011 prices) as this instrument, despite underutilisation so far, has a huge potential for supporting workers affected by major economic structural changes;
2016/04/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2015/2353(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes the increased commitment of the EU budget to various financial engineering instruments including the European Fund for Strategic Investments; is concerned however about the access to funding of various key stakeholders in social policy areas such as NGOs, education and training institutions, social partners and social economy enterprises;
2016/04/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Commission in its Communication on ‘A European agenda for the collaborative economy’ (COM 2016/356) points out that flexible work arrangements in the collaborative economy create uncertainty as to applicable rights and the level of social protection and that the boundaries between self-employed and workers are increasingly blurred; whereas the Commission advocates for a case by case assessment regarding the existence of an employment relationship based on the existence of a subordination link, the nature of work and the presence of remuneration;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the European sectorial social partners are concerned about unfair competition on intra-city mobility markets due to the emergence of ‘ride- sharing for reward platforms’ which are often associated with unfair competition due to the avoidance of tax payments and social security contributions as well as the circumvention of employment and social standards;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas according to recent findings there is a tendency to shift the responsibility for social security payments and employment benefits in the transport sector to subcontractors and self- employed drivers; whereas there is a risk that self-employed drivers are pushed into precarious working conditions, while bogus self-employment expands at the same time 1a ; __________________ 1aReport commissioned by the European Commission on the State of the EU Road Haulage Market (2014), Task A: Collection and Analysis of Data on the Structure of the Road Haulage Sector in the European Union (3 February 2014); on http://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/road/ studies/doc/2014-02-03-state-of-the-eu- road-haulage-market-task-a-report.pdf
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the use of light goods vehicles (LGVs) is expanding; whereas LGVs are exempted from EU regulations such as tachograph rules, access to occupation as well as drivers’ training and qualification; whereas this constitutes a challenge for road safety, fair competition and occupational health and safety;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas the OECD considers good-quality jobs an essential factor to tackle high inequality and promote social cohesion 1b ; __________________ 1bPresentation by Mark Pearson, Deputy Director, OECD Directorate for Employment Labour and Social Affairs at the EMPL-ECON hearing on inequalities on 21 June 2016; on https://polcms.secure.europarl.europa.eu/ cmsdata/upmloas/e54ad36f-29cb-4c77- a9c7-2e4e2858fe55/Microsoft%20- %20Inequality%20OECD%Pearson.pdf
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need for a regulatory and administrative environment that encourages investment and access to financing, and fosters sustainable growth and quality jobs within small transport businesses;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in cooperation with the social partners, to regularly assess the impact of digitalisation on the number and types of jobs in the transport sector and to ensure that employment and social policies keep pace with the digitalisation of the transport labour market;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the opportunities of the collaborative economy and the Digital Single Market for job creation and more inclusive growth within small transport businesses; stresses, however, that the collaborative economy must not lead to an avoidance of tax and social contributions, nor to non-compliance with employment and social legislation; calls on the Commission to publish guidelines on how EU law applies to the various types of collaborative business models in order to eliminate regulatory uncertainty;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that developments regarding collaborative business models in the transport sector should be addressed in the context of a broader debate on fair competition and fair transport for all;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes concerns that new business and employment models, such as ‘ride- sharing for reward platforms’, agency work, zero-hour contracts or pay-to fly schemes, are implemented in the transport sector without any proper impact assessment regarding safety as well as social and employment standards; stresses that all transport service providers, including the ones from the collaborative economy, need to comply with the required health and safety provisions and should be bound by minimum safety and registration standards such as licences for drivers and pilots as well as transport certificates;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Notes that the number of part-time workers, agency workers and self- employed persons in the transport sector has increased and that the general trend is towards more flexible employment contracts which in some circumstances can cause precarious employment without adequate protection for employees; notes that new, flexible employment contracts must exclude potential risks such as worker overload or pay levels that are not commensurate with performance; stresses therefore the need for labour market flexibility on the one hand and for the economic and social security for workers on the other; stresses that lowering labour costs by reducing working conditions and employment standards should not be considered as flexibility;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Stresses the importance of monitoring compliance with mandatory driving and resting times as well as working hours in the transport sector; believes that monitoring should take place by means of digital monitoring devices installed in vehicles; recalls that Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 on tachographs in road transport does not apply to vehicles of less than 3.5 tonnes (LGVs); calls therefore for checks on working and rest times to be stepped up; recalls that all tasks in relation to the activity of an employee are to be considered working time; stresses likewise the importance of monitoring compliance with European and national legislation regarding the protection of health and safety at work, including conditions in vehicles, for all people involved in postal deliveries irrespective of whether their employment status is self-employed, subcontractor, temporary staff member or contract worker;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the social partners to negotiate collective agreements for all transport services in line with national laws and practicesWelcomes the important role of trade unions, who in many Member States work together with transport service providers in an effort to make the transformation of the transport sector socially sustainable; highlights the importance of strong and independent social partners in the transport sector, an institutionalised social dialogue and the participation of employees in company matters; encourages the social partners to negotiate collective agreements for all transport services in line with national laws and practices, as they are an effective instrument to ensure decent social and employment standards; encourages SMEs in the sector to establish associations or platforms which support them in this regards and keep them informed;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure, in line with national law and practice, that the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same place as advocated by Commission President Juncker is also applied in the transport sector;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the rise of precarious employment, bogus self- employment, undeclared work and social dumping in the transport sector; calls on the Commission to request information from the Member States on these problems and exchange best practices on how to tackle them; calls on the Member States to guarantee fair competition and ensure decent working conditions and the highest possible level of social protection for all workers;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Criticises the European Commission’s communication ‘A European Agenda for the collaborative economy’ for its biased and over- enthusiastic position on the collaborative economy; is particularly worried about the Commission’s recommendation to Member States to consider imposing market access requirements only if a set of narrowly defined criteria apply (price setting competence, mandatory terms and conditions, ownerships of key assets); is worried that through these recommendations Member States are prevented from correcting market failures and are hindered from setting adequate consumer protection and labour standards in the digital economy; warns that the freedom to provide services should not take precedence over nationally guaranteed consumer protection and labour standards.
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle bogus self- employment in the transport sector; urges the Member States, more generally, to prevent the flexibility of employment contracts from having a negative impact on workers; calls furthermore on the Commission and the Member States to examine the need to fill any potential regulatory gaps in order to avoid an increase in precarious and bogus self- employment;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points out that the collaborative economy also gives rise to precarious forms of employment to which standards as regards social security, working time, worker participation and employment protection no longer apply; asks the European Commission to suggest a legislative framework for the protection of workers in the collaborative economy, clarifying under which circumstances an employment relationship exists; considers that some online platforms are structurally similar to temporary agencies and calls on the Commission to elaborate in how far a revision of the directive on temporary agency work would be suitable to guarantee a minimum of labour standards for workers in the collaborative economy; stresses that a legislative proposal from the European Commission is urgently needed in order adequately protect workers and create a level playing field for businesses in the digital labour market, which operates on a cross-border basis;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee all workers in the transport sector decent working conditions, including the required level of health and safety protection at work regardless of the size and type of the company which employs them, the place of employment or the underlying contract; stresses the importance of health and safety at work, particularly in the light of demographic changes and the high level of mobility of workers in the transport sector;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Draws attention to a number of instances of unfair competition in the transport sector, which is often at the expense of small transport businesses; recalls that unfair competition can contribute to the degradation of working conditions; calls on the responsible authorities to adequately sanction any misconduct in this regard;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Invites the Commission to consider the creation of a European Road Transport Agency to ensure proper implementation of EU legislation, including social and employment standards, and to promote standardisation and cooperation between all Member States in road transport;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned about the misuse of subcontracting in the transport sector to circumvent working and employment standards; calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce and strengthen laws on joint and several liabilityhighlights in this context the long-term social and financial implications of precarious employment for individuals as well as for social security systems; calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce and strengthen laws on joint and several liability, put limits to subcontracting and increase monitoring of transport operators and their subcontractors as regards employment and working conditions;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2015/2349(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the importance of 21st century skillsPoints out that as result of restructuring and the introduction of new activities and technologies workers need to adapt to new circumstances and learn new skills; highlights the importance of 21st century working skills, such as digital skills, team working, critical thinking and problem solving, and calls on the social partners and ons well as education and training institutions to develop related skills strategies for small transport businesses.; stresses that the key to a socially sustainable transformation and adaptation in the transport sector lies in employee training; regards it as the employer’s task to acquaint employees properly with new technologies such as IT and tracking applications; stresses that in the case of temporary contracts, the agency supplying the staff must give them adequate preparation and training;
2016/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2015/2345(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Is concerned that due to the procyclical nature of public spending the financial capacity and social mission of non- governmental organizations (NGOs) are severely challenged at times when they are most needed; notes that the financial crisis and the subsequent austerity policies had a very negative impact on NGOs in programme countries and beyond;
2016/04/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2015/2345(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of NGOs with regard to addressing severe social problems, such as poverty and social exclusion; recalls however, that this is first and foremost the task of national governments and society at large; points out that NGOs cannot compensate for social policy deficits in the Member States nor replace public actors in the field, rather their work should complement or reinforce public policies;
2016/04/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2015/2345(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that EUEmphasizes that NGOs are an important partner for the Union and play a valuable role in European policy and programme delivery across policy areas; points out that the proper implementation of European programmes such as the ESF, EaSI, ESF and FEAD cannot be implemented withoutdepends on a strong NGO involvement;
2016/04/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2015/2345(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for a legal definition of NGOs at European level; Calls on the Commission and Member States to take all measures necessary to ensure the independence of social NGOs and to provide funding to contribute to the independent assessment of policies; stresses, however that NGOs should only benefit from European financial support if they have democratic structures, provide added value to society at large and adhere to Union law values;
2016/04/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2015/2345(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of NGOs being operationally and politically independent;
2016/04/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2015/2345(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls the special role the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union assigns to social partners which requires adequate financial support;
2016/04/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2015/2345(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses the importance of non- governmental organizations not being 100% dependent from governmental funding in order to ensure their operational independence;
2016/04/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2015/2345(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Stresses the need that Members States guarantee that there are no political links between the NGOs and the governments;
2016/04/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2015/2345(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. NWelcomes the Commission's efforts in ensuring simpler and faster access to funds in recent years but notes that there is still work to be done to streamline and simplify application processes; notes that many NGOs have difficulties in accessing ESF funding and are disproportionately burdened by the complexity of programmes and reporting requirements; calls on the Commission and Member States to step up support in this area; and to reduce administrative burdens for NGOs;
2016/04/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2015/2345(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that many EU social NGOsNGOs in the Union work in areas covered by different Commission Directorates-General (DGs); calls on the Commission to make it possible to combine operational grants from more than one DG and to ensure that it is possible to claim overheads in action grants while receiving operating grants, especially in cases where NGOs receive only small operating grants in terms of percentage of their total expenditure;
2016/04/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 87 #

2015/2345(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that in the social field full policy impact is often difficult to identify and measure within one year; callsthe given reporting period, especially in the case of short-term projects; calls therefore on the Commission to better balancimprove the measuring and reporting of output andrequirements of output and impact of NGO's activities, including projects, and to follow best practice examples to assess their impact;
2016/04/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 93 #

2015/2345(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Highlights the importance of high transparency standards with regard to ex- post audits procedures; calls on the Commission to develop and apply common guidelines for NGOs audits which are to be respected by both, internal and external auditors;
2016/04/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2015/2344(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that the success of the eurozone and achievement of Treaty objectives is dependent on increasing the welfare of all its citizens, based on a sustained process of upward convergence in productivity and employment levels, and on well- functioning labour markets and welfare systems, based on decent work with rights, a strong role for the social partners, social dialogue, collective bargaining and collective agreements, and preventing individual Member States from trying to gain an unfair competitive advantage by infringing workers’ rights or promoting social dumping; highlights that societies which are characterized by a high level of equality and investment in people do better in terms of growth and employment resilience; recalls the importance of adopting a European pillar of social rights as a way to guarantee social and labour rights and to foster upward economic and social convergence in order to tackle the economic and social divergences between Member States and within societies;
2016/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2015/2344(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the protracted Eurozone crisis has shown that the lack of a common budgetary capacity worsens economic adjustment processes within the currency union, leading to unnecessary social hardship and undermining fundamental social standards; points out that contractionary economic policies undertaken in many Eurozone countries in the absence of greater risk-sharing have translated into substantial shortages of public and private investment, leading to a dangerous divergence in Member States' longer-term growth potential, manifested also by high rates of long-term unemployment and emigration from crisis-hit countries; highlights the importance of the automatic stabilisation function of welfare systems, both in the economic sense and to absorb social shock-waves caused by recessions; stresses that high quality welfare systems and social investments are extremely important if Europe wants to maintain its main competitive advantage - highly skilled workers and productive companies;
2016/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #

2015/2344(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Takes note of the relevance of existing instruments such as the European Structural and Investment Funds, the European Stability Mechanism, the European Fund for Strategic Investments and the Structural Reforms Support Programme; highlights, however, that the modalities of their intervention are not sufficiently adapted to enable timely recovery in investment levels and renewed economic catching-up process in countries most hit by the Eurozone crisis; considers that the Youth Employment Initiative comes conceptually closest to what is needed for re- convergence, by providing targeted grant support for the implementation of the Youth Guarantee, which is a comprehensive set of structurally relevant measures that also give some short-term relief; calls for accelerated and improved implementation of the YEI and its further funding with € 20 billion in the period 2017-20;
2016/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2015/2344(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Considers that a 'convergence instrument' should be put in place to foster a gradual process of renewed structural convergence within the Eurozone by providing incentives and support for sustainable and growth- friendly structural reforms and investments based on a 5-year 'convergence code', enabling better implementation of the Integrated Guidelines and relevant country-specific recommendations; notes that this instrument could be of temporary nature and should be targeted at countries whose growth potential has been most eroded by the long financial crisis; considers that, after a long period of macroeconomic adjustment, focus should be put on delivering structural reforms and investments with the aim of strengthening growth potential based on quality jobs and productivity, of promoting fair, robust, efficient and fiscally sustainable welfare systems based on solidarity, social justice and a fair wealth distribution, and of fostering a sustainable transition of Member States' economies towards greater resource efficiency;
2016/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2015/2344(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that in order to stabilise the social situation in Member States during future cyclical downturns, economic stabilisers such as a European Unemployment Insurance (EUI) scheme should strengthen the welfare statebe considered as an instrument helping to uphold growth levels and fight social deprivation otherwise caused by one- sided fiscal discipline measures taken under the European economic governance framework; stresses that an EUI scheme must include safeguards to prevent a lowering of national unemployment insurance standards, it should be financed by taxes (e.g. corporate taxation), should be complementary to national schemes and address cyclical unemployment only; looks forward to the publication of the final report of the study on Feasibility and Added Value of a European Unemployment Benefit Scheme, conducted for the Commission under a Pilot Project initiated by the European Parliament and expects the Commission swiftly to follow up on this study with legislative proposals, also in the context of the roadmap envisaged by the Five Presidents' Report;
2016/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2015/2344(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the fact that the current system of European economic governance is highly unbalanced and focuses almost exclusivetoo heavily on fiscal stability and wage competitiveness, while concerns aboutnot paying enough attention to economic recovery, to public investment policies and more and better jobs and social cohesion are largely ignoreds needed for renewed convergence in growth potential and to strengthening quality employment and social cohesion within the Eurozone; calls for the EMU governance framework to ensure stronger policy response by giving binding force to employment and social indicators such as poverty rates, household incomes and various forms of inequality, also in the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy and the EU's commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030; stresses the need to implement measures improving job quality in order to reduce labour market segmentation combined with measures raising minimum wages to a decent level and strengthening collective bargaining and workers' position in wage- setting systems in order to reduce wage dispersion; warns about the fact that in recent decades, shareholders and corporate management have been taking a greater share of economic output while real wages have stagnated or have been reduced; considers that falling labour share of income and excessive dispersion in wages increase inequalities and damage productivity and competitiveness of companies;
2016/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2015/2344(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Member States to respect and promote the autonomy of collective bargaining on wages and working conditions, and to restore balance with the economic governance pillar by urgently moving ahead on the social dimension; and all institutions involved in European economic governance and financial assistance programmes to respect and promote the autonomy of collective bargaining on wages and working conditions; emphasises the importance of non-cost determinants of competitiveness, such as productivity, quality, innovation, natural resource efficiency, good governance, modern public administration and a predictable business environment; highlights that all these factors depend on a skilled workforce, ethical and socially responsible management, workers' participation in company matters, high quality jobs and robust welfare systems;
2016/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2015/2344(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of not linkpromoting social policies that fight poverty, social exclusion and social dumping, any unemployment benefit system with economic conditionality for the Member States, and of promoting social policies which fight poverty, social exclusion and social dumping; s well as investing in formal education systems and active employment policies helping to shorten unemployment spells and improve skill levels while ensuring decent living conditions for unemployed people; considers that limited macroeconomic risk-sharing within a European Unemployment Insurance scheme, complementary to national schemes and addressing cyclical unemployment only, should be underpinned by relevant ex ante conditionality on the accessibility and quality of support provided to job-seekers, but would not require harmonisation of national labour market policies; calls for social partners to be appropriately involved in establishing and overseeing a complementary European Unemployment Insurance scheme, taking into account their responsibilities in this field at national level;
2016/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2015/2344(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the Eurozone fiscal capacity should not be merely a responsive tool in the event of country-specific shocks, but should actively enable Member States to strengthen their economic recovery and catching-up process after the long crisis in order to achieve social cohesion and full employment, to erase poverty, to strengthen the welfare state and to help attain all the social objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy.;
2016/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 89 #

2015/2344(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that in order to foster voluntary mobility throughout the European labour market, it should be ensured that no worker is left uncovered by social and labour rights protection, including mobile workers, the principle of equal treatment should be guaranteed and wages and social standards safeguarded; the European Unemployment Insurance scheme should build on and complement existing European instruments and be open to Member States with a commitment to adopt the euro in the future.
2016/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 23rd October 2015 on "reducing inequalities with a special focus on child poverty"(2014/2237(INI))
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital - A a (new)
- A a. Whereas the economic recovery in the EU is under way but remains uneven between and within Member States and is partly driven by temporary factors, such as low oil prices and unconventional monetary policies showing therefore that the EU can do more to boost the economic and social recovery so as to make it more sustainable in the medium term;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas unemployment rate has been diminishing sinceslowly and unevenly diminishing since the second half of 2013, thanks to supportive macroeconomic policies and the impact of structural reforms there has been a distribution of the working time through the increase in precarious work and, in many countries, this reduction has also caused the decrease of the labour force; whereas it nevertheless remains too high, currently affecting 9.9 % of active citizens, i.e. 23 million Europeans, about half of them being long-term unemployed and over 10% in the Euro area, being still well above the figures of 2008;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
A b. Whereas, as stated by the European Commission1 a , employment and social divergences within and between Member states persists and social developments still point to further divergence across the EU hindering growth, employment and cohesion; whereas societies which are characterised by a high level of equality and investment in people do better in terms of growth and employment resilience. __________________ 1a Joint employment report 2016 page 2
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas about 20 % of active citizens in the EU have only basic skills while 39 % of companies have difficulty finding staff with the required skills although this is also linked to their unwillingness to offer long-term contracts, whereas low educational level is one of the key causes of young people becoming NEETs;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the discrimination of long- term unemployed job seekers is unfortunately very common: whereas such practices are based on the psychological stigma associated with unemployment and result in employers to perceiving jobless and older applicants as less competent and less hireable than employed individuals; whereas there is a need for employers to train human resource managers to overcome their biases against unemployed workers and older workers and to focus on qualifications and experience rather than the current employment status.
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas undeclared work hasdoes not only have serious budgetary implications and leads to loss of tax revenue and social security contributions, as itit also produces negative effects on employment, productivity and quality of work, skills development and lifelong learning, as well as on the acquisition of pension rights and access to healthcare; whereas there is a need for more efforts to turn undeclared work into declared work
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the most precarious work involves the inability of individuals to enforce their rights, where social insurance protection is absent, where health and safety is put at risk and where work does not provide sufficient income to enable people to live decently; whereas Insecurity is another key element of precariousness and it encompasses work uncertainty, income insufficiency, lack of protection against dismissal, an unknown length of employment and where there is uncertainty about future employment
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 123 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the Commission’s Annual Growth Survey (AGS) underlines the need to pay more attention to social fairness in the context of the new macroeconomic adjustmentnational, stability and reform programmes, adding three socialemployment indicators (activity rate, youth unemployment and long-term unemployment) in the 2016 Alert Mechanism ReportMacroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP); notes, however, that the inclusion of these variables into the scoreboard do not have any legal implications or change the focus of the MIP; stresses that the need to invest in social development is not just a means of guaranteeing that economic growth and convergence can be achieved, but must also be a specific target in itself; therefore highlights the importance of quality of employment, poverty and inequality indicators and stresses that employment and social considerations should be put on equal footing with the economic ones;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 165 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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; insists in the implementation of the lifelong learning framework approach towards a flexible education path recognizing formal, but also non formal and informal learning to foster equity and social cohesion and allowing employment opportunities for more vulnerable groups.;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 174 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission´s proposal to enhance the Youth Guarantee at national, regional and local level, and stresses its importance for school-to-work transitions; stresses the need to guarantee suitable forms of collaboration between public and private employment services; regrets that the financing of the Youth Guarantee has not been enough to effectively address the issue and the lack of coordination on the use that Member States have done with the funding; reiterates its continuous call for a European framework for introducing minimum standards for the implementation of Youth Guarantees;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 180 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative for an individualised approach for the long- term unemployed but it is worried about the plight of long-term unemployed in Europe, representing more than 12 million unemployed; considers that such an approach will require an increased effort in terms of human resources, calling for participants with the educational level needed to be able to orientate the unemployed on how to overcome possible gaps in education or training; stresses that professional requalification processes require adequate financial resources that need to be channelled to the unemployed;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 206 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the EU continues to suffer from structural problems that need to be addressed urgently, pointing up the need to continue prioritising investment, structural reforms that reduce inequalities and promote quality jobs, sustainable growth and social investment and responsible fiscal consolidation, thus reinforcing a favourable environment for businesspath towards more cohesion and upward social convergence with a view to creating more quality jobs while balancing the social and economic dimensions; stresses that those priorities will only be achieved if investment in human capital is prioritised as a common strategythrough adequate investment in people and through more adequate sustainable social systems and integrated solutions to support people and make them even more resilient and prepared to face the challenges;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 213 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Is concerned that labour market reforms in many Member States have mainly promoted precarious jobs; observes that 50% of the jobs created in 2014 were temporary jobs; notes that, according to the Commission, in-work poverty persists; in this context, calls for a wage increase not only to guarantee decent income, but also which serves to consolidate the economic recovery through the strenghtening of the internal demand;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 219 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Draws attention to the urgent need to fight undeclared work, which jeopardises workers’ access to social protection systems ands well as national public finances and creates unfair competition between European enterprises; calls on the Member States to reinforce labour inspection mechanisms and to design measures to enable workers in the grey economy to have access to employment protection regimesincrease their efforts to turn undeclared work into declared work; encourages Member States to implement rates of taxation related to the degree of stability and the quality of diverse forms of employment relationships, as one of the incentives for stable contracts;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 221 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Is concerned about the increase in income inequalities linked partially to inefficient labour market reforms; calls on the Commission and Member States to implement measures improving job quality in order to reduce labour market segmentation combined with measures raising minimum wages to a decent level and strengthening collective bargaining and workers position in wage-setting systems in order to reduce wage dispersion; warns about the fact that in recent decades, corporate management have been taking a greater share of the economic share while workers' wages have stagnated or have been reduced; considers that this excessive dispersion in wages increases inequalities and damages productivity and competitiveness of companies.
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 233 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Warns about the fact that despite the fact that labour reforms have reduced the payments or damages for unfair dismissal and have lowered taxes or given tax incentives for permanent employment creation, new jobs have been mainly temporary contracts.
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 272 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. underlines that according to Art. 153 (5) TFEU interference in wage setting mechanism by the European Union is not foreseen; emphasizes that wage setting is a core responsibility of mandated social partners in the Member States; demands therefore that the Commission ceases to interfere in national wage setting mechanisms and rejects the establishment of National Competitiveness Boards; underlines that wages are an important factor to increase domestic demand and economic growth; calls therefore on relevant actors in high-surplus countries to support faster wage increases enabling higher domestic demand.
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 273 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Stresses the fact that, in order to be effective, EFSI investments must be focused on creating new investments in areas where investor appetite is subdued rather than on substituting investments that would have been produced elsewhere or focusing on highly profitable investments that would have occurred in any case; reiterates its call on the importance of investments in human capital and other social investments, such as healthcare, childcare or affordable housing and on the need of the effective implementation of the Social Investment Package;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 344 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls on the Commission, in the framework of the midterm review of the MFF, to study the possibility of increasing the funding of the ESF to ensure the adequacy of its objectives and the new challenges that have been incorporated, such as long-term unemployment or the integration of refugees. Calls also for the establishmen of an specific programme to those European subregions whose unemployment rates exceed 30%;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 355 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Calls on the Commission to propose an integrated rights-based anti-poverty strategy in the EU to tackle the multidimensionality of poverty for all groups, especially the most vulnerable ones, integrated active inclusion, underpinned by rights to quality social protection and linked to thematic strategies for all at-risk groups. In this sense, reiterates its call on the Commission to propose an initiative to promote the introduction of minimum incomes in the Member States, for example, through an EU framework for adequate income throughout the life cycle stressing that it is up to each Member State to set minimum income levels and that these should be commensurate to the specific socioeconomic situation in the country in question;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 357 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26 c. Is extremely worried about the child poverty rates in the EU; reiterates its call on the Commission and the Member States to introduce a child guarantee;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 375 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take adequate measures to help refugees settle and integrate, as well as ensuring that public services are sufficiently resourced and early anticipation of the requirements to facilitate their smooth transition to the labour market. Local authorities and social partners should play a key role in facilitating the integration of migrants and preventing them from suffering from labour abuse;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 390 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work together on removing the obstacles to fair labour mobility, ensuring that EU since the free movement of workers is a fundamental right in the EU, ensuring that no worker is left uncovered by social and labour rights protection, including mobile workers, are not treated abusivelynd guaranteeing the principle of equal treatment while safeguarding wages and social standards;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 395 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. States that social dialogue is a key instrument for improving working conditions and that in order to ensure the best conditions possible for the dialogue between social partners, a precondition in this context is the existence of strong trade unions, the participation of employees in company matters and a strengthening of collective agreements; calls on the Commission and Member States to boost the quality of social dialogue also at the European level ensuring timely and meaningful social partner consultations, allowing for the necessary analysis and integration of proposals in decision making processes.
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 396 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30 b. calls for the promotion of a socially just corporate governance framework at the European level as a way to reducing inequalities, focusing on promoting greater economic democracy putting in place and strengthening legislation requiring employee representatives on company boards and remuneration committees, systems of tax advantages to employee owned companies, cooperatives and mutuals, as well as funds providing loans to assist employee-buy outs.
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 397 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)
30 c. calls on the Commission and the Member States to reinforce their efforts to tackle social and wage dumping in the EU, which causes significant harm to the workers affected and to Member State welfare systems; calls, furthermore, for the social partners to be included at all levels in these efforts;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 398 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Better coordinatStrengthen the Social Dimension of the European Semesterzone
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 414 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31 b. Calls on the Commission to present as soon as possible the proposal for a Pillar of Social rights, as a way to guarantee social and labour rights and to foster upward economic and social convergence in order to tackle the economic and social disparities between Member States and within societies;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2015/2327(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that Erasmus+ is one of the key drivers of growth, employment, competitiveness and social cohesion in that it contributes to improving European education and training systems, active citizenship and employability, and provides Europeans with an opportunity to acquire transversal and transferable sets of skills and competences via studies, training, volunteering and work experience abroad;
2016/10/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2015/2327(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that vocational education and training (VET) and VET mobility play a vital economic and social role in Europe, in a rapidly changing labour market, as a mechanism leading to equal opportunities for all citizens, including those from socially disadvantaged groups, unemployed young people, migrants and women, who are all under-represented in VET; calls on the Commission and the Member States to position VET as a choice which leads to a promising career, make it accessible to all, ensure gender balance and non- discrimination, and guarantee that it is adequately funded;
2016/10/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2015/2327(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to position VET as a choice which leads to a promising career, make it accessible to all, ensure gender balance and non-discrimination, and increase its funding;
2016/10/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2015/2327(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase training opportunities abroad of VET learners as it will provide them with professional and life skills needed for a transition from education and training to work;
2016/10/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2015/2327(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to work with the Members States on a stronger cooperation between education establishmentinstitutions and key stakeholders (businesses, VET facilities, research organisations, social partners, local/regional authorities, and the youth sector) in order to enhance the responsiveness of the education and VET systems to labour market needs, and to guarantee that this cooperation is reflected in Erasmus+; believes that active involvement of beneficiaries in the desigand all stakeholders, including the trade unions and other relevant social partners in the design, organisation and implementation of the programme increasensures its success and added value;
2016/10/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2015/2327(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Highlights that non-formal learning promotes basic skills and soft skills such as social and civic competences that are highly relevant for the labour market as well as well-being at work and a good work-life balance, as well as help integrate disadvantaged groups in the labour market and society;
2016/10/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2015/2327(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on the Commission to regularly review the levels of financial support, such as travel lump sums, in order to ensure they are consistent with reality and to avoid discrimination, abandon or failure of people with fewer financial means and/or special requirements;
2016/10/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 126 #

2015/2327(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Calls on the Commission and the National Agencies to better promote the relevance of projects that target several education and training sectors, as further emphasis needs to be given to the lifelong learning dimension of the programme;
2016/10/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 129 #

2015/2327(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 i (new)
4i. Calls on the Commission to reinforce the contribution of Erasmus+ to citizenship, as well as social inclusion of people with physical, mental or health- related conditions, and to reflect the results in the implementation and mid- term review reports;
2016/10/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 130 #

2015/2327(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 j (new)
4j. Strongly supports an efficient promotion and encouragement of VET mobility among women and considers that measures should be put in place in order to ensure that all mobility programmes within Erasmus+ are strictly gender balanced and offer true equal opportunities for all; considers that ambitious targets should be set in this regard and the progress should be strictly monitored;
2016/10/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 132 #

2015/2327(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 l (new)
4l. Is concerned that internships and traineeships are often a source of cheap labour; therefore, calls for quality paid traineeships and internships that would not substitute standard employment contracts;
2016/10/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2015/2327(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 n (new)
4n. Calls on the Commission to draw up and make available updated statistics on Erasmus+ and the impact it has had on employability, as well as type and rate of employment, and impact on salaries;
2016/10/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 136 #

2015/2327(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 p (new)
4p. Highlights that a redefinition of jobs and skills is taking place, especially due to the undergoing transition towards a more digitised economy; calls on the European Commission and the Member States to ensure that the Erasmus+ programme reflects this reality;
2016/10/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 140 #

2015/2327(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 t (new)
4t. Welcomes the development of pilot projects such the "European framework for mobility of apprentices: developing European citizenship and skills through youth integration in the labour market" aimed at implementing cost-efficient cross-border apprentice mobility schemes between VET institutions, companies and/or other relevant organisations, as well as formally recognizing and validating learning outcomes and supporting the mutual recognition of diplomas, and "Youth mobility in vocational training - Better youth mobility" aimed at improving the mobility of young people in vocational training; calls on the Commission for an effective implementation of the two pilot projects and their long-term integration in the Erasmus+ programme;
2016/10/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 146 #

2015/2327(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 z (new)
4z. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee an increased and more long-term structural support to European of civil society organisations in the field of education, training, youth and sport in the form of operating grants, as they are the organisations providing learning opportunities and participation spaces to European citizens and residents to develop and implement European policies;
2016/10/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2015/2326(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that timely and correct transposition of EU law into national legislation and a clear domestic legislative framework should be a priority for the Member States in order to reduceavoid breaches of EU law and therefore deliver benefits to people and business; notes that members of the public, business, trade unions, NGOs and other stakeholders contribute substantially to the Commission´s monitoring through reporting defaults in the transposition and in the application of EU law by Member State authorities; encourages stakeholders to remain vigilant in this regard also in the future;
2015/12/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2015/2326(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that in 2014 the Commission received its highest number of new complaints in the areas of employment, social affairs and inclusion since 2011; notes that it has taken the Commission longer than normal to respond to certain complaints in the areas of employment, social affairs and inclusion;
2015/12/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2015/2326(INI)

4. Points out that the number of new late transposition cases increased slightly in 2014 compared to the previous year and all of these were related to labour law; points out that late transposition is a persistent problem which averts people and stakeholders from receiving the benefit of Union law; stresses that late transposition has a negative effect on the overall legal certainty and the level playing field of Single Market;
2015/12/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2015/2326(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on further measures to ensure effective monitoring and enforcement of legislation, including timely transposition and compliance with the objectives of the legislation, and to deal with damaging loopholes where they arise; stresses the need for clearly-worded legislation in order to facilitate compliance in this context;
2015/12/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2015/2326(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes the tools developed by the Commission, such as Your European Portal, Solvit and Chap, which provide support to stakeholders, but deplores the fact that these tools are still only little known and little used.
2015/12/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. welcomes the Commission's communication and the action plan for the alpine region but stresses the need to further strengthen the social dimension in order to ensure the pursuit of a growth model that can secure sustainable growth, social inclusion and social protection for all, in particular in the border areas; insists on the importance of encouraging the setting-up of social infrastructures and promoting social investments;
2016/03/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of increasing the economic potential of the strategic sectors of agriculture, forestry, tourism, energy, the bioeconomy, organic products, health and the latest technologies, and giving strong backing to SMEs with which research centres should form linkinter- regional networks and links; stresses the need to promote social entrepreneurship, local productions and to foster fresh investments also facilitating credit access for young entrepreneurs;
2016/03/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need to address demographic changes such as ageing population and migration flows; underlines that in-migration could be an important factor for the development of those areas which are subject to depopulation or population ageing; underlines therefore the need to support measures that strengthen the positive role of in-migration to boost economic growth and social cohesion in the area;
2016/03/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the need to provide quality public services accessible and affordable for all, in particular with regard to education, healthcare, social services and mobility; underlines the need to develop infrastructures and technologies in order to ensure the availability of sustainable tailor made services for the people living in the Alpine region; calls on the Member States concerned to better take into account the needs of people living in the most peripheral areas;
2016/03/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses the need to put in place effective instruments, including adequate inspections and controls, to guarantee decent working and living conditions of seasonal workers in the Alpine Region and to ensure that there is no misuse of seasonal employment; stresses the need to ensure the respect of employment rights, labour standards and high quality working conditions in general;
2016/03/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Stresses the need to strengthen the adaptability of the workforce through re- skilling, lifelong learning and multilingualism and to endorse plans to enhance good working conditions, social security, gender equality and accessibility for people with disabilities;
2016/03/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that an environment needs to be created that fosters innovation and research with smart specialisation strategies and stronger links between the complementary strengths of the Alpine Region and its interests; stresses that political stability, a higher level of social welfare, a skilled and educated workforce, innovating companies and unique geographical features are competitive advantages for the alpine region;
2016/03/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that innovative solutions are needed in order to avoid brain drain and depopulation, such as maintaining services of general interest also in small and medium urban areas and foster the diffusion of new technologies; considers it also important to organise exchanges programs of students, entrepreneurs and policy makers from different regions of EUSALP in order to improve language skills, the exchange of good practices and social cohesion;
2016/03/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that sustainable tourism, local productions and efficient public transport systems can help to tackle depopulation and securing jobs in the region;
2016/03/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for transport connectivity within the region and with the rest of Europe to be made more dursustainable and efficient and for intermodal transport systems to be encouraged for the sake of the region's development and the well-being of its inhabitants; underlines the importance to support coordinated transnational policies and new approaches in shared responsibility and fair cooperation between territories, such as vertical links between large cities and rural, mountain and tourist areas;
2016/03/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the importance of access to a high speed Internet connection and to digital services. to overcome the digital divide, both in digital skills and access, for all the inhabitants of the Alpine region, especially those living and working in the most peripheral areas; highlights the need to better connect schools, universities and research centres, promote e-learning programs, innovation, the development of clusters based on regional expertise and regional companies;
2016/03/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need to promote production models based on a circular economy approach, to support energy efficiency and the creation of 'green infrastructures' to preserve biodiversity and natural resources and to provide new opportunities for tourism and quality job creation;
2016/03/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas labour market conditions within host countries are a determining factor for the successful and durable integration of refugees; whereas unemployment in the EU, in particular youth unemployment, is still at alarming levels;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas granting refugees and asylum seekers effective access to the labour market is important to restoring their human dignity and self-worth and is also cost-efficient, as well as a responsible approach towards public finances, easing the cost borne by Member States and local authorities while also enabling them to become active fiscal contributors;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas discrimination is one of the most significant barrier preventing migrants in general from fully participating to the labour market and society, together with linguistic, educational and institutional factors1a ; _________________ 1a http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/e tudes/note/join/2014/518768/IPOL- EMPL_NT%282014%29518768_EN.pdf
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 95 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that significant differences exist in the times and modalities of processing requests for international protection within Member States; highlights that slow and excessively bureaucratic procedures may hinder refugees and asylum seekers’ access to the labour market, as well as the activation of EU programmes and the effective use of funds in this field, as well as increase the refugees and asylum seekers' vulnerability to undeclared work and precarious working conditions;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 145 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that granting refugees and asylum seekers effective access to the labour market is important to restoring their human dignity and self-worth and is also cost-efficient, as it would allow them to be self-sufficient and to gain economic independence, which is an essential step for their inclusion into society, and a responsible approach towards public finances, easing the cost borne by Member States and local authorities while also enabling them to become active fiscal contributors, which is generally considered beneficial for their individual growth, development and self- esteem, also bearing in mind that not all refugees and asylum seekers arriving in the EU are able to work due to health, age or other issues;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 162 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Acknowledges the importance of the work of civil society and volunteer organisations providing support for empowerment, integration and self- resilience to all asylum seekers and refugees before and during their participation into the labour market;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 188 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need for an early, fair, transparent and free-of-charge assessment of refugees and asylum seekers’ formal and non-formal skills, as well as recognition and validation of their qualifications, in order to develop tailored measures allowing them to make full use of their potential, and to match labour supply and demand in the host countries;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 211 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Acknowledges the Commission's efforts to simplify and increase synergies among the available funding instruments; stresses however the need to further develop accessibility, complementary and transparency of these funds with a view to strengthen Member States' reception and integration capacities of refugees and asylum seekers;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 232 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses that additional financial resources are required in order to provide local authorities, social partners, social and economic actors, civil society and volunteer organisations with direct financial support for measures aimed at swift integration of refugees and asylum seekers into society and the labour market; considers that a new financial instrument, directly managed by the Commission, could be most suitable for this purpose;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 234 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points out that in order to ensure an expedient allocation within the scope of the European Social Fund, Member States should adjust national related rules where needed in order to ensure that asylum seekers are treated equally to EU and third-country nationals having access to the labour market;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 251 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Supports the Commission’s efforts in updating the European Agenda on Migration, in particular by revising the Dublin III Regulation in order to improve solidarity, responsibility-sharing and harmonisation of protection standards among Member States; underlines the positive impact that intra-EU mobility of refugees would have on addressing labour shortages and refugees’ inclusion into the labour market; stresses that further efforts are necessary to create a truly uniform Common European Asylum System and a comprehensive and sustainable legal migration policy in the EU to meet labour market demand in terms of skills, in which social inclusion and active integration policies play a central role;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 269 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Points out that a lengthy processing of international protection applications, and a failed registration of refugeeasylum seekers at their arrival, not only impedes timely and legal access of refugees and asylum seekers to the labour market but also generates the conditions for the development of undeclared work practices and forms of severe labour exploitation;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 271 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that access to social services such as housing, social and healthcare is a pre-requisite for integration and prevention of exploitation;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 276 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that access to justice and protection should be ensured to all victims of exploitation and discrimination; highlights the crucial work done by trade unions, civil society and volunteer organisations in reaching out to these workers and in providing them with the information and support they need;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 315 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to intensify its efforts in ensuring that refugees and asylum seekers are granted effective access to the labour market, in particular by verifying that Member States do not impose too restrictive conditions for access to employment such as sectoral restrictions, working time restrictions or excessive administrative hurdles, which would render the access to employment unduly difficult;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 332 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Member States to ensure early and easy access to quality training, including internships, in order to ensure full integration into our societies and the labour market, taking into considerrecognising and validationg the refugees’ existing skills and competences, talents and know-how;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 335 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Member States to ensure early and easy access to quality training, including internships and apprenticeships, in order to ensure full integration into our societies and the labour market, taking into consideration the refugees’ existing skills and competences, talents and know-how;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 340 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Highlights that innovative instruments based on new media, such as social media and apps, could play a pivotal role in facilitating access to as well as exchange of information, refugees' registration, skills assessment, job-search, language training, as well as direct assistance to people in need;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 360 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1
Stresses the need for the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts in fighting all forms of discrimination, xenophobia and racism, including by raising awareness of anti-discrimination laws and by supporting local authorities, civil society organisations, social partners and National Equality Bodies in their work;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 364 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Considers it necessary that adequate training on employment legislation and non-discrimination is provided to refugees as well as to authorities, law enforcement bodies, including labour inspectors, judges, prosecutors and lawyers in order to ensure that refugees are not exploited by undeclared work practices and forms of severe labour exploitation as well discrimination in the workplace;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 366 #

2015/2321(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Calls on Member States to ensure that refugees and asylum seekers have access to justice and are supported if they face discrimination in the labour market in line with the principles and safeguards in the Employment Equality Directive and Racial Equality Directive;
2016/04/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 e (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report "Social dialogue in micro and small companies" (2014),
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas trade union/employee representation and social dialogue/collective bargaining arrangements have been well documented as being not as widespread in SMEs as they are in larger companies; whereas there are considerable differences between different countries in this regard;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 56 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses the need for a regulatory environment that encourages investment that concurrently fosters sustainable growth and quality jobs;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that tackling the above-mentioned structural problems would result, inter alia, in fairer competition and the extension of the social contribution and tax base to a higher number of economic operators, leading to lower labour and administrative costs and thus creating better condition for quality job creation;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that labour costs have an impact on SMEs’ job creation potential and competitiveness;deleted
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that labour costs have an 3. impact on SMEs’ job creation potential and competitiveness; the SMEs' job creation potential and competitiveness is also impacted by major external factors like the macroeconomic and sector situation, fair competition, a favourable entrepreneurship image, feasible business regulations and taxation, effective public administration, access to financing, availability of sufficient workers with the required skills, insufficient demand, labour costs, and many others;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses, however that lowering labour costs by reducing workers' protection is not a correct means of achieving lower unemployment, and that, in addition, reducing workers' rights and wages induces higher skills outflows, exposing SMEs to shortages of skilled workers, while at the same time generating precarity in Europe;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on SMEs to overcome the gender gap in the labour market with regard to employment and pay, amongst others, by providing or supporting childcare facilities, carers' leave, flexible working hours for carers, and to ensure equal pay for equal work;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 97 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned at the growing phenomenon of bogus self-employment across the EU, which cannot be considered in positive terms as contributing to the 'growing number of micro-enterprises', but, rather, undermines the image of entrepreneurship; social security systems, social protection of individuals and also the image of entrepreneurship, putting many people in vulnerable situations, thereby generating new social problems that need to be tackled;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Takes note of the Investment Plan for Europe, which is designed to create new jobs and boost innovation, and hopes that the European Investment Project Portal, as a transparent pipeline for investable projects in the EUool to create more quality jobs, will help orientate investors towards existing opportunities, in favour of financing SMEs and start-up development as the fastest way to reduce unemployment and at the same time to support the creation of more quality jobs;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 111 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses the key role of enterprises, including SMEs and micro-enterprises, in collaborating with policy makers and social partners in transforming the educational systems and vocational training programmes in Europe, both with regard to teaching methods and curricula design, so as to put a stronger focus on the development of 21st century working skills, in particular digital skills, critical thinking, problem solving and teamwork; highlights in this context the importance of hands-on and real-life experiences;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 122 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EU to better engage Member State authorities, universities, businesses and financial institutions with a view to making full use of EU funding sources (e.g. the EFSI, the ESF, the ERDF, COSME, Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+) so as to help overcome the difficulty in accessing information, counselling and finance which is still onare some of the main barriers to the growth of SMEs;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 135 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view that the artificialright balance needs to be found regarding the academisation of specific professions is not helpful if one wishes ton tackleing the problem of skills scarcities in SMEs; believes that vocational training, and especially dual systems operated in cooperation with SMEbusinesses, should be given more public support; considers that informal training, on-the-job training and knowledge sharing among staff should be encouraged; 1b __________________ 1bBased on Eurofound report Job creation in SMEs: ERM annual report 2015 (27 January 2016). Some companies have a training plan in place to ensure that workers’ skills are kept up-to-date. Furthermore, more informal training is widely encouraged, including on-the-job training or knowledge sharing among staff.
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 151 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that apprenticeship schemes within SMEs should be better promoted by Member States, including through financial incentives; highlights that vocational education and training plays a vital economic and social role in Europe as an instrument to promote equal opportunities for all citizens, including vulnerable and disadvantaged groups;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 170 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses that lifelong skills development and counselling are important tools to ensure equal opportunities, including for people from disadvantaged groups, as well as more gender equality;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 179 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on Member States to adopt favourable legislative frameworks for young graduates who are employed by an SME or are starting up an enterprise;deleted
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 193 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on Member States to provide appropriate training and ensure an ongoing professional development of teachers to promote up to date teaching methods and the development of 21st century skills and competencies;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 195 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Underlines the importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) studies also with regard to enabling European SMEs to play a leading role at the global stage;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 196 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Emphasises that corporate social responsibility has a long European tradition and that socially responsible businesses continue to set an example today; stresses that SMEs can play an important role in ensuring environmentally, socially and economically sustainable growth; calls on SMEs to live up to their environmental and social responsibility and take proactive measures to identify and prevent any violation of human or environmental rights, corruption or tax evasion, including in their subsidiaries and supply chains; points out that the organisation of work, equal opportunities and social inclusion, anti-discrimination measures, adequate transparency standards, reliable accountability mechanisms and the development of lifelong education and training are crucial in this context;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 210 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Acknowledges the importance of taking into account the situation, specific needs and difficulties with compliance by micro and small enterprises in the context of the implementation of OSH measures at company level; stresses that awareness raising, exchange of good practices, consultation, user-friendly guides and online platforms are of utmost importance to help SMEs and micro enterprises comply more effectively with OSH regulatory requirements; calls on the Commission, EU-OSHA and the Member States to continue developing practical tools and guidelines, which support, facilitate and improve the compliance of SMEs and micro enterprises with OSH requirements;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 211 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13 d. Calls on the Commission to continue taking into account the specific nature and situation of SMEs and micro- enterprises when revising the strategic framework in order to help these companies meet the objectives set as regards to health and safety in the workplace;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 212 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13 e. Welcomes the introduction of the EU-OSHA's online interactive risk assessment (OiRA) as well as other e-tools in the Member States that facilitate risk assessment and aim to promote compliance and a culture of prevention, in particular in micro and small enterprises; urges the Member States to use the European funding for OSH actions in general and the development of e-tools in particular with the aim of supporting SMEs;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 213 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 f (new)
13 f. Calls for easier access to credit and microfinance as well as tailor-made counselling and support for start-ups and micro-enterprises, to enhance their job creation potential; underlines the importance of the European programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI), as well as the Investment Plan for Europe in this context;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 227 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that a stable regulatory environment is an essential prerequisite for job perennity andsustainable quality job creation in SMEs; considers that this regulatory certainty must encompass, among other elements, workers' protection, contract law and fiscal and social regulation, as well as tax rulings and also legal certainty and procedural effectiveness;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 231 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Recalls that competition policy is enforced at EU level; highlights that unfair competition in the single market has a negative effect on law-abiding businesses in particular SMEs; calls on the Commission together with the Member States to take decisive measures to tackle unfair competition that is based on for example avoidance of social, fiscal or labour law; considers the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same place as advocated by Commission President Junker as an important tool to fight market distortions;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 233 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Believes that the stability of the regulatory environment is best achieved by an ongoing involvement of social partners in the decision making process;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 236 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Recalls that competition policy is enforced at the European level; highlights that unfair competition in the Single Market damages law-abiding companies, in particular small and medium enterprises; calls on the Commission together with the Member States to take decisive measures to tackle unfair competition that is based on for example avoidance of social, fiscal or labour law;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 237 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take decisive measures to curb letterbox companies;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 238 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15 d. Recalls that all workers in the Single Market must have the right to enjoy the highest possible level of protection as regards to health and safety at work regardless of the size of the company which employs them, the place of employment or the underlying contract;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 251 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of SME- friendly, effective, flexible and responsive public administration in the Member States in order to promote entrepreneurship values, facilitate the growth of SMEs and enable them to achieve their full job creation potential; potential in generating high-quality jobs;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 253 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to facilitate efficient exchanges of best practices between Member States regarding their different regulatory environments for SMEs; welcomes in this regard the Network of SME Envoys, whose role is to improve the consultation process with national SMEs and cooperation between EU countries; also encourages cooperation between SMEs and local authorities, which can be beneficial for the creation of business clusters and incubators and hence increase their job creation potential; encourages SMEs' associations to better support SMEs and to play a stronger role as a reliable social partner;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 270 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to remimprove the remaining administrative barriers with a view to facilitating market access for micro-enterprises and SMEs from other Member Stategulatory environment with a view to facilitating cross-border employment and ensuring fair market access for SMEs from other Member States, whilst combatting market distortions;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 279 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Member States to adopt favourable legislative frameworks for newly- created SMEs, focusing in particular on incentive measures aimed at tackling the shadow economytackle the shadow economy and make full use of the newly established platform to tackle undeclared work;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 284 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Calls on Member States to develop active labour market policies, foster research and innovation, and provide good quality public services and infrastructures, in order to also encourage private sector investment into SMEs;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 286 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Stresses the need for Member States to foster partnerships between local authorities, education institutions, employment services, enterprises, trade unions, and civil society associations, also with regard to the creation, implementation and monitoring of sustainable and inclusive quality employment strategies and action plans;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 300 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that in some cases EU competition policy results in a privileginge that mostly benefits big market operators that are characterised by greater economic efficiency than SMEs; stresses in this regard the need for specific measures for SMEs in order to curb their market diseconomies, thus enabling their internationalisation and boosting their job creation potentialpotential to generate high quality jobs;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 309 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the view that SMEs' unequal access to markets, information, counselling, public services, skills and finance across the EUuropean Union, as well as being detrimental to their employment creation prospects, is the result of a number of structural differences in terms of enterprises' scale and performances; considers, therefore, that these differences should be taken into account when evaluating EUthe Union's internal market performance and implementing Union competition policy rules;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 312 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Considers that an image of a SME as an attractive employer, based on good working and employment conditions, is an important competitive advantage with regard to the recruitment of skilled staff;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 316 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Takes the view that overregulated and bureaucratic economic systems induce higher labour costs, which represent a higher financial burden for SMEs than for big companies owing to the differences in business volumesfair competition is a fundamental principle of a functioning Single Market;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 320 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that in regions where economic development is focused on attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), MNCs are treated preferentially in both legislative and tax matters; believes that these practicestresses the need to closely monitor the respect of workers' rights in these cases; believes that a preferential treatment of MNCs should also be examined with a view to ensuring a level playing field for SMEs and restoringand to diminish their potential negative impact on their employment creation capacities of SMEs;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 326 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that a reducn improved regulatory burden, better regulation and improvement offramework, and efficient law enforcement can contribute to tackling the issues of the shadow economy and tax avoidance, as the attractiveness of such ‘exits’ from the regulatory systems would be substantially reduced;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 334 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Takes the view that new EU regulations andtrade agreements with third countries should take into account the EU regions’ specific structural differences in the SMEs sector, across the Union, and assessing their impact ofn future rules on employment perspectives;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 340 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to conduct an impact assessment regarding the implications of the futureproposed TTIP agreement, for the number and quality of jobs in the SME sector in all Member States; stresses that such an impact assessment should include a detailed analysis of the types of SMEs and sectors that might be affected;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 348 #

2015/2320(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Notes the opportunities offered by the Digital Single Market to generate growth and jobs, notably in the field of e- commerce; stresses, however, the need for an SME-focused evaluation of the potential risks and benefits in different Member Statefor SMEs with regard to their growth and job creation potential in the different Member States, as well as for the impact on workers and social security systems;
2016/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2015/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to betterfully anticipate the effects of trade policy decisions on the EU labour market; opposes any initiative t, also considering the EGF, in its current form, as an intervention tool for jobs lost in the European Union as a resultevidence based information of these effects that have been highlighted by the EGF applications; calls ofn trade strategies decihe Commission to review the traded at EU level, including future trade agreements or those already in placegreements in light of this information and to reconsider trade agreements that will have adverse effects on the European labour market;
2016/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 56 #

2015/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to better anticipate the effects of trade policy decisions on the EU labour market; opposes any initiative to consider the EGF, in its current form, as an intervention tool for jobs lost in the European Union as a result of trade strategies decided at EU level, including future trade agreements or those already in place;
2016/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #

2015/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Agrees with the Commission that the very essence of the EGF is to help people, who lose their jobs as a result of more open trade; considers it an important task of the EGF to mitigate the consequences of trade disputes and ensure that the burdens stemming from joint political decisions at EU-level are shared between EU member states; therefor calls for a targeted revision of the EGF to add a clause, which will ensure support for employees and companies affected by trade conflicts; underlines in this respect the urgent need for a faster procedure for handling of applications;
2016/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2015/2258(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the labour market participation ofunemployment rates among persons with disabilities continues to be problematic,worrying in the Member States - at 5841.5 %, compared with 8019.5 % among persons without disabilities and this prevents them from living an independent and active life;
2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2015/2258(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas taking into account the unemployment rates of persons with disabilities, social protection provided by state plays a significant role in preventing poverty among people with disabilities and whereas data shows that in 2012 as many as 68,5% of people with disabilities would live in poverty without the social transfers, including pensions, received from the state;1a __________________ 1a EU-SILC data from 2012.
2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2015/2258(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas austerity measures applied by Member States have resulted in cuts in social services, support to families and community-based services and caused disproportionally negative effects on adequate standard of living of persons with disabilities, especially of children with disabilities and their families;
2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #

2015/2258(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to review the impact assessment guidelines and to modify them in order to include a more comprehensive list of issues to better assess compliance with the Convention;
2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 93 #

2015/2258(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. ICalls concerned about the lack of accessibility of the Commission together with Member States to make sure that the EU- wide 112 emergency number, which is causing unnecessary deaths and injur is fully accessible for people with disabilities;
2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2015/2258(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. ICalls concerned that the Commission to revise the Employment Equality Directive does noso that it explicitly makestates that the denial of reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities represents a form of discrimination;
2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 113 #

2015/2258(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Member States to make better use of EU Structural funds, in particular European Social Fund, to adapt workplaces and to provide necessary assistance for people with disabilities at work, to improve education and2 training with a view to improving labour market access and combating unemployment, poverty and social exclusion of people with disabilities; notes, in this regard, that the right to employment also involves the right to vocational training and promotion within enterprise;
2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #

2015/2258(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on the Member States to combine quotas and passive labour market policies, such as tax breaks and cash incentives, with active labour market policies – i.e. guidance and counselling, training and education, and quality job placements – to support the employment of people with disabilities;
2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #

2015/2258(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to further promote the employment of persons with disabilities via social and solidarity-based economy enterprises, and thus to help people with disabilities enter the labour market; calls on the Commission in this regard to further promote the newly emerged social investment market via the tools that have been created as part of the Social Business Initiative and to inform Parliament about its mid-term review results;
2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 125 #

2015/2258(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Member States to take urgent measures to prevent and reverse the negative effects that the austerity measures had on the social protection of people with disabilities; calls on the Commission to consider, in this regard, setting a social protection floor in EU at the level which would allow that the right to adequate standard of living and social protection of people with disabilities is respected;
2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2015/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Points outAffirms that Erasmus+ and other mobility programmes have fosteredcontributed to the European integration and strengthened the idea of citizenship; notes that these programmes have had an indirect positive impact on employment; points outstates that mobility in the context of vocational education and training (VET) is fundamental to the fight against unemployment, enhances employability and reduces the skills gaschool drop-out, improving employability, motivating further learning mobility and reducing the skills gap, as it leads to the development of both specific professional skills, as well as of transversal and transferable sets of skills and competencies like critical thinking and entrepreneurship;
2015/12/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #

2015/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights that VET has a vital economic and social role in Europe as a mechanism leading to equal opportunities for all citizens, including from socially vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, unemployed youth, the long-term unemployed, including second-generation unemployed, job seekers close to retirement age, immigrants, people with disabilities, as well as women, which are under-represented in VET;
2015/12/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2015/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the European Commission, and the Member States to position VET and VET mobility as an important choice leading to a promising career and thus to increase the visibility of VET programmes, make them accessible to all, ensure gender balance and non- discrimination, and guarantee sufficient financing;
2015/12/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2015/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the European Commission to keep track of the demand and supply on the labour market within the European Union, as well as the geographic and occupational mobility, and to collaborate closer with the Members States, business environment and vocational education and training facilities in order to match the needs of the labour market;
2015/12/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 106 #

2015/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomesValues positively the launch of pilot projects such, as well as thate recently approved by Parliament, entitled ‘'European framework for the mobility of apprentices’,' as thea basis for a specific mobility programme in the context of VETimprovements in the Erasmus+ programme aimed at enabling more and better VET mobility of long-term duration; urges the creation of a framework for long-term initiatives as opposed to solely project-focused actions, in order to establish a permanent and sustainable system that is fully operational that is predictable and that encourages free movement of skills across Europe;
2015/12/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 131 #

2015/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Highlights the importance of clear learning outcomes and specific job descriptions for the Erasmus+ work experiences abroad for vocational education and training students, trainees, and apprentices; stresses that the preparation of the candidates before their international experiences is an integral part of the activity and needs to include career guidance sessions, language trainings and cross-cultural communication;
2015/12/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 142 #

2015/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Notes that, in a transition towards a more digitised economy, a redefinition of jobs and skills is taking place; calls, in consequence, on the Member States and the European Commission to work in conjunction with the private sector and develop skilling strategies and VET programmes for the requalification of workers;
2015/12/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 143 #

2015/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Calls on Member States to provide appropriate training and ensure an ongoing professional development of teachers and education leaders in VET in order to help them use the most appropriate hands-on and real-life experiences teaching methods;
2015/12/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 145 #

2015/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7 e. Calls on the European Commission to work on an overview of the countries involved in cross-border vocational education and training programmes, as well as to analyse why some countries are applying for more VET work and learning experiences abroad, and build a plan on how to increase their involvement;
2015/12/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 146 #

2015/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7 f. Calls on the European Commission to establish minimum levels of allowances according to differences in living conditions, prices and costs between the Member States, available for the vocational education and training students, trainees, and apprentices, in order to fully benefit from the opportunities offered by these mobility programmes and to avoid discrimination, abandon or failure;
2015/12/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 148 #

2015/2257(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 h (new)
7 h. Calls on the European Commission to put in place minimum standards, mandatory for all participants, in terms of insurance for people, especially young, travelling and working - during their apprenticeships, across Europe;
2015/12/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Title
on social dumping in the European Union: ensuring fair competition, equal treatment and convergence between economic and social partners,
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the study carried out by the European Parliament (2015) 'EU Social and Labour Rights and EU Internal Market Law' (IP/A/EMPL/ST/2014-02),
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
- having regard to the study carried out by the European Commission (2015) 'Wage setting systems and minimum rates of pay applicable to posted workers in accordance with Directive 96/71/EC in a selected number of Member States and sectors' (VC/2015/0334),
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
- having regard to the study carried out by the University Ghent and financed by the European Commission (2015) 'Atypical Forms of Employment in the Aviation Sector' (VS/2013/0346),
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the concept of social dumping, without benefiting from a legally recognised and shared definition, covers a wide scope of abusive practices and situations enabling the development of unfair competition through tree main dimensions: - the economic aspect: the use by certain economic actors of illegal practices such as undeclared work or abusive practices such as bogus self employment can lead to major market distortions which are detrimental to bona fide companies, notably SMEs; agriculture, building, construction and food sectors, transport, care and domestic services are the main sectors concerned; - the social aspect: unfair competition can lead to a situation of inequality of treatment between European workers and deprive them from the effective exercise of their social and labour rights; - the financial aspect : the reduction of social contributions and taxes represent a threat for the financial sustainability of social security systems of Member States;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 87 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas the multiplication of abusive practices and exercise of unfair competition weakens support to the principle of the internal market and undermines confidence in European integration;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 158 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a directive based on ILO Convention No. 81 on labour inspection in order to ensure the respect of labour standards and the protection of workers, such as provisions relating to working time, safety, and health; recalls the important role ensured by social partners in order to ensure that existing legislations are respected;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 185 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to increase the staffing levels, scope and resources of their labour inspectorates and their liaison offices, in particular for interpretation and translation;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 208 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the creation of a European body of cross-border labour inspectotask force including respective national competent actors or authorities such as social partners to carry out on-the-spot checks in suspected cases of social dumping, including by identifying 'letterbox companies', which bodytask force would work in coordination with the platform against undeclared work in order to limit the financial burden involved;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 219 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls for the establishment of a confidential reporting system, with the aim of facilitating the inspectorates tasks and their effectiveness;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 340 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to combat the phenomenon of letterbox companies by applying more generally the principle that each company should have a single corporate headquarters; calls for the development of a transparent and accessible business register of all EU- companies and a mandatory use of the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information ; recalls the rejection by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the proposal for a directive on single-person limited liability companies;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 377 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the notion of 'minimum wage' contained in Directive 96/71/EC should be revised to ensure equal pay for posted workers and local workers in similar positions; stresses the need to respect the collective agreements of the host country and to ensure, through the revision of Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009, the payment of gross earnings corresponding to the remuneration paid by the employer before the deduction of taxes and social security contributions payable by employees and withheld by the employer; recalls that specific postings bonuses should be paid on top of remuneration; considers that the wage of the posted worker should be at least aligned to the gross wage applied in the host Member State; the posting company could then transfer the due social contributions to the competent authority of the home Member State of the posted worker and the outstanding amount could be paid as a an additional complement to him;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 439 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for the creation of an "electronic and integrated operator file" for all operators operating with the Community licence aiming at gathering all relevant data on carrier, vehicle and driver identified during roadside checks;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 478 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote, among others in the relevant Directives and EASA regulations, direct employment as the standard model and to put an end to the use of atypical employment for safety professionals in transport;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 507 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to include a clause on unfair commercial practices within the comprehensive aviation agreements;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 519 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need for a new regulation on groundhandling at airports to ensure mandatory social and wage protection for workergroundhandling workers at airports in the event of new calls for tenders or the partial loss of work; supports the introduction of rules to ensure the effective implementation of laws with regard to airlines with 'operational bases' on the territory of a Member State; calls for the clarification of the definition of 'home base' to protect the social rights of cabin crews, in particular their rest periods, as well as to improve the definition and concept of 'principal place of business' so that the operating license is granted by a state only if a significant number of crews and airplanes are based in that country;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 537 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission and Member States to review rules on initial training and on licensing of aircrew through eliminating the shortcomings leading to exploitation of pilots accessing the profession; calls on Member States to review their laws to eliminate precarious contracts called 'zero hour contracts' or 'pay to fly contracts'; believes that precarious working conditions are an additional safety risk;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 564 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Anticipation of challenges linked to the digitalisation of the economy
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 575 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission rapidly to draw up proposals to combat unfair competition in the digital and, sharing economyand collaborative economy including the field of crowdworking;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 576 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission rapidly to draw up proposals to combat unfair competition in the digital and sharing economy, where more flexible working practices may result in precarious forms of employment to which current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, worker participation and employment protection no longer apply; stresses that freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining must be applicable in the context of these new forms of employment;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 579 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. notes that digitalization has a crucial impact on European labour markets; highlights that, on the one hand, digitalisation can generate new business models and new jobs, especially for high- skilled but also for low-skilled workers, but on the other hand, it can also lead to precarious forms of employment; regrets, however, that Commission's Digital Single Market Strategy is primarily limited to technical considerations; stresses the need for social considerations to be taken on board in the Digital Single Market Strategy in order to take full advantage of the related employment and growth potential; calls on the Commission to shape the digital single market in a socially just and sustainable way;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 629 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Desires that wage floors be established, possibly in the form of a minimum wage; emphasises that this instrument should be set up on the basis of legislacalls for the respect and promotion orf convention, in accordance with national practices, with dullective bargaining as well as the respect for the role of the social partners; believes that these wage floors should representtablishment of wage floors in the form of, where applicable, decent minimum wages, of at least 60% of the averagrespective national wage; calls on the Commission to consult the social partners with a view to introducing, where appropriate, a minimum wage in some bordaverage wage with a view to end the competitive wage race to the bottom, to support aggregate demand and economic recovery areas associated with highly mobile workernd to reduce wage inequalities;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 645 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. calls on the Commission to consult the social partners with a view to introducing, where appropriate, a minimum wage in some border areas associated with highly mobile workers;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 647 #

2015/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Stresses the recognised expertise of employees' representatives with regard to a business's strategic choices and decision-making to prevent unfair competition practises;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for all ILO core labour standards to be a compulsory and enforceable element of EU trade agreements such as TiSA from the outset;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that increasing mobility must be accompanied by high and binding social and labour standards so as to ensure that workers are protected against exploitation and social dumping; stresses furthermore in this regard the importance of sufficient control and enforcement mechanisms;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that any future agreement on trade in services must include a clause on control and enforcement mechanisms so as to deter and prevent companies from infringing labour and social rights, including collective agreements; is particularly concerned about the effects of complex cross-border subcontracting chains through which it becomes very difficult to ensure and monitor compliance; calls therefore on the Commission to propose EU legislation ensuring liability in sub-contracting chains, and considers that such liability must also apply and be enforceable on companies from third-countries; points out in this regard that the principle of equal remuneration for equal work at the same workplace should be enshrined in EU law and underlines that labour inspectorates and trade unions have a vital role to play in the prevention and monitoring of abuse and also help to enhance expertise and information provision at company level; urges the Member States to increase the staffing levels of, and the resources available to, their labour inspectorates and to meet the target of one inspector for every 10 000 workers, as recommended by the ILO, as well as to impose more severe penalties on firms that fail to comply with their obligations concerning fundamental rights (including remuneration, working hours and OHS); considers that the penalties in such cases must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Deplores the decline in funding for labour inspection and the inadequacy of cross-border access to data within the EU; is concerned about the consequences this inadequacy and decline might have with regards to further liberalisation of the trade in services through TiSA; highlights that labour inspections in particular face challenges in monitoring companies where migrant workers and posted workers from the EU and third countries are employed; stresses that, for labour inspections to be effective, it is important that they are sufficiently aware of situations with a high risk of non- compliance; points out that national-level electronic systems for the compulsory advance registration of foreign workers by employers could substantially facilitate the task of labour inspection;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for the positive list principle to be applied both to market access and to national treatment;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Maintains in addition that neither ratchet nor standstill clauses should be applicable to market access or national treatment obligations;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses, in order to avoid unfair competition, social dumping and exploitation of workers, that the principle of equal remuneration for equal work is enshrined in EU law and respected in all of the trade agreements signed by the EU; underlines that all workers, irrespective of their home country must, as a minimum, enjoy the same rights, conditions of employment and salaries as nationals in the place of work; stresses that this principle be included through a protection clause for deployed workers in any future agreement on trade in services;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Considers that any future agreement on trade in services must include a clause preventing companies from circumventing or undermining the right to take industrial action, through the use of workers from third countries during negotiations on collective agreements and labour disputes;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the right of the State to organise and regulate the provision of services, taking account of social and environmental criteria as well as the public interest, must be retained in full, and calls for services of general interest to be excluded from the agreement, irrespective of whether they are provided privately or publicly, on the understanding that each party should itself determine which services are to be defined as services of general interest; believes that, within the EU, the definitions should be determined by each Member State individually, in cooperation with subnational authorities;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that the EU should make very limited commitments as to any future provisions through the current Mode 1 of the GATS, so as not to undermine the high working standards and conditions in the EU through the provisions of services being supplied from third countries, particularly concerning the ICT sector;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers furthermore that the EU-wide posting of workers should not be regulated in trade agreements; considers however that, as a minimum, the Directive 96/71/EC on the posting of workers, together with other national and EU labour and social legislation as well as collective agreements, should be applicable to contractual service suppliers and business sellers accessing the EU, today and in the future, through the Mode 4 provisions in GATS;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the immediate publication of all documents relevant to TiSA, and urges that the European social partners and civil society be permitted to participate transparently and actively in the negotiating process.
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
A. whereas employment rates are generally lower among women in comparison with men: in 2014, the employment rate for men stood at 70.1 % in the EU-28, as compared with 59.6 % for women1a ; __________________ 1a http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Employment_st atistics&oldid=190559.
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C (new)
C. whereas women are generally paid around 16 % less than men, and the gender pay gap often leads to women receiving lower pensions than men – on average across the EU, women's pensions are 39 % lower than men's;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D (new)
D. whereas parental poverty often leads to child poverty and seriously affects children later in life; whereas single- parent families, especially families headed by single mothers, are at greater risk of poverty or social exclusion (49.8% compared to 25.2%, although there are large differences between countries, according to EU-SILC1b , which is related to the feminisation of poverty, women's overrepresentation in precarious work and as involuntary part-time workers, stated in the disproportionate time spent by women in unpaid work, interruptions in women's careers to care for children or other family members, and pay gap between men and women; __________________ 1b Save the Children, "Child Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe", Brussels, 2014, p.14.
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital E (new)
E. whereas the ICT sector is characterised by both vertical and horizontal segregation which is even higher than in many other sectors, as well as a gap between women's educational qualifications and their position in the ICT sector; whereas the majority (54 %) of women employed in the ICT sector occupy low- paid and low skilled positions and only a small minority of them (8 %) are in the high skill software engineer positions; whereas women are also underrepresented in the decision-making within this sector with only 19,2 % of ICT sector workers having female bosses compared to 45,2 % of non-ICT sector workers;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital F (new)
F. whereas enhancing women's labour market participation can help to address their increased risk of poverty and social exclusion, especially in case of single parent families, as well as help prevent their experience of poverty in old age due to lower pension entitlements;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital G (new)
G. whereas encouraging more women to enter and stay on the labour market can also help to counterbalance the effects of a shrinking working-age population projected in most EU Member States by enhancing labour supply and it would thereby help reduce the strain on public finances and social protection systems, make better use of women's skills and competences and raise growth potential and competitiveness;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Takes the view that gender equality, by increasing social and economic well- being, benefits not only women but society as a whole; recalls that effectively challenging gender stereotypes is crucial to increasing women's participation in all segments of the labour market; calls on the EU to be a champion in challenging gender stereotypes, especially in the areas of education, work and further training;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to combat all forms of multiple discrimination on gender basis, to ensure application of the principle of non-discrimination and equality in the labour market and in access to employment, and in particular to adopt social protection measures to ensure that women's pay and welfare entitlements, including pensions, are equal to those of men with the same or similar experience doing the same job or a job of equal value;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Calls on the Commission for full implementation and revision of the Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation, with a compulsory requirement for companies to draw up measures or plans on gender equality, including actions on desegregation, the development of pay systems and measures to support women's careers;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the gender pay and career development gap continues for women working in the ICT sector; stresses that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages is being challenged even though it constitutes one of the fundamental pillars of social justice in the labour market and should therefore be protected above all else; reiterates that inequalities should not be allowed to take root in the digital economy as regards equal pay and career development; stresses that an increasing labour market participation of women and related investments in social inclusion policies will help to reduce the gender pay gap; highlights the importance of collective bargaining also in the digital market economy to safeguard quality and security of jobs in times of digitalisation;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that efforts to close the gender pay gap will benefit from measures that improve conditions for all low- and medium-waged workers, including reversing the trend of declining labour income share and linking wage growth to productivity1 , increasing the minimum wage, investing in social protection systems, reducing unemployment and boosting collective bargaining rights; __________________ 1 International Labour Organisation, Global Wage Report 2012/13: Wages and equitable growth, 2013.
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights that women pensioners run higher poverty risks than men as a consequence of the inequalities existing between men and women in the labour market; stresses the importance of combating indirect discrimination in pension schemes, not only in occupational schemes but also in the practices of statutory pension schemes; therefore, as regards the occupational old age pensions schemes, which are also deeply involved in the processes of reforming old age pensions, they are increasingly run according to insurance principles and thus under the criteria of capitalization, and this might give rise to many gaps in terms of social protection1c ; emphasises that the Court of Justice of the European Union has made it clear that occupational pension schemes are to be considered as pay and that the principle of equal treatment therefore applies to these schemes as well; __________________ 1c http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender- equality/files/conference_sept_2011/dgjus tice_oldagepensionspublication3march20 11_en.pdf
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. NCalls on the Member States to step up their efforts to combat undeclared work and precarious jobs; highlights the high levels of undeclared work performed by women, which negatively impact on women's income, social security coverage and protection and have a bad effect on the EU's GDP levels; notes that women are disproportionately and often involuntarily concentrated in precarious work; urges the Member States to consider implementing the International Labour Organisation (ILO) recommendations intended to reduce the scale of precarious work2 , such as restricting the circumstances in which precarious or atypical contracts can be used and limiting the length of time workers can be employed on such a contract, after which they must be given a permanent contract; __________________ 2 International Labour Organisation, Policies and regulations to combat precarious employment, 2011.
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that another facet of job precariousness is the extent of involuntary part-time work, which has increased from 16.7% to 19.6% of total employment and the spread and diversification of forms of casual working; the self-employment rate of women continued to be around 10%, while the male rate remained roughly one in five;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that despite the fact that women are increasingly well qualified, even out-performing men in terms of educational attainment, they continue to be underrepresented in the labour market; therefore, it leads to the need for further action towards a comprehensive integration of the work-life balance approach into policy making, including care facilities, leave and flexible working time arrangement, as well as tax and benefit systems free of disincentives for second earners to work or work more;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 56 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance the reconciliation of work and private life by concrete measures, guaranteeing better protection of women at work, such as urgently proposing new legislative proposal on Maternity leave Directive, Carers´ leave Directive, reinforcing legislation on paternity leave;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on the Commission to break the so-called "glass ceiling" that hinders women from accessing managerial and top positions; calls, therefore, for swift adoption of the Women on Boards Directive as an important first step for equal representation in the public and private sectors, and stresses the Commission's responsibility to take any action that could help break the deadlock in Council regarding EU legislation addressing transparency and greater gender balance in recruitment for decision-making positions;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes thatCalls on the Member States to create better conditions for employment of women; stresses in this regard the Barcelona Objectives and the importance of accessible and affordable quality childcare for the employment rate of women; notes that cuts in public services and social infrastructure are disproportionately hitting women and thereby having a detrimental impact on women's participation in the labour market and thereby increase women's risk of poverty, social exclusion, health problems and violence, and especially the lack of affordable childcare contributes to the gender employment gap, the pay gap and related pension gap, and the disproportionate number of women who are in precarious work and in or at risk of poverty; urges the Member States to ensure access to childcare by, for example, increasing expenditure on the provision of childcare services and/or subsidies to households, incentivising employer contributions to childcare costs, and making better use of EU funds;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reiterates its call on the Commission and Member States to introduce a Child Guarantee with its specific fund so that every child in poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition, as part of a European integrated plan to combat child poverty including both the Child Guarantee and programmes offering support and opportunities for the parents to come out of social exclusion situations and to integrate the labour market;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 86 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that women's economic independence plays a crucial role in their ability to escape situations of domestic violence, and that women who have exhausted their paid leave are at risk of losing their jobs and economic independence; calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider introducing a statutory right to paid domestic violence leave.leave for victims of domestic violence as well as the introduction of "care credits" to allow women outside the labour market to collect pension contributions;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need for more appropriate indicators at EU level to improve data collection and qualitative analysis as well as gender-responsive budgeting to capture the gender dimension of poverty and social exclusion;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the country-specific recommendations in the European Semester on addressing the gender pay gap are implemented;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 95 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Member States to use Structural funds, in particular European Social Fund, to improve education and training with a view to improving labour market access and combating unemployment, poverty and social exclusion; highlights that the 20 percent share of the European Social Funds (ESF) allocated to social inclusion measures and social innovation projects should be used more actively to support initiatives aimed at empowering women experiencing poverty and social exclusion; and urges the Member States to undertake more information campaigns on opportunities for participation in EU funded projects;
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2015/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to involve social partners (trade unions and employers) and civil society, including gender equality bodies, in the realisation of gender equality, with a view to fostering equal treatment; stresses that social dialogue must include the monitoring and promotion of gender equality practices at the workplace, including flexible working arrangements, with the aim of facilitating the reconciliation of work and private life; stresses the importance of collective agreements in combating discrimination and promoting equality between women and men at work, as well as other instruments such as codes of conduct, research or exchanges of experience and good practice in the area of gender equality.
2016/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2015/2224(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recognizes that both CLLD and ITI are particularly necessary in the less developed regions and encourages the Commission and the Member States to provide support to the regional and local authorities in the design and implementation of such initiatives;
2015/12/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2015/2224(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that CLLD and ITI initiatives will be successful only if they manage to properly address the social and employment-related challenges facing the respective regions and communities;
2015/12/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2015/2224(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the absence of a more recognisable branding for CLLD and ITI and the lack of information about these instruments among local stakeholders; encourages the Commission and the Member States to make both tools as visible and understandable as possible for their users, while avoiding any additional bureaucratic burden;
2015/12/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2015/2224(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to create channels of communication with Member States and local agents and provide technical assistance to Member States and local authorities; points out that CLLD and ITI will only achieve success with the commitment and ownership of all the stakeholders involved;
2015/12/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2015/2224(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls that the ESF Regulation allows for a specific investment priority on "community-led local development strategies" under Thematic Objective 9 and regrets that only a limited number of Member States have included it in their operational programmes; Underlines that the fund may provide vital support for territorial employment pact, urban development strategies and institutional capacity building on local and regional level and asks the Commission to provide additional assistance to the Member States in implementing these specific investment priorities and to provide in its Annual Activity Reports information on the scope of such implementation;
2015/12/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 11 June 2013 on Social housing in the European Union1 a __________________ 1 a Textes adoptés, P7_TA(2013)0246
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas not having adequate heating and housing has a negative impact on a person’s health, in particular for children and older persons;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas financially vulnerable groups, such as unemployed, students, single-parent families, low-income families, widowed, permanently ill, suffer particularly of high level on living costs;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas EU-SILC figures show that housing cost overburden (by tenure status) is higher for tenants housed in the private rented sector, which may be explained by low housing quality and high prices;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the European Parliament in its resolution 'Towards a genuine Economic and Monetary Union' of 20 November 2012 (Thyssen report) called for a European Social Pact as the fifth pillar of the EMU in order to promote amongst others decent living wages with minimum incomes preventing in-work poverty;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
D b. Housing deprivation and energy poverty are higher in countries with a lower share of social rental housing i.e. Eastern and Mediterranean countries;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 111 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Invites the Commission to present, in the context of the announced social pillar, an EU framework directive on adequate minimum income in 2016 in order to support social convergence across the EU;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to ensure a more efficient and targeted use of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) by national, regional and local authorities in order to tackle energy poverty, especially households living in inefficient housing stock and housing in bad condition;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 136 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Finds regrettable that the EU2020 target to reduce poverty in Europe by lifting at least 20 million people out of poverty appears even further out of reach than when it was set; reiterates that one of the target groups is people that face severe material deprivation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to renew their commitment to the poverty reduction target by:
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 140 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
- prioritising decent living standards and reducing poverty and social exclusion and devoting a summit to it;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 160 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 5
- ending anyWelcoming social factors as part of economic governance and implementing effective social impact assessment to prevent EU policies in other policy areas that may lead to increase poverty;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 162 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 5 a (new)
- reviewing indicators for individual Member States and proceeding to adjust said indicators in those Member States which, by their own account, are already meeting the objectives they have set themselves;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 168 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 5 b (new)
- highlighting the fact that Member States have several forms of social housing and these differences should be taken into regard;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 195 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to aim for a social triple A score for the Union; finds regrettable that this is currently out of reach owing to increasing inequality, high poverty and social exclusion and less and less availability of quality and affordable social, health and care services and social protection; recalls that a social triple A must be based on Article 9 TFEU aimed at a ‘high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion and a high level of education, training and protection of human health’; recalls that achieving a social triple A as a benchmark requires assessing both policies that hinder and work towards achieving the benchmark; finds regrettable that so far the latter has not been addressed at Union level;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 224 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. calls on the Member States, to introduce, according to national practices, minimum income schemes to avoid pockets of social exclusion in order to ensure a minimum income to households and curb household poverty;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 225 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Calls for a comprehensive strategy to fight poverty based on access to decent jobs leading to quality employment, services, and the activation of minimum income and social protection according to the subsidiarity principle;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 249 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls upon Member States to take into account the fluctuations of living costs in their national support schemes for financially vulnerable groups such as unemployed, students, single-parent families, low-income families, widowed, permanently ill;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 282 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls the Commission to come up with a definition of vulnerable consumers; ask the Commission to gather impact assessments and collection of best practices of measures taken at national level to fight energy poverty;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 289 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that there is a structural lock- in effect as regards energy poverty, as poor households cannot afford the initial upfront investment, such as insulation and energy efficiency appliances, needed to combat energy poverty;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 305 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that targeting Union funding towards reducing energy costs of poor households living in inefficient housing an poor quality by investing in renewables or energy efficiency has multiple positive effects: at household level, it improves living conditions and the health of those concerned as well as decreasing household costs and therefore provides budgetary relief for poor families; at regional and local level, funding will provide for local investment, which will create jobs; at Union level it helps to both decrease poverty, improve energy efficiency and, decrease energy emissions and reduce unemployment; highlights the importance of targeting the Investment Fund towards such initiatives;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 309 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to exploit the full potential of the European Funds with regard to tackling energy poverty;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 346 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States not to exempt the energy intensive industries from taxes, but to use these revenues forto make measures that benefit low-income households, including social tariffs for vulnerable households targeted energy efficiency measures and financing of social security systems, which can in turn reduce the burden on labour costs; considers that such an offsetting mechanism could be an integral element of a socially equitable tax shift as proposed by the Commission in the current employment guidelines; underlines that effective social policy should be the main tool to prevent energy poverty;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 354 #

2015/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Member States to sign up to a European winter heating and electricity disconnection moratorium so as to ensure that during a defined winter period no household can be cut off from energy or that those who are must be reconnected to energy needed for heating that meets World Health Organisation (WHO) standards for adequate housing temperature; points out that such a moratorium aims to decrease excess winter mortality, supporting the most vulnerable groups, especially young children, the elderly and permanently sick and disabled people so as to protect their health and well-being;
2015/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 165 #

2015/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to introduce in the Directive on the European Company (SE) minimum EU rules governing employee representation on supervisory boards, rather than referring to national law or revising the Directive so that the involvement of workers in supervisory boards is not solely determined by conditions when a company is established, but account is also taken of subsequent developments and, in particular, changes in the number of employees;
2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 175 #

2015/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to introduce in the Directive on mergers of limited liability companies minimum European rules for employee representation on supervisory boards, rather than referring to national legislation;
2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 190 #

2015/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission in all legislative acts on European company law to provide that the place of a company’s registered offices must be identical with its actual place of business so as to prevent the circumvention of the requirement regarding employee representation on supervisory boards, such as would be possible under the proposal for single- member private limited liability companies (SUP), and, instead ofto withdraw thise proposal, and to submit a proposal for a directive on the cross-border transfer of the registered office, as decided by the European Parliament22 ; __________________ 22Resolution of 10 March 2009 with recommendations to the Commission on the cross-border transfer of the registered office of a company.company seats, the so called "14th Company Law Directive" as decided by the European Parliament ;
2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 193 #

2015/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission in all legislative acts on European company law to provide that the place of a company’s registered offices must be identical with its actual place of business so as to prevent the circumvention of the requirement regarding employee representation on supervisory boards, such as would be possible under the proposal for single- member private limited liability companies (SUP), and, instead of this proposal, to submit a proposal for a directive on the cross-border transfer of the registered office, as decided by the European Parliament22 ; __________________ 22 REuropean Parliament resolution of 10 March2 February 200912 with recommendations to the Commission on the cross-border transfer of the registered office of a companya 14th company law directive on the cross-border transfer of company seats (2011/2046(INI)).
2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 267 #

2015/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Recommends, with respect to the number of worker representatives sitting on the supervisory boards of companies, including direct or indirect subsidiaries and affiliates with more than 50 employees25 , that half the number of seats , the introduction of a "workers board-level representation-escalator" increasing parity depending on the size of the company in the following manner: a low proportion of workers board-level representation (2 or 3 representatives) would be applied to small companies with 50 to 250 employees; a higher proportion (one the supervisory board should be reserved for workers ird) of participation for companies with 250 to 1,000 employees; a robust parity (half of the seats) for big companies with more their representatives; __________________ 25an 1000 employees; In Sweden from 50 workers.
2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions "A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe" (May 2015),
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2
- having regard to the Own-initiative procedure "Social protection for all, including self-employed workers" (2013/2111(INI)),
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 3
- having regard to the Opinion on Employment and Social Affairs for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection on an integrated parcel delivery market for the growth of e- commerce in the EU (2013/2043(INI)),
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need for compliance with data protection legislationall legislation pertaining to fundamental rights of all initiatives developed under the Digital Single Market Strategy; underlines the fact that respect for fundamental rights andsuch as data protection and privacy are key elements in building citizens' trust and security, which are necessary for a balanced approach allowing the development of the economy and should thus be considered as creating opportunities and a competitive advantage;
2015/10/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 17 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for measures to tackle illegal content and materials on the internet, that will be in compliance with the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information; considers that, in order to achieve that goal, it is necessary to provide appropriate law enforcement tools, to support public- private partnerships and cooperation, torespect the fundamental rights and freedoms set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information, the right to protection of personal data, and the freedom to conduct a business, the rule of law and due legal process; considers the role of intermediaries and to promote education and awareness-raising campaigns;at, in order to achieve that goal, it is necessary to:
2015/10/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 21 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the digital revolution has changed the labour market already to a great extent in some segments and this trend will further intensify over the next few years; highlights that on the one hand, digitization generates new business models and new jobs, especially for high- skilled but also low-skilled workers, but on the other hand, digitization also induces the outsourcing of jobs or part of a job to countries with low labour costs, points out, that due to automation, some jobs even completely disappear, especially medium skilled-labour;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point a (new)
(a) provide clear guidelines with regards to which online content is illegal, including a definition of hate speech;
2015/10/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 23 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Commission's initiative; stresses, that the Digital Single Market plays an important role as an engine for jobs and growth; stresses however that a comprehensive strategy is needed which goes beyond the technical aspects to take full advantage of employment and growth potential;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. PRegrets that the effects of a common digital single market on employment and social protection are not addressed by the Commission, although in terms of the transformation of the working world digitization causes a considerable need for policy-making on EU level and in the Member States; points out that employment and social policy need to keep pace with the digitalisation of society;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that the fast-growing number of attacks on networks and acts of cybercrime calls for a harmonised EU response with a view to ensuring a high level of cybersecurity; believes that providing security on the internet meansentails the protectingon of networks and critical infrastructures, the ability of law enforcement agencies to fight criminality, including terrorism, radicalisation and child pornography, the illicit online trade and the use of the necessary data to fight crime online and offline; stresses that security, thus defined, is necessary to reinforce trust in digital services and the processing of personal data; underlines that fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law needs to be protected in cyberspace;
2015/10/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 48 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that specific measures aimed to address the needs of people with disabilities should be included as an essential part of the Digital Single Market strategy;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Demands a permanent European Forum composed of all relevant stakeholders, including social partners, to discuss how such a European digital vision can be developed and how to shape the future digital Europe, how to design industry 4.0, workplaces 4.0 and smart digital services, on the basis of a clear roadmap;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a thorough assessment of the impact whichcomprehensive analysis of the qualitative and quantitative development of types of employment, which are triggered by digitalisization will have on the number and types of jobs available and to gather information on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworkingin order to better seize the opportunities and to meet the challenges; stresses that there is a need for a detailed analysis regarding the sustainable sectors, including new forms of employment and jobs in the health and care sector, and the geographical distribution as well as the consequences of digitization;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Draws the Commission's attention to the urgent need for more detailed and regularly updated statistics that show the spread and distribution of income as well as nonstandard forms of employment, including data on practices such as "Crowdsourcing / Working Crowd";
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that big data, cloud servicestechnological innovations like big data analytics, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, as well as research and innovation are key to economic development; believes that data protection safeguards and security are crucial for building trust in the data-driven economy sector; stresses the need to raise awareness of the role of data and data- sharing in the economy and to clarify data ownership rules; underlines the role of personalisation of services and products that should be developed as a balanced solution in compliance with data protection requirements; calls for the promotion of privacy by default and by design; underlines the importance of a risk-based approach in data protection legislation, especially for SMEshould be built with the citizen at the centre and in control of personal data;
2015/10/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 93 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that education and training curricula must aim at the development of a critical thinking, approach, usage and thorough understanding of new media, digital and information devices and interfaces, whereby people can be active users of these new technologies and not simply end users;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes further that public and private investment in vocational education and life- long-learning training for all groups of employees has to be promoted in order to provide the EU workforce, including the 'digital workforce' working in non- standard forms of employment;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 100 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points out that some Member States have introduced rights which guarantee workers minimum entitlements to paid educational leave as a measure to improve workers' access to education and training; calls therefore on the European Commission to consider, in close cooperation with Member States and social partners, whether such rights should also be introduced at European level;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. draws attention to the problem that, according to official Commission data, there are significant shortages of skills acquisition. The mismatch between skills supply and demand opportunities and the development of the digital economy hinders the creation of jobs which has a huge impact on the competitiveness of the EU;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Stresses that lifelong learning for workers of all ages must be a standard in the digitized area, including the legal right to lifelong training and further training measures (e.g. through part-time education); recalls that the qualification and training requirements must apply to all employees via European framework legislation;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Recalls that women are underrepresented in the field of information and communication technologies; points out that women in Europe studying rare ICT-based subjects, rarely find employment in this sector and rarely hold a leadership positions in technology companies; calls on Member States, to promote the qualification and training of women in the ICT sector;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 109 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. believes that new funding opportunities for lifelong training, including funding models as already exist in some member states, are needed, especially for micro and small enterprises;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide grand coalition for digital jobs, and encourages businesses to joinin order to promote education and training in digital skills; encourages companies to join this coalition; Calls on companies to finance training opportunities;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 123 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that digitalisation represents an opportunity to shape a more inclusive labour market; with a view to match demand for new competences, calls on the Commission and the Members States to develop innovative and accessible e-skills training programmes, in which the needs of the people who are most excluded from the labour market, such as young people, long-term unemployed, people with disabilities and people from rural areas, are fully taken into consideration;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the digital revolution is also changing the ways of working, which leads to an increase of atypical and flexible employment relationships; recognizes a positive effect and more flexible working arrangements for some people allowing them a better work-life balance and the possibility of a caregiver leave; draws attention to the problem that the digitalisation-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to precarious forms of employment to which current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, minimum wages, worker participation and employmenthealth and safety protection no longer apply; calls for self-employed persons with quasi-employeeon Member States, social partners and the Commission to develop stratuegies to be placed on an equal footing with employed persons under employment lawensure that these self-employed workers who work under similar circumstances are treated equally under labour law, including the right of collective bargaining;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the digitalisation-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to precarious forms of employment to which current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, work-life balance, worker participation and employment protection no longer apply; calls for self-employed persons with quasi- employee status to be placed on an equal footing with employed persons under employment law;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to adopt an Accessibility Act that guarantees the accessibility of online goods and services for people with disabilities;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 146 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the necessity for a definition of the term 'worker' in order to distinguish between self-employment and bogus self-employment; calls on the Commission to promote the exchange between Member States on the various forms of self-employment, taking into account the mobility and delocalization of digital work;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 152 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Draws attention to the increase of sharing economy companies; is concerned that this may lead to a loss of tax revenues; calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to develop strategies to ensure all relevant information is made available to national authorities and that taxes are paid for all forms of work, including non-standard forms of employment;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 154 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Stresses that the intended harmonization on parcel delivery by the Commission should not lead to lower salaries and working conditions of the parcel deliverers irrespective of whether their employment status is self-employed, subcontractor, temporary staff member or contract worker; calls on the Commission and on Member States to ensure that workers in this sector have access to social security systems and to the right to exercise collective bargaining; considers that one key to appropriate transformation and adaptation measures lies in the development of compatible information systems and in employee training; regards it as the employer's task to properly acquaint employees obligation with new technologies such as IT and tracking applications and GPS systems, which can offer support as online delivery becomes more widespread and complex; in the case of temporary contracts, the agency supplying the staff must provide to employees adequate preparation and training;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 155 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls on the Commission to find appropriate measures for safeguarding labour law and social rights in European wide activities of self- employed persons taking into account the mobility and delocalization of digital work, while avoiding at the same time a possible trend to force self-employed persons to register in member countries with low or no social protection system;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 161 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that digitization has promoted new forms of employment such as Crowd Working, where services of all kinds are mediated via digital platforms; Encourages the Commission to recognise the working conditions of Crowd Worker not only as a new form of employment but also as a new form of outsourcing; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to create a regulatory framework ensuring a high level of social security for all; stresses that social and labour law regulation is necessary at both national and European level; points out that European minimum standards are necessary where services are solely digitally rendered and where the Crowdsourcer (contractor) and the Crowd Worker (contractee) come from different Member States;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 162 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the social partners to provide adequate information to workers on working conditions and workers' rights throughout Crowd Working platforms;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 163 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Emphasises that work-related mental health problems such as burnout caused by the constant accessibility and the limitation of work represents serious risk; advocates therefore a "right to log off" for workers;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 175 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that industry 4.0 provides the opportunity to increase the share of skilled labour in the factory and to eliminate monotonous work; points out, however, that this changes can only be made if the employees quickly prepare for a changing range of tasks, for which a solid technology assessment and derived quality requirements for education and training are necessary;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 177 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Emphasises that the guiding principle of decent work must also be promoted in the digital world, including enhanced co- determination rights in the workplace and worker's right to privacy and data protection; calls on the Commission to set high minimum standards under the EU Data Protection basic Regulation; points out that Member Stated must be allowed to go beyond the high EU minimum standards;
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 177 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Agrees with the Commission that the governance and timely delivery of the Digital Single Market is a shared responsibility of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission; encourages the Commission to engage with societal and social stakeholders and to involve them in the decision making process to the widest extent possible;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 183 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to suggest ways of enhancing social security for self- employed persons in need of protection, such as "self-dependent" and "solo self- employed" workers, in order to safeguard the effectiveness of existing national systems.
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 189 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that accessibility and inclusiveness of digital technologies and digital education, in particular for people with disabilities, must be ensured; recalls that combatting social exclusion and discrimination, and promoting social justice and protection, as defined in art 3 TEU, are objectives of the EU internal market; further recalls that the integration of persons with disabilities is a fundamental right of the European Union as set out in art 26 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 190 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recognises that there are very different forms of social protection for self-employed in the Member States; calls on the Member States to develop social security systems, together with the social partners and in accordance with national law and practice in order to provide better social protection in particular with regard to pensions, disability, maternity/paternity, sickness and unemployment.
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 194 #

2015/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Deplores that the Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe published by the Commission takes in no account the need to ensure a full, equal and unrestricted access for all to new digital technologies, markets and telecommunications, in particular with regard to people with disabilities.
2015/10/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 235 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 1 (new)
- Points out that the impacts of the digital revolution on social standards and labour conditions have to be taken into account while adapting current laws and regulations in order to protect citizens and companies alike; encourages the Commission to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the quantitative and qualitative effects of digitalisation on employment conditions;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 334 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Regrets that the Commission's strategy neglects the accessibility aspect; reminds the Commission that there are 80 million EU citizens with disabilities and an aging population of 190 million of 50+; calls therefore on the Commission to ensure an appropriate level of accessibility in all legislative and non- legislative proposals related to the Digital Single Market; emphasises that accessibility is best achieved and cost- effectively introduced when incorporated from the outset;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 511 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross-border e-commerce; supports the proposed measures to improve price transparency, interoperability and, delivery times and information schemes on liabilities in case of loss or damage as well as the regulatory oversight that should target both the smooth functioning of cross-border parcel delivery markets and compliance with relevant social and labour rights, allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations but calls upon the Commission to and Member States to refrain from further deregulating the parcel delivery and postal services sector in a way which could lead to unreliability and precarious working conditions;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 902 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Stresses that particularly business models of the sharing economy foster more and more flexible and atypical employment schemes, which may on the one hand allow for more flexibility and a better work-life balance in the EU where life expectancy is high and will become even higher, but on the other hand my also increase the number of precarious working conditions, most importantly through an ever higher number of solo- self-employed contractors; calls on the Commission and Member States to provide improved social security schemes in order to protect those who find themselves in precarious and exploitive solo-self-employment;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 127 #

2015/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to use Structural funds, in particular European Social Fund, to adapt workplaces and to provide necessary assistance for people with disabilities at work, to improve education and training with a view to improving labour market access and combating unemployment, poverty and social exclusion of disabled people;
2016/03/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 133 #

2015/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Member States to combine quotas and passive labour market policies, such as tax breaks and cash incentives, with active labour market policies – i.e. guidance and counselling, training and education, and quality job placements – to support the employment of people with disabilities;
2016/03/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #

2015/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the Member States to develop an all-encompassing framework for measures benefittsuring access to quality work ofor people with disabilities, including using fines imposed for failures to comply with anti-discrimination legislation to finance other actions in the field;
2016/03/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 161 #

2015/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Member States to promote access to employment and integration into labour market of all workers regardless their age and to apply measures in order to protect all workers in the workplace in terms of remuneration, training, carrier development, health and safety, etc.;
2016/03/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 163 #

2015/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the Member States to encourage employers to recruit young people, but at the same time ensure and respect equal treatment in terms of remuneration and social protection, including necessary training related to work;
2016/03/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 179 #

2015/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission in cooperation with the Member States to study the worrying problem of unemployment among people over the age of 50 and to develop effective tools for reintegrating such workers into the labour market;
2016/03/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 189 #

2015/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Member States, in collaboration with social partners, to promote life long-learning, to ensure in- work training opportunities for all ages, and to provide accessible and affordable learning programs in order to enable ageing population to update their skills;
2016/03/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 196 #

2015/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Stresses on the importance of accessible technologies for ageing European societies and calls on the Commission to develop an inclusive Digital Single Market strategy by ensuring that accessibility is mainstreamed throughout the strategy and linked with the promotion of the ´silver economy´ in Europe;
2016/03/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 200 #

2015/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Calls on the Member States to reinforce the public pension schemes in order to guarantee a decent income replacement for all after the retirement;
2016/03/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 228 #

2015/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to combat all forms of multiple discrimination, to ensure application of the principle of non- discrimination and equal treatment in the labour market and in access to employment; furthermore calls on the Member States to combat the harassment and violence at workplace which violates person's dignity and/or creates an offensive environment at work;
2016/03/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 230 #

2015/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Calls on the Commission and Member States for additional legislative measures which are necessary for the full implementation of the Directive 2000/78/EC and to achieve the general objectives as regards non-discrimination and equality in employment and occupation in the European Union;
2016/03/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 250 #

2015/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Highlights that policies on equal treatment should aim at addressing the issues of stereotypes in both male and female occupations and roles;
2016/03/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 256 #

2015/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls on the Member States to guarantee the right of return to work for women after pregnancy and maternity leave and parental leave, to guarantee their right to effective health and safety protection at the workplace, to safeguard their maternity entitlements, and to take measures to prevent the unfair dismissal of employees during pregnancy and protect women and men with care responsibilities from unfair dismissal;
2016/03/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 257 #

2015/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance the reconciliation of work and private life by concrete measures, such as urgently proposing new legislative proposals on Maternity leave Directive, Carers´ leave Directive, reinforcing legislation on paternity leave;
2016/03/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 290 #

2015/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Recalls the important role of NGOssocial partners, NGOs and civil society in offering assistance to the victims, and stresses that it is often easier for persons suffering discrimination to turn to NGOsthem than to other actors; calls, therefore, for strong support to be offered to civil society organisations active in this field;
2016/03/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 309 #

2015/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to involve social partners (trade unions and employers) and civil society, including equality bodies, in the effective application of equality in employment and occupation, with a view to fostering equal treatment; also calls on the Member States to improve social dialogue and the exchange of experience and best practice;
2016/03/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 97 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that all employees have a right to the highest level of protection regarding health and safety in the workplace regardless of the size of the employer, the underlying contract or the Member State of employment; underlines the importance of a labour specific strategy that covers all forms of employment under the EU legislation on OHS such as self-employed and atypical employment contracts;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 253 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes efforts to improve the quality of the regulatory framework; reminds the Commission, however, that the submission of OSH directives to the REFIT exercise and modifications of legislation should be transparent, involve social partners and must under no circumstances result in deregulation or reductions in occupational health and safety; any reference to gold-plating is misleading in connection with European OHS legislation and should not hinder Member states to adopt higher health and safety protection standards for workers;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 334 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to adopt a targeted approach to improve the health and safety situation of workers in precarious employment and to take into account the negative effects that precarious employment has on occupational health and safety when addressing this issue in general; underlines that precarious employment is undermining existing structures of occupational safety and health and excluding workers with atypical contracts from training and access to OHS services;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that sustainability impact assessments are conducted, allowing not only for an ex-ante but also for an ex-post evaluationimplemented in the course of trade negotiations, assessing the social, economic and environmental impact of future trade agreements; calls on the Commission to monitor the impact of trade agreements allowing not only for an ex-ante but also for an ex-post evaluation; demands that the social partners and civil society are given the opportunity to participate in the design and implementation of sustainability impact assessments;
2016/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that, as a minimum, the legislation on the posting of workers andtogether with other national and EU labour and social legislation, as well as collective agreements, should be applicable to contractual service suppliers and business sellers accessing the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure that all workers, irrespective of their home country, enjoy the same labour rights as nationals in their host country and that the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same place is respected; in this respect calls on the Commission to ensure that the Directive on the posting of workers is revised in a way so that the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same place is given full effect;
2016/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to include a safety clause preventing companies from circumventing or undermining the right to take industrial action through the use of workers from third countries during negotiations on collective agreements and labour disputes and allow Member States to apply any necessary safeguards should pressure be put on domestic wages, the right of domestic workers be endangered or other agreed standards be infringed;
2016/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that nothing will prevent the EU and its Member States from maintaining, improving and applying labour and social regulations, collective agreements as well as legislations regulating the entry of natural persons into, or temporary stay in, its territory;
2016/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that labour standards, includingCalls on the Commission to ensure that future trade agreements include binding and enforceable sustainable development chapters, guaranteeing the full and effective ratification, implementation and enforcement of the eight fundamental International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions, must burges the Commission to promote further labour provisions in particular the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda aiming at improving levels of protection of labour; stresses that labour standards including the eight fundamental International Labour Organisation conventions are equally implemented in all chapters of trade agreements, and that these agreements must; calls on the Commission to include a revision clause allowing a party to leave the agreement or to suspend commitments in the event of infringements of labour and social standards;
2016/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that labour standards are made enforceable by guaranteeing that the implementation of and compliance with labour provisions is subjected to an effective monitoring process, involving social partners and civil society representatives; where disputes arise regarding labour provisions, these disputes should be subject to a dispute settlement mechanism, including the possibility of imposing trade sanctions, and with due consideration for the ILO supervisory bodies and reference to ILO jurisdiction;
2016/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the need to increase the staffing levels of, and the resources available to, Member States’ labour inspectorates to allow for effective monitoring of labour standardsCalls on the Commission to ensure an effective monitoring of labour standards by recommending Member States to increase the staffing levels of, and the resources available to, their labour and social inspectorates in order to meet the target of one inspector for every 10 000 workers, as recommended by the ILO;
2016/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to effectively withdraw tariff preferences if the eight ILO core labour standards are not complied with; the withdrawal of tariff preferences should also be made possible for our trading partners in cases where EU Member States infringe on the eight ILO core labour standards;
2016/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 102 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that governments have the opportunity to adopt socially and environmentally responsible procurement policies; procurement provisions should not prevent governments from addressing societal and environmental needs and the agreement must not restrict the ability to make social demands, as stated in the new EU directives on public procurement; in addition, public procurement policies should be in line with ILO Convention 94 regarding labour clauses in public contracts;
2016/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission to make very limited commitments as to future provisions regarding services provided digitally or by electronic means, so as not to undermine the high working standards and conditions in the European Union in an increasingly digitalised economy;
2016/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission to ensure that labour standards are excluded from the concepts of non-tariff barriers and technical barriers, and for the Social Partners to be included in the process of regulatory cooperation within a balanced representation, in order to ensure that regulatory cooperation does not restrict the right of governments and the European Parliament to legislate in the public interest and does not lead to regulatory chill or to the weakening of labour standards, including health and safety standards;
2016/04/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. there is a need to examine whetherpoints out the need to anticipate the implications of the spread of robots brics regardings welfare and social progress if this happens in situaand to identify the conditions, in which human labour is unnecessary within the traditional production and service structure – in other words, what conditions are needed in addition to financial security to ensure that people remaincluding legal provisions, that are needed to reach the EU 2020 targets in terms of employment and the fight against poverty and social exclusion in order to ensure that people benefit from a high level of social protection also in the digital age and are healthy, happy and active;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. stresses that while the development of robotics and artificial intelligence is accelerating, it is crucial to shape its course and to anticipate the possible consequences with respect to wealth distribution as well as employment and social policy;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. calls on the Commission to propose a common definition for smart autonomous robots and their subcategories in the workplace by taking into consideration the following characteristics: acquisition of autonomy through sensors and/or by exchanging data with its environment, self-learning, existence of a physical support, adaptation of its behaviours and actions to its environment;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. believes that the increasing level of autonomy of robots should be accompanied by the adaptation of liability rules concerning the consequences associated with their actions or inaction, in particular in the workplace; calls on the Commission to consider the pros and cons of a compulsory insurance scheme linked to the obligation for a robot producer to take out an insurance policy covering the potential damage and failures caused by its robots;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. highlights the importance of guaranteeing the safety and health of those interacting with robotics, in particular at the workplace; recalls that robots should be designed using processes ensuring human control and reversibility of robots’ operations;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. education must pave the way for the next generation to be able to live fully productive lives in a world which will be changed by robotisation and automation;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. highlights the necessity for educational systems to better reflect the development of robotics and automation; is concerned about the risk of destruction of jobs notably less qualified ones; calls for a massive professional training plan for the labour force focusing on digital skills and re-qualification; and supports the improvement of digital skills at school, including computer coding learning;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. an answer must be found to the question of what provisions might be necessary in termshighlights the need to take into account the impact of robotics and automation ofn the competitiveness of the labour force, if the artificial or geneticn particular if technological development ors supplementing of existing human capabilities results in people with extraordinary abilities, thereby alteringwhich could alter the meaning of the term 'disability' and conferring an unassailable advantage on people with access to such tools and intervenechnological innovations;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. points out that, whilst robotics and artificial intelligence promise real advantages in the short and medium term in terms of effectiveness and economy not only for production and trade but also in areas where human intelligence hitherto meant there were only humans (whose work will be increasingly unnecessary), there is a danger, there is a danger of the number of jobs in the field of robotics not increasing to match the number of jobs which are expected to be lost; calls on the Commission and the Member States, in cooperation with social partners and regional and local authorities where appropriate, to regularly assess the impact of robotics and artificial intelligence ofn the number of jobs in the field of robotics not increasing to match the number of jobs which are expected to be lostand types of job opportunities available and to identify information on new forms of employment; highlights that particular attention should be paid to the sectors where automation is less desirable;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. stresses that, due to the development of robotics and artificial intelligence, the differential between the creation and loss of jobs could represent a direct threat to the financial sustainability of social security schemes and unemployment insurance systems of the Member States;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. calls on the Commission and the Member States to explore the possibility of introducing a notification system prior to the establishment of robots and their relative participation to the companies turnover for the purpose of taxation and social security contributions;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. invites all Member States, in the light of the possible effects of robotics and artificial intelligence on the labour market, to consider the introduction of a general basic income;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. calls on the European Commission to regularly consult and involve social partners when adapting the regulatory framework for robotics and the digital economy;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 80 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. an answer must be found to the question of which areas might see restrictions or a ban on total automation in order to safeguard employment levels, taking into account demographic changes and sustainability and any unintended social consequences.deleted
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. stresses that any processing activity carried out by robotics and artificial intelligence systems must be in full compliance with Union data protection law and must embed privacy by design and privacy by default principles;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 12 May 2011 on the proposed ILO convention supplemented by a recommendation on domestic workers,
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 (new)
- having regard to ILO Convention No 189 and Recommendation n° 201 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers adopted on 16 June 2011 by the ILO's International Labour Conference,
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 3 (new)
- having regard to Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961,
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas domestic work and carers contribute greatly to gender equality targets of the Europe 2020 strategy by effectively providing infrastructure to achieve work-life balance for many families in the EU; whereas, on the other hand, domestic work and carers´ constitute a big sector of employment in itself where 83 % of employees are women and which is largely undeclared work,
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas despite the added value it brings to the society and the economy and the potential it holds, domestic work remains undervalued in monetary terms, often informal, undocumented and perceived as something other than regular employment,
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A c (new)
-Ac. whereas the ILO Convention n° 189 and Recommendation n° 201 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers represent a historical set of international standards aimed at improving the working conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide; whereas most domestic workers are women and the new standards set up in the ILO Convention are an important step to advance gender equality in the world of work and ensure women's equal rights and protection under the law; whereas, however, the ILO Convention n° 189 has to date been ratified by 22 States, of which only 6 are Member States of the EU,
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A d (new)
-Ad. whereas to this day domestic work and carers work in the EU are very scarcely and unevenly regulated in the Member States, and although being a growing sector due to demographic change in Europe, very little is known about its´ real size in the economy and there is a lack of reliable statistical data on it,
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. having regard to the varyingwhereas, the conditions under which wdomen are employed as domestic workers or carers, which can be asstic workers or carers are employed vary greatly from one Member State to another from undeclared workers, undocumented, casual or and undeclared migrant workers with no contract, or no recognition of their qualificationto domestic work and care being provided as public social service or as private social service provided by businesses, agencies, associations and cooperatives, or as direct employment by private entities,
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas domestic workers are affected by significant discrimination regarding the level of the rights and protection that applies to them if compared to a country's general standards, especially where domestic work is regulated through specific legislation and/or collective bargaining instead of being simply covered by general labour law; whereas the most important forms of discrimination regard domestic workers' limited coverage by social security (particularly unemployment benefits, sickness and accident pays as well as maternity, parental and other care leaves) and their frequent exclusion from dismissal protection,
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas according to the ILO Convention 189 a "domestic worker" is any person engaged in domestic work within an employment relationship, whether for one or more households, but a person who performs domestic work only occasionally or sporadically and not on an occupational basis is not a domestic worker,
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas "care" means work carried out in public or private institutions or in private household(s) to provide personal care for elderly, ill or disabled people and whereas care work can be performed by professional carers who can be employed by public or private entities or families or be self-employed, and or it can also be performed by non-professional carers, who are usually family members,
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the growing number of older people, the declining number of working age people, and public budget constraints are having a strong impact on social services and whereas this will also have an impact on persons having to combine work and care responsibilities often in challenging circumstances,
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas dependant people also live in areas affected by the lack of public resources, isolation or by other circumstances which make it difficult to have access to professional carers or public or private care institutions, and whereas these dependants might be only looked after by non-professional carers who, very often but not always, are family members,
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas professionalization means granting workers of certain sector employment and social protection rights that are equivalent to those held by employees working under employment contracts regulated by law, including decent wage, regulated working hours, paid leave, health and safety at work, pension, maternity/paternity and sick leaves, compensation in the event of invalidity, rules governing dismissal or termination of the contract, redress in the event of abuse and access to training; whereas domestic work and care sector can be professionalised through a combination of public finance (tax breaks), social finance (family allowances, aid to businesses, mutual societies and health insurance, works councils, etc.) and private finance (payment for services by private individuals),
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. having regard to the difficulties womenwhereas domestic workers and carers encounter difficulties in entering the regular labour market owing to legal, administrative or linguistic obstacles, difficulties combining work and personal life, or the fact of being under 18, among other barriers,
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas attention must be paid to child labour, harassment and extensive working rights abuses in the sector of domestic work, particularly in the diplomatic households of third countries established in the EU Member States, where domestic workers in most cases enter EU on a different work permit than other domestic migrant workers and where households enjoy ex-territoriality principle,
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the current Directive on Safety and Health at Work (Directive 89/391/EEC) covers formally employed domestic workers and carers with the exceptions of workers directly employed by private households,
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. having regard to the particular relationship of dependency between a male employer and a female employee as a result of the latter's working in the former's private space,deleted
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 73 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. EncouraUrges the Member States to ratify ILO Convention 189, and urges those who have already done so to apply it stringently; recalls that, in accordance with the ILO's Constitution, governments have the obligation to submit the Convention and Recommendation to their national legislatures in order to promote measures for the implementation of these instruments, and that, in the case of the Convention, the submission procedure also aims to promote ratification;
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that ratification by all EU Member States would be an important step forward in the promotion and protection of human rights and a strong political signal against all forms of abuse, harassment and violence committed against all workers and namely women domestic workers;
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to propose urgently Carers´ Leave Directive and a framework for recognition of non- professional carers' status which offers them minimum standards of social protection during the time they perform the care tasks and support in terms of training and specific actions helping them improve their living and working conditions;
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 80 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Urges the Commission and Member States to revise any European Directives and national legislation which contain discriminatory policies towards domestic workers and carers, such as specifically excluding them from certain rights; calls on those Member States which have not yet done so develop clear framework regulation in their national law allowing for legal and organised employment of domestic workers and carers, in order to provide legal certainty for both – workers of this sector and their potential employers;
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Recommends Member States that clear regulation for legal employment of domestic workers and carers should be supported by incentives for domestic workers as well as their potential employers to choose the legal way of employment;
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Highlights that training, support and protection for non-professional carers is also important given the important task they carry in areas where other resources are not available; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop initiatives, involving training courses, access to minimum social protection and income, addressed to this particular group in order to offer them adequate living and working conditions in carrying out their tasks;
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the creation of workers' cooperatives in the care and household services sectors, with special attention to the rural areas, given the positive effects that this will have on the creation of quality and sustainable jobs, especially for those workers who have difficulties in integrating the labour market;
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for measures to be takenon the Member States to encourage the transition from the informal to the formal economy and to ensure full compliance with the law on issues affecting this group,sector and to step up labour inspections so as to clamp down on unlawful behaviour and to facilitate and incentivise legal hiring practices, especially regarding cases of human trafficking and labour exploitation and those involving companies providing domestic and care services using undeclared and bogus self- employment, so as to clamp down on the considerable amount of illegal work in this sector and protect workers, with especial attention to migrant women; hopes that the situation of domestic workers and carers will be sufficiently addressed in the future work of the European Platform against Undeclared Work;
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to guarantee the same provisions on health and safety at work for all domestic workers and carers regardless the employment type, i.e. for formally employed workers and for workers directly employed by private households;
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to gather, analyse and publish reliable statistical data broken down by age, sex and nationality so as to enable informed discussions while looking for best solutions on how to professionalise the sector of domestic work;
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 100 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the Commission to include discussions on the situation of domestic workers and carers sectors in the agenda of the Employment Committee (EMCO);
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends theat Member States, in cooperation with social partners, should consider establishment of an office, a helpline and a website providing assistance and information on the rights and obligations of wdomenstic workers in each Member Stateand carers as well as their employers, perhaps also offering model employment contracts in each Member State; recommends that national information campaigns should be organised to raise the awareness of the public about the possibilities of legal employment in domestic work and care sector, rights and obligations of both workers and employers, especially where schemes exist to incentivise legal employment in this sector;
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 117 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reminds Member States that under Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, it is the duty of diplomatic delegations to respect the laws and regulations of their host State, including labour law, and encourages Member States to enforce it effectively so as to avoid impunity of diplomatic households when domestic workers are abused;
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 131 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the promotion of organisations working to safeguard the labour rights of women workerCalls on the social partners at European and at national levels, and in particular trade unions, to intensify sectorial collective bargaining in order to effectively advance and enforce decent working conditions in these sectors; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote and support trade union actions to organize domestic and care workers and to raise public awareness for their working conditions, in order to empower them to collectively stand up for their rights and to defend their employment and social protection rights;
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 148 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses how important it is to ensure the professionaliszation of the sectordomestic work and care sector, as well as the recognition of qualifications and work experience so as to foster the creation of quality jobs and bring betterdecent working conditions and access to training;
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 184 #

2015/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission for the establishment of a European legal framework, encompassing the rights set out in along the lines of ILO Convention No 189, that covers female carers and those providing care services on a casual, occasional oro protect the employment rights of domestic workers and hoc basicarers.
2015/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas a lack of relevant skills is anand relevant jobs are important factors causing youth unemployment; reminds that without quality job creation in Europe, the youth employment crisis cannot be solved;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas according to recent findings, the majority of young people and entrepreneurs are of the opinion that education systems do not prepare students for work, while the representatives of the education sector are often of the opposite opinion;deleted
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the planning of training and education improves significantly when student and youth organisations are included in decision-making processes and it better meets the demands of society, labour market and needed skills;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas disadvantaged people may beare often excluded from the possibility of developing their talents and skills;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas disadvantaged people may be excluded from the possibility of developing their talents and skills when the social dimension is not considered in education, employment and social policies;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the implementation of effective skills policies can improve the situation, although the austerity policies that are run in several Member States are reducing the funding from the education and training, making it more difficult to maintain and increase the level of the skills for youth and increasing the risk of putting youth in an unequal position which can cause social exclusion;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the Youth Guarantee when effectively implemented constitutes a comprehensive approach to helping young people to successfully transition to the labour market or high-quality education, as demonstrated by the achievements of the European Parliament Preparatory Action on the Youth Guarantee;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the involvement of young people, relevant stakeholders and, organisations and social partners in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of relevant initiatives aimed at supporting youth employment at EU, national and local level is of the highest importance;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to build up partnerships between local authorities, education and employment services and the business community to support the creation, implementation and monitoring of sustainable and quality employment strategies and action plans leading to high- quality employment; calls for closer co- operation between education, public administration, businessocial partners, SMEs and civil society, especially student and youth organisations in order to maximise the quality of education and training; highlights that this better cooperation is also crucial for an effective implementation of the youth guarantee;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of close cross- sectoral cooperation, particularly between employment and education services;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the key role of enterprises, including SMEs, social enterprises and micro-enterprises, in job creation; stresses the need to provide education for entrepreneurship on every level, including pre-school education, by including in curricula the developmenntrepreneurship education for students; highlights that entrepreneurship and working life skills should be taught across various subjects or as a separate subject, taught in a safe environment (through games, simulations and youth projects) ofincluding the practical skills needed infor starting and managing businesses as well as obtaining democratic and teamwork skills, learning to take responsibility, analysing situations and is a part of long-life learning; as long as this education is not only targeted at pushing people to be entrepreneurs more than being active citizens;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 121 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for investment in emerging and potential sectors such as information and communication technologies, clean technologies and green jobs as they have great potential to create quality jobs;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 124 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that the promotion of entrepreneurship is an important factor in promoting an active approach towards one's own carrier factor of giving knowledge about one's own future working life; believes that it is the responsibility of public bodies, businesses and the media to promotecivil society to support job creation and entrepreneurship;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 131 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the removal ofStresses the need to reduce existing administrative and financial barriers towhen starting and managing businesses through the simplification of procedures, easier access for start-ups to credit and microfinance, and tailor-made counselling, introduction of incentive measures for entrepreneurs employing young people; underlines the importance of microfinance and the EU Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) programme, as well as the Investment Plan for Europe, for achieving these goals; stresses the need for the creation of one-stop-shops to deal with all relevant administrative procedures related to setting up and running a business;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 149 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for an effective support of socially responsible, green and sustainable entrepreneurial projects as well as the promotion of sustainable alternative models such as cooperatives, which are based on a democratic decision process and try to have an impact on the local community;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 178 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the exchange of good practices in vocational education and the development of skills enabling access to the labour market to be enhanced; recalls that lifelong guidance on professional career should be available over the whole working life to maintain and develop one's skills and knowledge;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 180 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls that non-formal education is crucial for soft skills development such as e.g. communications and decision-making skills; calls therefore for investment in inclusive opportunities providing Non Formal Education (NFE) and for recognition of the impact and value of experience, skills and competences gained from there;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 186 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Stresses that education is a value in itself and should not only be considered a tool of the labour market; stresses that education is a fundamental right and a public good and essential for the exercise of all other human rights, that it promotes individual freedom and empowerment and yields important development benefits, recalls therefore that education should not be instrumentalised turning students into products developed only to satisfy business' needs;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 193 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that a smooth transition from education to employment should be promoted by linking education with practical training and providing high- quality internships as stipulated in the European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships as well as through the recognition of qualifications gained during formal and non-formal education; stresses that high-quality internships/traineeships should always have clear learning outcomes;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 198 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the Quality Framework for Traineeships and the European Alliance for Apprenticeships; stresses the importance for the European Commission to monitor closely its implementation in the Member States;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 201 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that the dual model of education as well as the acquisition of practical, social and communication skills is of high importance, but stresses that the dual model must be targeted to the social, economic and cultural context of each country and is not to be seen as the one and only correct VET system;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 214 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that high-quality traineeships and apprenticeships should lead to employment and condemns the abuse of such arrangements; reminds that the aim of traineeships is not providing underpaid labour but to lead to increased skills and employability;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 227 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses the importance of tailor- made career counselling and guidance for young people at the earliest stage possible;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 240 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that skills development should also be considered as a mechanism leading to equal opportunities for people from disadvantaged groups, regardless or socio- economic background or gender, in particular for children and young people from families affected by poverty, the long-term unemployed, including second-generation unemployed, immigrantsminority groups, and people with disabilities; stresses that prevention as well as support and counselling at an early stage are of the outmost importance, because although enabling people who are at a disadvantage to develop skills and to enter the labour market requires time and resources it is also socially and economically profitable; stresses that equal access to education and considering the social dimension at all stages of education are an important ways to bridge income gaps on the labour market;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 260 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
GThe digital generation Y, new opportunities, new challenges
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 264 #

2015/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that young people, raised in an era of rapid technological progress have not only potential, talents and skills but also values and priorities that differ from the previous generation, and therefore it is worthwhile stressing the need for programmes and initiatives that would bridge the gap between generations while helping to understand the younger generation's assets, which include multitasking, creativity, readiness to change and teamwork and skills; stresses that education and training systems should be flexible enough to allow for the full development of the skills and talents of those people; emphasises moreover that recruitment and employment services staff should be well trained and equipped with skills that would give them a better understanding of Gthe digital generation Y; stresses that job offers and recruitment strategies should be adjusted with a view to the potential of Generation Ythe digital generation; notes also that not all of youth have automatically the skills and abilities for full digital demands and therefore reminds that giving an equal access and training to everyone on digital equipment is even more important than before;
2015/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the 2016 budget has to play a key role in enhancing the Union's contribution to growth and jobs, thus supporting achievement of the Europe 2020 priorities and targets, especially in combating youth unemployment and poverty;
2015/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Urges that financial support be provided for programmes creating jobs for those with multiple disadvantages on the labour market, such as the long-term unemployed, people with disabilities and, people from minority backgrounds and the inactive and the discouraged persons;
2015/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of sufficient funding and good budgetary management of the programmes within the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework that aim to address unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, such as the European Social Fund (ESF), the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the different axes of the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD);
2015/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that the 2016 budget should support measures promoting entrepreneurship in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including social entrepreneurship and innovative social enterprises and self-employment, and encouraging women's participation;
2015/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises employ manythe majority of workers in the EU and that one of the main problems in setting up such enterprises and keeping them going is that of obtaining finance; proposes, therefore, that the microfinance element be expanded, and the potential of financial instruments under ESF to be further exploited with corresponding transparency and accountability;
2015/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines that the support for social inclusion, especially of people with disabilities and the marginalized communities is a key European policy that requires extensive support from the budget; emphasizes that apart from the ESF, the social dimension should be more visible as regard the other Cohesion Policy instruments.
2015/05/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2015/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note of the result of the popular initiative of 9 February 2014; calls, however, on the European Union, which may undermine the bilateral agreements between the EU and Switzerland; stresses that the four freedoms, i.e. the free movement of people, goods, services and capitals, are founding principles of the EU and cannot be treated as separated issues; calls strongly therefore on the Commission and the Member States to remain firm on the fundamental principle of free movement of personsople so that Switzerland continues to grant privileged access to EUnion workers and enterpriseto ensure the respect and enforcement of the bilateral agreements;
2015/05/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2015/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and Switzerland to make every effort to achieve progress in the negotiations on itsthe participation in the Erasmus+ programme, in orderof Switzerland to EU programmes such as Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020, in order to ensure students and researchers rights and to guarantee exchange reciprocity and nowithout penaliseing young people;
2015/05/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2015/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and Switzerland to enhance transparency with regards to the negotiations and the status of the agreements.
2015/05/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2015/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas mEuropean Microfinance canFacilities must contribute to meeting the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy; and whereas microfinance can help to lift people out of poverty, get out of unemployment and improve social inclusion;
2015/09/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2015/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the targeted ratio of 40:60ratio between female and male entrepreneurs has almost been reached, andbenefited by Progress Microfinance is just 36:64; whereas ithis is significantly higher than the Union averagetill insufficient in terms of reducing the gap between men and women;
2015/09/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2015/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas business development services such as training and mentoring are key to the success and viability of a microenterprise, and whereas they are not funded by the European Microfinance Facilities;
2015/09/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2015/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of a financial instrument such as the Facility in times of financial crisis in order to reduce the risk borne by microfinance institutions, widening the scope of potential operations, and to ensure that unemployed people, disadvantaged people, social entrepreneurs, self-employed and micro enterprises have access to financing;
2015/09/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2015/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to establish national, regional and local contact points and to promote the knowledge among potential beneficiaries and citizens in general about European Microfinance Facilities;
2015/09/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2015/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) to make the Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship (MF/SE) axis of EaSI fully operational as soon as possiblewithout delay, so as to secure access to money for the beneficiaries; expects that EaSI will tackle successfully the shortcomings of the Facilityfunding tools for Microfinance Intermediaries (MFIs) and access to loans for beneficiaries;
2015/09/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2015/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the fact that, owing to the lack of well-defined social reporting, the social impact of the Facility has not been measured more accurately in terms of job creation, business sustainability and minority groups outreach; suggesturges, therefore, that suitable indicators be developed, and encourages the Commise Commission to establish binding social indicators, aligned with the European Code of Good Conduct for Microcredit Provision, to better assess wthether the definition of target groups needs to be clarified further impact of the instruments also with regards to the Europe 2020 targets and to the social purpose of Microfinancing;
2015/09/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #

2015/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EIF to enforce provisions in agreements with MFIs requiring them to apply the European Code of Good Conduct for Microcredit Provision and to cooperate more closely with organisations representing minority groups in order to reach target groups more effectively;
2015/09/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2015/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to pursue equality between men and women in terms of access to microfinance and to envisage anask MFIs to pay special attention to reduce the gap between men and women to access funding in terms of microfinance and to promote an effective equal tpargetticipation ratio between male and female entrepreneurs in the futurethrough the new EaSI Microfinance Facility;
2015/09/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2015/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges on the Commission to focus their efforts to improve access to microfinance for potentially excluded clients, such as migrants, refugees, long- term unemployed, young people, low- income persons, low-skilled workers and persons with disabilities, who are currently not benefiting enough from the European Microfinance Facilities;
2015/09/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2015/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Commission to closely monitor this new feature, ensuring appropriate reporting from MFIs, and motivating them to support projects with high social impact among their potential clients;
2015/09/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2015/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Deplores the fact that business development services, including mentoring and training, for final recipients, monitored by MFIs, cannot be directly financed under EaSI, and; calls on the Commission to investigate future financing avenuefund also technical assistance and mentoring programmes for final recipients and micro borrowers in order to guarantee their success beyond the financial easing provided by the European Microfinance Facilities and to ensure better outcomes in terms of Europe 2020 targets;
2015/09/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2015/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Recommends that the Commission and Member States develop their strategic cooperation with local and regional organisations and institutions regarding EaSI, ESF and other possible national programmes, promoting their cooperation with MFIs and final recipients, in order to improve the assistance given to microborrowers in terms of training, mentoring and overall support for greater business viability;
2015/09/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #

2015/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Encourages the Commission to coordinate ESF and EaSI support in order to improve complementarity between the two programmes, with regard to Microfinance Facilities, focusing amongst others on the cooperation between MFIs and business support centres co-financed by the ESF;
2015/09/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2015/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Encourages the Commission to strengthen cooperation between Intermediaries and organisations engaged in representing the interest of beneficiaries, beyond the advertising of products or the finding of new clients;
2015/09/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2015/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
A. having regard to the Commission's "Code of Best practices for Women and ICT", 2013,
2015/12/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2015/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B (new)
B. having regard to the in-depth analysis Women in ICT, 2012 (Directorate general for Internal Policies; Policy department, Gender Equality),
2015/12/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2015/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C (new)
C. having regard to the in-depth analysis Empowering Women on the Internet, 2015 (Directorate general for Internal Policies; Policy department, Gender Equality),
2015/12/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2015/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote gender equality in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and follow up on the progress made; calls on the Commission to update current data regarding female workers in the ICT sector and to assess the economic impact of incorporating more women into the sector;
2015/12/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2015/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to address the gender gap in the ICT sector by creating more incentives and support structures for women, such as role models, mentoring programmes and career paths, in order to increase the visibility of women; urges the Commissioncalls therefore on the Member States to adapt educational systems, where necessary, with a view to promote teaching and interest in the so called STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathe Member States to unblock the Wmatics) in general and for female students in particular; points out the necessity to start endowed professorships for women oin Boards DirectiveICT, to establish role models for girls and women in this field;
2015/12/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2015/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point a (new)
(a) urges the Commission and the Member States to unblock the Directive improving the gender balance among non-executive managers of companies listed on stock exchanges and expand its scope to all directors; Member States should furthermore introduce measures to promote women's career progression at all levels of leadership within companies through positive actions;
2015/12/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2015/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Demands a regular exchange of best practices among all relevant stakeholders, including social partners and civil society, to discuss the implementation of the gender aspect in the Digital Agenda; welcomes the European "Code of Best Practices for Women and ICT" and calls for its wide and active implementation; welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide "Grand coalition for digital jobs" and encourages the involved companies to put a special focus on recruitment and equal career opportunities for women; calls on the Commission to address this issue in its 2016 work programme initiative ‘New start for working parents’;
2015/12/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #

2015/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to identify new forms of quality employment especially for women and, as well as their effects on work and private life, including family life; urges the Commission and the Member States to safeguard fundamental workers’ rights and the social protection of employees in order to combat precarious working conditions; calls on the Commission and the Member States, with regard to the Commission's roadmap "New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families", to address the impact of digitalisation on workers with care responsibilities;
2015/12/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2015/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the gender pay gap continues for self-employed women and women working, which results in an even higher pension gap, also exists in the ICT sector; stresses that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages is being challengedmust be guaranteed as pointed out by Commission President Juncker;
2015/12/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2015/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age; emphasises the risks posed by constant accessibility (e.g. burnout); advocates, therefore, a ‘right to log off’ for workers through the transformation of traditional working time arrangements into more flexible forms of employment; draws attention to the fact, however, that the digitalisation-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to unstable forms of employment; stresses the need to ensure that current standards as regards social security, minimum wages ,where applicable, worker participation and occupational health and safety are maintained;
2015/12/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2015/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point a (new)
(a) emphasises that work-related mental health problems, such as burnout, caused by the constant accessibility present a serious risk; advocates, therefore, a 'right to disconnect' for workers;
2015/12/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 132 #

2015/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. points out, that the gender pay gap results in an even higher pension gap; stresses that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages must be guaranteed as pointed out by Commission President Juncker;
2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 144 #

2015/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Member States to address the gender gap in the ICT sector by creating more incentives and support structures for women, such as role models, mentoring programmes and career paths, in order to increase the visibility of women; calls therefore on the Member States to adapt educational systems, where necessary, with a view to promote teaching and interest in the so called STEM (Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in general and for female students in particular;
2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 154 #

2015/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. welcomes the European "Code of Best Practices for Women and ICT" and calls for its wide and active implementation; welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide "Grand coalition for digital jobs" and encourages the involved companies to put a special focus on recruitment and equal career opportunities for women;
2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 63 #

2015/0051(NLE)


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. The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral surveillance of economic and, budgetary surveillance, employment and social policies. The streamlining and strengthening of the European Semester as set out in the Commission's 2015 Annual Growth Survey will further improve its functioning.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment G #

2015/0051(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
(7) Member States and the Union should also address the social impact of the crisis and aim at building a cohesivelso by providing more reliable figures on extreme poverty, and aim at building an inclusive and more just society in which people are empowered to anticipate and manage change, and can actively participate in society and the economy. ANon-discriminatory access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion reduced substantially, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and adequate social welfare systems and removing barriers to labour market participation. Member States should also make sure that the benefits of economic growth reach all citizens and all regionsunnecessary administrative barriers and barriers to labour market participation, in particular those affecting people with disabilities. Member States should also make sure that the benefits of economic growth reach all citizens and all regional and local entities. The scoreboard of key employment and social indicators within the Joint Employment Report is a particularly useful tool in this respect by helping to detect key employment and social problems and divergences in a timely way and identify areas where policy response is most needed. However, further editions of the scoreboard should include also gender disaggregated data.
2015/06/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #

2015/0051(NLE)


Recital 7
(7) Member States and the Union should also address the social impact of the crisis and aim at building a cohesive society in which people are empowered to anticipate and manage change, and can actively participate in society and the economy. 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 social welfare systems and removing barriers to labour market participation. Member States should also make sure that the benefits of economic growth reach all citizens and all regions. The scoreboard of key employment and social indicators within the Joint Employment Report is a particularly useful tool in this respect by helping to detect key employment and social problems and divergences in a timely way and identify areas where policy response is most needed. However, further editions of the scoreboard should include also gender disaggregated data.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 99 #

2015/0051(NLE)


Recital 10
(10) The broad guidelines for economic policies and employment guidelines give guidance to the Member States on implementing reforms, reflecting interdependence. They are in line with the Stability and Growth Pact. The integrated guidelines should form the basis for country-specific recommendations that the Council may address to the Member States.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 123 #

2015/0051(NLE)


Annex 1 – section 1 – paragraph 3
Member States should, together with the social partners, encourage wage-setting mechanisms allowing for a responsiveness of wages to productivity developments. In this respect, and helping to correct past diffvergences in skills and local labour market conditions as well asunit labour costs without fuelling deflationary pressures. In this respect, divffergences in economic performance across regions, sectors and companielocal labour market conditions should be taken into account. When setting minimum wages, Member States and social partners should consider their impact on in- work poverty, aggregate demand, job creation and competitiveness.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 128 #

2015/0051(NLE)


Annex 1 – section 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
The Europe 2020 headline target on employment, on the basis of which Member States set their national targets, taking into account their relative starting positions and national circumstances, is to aim to raise the employment rate for women and men aged 20-64 to 75 % by 2020, including through the greater participation of young people, older workers and low-skilled workers and the better integration of migrants. A sub- target for youth employment, which should likewise be translated into national sub-targets, is to aim to reduce the rate of people aged below 25 who are neither in employment, education or training to less than 10 % by 2020, based on full implementation of the Youth Guarantee.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2015/0051(NLE)


Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 1
Member States should promote productivity and employability through an appropriate supply of relevant knowledge and skills. Member States should make the necessary investments in educationquality and inclusive education from an early age and vocational training systems while improving their effectiveness and efficiency to raise the skill level of the workforce, allowing it to better anticipate and meet the rapidly changing needs of dynamic labour markets in an increasingly digital economy. Member States should step up efforts to improve access to quality adult learning for all and implement active ageing strategies to enable longer working lives.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2015/0051(NLE)


Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 2
High unemployment should be tackled and long-term unemployment prevented through a mix of demand and supply-side measures. The number of long-term unemployed should be significantly reduced by means of comprehensive and mutually reinforcing strategies, including the provision of specificrsonalised active support to long-term unemployed to return to the labour market. The youth unemployment needs to be comprehensively addressed, including by equipping the relevant institutions with the necessary means to fully and consistently implement their national Youth Guarantee Implementation Plans
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 147 #

2015/0051(NLE)


Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 2
High unemployment should be tackled and long-term unemployment prevented. The number of long-term unemployed should be significantly reduced by means of comprehensive and mutually reinforcing strategies, including the provision of specific active support to long-term unemployed to return to the labour market. The youth unemployment needs to be comprehensively addressed, including by investing in sectors that can create quality jobs for young people and by equipping the relevant institutions with the necessary means to fully and consistently implement their national Youth Guarantee Implementation Plans
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 161 #

2015/0051(NLE)


Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 4
Barriers to labour market participation should be reduced, especially for women, older workers, young people, persons withe disabled and legalility and migrants. Gender equality including equal pay must be ensured in the labour market as well as access to affordable quality early childhood education and care.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 172 #

2015/0051(NLE)


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 improve quality employment, social inclusion, education and public administration.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 173 #

2015/0051(NLE)


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 improve employment, social inclusion, education and public administration. The European Fund for Strategic Investments and its investment platforms should also be mobilised to ensure that quality jobs are created and workers are equipped with skills needed for the Union's transition towards a sustainable growth model.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 177 #

2015/0051(NLE)


Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 5 a (new)
The Europe 2020 headline target on education, on the basis of which Member States set their national targets, taking into account their relative starting positions and national circumstances, is to reduce drop-out rates to less than 10 %, and increase the share of 30-34 year-olds having completed tertiary or equivalent education to at least 40 %.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 179 #

2015/0051(NLE)


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 protection to those in employment and those seeking employment or employed on temporary, part-time or atypical contracts or independent work contracts. Quality employment should be ensured for all in terms of socio-economic security, education and training opportunities, working conditions (including health and safety), adequate wages and work-life balance. Upward convergence in working conditions should be promoted across the Union.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 188 #

2015/0051(NLE)


Annex 1 – section 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
New forms of work organisation should be encouraged in order to make the best use of people's skills, foster their lifelong development and encourage employee- driven innovation.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 190 #

2015/0051(NLE)


Annex 1 – section 3 – paragraph 2
Member States should closely involve National Parliaments and, social partners and civil society organisations in the design and implementation of relevant reforms and policies, in line with national practices, while supporting the improvement of the functioning and effectiveness of social dialogue at national level.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 197 #

2015/0051(NLE)


Annex 1 – section 3 – paragraph 3
The Union and Member States should ensure basic standards of quality of active labour market policies. Member States should strengthen active labour market policies by increasing their targeting, outreach, coverage and interplay with passive measures. These policies should aim at improving labour market 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 can participate in the labour market, protect those (temporarily) excluded from the labour markets and/or unable to participate in it, and prepare individuals for potential risks, by investing in human capital Member States should promote inclusive labour markets open to all and also put in place effective anti- discrimination measures.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 208 #

2015/0051(NLE)


Annex 1 – section 3 – paragraph 4
Mobility of workers should be ensured as a fundamental right and a matter of free choice with an aim of exploiting the full potential of the European labour market, including by enhancing the portability of pensions and social security, and the recognition of qualifications. Member States should at the same time guard against abuses of the existing rules. Investment in regions experiencing labour outflows should be promoted to mitigate brain drain and encourage mobile workers to return.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 216 #

2015/0051(NLE)


Annex 1 – section 4 – paragraph 1
The Union and Member States should modernisensure basic standards of social protection. Member States should improve their social protection systems to provide effective, efficient, and adequate protection throughout all stages of an individual’s life, ensuring universal access, fairness and addressing inequalities. There is a need for simplified and better targetilored social policies complemented by, including on affordable quality childcare and education, training and job assistance, housing support and accessible health care, access to basicother services such as bank account and Internet and for action to prevent early school leaving and fight poverty and social exclusion. Child poverty, in particular, must be decisively tackled.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 224 #

2015/0051(NLE)


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, targetbased on active inclusion strategies combining adequate minimum income, inclusive labour markets and high quality services tailored ato individual needs. Social protection systems should be designed in a way that facilitate take up of all persons entitled, support investment in human capital, and help prevent, reduce and protect against poverty and social exclusion.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 232 #

2015/0051(NLE)


Annex 1 – section 4 – paragraph 3
The pension systems should be reformed 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 expectancy, by increasing effective retirement ages, and by developing co. The best way is to increase the overall employment rate, building also on social investments in active ageing. Further reforms should focus on increasing effective retirement age, taking into account the number of contributory years and reflecting differences in life expectancy caused by particularly arduous work, and on upholding the fundamental importance of public pensions while developing complementary retirement savings. Measures to reduce gender gaps in employment and pay as well as incidence of involuntary part-time empleoyment ary retirement savingse also needed in order to ensure decent living standards in old age.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 241 #

2015/0051(NLE)


Annex 1 – section 4 – paragraph 4
Member States should improve the accessiquality, accessibility, affordability, efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare and long term care systems, while safeguarding fiscal sustainability.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 246 #

2015/0051(NLE)


Annex 1 – section 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
The Europe 2020 headline target on fighting poverty and social exclusion, on the basis of which Member States set their national targets, taking into account their relative starting conditions and national circumstances, is to promote social inclusion, in particular through the reduction of poverty by aiming to lift at least 20 million people out of the risk of poverty and exclusion.1 __________________ 1 The population is defined as the number of persons who are at risk of poverty and exclusion according to three indicators (at risk of poverty; material deprivation; jobless household), leaving Member States free to set their national targets on the basis of the most appropriate indicators, taking into account their national circumstances and priorities.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2015/0026(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) In order to address the budgetary constraints faced by Member States at the initial stage of the programming period and, taking into account the urgent need to address youth unemployment and the specific features of the YEI, it is appropriate to lay down provisions in order to complement Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, with a view to increase the level of the initial pre-financing paid to operational programmes supported by the YEI in 2015. To ensure that Member States have sufficient means to provide payments to beneficiaries responsible for the implementation of operations that target youth unemployment, an additional initial pre-financing amount from the specific allocation for the YEI should be paid in 2015 for operational programmes supported by the YEI, in order to complement the pre-financing amounts paid in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. In order to enable a prompt implementation of the operational programmes supported by the YEI, the Commission should commit itself to pay the pre-financing amount to the Member States immediately after the entry into force of this Regulation.
2015/03/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2015/0026(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) To ensure that the additional initial pre- financing amount is used for the immediate implementation of the YEI, it should be foreseen that this amount is reimbursed to the Commission, if the Union contribution from the YEI does not amount to an adequate level in interim payment applications submitted to the Commission 12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation. This measure is a safeguard to ensure that eligible Member States set up the required structures to promptly implement the YEI. Member State action is urgently needed to deliver on the YEI and combat alarming levels of youth unemployment.
2015/03/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) Comprehensive action is required to reverse the vicious circle created by a lack of investment. Structural reforms and fiscal responsibility are necessary preconditions for stimulating investment. Along with a renewed impetus towards investment financing, these preconditions can contribute to establishing a virtuous circle, where investment projects help support employmentcreate good quality jobs and demand and lead to a sustained increase in growth potential.
2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The purpose of the EFSI should be to help resolve the difficulties in financing and implementing productive investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing. It is intended that increased access to financing should be of particular benefit to small and medium enterprises. It is also appropriate to extend the benefit of such increased access to financing to mid- cap companies, which are companies having up to 3000 employees. Main intention of all measurements has to be the push for investment in integrated social policies in line with the 2013 social investment package. Overcoming Europe's current investment difficulties should contribute to strengthening the Union's economic, social and territorial cohesion.
2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 80 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The EFSI should support strategic investments with high social and economic value added contributing to achieving Union policy objectives.
2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 109 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal and economic value. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote jobthe creation of good quality jobs, long- term and sustainable growth and competitiveness. The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.
2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The EFSI should target investments that are expected to be economically and technically viable and that are consistent with the EU's social policy priorities, especially the reduction of social exclusion and poverty, which may entail a degree of appropriate risk, whilst still meeting the particular requirements for EFSI financing.
2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Decisions on the use of the EFSI support for infrastructure and large mid- cap projects should be made by an Investment Committee. The Investment Committee should be composed of independent experts who are knowledgeable and experienced in the areas of investment projects. At least one of the committee members must be a specialist in social and labour-market policies and therefore is responsible for assessing the social impact of submitted projects. The Investment Committee should be accountable to a Steering Board of the EFSI, who should supervise the fulfilment of the EFSI's objectives. To effectively benefit from the experience of the EIF, the EFSI should support funding to the EIF to allow the EIF to undertake individual projects in the areas of small and medium enterprises and small mid-cap companies.
2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 170 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The purpose of the EFSI should be to help resolve the difficulties in financing and implementing productive investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing. It is intended that increased access to financing should be of particular benefit to small and medium enterprises. It is also appropriate to extend the benefit of such increased access to financing to mid- cap companies, which are companies having up to 3000 employees. Overcoming Europe's current investment difficulties should contribute to strengthening the Union's economic, social and territorial cohesion.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 183 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The EFSI should support strategic investments with high economic value added contributing to achieving Union policy objectives. and to meeting the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, in particular the agreed targets for employment and poverty. In the process, the approach taken for the Commission's 2013 social investment package should be followed. Overcoming Europe's current investment difficulties will contribute to strengthening the Union's economic, social and territorial cohesion.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 258 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Investment Committee shall be composed of six independent experts and the Managing Director. Independent experts shall have a high level of relevant market experience in project finance and be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three years. At least one of the appointed members must be a specialist in social and labour-market policies and therefore be responsible for assessing the social impact of the committee decisions.
2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 269 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) There should be systematic monitoring of the impact of the EFSI on the promotion of a high level of employment, on the guarantee of adequate social protection, on the fight against social exclusion and on the level of education, training and protection of human health.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 277 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
2. The EU guarantee shall be granted for EIB financing and investment operations approved by the Investment Committee referred to in Article 3(5) or funding to the EIF in order to conduct EIB financing and investment operations in accordance with Article 7(2). The operations concerned shall be consistent with Union policies, especially with the goals of the EU's social policy priorities and the inclusion of social and equality preconditions and support any of the following general objectives:
2015/03/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 552 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The purpose of the EFSI shall be to support public and private investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing for companies having up to 3000 employees, including social economy enterprises and social service providers, with a particular focus on small and medium enterprises, through the supply of risk bearing capacity to the EIB ('EFSI Agreement'). The overarching objective of the EFSI should be to foster smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 880 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Decisions of the Investment Committee shall be taken by simple majority. A representative of the Investment Committee shall have responsibility for social impact assessment of projects in keeping with the Union's social objectives. Experience in social project finance shall be one criterion for selecting the experts.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 925 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The EU guarantee shall be granted for EIB financing and investment operations approved by the Investment Committee referred to in Article 3(5) or funding to the EIF in order to conduct EIB financing and investment operations in accordance with Article 7(2). The operations concerned shall be consistent with Union policies, contribute to achieving the Europe 2020 objectives and support any of the following general objectives:
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 930 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) development of infrastructure, including in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centres; energy, in particular energy interconnections; and digital infrastructure and the social field;
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 957 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investment in education and training, health, the social economy, research and development, information and communications technology and innovation;
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 991 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) infrastructure projects in the environmental, natural resources, urban development and social fields;
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1001 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) providing financial support for the companies referred to in Article 1(1), including working capital risk financing. With regard to the companies referred to in Article 1, 20% of EFSI funds shall be earmarked for social economy enterprises carrying out social-inclusion projects and activities.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1067 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
(4) Provided that all relevant eligibility criteria are fulfilled, Member States may use European Structural and Investment Funds to contribute to the financing of eligible projects in which the EIB is investing with the support of the EU guarantee. Where EU structural fund monies are used to support the EFSI, EU cohesion policy objectives (geared to the EU 2020 strategic objectives) shall be complied with. In particular, the objective requiring 20% of European Social Fund monies to be used for social inclusion and combating poverty shall be complied with.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 28 #

2015/0000(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission also to recommend, in connection with CSR, measures helping to achieve the Europe 2020 strategy's employment targets and ensure that the social principles enshrined in the European Treaties are acted on; stresses that achieving the Europe 2020 strategy's employment targets must not go hand in hand with lowered social standards or social protection for workers;
2015/07/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2015/0000(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the recommendations on the need to move forward within new labour reforms, and calls for such reforms, if carried out, to guarantee social dialogue and to ensure necessary political consensus in order to be sustainable and effective; considers it regrettable that many labour reforms have not ensured the required balance between flexibility and security, resulting in, for example, the exclusion of millions of workers from collective bargaining; calls for labour reforms capable of reducing fragmentation, putting an end to insecurity and increasing the productivity and competitiveness of our economy while ensuring decent jobs and living wages through investment in human capital; stresses that structural reforms such as reindustrialisation in order to establish a sustainable labour market are much more important than labour reforms;
2015/07/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2014/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas financial and economic crisis had an impact on the increase of poverty levels among the elderly and whereas poverty or being at risk of poverty and social exclusion poses not only health risks, but also hampers any possibility to active ageing;
2015/06/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2014/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas active participation in the life-long learning and sport programmes greatly contributes to creating the genuine culture of active ageing, allowing population not only to adapt their skills throughout the course of life to changing requirements of the labour market, but also to stay healthy, active and participative in the society in a more general sense;
2015/06/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2014/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas accessible technologies can enable and facilitate access to the labour market, an independent life and participation in all aspects of society, however, today, over 69% of people who lack basic digital skills are aged over 55; whereas due to the lack of accessibility, the rapid evolution of ICT and poor digital literacy, many older people and persons with disability are at great risk of not taking full advantage of the future Digital Single Market;
2015/06/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2014/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the need to intensify the coordination triangle made up of the decision-making level (including the EU, national, regional and local levels), civil society and the private sector; therefore calls on the Member States, social partners and other relevant stakeholders to work together in developing national policy frameworks which would enable to maintain employees in active employment until their statutory retirement age - employment protection legislation and systems of wage formation should be designed to equally support the recruitment and retention of older workers; also calls in this regard on the Member States to consider providing more opportunities for older people to work part time in line with their preferences, and facilitating longer working lives for those who want and are able to work longer; however, working after the statutory retirement age should not be forced by pensions lower than necessary to survive above poverty level;
2015/06/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2014/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to consider reinforcement of public pension schemes in order to guarantee a decent replacement income for all after the retirement;
2015/06/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2014/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that active ageing is the process of optimising opportunities for health and for participation in society in order to enhance quality of life as people age; takes the view that active ageing policies should increase people's potential for physical, social and mental well-being through the course of their lives so as to allow better social inclusion and greater participation in society; highlights the fact that active ageing does not simply mean better conditions to enable older people to work longer, but also better access to health, long-term care and social services, which has come under pressure during the crisis and to lifelong learning, the elimination of age discrimination and stereotypes, action to combat poverty and social exclusion, and greater awareness of the value of active ageing;
2015/06/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2014/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to study the worrying problem of unemployment among people over the age of 50 and, in conjunction with the Member States, to develop effective tools for reintegrating such workers into the labour market;
2015/06/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2014/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Considers it regrettable that older workers are still often exposed to age discrimination, stereotypes and barriers; calls on the Member States, therefore, to correctly implement Directive 2000/78/EC on equal treatment in employment and occupation;
2015/06/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2014/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly rejects, however, the consideration of active ageing policies solely as an instrument to maintain the employability of older workers, and calls on the Member States to make all the necessary assessments before raising the mandatory pension age; , taking into account actual unemployment rates among the population above the age of 50 before raising the mandatory pension age – linking the retirement age only to life expectancy fails to take account of the importance of labour market trends and is therefore not an appropriate instrument to tackle the challenge of ageing society; Member States should avoid forcing people into prolonged unemployment immediately before their statutory retirement age, which would have further negative effects on their retirement income, but instead seek sustainable solutions for their social protection systems;
2015/06/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2014/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Considers it regrettable that older workers are still often exposed to age discrimination, stereotypes and barriers; calls on the Member States, therefore, to correctly implement Directive 2000/78/EC on equal treatment in employment and occupation;deleted
2015/06/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 96 #

2014/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to study the worrying problem of unemployment among people over the age of 50 and, in conjunction with the Member States, to develop effective tools for reintegrating such workers into the labour market;deleted
2015/06/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 114 #

2014/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses on the importance of accessible technologies for ageing European societies and calls on the Commission to develop an inclusive Digital Single Market strategy by ensuring that accessibility is mainstreamed throughout the strategy and linked with the promotion of the ´silver economy´ in Europe;
2015/06/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2014/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the Member States, in collaboration with social partners, to promote life long-learning, to ensure in- work training opportunities for all ages, and to provide accessible and affordable learning programs in order to enable ageing population to update their skills;
2015/06/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 133 #

2014/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Considers it essential to support older people in living independently for as long as possible, and to develop and maintain people-oriented and demand-driven support, social assistance and care services;
2015/06/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #

2014/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. RWelcomes the background paper of the Commission 'Growing the Silver Economy in Europe' and reiterates the need to further develop the 'silver economy', which caters to the needs of the ageing population on the basis of the economic opportunities arising from the public and consumer expenditure related to population ageing and from specific products, services, innovative solutions and needs, resulting in new jobs and growth;
2015/06/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2014/2252(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Firmly believes that the ‘Think Small First’ principle is a key element in the policy process and can play an important role in job creation and growth by reducing the costs of regulation for businesses;deleted
2015/04/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2014/2252(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that legislation can have a different impact on large enterprises and SME's, which should be kept in mind during the drafting process; stresses that all employees have a right to the highest level of protection regarding health and safety in the workplace regardless the size of the employer, the underlying contract or the Member State of employment;
2015/04/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2014/2252(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomNotes the increasing emphasis placed by the Commission on the policy cycles, and calls on the committee responsible to systematically review Commission impact assessments and to review Parliament’s ex-ante impact acrucial importance of impact assessments as tools for aiding decision- making in the legislative process, and stresses the need, in this context, for proper consideration to be given to issuessment analysis as early as possible in the legislative process. relating to subsidiarity and proportionality;
2015/04/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 172 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the Treaties must be changed to reach a better equilibrium between free movement and social rights;
2016/11/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 709 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Recalls that the EJC allows economic freedom and competition rules, following articles 45, 49, 56, 101 and 102 of the TFEU, to prevail over social and labor rights settled in soft laws and in articles 12, 21, 28, 31 and 34 of the CFREU; calls therefore for these rights to have primacy and, conflict between them solved, by adding the principal that economic freedom and competition rules can be limited when necessary in order to protect social and labor rights;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 7 #

2014/2247(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that, with effect from 20141, Regulation 1303/2013/EU contains new elements intended to help the disadvantaged: it makes it compulsory to dismantle institutions with large staff complements, and, in promotinge social inclusion and combating poverty and all forms of discrimination, to switch from institutional services to community-based services, and incorporated marginalised communities, which may face growing challenges and increasingly lag behind other groups in a knowledge-based society; __________________ 1 Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006.
2015/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2014/2247(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Draws the attention of Member States and the Commission to the fact that after 2020, even though there will be fewer and fewer people of working age, there will be ever greater competition for jobs, while the private sector will provide fewer and fewer jobs for those who are currently relatively low-skilled, which will require a new approach and not only long-term strategies but also the short-term measuresadjustment of existing measures of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) or the European Social Fund (ESF), to prevent permanent unemployment and a lasting increase in it;
2015/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2014/2240(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of sea and maritime research and of a stronger cooperation among researchers, among Member States and among Regions on these sectors in order to overcome the existing gap between Member States and geographical concentration in some areas and to boost the competitiveness of coastal areas and the creation of new local quality and sustainable jobs;
2015/04/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2014/2240(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the need to focus on environmental aspects and on improving the quality of the marine environmentimproving the quality of sea environment and environmental and people security in order to ensure we have a sustainable blue economy without restricting its employment potential, ensuring a regulatory framework and environmental conditions to assist the industrial development, growth, creation of new quality and sustainable jobs improving life quality in large;
2015/04/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2014/2240(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers as necessary, in order to create new quality jobs in the sphere of blue economy, a better access to credit for SMEs and the improvement of the existing business networks (clusters) through internationalization's process;
2015/04/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2014/2240(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers as necessary to outline a reference mainstreaming across the four pillars through action plans on working conditions, gender matters, disabled people and immigrants. For this purpose, it is important to ensure the observance of decent working standards, the workforce flexibility towards the current technological changes and transformation of manufacturing structures by means of process of vocational requalification and lifelong learning in order to improve the human capital in these areas; moreover ensuring equal conditions and opportunities to the most vulnerable groups, namely fishing sector and aquaculture;
2015/04/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2014/2240(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of social dialogue and considers that all parties involved in the blue economy should be represented in that dialogue, together with the individuals or companies concerned and civil society, also including workers, so that the latter are actively involved in the framingactively workers in the creation and implementation of policies and solutions at local level;
2015/04/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2014/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to commit to a ‘just transition roadmap’ that combines ambitious environmental goals with strong social requirements, including the promotion of decent worknon-fixed-term jobs with salaries governed by collective labour agreements and comprehensive social protection, healthy and safe working conditions, and training and skills programmes, and the strengthening of worker information, consultation and participation rights regarding matters concerning sustainable development as well as of effective workforce representation;
2015/04/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 80 #

2014/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that anticipating change in employment needs proactive transformation management and that long- term planning is essential for ensuring an effective transition and stable employthe creation of sustainable non-fixed-term jobs with salaries governed by collective labour agreements; stresses that social dialogue must be an essential element of transformation management;
2015/04/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #

2014/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of workers’ substantial participation in these changes; calls for the involvement of trade union ‘green representatives working with employers on increasing sustainability at their workplaces;
2015/04/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2014/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States and on regional governments, to involvegether with social partners and training providers, and to adopt and implement skill development strategies with the objectives of improving generic, sectoral and occupation-specific skills;
2015/04/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 139 #

2014/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need for consistent policies that promote renewable energy production and energy efficiency with a view to triggering local development and creating good local jobs;
2015/04/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 159 #

2014/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to use the EU Semester and the review of the Europe 2020 strategy to support green job creationthe creation of sustainable, good and green jobs; calls on the Commission to issue country-specific recommendations that contribute to higher employment and smaller ecological footprints, including a shift from labour to environmental taxation and the phasing out of counterproductive subsidies by 2020;
2015/04/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 174 #

2014/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote only quality investments geared towards generating societal benefits; calls on the Commission and the Member States to focuspromote investment only in areas with positive labour market impact with the aim of creating decent jobsnon-fixed-term jobs covered by collective labour agreements with full social protection, and fighting unemployment;
2015/04/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 205 #

2014/2238(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that SMEs are key drivers of job creation in Europe; stresses that SMEs face particular challenges when exploiting the job opportunities of a green transition, in particular regarding access to finance, training and bridging skills gaps; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take ambitious action to provide support to facilitate the creation of non-fixed-term jobs covered by collective labour agreements with compulsory social security contributions and green job creation in SMEs, including targeted information, awareness raising, technical assistance and access to finance and training measures;
2015/04/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 4 June 2013 on the Commission Communication 'Towards Social Investment for Growth and Cohesion – including implementing the European Social Fund 2014-2020'1 b , __________________ 1b Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0266.
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 8 March 2011 on reducing health inequalities in the EU1 c , __________________ 1c OJ C 199E , 7.7.2012, p. 25.
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20
— having regard to the Save the Children (2014) report ‘Child poverty and social exclusion in Europe', Brussels, 2014, p. 5,
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
- having regard to the EUROCHILD assessment report (2014) 'The 2014 National Reform Programmes (NRP) and National Social Reports (NSR) from a child poverty and well-being assessment',
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital –A a (new)
-Aa. Whereas greater political visibility should be given to fighting child poverty at the highest EU political level, if EU is to meet Europe 2020 strategy targets to reduce poverty by at least 20 million people by 2020;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
-A b. Whereas the majority of Member States so far have given little attention on using EU Structural Funds to fight the alarming and still growing rates of poverty among children in Europe as well as promote their social inclusion and general well-being;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas according to Eurostat the main factors affecting child poverty are labour market situation of the parents, which is linked to their level of education, the composition of the household in which the children live and the effectiveness of the government intervention through income support and the provision of enabling services;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. Whereas it is alarming that in countries such as Estonia, Greece and Italy,some Member States the percentage of children whothat cannot afford to eat meat, chicken or fish two days running has doubled since 2008;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. Whereas single-parent families, especially families headed by single mothers, are at greater risk of poverty or social exclusion (49.8% compared to 25.2%), which is due to the feminisation of poverty, women's overrepresentation in precarious work and as involuntary part- time workers and wage discrimination between men and women;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 89 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. Whereas, even in countries where the right to health and healthcare is enshrined in law, there are many children who do not have access to a family doctor or dentistdequate healthcare, and some children that have extremely limited access to services beyond emergency care;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. Whereas all children have the right to be protected from abuse, violence and neglect and that research has concluded that financial pressures within families and, cuts in public services put children at greater risk and that so-calleand austerity measures are leading to greater violence against children;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 120 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a Calls on the Commission to set a Europe 2020 sub-target on reducing child poverty and social exclusion and to make the reduction of child poverty and social exclusion visible and explicit in all states of the European Semester; also calls on the Commission to include a specific section with the binding target in each Annual Growth Survey on fighting child poverty and promoting their wellbeing;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 190 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the European Commission and the European Parliament to take the opportunity provided by the Europe 2020 mid-term review of the multiannual financial framework to increase the appropriations from the European Social Fund and the Food Aid Program for the most deprived groups and to check if children are a priority in the programming and implementation of regional and cohesion policies, as well as to create indicators to analyse child poverty;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 205 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to include a specific and binding indicator on children at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the social dimension of the Economic and Monetary Union;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 212 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on Member States to introducemplement legislation to protect or increase maternity and paternity rights; and to safeguard the return to work for women after pregnancy and maternity leave; on this regard, strongly opposes the Commission´s intention to withdraw the Maternity Leave Directive and calls on the Council to engage proactively with the Parliament and Commission in order to unblock the Maternity Leave Directive; stresses furthermore that reinforcing legislation on paternity leave which gives an important boost to combat gender and pay discrimination in work;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 222 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. RecommendsCalls on thate Member States to develop proactive and integrated social policies that prevent poverty and the departureremoval of children from their family environment, ensuring that it is not through poverty that children are institutionalised;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 293 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce a child guarantee so that every child in poverty can have access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition and calls on the Commission and the Member States to create a specific fund to develop the European Child Guarantee;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 295 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to create a European integrated plan to combat child poverty including both the Child Guarantee and programmes offering support and opportunities for the parents to come out of social exclusion situations and integrate the labour market;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 302 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Recommends thatCalls the Commission and Member States to develop statistical methods that integrate multidimensional indicators in measuring poverty, social exclusion, inequalities and discrimination and to take into account the limitations of relative poverty measurements and the work of the UNDP, UNICEF and the OECD, and the Indicators Sub-Group of the Social Protection Committee, going beyond the AROPE indicator; further indicators should be developed to assess better the quality of services, outcomes and access to services, e.g. in relation to the socio- economic status and background of parents (migrant or minority), gender, disability and geographical aspects;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication on of 6 may 2015 entitled 'A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe' (COM(2015) 192);
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 20 March 2013 entitled 'Towards Social Investment for Growth and Cohesion – including implementing the European Social Fund 2014-2020' (COM(2013) 83);
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas, as a consequence of the economic and financial crisis, levels of poverty and social exclusion have increased sharply, as has long-term unemployment and youth unemployment;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas social economy enterprises are moreoffer flexible and innovative, offer favourable working conditions and are better atcapable of adapting to economic and social circumstances;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas social economy enterprises comprise a wide range of companies, and most of these enterprises are not recognised by a European-level legal framework, being recognisedut only at national level in some Member States, with different legal forms;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas 'social innovation refers to new ideas, whether they be products, services or social organisations' are innovations that are social both as to their ends and their means and in particular those which relate to the development and implementation of new ideas (concerning products, services and models), designed tothat simultaneously meet new social and environmental demands and challenges, such as the ageing populneeds and create new social relationships or collaborations, balancing work and family life, managing diversity, youth unemployment and climate changethereby benefiting society and boosting its capacity to act;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas social investments are investments in people designed to strengthen their skills and capacities and support them to fully participate in employment and social life; whereas social investments generally refer to policies in the areas of education, childcare, healthcare, training, job-search assistance and rehabilitation;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas education and training must be priority areas in fostering the entrepreneurial spiritculture among our young people;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the social economy, and in particular employment support, training and placement enterprises, offer job opportunities for people who are furthest awaymost often excluded from the labour market;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas social dialogue is essential for the functioning of the EU's social market economy and crucial to promote both competitiveness and fairness; whereas social dialogue and the consultation of social partners within the EU's policy- making represents a major social innovation;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that social economy enterprises are enterprises whose main purpose is to achieve means an undertaking, regardless of its legal form, which: (a) in accordance with its Articles of Association, Statutes or with any otheir social objective, which may be to create jobs for vulnerable groups,legal document by which it is established, has as its primary objective the achievement of measurable, positive social impacts rather than generating profit for its owners, members and shareholders, and which: (i) provides services for their members, or more generally to create a positive social and environmental impact, over and above maximising profits for their members or partners, and which reinvest their profits in order to achieve those objectives; points out that, despite legal disparities and the different activities carried out by social economy enterprises across the EU, they share a series of common recognisable features; goods which generate a social return and/or (ii) employs a method of production of goods or services that embodies its social objective; (b) uses its profits first and foremost to achieve its primary objective and has predefined procedures and rules covering any distribution of profits to shareholders and owners that ensure that such distribution does not undermine the primary objective; and (c) is managed in an entrepreneurial, accountable and transparent way, in particular by involving workers, customers and stakeholders affected by its business activities1 a; __________________ 1a [Justification: this definition makes reference to art 2(1) of the Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on a European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation ('EaSI')]
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that social innovation, in particular by aiming at improving the quality of services rather than simply at lowering costs, makes a significant contribution towards laying the foundations for a type of growth which serves a more sustainable, inclusive society generating social cohesion;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points out thatHighlights the need to promote exchanges among innovative social enterprises, the academic world and social investment stakeholders, in order to strengthen entrepreneurial skills, professionalisation, the conditions enabling social economy enterprises to develop and grow and the creation of social innovation poles, it is vital to promote exchanges with other innovative social enterprises, with the academic world and with social investorand social services to develop and grow, as well as to create social innovation poles;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises that the EU is a long way away from achieving the targets set in the Europe 2020 Strategy, particularly those relating to high-quality employment, innovation and poverty reduction, and that the social economy contributes to a sustainable, smart and inclusive economic model in line with the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that, given its social and inclusive nature, the social economy offers jobs to the most vulnerable groups, contributing to economic growth,groups most often excluded from the open labour market, thereby contributing to solidarity and, social cohesion as well as economic growth;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 100 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and Member States to include social economy enterprises and social services in action plans for employment and social integration with a view to unlock and exploit at the fullest the job-creation potential in the sector;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 102 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on Member States to include measures to promote social entrepreneurship and social innovation in their national Youth Guarantee schemesImplementation Plans and in the national Operational Programmes of the Youth Employment Initiative;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that social economy enterprises face difficulties in accessing public procurement; calls for action to facilitate their participation in public procurement by providing appropriate advice and simplifying the swift and effective transposition and implementation of Directives 2014/24/EU, 2014/25/EU and 2014/23/EU on Public procedures; calls for bids to be rewarded that offer most economic and social value rather ments and Concessions with a view to reach a higher participation of social economy enterprises withain the lowestendering prioce in public procurement, with social or environmental criteria being included in public procurement contractdures for public contract and to ensure quality services accessible to and affordable for all citizens;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Urges the Member States to adequately implement the new Public procurement and Concessions directives in order to allow contracting authorities and entities to make full use of the specific provisions on reserved contracts and of the simplified procurement regimes for social services, both at national and local level, in order to foster the role of social economy, social enterprises and social services and promote social inclusion and innovation;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 111 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the reform of the Public Procurement Directive, which includes social clauses and criteria in order to promote social inclusion and social innovation, inter alia; urges the Member States to include social clauses and criteria in public procurements and Concessions directives aiming at driving public expenditure and investment towards sustainable growth and employment, social integration and territorial cohesion; calls therefore on the Member States for a proper implementation of the procurement principles in compliance with environmental, social and labour law obligations and on all contracting authorities at national and local level for a wide use of the MEAT (Most Economically Advantageous Tender) based on the life-cycle approach and encompassing qualitative, environmental and social aspects as the main awarding criterion within all tendering and selection procedures;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Regrets that the Commission Digital Single Market strategy for Europe fails to mention social economy enterprises and their potential contribution to the achievement of the Union's goals; deplores the fact that the Digital Single Market strategy takes in no account the need to ensure a full, equal and unrestricted access for all to new digital technologies, markets and telecommunications, in particular with regard to people with disabilities;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 126 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15 Highlights the role to be played by the social entrepreneurship axis of the EaSI programme and the remaining structural funds and European programmes in improving their financing; highlights the insufficient budgetary allocation of the EaSI programme in the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF); considers it necessary to ensure and facilitate the access to EaSI programme's funding to the community- based social enterprises and services; with a view to this, calls on the Member States to establish national contact points or one-stop-shops to assist social economy actors in accessing the EU's funding schemes;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 136 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to be as flexible as possible with regard toPoints out that State Aid Rules should not constitute an impediment for public funding to social economy enterprises and social services; in this sense, calls on the Commission to be flexible in the application of state aid rules for social economy enterprises, and social services and to help local and regional authorities understand and apply correctly state aid targeted at social economy enterprises and social services;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 142 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for investment in the social economy and social services to be taken into account when assessing European Strategic Investment Fund projects;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 158 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on Member States to promote lifelong learning amongnd assistance for older workers and the long-term unemployed to help them move into the social economy;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 172 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on Member States to take account ofenhance best practice exchange with regard to adapting national tax systems to favournational support fostering social enterprises and services and social investment;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 180 #

2014/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to enhance social dialogue in the social economy in order to facilitate the social innovation, improvement of working conditions and to fully recognise the job-creation potential of the sector;
2015/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to ensure that TTIP will make a significant positive contribution to creating more and betterdecent jobs and set ambitious and enforceable global trade standards for sustainable development and labour;
2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii
(ii) to ensure that TTIP includes comprehensive provisions on labour laws and policies that are consistent with the core ILO Conventions and the Decent Work Agenda, with a commitment to promote higher standards and, furthermore, to ensure that where disputes arise labour provisions will have a conditional dimensaiming at the effective ratification, implementation and enforcement of the eight core conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Decent Work Agenda, with a commitment to promote higher standards. Steps must be taken to ensure that neither of the parties will encourage trade or investment by weakening labour laws. Where disputes arise labour provisions must be subject to a dispute settlement mechanism, including the possibility of imposing trade sanction;s.
2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) to ensure that the horizontal dimensions of labour and social provisions are recognised and fully integrated into all relevant operational parts of the agreement (such as investment, trade in services, regulatory cooperation and public procurement) to ensure a coherent and comprehensive approach to trade and sustainable development;
2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iv
(iv) to ensure that civil society can make a meaningful contribution to implementing relevant TTIP provisionsthe implementation of and compliance with labour provisions must be subject to a monitoring process, which involves the social partners and civil society;
2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) to take immediate steps to safeguard the right of EU governments to legislate, organise, set quality and safety standardsensure an adequate carve-out of sensitive services such as public services, social services and public utilities (including water, health, social security systems and education) allowing national and local authorities enough room for, manage and regulatoeuvre to legislate in the public servicinterest;
2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point v a (new)
(v a) to ensure that ratchet and standstill clauses do not apply to public and social services. The possibility of a re- nationalisation and re-municipalisation of services must be safeguarded.
2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 86 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vi
(vi) to ensure that the specific challenges faced by SMEs and micro-companies are fully taken into account;
2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point viii
(viii) to guarantee that agreement on any dispute-settlement mechanism must take into account the results of the public consultation on investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), must be fully transparent and democratically accountable and must not hinder legislators from passing laws in the area of employment policy;deleted
2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 127 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ix
(ix) to take steps to embed a ‘positive listing’ approach in the agreement;with respect to the liberalisation of services in the agreement, whereby services that are to be opened up for foreign companies are explicitly mentioned and new services are excluded
2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 139 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) to ensure that statistical projections on job losses/gains, and on sectors, affected are constantly updated so that timely intervention can be undertaken by the Commission to support affected sectors, regions or Member States. The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund should be adapted to mitigate the potential negative impacts of the TTIP;
2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 142 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
(x a) to take steps to ensure that regulatory cooperation does not restrict the right of governments and the European Parliament to legislate in the public interest. Steps must be taken to ensure that regulatory cooperation does not lead to the weakening of labour standards, including health and safety standards. It must be ensured that labour and social standards are not treated as non-tariff barriers. Stakeholders, including social partners, should be included in the process of regulatory cooperation in a balanced representation.
2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 152 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point x b (new)
(x b) to ensure that the place of work principle is guaranteed. National labour and social law as well as collective agreement provisions must be upheld in the case of temporary posting and placement of workers; the conditions of temporary postings and placement should be well defined in the TTIP;
2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 155 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point x c (new)
(x c) to ensure that governments have the opportunity to adopt socially and ecologically responsible procurement policies. Procurement provisions should not prevent governments from addressing societal and environmental needs. In addition, public procurement policies should be in line with ILO Convention 94 regarding labour clauses in public contracts.
2015/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2014/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the latest figures of 2013 portray long-term unemployment at a historically high level of 5.1% of the labour force in EU-28; Whereas long- term unemployment has crucial individual consequences throughout the life-cycle as well as can turn into structural unemployment in the EU;
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2014/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to change the direction of economic policies and to introduce a much-needed, expansionary economic policy to boost smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and to create good quality jobs; stresses that low inflation is already increasing real interest rates as well as real public and private debt, which, together with high long-term, youth unemployment, depresses growth and increases poverty;
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 171 #

2014/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the development of a European framework to assure that investments under the Juncker Plan, which are excluded from national deficit targets, have a significant impact in terms of stimulating economic growth and creating quality jobs; calls on the Commission to include a specialist on social policies in the expert committee of the new European Fund for strategic investments that will approve projects to be funded;
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 208 #

2014/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that decisive investment plans for growth and job creation can only be fully realised if they are coupled with national reforms that enhance quality labour participation, boost productivity and develop human capital; believes that structural labour market reforms should introduce internal flexibility measures aimed at maintaining employment in times of economic disruption, ensure job quality and security in employment transitions, and provide unemployment benefit schemes that are based on activation requirements and linked to reintegration policies; emphasises that structural reforms such as reindustrialisation are much more important than labour market reforms;
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 238 #

2014/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Regrets that the European Semester has not been sufficiently aligned with the Europe 2020 strategy; calls on the Commission and the Member States to bring economic measures implemented in the course of the European Semester in line with the social and employment targets of the Europe 2020 strategy and the social principles set out in the Treaties; calls for more determined efforts to guide and coordinate EU policies to boost smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and create good quality jobs;
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 253 #

2014/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Member States to restore investment in human capital to pre-crisis level, particularly to smoothen the transition between education and work for young people, to invest in vocational training as well as lifelong learning programmes.
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 268 #

2014/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls that decent wages are important not only for social cohesion, but also for maintaining a strong reconomvery and a productive labour forceeconomy; calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a European framework for minimum wages with a view to reducing wage inequalities and limiting nominal imbalances in competitivenesensure that the European Semester in all recommendations and policy instruments respects and supports collective bargaining and its coverage as well as wage floors in the form of decent minimum wages with the aim to ensure price stability, to fight deflation, to stop the competitive race to the bottom on wages, to support aggregate demand and economic recovery, and to reduce wage inequalities;
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 318 #

2014/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Urges the European Commission to go above and beyond the March 2014 Council recommendation on a quality framework for traineeships and to propose a new Quality Framework with a view to preventing discrimination and exploitation of young workers
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 358 #

2014/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Recalls on the Commission that employment and social policies to promote the European Social Acquis should govern all European policies, under Article 9 TFEU; requests the Commission to fulfil its obligation to link the European Semester with the objectives of the EU2020 Strategy;
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 371 #

2014/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Notes the Commission objective ‘to make EU law lighter, simpler and less costly for the benefit of citizens and enterprises’; stresses that this removal of regulatory barriers should undermine neither the European social acquis, the ILO core conventions nor the European Social Charter in fields such as occupational health and safety or information and consultation of workers, nor the ILO core conventions nor the European Social Charter, and should respect the autonomy of social partners as foreseen in the Treaty;
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 400 #

2014/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a European minimum income, as announced by its President during the investiture debate, with the aim of reducing poverty in EU, in this sense, reiterates its call for progress towards an EU Framework Directive;
2015/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2014/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas many rights of codetermination, social protection and occupational safety are not respected in family businesses, because of their size;
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2014/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas many family businesses differ in terms of values from non-family corporations as regards long-term orientation, have a special degree of commitment to their local community – rooted in the European tradition of the ‘honourable merchant’ – and are generally slower to close down and put workers out of jobthey more often have a long-term orientation and they provide substantial numbers of jobs, particularly in less industrialised regions;
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2014/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the work being undertaken on an EU definition of ‘family business’, and calls for the specificities within Member States’ definitions to be taken into account, in particular with regard to guaranteeingit to take account of collective agreements, statutory wage entitlements, social rights, social security, pension entitlements, rules on codetermination and health and safety at work at the highest European level;
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2014/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that the size of a family company should be a central element to be taken into account in the definition of a family business, given the fact that a one-size-fits-all regulatory approach is not capable to sufficiently address the diverse needs of family businesses and society, in particular with regards to taxation, access to finance and corporate governance and responsibility;
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2014/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern that the financial crisis and subsequent recession have dealt a heavy blow to European SMEs, many of which are family businesses, and highlights the importance of a favourable regulatory framework to support healthy restructuring and thus job retention; stresses at the same time that the legal framework must not permit any restriction of the social rights of employees or their rights under collective agreements;
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2014/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern that the financial crisis and subsequent recession have dealt a heavy blow to European SMEs, many of which are family businesses, and highlights the importance of a decisive EU intervention to relaunch economic growth by creating high-quality jobs and a favourable regulatory framework to support healthy restructuring and thus job retention;
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2014/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasizes that family businesses, due to the overlapping of family, ownership and business elements, have certain specificities which should be taken into account; stresses however the necessity to address labour law issues, social policy and social rights such as better gender balance on corporate boards, work-life balance provisions and financial participation of employees, in a fair and socially responsible manner;
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 87 #

2014/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Draws the Commission’s attention to the need for equal treatment of big multinationals and family businesses of a similar size so as to ensure a balanced level playing field in terms of competition, while respecting the unique nature of family businesses, in particular in those Member States in which such businesses were destroyed after 1945care must be taken to ensure that the requirements which apply to Corporate Social Responsibility, rights of codetermination and compliance with the law and with the terms of collective agreements are no less stringent in family businesses.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2014/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point 1 (new)
(1) Stresses that family businesses too have a responsibility to offer appropriate training places or comparable work experience placements and must promote the further training of employees in their businesses in order to prevent skills shortages and to support the concept of lifelong learning.
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #

2014/2210(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to actively promote and to disseminate information on the family business model throughout the EU, for example by establishing a family business contact point at the European Commission and by favouring the transfer of know-hows and best practices across the Member States, and by also making the best use of programmes such as the 'Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs';
2015/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2014/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the circular economy has the potential to generate millions of jobs across Europe; points out that this potential must be used for jobs which are covered by collective labour agreements, are not fixed-term and are full-time;
2015/04/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2014/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that while circular economy activities are not intensive in their use of resources, they are intensive in the use of labour compared to a conventional economy, and thus have a high potential for job creation; calls on Member States to provide for comprehensive protection of employees’ occupational health, particularly in sectors where products containing particularly hazardous constituents are recycled;
2015/04/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2014/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that an effective and job-rich transition to the circular economy requires anticipation (ie: identification of skills gaps), proactive transformation management and long-term planning that includes the development of targeted education and vocational programmes, as well as the implementation of skills development strategies that would improve generic, sectorial and occupation-specific skills;
2015/04/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2014/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that, in a transition towards a circular economy, internal transformation and redefinition of jobs may affect sectors with a high share of emissions; calls, in consequence, on the Member States and the EU to put in place all the necessary measures to support affected workeruropean Commission to collaborate with social partners and develop the necessary roadmaps and solidarity mechanisms (i.e.: financial compensations, financial incentives for entrepreneurial initiatives, as well as retraining and alternative employment) to offset the adverse impact of the transition on certain category of workers and socially vulnerable groups;
2015/04/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2014/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that, in a transition towards a circular economy, internal transformation and redefinition of jobs may affect sectors with a high share of emissions; calls, in consequence, on the Member States and the EU to put in place all the necessary measures to support affected workers; stresses that these measures must have the aim of creating non-fixed-term jobs, covered by collective labour agreements, for all workers in the sectors concerned, in which connection it must be ensured that part-time employment is not implemented against the employee’s will;
2015/04/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2014/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to put in place a regulatory environment and fiscal incentives that encourage the development of a circular economy, such as reducing or lifting taxation on renewable resources, including labour, and differentiating VAT rates in accordance with the waste hierarchy; observes that the incentives must on no account result in cuts in the social insurance of employees, and stresses in particular that the forwarding of payments to national social insurance systems must not be restricted.
2015/04/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2014/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights that a transition towards a sustainable and circular economy should combine ambitious environmental goals with strong social requirements, including the promotion of decent work, healthy and safe working conditions (i.e.: ensure that workers are not exposed to harmful substances at their workplace).
2015/04/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #

2014/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the European Commission that social and environmental consideration in public procurement procedures should be ensured, which is vital to promote sustainable development and the transition to a circular economy.
2015/04/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2014/2160(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
-Ac. whereas women are generally paid around 16 % less than men, the gender pay gap effects women in receiving lower pensions in comparison to men – on average across the EU women's pensions are 39% lower than men's,
2015/04/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2014/2160(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A d (new)
- Ad. whereas lack of transparency in employee wage structure creates an environment for gender bias and discriminatory pay structures to remain unrevealed by employees and/or their representatives and extremely difficult to prove thus hampering the effective implementation of the equal pay for equal work principle,
2015/04/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2014/2160(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A e (new)
-Ae. whereas in most Member States national laws do not define in any way the concepts of 'work of equal value' and 'same work', therefore leaving it to interpretation of national courts on a case-by-case basis, thus contributing greatly to the lack of legal certainty for potential victims of pay discrimination, despite the references given by the Court of Justice of the EU in order to ensure legal certainty,
2015/04/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2014/2160(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to use the naming and shaming approach as the main method for victims, trade unions and gender equality bodies in order to sanction unequal pay practices;
2015/04/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2014/2160(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to guarantee a return to work for women after pregnancy and maternity leave, to safeguard their maternity entitlements, and to take measures to prevent the unfair dismissal of employees during pregnancy and protect women and men with care responsibilities from unfair dismissal; stresses that, all too frequently, part-time work for women is not voluntary and therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop and implement appropriate measures effectively to limit non-voluntary part-time work, particularly that of women;
2015/04/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2014/2160(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to step up their efforts to combat undeclared work and precarious jobs, including mini-jobs and false part-time jobs; deplores, furthermore, the abuse of atypical forms of contracts, including zero hours contracts, in order to avoid having to comply with employment and social protection obligations; regrets the fact that there has been a sharp increase in the number of women trapped in in-work poverty;
2015/04/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2014/2160(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to widespread and raise public awareness related to equal pay, the gender pay and pension gap, on direct and indirect discrimination of women at work on European, national, regional and local levels; calls on the Commission to establish a European year for combating gender pay gap;
2015/04/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2014/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the social situation, especially in countries hit by the crisis, has deteriorated sharply and that, since the onset of the crisis, social inequalities have risen in two thirds of Member States; warns that the whole of Europe is in danger of being thrown into recession by the skewed austerity measures and by political crises;
2014/11/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2014/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the slightly positive rate of job creation in some Member States in the fourth quarter of 2013 and the increase in compensation per employee in almost all non-euro area Member States; notes, however, that the low-wage sector and precarious employment are expanding;
2014/11/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2014/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Agrees with the ECB’s recommendation that growth-friendly fiscal consolidation over the medium term should ensure compliance with the fiscal compact, while at the same time and points out that an increase in public and private investment would boosting potential growth and generatinge employment opportunities;
2014/11/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2014/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Believes that more focus on growth and public investment (such as the 300 billion investment package proposed by the Commission's President Jean Claude Juncker) would be complementary of the ECB's policy efforts to increase employment and growth in Europe;
2014/11/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 73 #

2014/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Strongly believes that any increased flexibility brought about by these reforms should be accompanied by a comparable increase in workers' rights;
2014/11/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2014/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the fact that the pattern of reduced working hours appears to have reversed by the end of 2013, indicating a possible gradual improvement in the labour market;deleted
2014/11/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2014/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Recalls ECB's dual-target mandate on monetary policy as recognized in Treaties is not only to safeguard price stability (article 2 of the Statute of the ECB) but also to pursue the promotion of sustainable economic and social progress and full employment (article 3 of the Maastricht Treaty);
2014/11/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2014/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to the fact that the EU is facing a demographic crisis which by 2040 will result in a shortfall of 24 million in the labour force, creating an economic necessity to further include women in the labour market; notes that this further inclusion of women in the labour market is not merely an economic necessity, but also a question of justice; emphasises that increasing women’s employment rate to the level of men’s employment would reduce the labour force shortfall to 3 million;
2015/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2014/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the unequal division of family responsibilities is at the root of the unequal position of women in the labour market; stresses that reconciliation of work and home duties is a key condition for gender equality and the partnership-based division of work on the one hand and family care responsibilities on the other, which should be promoted by investment in care infrastructure and encouragement of men’s participation in domestic labour by means of legislation on parental and paternity leave and flexible working time arrangements;
2015/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2014/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the unequal division of family responsibilities is at the root of the unequal position of women in the labour market; stresses that reconciliation of work and home duties is a key condition for gender equality, which should be promoted by investment in care infrastructure and encouragement of men’s participation in domestic labour by means of legislation on parental and paternity leave and flexible working time arrangements; the same applies to the reconciliation of work and caring responsibilities, since the majority of those caring for close relatives are still women;
2015/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that REFIT represents a first step towards reducing the burden of regulation on businesses and eliminating barriers to growth and job creation;deleted
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Insists that better regulation should focus on the quality and not quantity of legislation by prioritising the aim and purpose for which obligations were put in place and make society benefitting at large;
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines that when evaluations and regulatory fitness checks of legislation are carried out, fundamental and social rights should be given more weight over economic considerations;
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Supports the Commission’s commitment on cutting red tape and better regulation; believes that cutting red tape should deliver proportionate, evidence-based protection for workers, while ensuring that businesses can grow, create jobs and boost competitiveness; notes that deregulation and better regulation are not mutually exclusive;deleted
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers REFIT a first step towards reducing unnecessary regulatory burden and eliminating barriers to growth and job creation; stresses however that 'better regulation' must not be used as pretext for deregulation in order to subvert worker's or consumer's rights;
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Points to the horizontal clauses in Article 9 and 11 of the TFEU, which shall be taken into account when defining and implementing policies and activities at EU level; underlines the need to not only assess financial factors and short-term effects but also the long-term value of legislation, such as the reduction of adverse health effects or the preservation of ecosystems, which are often difficult to quantify; deplores that as a consequence, social and environmental benefits and costs are often not taken into account;
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Is worried, that the large number of Commission initiatives and titles regarding 'better regulation' is leading to confusion for citizens and businesses;
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2014/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes notice of the decision of Commission President Juncker to entrust the First Vice- President of the Commission with the portfolio of better regulation, which underlines the high political importance of this topic; fears however that cutting red tape will lead to deregulation, that negatively effects legislation on employment, health and safety at work, environmental and consumer protection;
2015/05/27
Committee: JURI
Amendment 31 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Urges the Commission to provide clear definitions regarding REFIT related activities such as 'evaluation', 'simplification', 'consolidation' and 'targeted review' of existing legislation in order to ensure greater transparency;
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes efforts to identify genuine opportunities for simplification of legislation; sStresses the need for simpler, clearly-worded rules that remove complexity and can be implemented in a simple manner in order to improve compliance, particularly in the area of health, safety and employment legislationlegislation in order to facilitate compliance;
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2014/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the Commission should focus more on the quality of legislation rather than on the number of legislative acts; and on better enforcement of existing legislation and not on the number of legislative acts; therefore opposes the introduction of a net target for reducing regulatory costs as this contradicts the aim pursued by regulation and its corresponding benefits;
2015/05/27
Committee: JURI
Amendment 46 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that smart regulation must comply with the social dimension of the internal market as provided for by the Treaty; underlines that the REFIT agenda should not be used in order to undermine agreements reached by social partners at the European level; stresses that the autonomy of social partners needs to be respected; recalls that Article 155 of the TFEU guarantees that social partner agreements become European legislation at the joint request of the signatory parties; welcomes in this respect the statement by Commission President Juncker that the social market economy can only work if there is social dialogue and that he would like to be a President of social dialogue;
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission’s indication that the maternity leave directive should be considered for withdrawal;deleted
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Opposes the intention of the Commission to withdraw legislative proposals, in particular the directive on maternity leave; without adequate consultation with co-legislators and stakeholders, which constitutes an essential element of policy making;
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 69 #

2014/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the social partners may, in accordance with Article 155 TFEU, conclude agreements that can be implemented uniformlylead to European legislation designed in common agreement of the signatory parties; calls on the Commission to respect the autonomy of the parties and their negotiated agreements, and to take their concerns seriously, and stresses that the REFITbetter regulation agenda should not be a pretext for disregarding agreements reached between the social partners; therefore rejects impact assessments on social partner agreements;
2015/05/27
Committee: JURI
Amendment 75 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the need to ensure predictability, legal certainty and transparency in order for REFIT not to become a source of permanent legal uncertainty; underlines that any changes to legislation must be thoroughly considered also in a long-term perspective; notes that the principle of political discontinuity and the withdrawal of existing legislation should not give rise to doubts regarding political desirability of social goals;
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Regrets that the Commission is reluctant to scrutinise the proposed directive on the single member company with limited liability (SUP) in the context of REFIT; warns that the proposed directive might create serious problems by providing new and easy ways to establish letterbox companies as well as by undermining workers' social rights and avoiding the payment of social contributions;
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 80 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the SME test; calls on the Commission to use lighter regimes for micro-enterprises and SMEs and to consider exemptions for micro-enterprises on a case-by-case basis, while not compromising on health, safety and employment standards;deleted
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 97 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that legislation can have a different impact on large enterprises and SME's, which should be kept in mind during the drafting process; stresses that all employees have a right to the highest level of protection regarding health and safety in the workplace regardless the size of the employer or the underlying contract;
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for further measurebetter impact assessments to check that legislation is doing what it was intended to do and to identify areas where there are inconsistencies and ineffective measuresroom for improvement; stresses at the same time the need for better enforcement of current legislation;
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2014/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Is convincedNotes that impact assessments constitute an important tool for supporting decision- making in all EU institutions and play a significant role in better regulation; remains, however, conscious of the fact that such assessments are not a substitute for political assessments and decisions;
2015/05/27
Committee: JURI
Amendment 112 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to continue to improve the legislative cycle and to introduce sunset clauses to ensure that employment legislation is periodically reviewed;deleted
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 114 #

2014/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the Commission's commitment regularly to revise the impact assessment guidelines in order to improve this process; believes that the Commission should assess the economic, social and environmental consequences, and better evaluate the impact of its policy on the fundamental rights of citizens in order to fully grasp its effects, keeping in mind that the cost-benefit analysis is only one of many criteria; underlines that when impact assessments are carried out, fundamental and social rights should be given priority over economic considerations;
2015/05/27
Committee: JURI
Amendment 120 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Warns against the implementation of sunset clauses in legislation as they risk to create legal uncertainty and legislative discontinuity;
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 120 #

2014/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Takes note of the conversion of the Commission's Impact Assessment Board (IAB) into a ‘Regulatory Scrutiny Board' and expects that the inclusion of independent experts will have an advantageous effect on the impact assessment process within the Commission; insists that this board should be limited to a consultative role only by giving opinions which are not binding; insists that impact assessments should be based on estimating what the additional costs would be for the Member States if there were no solution at European level;
2015/05/27
Committee: JURI
Amendment 125 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to prioritise action in the fields of what have been identified as the ‘Top Ten’ most burdensome laws for SMEs, including the working time and temporary agency directives;deleted
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Opposes the setting of a net target for reducing regulatory costs, as this ignores the aim pursued by regulation and its corresponding benefits;
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 142 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Stresses that EU directives are meant to be implemented by Member States through national legislation; underlines that according to the Commission one third of the regulatory and administrative burden of EU legislation is a result of transposition measures undertaken by the Member States which do not flow from the legislation itself (also known as gold- plating); calls on the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of directives by Member States as regards gold-plating and to consider making greater use of regulations instead of directives, in order to have more consistent legislation and minimize gold- plating;
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the committee responsible to systematically review Commission impact assessments and review IMPA’s analysis as early as possible in the legislative process, and to call for impact assessments on its own reports.deleted
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 159 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Commission to better assess the social and environmental consequences, as well as the impact of its policy on the fundamental rights of citizens, by keeping in mind the cost of non-legislation at European level as well as the fact that cost-benefit analyses are only one of many criteria.
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 160 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Is convinced that sound impact assessments constitute an important tool to support decision-making and play a significant role in better regulation; underlines, however, that such assessments cannot substitute for political assessments and decisions;
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 161 #

2014/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Questions the conversion of the Commission's Impact Assessment Board (IAB) into a 'Regulatory Scrutiny Board' and stresses the need for transparency and independence regarding this process.
2015/03/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 161 #

2014/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the Commission’s clear commitment to further improving the SME test, particularly in view ofNotes the extremely large number of small and medium-sized enterprises, which are the cornerstone of economic activity and employment; supports consideration of adapted agreements and more flexible SME impact assessment rules, provided that it can be shown that they do not undermine the effectiveness of legal provisions and that exemptions or more flexible provisions do not encourage fragmentation of the internal market or hamper access to it;
2015/05/27
Committee: JURI
Amendment 166 #

2014/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission not to abandon its ambitious targets of reducing the administrative burden on SMEs and thereby helping to establish a basis for the creation of quality jobs and uUrges that measures be taken to ensure that objectives concerning the public interest including user-friendly, ecological, social, health and safety and gender- equality standards are not compromised;
2015/05/27
Committee: JURI
Amendment 181 #

2014/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the fact that the Commission is making ex-post analysis an integral part of better regulation; stresses that, in the interests of legal certainty for citizens and businesses, such analyses should be carried out within a sufficient time-frame, preferably several years after the deadline for transposition into national law; stresses however that the idea of sunset clauses in EU legislation should not be pursued as it leads to legislative discontinuity and legal uncertainty;
2015/05/27
Committee: JURI
Amendment 196 #

2014/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that, according to the Commission, one third of the regulatory and administrative burden of EU legislation follows from transposition measures undertaken by the Member States;deleted
2015/05/27
Committee: JURI
Amendment 200 #

2014/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Acknowledges that, in most cases, it is the prerogative of the Member States to decide whether to adopt higher social and environmental standards at national level than those agreed upon at EU level, and welcomes any decision to do so; calls, however, on the competent national authorities to be aware of the possible consequence of the so-called practice of ‘gold plating’, by which unnecessary bureaucratic burdens are added to EU legislation, since this may lead to a misconception of the legislative activity of the EU, which in turn might foster EU scepticism; recommenany reference to gold-plating is therefore misleading and should not hinder Member States to adopt higher protection standards, for the sake of transparency and user-friendliness, that any additional innovations introduced at national level be clearly identified as suchworkers, consumers and the environment;
2015/05/27
Committee: JURI
Amendment 6 #

2014/2145(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Is pleased with the European economic governance framework, which, bybut calls for closer coordinatingon of policies more closely in order to prevent major imbalances, fosters smart, sustainablin order to ensure that European governance cand inclusive growth in line dovetail to more useful effect with the targets set by the Europe 2020 strategy and in that way genuinely serve to foster smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
2015/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2014/2145(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for economic and monetary union to be made more social in order to improve economic governance, reduce unemployment, poverty, and social exclusion, overcome social dumping, and prevent a race to the bottom in terms of social standards; calls in addition for a social progress pact laying down binding common standards for employment, education, and research and development;
2015/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2014/2145(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the European Semester to be strengthened and deepened as an effective way of preventing a crisis; with this in mind, welcomes the Commission’s proposal to focus its action not only on budget responsibility but also on investment, including social investment, high quality job creation and structural reform in order to link the market economy with social progress;
2015/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2014/2145(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Proposes that joint meetings between the EPSCO Council and the Ecofin Council be held with a view to promoting coordinated socio-economic policies geared towards strengthening competitiveness in Europe and giving growth and jobs a sustainabla sustainable boost to growth and jobs alike in order to create bgood jobst;
2015/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2014/2145(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that the social indicators scoreboard in the Alert Mechanism Report is an important first step in order to identify, in advance, the social impact of measures designed to correct macroeconomic imbalances; calls on the Commission to assess its scope and effectivenessmake the scoreboard binding for Member States and to add further indicators measuring, for example, job quality, distribution of wealth, long-term and youth unemployment, gender equality, and child poverty;
2015/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #

2014/2145(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. So as to address the urgent situation with regard to youth unemployment, encourages Member States to use the available resoUrges the Member States to use at the fullest all available financial resources in the Youth Employment Initiative in an effective and focused way, so as to adequately address the urgent situation with regard to youth unemployment; with a view to this, considers it essential that Member States’ co- financing contributions to youth employment measurces in an effective and focused way via the introduction of the youth employment initiative, and recommends tha, such as the Youth Guarantee, are excluded from the calculation of national deficits; calls on the Commission to put forward proposals to further support cross-border mobility, also bey supported via the development oftrengthening the EURES portal as an important vector for youth employment;
2015/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 133 #

2014/2145(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. With a view to stepping up democratic scrutiny, recommends that the European Parliament, national parliaments and management and laboursocial partners be more closely involved in economic dialogue between the Member States and the Commission.
2015/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2014/2087(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights the positive experience of some countries with dual education systems; notes, however, that dual education should not be seen as a sure- fire solution to high youth unemployment;
2014/12/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas, notwithstanding a mild decline in, EU unemployment, and youth unemployment rates in the EU are still incredibly alarming (25.005 million unemployed in the EU-28 in June 2014 and 5.06 million young unemployed in the EU-28 in July 2014); whereas, furthermore, the differences between Member States’ unemployment and youth unemployment rates (5 % in Austria unemployed, compared with 27.3 % in Greece; 9.3 % young unemployed in Austria, compared with 53.8 % in Spain) represent a major risk both for the economic stability of the EU and for European social cohesion;
2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission in this regard to consider applying a solidarity check on its recommendations, thus measuring the effects on inequality and poverty, as well as social cohesion;
2014/09/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 54 #

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a true «social pillar’ to be implemented within economic and monetary union (EMU) as part of the process of improving economic governance mechanisms, so as to reduce unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, overcome social dumping and prevent competition for the lowest social standards in the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to bring economic measures implemented in the course of the European Semester in line with the social targets of the Europe 2020 strategy and the social principles set out in the Treaties;
2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 56 #

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a true «social pillar to be implemented within economic and monetary union (EMU) as part of the process of improving economic governance mechanisms, so as to reduce unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, overcome social dumping and prevent competition for the lowest social standards in the EU; calls furthermore for a Social Union to be implemented including a Social Progress Pact with common binding targets on employment, education and research and development;
2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s use of the new employment and social scoreboard for this year’s CSRs; considers it regrettable, however, that these indicators are only analytical and have not been made binding in view of the current employment and social emergency; calls on the Commission, therefore, to put them on an equal footing with macroeconomic indicators, and to include additional indicators – such as child poverty levels, access to healthcare, homelessness, and a decent work index – in the scoreboard in order to allow more effective analysis and monitoring of Member States’ employment and social concerns;
2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Is concerned about the ever rising inequalities in terms of wealth and income weakening the purchasing power and the internal demand as well as the investments in the real economy; calls on Member States to include measures to reduce these inequalities into their NRPs in order to boost growth, employment and social cohesion;
2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to strengthen EU industry through the application of a more flexible competition policy in favour of competitiveness and employment, - such as guaranteeing workers' rights, including the right to collective bargaining - together with an ecological and digital transition plan; reiterates its call on the Commission to draw up a proposal for a legal act on the provision of information to, and consultation of, workers and the anticipation and management of restructuring in order to ensure economic and socially responsible adaptation to change by EU industry;
2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 126 #

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
15. Is concerned that, in many Member States and sectors, job losses are coupled with a decline in job quality, an increase in precarious forms of employment and a deterioration in basic labour standards; stresses that the Commission and the Member States need to make dedicated efforts to address the increase in involuntary part-time employment and temporary contracts, payless internships and apprenticeships, and bogus self- employment, together with the activities of the black economyand undeclared work; welcomes therefore the Commission's initiative on a European platform on undeclared work; stresses however that the platform needs to be made binding for every Member State and that also operational measures such as common controls need to be implemented;
2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 145 #

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
18. Notes the January 2014 proposal for a EURES (European Job Mobility Portal) regulation; calls for Parliament and the Council to deliberate on the reform as a matter of urgency so that EURES can become an effective instrument for boosting freedom of movement in line with the provisions taken in Regulation (EU) Nr. 1296/2013; recalls that mobility must remain fair and voluntary and must not limit efforts to create quality jobs and training places on the spot; stresses that reliable professional information on the working and living conditions in other Member States is a prerequisite of a well- functioning European Economic Area;
2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 177 #

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to propose a binding European framework for the implementation of the Youth Guarantees so as to prevent the funds being misused in such a way as to aggravate national internal wage devaluation processes; takes the view that this legal framework should introduce binding minimum standards for the implementation of the Youth Guarantees, including the quality of apprenticeships, decent wages for young people and access to employment services, and should cover young people aged between 25 and 30; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make the Youth Guarantees a priority and to increase the available budget, at the latest in the promised mid- term review of the multiannual financial framework, up to at least the sum of EUR 21 billion estimated by the International Labour Organisation to be necessary to resolve the problem only in the eurozone; stresses furthermore that youth unemployment costs €153 billion every year and that thus the costs of inaction are significantly higher;
2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 200 #

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 23
23. Observes with concern that female unemployment rates are higher than the total rates (11.7 % in the EU-18 and 10.4 % in the EU-28, compared with 11.5 % and 10.2 % respectively); calls, therefore, for specific decent-job creation plans with targeted measures for women; calls for gender mainstreaming in recommendations and that increasing gender equality and women's labour market participation are not threatened by other recommendations; calls for the establishment of specific recommendations with a view to reducing the gender pay gap, which is not only a drag on the economy and on competitiveness but also a sign of social injustice;
2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 218 #

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes those CSRs aimed at increasing the adequacy and coverage of minimum income schemes and social protection, and the number of CSRs relating to labour market inclusion policies; takes the view, however, that the uneven and fragile growth expected by the Commission in 2014 and 2015 will not by itself be able to tackle the severe impact that austerity measures and the crisis have had on the fight against poverty and social exclusion and on the achievement of the Europe 2020 goals; demands that people who cannot fully participate in the labour market are not neglegted and calls therefore for a comprehensive active inclusion strategy that allows full access to quality social services; demands furthermore that the Member States propose specific, targeted measures within their NRPs with a view to tackling poverty, especially child poverty;
2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 222 #

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls on the Commission to immediately tackle the alarming increase in child poverty throughout Europe through the introduction of a child guarantee against poverty; believes that such a guarantee is of upmost importance in order to protect children that have been affected by the consequences of the current economic and social crisis;
2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 225 #

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 26
26. Regrets the fact that the Commission recommendations on pensions were made without taking into account Parliament’s position on the Green and White Papers on pensions; is concerned that reforms to guarantee the sustainability of pensions have focused solely on population ageing, without taking into account the importance of the employment rate, especially in pay- as-you-go systems; strongly stresses the principle of subsidiarity and emphasises that national particularities, especially as regards occupational pension funds, have to be respected; recalls that guaranteeing decent pensions above a minimum level is an effective way to fight poverty and social exclusion;
2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 228 #

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 26
26. Regrets the fact that the Commission recommendations on pensions were made without taking into account Parliament’s position on the Green and White Papers on pensions; is concerned that reforms to guarantee the sustainability of pensions have focused solely on population ageing, without taking into account the importance of the employment rate (respectively the dependency ratio), especially in pay- as- you-go systems; recalls that guaranteeing decent pensions above a minimum level is an effective way to fight poverty and social exclusion;
2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 235 #

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 27
27. Considers it regrettable that very few CSRs tackle the issue of in-work poverty; points out that new forms of poverty affecting the middle and working classes are emerging in some cases, with difficulties in paying mortgages and high energy prices creating energy poverty and giving rise to an increasing number of evictions and foreclosures; is concerned by evidence that levels of homelessness and housing exclusion are increasing; recalls that this represents a violation of fundamental rights; recommends that the Member States and their local authorities introduce neutral housing policies favouring social and affordable housing, tackle the issue of housing vacancy and implement effective prevention policies aimed at reducing the number of evictions; calls therefore for an integrated strategy with poverty targets encompassing all sorts of poverty;
2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 249 #

2014/2059(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 32
32. Reiterates its call for increased and structured involvement of civil society and trade union stakeholders at national and EU level, so as to safeguard the legitimacy and improve the effectiveness of the European Semester process; looks forward, in this connection, to the Commission’s planned involvement of the social partners in the context of the Social Dialogue Committee prior to the adoption of the 2015 Annual Growth Survey;
2014/09/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2014/2040(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that the commitment appropriations in heading 1b – Economic, social and territorial cohesion are to be increased up to the level of margin according to the Commission proposal; regrets however the decrease in payment appropriations in this heading worsened by even further cuts proposed by the Council;
2014/07/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2014/2040(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the importance of sufficient funding and good budgetary management of the programmes within the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework, which aim to address unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, such as the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the different axis of the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived; for the latter taking into account the appropriations finally adopted in the amending budget 3/2014.
2014/07/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2014/2040(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make full use of the funds dedicated to support the unemployed youth population; reminds of the decisionpolitical agreement linked to the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 about the frontloading of the funds under the Youth Employment Initiative as well as the corresponding amounts programmed within the European Social Fund in order to provide the necessary help in the first years of the programming period; welcomes that the Commission and the Council respect this agreement in the proposed figures;
2014/07/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2014/2040(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Proposes to launch a pilot project on Social security European worker's e-card to investigate the benefits of introducing, and – if appropriate – to make available, a forgery- proof European electronic document containing professional and social security details of the worker; the scope of this card is distinct from the European Health Insurance Card and it should not be mixed;
2014/07/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2014/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In order to guarantee an optimum level of protection for persons working in the vicinity of machinery and to keep the cumulative exposure of persons working in the vicinity of several different items of mobile machinery and equipment as low as possible, state-of-the-art technologies should be used to minimise emissions.
2015/04/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 26 #

2014/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure that emissions of ultrafine particulate pollutants (size of 0,1 μm and below) are controlled, the Commission should be empowered to adopt a number-based approach to emissions of particulate pollutants, in addition to the mass-based approach which is currently used. The number-based approach to emissions of particles should draw on the results of the Particulate measurement programme (PMP) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), achieve at least the level of protection afforded by the existing Union legislation on road vehicles, meet the requirement to minimise emissions of carcinogenic substances, and thus protect workers, and be consistent with the existing ambitious objectives for the environment.
2015/04/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 27 #

2014/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The correct functioning of the after- treatment system, and more specifically in the case of NOx, is the basic requirement for fulfilling the established limits for pollutant emissions. In this context, measures to guarantee the proper operation of systems relying on the use of a reagent should be introduced. In real driving conditions, and despite the imposition of stricter limit values for NOx, NO2 emissions from modern cars and utility vehicles have increased. This has made it impossible for many Member States to meet the EU emissions limit value for NO2 laid down by Directive 2008/50/EC. This Regulation should therefore lay down the value for the admissible portion of the NOx limit value which can be accounted for by NO2.
2015/04/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 29 #

2014/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) Engines which are in compliance with and covered by the scope of the new rules on emission limits and EU type-approval procedures should be permitted to be placed on the market in the Member States; those engines should not be subject to any other national emission requirement governing their placing on the market. Member State granting approvals should take the necessary verification measures in order to ensure the identification of engines produced under each EU type-approval. This shall be without prejudice to the right of Member States to encourage or restrict the use of engines placed on the market, provided that the methods chosen are not discriminatory and are objectively justified.
2015/04/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 34 #

2014/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) With a view to taking into account on- going technical progress and the latest findings in the fields of research and innovation and the health protection of users who are particularly at risk, it is appropriate to identify further pollutant emission reduction potential of engines installed in non-road mobile machinery. The focus of these assessments should be on those engine categories that are included for the first time in the scope of this Regulation and on those for which emission limit values remain unaltered under this Regulation. The Commission should therefore put forward a proposal concerning hand-held machinery with engines in categories NRSh and NRS which lays down, in accordance with the state of the art, limit values for carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons (HCs), benzol and nitrogen oxides (NOx) and durability periods which properly reflect the conditions under which these engines are used in a professional context.
2015/04/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 41 #

2014/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
For EU type-approved engines, market surveillance authorities shall perform, on an adequate scale and on the basis of adequate samples significant percentage of samples in accordance with point 2 of Annex II, control system, to Directive 2010/31/EU, documentary checks and, where appropriate, physical and laboratory checks of engines. When doing so, they shall take account of established principles of risk assessment, of any complaints and of other relevant information.
2015/04/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 54 #

2014/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1
1. The power to adopt the delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. With that aim in view, the Commission shall set up a working group, consisting of representatives of trade unions and NGOs active in the environmental sphere, which shall ensure, in the context of the adoption of delegated acts, that proper account is taken of considerations relating to worker and environmental protection.
2015/04/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 93 #

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In the 2015 Draft Budget, Parliament proposed a pilot project on the feasibility of an EU social security card – a forgery- proof electronic document on which would be stored all the data needed to verify the bearer’s employment relationship, including details of social security cover and working hours, for example, and which would be subject to strict data-protection rules;
2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 151 #

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Over the past few years there has been a perceptible uptake of an enabling approach that provides incentives such as income tax relief, tax reduction and subsidy schemes aiming to regularise employment relationships so that these can be included in the formal economy; an interactive knowledge base, as developed by Eurofound, could help Member States to identity new approaches in that respect. However, it should be noted that such approaches may have only limited impact: if undeclared work forms only one part of a business model based essentially on the conduct of illegal practices and the illegal generation of large profits, supportive approaches are generally ineffective. Such businesses operating with illegal practices can only be tackled by means of more effective dissuasion and sanctions. The sanctions must be such that the discovery of illegal practices will lead to the imposition of financial penalties on businesses which far outweigh any profit they might gain from flouting existing laws.
2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 391 #

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – i a (new)
(ia) Draw up proposals for more effective instruments and rules to reduce the amount of undeclared work and opinions on legislative and administrative initiatives where such initiatives might have an impact on undeclared work.
2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 392 #

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
(ib) Draw up a European early-warning system for signalling breaches of employment protection rules and cases of undeclared work, which would promote the rapid exchange of information between Member States and would be accompanied by a blacklist so that abuses by employers could be nipped in the bud; points out that such an early-warning system could be modelled on the existing European consumer-protection early- warning system (RAPEX);
2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 458 #

2014/0124(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In addition, the Platform shall study the possibility of establishing a European agency for cross-border issues related to the abuse of employment protection rules and undeclared work, the tasks of which might include identifying letterbox companies, monitoring transnational service providers, introducing further training programmes for labour inspectors, identifying new ways of circumventing the rules and organising cross-border checks;
2014/12/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #

2014/0120(COD)

Proposal for a directive
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2015/03/05
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 194 #

2014/0108(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article -7 (new)
Article -7 Field tests In the context of a field test, a non- certified PPE may be handed over in limited quantities and for a maximum period of six months for testing or validation purposes. Prior to the start of the test, the manufacturer shall lay down the duration and purpose of the testing, and state the reasons why testing is required, and shall have these details confirmed by the parties concerned. Field tests of this kind shall be carried out only in non-dangerous situations and shall be performed to evaluate, inter alia, comfort, ergonomics or design. The parties concerned shall have access to the requisite test documents drawn up by accredited or authorised laboratories, which shall be attached to the technical documentation, with a view to ensuring that wearers are protected. Once the testing period is over, the PPE used shall be returned to the manufacturers. Field tests shall not be designed to test the protection performance of the PPE, but rather to assess, for example, comfort, ergonomics and design. All parties concerned (e.g. the employer and the wearer or end-user) shall be formally notified in advance of the scope and purpose of the field test.
2015/03/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 197 #

2014/0108(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
During demonstrations and time-limited field tests, adequate measures shall be taken to ensure the protection of persons and to raise their awareness. A 'for field test only' marking shall be clearly and indelibly affixed to the PPE.
2015/03/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 208 #

2014/0108(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 10
10. Manufacturers shall, further to a reasoned request from a competent national authority, provide it, in electronic or paper form, with all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the PPE, in a language which can be easily understood by that authority. They shall cooperate with that authority, at its request, on any action taken to eliminate the risks posed by PPE which they have placed on the market.
2015/03/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) Directive 2003/41/EC represented a first legislative step on the way to an internal market for occupational retirement provision organised on a European scale. A genuine internal market for occupational retirement provision remains crucial for economic growth and job creation in the European Union and for tackling the challenge of an ageing European society. The Directive, dating from 2003, has not been substantially amended to introduce a modern risk-based governance system also for institutions for occupational retirement provision.deleted
2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) Action is needed to further develop complementary private retirement savings such as occupational pensions. This is important since social-security systems are coming undeemployees can improve their fincreasing pressure, which means that citizens will increasingly rely onancial situation after retiring through occupational retirement pensions as a complement in the future. Occupational retirement pensions should be developed, without, however, calling into question the importance of social- security pension systems in terms of secure, durable and effective social protection, which should guarantee a decent standard of living in old age and should therefore be at the centre of the objective of strengthening the European social model.
2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) This Directive respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, notably, the right to protection of personal data, the right to conduct a business, the right to property, the right of collective bargaining and action and the right to a high level of consumer protection, in particular by ensuring a higher level of transparency of retirement provisioning, informed personal financial and retirement planning as well as facilitating cross-border business of institutions for occupational retirement provision and businesses. This Directive must be implemented in accordance with these rights and principles.
2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
(33) As very long-term investors with low liquidity risks, institutions for occupational retirement provision are in a position to invest in non-liquid assets such as shares as well as in instruments that have a long- term economic profile and are not traded on regulated markets, multilateral trading facilities or organised trading facilities within prudent limits. They can also benefit from the advantages of international diversification. Investments in shares in currencies other than those of the liabilities and in instruments that have a long-term economic profile and are not traded on regulated markets, multilateral trading facilities or organised trading facilities should therefore not be restricted except on prudential grounds.
2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 111 #

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
(34) The understanding of what constitutes iInstruments with a long-term economic profile is broad. These instruments are non-transferable securities and therefore do not have access to the liquidity of secondary markets. They often require fixed term commitments which restrict their marketability. These instruments should be understood to include participations, debt instruments in non-listed undertakings and loans provided to them. Non-listed undertakings include infrastructure projects, unlisted companies seeking growth, real estate or other assets that could be suitable for long term investment purposes. Low carbon and climate resilient infrastructure projects are often non-listed assets and rely on long term credits for project financingshould only include state- guaranteed investments, as such investments in infrastructure projects or investments in renewable energies could be suitable for long term investment purposes.
2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 112 #

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) Institutions should be allowed to invest in other Member States in accordance with the rules of their home Member States in order to reduce the cost of cross-border activity. Therefore the host Member States should not be allowed to impose additional investment requirements on. However, if the institution works on a cross-border basis it may be asked by the competent authority of the host Member State to apply limits for investment, provided that such rules also apply to institutions located in other host Member States.
2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 53
(53) An internal market forThe institution's requires mutual recognadherence to prudential standards should be supervised by the competent authoritiones of prudential standards. The institution'the institution's home Member State. If the institution works on a cross-border basis, its adherence to thoseprudential standards should additionally be supervised by the competent authorities of the institution’s homest Member State. Member States should attribute to competent authorities the necessary powers to use preventive or corrective measures if institutions breach any of the requirements of this Directive.
2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 123 #

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – point c
(c) ’sponsoring undertaking’ means any undertaking or other body, regardless of whether it includes or consists of one or more legal or natural persons, which under national legislation is legally obliged or voluntarily commits to offering a pension scheme and which has an employment relationship with the scheme members and beneficiaries;
2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 124 #

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may make the conditions of operation of institutions located in their territory subject to other requirements, with a view to ensuring that the interest of members and beneficiaries are adequately protected.
2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 125 #

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 10
10. Member States shall ensure that an institution carrying out cross-border activity shall not be subject to any requirements concerning information to members and beneficiaries imposed by the competent authorities of the host Member State in respect of the members which that cross-border activity concerns.
2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 130 #

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) investing in state-guaranteed instruments that have a long-term economic profile and are not traded on regulated markets, multilateral trading facilities or organised trading facilities .
2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 160 #

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to the main objective of prudential supervision as set out in paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that, in the exercise of their general duties, the competent authorities shall duly consider the potential impact of their decisions on the stability of the financial systems concerned in the Union, in particular in emergency situations, taking into account the information available at the relevant time.deleted
2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 162 #

2014/0091(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 61 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities duly consider the potential impact of their actions on the stability of the financial systems in the European Union, in particular in emergency situations.deleted
2015/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The social partners' participation in the EURES network contributes in particular to the analysis of obstacles to mobility as well as the promotion of fair and voluntary labour mobility within the Union, including in the cross-border regions. Social partners representatives at national and Union level should therefore be involved in the overall governance structure of the EURES network, while national employers' organisations and trade unions may apply to become a EURES Partner.
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 133 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) Particular attention should be paid to supporting mobility in the cross-border regions for and providing services to frontier workers who are living in one Member State and working in another and have to cope with different national practices and legal systems and encounters specific administrative, legal or tax obstacles to mobility. Member StatThe relevant regional authorities may choose to set up specific support structures to facilitate this kind of mobility, s. Such structures should, within the framework of the EURES network, address the specific needs for information, guidance, cross- border matching between labour demand and supply and the resulting placements.
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) The sharing of draft activity plans under the programming cycle among Member States should enable the National Coordination Offices, acting on behalf of the Member States, together with the European Coordination Office and the social partners, to direct the resources of the EURES network toward appropriate actions and projects, and thereby steer the development of the EURES network as a more result-oriented tool responsive to the needs of workers according to the dynamics of labour markets.
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 165 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The aim of this Regulation is not only to facilitate the exercise of the freedom of movement for workers within the Union in accordance with Article 45 TFEU, but also to do away with all forms of nationality- based unequal treatment of workers from the Member States as regards employment conditions, wages, social security and compliance with existing standards, by establishing a common framework for cooperation between Member States and the Commission.
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 175 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the functioning of a European network of employment services between Member States and, the Commission and the social partners;
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 182 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) services for workers in order to guarantee fair mobility.
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 198 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) ‘fair mobility’ means only mobility which is voluntary and which does not give rise to breaches of employment law, employment standards and workers’ rights in the European Union;
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 203 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) ‘EURES cross-border partnerships’ means long-term, institutionalised cooperation on an equal footing between regional employment services. Cross- border partnerships may decide to admit additional partners.
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 209 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the EURES cross-border partnerships, i.e. the cross-border, institutionalised partnerships which bring together at least the regional public employment agencies, trade unions and employers’ representatives from two different countries and which provide cross-border services in border regions within the meaning of Article 21(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013.
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 227 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. In accordance with their respective roles and responsibilities, all organisations participating in the EURES network promote actively, in close cooperation, the opportunities labour mobility in the Union offers and seek to enhance ways and means for workers and employers to enjoy fair mobility and to seize these related opportunities at local, regional, national and European level.
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 268 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the development of an appropriate framework for cooperation and clearance, including monitoring of compliance with quality standards, within the Union on apprenticeships and traineeships, in accordance with this Regulation;
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 274 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The European Coordination Office shall develop and carry out its activities in close cooperation with the social partners, cross-border partnerships and the National Coordination Offices.
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 295 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
For the purpose of publication, including on the EURES portal, in the interest of workers and employers, the National Coordination Office or, where appropriate, the EURES cross-border partnership, validates, regularly updates and timely disseminates information and guidance available at national level on:
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 340 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. The National Coordination Office promotes the collaboration with stakeholders such as the social partners, career guidance services, universities, chambers of commerce and organisations involved in apprenticeships and traineeships schemes.
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 349 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7a The EURES cross-border partnerships and their tasks 1. The EURES cross-border partnerships shall provide their services in border regions of the European Economic Area and Switzerland. 2. The tasks of the EURES cross-border partnerships shall include: - providing information, counselling and placement and recruitment services for frontier workers and mobile workers; - supporting the networking of EURES advisers in border regions and coordinating cooperation between partners in the cross-border partnerships; - carrying out cross-border activities in order to make the labour market more transparent and do away with remaining obstacles to mobility; - preparing multilingual publications for frontier workers, jobseekers and employers; - promoting fair mobility. 3. The activities of the EURES cross- border partnerships must be funded in a manner consistent with Article 19(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013. The EURES cross-border partnerships shall be regarded as sustainable networks with clearly defined objectives. 4. Each EURES partnership shall draw up a multiannual work programme for all organisations which are involved in the partnership on an equal footing.
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 360 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up a system to authorise EURES Partners to participate in the EURES network, monitor their activities and their compliance with national and Union law when applying this Regulation. This system shall be transparent, proportionate and respect the principles of equal treatment for applicant organisations and due process of law. The Member States shall be obliged to approve as EURES Partners representative social partner organisations with an interest in participating.
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 417 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the functioning of the national hub referred to in Article 15(5) through a fee or in another form;deleted
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 435 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Coordination Group is composed of representatives of the European Coordination Office, the EURES border partnerships, the social partners and the National Coordination Offices.
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 494 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shallould seek, in close cooperation with the EURES border partnerships, to develop one-stop shop solutions for the communication towards frontier workers and employers in those cross border regions where the Member States concerned together deem it necessary to set up specific co-operation and service structures.
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 552 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Member StateEURES border partnerships shall develop specific multi-lingual information for frontier workers in those cross border regions where the Member States concerned together deem it necessary to set up specific co-operation and service structures.
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 622 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. By derogation from Article 18(5), EURES Partners may offer the assistance referred to in paragraph 1 to workers against a fee.deleted
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 636 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
3. Upon request of workers, frontier workers and employers, tThe EURES Partners concerned shall provide general information on the rights related to social security and undertake to refer those r. In addition, the border partnerships shall provide specific, multi-lingual information on particular types of employment. This information shall contain, inter alia, information on minimum standards in labour law, employment and health protection and minimum wages. Requests for specific information shall be referred to the competent authorities and, if applicable, other bodies supporting workers exercising their rights in the framework of the freedom of movement.
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 669 #

2014/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. The National Coordination Offices and the European Coordination Office review together the draft work programmes before finalising them. The national social partners shall be consulted in the drafting of the work programmes.
2015/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2013/2277(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point 1 (new)
(1) Condemns the fact that many of the provisions and measures taken in the troika policy programs are not in line with the principles of the Treaty quoted in recitals B to E, is particularly concerned about the interventions in the field of wages and the systems of collective bargaining themselves. deplores the fact that the Commission has failed in this respect to function as the guardian of the Treaty;
2014/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2013/2277(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point 2 (new)
(2) Condemns the fact that the policy implemented under the troika went much further in those cases where social partners reached a joint agreement, thereby not respecting the balance reached by social partners in terms of wage measures and/or on labour market reform;
2014/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 121 #

2013/2277(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned that, among the conditions for financial assistance, the programmes include recommendations for specific cuts in fundamental areas of the fight against poverty, such as pensions, basic services, health care and pharmaceutical products for the basic protection of the most vulnerable; highlights the fact that the main impact of these measures is on the fight against child povertyse measures have led to significant falls in real social spending with a main impact on poverty in general and child poverty in particular;
2014/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 173 #

2013/2277(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
18. Regrets the fact that the programmes imposed on the four countries allow firms to opt out of collective bargaining agreements and to review sectoral wage agreements directly affecting the structure and values of collective bargaining arrangements set out in the respective national constitutions; notes that this resulted in a request by the ILO Expert Committee, in the case of Greece, to re- establish social dialogue, and, in the case of Portugal, for the Constitutional Court to annul certain legislative measures; stresses that this despicable situation is the consequence of having limited structural reforms involving only the deregulation of labour relations and wage cuts atcondemns the undermining of the principle of collective representation by extending the right to conclude firm level agreements on less favourable terms to shady and non-representative "associations of persons", by abolishing the automatic renewal of bargaining agreements and/or by imposing much stricter criteria on the legal extension of collective bargaining agreements, as a result of which the number of collective agreements in force has substantially fallen in Greece and Portugal and wage dynamics have collapsed; condemns the cut in minimum wages in Greece and the freezing of nominal minimum wages in Portugal; stresses that this despicable situation is the consequence of handing over decision power to economic and financial actors only, without these actors being in any way const,rained by the European and international Social Aquis", thereby leading to policies which isare in clear contradiction with the EU's general objectives and the policies of the Europe 2020 strategy;
2014/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 180 #

2013/2277(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes that the conditionality within the financial assistance has imposed the dismantling of existing wage-setting arrangements either by completely abolishing institutions of cross-sectorial wage setting, as in Ireland, or by continuously hollowing out existing systems of sectorial collective bargaining. These measures include: the abolition or termination of national collective agreements; facilitating the derogation of firm-level agreements from sectorial agreements or legislative provisions, for instance through opening or hardship clauses or by generally giving firm-levels agreements priority over (cross-) sectorial agreements; suspension of the favourability principle, the introduction of more restrictive criteria for the extension of collective agreements; the reduction of the after-effect of expired collective agreements and the extension of the possibility of non-union employee representatives to conclude collective agreements at company level.
2014/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 192 #

2013/2277(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 19 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the European Commission to draw up a detailed report of the breaches made against the spirit and the principles of the European Social Aquis in the programme countries, with a view to proposing measures to restore the Social Aquis. Insists that national and European social partners, through the European Social Dialogue should be closely involved in this.
2014/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 220 #

2013/2277(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the EU not to apply such institutional and financial soluconstructions in future, and to put in place mechanisms enablforcing the EU institutions to achieve the social goals and policies set out in the Trespect and guarantee the European Social Aquis as laid down in the Treaties, in the charter of fundamental rights, in EU social direactives, in particular those relating to the individual and collective rights of those at greatest risk of social exclusion;European social partner agreements and in other international level obligations (ILO conventions, the European Social Charter and the European Convention of Human Rights). To this end, proposes to, amongst other things, establish a specialised chamber for social issues of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and review the procedures for introducing legal complaints.
2014/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2013/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Is concerned at the lack of ambition in the action plan for the steel industry in Europe; calls for a strategy that draws on all the European Union policy tools, including for employment and training; emphasises that such a strategy must entail the comprehensive and early involvement of the social partners at all levels;
2013/10/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2013/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Endorses the principle that ongoing social dialogue with workers’ representatives should be a requirement; calls for ambitious EU-level arrangements for keeping workers informed and consulting them, and for works councils to be given more rights and responsibilities; calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for legislation on employee participation in cases of restructuring, as outlined in Parliament’s own-initiative report 2012/2061;
2013/10/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2013/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 (b) (new)
3b. Calls too for an optional legal framework for transnational company agreements between international trade union federations and companies;
2013/10/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2013/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of EU support for training and employment in industrial transition processes; calls for such support to be kept in place and for its use to be monitored; emphasises the lasting benefits to the steel industry of training and further training, and of the dual system of vocational education and training, in terms of the level of professional qualification and the retention of the workforce;
2013/10/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2013/2145(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need for increased funding for the Progress axis of EaSI, especially in order to combat social exclusion, to fight poverty and to tackle youth unemployment;
2013/08/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2013/2145(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Demands enhanced support for the EURES axis of PSCEaSI, in order to provide easier access to available job vacancies in other countries for unemployed youth and counselling for mobile workers and employers through cross-border- partnerships;
2013/08/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2013/2145(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need for increased financial support for the Microfinance programme within PSCI and European enterprisesand Social Entrepreneurship axis within EaSI, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises, to give them the possibility to create growth and thereby increase new job-openingsvulnerable people the opportunity to enter the labour market and thereby contribute to economic growth;
2013/08/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2013/2134(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that this year’s Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs) are particularly important, because Member States define their investment priorities for cohesion policy in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF); calls in this context for increased targeting of EU funding on growth and employment policies, especially on combating youth unemployment and creating lasting jobs which are not precarious, entail the compulsory payment of social security contributions and are adequately remunerated;
2013/07/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2013/2134(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that all Member States have received recommendations with regard to levels of labour market participation; calls on those Member States with high levels of unemployment to step up, in consultation with the social partners, active labour market measures, such as training and employment services, and to introduce further reforms to facilitate access to employment, prevent early withdrawals from the labour market, reduce the cost of labour and combat labour market segmentation; observes that in the Member States, as a transitional measure, it will be necessary for the State to subsidise training and jobs in order to prevent long-term unemployment and enable young people to find jobs; calls on the Member States, the Commission and the Council in this connection to establish investment programmes to develop lasting jobs, and observes that, in order to combat unemployment in a lasting manner, binding targets must be set for the investment to be made in the Member States;
2013/07/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2013/2134(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the adoption of the Youth Guarantee by the Council and observes that the earmarking of EUR 6 billion for Youth Employment Initiative as part of the next MFF; calls on is not sufficient to combat youth unemployment in a lasting manner; calls on the Council, as well as it can, to financially assist the Member States toin implementing Youth Guarantee Schemes;
2013/07/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2013/2134(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the Commission to continue the work of the Youth Employment Action Teams to help the Member States with the highest levels of youth unemployment to reprogramme EU structural funding in order to target it at young people; welcomes the Commission’s intention to build on the European Job Mobility Portal (EURES) by intensifying and broadening its activities and, in particular, by promoting youth mobility; observes, however, at the same time, that mobility must remain voluntary and that efforts to create jobs and training places on the spot must not be limited by it;
2013/07/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2013/2134(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the long-term unemployed should be supported by activation incentives, such as welfare-to-work programmes, and adequateneeds-based benefit systems in reconnecting with the labour market;
2013/07/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2013/2134(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that the large economic and job potential of the services sector remains untapped; calls for full and appropriate implementation of the EU Services Directive; calls on Member States to remove barriers in the retail sector and excessive restrictions in professional services and regulated professionsobserves at the same time that wage and social standards must be complied with in all fields; calls on Member States, in all fields which are not covered by collective agreements between the social partners, to institute a statutory minimum wage based on the collective agreements customary in the sector concerned;
2013/07/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2013/2134(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls the skills mismatches and bottlenecks in many regions and sectors and the inadequacy of certain education and training systems to cope with market demands; welcomes the reforms of vocational education and training systems undertaken by several Member States in order to adapt skills and competences to labour market needs, especially those of young people; recalls that almost all Member States need to undertake further action and investment in the field of education and training; observes that austerity measures and budgetary consolidation requirements must not prevent investment in training and in secure, non-precarious jobs;
2013/07/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2013/2134(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the crisis has had a severe and lasting impact on the Member States’ levels of unemployment and their social situation, which has led to unsustainable increases in poverty and social exclusion, including child poverty, homelessness, in- work poverty and over-indebtedness of households; calls in this context on Member States to reinforce the safety nets and ensure the effectiveness of the welfare systems that deal with those affected; observes that austerity measures to consolidate budgets must not result in the people concerned being deprived of necessary support payments;
2013/07/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #

2013/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises the advantages that an opt- in 29th regime could offer in terms of: (a) an optional single legal regulation open to employers throughout the EU, (b) a market-based approach where only companies finding the single regime useful would use it, (c) allowing differences in Member States’ legal culture in that the national regimes continue to exist in parallel, (d) the applicability at national and/or EU level when needed and not being restricted to cross-border companies6; __________________ 6 ‘Employee financial participation in companies’ proceeds’ (PE 475.098), p. 16.deleted
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2013/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Commission to present an impact assessment and a study on such a ‘29th regime’ for EFP;deleted
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #

2013/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the shift in the attitude of trade unions towards EFP and encourages social partners to continue working together to develop new opportunities at the relevant levels7; __________________ 7 ‘Employee financial participation in companies’ proceeds’ (PE 475.098), p. 35.deleted
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2013/2115(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for the implementation of ILO Convention no. 29 on forced labour; calls for consideration to be given to the special situation of women involved in forced labour – including not just forced prostitution but all involuntary work, including in the domestic sphere – and for protection to be given to the undocumented migrant women concerned;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2013/2115(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide sufficient female contact staff, care professionals, officials, assessors and other staff; notes that this is called for out of respect for other religions and cultures and protects against discrimination;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2013/2115(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make preventative medical examinations and care, with data protection, available free of charge for undocumented women in the EU too;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2013/2115(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls, in the context of efforts to prevent migration by means of development aid to the migrants' countries of origin, for the focus to be placed on women's education and rights;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2013/2113(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the Member States should support initiatives that facilitate the development of sectors with high employment potential and, in particular, that aid in the transformation towards a sustainable economy and the creation of green jobs which are permanent, not precarious and are of a high social standard;
2013/07/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2013/2113(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the fact the targets set within the Framework Directive on Waste, the Packaging Directive and WEEE Directive create opportunities for new employment in various sectors of the economy via a spill-over effect, and conducive environments for relevant industries should therefore be fostered in order that they may exploit their full job-creation potential; stresses that this offers young people in particular the opportunity to engage in new fields of activity and thus become integrated into the job market;
2013/07/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2013/2113(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the innovations currently taking place in plastics production (not least in the field of nanotechnology) and their impact on the management of plastic waste raise new challenges to health and safety at work, and calls on the Commission to consider these challenges in future action on plastic waste and make the most stringent European employment and health protection standards binding on all the individuals, employees, service providers and self-employed people involved;
2013/07/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2013/2113(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the fact that appropriate levels of training and skills are needed for eco-innovations to flourish, and for EU waste legislation to be implemented correctly; recalls, in this context, that the European Social Fund could be helpful in preparing the labour force for an increased demand for green jobs.; disadvantaged groups in the job market, in particular, must be properly qualified if they are to get permanent, non-precarious jobs in this field;
2013/07/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas labour inspectors are essential for the protection of workers’ rights, the prevention of abuses and the promotion of economic and social development;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas new types of employment relationship, which are increasingly hard to provide for under the existing regulations, continue to emerge;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, in many Member States, the incidence of undeclared work is still on the increase, inter alia as a result of the crisis;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas, to a greater or lesser degree, inspection systems lack the staff and funding necessary for conducting labour inspections effectively and, as a result, there is too little strategic human- resources planning for labour inspection authorities in the EU, their staff numbers are steadily declining in many countries and, at the same time, the inspectors’ work is becoming ever more complex;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas the sectors in which undeclared work is most prevalent are highly labour intensive ones, such as construction, security, cleaning and domestic services and residential and care services, characterised by insecure conditions of employment and remuneration;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas unlawful employment is practised as a means of avoiding the payment of tax and social security contributions or otherwise circumventing laws and regulations;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
Ee. whereas undeclared work is bad for those who do it and also for other workers in terms of social security cover and earnings;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E f (new)
Ef. whereas undeclared work is encouraged by the development of subcontracting chains and results in an increasing incidence of self-employment some of which is bogus;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E g (new)
Eg. whereas there is a close connection between illegal immigration and undeclared work because people resident in Europe illegally are not allowed to take up normal employment and they are thus not covered by any protection system;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E h (new)
Eh. whereas workers who do undeclared work have no social security, health or accident insurance and are thus at increased risk of personal financial loss;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E i (new)
Ei. whereas labour inspection in respect of cross-border services and employment relationships is a matter of cross-border concern, and cross-border access to data is inadequate;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E j (new)
Ej. whereas many workers doing undeclared work find themselves in that situation not of their own volition but because they have been coerced;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the fact that labour inspection is a public service task which, in the absence of any equivalent body to do the job, should be carried out only by independent public servants. This should not, however, preclude labour inspectors being assisted by representatives of the social partners;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that labour inspections are effective only if they are made without notice, are repeated and are targeted randomly; points out that for penalties to be effective they must be set so as to ensure that employers cannot gain from circumventing existing wage agreements or laws and regulations;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points out that labour inspection findings must be accompanied by clear deadlines for action so that abuses can be prevented quickly and victims can be protected at an early stage;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Points out that labour inspectors in the Member States must be authorised to conduct on-site inspections, to use smart inspection tools and to work in coordination with all relevant authorities, must have an appropriate remit and must work independently;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 93 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that fewer labour inspections are conducted in rural areas; calls on Member States to ensure that rural regions are properly covered;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 99 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Criticises the widespread abuse of services contracts as a way of saving on the cost of wages and social security contributions; calls on Member States to introduce rules to combat this and to prepare their labour inspection authorities for targeted inspections of service-contract work;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 100 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Expresses concern about the situation of seasonal workers in agriculture, most of whom are from third countries; believes that labour inspection in this sector is being stepped up; points out that much employment is a mixture of declared and undeclared work;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that workers who provide domestic services are often undeclared, but that, in many cases, this situation lies outside the remit of the national inspection authorities; calls on the Member States to enable inspections to be carried out in private homes and to introduce effective sanctions; ratify ILO Convention 189 and develop and implement measures for labour inspection, enforcement and penalties with due for the special characteristics of domestic work, in accordance with national laws and regulations. In compatibility with national laws and regulations, such measures should specify the conditions under which access to household premises may be granted, having due respect for privacy;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 124 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers that penalties will be effective only if employers cannot gain from employing undeclared workers because in doing so they would stand to lose substantially more than the cost of taking on registered employees;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 149 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Considers effective cooperation between national authorities to be important in the effort to end social dumping and ensure that competition in the single market is fair; welcomes the Commission's initiative to create a European Platform for labour inspectors; in this regard calls on the Commission to establish the European Platform for labour inspectors on undeclared work within the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) as an additional task of the Agency, with a remit to organise the work of the Platform and facilitate exchange of experience and good practice, providing up-to-date, objective, reliable and comparative information, as well as enhancing cross- border cooperation;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 157 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to introduce a European Agency for cross-border matters concerning the abuse of employment protection rules and undeclared work, with a remit including inter alia the identification of letter-box companies, the control of transnational service providers, the introduction of EU-wide further- training programmes that address challenges such as bogus self- employment, new types of employment risk and posting, the identification of new ways of circumventing the rules, and the organisation of cross-border controls;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 170 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to introduce a European early-warning system, for signalling breaches of employment protection rules and cases of undeclared work, which would promote the rapid exchange of information between Member States and would be accompanied by a blacklist so that abuses by employers could be nipped in the bud; points out that such an early-warning system could be modelled on the existing European consumer- protection early-warning system (RAPEX); stresses that breaches of the rules must be accurately documented through the systematic recording of inspection findings so that targeted action against abuses can be taken;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 175 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Considers that a European database on illegal employment can offer significant European added value in the effort to combat undeclared work; emphasises that such a database would usefully underpin EU legal initiatives on undeclared employment and would enable Member States to exchange examples of best practice in combating undeclared work;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 188 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Points out that, in some Member States, children under 14 years of age have jobs; considers that the role of labour inspectors must be strengthened and that campaigns against child labour must be stepped up; calls on the Commission to put in place specific EU- level control and monitoring campaigns focusing on children’s, and especially young migrants’, working conditions;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 201 #

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive providing for the comprehensive control of employrecruitment agencies, whereby such companies will be subject to certification and to a requirement of central reporting of their activities;
2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2013/2093(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the importance of the retail sector, which accounts for almost 15 % of the EU’s total employment, skilled as well as unskilled, and in particular its importance for young people; acknowledges the Commission’s approach based on the belief that facilitating mobility could assist the growth of the sector, but stresses that crossborder job placement must not be regarded as a way out of the crisis; notes as well that 29 % of all EU enterprises, including a very high share of SMEs, are engaged in this sector;
2013/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2013/2093(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the importance of addressing the mismatch between labour force skills and the requirements of the retail sector, so as to enhance employability, especially of young people, the long-term unemployed, older workers and the disabled, as well as to consider the need to update skills frequently in order to allow employees to take on new tasks resulting from innovation; stresses in this connection also the responsibility of employers to regularly prepare employees for changes and innovations in the sector;
2013/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2013/2093(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that undeclared work represents an important issue in the retail sector, entailing high social risks and low income for workers, who are excluded from health coverage and social benefits, andversely affecting the economies of the Member States and the financial viability of the European social model, and undermining the funding and distribution of social benefits and public services; observes with concern the understaffing of employment authorities in many Member States; calls for a proper implementation of existing social and labour legislation and increased labour inspections; welcomes the Commission’s initiative to engage in dialogue with stakeholders in the retail sector, under the European Platform to fight undeclared work, to assess the impact of the informal economy on working conditions and to identify an EU approach to combat it.
2013/09/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2013/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that proposed measures and provisions under "Better Lawmaking" must not undermine environmental, consumer or worker protections; underlines that, regarding Social Partner agreements, the autonomy of Social Partners must always be respected as well as their right to reach agreements, which are then transposed into law;
2013/12/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 29 #

2013/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Criticises generally that in this respect the Commissions identifies in its Communication "Regulatory Fitness and Performance (REFIT): Results and next steps" (COM(2013)685) EU-legislation on workers information and consultation rights as legislative candidates to unburden companies as well as the entire area of EU law concerning occupational health and safety as potentially redundant;
2013/12/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 58 #

2013/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Regrets that the Commission announced in its Communication of 2 October 2013 on REFIT that it will not bring forward a proposal for legislative implementation of the Agreement in the hairdressing sector, despite the joint request of the Social Partners according to Article 155 TFEU;
2013/12/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 62 #

2013/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)
12e. Expresses its worries that by listing the Agreement in the hairdressing sector under the section "Withdrawals and repeals" of Communication COM(2013)685, the Commission feeds into those wrong perceptions which label such Agreements as "red tape";
2013/12/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 30 #

2013/2066(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that educating Roma girls has a complex impact in improving the lives of Roma people. For example, it is a crucial condition for increasing the employability of Roma women, providing some income security, and it is essential in overcoming poverty; calls, therefore, on the Member States to ensure more inclusive and effective education systems, taking the improvement of jobs skills to match the demands of the labour market as a priority; also stresses in this connection the special importance of the social reference group of girls, parents, relatives or friends, who play a central role in education and careers advice, and calls on Member States to promote the education of girls throughout the process, inter alia by supporting the individuals who have the most influence over young people;
2013/07/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2013/2066(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that Roma youth are particularly vulnerable to unemployment, running the risk of being permanently excluded from mainstream society, which means that they will also subsequently be exposed to a higher risk of poverty in old age; highlights, therefore, the importance of assuring the possibility of finishing primary and/or secondary education, as well as vocational training at a later stage, which can dramatically increase the employability of Roma youth; and their participation in the social security systems of the Member States;
2013/07/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #

2013/2066(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that increasing efforts in providing access to child-care facilities for reconciliation of family and working life in rural areas could have a positive impact.; stresses in this context the responsibility of the Member States to invest in increased staffing and the quality of their national child-care facilities in order to give all parents the opportunity to obtain a place for their child in day care, a nursery or a crèche;
2013/07/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas in January 2013 23 % of active young people were jobless, with the rates ranging from 15 % or less in Austria, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands to over 55 % in Greece and Spain, indicating marked geographical differences, including within individual Member States;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas in 2011 7.5 million young people aged 15-24 and 6.5 million aged 25- 29 were not in education, employment or training (NEETs), among them members of vulnerable groups such as young people with health problems or disabilities and single mothers, a development entailing serious personal and social consequences such as poor or insecure future employment prospects or even mental and physical dysfunctions; whereas these problems are likely to increase in the near future, and whereas they have serious financial implications for European welfare systems;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas young people are particularly disadvantaged during economic crises, more so than most groups; whereas for many young people current unemployment can be expected to turn into long-term unemployment, which brings risks of social exclusion; whereas this has alarming consequences for young individuals, lowering their self-esteem, leaving their ambitions unrealised, and delaying their assumption of an independent adult life including starting a family, and consequently also for society, negatively impacting on the social, economic and demographic situation in Europe; and increasing the likelihood of them experiencing poverty in old age as a result of their failure to make social security contributions throughout their working lives;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the economic crisis which began in 2008 has negatively affected both demand and supply on the labour market, thus dramatically increasing uncertainty over job prospects and making it essential for all unemployed people to be better informed about employment prospects and training and further training;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the policy measures implemented by Member States need to be diversified and should tackle all potential obstacles in young people’s pathway to sustainablegood quality employment, paying particular attention to vulnerable groups that are more likely to suffer from multiple disadvantages;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 122 #

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including training and education providers, individual employers, public and private employment services, social partners, third-sector organisations, and health and other authorities, – for example, in a round-table format – is essential for the successful implementation of a variety of measures fostering youth employment and employability in an integrated fashion; emphasises that measures must be flexible so as to meet the continuously evolving needs on the labour market; stresses that early careers guidance for young people, well before they finish basic secondary schooling, is particularly valuable and that it necessitates measures for developing the capacity of parents and schools to help throughout the process of career choice; notes the cultural sensitivity of families from a migration background and considers that they should receive specific support in their mother tongue so as to facilitate the young people’s career start;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 131 #

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including training and education providers, individual employers, public and private employment services, social partners, third-sector organisations, and health and other authorities, is essential for the successful implementation of a variety of measures fostering youth employment and employability in an integrated fashion; emphasises that measures must be flexible so as to meet the continuously evolving needs on the labour market;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 161 #

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the decision of the EPSCO Council on 28 February 2013 to agree on a Council recommendation on implementing a Youth Guarantee; recommends extending eligibility to graduates aged under 30; stresses that the success of this measure will be highly dependent on other factors, e.g. the infrastructure and capacity of public and strengthened private employment services, the availability of student places, the provision of training and, apprenticeships, and the transferability and implementation of successful experiences from other Member States; stresses that the Youth Guarantee must be integrated within the broader framework of active labour market policies while ensuring high quality standards;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 179 #

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to boost their support for enterprises, cooperatives and third-sector organisations wishing to participate in Youth Guarantee schemes in close cooperation with public and private employment services, including through tax incentives, subsidies for fixed employment costs, and the possibility of accessing funding for on- site training, which will support enterprises in providing high-quality employment and training offers, and will represent an investment in young people’s potential in an effective and targeted way;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 234 #

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes, in the context of promoting self-employment among young people, the proposed successor to the Progress Microfinance Facility included in the Programme for Social Change and Innovation for the period 2014-2020, in order to better meet demand, also among young people; stresses that the three axes of the Programme for Social Change and Innovation, namely the Progress axis, the EURES axis and the Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis, provide ways of combating youth unemployment;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 245 #

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for an ambitious holistic policy approach which looks at education, training, quality employment and self- employment initiatives, for all young people at all the various levels, in an integrated way;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 256 #

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to ensure high-quality frameworks for traineeships, backed up by financial support and mandatory monitoring, as well as a common quality standard for traineeships and work placements, in order to establish clear rules forbidding the exploitation of trainees as cheap substitute labour; stresses that active promotion and awareness-raising in respect of such programmes is needed among entrepreneurs;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 270 #

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that the Alliance for Apprenticeship should also support European and nation, national, regional und local campaigns for changing perceptions of vocational education, and should organise a regular forum for discussions on the monitoring of the European apprenticeship strategy with all relevant European and nation, national, regional and local stakeholders; stresses that incentives should also be provided to facilitate funding for crossborder training activities enabling companies and social partner organisations to become involved in establishing dual education systems;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 297 #

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to introduce reforms to EURES with the aim of proactively matching jobseekers and job-changers to existing vacancies, and where necessary, to reform public employment services so as to better target their activities and approaches on young people; stresses that raising of awareness of EURES is needed so as to increase its visibility and availability, as a career advice system that supports students in becoming more aware of their aspirations and capabilities, as well as of existing job opportunities; stresses that EURES mobility programmes must only provide high-quality and sustainable job placements;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 306 #

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Urges the Commission and Member States to identify and prevent negative effects of geographical mobility on individual Member States or specific economic sectors; stresses that mobility programmes should contain measures facilitating the employment market re- entry of young people in their countries of origin so as to halt the harmful ‘brain drain’ and discourage the mass exodus of the skilled workforce;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 314 #

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to develop personalised career counselling and guidance, as well as placement services tailored to individual needs, starting already during secondary school, with the aim of enabling young people to make well-informed choices about their higher education, while introducing mechanisms that can monitor the opportunities offered and assess the success rate of those young people’s subsequent transition to work;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 318 #

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses the need to introduce a system encouraging all undertakings reaching a certain size to offer traineeships under a dual training scheme unless they are in major financial difficulty and recruit trainees at the end of their traineeships; stresses the need to introduce rules on recruitment conditions for young people specifically applicable to undertakings receiving public funding;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to maintainonitor compliance with the prescribed driving and resting times and the working hours permitted by law, to reckon all tasks connected with the activity as working time and to monitor compliance with European standards on the protection of health and safety at work, including conditions in vehicles, for all people involved in making deliveries;-{}- irrespective of whether their employment status is self-employed, subcontractor, temporary staff member or contract worker; monitoring should take place by means of digital monitoring devices installed in the vehicle;
2013/10/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to simplifying cross-border parcel delivery for consumers and undertakings by enhancing the transparency of the delivery process, enabling tracking and setting quality standards to create a common European delivery market;
2013/10/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the key to appropriate transformation and adaptation measures lies in employee training; regards it as the employer’s task to acquaint employees properly with new technologies such as IT and tracking applications and GPS systems, which can offer support as online delivery becomes more widespread and complex; in the case of temporary contracts, the agency supplying the staff must give them adequate preparation and training;
2013/10/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Is critical of the extremely high amount of outsourcing which delivery firms undertake outside the regular postal service and the frequently accompanying evasion of legal and remuneration requirements with regard to conditions of work and employment; highlights in this context the long-term social implications of precarious employment for the continued existence of the Member States' health and welfare systems;
2013/10/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls as a matter of principle, where parcel service operators deliver parcels themselves, for this to take place in accordance with working conditions agreed by collective bargaining or, where delivery is sub-contracted, in accordance with the principle of equal pay for equal work; calls on the Member States to introduce and strengthen laws on total corporate liability;
2013/10/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses also that the slowdown in the growth of cross-border online trading cannot be blamed solely on shortcomings in delivery but is rather the result of uncertainties about consumer rights and rights protection in cross-border online trade; therefore calls on the Commission to take action in the field of consumer protection so as to further facilitate online trade;
2013/10/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 a. stresses the need to create an European e-Commerce Trustmark ensuring quality, reliability, environmental and social sustainability and adequate working conditions for integrated delivery services that could help improve consumer confidence in e- commerce, stimulate e-retailers and parcel firms to take more responsibility in the delivery chain, boost transparency as well as legal certainty for both consumers and businesses and increase competitive advantage of business, especially SMES, therefore contributing to sound economic growth and employment creation;
2013/10/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2013/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)
Ensuring responsible employment conditions in the European delivery sector
2013/10/14
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 29 #

2013/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out that the parcel delivery sector is highly labour-intensive, with working conditions characterized by insecure contracts, long working hours, too high work load (insufficient time to provide good quality), stressful working conditions, low pay and few opportunities to access on-going vocational training;
2013/10/14
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 30 #

2013/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Stresses that ensuring responsible employment conditions in the delivery sector is an essential prerequisite for high-quality delivery services as well as social dimension of an integrated parcel delivery market;
2013/10/14
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 31 #

2013/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Member States to ensure that fair and decent working and pay conditions throughout the delivery sector are guaranteed, and to combat undeclared employment as well abuses of self- employed working status;
2013/10/14
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 32 #

2013/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Is concerned at the fact that delivery operators often outsource delivery work to subcontractors and in some cases even sub-subcontractors; emphasizes that this might contribute to the increased working pressure notes that the competitive pressure and the large share of self- employed delivery workers can also to a large extent influence the quality of delivery;
2013/10/14
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 33 #

2013/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9e. Calls on the Member States to increase controls of subcontractors in order to comply with the legal and collective terms of employment;
2013/10/14
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 34 #

2013/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 f (new)
9f. Considers that, to achieve an integrated parcel delivery market, high- quality jobs are needed with a sound, well-integrated social dimension allowing the redefinition of existing skills and reskilling;
2013/10/14
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 35 #

2013/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 g (new)
9g. Criticises the Green Paper's lack of focus on issues of education and training opportunities, adequate salaries, and the involvement of the social partners; notes that any internal market regulation must take into account the social dimension, especially in terms of employment models based on self-employment, temporary employment and part-time employment;
2013/10/14
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 36 #

2013/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 h (new)
9h. Highlights that there are delivery performance gaps deriving from delivery workers failing to comply with delivery instructions due to lack of training, calls on the delivery operators to support staff training and education;
2013/10/14
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 37 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that the parcel delivery sector is highly labour-intensive, with working conditions characterized by insecure contracts, long working hours, too high work load (insufficient time to provide good quality), stressful working conditions, low pay and few opportunities to access on-going vocational training;
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 41 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses that ensuring responsible employment conditions in the delivery sector is essential prerequisite for high- quality delivery services as well as social dimension of an integrated parcel delivery market
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 43 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the Member States to ensure that fair and decent working and pay conditions throughout the delivery sector are guaranteed, and to combat undeclared employment as well as abuses of self- employed working status
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 44 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Considers that an EU-wide e- commerce trust mark ensuring quality, reliability, environmental and social sustainability and adequate working conditions for integrated delivery services could help improve consumer confidence in the online marketplace, stimulate e- retailers and parcel firms to take more responsibility in the delivery chain therefore contributing to sound economic growth and employment creation;
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 45 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Stresses the need that trust mark is to be granted by competent national authorities to delivery operators who adhere to identified codes of conduct with respect to training and working conditions and environmental aspects; emphasizes that such a trust mark should cover whole delivery chain of operators as well as subcontractors
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 46 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7f. Notes that e-retailers who would like to display the trust mark to their customers would have to use accredited delivery operators only
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 47 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)
7g. Calls on the Commission to develop guidelines, technical standards and pre- conditions that should apply to EU-wide e-commerce trust mark, including requirements for procedures for complaints handling and dispute resolution, fair and decent working and pay conditions and environmental aspects,
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 48 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 h (new)
7h. Notes that so called „free delivery service" often means that the cost of delivery is not invoiced explicitly but is included in the final price of the product; emphasizes the need for sustainable and transparent tariffs provided to consumer that reflect the true costs of service
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 49 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 i (new)
7i. Is concerned at the fact that delivery operators often outsource delivery work to subcontractors and in some cases even sub-subcontractors; emphasizes that this might contribute to the increased working pressure notes that the competitive pressure and the large share of self- employed delivery workers can also to a large extent influence the quality of delivery
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 50 #

2013/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses the need to create an European e-Commerce Trustmark ensuring quality, reliability, environmental and social sustainability and adequate working conditions for integrated delivery services that could help improve consumer confidence in e- commerce, stimulate e-retailers and parcel firms to take more responsibility in the delivery chain, boost transparency as well as legal certainty for both consumers and businesses and increase competitive advantage of business, especially SMES, therefore contributing to sound economic growth and employment creation;
2013/10/14
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 50 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 j (new)
7j. Calls on the Member States to increase controls of subcontractors in order to comply with the legal and collective terms of employment
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 51 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 k (new)
7k. Highlights that there are delivery performance gaps deriving from delivery workers failing to comply with delivery instructions due to lack of training, calls on the delivery operators to support staff training and education
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 52 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 l (new)
7l. Considers that, to achieve an integrated parcel delivery market, high- quality jobs are needed with a sound, well-integrated social dimension allowing the redefinition of existing skills and reskilling
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 53 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 m (new)
7m. criticises the Green Paper's lack of focus on issues of education and training opportunities, adequate salaries, and the involvement of the social partners; notes that any internal market regulation must take into account the social dimension, especially in terms of employment models based on self-employment, temporary employment and part-time employment;
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 54 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 n (new)
7n. Emphasizes the necessity for the Member States to comply with the applicable driver's working hours and rest periods, the legally permissible working hours and the crediting of all with the work associated activities as working time, as well as the necessity to monitor the compliance with European standards of occupational health and safety protection, including the conditions inside vehicles for all persons responsible for the delivery
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 55 #

2013/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 o (new)
7o. Stresses the need to improve geographical coverage and accessibility to universal service for delivery of parcels in rural and remote areas.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 3 #

2013/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph A c (new)
Ac. whereas, in principle the court of the Member State with the closest connection to the case should have jurisdiction; in particular, with regard to industrial action, the courts of the Member State where the industrial action is to be or has been taken should have jurisdiction;
2013/06/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2013/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for an improvement of European jurisdiction rules applicable to proceedings which have as their objectin the field of employment matters, applicable to industrial actions and individual contracts of employment;
2013/06/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2013/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to propose an amendment to the Brussels I Regulation for an exclusive forum for disputes concerning industrial action, in the place where the industrial action is to be or has been taken;
2013/06/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2013/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls foron the courts of the Member State in which the employer is established to have exclusive jurisdiction on proceedings in which an employee who is resident in one Member State habitually carries out his or her work in a different Member State from that in whichCommission to propose an amendment to Article 19 of the Brussels I Regulation to ensure that the employee can sue his employer in the courts of the Member State where the employere is actually establishdomiciled.;
2013/06/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2013/2017(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to act swiftly to facilitate the implementation of the ESF and of the PSCI to promote supportive active labour market policies and good labour policy mix to improve the transition rates back to employment, especially for the long-term unemployed while benefiting from the synergies of trans- border cooperation;
2013/05/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2013/2017(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to facilitate quick iInsists on prioritising the fight against youth unempleoymentation of in the 2014 budget; Calls for the Youth Employment Initiative and to use the full potential of ‘Your first EURES Job’to be "frontloaded" through utilisation in the first three years of the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework and to use the full potential of ‘Your first EURES Job’ and the targeted mobility schemes under the EURES axis of the PSCI to foster mobility and of the preparatory action ‘Activation measures targeting young people - implementing Youth on the Move initiative’ to put into operation the ‘youth guarantee’ schemes;
2013/05/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2013/2017(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the role of the PSCI programme in supporting activities and best practice sharing concerning successful policy interventions and mechanisms to reduce and prevent social exclusion;
2013/05/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2013/2017(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the 2014 budget should support measures promoting entrepreneurship in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including social entrepreneurship and innovative social enterprises and self-employment, as well as facilitate access to financing through the ‘Microfinance and social entrepreneurship’ axis of PSCI;
2013/05/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2013/2017(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the 2014 budget should assure proper funding for OSHA and for health and safety at work related programmes and activities in order to sustain and further promote high level of workers' protection and prevention culture across the EU and help to address new challenges to health and safety at work resulting from the economic and financial crisis. within the framework of a renewed 2014-2020 EU strategy for occupational health and safety;
2013/05/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2013/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the proposals by the Commission should be accompanied by a concrete investment plan to the amount of 30 billion Euro per annum aiming at promoting the social-ecological reconstruction and preservation of industrial value chains and their services thereby strengthening the industrial future.
2013/07/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2013/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Emphasises, that the ecological reconstruction should not lead to a de- industrialization; underlines that it is necessary, nevertheless, to review and refine existing exceptions for the energy- intensive industry.
2013/07/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2013/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recommends that investment be channelled into human resources and, the conditions for livelong-learning be improved, an individual right to further education be laid down and the educational system be made permeable and that emphasis is laid on training and learning in order to anticipate, and respond to, the demand for skilled labour in industry oriented towards new technologies and an energy-efficient green economy;
2013/07/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2013/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that especially SMEs and classical production branches, including energy intensive industries, should be supported in developing sustainable business models and initiate innovations that improve resource efficiency.
2013/07/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) pilotage and;deleted
2013/11/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) In the interest of efficient, safe and environmentally and socially sound port management, the managing body of the port should be able to require that port service providers can demonstrate that they meet minimum requirements to perform the service in an appropriate way. These minimum requirements should be limited to a clearly defined set of conditions concerning the professional qualifications of the operators, including in terms of training, and the the equipment needed in order to provide the relevant port service, and compliance with maritime safety requiprement required insofar as these requirements are transparent, non- discriminatory, objective and relevant for the provisions. These minimum requirements should also take into account environmental requirements as well as national social standards, compliance with the provisions on health and safety that apply to the port concerned and the good repute of the port service provider.
2015/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The managing body of the port mayshall require that providers of port services comply with minimum requirements to perform the corresponding port service.
2013/11/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) Each service provider, and especially one that is a new market entrant, should demonstrate its ability to serve a minimum number of vessels with its own staff and equipment. The service provider should apply the relevant provisions and rules including applicable labour laws, applicable collective agreements, and quality requirements of the port concerned.
2015/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) respect for national employees’ rights and social minimum standards, including collective agreements which are in force concerning terms of employment.
2013/11/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The recourse to public service obligations leading to a limitation in the number of providers of a port service should only be justified for reasons of public interest in order to ensure the accessibility of the port service to all users, the availability of the port service all year long or the affordability of the port service to certain category of users, or safe, secure and environmentally and socially sustainable port operations.
2015/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) Member States should retain the power to ensure an adequate level of social protection for the staff of undertaking providing port services. This Regulation shall not affect the application of the social and labour rules of the Member States and should take into account Article 28 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In cases of limitation of the number of port service providers, where the conclusion of a port service contract may entail a change of port service operator, it should be possible for the competent authorities toMember States should ask the chosen service operator to apply the provisions of Council Directive 2001/23/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees’ rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses11 . __________________ 11 OJ L 82, 22.3.2001, p. 16.
2015/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) In a highly complex and dangerous sector such as port services, training of new recruits as well as lifelong training of staff are essential for ensuring workers’ health and safety, as well as the quality of services. Adequate training should be a right for every worker entering the port sector. The EU-level Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Ports should be able to develop guidelines for the establishment of training requirements to ensure a high quality of education and training of workers, to minimise the risk of accidents and to meet future skill requirements.
2015/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to national and Union law including collective agreements between social partners, the managing bodies of the port mayust require the designated provider of port services appointed in accordance with the procedure established by Article 7, in the case where this provider is different from the incumbent provider of port services, to grant staff previously taken on by the incumbent provider of port services the rights to which they would have been entitled if there had been a transfer within the meaning of Directive 2001/23/EC.
2013/11/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 b (new)
(19b) Developments in the maritime industry, such as the increasing size of vessels and overcapacity, aggravate the already fluctuating demand for labour. In many ports this has resulted in an increase of casual work arrangements, which led to precarious and unsocial working conditions. The Member States, together with the social partners, should take measures to ensure employment continuity and social protection, despite the fluctuations in demand for labour, in accordance with the principles set out in the ILO Convention concerning the Social Repercussions of the New Methods of Cargo Handling in Docks (ILO Convention No. 137).
2015/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 c (new)
(19c) All models for the organisation of port labour that secure quality jobs and safe working conditions should be supported by the Commission and the Member States. Any necessary adjustments should only be promoted through negotiations between the social partners, and the Commission should duly take into account the results of such negotiations.
2015/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Where managing bodies of the port require all providers ofwhich are involved in providing port services to comply with certaall the existing social standards as regards the provision of relevant port services, tender documents and port service contracts shall list the staff concerned and give transparent details of their contractual rights and the conditions under which employees are deemed to be linked to the port services.
2013/11/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 d (new)
(19d) Automation and technological innovation should be dealt with in a timely manner by the employers and workers’ representatives jointly, in order to guarantee the necessary training and retraining and to find shared solutions to minimise the negative effect of such processes on occupational health and safety, employability and job security. Such dialogue should also involve public authorities and management bodies, as appropriate, whenever they are involved in automation, innovation and expansion plans.
2015/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10a Member States shall arrange for national labour inspectorates to conduct regular checks for compliance with the existing social standards.
2013/11/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 a (new)
(31a) Labour relations have a significant influence on the activities and working of the ports. Therefore the EU level Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Ports should be able to provide the EU social partners with a framework for the possible adoption of common results regarding social issues related to port labour relations. The Commission should facilitate, support and offer technical assistance to the negotiations where necessary, while respecting the autonomy of the social partners. The EU social partners should have the possibility to report on any progress made, if they wish so, so that their outcomes could be taken into account by the Commission when reporting on the effect of this Regulation.
2015/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 73 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The managing body of the port shall regularly consult stakeholders such as, including representatives of employers and employees at undertakings established in the port, providers of port services, operators of waterborne vessels, cargo owners, land transport operators and public administrations operating in the port area on the following:
2013/11/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) compliance with the existing social standards.
2013/11/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the compliance with requirements on the maritime safety or the safety and security of the port or access to it, its installations, equipment and persons, including the provisions on health and safety at work which apply to the port concerned;
2015/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 111 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) the compliance with national social standards;
2015/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 112 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
(db) the good repute of the port service provider with regard to the respect of social and labour rights, including the compliance with applicable Union and national law and with agreements to protect health and safety.
2015/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 126 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the need to ensure the provision of safe, secure or environmentally sustainable port operations;
2015/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 129 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) In the interest of efficient, safe and, environmentally and socially sound port management, the managing body of the port should be able to require that port service providers, including subcontractors, can demonstrate that they meet minimum requirements to perform the service in an appropriate way. These minimum requirements should be limited to a clearly defined set of conditions concerning the professional qualifications of the operators, including in terms of training, and the equipment required insofar as these requirements are transparneeded in order to provide the relevant port service, compliance with maritime safety requirements, respect of environmental requirements, non- discriminatory, objective and relevthe good repute of the provider regarding the respect of social and labour rights, including the application of laws and agreements to protect health and safety, antd for the provistection of the port serviceemployees.
2013/12/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 141 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the safety, security or environmental sustainability of ports operations.
2015/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 154 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to national and Union law including collective agreements between social partners, the managing bodies of the port mayMember States shall require the designated provider of port services appointed in accordance with the procedure established by Article 7, in the case where this provider is different from the incumbent provider of port services and where the incumbent provider ceases its commercial operations, to grant staff previously taken on by the incumbent provider of port services the rights to which they would have been entitled if there had been a transfer within the meaning of Directive 2001/23/EC.
2015/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 172 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The managing body of the port shall regularly consult stakeholders such as undertakings established in the port, providers of port services, operators of waterborne vessels, cargo owners, land transport operators and, public administrations and representatives of the employers and employees operating in the port area on the following:
2015/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 174 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the compliance with the minimum requirements provided for in Article 4(2), including the proper application of health and safety at work which apply to the port concerned;
2015/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 264 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
18 a. "Subcontractor" means any natural person or any legal entity, to whom the execution of all or part of the obligations of a prior contract is assigned;
2013/12/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 269 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article -3 (new)
Article -3 Subcontracting 1. A provider of port services as referred to in Article 2 (13) may not subcontract services except if it is temporarily unable to provide these services due to force majeure. Collective action shall not be considered force majeure. 2. Subcontractors may not subcontract port services. 3. Any provider of port services using one or more subcontractors shall inform the managing body of the port of the name and activities of the subcontractors concerned. 4. Where the employer is a subcontractor and without prejudice to the provisions of national law concerning the rights of contribution or recourse, or to provisions of national law in the field of social security, Member States shall ensure that the contractor of which the employer is a direct subcontractor may, in addition to or in place of the employer, be liable to pay: (a) any financial sanction imposed; and (b) any back payments 5. Where the service provider is a subcontractor, Member States shall ensure that the main contractor and any intermediate subcontractor, where they knew that the employing subcontractor employed illegally staying third-country nationals, may be liable to make the payments referred to in paragraph 4 in addition to or in place of the employing subcontractor or the contractor of which the employer is a direct subcontractor. 6. Member States may provide for more stringent liability rules under national law. 7. Subcontractors shall be able to prove their good repute regarding respect of social and labour rights, including the application of laws and agreements to protect health and safety.
2013/12/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 30 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) The free movement of workers gives every citizen the right to move freely to another Member State to work and reside there for that purpose. It protects them against discrimination on the grounds of nationality as regards employment, remuneration and other working conditions by ensuring their equal treatment in comparison to nationals of that Member State. It needs to be distinguished from the freedom to provide services, which includes the right of undertakings to provide services in another Member State, for which they may send (‘post’) their own workers to another Member State temporarily to carry out the work necessary to provide these services there.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The Commission should heed Parliament's call and take its own measures to foster the mobility of workers and guarantee protection against discrimination.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) The application and monitoring of the Union rules on free movement of workers within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 should be improved to ensure workers are better informed about their rights, to assist and to protect them in the exercise of those rights, and to combat circumvention of these rules by public authorities and public or private employers. To that end, the implementation of Council Directive 91/533/EEC should be monitored consistently. In addition, workers should have an automatic right to be provided with information by Member States.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 73 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) Member States should ensure the promotion of synergies with existing individual counselling and information and support tools at the Union level and to this end they should ensure that existing or newly created bodies are aware, make use of and co-operate with the existing information and assistance services, such as EURES cross border partnerships for cross border workers and employers, Your Europe, SOLVIT, EURES, Enterprise Europe Network and the Points of Single Contact.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) Member States should make information about employment terms and conditions more widely available to workers from other Member States, to employers and to other interested parties. Such right should be enjoyed without discrimination by permanent, seasonal and frontier workers and by those who pursue their activities for the purpose of providing services. The information provided should also cover bogus self- employed or bogus posted workers, in order to help them enjoy their rights and protect the most vulnerable workers.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) Member States should makeensure that information about employment terms and conditions and their enforcement is more widely available to workers from other Member States, to employers and to other interested parties. Member States should provide, on request, similar information to those of its own citizens who wish to exercise the right to freedom of movement and move to another Member State.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 86 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) Member States should establish how employers, workers and other people can be provided with easily accessible, relevant information on the provisions of this Directive and the relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) No 492/2011Regulation (EU) No 492/2011, including information on the bodies to which the tasks referred to in Article 5 are allocated. This information should also be easily accessible through Your Europe and EURES.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) conditions of employment and work, in particular as regards remuneration, collective agreements and dismissal;
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 113 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) accessright to training;
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) access to employment services;
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 117 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) benefits and programmes intended to foster integration and mobility;
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) right to social protection;
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 120 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a This Directive concerns workers making use of the freedom of movement for workers, including permanent, seasonal and frontier workers and those who pursue their activities for the purpose of providing services. Bogus self-employed or bogus posted workers shall also be covered.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 shall apply without prejudice to national rules on time limits for enforcement of those rights. These time limits shall be such that they cannot be regarded as capable of rendering virtually impossible or excessivesignificantly difficult the exercise of rights conferred by Union law.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 136 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In order to facilitate the enforcement of the rights granted under Union law, workers shall be entitled to be issued by their employers with a verifiable, readily understandable pay slip. Member States shall adopt uniform requirements as regards the form and content of such pay slips.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 137 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. In order to facilitate the enforcement of the rights granted under Union law, workers shall be entitled to be issued by their employers with time sheets. In the event of legal proceedings between the employer and the worker, the burden of proof in respect of the time sheets shall rest with the employer.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 138 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. In order to facilitate the enforcement of the rights granted under Union law, Member States shall adopt legal provisions stipulating that workers are entitled to reimbursement of the expenses incurred in obtaining the information they need to assert their rights, in particular the cost of obtaining advice, travel expenses and the cost of engaging an interpreter.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 150 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall designate a structure, a body or bodies for the promotion, analysis, monitoring and support of equal treatment of all workers or members of their families without discrimination on grounds of nationality and make the necessary arrangements for functioning of such bodies. These bodies may form part of agencexisting agencies or bodies at a national level with similar objectives but covering a wider range of discrimination grounds. In that case, the Member State shall ensure allocation of sufficient resources to the existing body for the performance of additional tasks in order to ensure that the performance of already existing tasks of these bodies will not suffer. In keeping with the provisions of their national law, Member States shall give non-governmental bodies the task of assisting the victims of discrimination.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 157 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) without prejudice to the right of workers or the members of their family and associations and organisations or other legal entities referred to in Article 4, the provision of independent legal and/or other assistance covering all aspects of national labour law to workers or the members of their family in pursuing their complaints;
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 166 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Member States shall encouragestablish dialogue with appropriate non-governmental organisations and the social partners which have, in accordance with their national law and practice, a legitimate interest in contributing to the fight against discrimination on grounds of nationality with a view to promoting the principle of equal treatment.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 176 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall provide clear, easily accessible, comprehensive and up- to-date information on the rights conferred by the Union law on free movement of workers. This information shoul for jobseekers, mobile workers and employers to promote workers' voluntary geographical mobility on a fair basis and contribute to a high-level of quality employment. This information should be provided by individual counselling and also be easily accessible through Your Europe and EURES.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 185 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Chapter 4 a (new)
Chapter IVa Monitoring compliance
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 186 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7a Penalties Member States shall lay down rules on penalties applicable in the event of infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and to Regulation 492/2011and shall take all the necessary measures to ensure that they are implemented and complied with. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify these provisions to the Commission by [..... date of transposition] at the latest. They shall notify without delay any subsequent amendments to them.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 187 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 b (new)
Article 7b Labour inspections Member States shall ensure that appropriate checks and monitoring mechanisms are put in place and that effective and adequate inspections are carried out on their territory in order to control and monitor compliance with the provisions and rules laid down in Regulation 492/2011 and to guarantee its proper application and enforcement.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 189 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Member States mayshall provide that the competencies of the structures and bodies referred to in Article 5 for the promotion, analysis, monitoring and support of equal treatment of all workers or members of their families without discrimination on grounds of nationality, also cover the right to equal treatment without discrimination on grounds of nationality of all EU citizens and their family members exercising their right to free movement, as enshrined in Article 21 TFEU and Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 191 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The competencies of the structures and bodies referred to in Article 5 provided by the Member States shall also cover posted workers as defined in directive 96/71/EC.
2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) In order to enhance consistency and comparability of non-financial information disclosed throughout the Union, companies should be required to include in their annual report a non-financial statement containing information relating to at least environmental matters, social and employee-related matters,, gender, integration, and employment matters, including social dialogue, the right to organise, compliance with the rules of collective agreements, and respect for trade union rights, as well as respect for human rights, and anti-corruption and bribery matters. Such a statement should include a description of the policies, results, significant incidents that occurred during the reporting period, and the risks related to those matters.
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 26 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) In providing thissuch information, companies may rely on national frameworks, EU-based frameworks such as the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), and international frameworks such as the United Nations (UN) Global Compact, the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights implementing the UN “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 26000, and on the International Labour Organization (ILO) Tripartite Declaration of principles concerning multinational enterprises and social policy, and the Global Reporting Initiative. (The OECD guidelines are couched within a broader framework than the other guidelines. If the sources mentioned are all deemed to be acceptable reference points, the CSR policies of different companies will be impossible to compare.)
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 31 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) The scope of these non-financial disclosure requirements should be defined by reference to the average number of employees, total assets and turnover. SMEs should be exempted from additional requirements, and the obligation to disclose a non-financial statement in the annual report should only apply to those companies whose average number of employees exceeds 2500, and which exceed either a balance sheet total of EUR 20 million or a net turnover of EUR 40 million.
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 36 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 78/660/EEC
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point a – subparagraph 1
The annual report shall include a fair review of the development and performance of the company’s business and of its position, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that it faces. business, with reference both to the company concerned and to the entire supply chain, and of the company’s position, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that it faces. Risks in this context include financial uncertainties as well as disregard for social and environmental standards.
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 37 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 78/660/EEC
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point a – subparagraph 2
The review shall be a balanced and comprehensive analysis of the development and performance of the company’s business and of its position, consistent with the size and complexity of the business. Works councils and supervisory boards shall be involved in drafting the material published. Company reporting shall be independently verified. Disregard for disclosure requirements shall be penalised by Member States.
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 39 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 78/660/EEC
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
For companies whose average number of employees during the financial year exceeds 2500 and, on their balance sheet dates, exceed either a balance sheet total of EUR 20 million or a net turnover of EUR 40 million, the review shall also include a non-financial statement containing information on the impact of company business on society relating to at least environmental, social, gender, and employee matters,ment matters, including social dialogue, the right to organise, compliance with the rules of collective agreements, and respect for trade union rights, as well as respect for human rights, and anti- corruption and bribery matters, including:
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 41 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 78/660/EEC
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 1 – subpoint iii
the risks for the company and society which are related to these matters and how the company manages those risks; in this context, risks for the company include financial uncertainties, as well as disregard for social and environmental standards.
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 43 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 78/660/EEC
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 2
Where a company does not pursue policies in relation to one or more of these matters, it shall provide an explanation for not doing so.deleted
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 45 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 78/660/EEC
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 3
In providing such information the company mayshall rely on national, EU-based or international frameworks and, if so, shall specify which frameworks it has relied uponthe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) indicators.
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 48 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 78/660/EEC
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 3a (new)
In this connection, relevant employment information shall include at least the following indicators:
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 49 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 78/660/EEC
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 3 – subpoint i (new)
the number of persons employed under service contracts;
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 50 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 78/660/EEC
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 3 – subpoint i a (new)
employee turnover;
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 51 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 78/660/EEC
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 3 – subpoint i b (new)
fringe benefits in connection with full- time, part-time and temporary employment;
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 52 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 78/660/EEC
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 3 – subpoint i c (new)
the degree of trade union organisation, including the percentage of workers covered by collective agreements;
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 53 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 78/660/EEC
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 3 – subpoint i d (new)
basic pay for men in proportion to basic pay for women.
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 60 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1 – point a
Directive 83/349/EEC
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The consolidated annual report shall include a fair review of the development and performance of the business and of the position of the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole, and of their suppliers, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face. In this context, risks include financial uncertainties, as well as disregard for social and environmental standards.
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 61 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1 – point a
Directive 83/349/EEC
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The review shall analyse in a balanced manner the development and performance of the business and the position of the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole, consistent with the size and complexity of the business. Works councils and supervisory boards shall be involved in drafting the material published. Undertakings' reporting shall be independently verified. Disregard for disclosure requirements shall be penalised by Member States.
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 63 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1 – point a
Directive 83/349/EEC
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
For parent undertakings of undertakings to be consolidated that together exceed an average number of 2500 employees during the financial year, and, on their balance sheet dates, exceed either a balance sheet total of EUR 20 million or a net turnover of EUR 40 million, the review shall also include a non-financial statement containing information regarding the impact of the undertakings’ activity on society and relating to at least environmental, social, gender and employee matters,ment matters including the existence of social dialogue, freedom of association, observance of collective wage agreements and respect for trade union rights, as well as respect for human rights, and anti- corruption and bribery matters, including the following:
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 66 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1 – point a
Directive 83/349/EEC
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – subpoint iii
the risks for the company and society which are related to these matters and how the company manages those risks; in this context, risks for the company include financial uncertainties, as well as disregard for social and environmental standards.
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 68 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1 – point a
Directive 83/349/EEC
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Where the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole do not pursue policies in relation to one or more of these matters, the company shall provide an explanation for not doing so.deleted
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 70 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1 – point a
Directive 83/349/EEC
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
In providing such information the consolidated annual report may rely on national, EU-based or international frameworks and if so, shall specify which frameworks it has relied uponmpany shall rely on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) indicators.
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 73 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1 – point a
Directive 83/349/EEC
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
In this connection, relevant employment information shall include at least the following indicators:
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 74 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1 – point a
Directive 83/349/EEC
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – subpoint i (new)
the number of persons employed under service contracts;
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 75 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1 – point a
Directive 83/349/EEC
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – subpoint i a (new)
employee turnover;
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 76 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1 – point a
Directive 83/349/EEC
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – subpoint i b (new)
fringe benefits in connection with full- time, part-time and temporary employment;
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 77 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1 – point a
Directive 83/349/EEC
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – subpoint i c (new)
the degree of trade union organisation, including the percentage of workers covered by collective agreements;
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 78 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1 – point a
Directive 83/349/EEC
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – subpoint i d (new)
basic pay for men in proportion to basic pay for women.
2013/10/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 30 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Taking into account the heterogeneity of networks in terms of their size and density and the variety of organisational structures of national and local or regional authorities and their respective experiences of the process of market opening, each Member State should be given sufficient flexibility to organise its network in such a way that an optimum mix of open-access services and services performed under public service contracts can be achieved in order to ensure a high quality of services readily accessible to all passengers;
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) With a view to completion of the single European railway area, and given the competition in the sector, the Commission actively supports and encourages the social dialogue at Union level in order to ensure that railway workers are protected against unwanted effects of market opening and to develop joint responses to challenges resulting from the implementation of the Fourth Railway Package. In this context, the impact of the psychological and social stresses which change causes to the staff concerned deserves particular attention.
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 b (new)
(19b) The Commission ensures the full and correct enforcement by Member States of the provisions of Council Directive 2005/47/EC of 18 July 2005 on the Agreement between the Community of European Railways (CER) and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) on certain aspects of the working conditions of mobile workers engaged in interoperable cross-border services in the railway sector, particularly their safety.
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 c (new)
(19c) The respect of working, driving and rest time rules for locomotive drivers is essential for railway safety and for fair competition. In an open European railway market with increasing cross- border operations the respect of driving and rest time must be controlled and enforced. The national safety authorities should have the task to check and enforce such rules; the Commission should propose rules and mandatory regular checks. But this is possible only with an electronic on-board device that registers driving and rest time of locomotive drivers.
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 d (new)
(19d) In the light of the development of the single European railway area and the opening of the rail transport market, Member States should make use of representative collective agreements concluded between social partners, without prejudice to national law and collective agreements already in force, in order to avoid social dumping and unfair competition.
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 e (new)
(19e) On-board personnel are a professional group within the railway sector that is performing safety-relevant tasks. Traditionally it is performing operational safety tasks within the railway system and it is responsible for passengers' comfort and safety on board trains. A certification similar to the certification of locomotive drivers is useful in order to guarantee a high level of qualifications and competences, to recognise the relevance of these professional groups for safe rail services but also to facilitate mobility of workers.
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 f (new)
(19f) The Commission should assess the impact of this Directive on the development of the labour market for railway on-board staff and propose new legislative measures on the certification of such railway on-board staff.
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2013/0029(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7
3. [...] __________________deleted OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 10.
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Competitive tendering based on the lowest price principle leads to social dumping, often related to cheaper offers, thus saving at the expense of employees: lower wages, longer working hours, fewer personnel. To ensure that competitive tendering is based not on the lowest price but rather on quality criteria, and to take account of national specificities, the form of competitive tendering procedures must be at the discretion of the Member States.
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Where the conclusion of a public service contract may entail a change of public service operator, competent authorities should require the chosen public service operator to apply the provisions of Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of transfer of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses. This Directive does not preclude Member States from safeguarding transfer conditions of employees’ rights other than those covered by Directive 2001/23/EC. Member Stats shall be required to take into account labour and social standards more favourable to the workers, established by national laws, regulations or administrative provisions or collective agreements or agreements concluded between the social partners.
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) In keeping with the principle of subsidiarity, competent authorities should establish social and qualitative criteria in order to maintain and raise quality standards for public service obligations, for instance with regard to minimal working conditions, passenger rights, the needs of persons with reduced mobility, environmental protection and the health and security of passengers and employees, as well as collective agreement obligations and other rules and agreements concerning workplaces and social protection at the place where the service is provided. In order to ensure transparent and comparable terms of competition between operators and to avert the risk of social dumping, competent authorities should be free to impose specific social and service-quality standards.
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) With a view to reducing abuses in subcontracting situations and in order to protect the rights of railway workers, it should be ensured on a non- discriminatory basis that sub-contractors can be held liable to pay to workers all due entitlements and/or contributions due to common funds or institutions of social partners regulated by law or collective agreement. In any case Member States should be free to introduce and/or apply more stringent liability rules under national law.
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2a – paragraph 1 – point d
principles of tariff policy and applicable rules regarding social and employment protection;
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In establishing public transport plans, competent authorities shall have regard in particular to applicable rules regarding passenger rights, social, employment and environmental protectionorder to ensure transparent and comparable terms of competition between operators and to avert the risk of social dumping, competent authorities may impose specific social and service-quality standards.
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2a – paragraph 3 – point b
they shall be appropriate to achieve the objectives of the public transport plan, i.e. shall determine the award procedure in terms of the quality standards to be achieved, and stipulate the appropriate means to be used, to attain the objectives of the public transport plan;
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The assessment of appropriateness referred to in point (b) shall take into account whether a public intervention in the provision of passenger transport is a suitable means of achieving the objectives of the public transport plans.deleted
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2a – paragraph 4 – point a
achieve the objectives of the public transport plan in the most cost-effective mannerefficient possible manner with a high level of quality;
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 86 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: ‘Without prejudice to national and Community law, including collective agreements between the social partners, competent authorities shall require the selected public service operator to grant staff previously taken on to provide services the rights to which they would have been entitled if there had been a transfer within the meaning of Directive 2001/23/EC. This Directive does not preclude Member States from safeguarding transfer conditions of employees’ rights other than those covered by Directive 2001/23/EC. Member States shall be required to take into account labour and social standards more favourable to the workers, established by national laws, regulations or administrative provisions or collective agreements or agreements concluded between the social partners.’
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 3a (new)
4a. The following paragraph is inserted: ‘3a. The competent authority may exclude operators from non-EU countries from participating in the competitive tendering procedures when these non-EU countries do not open their tendering procedures to Member State companies.’
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2013/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 6
(b) Paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: "Competent authorities may decide that, in order to increase competition between railway undertakings, contracts for public passenger transport by rail covering parts of the same network or package of routes shall be awarded to different railway undertakings. To this end the competent authorities may decide before launching the tender procedure to limit the number of contracts to be awarded to the same railway undertaking."deleted
2013/09/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2012/2299(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
A. whereas the number of job cuts implemented and scheduled by European airlines since 2012 amount to more than 20 000;
2013/03/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2012/2299(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B (new)
B. whereas the European social partners in aviation, in the context of a dialogue on the impact of the global crisis in civil aviation held on 29 January 2013, agreed that coordinated and comprehensive action is necessary at international level;
2013/03/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2012/2299(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that the European hubs need to be strengthened by corresponding Air Transport Agreements in order to protect jobs at European airlines, airports and third-party service providers;
2013/03/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2012/2299(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that thepotential obstacles to growth and employment might lie in differences in the national taxes levied on the aviation sector, in congestion of airports and airspace within the EU, and in the variable rates of air navigation and airport charges and in the application of lower social standards and differing rules on state aid outside the EU;
2013/03/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2012/2299(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls upon Member States to consider whether their taxes, fees and duties which affect costs faced by airlines could be damaging to global competition;
2013/03/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2012/2299(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, as it seeks to boost competitiveness and open up the aviation market more widely, to establish a legal framework compatible with safety, labour, and social standards, protection of jobs and working conditions, air safety, – including provisions on working hours and flying times in order to prevent fatigue – environmental standards, and qualitative improvements, the object being to prevent competition from becoming a race to the bottom in terms of standards;
2013/03/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2012/2299(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that plans to liberalise the aviation sector, for example in the areas of ground handling services and flying duty, must not be allowed to impact negatively on employees or the public; stresses that liberalisation plans must involve an assessment of the social impacts;
2013/03/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #

2012/2299(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points out that there is a great deal of competition between carriers as a result of low-cost airlines, which make up 40 % of the EU aviation market; stresses that all airline companies must comply with the fundamental rights of ILO Conventions 87 and 98 on freedom of assembly as well as the recognition of employee representatives and wage agreements, in which connection compliance must be monitored and infringements penalised;
2013/03/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2012/2299(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses that the reform of ownership and control of airlines proposed by the Commission may only be implemented – if at all – on the basis of clear rules and following a social impact assessment as well as consultation and full inclusion of the social partners; points out that such a reform must be based on an aim to create a level playing field between the EU and third countries;
2013/03/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2012/2299(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, when conducting negotiations on the expansion of aviation relations, to ensure that the European Parliament and all stakeholders, including the social partners, are involved as widely as possible in the shaping of measures as well as in the ensuing negotiations; considers that social impact assessments must be carried out and heeded;
2013/03/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2012/2299(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that airlines from third countries must comply with fundamental rights laid down by the ILO, such as freedom of assembly, establishment of workers' representation and the recognition of wage agreements, in particular Article 5 of Convention 87; calls upon the Commission and Member States to enshrine binding social clauses and ILO standards in international Air Transport Agreements and to penalise infringements thereof;
2013/03/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2012/2294(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1
– having regard to the Europe 2020 strategy, which calls for smart and green, green and sustainable growth,
2013/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2012/2294(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas eco-innovation is the cornerstone for Europe’s development of an environmentally and, economically and socially sustainable growth strategy, leading to diversequality employment opportunities in a variety of sectors;
2013/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2012/2294(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the potential for direct and indirect quality job creation through full implementation of the EU 2020 strategy; calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts in this area; welcomes the Commission’s promotion of an integrated strategy for green growth under the ‘Innovation Union’ flagship initiative and in particular the Eco- Innovation Action Plan as a step in the right direction;
2013/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2012/2294(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the wide spectrumNotes the great diversity of employment opportunities at varyingnd skills levels opened up by eco-innovation and the bioeconomy, particularly with regard to recycling/reuse processing, eco-design, and investment in the knowledge sector; the differences in working conditions between the relatively small employment sectors of renewable energy and larger sectors such as agriculture and forestry; points out that ‘green job’ is not synonymous with ‘decent work’;
2013/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2012/2294(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that eco-innovation presents clear opportunities for new niche businesses, offering opportunities for SMEs, self-starters and the self-employed to benefit from new business models as well as revitalisoffering existing traditional economic sectors opportunities to make existing jobs greener;
2013/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2012/2294(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the dual environmental and economic benefits ofwhich a transition to a bioeconomy may bring, in terms of creating sustainable jobs both in the EU and in the developing world through increased participation in innovative fuel and material production, as well asprovided the employment opportunities resulting frommeet the criteria for decent work; stresses that the processing and distribution of biofuels and biomaterials for business, public, private and domestic consumers play only a limited role in the creation of new jobs, while many of the employment opportunities that arise will be in the area of unqualified jobs;
2013/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2012/2294(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the potential synergy effects of eco-innovation in creating sustainable, quality jobs, protecting the environment and reducing economic dependency.
2013/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas costs for housing, rent and energy represent the highest share of private budgets and their increase is therefore a major driver for social exclusion and the increasing gap between rich and poor;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas affordable accommodation is a suitable tool for achieving social justice and cohesion, and affordable rental housing is a precondition for enhanced labour mobility and increased employment opportunities;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that, under Protocol No 26 to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, public authorities are free to determine how the social housing sector is organised and funded and what its target group is, with a view to meeting local needs of the inhabitants and the population; sees the intervention of public authorities here as a response to the shortcomings of the market, with the aim of ensuring universal access to decent, affordable housing;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 226 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – introductory part
16. RecommeDemands that Member States draw up integrated policies for guaranteeing universal access to decent affordable housing, with aims including:
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 234 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 1 a (new)
- prevent segregation of specific populations group and encourage diversity,
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 236 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 2
– linkage between social housing expansion programmes and policies for access to other essential public services as part of an integrated social policy,
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 238 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 2 a (new)
- a minimum quota of social housing in areas with dense population, high levels of youth unemployment and high migration rates, in order to increase social cohesion,
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 248 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
– steps to address the difficulties commonly encountered by highly vulnerable sections of the population, such as migrants and young people, single parents, young and elderly people and victims of domestic violence, the Roma, the disabled, in seeking access to decent housing,
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 251 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 3 a (new)
- generating specific programmes and proving assistance for victims of property frauds and developing measures to prevent frauds,
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 257 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
– implementation of effective policies, including social rental law, in close cooperation with organisations of tenants, to stop tenants from being evicted, on the basis that covering rent payments and arrears of rent is a less costly option for the relevant authorities,
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 276 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Recommends that Member States and the relevant authorities simplify the process of applying for housing and make the allocation of homes more transparent and impartial, with a view to eliminating discrimination and preventing any tendency on the part of particularly vulnerable groups to avoid applying for housing – a phenomenon which has the effect of aggravating residential segregation; considers regulating brokerages according to the idea that the party originally requesting a service (the owner of the property) should pay the service provider;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 308 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Emphasises that energy efficiency in housing should also serve the purpose of increasing the purchasing power of inhabitants and tenants; building restorations shall only be shifted to the rental charge in as far as the costs equal the energy savings from which the tenant profits;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2012/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to create the appropriate conditions for people to work lonkeep a safe job suited to their ager and to be more productive, both by improving labour-market flexibility throughcapacity until they reach retirement age; considers that, to this end, further vocational training measures are just as necessary throughout a career as the introduction of lifetime accounts and, opportunities for part- time possibilities and by making provision for modern forms of employment contract, including temporary onworking and targeted financial support to businesses for the creation of jobs suited to people in the later stages of working life and people with disabilities;
2012/11/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2012/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Is convinced that comprehensive reforms ameasures necessary in order to prevent and avoid serious shortages on our labour markets, which would result in a further economic slowdown and a threat to the level of prosperity in Europeed to be taken in order to find jobs specifically for older people, to which end it is not permissible to erode terms of employment and country-specific standards; considers that, on the contrary, in recruiting older workers, the principle of decent work should apply, which means that they should be employed for an indefinite period with pay commensurate with collective agreements or with the relevant statutory provisions and unrestricted social insurance; observes that efforts to promote the employment of older workers should always respect the principle of intergenerational equity;
2012/11/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2012/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Points out the essential role of investing more in education and training, with priority for lifelong learning, in order to prepare an active and productive ageing workforce; considers it to be a duty of society and businesses to finance lifelong learning to facilitate the employment of older workers;
2012/11/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2012/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Maintains that further reforms of pension systems are necessary in order to make them sustainable; more coherence must be established between the effective retirement age, the official retirement and prevent poverty in old age more effectively; considers that no further cuts should be made in pension levels; considers that the State and occupational pillars of pension provision should be supported; notes that the most effective way of combating poverty in old age is by safeguarding wages and life expectancysalaries throughout a career such as to guarantee a corresponding level of pension provision;
2012/11/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2012/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that Commission proposals regarding quantitative and qualitative precautionary measures are only of value if they lay stress on taking into accountmust identify the differences between the systems and comply strictly with the principle of proportionality in terms of the financial, administrative and technical burden involved;
2012/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 67 #

2012/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
13. Is strongly opposed to Europe-wide harmonised requirements concerning own capital or evaluation; therefore fully rejects any review of the Pension Funds Directive (the IORP Directive) which aims to achieve this;
2012/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 75 #

2012/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the application of quantitative Solvency II requirements poses a great risk to pillar 2 systems, since these may, as a result of increased costs, be forced in future to accept lower company pensions or to stop them altogether; emphasises that this is noteither in the interests of employees nor employers; therefore concludes that there must be no provisions at EU level aiming to apply Solvency II to 2nd pillar systems;
2012/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 82 #

2012/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
15. Considers theRejects any further development of variations tof Solvency II, such as the Holistic Balance Sheet Model (HBS), to be useful only if specific national requirements are complied with and if they are presented as recommendations; categorically rejects these as components of EU-level regulations;
2012/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 85 #

2012/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that first-pillar pensions remain the most important source of income for pensioners; calls on Member States to implement reforms to their first-pillar systems aligning contributory years to the changing ratio between pensioners and people in working age, also to prevent public pension costs crowding out other important government spendingnd to align the statutory retirement age to the actual number of contribution years instead of a fix age; calls on the Member States to ensure first- pillar pensions - if necessary complemented by minimum income provisions - to provide a decent minimum income;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 127 #

2012/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point ii
ii. a funded, employment-related, mandatory collective second-pillar pension, preferably governed by (sectoral) social partners;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 170 #

2012/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the main thrust of the White Paper that suggests focusing on: balancing time spent in work and retirement; developing complementary occupational and private pension savings, and enhancing the EU's pension monitoring tools; stresses that such measures should always be in compliance with the principle of subsidiary to accommodate the characteristics of occupational pension systems.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 180 #

2012/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that implementing structural reforms aimed at having people work more and longer is the only feasible way to generate the tax revenues and social and plabour market reforms to create good employment is the only feasible way to create incentives for self-determined management of working life; draws attenstion premiums needed to consolidate Member State budgets and to fund adequate, safe and sustainable pension schemes; points to the risk of, in this context, to the importance of active, healthy ageing and lifelong learning; stresses the risk of unemployment, low-wage jobs and part- time work, which leading to only partial pension entitlementspoverty in old age; calls on the Member States to put funds aside to combat the rising public costs of the retiring populationunemployment and precarious terms of employment;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 224 #

2012/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the social partners to adopt a life-cycle approach to human resources management and to adapt workplaces; calls on employers to come up with programmes to support active and healthy ageing and to ensure that employees can work longer on a voluntary basis; calls on workers to engage actively in available training opportunities and to keep themselves fit for the labour market at all stages of their working life;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 268 #

2012/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Regrets the wide dispersion in characteristics and outcomes across Member States' occupational pension schemes as regards access, solidarity, cost- effectiveness, risk and return; welcomes the Commission's intention, in close consultation with the Member States, social partners, the pension industry and other stakeholders, to develop a code of good practice for occupational pension schemes, in compliance with the principle subsidiarity;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls that a European Economic and Monetary Union should first and foremost serve the people and the real economy as a basis for increasing the living standards of all;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to adopt growth-friendly policies aimed at maintaining and creating jobs; regrets that, contrary to budgetary discipline, employment hasand social welfare have not been considered as a EU top priority increasing the risk that, considering the financiar; warns that the constraint of policy making on economic and monetary matters and the lack of a balanced and holisation of the economy,c approach increases the risk of pro-cyclical impacts of initiatives originally designed to stabilise financial markets are pro-cyclical in their impact;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that restructuring and relocation processes on a large scale have resulted in the loss of almost 2 million jobs during the last 3 years in the EU, and regrets that there has not been a European answer to facilitate the management of restructuring in a more social and economic responsible way;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 3
3. Recalls the importance of the adoption of the Growth Pact and believes that new initiatives such as a Social Pact should follow;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 4
4. Calls for a balanced interaction between economic and monetary policies on the one hand and employment and social policies on the other hand since the European social model is a driverthe core of economic competitiveness without which the Union's social market economy will not be able to climb out of the rutget back on track;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Requests that in addition to the four building blocks outlined in the EMU roadmap, a fifth one, «Calls for setting up a fifth building block, 'Towards an integrated employment and social policy framework»', is set upn addition to the four building blocks outlined in the EMU roadmap in order to promote:
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6 – indent 1
– the introduction of a European Youth Guarantee;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6 – indent 1 a (new)
- an integrated active employment policy, including investment in human resource development, strategies for employment creation and improved working conditions, measures to encourage and support geographical mobility; forecasting of future occupational requirements, support for integration of disadvantaged groups into employment and income security during unemployment;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6 – indent 1 b (new)
- a social investment pact, focusing on inclusive education and lifelong learning, quality jobs, active inclusion, social protection, inclusive services, equality and anti-discrimination; the increased use of EU funds for inclusion;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6 – indent 4
access to affordable and social housing;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6 – indent 5
the creation of a social protection floor to guarantee equwhich would provide for universal access to essential health services, income support and subsistence security;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6 – indent 6 a (new)
- equal pay and equal rights for work of equal value for all;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6 – indent 6 b (new)
- an allocation of 25% of cohesion funding for the European Social Fund;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6 – indent 6 c (new)
- a new health and safety strategy including stress related diseases;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 7
7. Underlines that fiscal consolidation and economic recovery require a stable level of internal consumption and adequate contribution to the welfare state and social security systems, which can only be achieved with high levels of quality employment, decent living wages and a fair burden sharing;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and Council to ensure that policy guidance for fiscal consolidation is fully coherent with the Union's objectives of social and sustainable development, based on Article 9 TFEU and that it is supplemented by a growth and employment package dedicated to sustainable development and quality jobs;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 10
10. Deplores the fact that most Member States have not submitted a National Job Plan as part of their National Reform Programme 2012; considers that an integrated and strengthened economic policy framework must build on the principles of sustainable developmentgrowth and employment, while promoting social cohesion and social welfare;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 87 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to strengthen fair mobility andwith measures to improve and support mobile workers, step up the fight against social dumping due to the misuse of posted workers, both in host and home countries, and to address the legal loopholes in the protection of workers involved in cross-border provision of services;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 14
14. Calls for enhanced surveillance of the effects of economic and monetary policies on the social situation and the labour markets and measures to eliminate the negative social consequences of these policies; suggests therefore to add social policies linked with job creation to be added to the provisions on the surveillance of national economic policies in the framework of the European Semester;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2012/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 17
17. Call forUnderlines the need to improve social governance at the European level in parallel ofwith the establishment of European economic governance., in order to ensure strong surveillance and monitoring of the employment and social targets of the Europe 2020 strategy as well as synergy effects and coherent policy making;
2012/09/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2012/2144(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that all main stakeholders have to commit themselves to properly enforcing the full implementation of Single Market legislation, whilst also taking into account its social dimension, in order to establish the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same workplace;
2012/12/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2012/2144(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to apply zero-tolerance to any discriminatory rules and practices by Member States; Social and labour legislation, collective agreements, industrial relation systems, equal treatment and the principle of "equal pay for equal work" have to be respected, protected and promoted;
2012/12/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2012/2144(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that over two decades the Single Market has proved to be a great success; believes, at the same time, that more efforts need to be concentrated on promoting growth and job creationg high-quality jobs, as a means of enabling the EU to overcome the current crisis;
2012/12/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2012/2144(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that a clear definition of the term ‘worker’ needs to be laid down at European level in order to avert the increasing instances in which labour, social security, and health protection regulations are being circumvented, for example through bogus self-employment;
2012/12/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2012/2144(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the new Commission Communication entitled ‘Single Market Act II – Together for new growth’, which is aimed at enhancing the integration of the Single Market within the EU, stimulating growth and fostering jobthe creation of high- quality jobs, particularly for young people, and welcomes the support it offers to social entrepreneurship.
2012/12/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2012/2144(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States, for the purposes of cross-border delivery of services, to provide for the necessary guidance on current labour, social security, and tax law to employers, workers, and other stakeholders; considers that such information must be accessible before, during, and after the mobility experience.
2012/12/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2012/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas, despite an unemployment rate in the EU of approximately 10% (i.e. 23.8 million people out of work), this human resources crisis is already evident and it will become more acute over the next few years: in 2015, for example, between 380 000 and 700 000 IT posts will be unfilled; whereas measures to counter this human resources crisis must, however, primarily involve better training opportunities, the identification of new target groups and better access to higher education for EU citizens;
2012/11/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2012/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the human resources crisis in the EU can be improved through greater equality of opportunities in the education system, better career advancement opportunities through education, and the training and skills development of workers;
2012/11/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2012/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas, while the EU can expect to receive a steady inflow of migrants, it has to compete globally for the best brains;deleted
2012/11/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2012/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas quality and sustainable employment is the key to successful integration;
2012/11/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2012/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that countries of origin have a responsibility for promoting integration into the labour market by means of easily accessible language and other preparatory courses, the provision of information, and contacts with diaspora or the relevant departments of their embassies in host countries;
2012/11/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2012/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for language and integration programmes to cover the history, values and principles of European democracy and the rule of law, highlighting the role of women, minority rights and the rights of LGBT people, regardless of the cultural background, skills and area of professional expertise of the immigrant;
2012/11/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 95 #

2012/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the principle of equal pay and equal working conditions for equal work at the same place must apply to skilled workers arriving both from the EU and third countries;
2012/11/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2012/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that immigration from the new Member States has a particular impact on the unskilled and precarious employment sectors and on temporary agency work, and that this phenomenon can be counteracted by extending the scope of universally applicable collective wage agreements;
2012/11/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2012/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that workers’ representative bodies and employee participation are essential structural elements of a CSR strategy; democratically-elected workers’ representation bodies must therefore be involved when drawing up a CSR strategy for businesses and must be taken into account in the Commission’s action plan;
2012/11/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 80 #

2012/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Strongly supports the recognition, in the Commission communication, that ‘helping to mitigate the social effects of the current crisis’ is part of the social responsibility of enterprises; calls on businesses to undertake, in cooperation with workers’ representatives, initiatives for youth job creation as a practical example of their commitment;
2012/11/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 198 #

2012/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Agrees that there cannot be a ‘one size fits all’ approach to CSR but, recognising that the profusion of private and voluntary initiatives can generate additional costs and be a barrier to implementation, calls on the Commission, with the participation of Parliament and the Council and together with other international bodies, to make a commitment to supporting the long-term objective of ‘convergence’ of CSR initiatives;
2012/11/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2012/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the crisis has led to a new Union economic governance, via the annual growth survey and semester, which itself may lead to restructuring and thus requires the involvement of social partners;
2012/07/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2012/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas, as stated in the Single Market Act, ‘Commission communication on "Towards a Single Market Act, "the sense of disillusionment felt by some towards the internal market may also be the result of the perception that successive liberalisations have been carried out at the expense of the social rights acquired by various economic operators."; "The Lisbon Treaty, and the affirmation of the concept of a 'highly competitive social market economy' as one of its key objectives, require "the Union" to adopt a more all-embracing view of the single market (...). Economic freedoms and freedoms of collective action must be reconciled. New life must be breathed into the social dialogue, making it more likely to lead to legislation 'by and for' the social partners, as explicitly provided for by the Lisbon Treaty."; "Beyond purely reactive approaches to the economic and financial crisis, pre-emptive strategies have allowed businesses and their employees to ward off industrial disputes through the proactive management of restructuring operations. This is a precondition for economic success and is a social requirement, since it enables resources to be redistributed to emerging sectors and opens new windows of opportunity for workers when their jobs are at risk. A European framework for restructuring exercises would make for an environment based on mutual trust.’;"
2012/07/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2012/2061(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1 Recital 1
(1) When dealing with anticipation, preparation and management of restructuring, companieemployers, workers' representatives and the other stakeholders act in a spirit of cooperation, based on timely and comprehensive information and consultation.
2012/08/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2012/2061(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1, Recital 6
(6) It is a widely recognised that any restructuring operation should be subject to an explanation and of justification to the stakeholders, which includes in line with national and European legislation in particular the full and appropriate involvement of employee representatives at all levels before taking a company decision.
2012/08/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2012/2061(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1, Recital 6
(6) It is a widely recognised that any restructuring operation should be subject to an explanation and of justification to the social partners and other relevant stakeholders.
2012/08/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #

2012/2061(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1, Recital 8
(8) The active involvement of public authorities at the relevant level in the preparation and management of restructuring operations contributes greatly to limiting their negative impact. The same applies with regard to the involvement of local economic actors, in particular SMEs being in a situation of dependence towards the restructuring company due to their quality of suppliers or of subcontractors.
2012/08/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 143 #

2012/2061(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point d
(d) "agreements" mean agreements concluded at the relevant level (European, national, sectoral, regional or company- level) by, on one hand, employer representatives of the companies and/or their organisations, and, on the other hand, representatives of the employees with the capacity to conclude collective agreements under national law and/or practice or under the procedures laid down by the competent trade union organisations at European level;
2012/08/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 182 #

2012/2061(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 5, paragraph 1
1. Companies shallEmployers develop, in coopernsultation with employees' representatives and, where applicable,, with due regard for their reciprocal rights and obligations, and as appropriate with public authorities and other relevant stake- holders, mechanisms thatof anticipateion and plan for futureof forward-looking planning of employment and skills needs.
2012/08/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 186 #

2012/2061(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 5, paragraph 2, introductory part
2. To that end, companiepurpose, employers shall establish, in co-operation with employees' representativesformation and consultation procedures with employees' representatives with a view of reaching and agreement, and other relevant stakeholders:
2012/08/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 189 #

2012/2061(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 5, paragraph 2, point a
(a) mechanisms for the long-term planning of quantitative and qualitative employment and skills needs that are linked to innovation and development strategies and that take into account the foreseeable evolution of employment and skills, both positive and negative; continuing education and training must be accessible to all workers equally regardless of age, gender, nationality and employment status;
2012/08/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 234 #

2012/2061(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 6, paragraph 1
1. Except in circumstances where restructuring is triggered by unforeseen or sudden events, any restructuring operation shall be preceded by an appropriate preparation with all thethe social partners and other relevant stakeholders concerned with a view to preventing or alleviating its economic, social and local impact.
2012/08/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 254 #

2012/2061(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 7, paragraph 1
1. Any restructuring operation shall be subject to an early explanation and justification to all social partners and other relevant stakeholders on the basis of either long-term strategic goals and requirements or short-term constraints.
2012/08/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 278 #

2012/2061(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 8, paragraph 1
1. When the need to restructureing occurs as a result of the neednd while always seeking to preserve their competitiveness and long-term prosperity, companies shall consideremployers envisage redundancies only as last resort and only after having consideringed all possible alternative options and/or identifying and, where available, implementing supporting measures.
2012/08/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 334 #

2012/2061(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 11, paragraph 2
2. Public authorities shall monitor in close co-operation with social partner organisations at the relevant level the mechanisms for long-term planning and multi-annual plans of employment and skills needs developed within companies.
2012/08/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 336 #

2012/2061(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 11, paragraph 3
3. In regions affected by structural change, public authorities shall in close co- operation with social partner organisations at the relevant level:
2012/08/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 375 #

2012/2061(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 14, paragraph 1
1. CompanieEmployers shall monitor, on a permanent basis, in co-operation with external bodies and authorities, the psycho- social health of employees affected by restructuring processes, both redundant employees and those staying in the company.
2012/08/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 378 #

2012/2061(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 14, paragraph 2
2. Companies shallEmployers create tools ofor the regular evaluation and reporting on their restructuring practicesits practices of restructuring, in particular the impact on health and safety and gender equality, in co-operation with employees' representatives and the external organisations involved in that process.
2012/08/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 404 #

2012/2061(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 16, paragraph 2
2. Member States shall provide that companieemployers that do not comply with the provisions resulting from the Directive shall not benefit from any funding in provenance of European Union budget in the five- years period following a judicial decision recognising the breach.
2012/08/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 411 #

2012/2061(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 16, paragraph 3
3. Member States shall exclude from the benefit of public aids and contracts from the national budgets during the same period the companiesemployers who are in the situation referred to in paragraph 2 above.
2012/08/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2012/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes the high number of female workers in the care sector and the poor working conditions frequently associated with this sector; in this context, emphasises that an agreement must soon be reached on the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services, so as to combat discrimination in the care sector, guarantee appropriate minimum wage rates and maximum hours of work, and ensure clear safety regulations in the workplace; emphasises in particular that the conditions for the supply of labour by temporary employment agencies must be clearly regulated;
2012/06/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2012/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Views SMEs as having particular potential in promoting and spreading the dual system of vocational training, making it easier for as many young people as possible to enter the labour market and thereby reducing youth unemployment;
2012/06/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2012/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recognisealls that if Member States are to deliver on EU 2020 targets, SMEs and microbusinesses must be taken into account, as these have enormous potential in achieving the EU 2020 targets, in particular full employment, youth employment and reducing poverty and social exclusion;
2012/06/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2012/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. UnderlinesRefers to the ‘Think Small First’ principle; recognises the benefits of e- commerce in providing opportunities for SMEs to access the single market and reduce costs; underlines that this principle does not entail a subordinate position for citizens, workers and consumers in Europe, but that their interests are placed on an equal footing with those of the SMEs;
2012/06/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2012/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that developing e-government and one stop shops will reduce administrative procedures and create new business opportunities; notes that greater access to procurement markets can assist SMEs in unlocking their potential for job creation; in order to achieve the Europe 2020 target of full employment;
2012/06/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2012/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that costs associated with compliance can have a disproportionate effect on SMEs, especially on micro-enterprises and micro-enterprises in some areas; emphasises that the benefits to the national economy and general economy must be weighed against the costs; in particular it is necessary to consider lower costs in the healthcare sector, reduced absenteeism due to injuries at work, occupational diseases or invalidity, which can also have an effect on social security systems and national budgets, also increasing productivity and growth, as a consequence of the high quality working environment and high- quality jobs available in Europe;
2012/06/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2012/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Within the framework of fitness checks, calls for the identification of areas in which there are excessive burdens, inconsistencies or ineffective legislation in the field of employment that have an adverse impact on SMEs; calls on the Commission to consider a ‘one in, one out rule’ that allowsensure that the objectives of health, safety and equality and social provisions to bare maintained and safeguards the principle of subsidiarity;
2012/06/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2012/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises that any derogation from directives setting down European minimum standards, such as the Directive concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services or the Directive on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of seasonal employment, is inappropriate;
2012/06/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2012/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Notes and strongly supports the focus on micro- enterprises in a strengthened SME test (see COM(2011)0803) through which all available possibilities such as exclusion from the scope, individual provisions, extended transition perare assessed; expressly points out that the SME test is not to be applied to protections for workers, in particular to health and safety provisiodns for lighter regimes are systematically assessed.workers or to social legislation;
2012/06/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2012/2016(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need for recognition in the budget of the dramatic situation facing the young unemployed and the need to relaunch quality job creation; highlights the need to provide for appropriate financing of all employment instruments;
2012/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2012/2011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The controller and the processor, after obtaining the consent of the workplace representation, shall designate a data protection officer in any case where:
2012/12/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2012/2011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the processing is carried out by an enterprise employprocessing 250the personsal data orf more than 20 persons; or
2012/12/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2012/2011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
If the undertakings in this group are located in more than one Member State, a data protection officer shall be appointed in each of these Member States where the conditions set out in paragraph 1 are met.
2012/12/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2012/2011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 5
5. The controller or processor, after obtaining the consent of the workplace representation, shall designate the data protection officer on the basis of professional qualities and, in particular, expert knowledge of data protection law and practices and ability to fulfil the tasks referred to in Article 37. The necessary level of expert knowledge shall be determined in particular according to the data processing carried out and the protection required for the personal data processed by the controller or the processor. The data protection officer shall be given the opportunity to follow regular further training in the context of their duties, whereby the costs of such training shall be borne by the controller and/or processor.
2012/12/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the European Commission recognises social economy actors and social enterprises as important drivers of inclusive job creation, sustainable growth, and social innovation and social cohesion that require specific support3; 1 COM(2012) 173, Towards a job-rich recovery. 2 COM(2012) 173, Towards a job-rich recovery. 3 COM(2012) 173, Towards a job-rich recovery.
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas Social Services of General Interest are key components of a welfare state, and social businesenterprises can help in delivering these services;
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas many social business supports policy reform, by promotingenterprises support good governance, mutual learning and social innovation;
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas social enterprises are mainly engaged in social, health, care and home services, assisted living, education and training, repair of goods, environmental and resource efficiency, art, culture, research and innovation, tourism, crafts, etc.;
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that two terms should be distinguished: A. Social business: the whole sector of the European social market economy, which is offering social products or services or fulfils social objectives through its activities; B. Social enterprises: the acting and operating institutions and organisations in the social business economy, in the form of either welfare organisations, private enterprises, associations, cooperatives, mutuals or foundadeleted (Covered by new definitions;.)
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Refers to 'social enterprise' as undertaking, notwithstanding its legal form, which is not listed on a regulated market as defined in point (14) of Article 4 (1) of Directive 2004/39/EC and which: (i) in accordance with its articles of association, statutes or any other statutory document establishing the business, has the achievement of measurable, positive social impacts as a primary objective rather than generating profit for its owners, members and stakeholders, where: – the undertaking provides services or goods with a social return and/or – the undertaking employs an innovative method of production of goods or services that embodies its social objective; (ii) reinvests its profits in the first place to achieve its primary objective and has in place predefined procedures and rules for any circumstances in which profits are distributed to shareholders and owners, in order to ensure that any distribution of profits does not undermine the primary objective; (iii) is managed in an entrepreneurial, accountable and transparent way, in particular by involving workers, customers and/or all stakeholders affected by its business activities;
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Clarifies that, while the notion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) should be distinguished from that of social business, some commercial businesses with significant CSR activities can have a strong interaction with social business;
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 93 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that social business does not necessarily need to be not-for-profit; underlines, at the same time, the social value provided by welfare organisations and the need to preserve it;deleted (Covered by new definition.)
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. States that social welfare enterprises or organisations should not be exposed to unregulated competition, which may be the result if profit-oriented enterprises focus on lucrative areas in the social business sector, which are mostly urban, so that other less profitable areas, which are mostly rural – where logistic hinders incur higher costs – become more and more reliant on so-called ‘services for poor people’cial services and charity;
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 114 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the need for young entrepreneurs to engage in social business and explore new forms of social business; calls, therefore, for better access for young entrepreneurs to Community programmes and fundingupports the promotion and increase of accessibility of Community programmes for young people to set up social enterprises (i.e. ERASMUS for Young Entrepreneurs); recalls, however, that self-employment has to be accompanied by the provision of sufficient guidance, tools and instruments for investment, to prevent young people from falling into poor working conditions of permanent self-exploitation, insufficient social protection, debts and bankruptcy;
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 127 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out that using the full potential of the sector in generating sustainable employment and providing quality services requires the realisation of decent working conditions and quality employment; collective bargaining and agreements are essential to secure a competition based on the quality of the service and not on the lowest price; this relates, inter alia, to improving remuneration and gender pay gap for decent living wages, guaranteeing health and safety at work; a sectoral social dialogue would significantly contribute to securing quality employment in the social services sector;
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the adoption of a revised packagerevision of EU state-aid rules concerning social and local services;
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 154 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that publicly provided Social Services of General Interest (SSGI) are not considered to be part of social business because they are primarily tax financed, except in cases where SSGI are provided in cooperation with social enterprises; Social enterprises are important provides of Services of General Interest (SSGI). They often stem from or are closely linked to civil society organisations, voluntary organisations and/or welfare associations providing person-oriented services, designed to respond to vital human needs, in particular the needs of users in vulnerable position; often social enterprises find themselves between the traditional private and public sectors delivering public services, i.e. in the framework of public procurement;
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 159 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Points to two further specific characteristics of social enterprises that need to be considered: – models and principles for employee participation; – while profit-making in general is allowed and even supported, profits, operating surpluses, funds and reserves are primarily to be reinvested in quality, innovation and development;deleted (Covered by new definition.)
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 192 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Declares that even if social enterprises do not offer social products and services, their entrepreneurial objective will include e.g. the inclusion and work integration of vulnerable groups, the provision of socio-pedagogic assistance or the (re)integration of persons with disabilities through training or sheltered workshops;deleted (Covered by new definition.)
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 200 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Clarifies that while the notion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) should be distinguished from that of social business, some commercial businesses with significant CSR activities can have a strong interaction with social business;deleted
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 207 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. BelievUnderlines that the 'EU Programme for Social Change and Innovation for 2014- 2020', with its Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis, will play a very important role in the effort to guarantee better access to micro-creditsshall facilitate access to credit, and availability of microfinance for micro-enterprises in the social economy;
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 216 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the importance of ensuring that under the Financial Perspectives 2014-2020, the regulations for European funds relevant to social businesat social enterprises, in particular those promoting quality employment, combating poverty and social exclusion and investing in education, training and life-long learning should be supported by sufficient financial means in Member States and by EU cohesion instruments (such as the European Social Fund (ESF) and, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)) will explicitly address social enterprises and support their developmentand the European Programme for Social Change and Innovation; supports the promotion of innovative policies and/or practices providing more effective and sustainable responses to social needs which are unmet or insufficiently met in terms of combating poverty and social exclusion, promoting a high level of quality employment, guaranteeing adequate and poverty-preventing social protection, and thereby contributing to social cohesion and social progress; Social innovation shall improve the quality of life and work. It shall not be judged on the basis of economic criteria but, rather, on the basis of its added value for society as a whole;
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 266 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support smaller businessocial enterprises set up by young and/or innovative entrepreneurs;
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 279 #

2012/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Calls for the principles of social business,enterprises, social entrepreneurship and social responsibility to be included in school curricula and the lifelong learning approach in order to develop social and civic competences and supporting placements in social enterprises;
2012/06/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2012/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas a sustainable consolidation of public budgets cannot be achieved without a considerable strengthening of the revenue side, in particular by introducing a financial transaction tax, closing tax loopholes and fighting tax evasion;
2012/05/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2012/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that one of the most important features of social investments is their ability to reconcile social and economic goals and, therefore, that they should not only be treated as spending but also as investments, with a double dividend that will give real returns in the future;
2012/05/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2012/0340(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) The conformity with web-accessibility requirements should be continuously monitored from the initial construction of the public sector bodies' website to all subsequent updates of its content. A harmonised monitoring methodology would cover a way of verifying, on a uniform basis in all Members States, the degree of compliance of the website with the requirements for web-accessibility, the collection of representative samples and the periodicity of the monitoring.. Member States should report annually on the outcome of the monitoring and more generally on the list of actions taken in application of this Directive. The Commission should produce a summary of those reports and present it to the European Parliament and Council.
2013/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2012/0340(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
(27) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the relevant provisions of this Directive, implementing powers should be conferred to the Commission. The examination procedure should be used for the definition of the methodology that Member States should use for monitoring the conformity of the websites concerned with those requirements. The advisory procedure should be used for the determination of the modalities according to which Member States should report to the Commission on the result of this monitoring. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers. Special attention should be paid to the composition of the advisory committee with regard to the participation of representatives of persons with disabilities and elderly persons.
2013/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2012/0340(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) Web-accessibility refers to principles and techniques to be observed when constructing websites in order to render the content of these websites accessible to all users, including persons with disabilities and elderly persons. The content of websites may include textual as well as non-textual information, and also offer possibilities to download forms as well as two-way interaction including the processing of digital forms, authentication, case handling and payments.
2013/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) While this Directive does not aim to harmonise national laws on the selection procedures and qualification criteria for board positions in detail, the introduction of certain minimum standards as regards the requirement for listed companies without balanced gender representation to take appointment decisions for non- executive directors on the basis of an objective comparative assessment of the qualifications of candidates in terms of suitability, competence and professional performance is necessary in order to attain gender balance among non-executives directors. Only an EU-level measure can effectively help to ensure a competitive level-playing field throughout the Union and avoid practical complications in business life.
2013/05/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) All board systems distinguish between executive directors, who are involved in the daily management of the company, and non-executive directors who are not involved in the daily management, but do perform a supervisory function. The quantitative objectives provided for in this Directive should apply only to the non- executive directors in order to strike the right balance between the need to increase the gender diversity of boards and the need to minimise interference with the day-to-day management of a company. As the non-executive directors perform supervisory tasks, it is also easier to recruit qualified candidates from outside the company and to a large extent also from outside the specific sector in which a company operates – a consideration which is of importance for areas of the economy where members of a particular sex are especially under- represented in the workforceand executive directors.
2013/05/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) Listed companies in the Union should be imposed obligations of means providing for appropriate procedures with a view of meeting specific objectives regarding the gender composition of their boards. Those listed companies in whose boards members of the under-represented sex hold less than 40 per cent of non-executive director positions should make the appointments to those positions on the basis of a comparative analysis of the qualifications of each candidate, by applying pre- established, clear, neutrally formulated and unambiguous criteria, in order to attain the said percentage at the latest by 1 January 2020. Therefore, the Directive establishes the objective of at least 40 per cent of non- executive directors of the under- represented sex by that date. This objective in principle only concerns the overall gender diversity among the non-executive directors and does not interfere with the concrete choice of individual directors from a wide pool of male and female candidates in each individual case. In particular, it does not exclude any particular candidates for director positions, nor does it impose any individual directors on companies or shareholders. The decision on the appropriate board members thus remains with the companies and shareholders.
2013/05/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 106 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1
This Directive lays down measures to ensure a more balanced representation of men and women among the non-executive directodirectors/board members of listed companies by establishing measures aimed at accelerated progress towards gender balance while allowing companies sufficient time to make the necessary arrangements.
2013/05/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – title
Objectives with regard to non-executive directodirectors /board members
2013/05/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 124 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The number of non-executive directodirector /board member positions necessary to meet the objective laid down in paragraph 1 shall be the number closest to the proportion of 40 per cent, but not exceeding 49 per cent.
2013/05/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 153 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Without prejudice to Article 4(6) and (7), Member States which before the entry into force of this Directive have already taken measures to ensure a more balanced representation of women and men among the non-executive directors of listed companies may suspend the application of the procedural requirements relating to appointments contained in Article 4(1), (3), (4) and (5), provided that it can be shown that those measures enable members of the under-represented sex to hold at least 40 per cent of the non-executive director director/board member positions of listed companies by at the latest 1 January 2020, or at the latest 1 January 2018 for listed companies which are public undertakings.
2013/05/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2012/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Each Member State shall establish: (a) a system to ensure the adequacy of work performed by recognized organizations, which includes information on all applicable national laws and regulations and relevant international instruments; and (b) procedures for communication with and oversight of such organizations.
2012/10/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2012/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a Inspection and enforcement Each Member State shall maintain a system of inspection of the conditions for seafarers on ships that fly its flag which shall include verification that the measures relating to working and living conditions as set out in the declaration of maritime labour compliance, where applicable, are being followed, and that the requirements of Directive 2009/13/EC are met.
2012/10/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 53(1), 62, 151 and 62153 thereof,
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Citation 1 a (new)
Having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and in particular Articles 15, 21 and 28 thereof,
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) Pursuant to Article 3(3) TEU, the internal market is not an end in itself, but a means to achieve social progress. The free movement of workers, the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services are fundamental principles of the internal market in the Union enshrined in the Treaty. The implementation of these principles is further developed by Union aimed at guaranteeing a level playing field for businesses and respect for the rights of workerlegislation and measures aimed at guaranteeing the rights of workers and a level playing field for businesses.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) With respect to workers temporarily posted to carry out work in order to provide services in another Member State than the one in which they habitually carry out their work, Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services establishes a core set of clearly defined terms and conditions of work and employment which must at least be complied with by the service provider in the Member State to which the posting takes place to ensure the minimum protection of the posted workers concerned.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) This directive aims at better enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC. Therefore, the provision laid down in this directive shall be applicable without prejudice to Articles 4 and 5 of Directive 96/71/EC.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) The key characteristic of genuine posting is that the workers concerned are not seeking permanent access to the labour market of the host Member State to which they are posted.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 c (new)
(3c) In case of non-compliance, such as when a worker is found not to be genuinely posted, an undertaking should be subject to the relevant legislation applicable in the Member State to which the posting takes place, and all persons posted by the undertaking concerned shall be deemed workers exercising their freedom of movement within the Union.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) In order to prevent, avoid and combat circumvention and/or abuse of the applicable rules by companies taking improper or fraudulent advantage of the freedom to provide services enshrined in the Treaty and/or the application of Directive 96/71/EC the implementation and monitoring of the notion of posting should be improved and the risk of contradictions in the application of EU law reduced.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) As is the case with Directive 96/71/EC, this Directive should not prejudice the application of the law which, under Article 8 of the Rome I Regulation, applies to individual employment contracts, or the application of Regulation No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems and, Regulation No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems, Regulation (EU) No 465/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 or Article 45 and 46 TFEU. The provisions of this Directive should be without prejudice to Member States providing for more favourable conditions for posted workers.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) Trade unions play an important role in the context of the posting of workers for the provision of services since social partners may, in accordance with national law and/or practice, determine the different levels (alternatively or simultaneously) of the applicable minimum rates of payhis Directive and Directive 96/71/EC should not interfere with different national industrial relations and collective bargaining systems.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 99 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) For the purpose of ensuring that a posted worker receives the correct pay and provided allowances specific to posting can be considered part of minimum rates of pay, such allowances should only be deducted from wages if national law, collective agreements and/or practiceas provided for by national law, collective agreements and/or practice of the Member State in which the posting takes place. Allowances specific to posting should be taken into account provided they are paid by the hour and regardless of the circumstances of the work performed. Allowances paid in reimbursement of expenditure actually incurred on account of the hpost Member State provide for thising, such as expenditure on travel, board and lodging should not be taken into account, as the reimbursement of such expenditure is an obligation on the employer.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) This Directive, Directive 96/71/EC and Directive 2008/104/EC should guarantee that temporary agency workers who are also posted workers benefit from the most advantageous terms and conditions of employment.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) Adequate and effective implementation and enforcement are key elements in protecting the rights of posted workers, whereas poor enforcement undermines the effectiveness of the Union rules applicable in this area. Close cooperation between the Commission and the Member States is therefore essential, without neglecthile underlining the important role of labour inspectorates and the social partners in this respect.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 109 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Effective, regular and flexible labour inspections are essential and adequate funding should be provided in order for the competent authorities to detect and combat misuse and circumvention. Member States should be entitled to perform any controls needed in order to fully comply with Article 5 in 96/71/EC and the provisions in this Directive.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 113 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) Posted workers should not be used to replace workers on strike.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 117 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Member States should take appropriate measures in order to prevent the misuse and/or circumvention of Directive 96/71/EC and this Directive by undertakings for the purpose of depriving posted workers of their rights or the withholding of such rights. In particular, posted workers sent to replace workers on strike, successive assignments to the same post and bogus self employment should be prevented.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) Competent authorities should make an overall assessment of all factual elements in order to determine if an undertaking is genuinely established in a Member State other than the one to which it directs its services. Member States should ensure that the undertakings provide the necessary evidence. If it cannot be established that genuine substantial activity are carried out in the Member State of establishment, the undertaking should, for the purpose of this Directive and Directive 96/71/EC, be considered as established in the Member State to which the posting takes place.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 c (new)
(11c) In order to assess whether a posted worker is temporarily carrying out his or her work in a Member State other than the one in which he or she normally works, all elements characterizing such work and the situation of the worker should be examined. Member States should ensure that undertakings provide the necessary evidence. If it cannot be established that a worker is a posted worker within the meaning of this Directive and Directive 96/71/EC, he/she should be considered as habitually employed in the Member State to which the posting takes place, within the meaning of Regulation No 593/2008.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 120 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 d (new)
(11d) In case terms and conditions of employment in the Member State of establishment and/or the Member State to which the posting takes place are more favourable to posted workers than this Directive and/or Directive 96/71/EC, the more favourable terms and conditions should apply.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 131 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) Member States obligations to make information on terms and conditions of employment generally available and to provide effective access free of charge to it, not only to service providers from other Member States, but also to the posted workers concerned, should be further concretised.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 133 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Posted workers have an individual right to information and advice on the applicable terms and conditions of work and employment. It is the responsibility of the Member States to set up appropriate bodies to which posted workers can turn in this respect.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) In order to ensure the correct application of, and to monitor compliance with, the substantive rules on the terms and conditions of employment to be respected with regard to posted workers, Member States should apply only certainthe necessary control measures orand administrative formalities to undertakings posting workers for the provision of services. Such measures and requirements may only be imposed provided that the competent authorities cannot carry out their supervisory task effectively without the requested information and the necessary information cannot be obtained easily from the employer of posted workers or the authorities in the Member State of establishment of the service provider within a reasonable delay and/or less restrictive measures would not ensure that the objectives of the national controls measures deemed necessary are attained in order to effectively combat fraud and unfair competition.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 152 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) A comprehensive and effective system of preventive and control measures, together with deterrent penalties to identify and prevent individual instances of bogus self- employed, should contribute to combat concealed employment effectively. In this context it is essential that competent authorities in the member states have the means to check if there is a situation of dependency between the allegedly self- employed individual and his or her employer.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 154 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) In order to combat bogus self- employment and other violations of existing legislation, a European register should be set up for companies that have repeatedly violated the rules laid down in this Directive and Directive 96/71/EC. The purpose of the register should also be to ensure a level playing field and fair competition among companies.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 156 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) To ensure better and more uniform application of Directive 96/71/EC as well as its enforcement in practice, and to reduce, as far as possible, differences in the level of application and enforcement across the Union, Member States should ensure that effective and adequate inspections are carried out on their territory.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 159 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) In order to cope in a flexible way with the diversity of labour markets and industrial relations systems, by way of exception, other actors and/or bodies may monitor certain terms and conditions of employment of posted workers, provided these offer the persons concerned an equivalent degree of protection and exercise their monitoring in a non- discriminatory and objective manner.deleted
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 164 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) To facilitate the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC and ensure more effective application of it, effective complaint mechanisms should exist through which posted workers may lodge complaints or engage in proceedings either directly or through relevant designated third parties, such as trade unions or other associations as well as common institutions of social partners. This should be without prejudice to national rules of procedure concerning representation and defence before the courts. Trade unions should have a right of collective action and the possibility of representative action.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 172 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) In view of the prevalence of subcontracting in the construction sector,With a view to reducing abuses in subcontracting situations and in order to protect posted workers' rights, it is necessary to ensure that in such sector at least the contractor of which the employer is a direct subcontractor can be held liable to pay to posted workers the net minimum rates of pay due, any back- payments of outstanding remuneration and/or contributions due to common funds or institutions of social partners regulated by law or collective agreement in so far as these are covered by Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC in addition to or in place of the employer. The contractor shall not be held liable if he/she has undertaken due diligence. The latter may imply preventive measures concerning proof provided by the subcontractor, including where relevant based upon information emanating from national authoritiesall contractors up the chain can be held liable to pay to posted workers all entitlements due to him/her.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 181 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) In specific cases, other contractors may, in accordance with national law and practice, be also held liable for failure to comply with the obligations under this Directive, or their liability may be limited, after consultation of the social partners at national or sectoral level.deleted
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 192 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
(26) The obligation to impose a liability requirement on the contractor where the direct subcontractor is a service provider, established in another Member State, posting workers is justified in the overriding public interest of the social protection of workers. Such posted workers may not be in the same situation as workers employed by a direct subcontractor established in the Member State of establishment of the contractor with regard to the possibility to claim outstanding pay or refunds of taxes or social security contributions unduly withheld.deleted
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 199 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) This Directive and Directive 96/71/EC apply also to transport undertakings other than those engaged in maritime transport, which post workers to other Member States, including air and freight transport as well as cabotage operations as recognised in recital 17 of Regulation No 1072/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for access to the international road haulage market.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 208 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) Member States should take appropriate measures in the event of failure to comply with the obligations laid down in this Directive, including administrative and judicial procedures, and should provide for effective, dissuasive and proportionate penalties for any breaches of the obligations under this Directive. Insufficient cooperation between Member States remains a problem in enforcing Directive 96/71/EC. This hinders the creation of a level playing field for companies and the protection of workers. In the case of Member States failing to live up to the provisions laid down in this Directive and Directive 96/71/EC, the Commission should, in accordance with the Treaty of the European Union, take legal action.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 213 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
(33) This Directive and Directive 96/71/EC respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in the European Convention on Human Rights, ILO Conventions and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, notably protection of personal data (Article 8), the freedom to choose an occupation and right to engage in work (Article 15), the freedom to conduct a business (Article 16), the right to equality (Article 20), non-discrimination (Article 21), the right to collective bargaining and action (Article 28), fair and just working conditions (Article 31), and the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial (Article 47) and has to be implemented in accordance with those rights and principles.
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 215 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33 a (new)
(33a) Fundamental social rights should not be called into question on grounds of economic freedoms. Therefore this Directive should strengthen the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC in particular in light of legal uncertainties resulting from the judgments of the European Court of Justice notably Viking (C-438/05), Laval (C-341/05), Rüffert (C- 346/06) and Luxembourg (C-319/06).
2013/01/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 217 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. This Directive establishes a general common framework of appropriateset of provisions, measures and control mechanisms necessary forenabling Member States to ensure better and more uniform implementation, application and enforcement in practice of Directive 96/71/EC, including measures to prevent and sanction any abuse and circumvention of the applicable rulesterms and conditions of employment that apply in the place where the service is to be performed, without prejudice to more favourable treatment of the worker.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 220 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
This Directive clarifies which measures fall under the public policy provisions, which are provisions covering those mandatory rules from which there can be no derogation and which, by their nature and objective, meet the imperative requirements of the public interest.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 225 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
This Directive aims to guarantee respect for an appropriate level of minimumthe protection of the rights of posted workers for the cross-border provision of services, while facilitating the exercise of the freedom to provide services for service providers and promoting fair competition between service providers.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 226 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
This Directive does not affect in any way the competences of the Member States to define mandatory labour standards and working conditions for all workers pursuing labour on their territory as stated in Article 3 (10) of Directive 96/71 as long as these standards are not protectionist or discriminatory.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 227 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. This directive guarantees the equal treatment of posted workers under the social and employment protection provisions applicable at the place where the service is provided and in accordance with the terms and conditions of employment laid down by national legislation and/or collective agreements, in order to establish the principle of equal pay and conditions for equal work at the same workplace.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 230 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not affect in any way the exercise of fundamental rights as recognised in Member States and by Union laws well as at Union and international level, including the right or freedom to strike or to take other action covered by the specific industrial relations systems in Member States, in accordance with national law and practices. Nor does it affect the right to negotiate, conclude and enforce collective agreements and to take collective action in accordance with national law and practices.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 237 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a Relationship with Union law 1. This Directive and Directive 96/71/EC apply without prejudice to more favourable treatment of workers provided for in other Union law instruments. 2. In case of conflict between this Directive and Directive 96/71/EC on the one hand and Directive 2008/14/EC on temporary agency work on the other hand, priority shall be given to the instrument which guarantees the worker the most favourable treatment with regard to terms and conditions of employment.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 239 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 'competent authority' means an authority body designated by a Member State to perform functions under this Directive, including social partners;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 246 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) ‘Cross-border provision of services’ means the provisional or occasional provision of services under the terms of Articles 49 and 50 TFEU and presupposes substantial economic activity in the Member State of establishment;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 247 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) ‘Host Member State means the Member State to which the worker is provisionally posted under the terms of this directive and Directive 96/71/EC.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 250 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – title
Preventing abuse and circumventionMinimum provisions for implementation and monitoring
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 254 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
1. For the purpose of implementing, applying and enforcing Directive 96/71/EC the competent authorities shall take into account factual elements characterising the activities carried out by an undertaking in the State in which it is established and in the host Member State in order to determine whether it genuinely performs substantial activities, other than purely internal management and/or administrative activities. Purely internal management and/or administrative activities in the Member State of establishment or purely staffing activities in the host Member State preclude posting. Such elements mayshall include at least:
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 268 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the place where the undertaking has its registered office and administration, uses office space, pays taxes, has a professional licence or is registered with the chambers of commerce or professional bodiesperforms its substantial business activity in the sector where the posted worker is employed,
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 275 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) the place where the undertaking pays taxes and social security contributions,
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 276 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a b (new)
(a b) the generation of more than 25% turnover in the Member State of establishment,
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 279 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the place where posted workers are recruited and usually employed,
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 283 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) the law applicable to the contracts concluded by the undertaking with its workers, on the one hand, and with its clientsproportion of staff working in the Member State of establishment, on the one hand, and the place where the majority of contracts with clients are carried out, on the other hand,
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 312 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
If a subcontractor fails to prove that it performs genuine substantial activities within the meaning of this article in its Member State of establishment, its posted workers shall be presumed to be employed by the contracting undertaking with application of all statutory and collectively agreed rights and obligations in the host Member State.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 318 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Such elements may includeIn particular, the following elements shall be taken into consideration:
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 331 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) the work is carried out for a limited period of time in another Member State; The duration of the posting shall be established in accordance with Article 3(6) of Directive 96/71 EC; if similar service contracts with the same service provider and the same contractor are performed in rapid or immediate succession at the same place, the duration thereof shall be calculated as a single total;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 338 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) the posting takes place to a Member State other than the one in or from which the posted worker habitually carries out his or her work according to Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 and/or the Rome Convention;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 341 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) an employment relationship exists with the worker in accordance with the legislation of the Member State of establishment for at least three months prior to the posting;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 342 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b b (new)
(b b) the posting takes place from the Member State in which the worker habitually carries out his or her work and the employment relationship has not just been entered into for the posting;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 346 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) the posted worker returns or is expected to resume working tofor the Member State from which he/she issame employer in his habitual place of employment outside the Member State of posteding after completion of the work or the provision of services for which he or she was posted;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 358 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) travel, board and lodging/accommodation is provided or reimbursed by the employer who posts the worker, and if so, how this is done, as well as;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 363 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point e
(e) anyno repeated previous periods during which the post was filled by the same or another (posted) worker. The replacement of a posted worker with another worker or repeated employment of the same worker in a given post within a limited period justifies the assumption that the arrangement no longer constitutes a temporary posting within the meaning of Directive 96/71/EC, Article 3(6) of which stipulates a reference period of one year for calculating the length of the posting, particularly where the cumulative duration of the individual periods of activity exceeds 12 months. Furthermore, in terms of social security legislation, if a posted worker is replaced by another worker under Article 12(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004, no further posting is as a rule possible in respect of the replacement worker regardless of the duration of the previous posting.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 392 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When verifying a self-employment status in the host Member State the following criteria shall be taken into consideration in particular: (a) Remuneration and the existence of a link of subordination between a worker and an undertaking; (b) Employment activities before moving to the host Member State; (c) Fulfilment of business requirements in the Member State of establishment and means to continue the business after the return to the Member State of establishment. (d) Maintenance of an office in the Member State of establishment; (e) Payment of taxes in the Member State of establishment; (f) Possession of a VAT number in the Member State of establishment; (g) Registration with chambers of commerce or professional bodies in the Member State of establishment; (h) Entrepreneurial skills.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 397 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Member States shall ensure that travel, board and lodging/accommodation are organized and paid for by the employer or that the reimbursement of these costs is guaranteed. In the latter case the employer shall clearly state in the contract with the posted worker how this will take place. Wages shall be paid by the employer via bank transfer to an account in the name of the posted worker. The posted worker shall benefit from adequate accommodation, pursuant to national legislation and practice that ensures a decent standard of living for the duration of posting. These provisions shall be without prejudice to the possibility for posted workers to freely choose their own accommodation. The posted worker shall be given a rental contract or equivalent document in which the conditions and cost of the accommodation are clearly stated for the duration of posting. If the posted worker is required to pay rent for such accommodation, its cost shall not be excessive in relation to their net remuneration nor to the quality of the accommodation and it shall not be automatically deducted from their wage.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 403 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Prevention of misuse and circumvention 1. Member States shall take appropriate measures with a view to preventing the misuse and/or circumvention of this Article for the purpose of depriving workers of their rights or withholding such rights. In particular: (a) repeated periods during which the post is filled by the same or another posted worker shall be prevented; (b) posted workers shall not be used to replace workers who are on strike; 2. In order to prevent the systematic abuse of the common rules for access to the international road haulage market, as given by Regulation 1072/2009/EC, especially concerning cabotage, a driver in a vehicle used for international freight transport and in cabotage according to Article 8 of Regulation 1072/2009/EC, shall be covered by the provisions of Article 3; 3. Natural and legal persons, who repeatedly seriously violate the provisions of Directive 96/71/EC and this Directive, will be centrally recorded at national and Union level. 4. A European Labour Inspection shall be set up to enhance cooperation between national Labour Inspections and to inspect, in cooperation with national authorities, working places with cross- borders issues;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 405 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Applicable law 1. Where it is not established that an undertaking performs genuine substantial activity in the Member State of establishment in accordance with Article 3.1, the undertaking shall be considered to be established in the Member State where it provides the service. 2. Where the employer fails to prove that a posted worker is temporarily carrying out work in a Member State other than the one in which he normally works in accordance with Article 3.2, the habitual place of employment, and thus the applicable terms and conditions of employment, shall be those of the Member State where the service is provided. 3. Terms and conditions of employment, as provided for in the national laws and collective agreements of the Member State of establishment and/or the Member State where the service is provided, which are more favourable to workers shall apply. 4. In the event of absence, lack or incompletion of documents such as the ones referred to in Article 3 of Directive 91/533 or the A1 certificate concerning the social security legislation, as stipulated for posted workers by Regulation 883/2004 and implementing Regulation 987/2009, the situation should not be characterised as one of 'temporarily posting' to another Member State, and thus the applicable terms and conditions of employment, shall be those of the Member State where the service is provided.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 413 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the appropriate measures to ensure that the information on the terms and conditions of employment referred to in Article 3 of Directive 96/71/EC which are to be applied and complied with by service providers are made generally available in a clearfree of charge in a clear, transparent, comprehensive and easily accessible way at a distance and by electronic means, in formats and by web standards that ensure access to persons with disabilities and to ensure that the liaison offices or the other competent national bodies referred to in Article 4 of Directive 96/71/EC are in a position to carry out their tasks effectively.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 421 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) indicate clearly, in a detailed and user friendly manner and accessible format on national websites and other means which terms and conditions of employment and/or which parts of their (national and/or regional) legislation have to be applied to workers posted to their territory;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 424 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) take the necessary measures to make generally available on internet sitewebsites and by other means information on which collective agreements are applicable (and to whom), and which terms and conditions of employment have to be applied by service providers from other Member States in accordance with Directive 96/71/EC, whereby, where possible, links to existing internet sites and other contact points, in particular the relevant social partners, shall be provided;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 428 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) make the information available to workers and service providers in languages other than the national language(s) of the country in which the services are providedthe requested official EU language, if possible in summarised leaflet form indicating the main labour conditions applicable and upon requests in formats accessible to persons with disabilities; further detailed information on labour and social conditions including occupational health and safety shall be easily made available by different means of communication including contact points and shall be free of charge;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 448 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Where, in accordance with national law, traditions and practices and with full respect for the autonomy of the social partners, the terms and conditions of employment referred to in Article 3 of Directive 96/71/EC are laid down in collective agreements in accordance with aArticle 3 paragraph 1 and 8 of that Directive, Member States should ensure that the social partners shall identify these and make available the relevant information, in particular concerning the different minimum rates of pay and their constituent elements, the method used to calculate the remuneration due and the qualifying criteria for classification in the different wage categories, , available in an accessible and transparent way for service providers from other Member States and posted workers. Terms and conditions of employment should be available in an accessible and transparent way.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 454 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Commission and Member States shall ensure adequate support for joint initiatives of the relevant social partners at the European and national level aimed to inform undertakings and workers on the applicable terms and conditions laid down in this Directive and Directive 96/71/EC.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 457 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a Workers' access to information and advice 1. Posted workers shall have an independent right to information and advice on the applicable terms and conditions of work and employment provided by the receiving Member State in the desired official EU language. 2. Member States shall ensure that suitable contact points and bodies are available to which workers can turn for information, advice and support concerning their rights. This applies both to the receiving Member States and the sending Member States. 3. This task can be taken over by the responsible trade unions. 4. In case a Member State gives this task to a third party adequate funding must be ensured.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 461 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 b (new)
Article 5b Temporary Information and consultation body for transnational workplaces 1. Member States shall ensure that a temporary transnational information and consultation body for transnational workplaces is established when at least two foreign service providers are posting workers to a workplace in order to inform and consult posted workers about their rights. 2. The central or local management of the main contractor shall be responsible to inform immediately the local workers representative bodies and initiate negotiations for the establishment of a temporary information and consultation body for transnational workplaces. The Member States shall determine the rules of procedure in accordance with the national practices. 3. The temporary information and consultation body for transnational workplaces shall be established for the whole duration of the workplace from the moment when at least two foreign services providers have posted workers on the workplace. 4. The temporary information and consultation body for transnational workplaces will be composed of representatives from the management of the main contractors and employee representatives.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 465 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The cooperation of the Member States shall in particular consist in replying to reasoned requests for information without delay and to carry out checks, inspections and investigations from competent authorities with respect to the situations of posting referred to in Article 1 (3) of Directive 96/71/EC and relevant articles in this Directive, including investigation of any abuses of applicable rules on the posting of workers or possible cases of unlawful transnational activities.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 474 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. In the event of difficulty in meeting a request for information or in carrying out checks, inspections or investigations, the Member State in question shall rapidly inform the requesting Member State with a view to finding a solution as quickly as possible. Any permanent refusal to provide the requested data shall be considered an infringement to the EU law, as defined in TFEU Articles 258 and following.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 480 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Cases in which Member States refuse to provide requested information shall be recorded by the Commission, including the responsible authorities involved.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 482 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
A specific urgency mechanism shall be used for special situations where a Member State becomes aware of particular circumstances requiring urgent action. In such circumstances, the information shall be submitted within 24 hours. This urgency mechanism shall be used where it is suspected that an undertaking does not genuinely perform substantial activities in the Member State of establishment in accordance with Article 3 of this Directive.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 485 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
This Article shall not preclude competent authorities in the host Member State from taking immediate measures to investigate, prevent and sanction social fraud.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 488 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure the confidentiality of the information which they exchange. Information exchanged shall be used only in respect of the matter(s) for which it was requested in accordance with national law and practice.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 491 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission and the competent authorities shall cooperate closely in order to examine any difficulties which might arise in the application of Article 3(10) of Directive 96/71/EC.deleted
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 496 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – title
Role of the Member State of establishments
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 499 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The Member State of establishment of the service provider shall continue to control, monitor and take the necessary supervisory or enforcement measures, in accordance with its national law, practice and administrative procedures, with respect to workers posted to another Member State.deleted
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 502 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. In the circumstances referred to in Article 3 (1) and (2) and Article 9(1), the Member State of establishment of the service provider shall assist the Member State to which the posting takes place to ensure compliance with the conditions applicable under Directive 96/71/EC and this Directive. The Member State of establishment of the service provider shall, on its own initiative, communicate to the Member State to which the posting takes place any relevant information as specified in Articles 3 (1) and (2) and 9(1), where the Member State of establishment of the service provider is aware of specific facts which indicate possible irregularities.deleted
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 504 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Competent authorities of the host Member State may equally ask the competent authorities of the Member State of establishment, for each instance where services are provided or for each service provider, to provide information as to the legality of the service provider's establishment, the service provider's good conduct, and the absence of any infringement of the applicable rules. The competent authorities of the Member State of establishment shall provide this information in accordance with Article 6.deleted
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 507 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The obligation laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not entail a duty on the part of the Member State of establishment to carry out factual checks and controls in the territory of the host Member State where the service is provided. Such checks and controls shall, if need be, be carried out by the authorities of the host Member State at the request of the competent authorities of the Member State of establishment, in accordance with Article 10 and in conformity with the powers of supervision provided for in the host Member State's national law, practice and administrative procedures and which respect Union law.deleted
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 513 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7a 1. In accordance with Article 5 of the Directive 96/71/EC the Member State to which the posting takes place shall continue to control, monitor and take all the necessary supervisory or enforcement measures, in accordance with its national law and/or practice and administrative procedures, with respect to workers posted to its territory. 2. In accordance with the principles established in Article 4 and 5 of Directive 96/71/EC the Member State of establishment of the service provider shall also continue to control, monitor and take the necessary supervisory or enforcement measures, in accordance with its national law, practice and administrative procedures. To improve enforcement it shall support the competent authority of the Member State to which the posting takes place by providing in due time information on whether posting undertakings fulfil the minimum criteria outlined in Article 3 of this Directive and in Directive 96/71/EC. 3. Checks and controls shall be carried out by the authorities of the Member State to which the posting takes place in accordance with Article 10 and in conformity with the powers of supervision provided for in the Member State's national law, practice and administrative procedures. 4. Member States which discover that workers are being recruited solely for the purpose of posting to a third Member State or to work as bogus self-employed persons shall inform the competent authorities in the Member State to which the posting takes place without delay. 5. Member States shall provide the necessary resources in order to ensure effective checks and controls.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 518 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The competent authorities in the host Member State shall record the relevant data with regard to Article 9, paragraph 1 (a). The competent authorities in the Member State of establishment shall record the relevant data with regard to Article 3, paragraph 1 and with regard to the payment of social security contributions and taxes by the service provider. The competent authorities in the host Member State and in the Member State of establishment shall both forward their data to the European Commission (Eurostat) for summaries and regular public reporting.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 520 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the necessity forensure adequate financial support in order to further improve administrative cooperation and increase mutual trust through projects, including promoting exchanges of relevant officials and training, as well as developing, facilitating and promoting best practice initiatives, including those of social partners at Union level, such as the development and updating of databases or joint websites containing general or sector- specific information concerning terms and conditions of employment to be respected.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 533 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States may only impose the followingshall impose administrative requirements and effective control measures. These measures shall include in particular:
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 543 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) an obligation for a service provider established in another Member State to make a simple declaration to the responsible national competent authorities at the latest at the commencementone month in advance of the service provision, whereby the declaration may only covershall cover in particular: - the identity of the service provider, the presence of one or more clearly identifiablespecially their first and last name, birthplace and birthdate, home address and accommodation address in the phosted workers, state during their stay, - their anticipated number, the anticipated duration and location of their presence, and and the individual identification data of the posted workers, - the anticipated duration of posting, - the place where the service is to be provided, - the services justifying the posting;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 553 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) an obligation for the service provider to inform the responsible national competent authorities without delay: - in case the posting does not or has not taken place or was terminated ahead of schedule; - in case the service justifying the posting is interrupted; - in case the posted worker has been assigned by his employer to another undertaking, in particular in the event of a merger or a transfer of undertaking; - in case of any other changes related to the information provided according to Article 9.1 (a);
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 555 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) an obligation to keep or make available documents and/or retain copies in paper or electronic form for the competent authorities and the trade unions, at the place where the service is provided, during the period of service provision and up to two years after the period of service provision. This obligation concerns the following documents in particular: - a copy of the A1 form as proof of social security coverage in the home member state, - of the employment contract (or an equivalent document within the meaning of Directive 91/533, including, where appropriate or relevant, the additional information referred to in Article 4 of that Directive), - payslips, - time-sheets and, - proof of payment of wages or copies of equivalent documents during the period of posting, - an assessment of the risks to safety and health at work, including protective measures to be taken, in accordance with Directive 89/391/EC, - where the posted worker is a third country national, copies of the work permit and of the residence permit. The documents shall be kept in an accessible and clearly identified place in itsthe territory of the host Member State, such as the workplace or the building site, or for mobile workers in the transport sector the operations base or the vehicle with which the service is provided;
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 568 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a translation ofin the documents referred to under (b), may be justified providedrequested official EU languages of these documents are not excessively long and standardised forms are generally used for such documentsferred to under (b);
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 578 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) The Member State to which the posting takes place may require that the documents referred to under (b) and any additional mandatory documents are made available without delay to the competent national authorities.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 587 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) an obligation to designate a contact personlegal representative with a residence in the Member State to which the posting takes place, during the period of posting and up to one year after the service provision to deal with administrative and judicial proceedings and to negotiate, if necessary, on behalf of the employer with the relevant social partners in the Member State to which the posting takes place, in accordance with national legislation and practice, during the period in which the services are provided.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 597 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) other administrative requirements and control measures without which competent authorities cannot carry out their supervisory tasks effectively. These requirements shall be made publicly available.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 604 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the procedures and formalities relating to the posting of workers can be completed easily by undertakings, at a distance and by electronic means as far as possible.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 612 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Within three years after the date referred to in Article 20, the necessityeffectiveness and appropriateness of the application of national control measures shall be reviewed in the light of the experiences with and effectiveness of the system for cooperation and exchange of information, the development of more uniform, standardised documents, the establishment of common principles or standards for inspections in the field of the posting of workers as well as technological developments, with a view to proposing, where appropriate, any necessary amendments or modifications.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 615 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Member State of establishment and the Member State to which the posting takes place have both the competence to check the regularity of labour relations and working conditions. In cases of conflicting interpretations the law of the Member State to which the posting takes place prevails.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 616 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. During the period of posting of a worker, inspection of the working conditions shall lie within the responsibility of the authorities or competent body of the Member State to which the posting takes place. They can carry out factual checks and controls on their own initiative and are not bound to any results of checks or controls carried out by the Member State of establishment.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 619 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that appropriateffective checks and monitoring mechanisms are put in place and that effective and adequate inspections are carried out on their territory in order to control and monitor compliance with the provisions and rules laid down in this Directive and Directive 96/71/EC and to guarantee its proper application and enforcement. Such inspections shall be based primarily on a risk assessment to be drawn up regularly by the competent authorities. The risk assessment shall identify the sectors of activity in which the employment of workers posted for the provision of services is concentrated on their territory. When making such risk assessment the realisation of big infrastructural projects, the special problems and needs of specific sectors, the past record of infringement, as well as the vulnerability of certain groups of workers shall be taken into account.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 637 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that inspections and controls of compliance with this Directive and Directive 96/71/EC are not discriminatory and/or disproportionate shall allocate the necessary resources for such inspections and controls.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 644 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Measures to control the application of Directive 96/71 and to detect abuses in relation to the posting of workers are to be considered public policy provisions in the meaning of Declaration No 10 on Article 3 (10) of Directive 96/71, recorded in the minutes of the Council of the European Union when Directive 96/71 was adopted. Provisions of Member States to fight undeclared labour and to prevent social dumping cannot be restricted on grounds of potentially hampering the freedom to provide services as long as they are not protectionist or discriminatory.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 652 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. In Member States where, in accordance with national law and practice, the setting of the terms and conditions of employment of posted workers referred to in Article 3 of Directive 96/71/EC, and in particular the minimum rates of pay, including working time, is left to management and labour they may, at the appropriate level and subject to the conditions laid down by the Member States, also the monitor the application of the relevant terms and conditions of employment of posted workers, provided that an adequate level of protection equivalent to that resulting from Directive 96/71/EC and this Directive is guaranteed.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 662 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. For the enforcement of the obligations under Article 6 of Directive 96/71/EC and this Directivethis Directive and Directive 96/71/EC, Member States shall ensure that there are effective mechanisms for posted workers to lodge complaints against their employers directly, as well as the right to institute judicial or administrative proceedings, also in the Member State in whose territory the workers are or were posted, where such workers consider they have sustained loss or damage as a result of a failure to apply the applicable rules, even after the relationship in which the failure is alleged to have occurred has ended.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 664 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that trade unions and other third parties, such as associations, organisations and other legal entities which have, in accordance with the criteria laid down by their national law, a legitimate interest in ensuring that the provisions of this Directive and Directive 96/71/EC are complied with, may engage, on behalf or in support of the posted workers or their employer, with their approval in any judicial or administrative proceedings provided for with the objective of implementing this Directive and Directive 96/71/EC and/or enforcing the obligations under this Directive and Directive 96/71/EC. Trade unions shall have the right of collective action in order to ensure compliance with the requirements of this Directive and Directive 96/71/EC and the possibility of taking representative action on behalf of posted workers.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 675 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Paragraphs 1 and 3 shall apply without prejudice to national rules on prescription deadlines or time limits for bringing similar actions and to national rules of procedure concerning representation and defence before the courts. However, a minimum period of at least six months for filing a claim shall be provided for under national rules of procedure.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 677 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that the necessary mechanisms are in place to ensure that posted workers are able to receiveor bodies acting on their behalf are able to claim and receive any due entitlements.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 680 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) any outstanding remuneration which, under the applicabdele terms and conditions of employment covered by Article 3 of Directive 96/71/EC, would have been due;d
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 686 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) refund of excessive costs, in relation to net remuneration or to the quality of the accommodation, withheld or deducted from wages for accommodation provided by the employer.deleted
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 692 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
This paragraph shall also apply in cases where the posted workers have returned from the Member State to which the posting took place and also in the case of bogus self-employment.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 697 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12
1. With respect to the construction activities referred to in the Annex to Directive 96/71/EC, for all posting situations covered by Article 1(3) of Directive 96/71/EC, the Member States shall ensure on a non–discriminatory basis with regard to the protection of the equivalent rights of employees of direct subcontractors established in its territory, that the contractor of which the employer (service provider or temporary employment undertaking or placement agency) is a direct subcontractor can, in addition to or in place of the employer, be held liable by the posted worker and/or common funds or institutions of social partners for non-payment of the following: (a) any outstanding net remuneration corresponding to the minimum rates of pay and/or contributions due to common funds or institutions of social partners in so far as covered by Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC; (b) any back-payments or refund of taxes or social security contributions unduly with held from his/her salary. The liability referred to in the present paragraph shall be limited to worker's rights acquired under the contractual relationship between the contractor and his subcontractor. 2. Member States shall provide that a contractor who has undertaken due diligence shall not be liable in accordance with paragraph 1. Such systems shall be applied in a transparent, non discriminatory and proportionate way. They may imply preventive measures taken by the contractor concerning proof provided by the subcontractor of the main working conditions applied to the posted workers as referred to in Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC, including pay slips and payment of wages, the respect of social security and/or taxation obligations in the Member State of establishment and compliance with the applicable rules on posting of workers. 3. Member States may, in conformity with Union law, provide for more stringent liability rules under national law on a non-discriminatory and proportionate basis in regard to the scope and range of subcontractor liability. Member States may also, in conformity with Union law, provide for such liability in sectors other than those contained in the Annex to Directive 96/71/EC. Member States may in these cases provide that a contractor that has undertaken due diligence as defined by national law shall not be liable. 4. Within three years after the date referred to in Article 20, the Commission shall, in consultation with the Member States and social partners at EU level, review the application of this Article with a view to proposing, where appropriate, any necessary amendments or modifications.Article 12 deleted Subcontracting — Joint and several liability
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 700 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. With respect to the construction activities referred to in the Annex to Directive 96/71/EC, for all posting situations covered by Article 1(3) of Directive 96/71/EC, the Member States shall ensure on a non–discriminatory basis with regard to the protection of the equivalent rights of employees of direct subcontractors established in its territory, that the contractor of which the employer (service provider or temporary employment undertaking or placement agency) is a direct subcontractor can, in addition to or in place of the employer, be held liable by the posted worker and/or common funds or institutions of social partners for non-payment of the following: (a) any outstanding net remuneration corresponding to the minimum rates of pay and/or contributions due to common funds or institutions of social partners in so far as covered by Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC. (b) any back-payments or refund of taxes or social security contributions unduly with held from his/her salary. The liability referred to in the present paragraph shall be limited to worker's rights acquired under the contractual relationship between the contractor and his subcontractor.deleted
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 701 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. With respect to the construction activities referred to in the Annex to Directive 96/71/EC, for all posting situations covered by Article 1(3) of Directive 96/71/EC, the Member States shall ensure on a non–discriminatory basis with regard to the protection of the equivalent rights of employees of direct subcontractors established in its territory, that the contractor of which the employer (service provider or temporary employment undertaking or placement agency) is a direct subcontractor can, in addition to or in place of the employer, be held liable by the posted worker and/or common funds or institutions of social partners for non-payment of the following: (a) any outstanding net remuneration corresponding to the minimum rates of pay and/or contributions due to common funds or institutions of social partners in so far as covered by Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC; (b) any back-payments or refund of taxes or social security contributions unduly with held from his/her salary.deleted
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 718 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) any outstanding net remuneration corresponding to the minimum rates of pay and/or contributions due to common funds or institutions of social partners in so far as covered by Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC;deleted
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 736 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The liability referred to in the present paragraph shall be limited to worker's rights acquired under the contractual relationship between the contractor and his subcontractor.deleted
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 744 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall provide that a contractor who has undertaken due diligence shall not be liable in accordance with paragraph 1. Such systems shall be applied in a transparent, non discriminatory and proportionate way. They may imply preventive measures taken by the contractor concerning proof provided by the subcontractor of the main working conditions applied to the posted workers as referred to in Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC, including pay slips and payment of wages, the respect of social security and/or taxation obligations in the Member State of establishment and compliance with the applicable rules on posting of workers.deleted
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 755 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may, in conformity with Union law, provide for more stringent liability rules under national law on a non-discriminatory and proportionate basis in regard to the scope and range of subcontractor liability. Member States may also, in conformity with Union law, provide for such liability in sectors other than those contained in the Annex to Directive 96/71/EC. Member States may in these cases provide that a contractor that has undertaken due diligence as defined by national law shall not be liable.deleted
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 764 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. Within three years after the date referred to in Article 20, the Commission shall, in consultation with the Member States and social partners at EU level, review the application of this Article with a view to proposing, where appropriate, any necessary amendments or modifications.deleted
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 774 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The requesting authority may, in accordance with the laws, regulations and administrative practices in force in its own Member State, request the competent authority in another Member State to recover a penalty or fine, fine or retroactive social security contributions or notify a decision imposing a penalty or, a fine, in so far as the relevant laws, regulations and administrative practices in force in the requested authority's Member State allow such action for similar claims or decis or retroactive social security contributions.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 781 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The competent authority in the requesting Member State shall ensure that the request for recovery of a penalty or a fine or notification of a decision imposing a penalty or fine is made in accordance with the rules in force in that Member State, whereas the competent requested authority shall ensure that such recovery or notification in the requested Member State is effected in accordance with the national laws, regulations and administrative practices in force in the latter.deleted
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 783 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The requesting authority may not make a request for recovery of a penalty or a fine or notification of a decision imposing a penalty or fine if and as long as the fine or penalty, as well the underlying claim and/or the instrument permitting its enforcement in the requesting Member State, are contested in that Member State.deleted
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 788 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. If it emerges that the service provider is indeed not established in the Member State of alleged establishment or the address or company data are false, the competent authorities shall not terminate the process on formal grounds but further investigate the matter in order to establish the identity of the natural or legal person responsible for the posting.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 791 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. For the purpose of recovery of a penalty or fine or notification of a decision imposing a penalty or fine in the requested Member State, any fine or penalty, fine or retroactive payment of social security contributions or notification of a decision imposing a penalty, fine or retroactive payment of social security contributions in the requested Member State, any fine, penalty or retroactive payment of social security contributions in respect of which a request for recovery or notification has been made shall be treated as if it were a fine or penalty of the requested Member State.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 794 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. The requested authority shall promptly inform the requesting authority of the action taken on its request for information, notification or recovery and, more specifically, of the date on which the instrument or decision was forwarded or notified to the addressee. The same shall apply if there are substantial obstacles to the request being successfully processed.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 802 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. If, in the course of the recovery or notification procedure, the fine, penalty and/or underlying claim is contested in the requesting Member State by the service provider concerned or an interested partyin compliance with the regulations applicable for contestation,, the cross-border enforcement procedure of the fine or penalty imposed shall be suspended pending the decision of the appropriate national authority in the matter.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 812 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The administrative cooperation and mutual assistance between the competent authorities of the Member States provided for in Articles 6, 7, 10(3), 13, 14 and 15 shall be implemented through the Internal Market Information System (IMI), established by [reference to IMI Regulation]89 or by other established methods of cooperation on which the Member States agree on a case-by-case basis or by means of bilateral agreements.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 819 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may continue to apply bilateral arrangements or conclude new bilateral agreements concerning administrative cooperation between their competent authorities as regards the application and monitoring of the terms and conditions of employment applicable to posted workers referred to in Article 3 of Directive 96/71/EC, in so far as these arrangements do not adversely affect the rights and obligations of the workers and companies concerned.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 821 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. In the context of bilateral agreements referred to in paragraph 2, competent authorities of the Member States shall use IMI as much as possible. In any event, where a competent authority in one of the Member States concerned has used IMI, it shall be used for any follow-up required and shall take precedence over the mechanism(s) foreseen in such a bilateral agreement with respect to administrative cooperation and mutual assistance.deleted
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 825 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 a (new)
Article 19a Clause of non-regression - More favourable provisions 1. This Directive and Directive 96/71/EC are without prejudice to the Member States' right to apply or introduce legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions which are more favourable to workers or to promote or permit collective agreements concluded between the social partners which are more favourable to workers. 2. The implementation of this Directive shall under no circumstances constitute sufficient grounds for justifying a reduction in the general level of protection of workers in the fields covered by this Directive and Directive 96/71/EC. This is without prejudice to the rights of Member States and/or management and labour to lay down, in the light of changing circumstances, different legislative, regulatory or contractual arrangements to those prevailing at the time of the adoption of this Directive, provided that the minimum requirements laid down in this Directive are respected.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 833 #

2012/0061(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1
No later than 5 years after the expiry of the deadline for transposition, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament, the Council and, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the implementation of this Directive, making appropriate proposals where necessary.
2013/01/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 431 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) Workers’ personal data, especially sensitive data such as political orientation and membership of and activities in trade unions, must be protected in accordance with Articles 8, 12 and 28 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Articles 8 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, and may under no circumstances be used to put workers on so-called ‘blacklists’ to be passed on to other enterprises with the aim of discriminating against particular workers.
2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1044 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The processing of personal data, revealing race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or beliefs, trade-union membershipmembership of or activity in a trade union, and the processing of genetic data or data concerning health or sex life or criminal convictions or related security measures shall be prohibited.
2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1054 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) processing is necessary for the purposes of carrying out the obligations and exercising specific rights of the controller in the field of employment law, including collective wage agreements, in so far as it is authorised by Union law or Member State law providing for adequate safeguards;
2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 2152 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The controller and the processor shall designate at least one data protection officer after obtaining the approval of the representatives of the business's employees in any case where:
2013/03/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 2172 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the processing is carried out by an enterprise employing 250 persons or more;
2013/03/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 2175 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the collection and processing of data relate to at least 250 data subjects per year;
2013/03/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 2195 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2
2. In the case referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1, a group of undertakings may appoint a singlchief data protection officer provided it is ensured that a data protection officer is easily accessible from each works location, and that there is at least one data protection officer per Member State.
2013/03/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 2213 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 5
5. The controller or processor shall, after obtaining the approval of the representatives of the business's employees, designate the data protection officer on the basis of professional qualities and, in particular, expert knowledge of data protection law and practices and ability to fulfil the tasks referred to in Article 37. The necessary level of expert knowledge shall be determined in particular according to the data processing carried out and the protection required for the personal data processed by the controller or the processor. The controller or processor shall ensure that the data protection officer has the opportunity for further training and in-service training at their expense.
2013/03/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 2231 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 7
7. The controller or the processor shall, after obtaining the approval of the representatives of the business's employees, designate a data protection officer for a period of at least two years. The data protection officer may be reappointed for further terms. During their term of office, the data protection officer may only be dismissed, if the data protection officer no longer fulfils the conditions required for the performance of their duties. Notwithstanding the above, the data protection officer shall enjoy special protection against discrimination and dismissal, similar to the protection afforded to employees’ representatives under national law, and may not be disadvantaged for carrying out his duties.
2013/03/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3006 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1
1. Within the limits ofIn accordance with this Regulation, Member States may adopt by law – by enacting legal provisions – specific rules regulating the processing of employees' personal data in the employment context, in particular, but not exclusively, for the purposes of the recruitment and applications for posts within a group of undertakings, the performance of the contract of employment, including discharge of obligations laid down by law orand by collective agreements, company agreements and wage agreements, management, planning and organisation of work, health and safety at work, and for the purposes of the exercise and enjoyment, on an individual or collective basis, of rights and benefits related to employment, and for the purpose of the termination of the employment relationship. It shall not be permissible to provide a level of protection lower than that afforded by this regulation The right of the Member States to lay down protective provisions on the processing of personal data in the context of employment which are more favourable to employees shall be unaffected. Without prejudice to the other provisions of this regulation, the legal provisions of the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall at the minimum include the following minimum standards:
2013/03/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3011 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Profiling in connection with employment shall not be permitted.
2013/03/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3015 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Workers' personal data, especially sensitive data such as political orientation and membership of and activities in trade unions, may under no circumstances be used to put workers on so-called 'blacklists', and to vet or bar them from future employment. The processing, the use in the employment context, the drawing-up and passing-on of blacklists of employees shall be prohibited. Member States shall conduct checks and adopt adequate sanctions in accordance with Article 79(6) to ensure effective implementation of this paragraph.
2013/03/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3018 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Surveillance to monitor the performance of employees shall be prohibited.
2013/03/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3020 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Processing of data on employees without the employees’ knowledge shall not be permitted. The private and intimate life of employees shall always be respected.
2013/03/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3022 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Open optical electronic surveillance and/or open acoustic electronic surveillance of parts of the business premises which are not accessible to the public and are predominantly used for purposes of an employee’s private life, particularly in sanitary facilities, changing rooms, rooms where breaks are spent and bedrooms, shall not be permitted. Open optical electronic surveillance and/or open acoustic electronic surveillance of publicly accessible parts of the business premises or parts which are not accessible to the public and are not predominantly used for purposes of an employee’s private life, such as entry halls, foyers, offices, workshops or the like, shall be permitted only to the extent that it is absolutely necessary for the safety/security of the employee and of the business. Surveillance of public parts of the business should not include surveillance of the employee in his place of work, except insofar as this is unavoidable. Before surveillance is performed, the employee shall be informed when and for how long the surveillance devices will be operated. Recordings of the surveillance shall be deleted after a short time, at the latest one month after the surveillance has taken place. Secret surveillance shall always be prohibited.
2013/03/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3024 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. If undertakings collect or process personal data in connection with statutory medical examinations and/or aptitude tests, they must, in advance, inform the applicant or employee of the purpose for which the data are to be used, and subsequently communicate the data to them together with the findings, and explain them. Collection of data for the purpose of genetic testing and analyses shall be prohibited. Collection and processing of personal data as part of medical examinations and/or aptitude tests must be necessary for the protection of health at work and preventive health care with reference to the employment relationship. The employer may not have direct access to the data. Data concerning applicants shall be treated in the same way as data concerning employees. Collection of health data in preparation for dismissal on health grounds shall be prohibited.
2013/03/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3026 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Legal provisions may be laid down, particularly by means of collective agreements, stipulating whether and to what extent the telephone, e-mail, Internet and other telecommunications services may also be used for private purposes. Private use may also be permitted by an employment contract. If private use is permitted, processing of traffic data collected with reference to it shall only be permitted for the preservation of data security, to ensure the proper functioning of telecommunications networks and telecommunications services, and to levy charges, after the employee has been informed. Furthermore, the content of private e-mails shall not be analysed.
2013/03/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3028 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Collection and processing of information/data concerning employees or applicants via social networks which are not specifically job application portals shall be prohibited.
2013/03/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3030 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Data on employees which are inaccurate, whose accuracy is contested by employees or which have been collected by unauthorised means may not be used.
2013/03/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3031 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 j (new)
1j. Employees who have refused unauthorised examinations or requests for information or have given false answers to them, or who have objected to unauthorised collection/use of data on employees may not be disadvantaged.
2013/03/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3 #

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Deplores the fact that the Commission has not so far responded appropriately to the European Parliament’s resolution of 18 November 2008 and has not started work on a legislative initiative or made wide- ranging use of the ‘European Year of Equal Opportunities for All’ (2007) to tackle the problem of unequal pay for male and female workers effectively;
2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Considers it a priority to promote a new culture of shared responsibility, both in private life and at work, to replace the traditional distribution of roles between women and men and enable increased integration between family and career;
2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States to adopt extensive legally binding rules in order to implement in practical terms the principle of equal pay for equal work and work of equal value in the same place;
2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 106 #

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that, in view of the lack of progress, the Member States should give consideration to effective and, where appropriate, legislative measures against employers who contravene the principle of equal pay;
2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 136 #

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recommends that a common, Europe-wide action day be designated based on the proposal for an International Equal Pay Day already put forward in Parliament's resolution of 3 September 2008; Or. de (2008/2047(INI))
2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2011/2181(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes the view that the 2004 OECD definition of corporate governance should be adopted regarding the entire set of relations between a company’s management, its board, its shareholders and other stakeholders;
2011/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2011/2181(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Is of the opinion that employee participation in information, consultation and decision-making should be promoted and strengthened, as should co- determination schemes; notes that their privileged insight into internal company procedures enables employee representatives to contribute significantly to diversity and quality on supervisory boards;
2011/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2011/2181(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for greater gender diversity in company boardssupervisory and management boards, which must established by a statutory quota;
2011/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2011/2181(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a.Takes the view that it is the responsibility of management and supervisory board members to avail themselves of the training and further training necessary for fulfilment of their tasks, with assistance from the company as necessary;
2011/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2011/2181(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that employee financial participation alleviates social tensions while offering employees share income in addition to their agreed earnings; considers therefore that the development of a standard European employee participation model should be envisaged;
2011/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2011/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 a (new)
- whereas the region around the Southern Partner Countries has one of the lowest activity rates in the world and the events of early 2011 in a number of Partner Countries offer new opportunities to address challenges of job creation,
2011/09/29
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2011/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) should focus on economic and social reforms with quality employment at the centre and labour standards as pre- requisites for financial support;
2011/09/29
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2011/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that ENP should tackle urgent labour-market issues such as supply- demand mismatches, informal employment and gender imbalances with the expertise and collaboration of the EU, especially the European Training Foundation, and the international organisations that deal with reforming labour markets and developing social policies;
2011/09/29
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2011/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of job creationg quality jobs but recalls the need to cope effectively with illegal migration of the jobless;
2011/09/29
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2011/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the EU 2020 strategy aims for an overall employment rate of 75% of the population aged between 20 and 64; whereas workers with chronic or long- term illnesses often do not return to work, even though their health would permit it;
2011/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2011/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas equal working conditions may have different effects on men and women and whereas these differences should be taken into account in strategies and measures to improve health and safety at work;
2011/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2011/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas, given the labour shortage, it is desirable to prolong older workers' active working lives and whereas measures to promote health and safety at work should take effect in the near future;
2011/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 142 #

2011/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Points out that labour inspectors play a vital role in verifying the implementation of the legislation in force and, thereby, in prevention; stresses that the Member States must guarantee high standards in the training of labour inspectors; encourages the Member States to strengthen sanctions against enterprises not complying with their obligations concerning fundamental rights (salaries and OHS, including working hours);
2011/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 189 #

2011/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Criticizes the fact that the Commission has failed to pay sufficient attention to the gender mainstreaming approach, either in the Community strategy on health and safety at work or in its mid-term assessment; calls on the Commission and Member States to take into account gender-specific particularities in national and European strategies for health and safety at work and in the collection of statistical data and in research;
2011/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 190 #

2011/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Notes that young workers between the ages of 15 and 24 are at particularly high risk of injuryx, and the long-term consequences of an illness or injury at an early age can be significant; calls, therefore, on the Commission to consider also protecting young workers over the age of 18 under Directive 94/33/EC; emphasizes further the need to integrate the issue of health and safety at work in existing EU programmes, such as 'Youth on the Move'; __________________ x Verjans M., de Broeck V., Eckelaert L., OSH in figures: Young workers - Facts and figures, European Agency for Safety and Health at work, European Risk Observatory Report, Luxembourg, 2007, p.133
2011/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 191 #

2011/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to facilitate the process of demographic change by better adapting health and safety measures at the workplace to the needs of older workers; emphasizes the positive effects of lifelong learning in maintaining the motivation to work and of measures that anticipate a decline in physical strength, for example the ergonomic design of workplaces; emphasizes that a framework agreement between the social partners would be a constructive initiative;
2011/09/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2011/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that a reduction to no more than 10% would have an effect in reducing youth unemployment and in improving the employment rate, since currently 52% of school leavers are unemployed; considerspoints out that reducing the early school leaving rate by only 1% could boost the number of qualified potential employees by 500 000;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2011/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the Commission should present to the committee in a year’s time, and on the basis of accurate indicators, a survey, assessment and evaluation of national reform programmes and should also submit regular progress reports;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2011/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Advocates flexible, needs-based forms of learning at schools and stresses that this challenge must be addressed in particular by primary schools and in the early years of secondary schooling; takes the view that teaching staff should be qualified for this purpose and that educational social workers should be recruited to support them;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2011/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that pupils’ personal situations, e.g. gender, low level of education in the family orfamily circumstances, a migrant background, or a disability, must be taken into account, and that these pupils must be given targeted encouragement from the outset; stresses that Roma children and children with no identity papers must be enabled to attend school;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2011/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Urges that special individual careers advice be given to early school leavers to facilitate their entry into the world of work, and that they should be enabled by means of specially tailored measures to obtain skills and qualifications later, and that their families and others close to them should also be involved at an early stage;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #

2011/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Proposes, in the context of the 2012 EU budget, a pilot project aimed ats to consider the individual causes of early school leaving, with the aim of integrating early school leavers successfully into the labour market;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 121 #

2011/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Advocates the targeted deployment of the structural funds, especially the European Social Fund, for early school leavers.
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2011/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the need for systems providing for effective checks by inspection bodies, using innovative methods such as specific audits of working time or rescue operations and sanctions can be applied by violations of health and safety of workers;
2011/06/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2011/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of laying down training requirements for workers involved in high- risk tasks and these are updated regularly to meet the latest state of technology;
2011/06/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2011/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for strict safety, health protection and training rules to be applied to subcontractors, who must have the necessary qualifications to carry out maintenance and construction work;
2011/06/01
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 89 #

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a better coordination of economic policies between Member States in order to avoid unfair competition and market distortion; urges Member States to respect the rules on budgetary discipline in order to diminish the risk of falling into excessive deficit and calls on the Commission for an effective budgetary surveillance, but emphasises that budgetary discipline should not lead exclusively to the abolition of social rights; emphasises that measures designed to achieve savings, such as reductions in funding for education and an active labour market policy and job cuts, could be detrimental to young people in particular; stresses, further, that a policy geared exclusively to austerity is not suited to addressing the problem of the shortage of skilled workers in Europe or maintaining economic performance;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 152 #

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for better monitoring of the upcoming skill demand in Europe and for an immediate transposition of the findings into education and the lifelong learning policies of the Member States; emphasises that young people in particular must be kept informed at all times about labour market trends so that they can concentrate on developing skills which are actually needed; considers that a ‘knowledge alliance’ that brings together business and education institutions would be an useful instrument in addressing innovation and skills gaps;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 156 #

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Emphasises the importance of a high- quality State education system which guarantees everyone free, equal access;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 165 #

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets that the number of early school-leavers still remains high; emphasises the importance of education and vocational training geared to the needs of a modern, competitive, inclusive and sustainable society; calls on the Member States to implement policies to prevent early school leaving and to offer learning and training alternatives to students with learning difficulties;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 179 #

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to promote European centres of excellence within new academic specialisations for tomorrow’s jobs; emphasises that access to education must not be contingent on the social background or financial situation of a young person’s parents;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 192 #

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages Member States to implement a dual system of education/training in order to introduce young people to the labour market from the earliest stage; furthermore, calls on relevant stakeholders to ensure that traineeships and apprenticeships lead to the provision of new jobs; emphasises the need to lay down minimum standards for traineeships as regards pay and social rights, in order to prevent the exploitation of trainees and guarantee them appropriate remuneration; calls for the introduction of a binding European quality framework for traineeships;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 206 #

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Considers it necessary, on the basis iof instruments such as EQR, ECVET and ECTS, to improve mutual recognition of competences, diplomas and skills obtained by means of formal, non-formal and informal learning at EU level, with the same recognition being extended to workers from third countries; makes it clear that mutual recognition must be granted within 12 months of the date on which the qualification was obtained;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 244 #

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that a barrier-free and competitive single market has to be completed in order to facilitate free movement of workers; in this regard, calls on the Commission and Member States to work closely with social partners and to encourage sharing of best practice and experience in this area; emphasises that social aspects must also be taken into account in that connection and that wage dumping must be prevented;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 301 #

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that, under the new momentum of social and economic changes, the four components of flexicurity – flexible and reliable contractual arrangements, active labour market policies, lifelong learning, and modern social security systems – and the balance between them should be reviewed and reinforcedin order to ensure that the principle of equal pay for equal work performed in the same place is observed; considers that the social partners should play a central role in that review, as part of the social dialogue;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 326 #

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Emphasises the importance of tackling youth unemployment as a matter of priority; calls on the Commission and Member States to continue their efforts to foster youth integration in the labour market, including the provision of incentives for young people and employers; underlines in this context the crucial importance of facilitating the transition from school to work, as well as skills anticipation, upgrading and matching; stresses the importance of the mutual recognition in the EU of school, vocational and higher education qualifications and qualifications obtained by means of further training and non- formal learning; emphasises that this initiative must be closely coordinated with the ‘Youth on the Move’ initiative;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 336 #

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Emphasises that policies promoting gender equality and the reconciliation of work, family and private life can contribute to increased participation of women and men in the labour market; takes the view that efforts must be made to interest girls in MINT (mathematics, informatics, natural sciences, technology) professions and areas of vital importance to their professional development in particular at a young age and to give them appropriate encouragement;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 337 #

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Emphasises that policies promoting gender equality and the reconciliation of work, family and private life can contribute to increased participation of women and men in the labour market; calls on the Member States to take targeted measures to increase the number of women in senior management positions;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the most vulnerable groups have been those most severely affected by the crisis and the associated austerity measures, and the gap between rich and poor is getting ever wider as the crisis continues,
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 69 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the opposite of poverty is wealth and, particularly in view of bonus payments to managers that are still too high and the irresponsible behaviour of the banks despite the financial crisis, justice must be done, as workers are suffering worst under the effects of the crisis and also have to pay for it,
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment FF #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas employmentgrowth and employment, even in a decent job, alone isare not sufficient to lift people out of poverty, and whereas the problem of the working poor has gained increasing recognition in recent years, and whereas the segmentation of the labour market has increased, working and living conditions have very much worsened, particularly during the financial crisis, and work has become much less secure – a trend which must be combated; whereas the problem of the working poor has gained increasing recognition in recent years but is not yet being addressed to an extent commensurate with the challenges it represents for our societies; whereas the number of the working poor has grown considerably in recent years, with 8% of the working population suffering in-work poverty and where 22% of those at risk of poverty are in work1; whereas the fact of people having access to decent, egalitarian working conditions constitutes an advance in terms of reducing poverty and social exclusion among families and people living alone, __________________ 1 EUROSTAT (2009), SPC Report: SPC Assessment of the social dimension of the Europe 2020 Strategy (10 Feb. 2011)
2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment II #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas social protection, including minimum income systems, is a basic element of modern democracies that substantially guarantees the human right to social, economical, political and cultural participation in society and plays a key role in stabilising the economy by limiting the impact of crises and in redistributing resources at every stage of life, while also affording protection against social risks and preventing povertyand alleviating poverty and social exclusion, throughout the life cycle,
2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas employment alone is not sufficient to lift people out of poverty, and whereas poor people’s working and living conditions have very much worsened , particularly during the financial crisis, work has become much less secure, and the problem of the working poor has gained increasing recognition in recent years,
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment P #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Acknowledges the need to assess the impact of EU funds in terms of achieving the poverty reduction target, even where this is not their primary objective, where possible, the effectiveness, impact, coordination and value for money of EU funds, especially of the European Social Fund (ESF) in terms of achieving the poverty reduction target, even where this is not their primary objective, reducing the economic discrepancies, prosperity imbalances and differences in living standard levels across EU Member States and regions, and therefore promoting economic and social cohesion; maintains that priority must be given to projects that combine employment targets and strategies with integrated active inclusion approaches, such as projects designed to strengthen intergenerational solidarity at regional and local level or which specifically contribute to realising gender equality and the active inclusion of vulnerable groups; stresses the importance of effective action for solidarity, including reinforcement, anticipation of transfer and reduction of cofinancing in respect of budgetary funding for creating decent jobs, supporting productive sectors and fighting poverty and social exclusion, rather than creating new forms of dependence; stresses the importance of supporting the combat of poverty and social exclusion, and access to quality employment and non discrimination, ensuring adequate income and promoting access to quality services;
2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment W #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Wishes the Commission to initiate a framework directive on minimum incomelaunch, in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, a consultation on the possibility of a legislative initiative on a sensible minimum income that will allow economic development, designed to prevent poverty and serve as a basis for people to live in dignity, play their full part in society and make headway with finding employment or identifying training opportunities and playing an automatic stabilising role for the economy, with due regard for differing practices, collective labour agreements and legislation in the various Member States, the definition of a minimum income being the prerogative of the Member State; wishes the Commission to help Member States share best practice on minimum income levels and encourages Member States to develop minimum income schemes based on an average of 60% of the median income in each Member State;
2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment Z #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the most vulnerable groups have been those most severely affected by the crisis and the associated austerity measures, 116 million people in the European Union are at risk of poverty and 42 million (i.e. 8%) live ‘in conditions of severe material deprivation and can not afford a number of necessities considered essential in order to live a decent life in Europe’1; whereas poverty is the unacceptable reflection of an uneven distribution of wealth, income and resources in a prosperous European economy; whereas the most vulnerable groups, such as the elderly and disabled people, have been those most severely affected by the financial, economic and social crisis and the austerity measures currently being taken in the EU in the context of the ‘Euro Plus Pact’ and the ‘governance package’, which could worsen the situation for these groups and put at risk of unemployment, economic insecurity or poverty millions of people who were still managing to live on, and meet their basic needs from, their wages or retirement pension, notably as a result of cuts in public service and social assistance budgets; whereas applying tougher conditions and penalties in social activation policies in response to the crisis aggravates the difficulties faced by the most vulnerable people at a time when few decent jobs are on offer; whereas the gap between rich and poor is getting ever wider as the crisis continues; __________________ 1 European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion (COM(2010)758 final).
2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas social protection, including minimum income systems, ensures social, economic, political and cultural participation and plays a key role in stabilising the economy by limiting the impact of crises and in redistributing resources at every stage of life, while also affording protection against social risks and preventing poverty,
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 275 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Acknowledges the need to assess the impact of EU funds in terms of achieving the poverty reduction and social integration target, even where this is not their primary objective; maintains that priority must be given to projects that combine employment targets and strategies with active inclusion;
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 376 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Wishes the Commission to initiate a framework directive on minimum income, designed to prevent poverty and serve as a basis for people to live in dignity, play their full part in society and make headway with finding employment or identifying training opportunities, with due regard for differing practices, collective labour agreements and legislation in the various Member States;
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that public procurement is a key market based instrument which plays a role in fostering sustainable employment and working conditions; calls for compliance with social standards and collective agreements and payment of statutory minimum wages and fees during performance of the contract and in the input and supply chain to be made a binding criterion for the award of contracts, with a view to enforcing the principle of equal pay for equal work performed in the same place;
2011/06/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2011/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that public procurement is a key market based instrument which plays a role in fostering sustainable employment and working conditions; calls for compliance with social standards and collective agreements and payment of statutory minimum wages and fees during performance of the contract and in the input and supply chain to be made a binding criterion for the award of contracts, with a view to enforcing the principle of equal pay for equal work performed in the same place;
2011/07/26
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 59 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that a change in procurement practices should seek to simplify procurement rules and thus facilitate socially innovative public procurement; stresses that the importance of social and ecological criteria in the procurement process must be considerably enhanced and the ‘lowest price’ criterion must play a subordinate role in the contract award procedure;
2011/06/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2011/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph B
B. whereas the Statute for a European Company and the Statute for a European Cooperative Society provide for the transfer of company seats in accordance with specific, binding rules on the involvement of employees, in line with Directive 2001/86/EC; and whereas the employee participation procedures laid down in European company law directives must be as coherent and effective as possible,
2011/08/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2011/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Expects such a proposal to prevent abuses as referred to in Directive 2011/86/EC and fraud and to protect the interests of creditors, minority shareholders and employees;
2011/08/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2011/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 1
– legislative provisions on employees’ right of involvement, similar to those set out in Directive 2005/51/86/EC concerning mergersupplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees where a company or firm is established by means of transformation, in order to ensure the coherence of employee participation procedures in connection with the application of European company law directives;
2011/08/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the free movement of persons and of workers is one of the key benefits of European integration, provided that a balance is struck at all times between mobility and the quality of professional qualifications;
2011/08/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the non-recognition of professional qualifications is often the result of strategic calculations linked to the payment of lower salaries; calls, therefore, for laws and collective agreements to be observed in order to ensure compliance with the principle of equal pay for equal work performed in the same place;
2011/08/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages all initiatives that aim to facilitate voluntary cross-border mobility as a means to the efficient functioning of labour markets and as a means to enhance economic growth and competitiveness within the EU; recognises the need for modernisation of Directive 2005/36/EC; calls for the social partners to be involved in all stages of the process of modernising and implementing Directive 2005/36/EC;
2011/08/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Is convinced that the number of regulated professions should gradually be reduced and the scope for automatic recognition of qualifications to new professions should be expanded with special attention also being given to innovative sectors and digital industries;
2011/08/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that the issue of the recognition of professional qualifications is closely bound up with the completion of the Bologna Process to establish a single European higher education area;
2011/08/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission for further improvement and proper use of the Internal Market Information System (IMI), in order to have a centralized and interoperable e- system of regulated professions, easily accessible for professionals and public authorities, while safeguarding principles of data protection; takes the view that public authorities, the social partners and professional associations should work together at national and European level to make the IMI visible, accessible and transparent;
2011/08/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for updating the list of activities and for examining the rules on automatic recognition in specific areas, for example in the area of craft, trade and industry; takes the view that in that connection the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) could provide suitable criteria;
2011/08/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for Directive 2005/36/EC to take greater account of continuing training;
2011/08/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Is convinced that an obligatory register is necessary in order to monitor persons whose professional licence has been revoked within any Member State; this register should be accessible to all the relevant public authorities concerned across all Member StaEmphasises the effectiveness of early- warning mechanisms in ensuring that the authorities are notified of instances of professional misconduct; takes the view that extending the early-warning arrangements to all Member States would strengthen the confidence of the authorities and the public in the systesm;
2011/08/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a pragmatic approach to language tests, where registration is possible without proof of language but are permitted upon an offer of employment;deleted
2011/08/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for general simplification of and greater transparency concerning the administrative processes involved and for a reduction of the costs at all levels including those incurred by professionals.
2011/08/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2011/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned, howeverof the opinion, that greater harmonisation may have a negapositive impact on Member States' competitiveness and, therefore, on potential employment opportunities; disparities between national insolvency and restructuring laws create obstacles, competitive advantages and/or disadvantages or difficulties for companies with cross-border activities or ownership within the EU; harmonisation of insolvency regimes will further promote a level playing field, remove obstacles to a successful restructuring of insolvent companies and preserve employment;
2011/04/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2011/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that employment law is the responsibility of the Member States and that any debate surrounding the establishment of common rules on insolvency must not include any reference to common rules on employment law;deleted
2011/04/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2011/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Takes the view that Directive 2008/94/EC has met its objective ofis ensuring a minimum degree of protection for employees in the event of insolvency, whilst maintaining adequate flexibility for Member States; however, is very concerned about the low ceilings and very short time limits set by Member States under the possibility offered by Articles 4(2) and 4(3), which gives as a result a large number of workers with unpaid wages exceeding the limits set by national law; stresses that the wording of Articles 4(2) and 4(3) in particular is very vague and leaves a considerable amount of discretion to Member States to significantly water down their obligations under the Directive; considers that a revision of these provisions should be envisaged;
2011/04/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2011/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Does not consider it necessary to set a minimum figure for the payments made by the guarantee institution at European level;deleted
2011/04/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2011/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights the changing nature of employment contracts across the EU and the diversity of such contracts within Member States; considers it counterproductive, therefore, to seek to define ‘employee’ at European level;deleted
2011/04/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2011/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Takes the view that an information centre on cross-border insolvency proceedings should be established that will maintain an electronic insolvency register with information on the opening of proceedings and the basic features of insolvency procedure law, in order to facilitate the enforcement of claims;
2011/04/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2011/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Is of the opinion, that the scope of application of the Directive 2008/94/EC, in particular the understanding of ‘outstanding claim’ is too wide as a number of Member States apply a narrow definition of remuneration (e.g.: excluding severance pay, bonuses, reimbursement arrangements, etc.) that can result in the non-fulfilment of considerable claims;
2011/04/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2011/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Takes the view that exemptions from the scope of Directive 2008/94/EC on the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer should be avoided as far as possible;
2011/04/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2011/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Points out that at present there are no rules on the coordination of insolvency proceedings with respect to different companies belonging to the same group of undertakings; demands that rules are adopted at EU level, which further address the coordination and efficient administration of international group insolvencies; additionally, stresses that rules on liabilities of subcontracting chains can help protect workers affected by insolvency proceedings;
2011/04/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 279 #

2011/0438(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Contracting authorities shall limit any conditions for participation to those that are appropriate to ensure that a candidate or tenderer has the legal and financial capacities and the commercial and technical abilities to perform the contract to be awarded. All requirements shall be related and strictly proportionatelinked to the subject-matter of the contract, taking into account the need to ensure genuine competitionfair competition. The consideration of collectively agreed social standards shall be explicitly permitted as a criterion and shall be counted in the candidate's favour. Minimum wage levels and social standards laid down by the contracting authority shall be permitted, in particular where there are no collective agreements.
2012/06/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 294 #

2011/0438(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Without prejudice to national laws, regulations or administrative provisions concerning the remuneration of certain services, the criteria on which contracting authorities shall base the award of public contracts shall be on the criterione of the following:most economically advantageous and sustainable tender involving collectively agreed arrangements.
2012/06/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 297 #

2011/0438(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the most economically advantageous tender;deleted
2012/06/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 300 #

2011/0438(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the lowest cost.deleted
2012/06/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 828 #

2011/0437(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 6
6. Any economic operator shall be excluded from participation in a concession where the contracting authority or contracting entity is aware of a judicial or administrative decision having the force of res judicata establishing that it has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes or social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which it is established or with those of the Member State of the contracting authority or entity. or that it has been found guilty of repeated breaches of labour law. Repeated breaches of labour law shall be taken to mean at least five labour court judgments against the economic operator concerned.
2012/10/23
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 846 #

2011/0437(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 a (new)
Article 36a Conditions for performance of contracts 1. The contracting authorities or entities shall apply additional social and environmental criteria for the provision of the works and services, which shall be indicated in the notice of the concession. 2. As regards the wages (including bonuses), working hours and other working conditions of the workers involved in performing the concession, the contracting authorities or entities shall lay down requirements which are no less favourable than the conditions which apply in the same area for the same work in the profession or industry concerned on the basis of: (a) a collective wage agreement or the outcome of another recognised negotiating procedure concluded by associations of workers and employers to which a substantial proportion of the workers and employers in the profession or industry concerned belong, or (b) an arbitration ruling (when national law makes provision for this), or (c) national law. If in the area in which the work is to be performed the relevant working conditions are not governed in one of the ways referred to above, the conditions to be granted by the contracting authorities and entities must guarantee the workers involved wages (including bonuses), working hours and other working conditions which are no less favourable than the conditions granted by employers who are in the nearest comparable area or belong to the same profession or industry as the party to the contract and who are in the same circumstances.
2012/10/23
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 20 #

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) Under the European Neighbourhood Policy, the Union offers Neighbourhood countries a privileged relationship, building upon a mutual commitment to and promotion of the values of democracy and human rights, the rule of law, good governance, employment, the development of human capital, social protection and the principles of market economy and sustainable development.
2012/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Furthermore, it is important to foster and facilitate, inter alia with the support of the Union's agencies, cooperation for the common benefit of Union and its partners, notably through pooling of contributions from internal and external instruments of the Union budget, in particular for Cross- Border Cooperation, infrastructure projects of Union interest that will pass through Neighbourhood countries and other areas of cooperation.
2012/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) The Union should support partner countries in their efforts to create employment and improve employability, tackle labour market issues and develop social policies.
2012/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 b (new)
(22b) The objectives of this Regulation should include enhancing civil society and dialogue with the social partners as well as supporting the necessary structural economic, social and territorial cohesion and educational improvements in the partner countries.
2012/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) achieving progressive integration into the Union internal market and enhanced sector and cross-sectoral co-operation including through legislative approximation and regulatory convergence towards Union and other relevant international standards, related institution building and investments, notably in interconnections and skills development;
2012/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) creating conditions for well managed mobility of people and promotion of people-to-people contacts, in particular controlled circular mobility promoting the matching of employers' demand for skills and job opportunities with the skills available in a specific region, ensuring the principle of equal treatment, promotion of people-to-people contacts and actively promoting the opportunities for returning migrants to find jobs and self-employment;
2012/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) sustainable and inclusive development in all aspects, poverty reduction, including through private-sector development; promotion of internal economic, social and territorial cohesion, rural development, climate action and disaster resilience; promoting active inclusion and social cohesion for the most vulnerable citizens and those who are most at risk of poverty and/or social exclusion by strengthening the capacities of civil society and of the social partners;
2012/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The achievement of these objectives shall be measured using notably the relevant EU periodic reports, including reports by the Union's agencies, on the implementation of the policy, and for paragraphs 2(a), (d) and (e), the relevant indicators established by international organisations and other relevant bodies; for paragraphs 2(b), (c) and (d) the uptake of the EU regulatory framework by the partner countries as relevant; for paragraphs 2(c) and (f), the number of relevant agreements and cooperation actions. The indicators will include, among others, adequately monitored democratic elections, level of corruption, trade flows, indicators enabling measuring internal economic disparities, including employment levels and human capital development, and the obligation of the social partners and of civil society to participate in social dialogue and their right to be consulted before legislation and policies are introduced.
2012/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The partnership and cooperation agreements, the association agreements and other existing or future agreements that establish a relationship with partner countries, corresponding Communications, Council conclusions and European Parliament Resolutions as well as relevant conclusions of ministerial meetings with the partner countries shall constitute the overall policy framework for programming and implementing Union support under this Regulation, actively linked with existing internal instruments and policies of the Union regarding infrastructure, energy, transport, ICT, employment and social policy, migration, education, culture, research and innovation.
2012/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2011/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Assistance under this Regulation should be provided in accordance with the enlargement policy framework defined by the Union for each beneficiary country reflected in the annual enlargement package of the Commission, which includes the Progress Reports and the Enlargement Strategy, in the Stabilisation and Association agreements and in the European or Accession Partnerships. Assistance should mainly focus on a limited number of policy areas that will help beneficiary countries strengthen democratic institutions and the rule of law, reform the judiciary and public administration, respect fundamental rights and promote gender equality and non- discrimination and implement the European framework for social and territorial cohesion. It should also enhance their economic and social development, underpinning a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth agenda in line with the Europe 2020 strategy and to align progressively with the Copenhagen criteria. The coherence between the financial assistance and the overall progress made in the implementation of the pre-accession strategy should be strengthened.
2012/04/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2011/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Candidate countries and potential candidates need to be better prepared to withstand global challenges, such as sustainable development and climate change, and align with the Union's efforts to address these issues. Investment in human resources to provide new skills and competences shall be made. Union assistance under this Regulation should also contribute to the goal of raising the climate-related proportion of the Union budget to at least 20 %.
2012/04/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2011/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) In order to ensure coherence between the accession process and the financial and technical assistance provided under this Regulation and achieve the objectives of the accession agenda, a common strategic framework for using the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance should be established by the Commission. The Commission could seek support in this exercise by its EU agencies and other relevant institutions. This framework should define, inter alia, the list of key actions which may be supported under this Regulation and the criteria for the allocation of funds. The common strategic framework should constitute the reference framework for the country and multi- country strategy papers.
2012/04/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2011/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) The objectives of the assistance should be defined in indicative country and multi–country strategy papers established by the Commission for the duration of the Union's Multi-annual Financial Framework in partnership with the beneficiary countries, based on their specific needs and enlargement agenda. The strategy papers should identify the policy areas for assistance and, without prejudice to the prerogatives of the budgetary authority, lay down the indicative allocations of funds per policy area, broken down per year, including an estimate of climate related expenditure. Sufficient flexibility should be built in to cater for emerging needs and to give incentives to improve performance and to enhance domestic and international investment for quality job creation and democracy enhancement. The strategy papers should ensure coherence and consistency with the efforts of beneficiary countries as reflected in their national budgets and should take into account the support provided by other donors. In order to take into account internal and external developments, the multiannual indicative strategy papers should be revised as appropriate.
2012/04/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2011/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
(v). the development of civil society and social dialogue; between employers' organizations and trade unions
2012/04/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2011/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) economic reforms necessary to cope with competitive pressure and market forces within the Union, while pursuing economic, social and environmental goals and fostering job creation with particular reference to SMEs;
2012/04/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2011/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii). fostering employment and developing human capital through effective policies, foresight based and informed by labour market analysis, related to mobility schemes to be considered;
2012/04/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2011/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
(iv). social and economic inclusion, in particular of minorities and vulnerable groups including the European platform against poverty and social exclusion and other relevant fora;
2012/04/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2011/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
– Progress in the areas of democracy, the rule of law, the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms, the justice system and the level of administrative capacity and the quality of civil dialogue and social dialogue between employers' organizations and trade unions;
2012/04/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2011/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 2
– Progress in socio-economic reforms; the soundness and effectiveness of social and economic development strategies, progress towards smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and the creation of quality education, training and employment, including through public investments supported by IPA;
2012/04/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2011/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to the provisions on suspension of aid in partnership and cooperation agreements with partner countries and regions, where a beneficiary country fails to respect the principles of democracy, the rule of law, human rights, minority rights and fundamental freedoms, or the commitments contained in the relevant agreements concluded with the Union, or where progress towards fulfilment of the accession criteria isand transparency are insufficient, the Union shall invite the beneficiary country to hold consultations with a view to finding a solution acceptable to both parties, except in cases of special urgency. Where consultations with the beneficiary country do not lead to a solution acceptable to both parties, or if consultations are refused or in cases of special urgency, the Council may take appropriate measures in accordance with Article 215(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which may include full or partial suspension of Union assistance. The European Parliament shall be fully and immediately informed of any decisions taken in this respect.
2012/04/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 80 #

2011/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The financial reference amount for the implementation of this Regulation for the period from 2014 to 2020 shall be EUR 14 110 100 000 (current prices). Up to 3% of the financial reference amount shall be allocated to cross-border cooperation programmes between beneficiary countries and EU Member States and 1,5% of the financial reference shall be reserved for civil society and social partner organizations.
2012/04/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Ambiguity exists as to whether Member States may requireMember States should ensure legally and without any ambiguity the takeover of staff upon a change of provider for groundhandling services to which access is limited. Discontinuity of staff can havehas a detrimental effect on the quality of groundhandling services. It is therefore appropriate to clarify tThe rules on the takeovransfer of staff beyond the application of Directive 2001/23/EC on transfers of undertakings enabling Member States to ensure adequate employment and working conditionshe change of groundhandling providers enabling Member States to safeguard employee´s rights, high labour standards and decent working conditions should be amended where necessary via provisions for the transfer of staff. Dismissal on economic, technical or organisational grounds should not be permitted in this context.
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) In a labour-intensive sector such as groundhandling, continuous staff development, education and training have a strong impact on service quality. Minimum training requirements should therefore be set to ensure and the safety of operations. The competent authorities in the Member States in cooperation with EASA, airport operators and the social partners should set ambitious minimum standards to ensure the highest quality for education and training of employees in the groundhandling sector. These standards should be regularly updated and developed in order to contribute to the quality of operations in terms of reliability, resilience, safety and security, and to create a level playing field among operators. No new service providers should be approved until the required standards are met at the respective airport.
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
(28 a) In order to improve the working conditions of baggage handlers, limits in the maximum allowable baggage weight should be reduced further, especially where baggage handling is performed manually. When handling bagage manually, the weight of individual pieces of bagage should also be clearly indicated through a baggage tagging system dividing baggage items into different weight classes.
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) Member States should retain the power to ensureensure that the staff of undertakings providing groundhandling services enjoy an adequate level of social protection, for the staff of undertaking providing groundhandling servicesair working conditions and decent living wages, which should also be ensured in the event of subcontracting and service contracts. No new service providers should be approved until the required standards are met at the respective airport.
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – title
Safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of transfer of staff for services subject to market access restrictions
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. This Article applies only toto all groundhandling services for which the Member State concerned has limited the number of suppliers in accordance with Article 6 or 14.
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Where, following the selection procedure laid down in Articles 7 to 10, a supplier of groundhandling services mentioned in paragraph 1 loses its authorisation to provide these services or where a service provider ceases to provide groundhandling services to an airport user or where a self-handling airport user decides to cease self-handling, Member States mayshall require supplier(s) of groundhandling services or self-handling airport users which subsequently provide these services to grant staff previously hired to provide these services the rights to which they would have been entitled if there had been a transfer within the meaning of Council Directive 2001/23/EC17 . The provisions set out in Article 4(1), second sentence, of Directive 2001/23/EC shall not apply in these cases.
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall limit the requirement in paragraph (2) to the employees of the previous supplier who are involved in the provision of services for which the previous supplier lost authorisation, and who voluntarily accept to be taken on by the new supplier(s) or self-handling airport user. The costs of redundancy plans for departing staff shall be borne by airport users in proportion to their share of traffic.
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall limit the requirement in paragraph (2) so that it is to be proportionate to the volume of activity effectively transferred to the other supplier(s).deleted
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 56 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. Where a Member State imposes a requirement as referred to in paragraph (2), tTender documents for the selection procedure laid down in Articles 7 to 10 shall list the staff concerned and give the relevant details of employees' contractual rights and the conditions under which employees are deemed to be linked to the services in question. Staff and union representatives shall have access to those lists.
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6
6. Where a supplier of groundhandling services stops providing to an airport user groundhandling services which constitute a significant part of the groundhandling activities of this supplier in cases not covered by paragraph (2), or where a self- handling airport user decides to stop self- handling, Member States may require the supplier(s) of groundhandling services or self-handling airport user which subsequently provide these groundhandling services to grant staff previously hired to provide these services the rights to which they would have been entitled if there had been a transfer within the meaning of Council Directive 2001/23/EC.deleted
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall limit the requirement in paragraph (6) to the employees of the previous supplier who are involved in the provision of groundhandling services that the previous supplier stops providing, and who voluntarily accept to be taken on by the new supplier(s) or self-handling airport user.deleted
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 8
8. Member States shall limit the requirement in paragraph (6) to the employees of the self-handling airport user who are involved in the provision of groundhandling services for which the self-handling airport user decides to stop self-handling, and who voluntarily accept to be taken on by the new supplier(s) or self-handling airport user.deleted
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall limit the requirement in paragraph (6) so that it is to be proportionate to the volume of activity effectively transferred to the other supplier or self-handling airport user.deleted
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
An undertaking applying for an approval shall demonstrate that its employees have the qualification, professional experience and length of service necessary for the performance of the activity it applies for. Individual requirements concerning qualifications, professional experience and length of service shall be set for each airport by the competent authorities in the Member State in cooperation with EASA as well as the airport operator and the social partners concerned. Moreover, general standards for groundhandling staff shall be established at EU level by EASA in cooperation with the competent authorities of the Member States, the airport operators and social partners. These requirements shall be monitored by the competent authorities in the Member States in cooperation with EASA.
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. Suppliers of groundhandling services and self-handling airport users shall ensure that all their employees involved in the provision of groundhandling services, including managing staff and supervisors, regularly attend specific and recurrent training to enable them to perform the tasks assigned to them and to prevent accidents and injuries. The competent authorities in the Member States shall monitor compliance with education and training standards. Recurrent training at the expense of the concerned groundhandling service provider or self-handling airport users may be required. No new service providers shall be approved until the required standards are met at the respective airport.
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 80 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Every employee involved in the provision of groundhandling services shall attend at least two days ofbasic theoretical and practical education and specific training relevant for the tasks assigned to the employeeasks. Every employee shall attend the relevant training whenbefore taking up a new job or when a new task is assigned tostarting a newly assigned task. Airport specific details and the minimum duration concerning the education and training shall be determined by the competent authorities in Member States in cooperation with EASA as well as concerned airport operators and social partners. A practical and a theoretical test shall serve to demonstrate that the relevant skills and knowledge have been acquired during the courses. The training costs shall be borne in full by the employeers.
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Ambiguity exists as to whether It should be clarified and ensured how Member States may require, without any ambiguity, the takeover of staff upon a change of provider for groundhandling services to which access is limited. Discontinuity of staff can havehas a detrimental effect on the quality of groundhandling services. It is therefore appropriate to clarifyurgently necessary to clarify and, if need be, amend the rules on the takeovransfer of staff beyond thevia the correspondent application of Directive 2001/23/EC on transfers of undertakings, in consultation with the social partners, enabling Member States to ensure adequate employment, safety and working conditions as well as the protection of employees' rights and high labour standards. Dismissal on economic, technical or organisational grounds shall not be permitted.
2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 87 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Where relevant for the activity of the groundhandling services in question, training and tests shall cover at least:
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The specific content of the courses and tests and their proper conduct shall be regulated and monitored by the competent authorities in Member States in cooperation with EASA. EASA shall define the training criteria to be met in order to establish a European certification standard for the safety-related functions as referred to in Article 21.
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Regulation not later than 53 years after the date of application of this Regulation. The report shall in particular assess any significantthe impact on the quality of groundhandling services, as well as employment and working conditions. The report shall includexamine the following set of indicators and criteria for a sample of airports:
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) minimum quality standards for groundhandling undertakings in the Union with regard to the eleven categories of services;
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 93 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) transfer of staff and its impact on the protection of employees, particularly the number of staff transferred where a change of groundhandling service provider occurred, the number of staff who accepted voluntary redundancy where a change of groundhandling service providers occurred; the development of wages in the case of transferred workers; the number of cases brought before employment tribunals in connection with transfers; the number of staff who accepted voluntary redundancy and are dependent on payments from national social security systems;
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 95 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point o
(o) employment and working conditions in the groundhandling sector, particularly trends in wages and salaries in comparison with trends in prices charged for groundhandling and in comparison with changes in the productivity of groundhandling services at the airport as a whole and those supplied by individual groundhandling service providers.
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 96 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(o a) link between delays caused by groundhandling services and insufficient quality standards;
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 97 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to the application of this Regulation, and subject to the other provisions of Union law, Member States may take the necessMember States shall ensure legally that the staff of undertakings providing third party groundhandling or self-handling services enjoy an adequate level of social protection, fair working conditions and decent living wages. No new service providers shall be approved until the required standards arye measures to ensure protection of rights of workerst at the respective airport.
2012/06/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 212 #

2011/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(c a) decent employment and working conditions, including upholding workers' rights in the context of a transfer of staff in accordance with Article 12 of this Regulation;
2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 94 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The European Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (Europe 2020) is defining the Union's growth strategy for the coming decade to support smart, sustainable and inclusive growth setting five ambitious objectives to be reached by 2020, particularly Three of them will be directly or indirectly supported by the Programme established by means of this Regulation. The relevant action will be taken first and foremost in the field of education to reduce early school leaving rates below 10% and to enable at least 40% of 30-34 years old to have completed higher education, but it will also contribute to the achievement of the objectives of job creation and poverty reduction. This also includes its flagships initiatives, in particular "Youth on the Move" and, the Agenda for New Skills and Jobs and the Innovation Union.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 96 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The programme should include a strong international dimension particularly as regards higher educationvocational education and training, higher education and adult learning, not only to enhance the quality of European higher education and training in pursuit of the broader ET2020 objectives and the attractiveness of the Union as a study destination, but also to promote understanding between people and cultures and contribution to the sustainable development of higher education and training in the third countries.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 100 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) To support mobility, equity and study excellence, the Union should establish a European loan guarantee facility to enable students, regardless of their social background, to take their Masters degree in another participating country. This facility should be made available tohrough financial institutions which agree to offer loans for Masters' studies in other participating countries on favourable terms for the students.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The renewed Copenhagen Process (2011-2020) defined an ambitious and global vision for Vocational Education and Training policy in Europe, and requested support from Union Educational Programmes to the agreed priorities, including international mobility and reforms implemented by the Member States. crucial role which vocational education and training plays in helping to achieve a series of objectives laid down as part of the EU 2020 Strategy is widely recognised and defined in the renewed Copenhagen Process (2011-2020). In that connection, particular importance is attached to the role it may be able to play in the fight against the high level of unemployment in Europe, and in particular youth unemployment, by fostering a culture of lifelong learning, combating social exclusion and promoting active citizenship. It is necessary to address the urgent need to strengthen the transnational mobility of VET learners, including apprentices, teachers and trainers, and to promote cooperation through partnerships at all levels between stakeholders concerned and to assist the Member States in modernising their VET systems.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The renewed European Agenda for Adult Learning included in the Council Resolution of [….] aims at enabling all adults to develop and enhance their skills and competences throughout their lives, giving particular attention to improving provision for the high number of low- skilled Europeans targeted in Europe 202028 November 2011 stresses the need to increase participation in adult learning, taking into account the demographic ageing of Europe which makes it an inevitable necessity for adults to regularly update their personal and professional skills and competences after they have left initial education and training, by also acknowledging the role played by adult learning in the promotion of active citizenship. The European Agenda for Adult Learning, taking into account the employment and poverty reduction targets outlined in Europe 2020, pays particular attention to the need to increase the participation of low-skilled and low-qualified Europeans in adult learning.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 106 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The action of the European Youth Forum, the European Civil Society Platform on Life-Long Learning, the National Academic Recognition Centres (NARIC), the Eurydice, Euroguidance and Eurodesk networks, as well as of the eTwinning National Support Services, the Europass National Centres, and the National Information Offices in the neighbourhood countries is essential in order to achieve the objectives of the programme, notably by providing the Commission with regular and updated information regarding the various fields of their activity and through the dissemination of the Programme results in the Union and in the third participating countries.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Cooperation between the Programme and international organisations in the field of education, and training, youth and sport, in particular with the Council of Europe, UNESCO and the OECD, needs to be strengthened.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The programme should contribute to developing excellence in European integration studies world-wide; it should in particular support institutions that have a European governance structure,which cover the whole spectrum of policy fields that are of interest for the Union, are non profit organisations and provide recognised academic degrees.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) Improved transparency of qualifications and competences and extended acceptance of Union tools should facilitate mobility throughout Europe for lifelong learning purposes, therefore contributing to the development of quality education and training, and will facilitate mobility for occupational purposes, between countries as well as across sectors. Opening up access for young students (including vocational and education and training students) and adult learners to methods, practices and technologies used in other countries will help to improve their employability in a global economy; it can also help making jobs with an international profile more attractive. Accordingly, greater use should be made of the following instruments.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 113 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) Effective performance management, including evaluation and monitoring, requires development of specificmeasurable and relevant performance indicators in relation to the specific objectives which can be measured over time, which are both realistic and reflect the logic of the intervention and are relevant to the appropriate hierarchy of objectives and activities.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 117 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The Programme covers educationthe following fields: (a) formal, informal and non-formal education and training at all levels, in a lifelong learning perspective, in particular Higher education, from school education through to Vocational Education and Training, Higher education and Adult learning, School Education and Youth. ; (b) youth, in particular non-formal and informal learning; (c) sport, in particular grassroots sport.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. ItThe Programme includes an international dimension in accordance with Article 21 of the Treaty of the European Union and will also support activiimed at supporting the Union's external action, including its development objectives in the field of sport, through cooperation between the Union and third countries.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 123 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. "non formal setting" means a learning context that is often planned and organised, but not part of the formal educeducation" means an organised process that provides people with the possibility of developing values, skills and competences other than those fostered in the framework of formal education. Those skills include a wide range of competences such as interpersonal, organisational and conflict management, intercultural awareness, leadership, planning, coordination and tpraining system. ctical problem-solving skills, teamwork, self-confidence, discipline and responsibility.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 127 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
3. "learning mobility" means moving physically to a country other than the country of residence, in order to undertake study, training or other learning, including traineeships, andpprenticeships, volunteering, non-formal learning, or teaching or participating in a transnational professional development activity. It may include preparatory training in the host language, as well as follow-up activities. Learning mobility also covers youth exchanges and transnational, volunteering, non-formal and informal learning and professional developmenttraining activities involving youth workers;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 130 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
4. "'Cooperation for innovation and good practices"' means transnational cooperation projects involving organisationinstitutions, the social partners, organisations and enterprises active in the fields of education, and training and/or youth and may include other organisations.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 133 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
5. "Support for policy reform" means any type of activity aimed at supporting and facilitating the modernization of education and training systems, and promoting the development of a European youth policy, through the process of policy cooperation between Member States, in particular the Open mMethods of Coordination;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 137 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
8. "youth worker" means a pbrofessional or a volunteer involved iad range of activities of a social, cultural, educational or political nature organised by, with and for young people. It takes an extracurricular form and is based on non- formal learning processes and voluntary participation;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 145 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
14a. "adult learners" means individuals aged between 25 and 64 who are engaged in learning activities;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 146 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14 b (new)
14b. "volunteering" means an activity undertaken of a person's free will and involving a commitment of time and energy to actions of benefit to other individuals or to society as a whole. Such an activity shall be of a non-profit nature and may not be motivated by any desire for material or financial gain;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 148 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
18. "partnership" means an agreement between a group of institutions or organisations in different Member Stat, social partners, organisations and/or enterprises in different participating countries to carry out joint European activities, of whatever kind, in the field of education, training and youth or establishing a formal or informal network in a relevant field. As regardsIn the context of sport, it means an agreement with one or more third parties such as professional sport organisations or sponsors in different Member States in order to attract additional sources of support for achieving the desired outcomes of the Programme; where participation is intended to strengthen the quality of the partnership, it may be extended to institutions and/or organisations from third countries.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 150 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 26
26. "EUnion transparency and recognition tools" means instruments that help stakeholders to understand, appreciate and - as appropriate - recognise learning outcomes and qualifications throughout the Union;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 151 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 28 a (new)
28a. ‘grassroots sport’ means organised sport practised at local level by amateur sportspeople and sport for all.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 155 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) Their transnational character, in particular transnational mobility and cooperation aiming at long-term individual, organisational and systemic impact;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 158 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) Their complementarity and synergy with other national, international and other Union programmes and policies, allowing for economies of scale and critical mass;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 163 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The Programme aims to contribute to the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy and of: (a) the promotion of European values in accordance with Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union; (b) the Europe 2020 strategy and its headline targets, in particular in the fields of education, employment and poverty reduction; (c) the Education and Training strategic framework 2020 (ET2020), including the corresponding benchmarks established in those instruments, to; (d) the renewed framework for European Cooperation in the Youth field (2010- 2018), to; and the promotion of social cohesion in Europe through the concepts of European citizenship and participation, and the development of solidarity, intercultural cooperation and tolerance among young people. (e) the renewed Copenhagen process (2011-2020); (f) the renewed European Agenda for Adult Learning; (g) the sustainable development of third countries in the field of higher education and to, (h) the developingment of the European dimension in sport. , in line with the Union work plan for sport.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 165 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. It particularly aims to contribute to reach the following Europe 2020 headline targets: a) Reduction of early school leaving rates; b) Increase of 30-34 years old students having completed third level of education.deleted
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 168 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4a Actions of the Programme 1. In the field of education and training, youth and sport, the Programme shall pursue its objectives through the three following types of actions: – learning mobility of individuals, – cooperation for innovation and good practices, – support for policy reform. 2. The specific Jean Monnet activities are described in Article 10.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 169 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 b (new)
Article 4b Sub-programmes The sectoral sub-programmes shall be the following: (a) ‘Schools’, associated with school education; (b) ‘Higher Education’, associated with all types of higher education; (c) ‘Vocational Education and Training’, associated with vocational education and training; (d) ‘Adult Education’ associated with adult learning.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 170 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – title
Education, and Training and Youth
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 171 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Specific objectives of the sub-programmes
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 172 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Programme1. In line with the general objectives of the Programme, the sub-programmes covered in this Chapter shall pursue the following specific objectives in the areas of education, training and youth:
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 173 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) Tto improve the level of key competences and skills regarding in particular their relevance for the labour market and society, as well as the participation of young people in democratic life in Europe, notably through increased learning mobility opportunities for young people, learners, staff and youth workers, and through strengthened cooperation between education youth and the world of labour market.o promote social inclusion;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 179 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) To foster quality improvements, innovation excellence and internationalisation at the level of educational institutions, as well as in youth work, notably through enhanced transnational cooperation between education and training providers/youth organisations and other stakeholders. – Related indicator: % of organisations that have participated in the Programme and that have developed/adopted innovative methodsdeleted
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 180 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) Tto promote the emergence of a European lifelong learning area, trigger policy reforms at national, regional and local level, support the modernisation of education and training systems, including non-formal learning, and support European cooperation in the youth fieldand informal learning, notably through enhanced policy cooperation, better use of recognition and transparency tools and the dissemination of good practices;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 184 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part
(d) To enhance the international dimension of education, training and youth notably in higher education and training by increasing the attractiveness of the Union higher education and training institutions and supporting the Union external action, including its development objectives through the promotion of mobility and cooperation between EU and third country higher education and training institutions and targeted capacity building in third countries.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 185 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e – indent 1
– Related indicator: % of participants who have increased their language skillsdeleted
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 186 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f – indent 1
– Related indicator: Number of students receiving training through Jean Monnet activitiesdeleted
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 188 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) To promote equity and active citizenship
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 190 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In addition, the ‘Vocational Education and Training’ sub-programme shall pursue the following specific objectives in the area of vocational education and training: (a) to strengthen learning mobility for students, including apprentices, teachers and trainers; (b) to increase the attractiveness and excellence of Vocational Education and Training, by promoting quality and effectiveness; (c) to promote validation of non-formal and informal learning, particularly in the context of continuous VET; (d) to promote flexible access to training and qualifications; (e) to promote inclusive access by supporting second-chance opportunities to acquire key competences and skills, particularly for early school leavers, young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs), people with disabilities, older adults or people with migrant backgrounds; (f) to promote the work-life-learn balance, particularly as regards continuing Vocational Education and Training.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 192 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The ‘Adult Education’ sub- programme shall pursue the following specific objectives in the area of adult learning: (a) to strengthen learning mobility for adults; (b) to promote the continuous acquisition of knowledge and participation in learning among adults, particularly the low-skilled and the low-qualified, by developing a culture of lifelong learning; (c) to promote the work-life-learn balance; (d) to promote the development of effective lifelong guidance systems; (e) to promote validation of non-formal and informal learning; (f) to promote active, autonomous and healthy ageing.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 193 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. For the purpose of evaluating the Programme and its sub-programmes, measurable and relevant indicators in relation to the specific objectives shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 30(2). The Commission shall take into account the indicators already established in the field of education and training.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 194 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6
1. In the field of education, training and youth, the Programme shall pursue its objectives through the three following types of actions: (a) Learning mobility of individuals, (b) Cooperation for innovation and good practices, (c) Support for policy reform. 2. The specific Jean Monnet activities are described in Article 10.Article 6 deleted Actions of the Programme
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 195 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) transnational mobility of higher education and vocational training students as well as of young people involved in non-formal activities between the participating countries as referred in Article 18. This mobility may take the form of studying at a partner institution, traineeships abroad or participating in youth activities, notably volunteering. Degree mobility at Masters level shall be supported through the student loan guarantee facility as referred to in Article 14 (3)in the ‘Vocational Education and Training’ sub-programme – transnational mobility of students, including apprentices, teachers and trainers.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 200 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Transnational mobility of staff, within the participating countries as referred in Article 18. This mobility may take the form of teaching or taking part inin the ‘Adult Education’ sub- programme – transnational mobility of adult learners and adult education staff. This mobility may take the form of visits, workshops, assistantships, senior volunteering projects and exchanges for the participants in adult learning as well as training and professional development activities abroadof adult education staff.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 203 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. This action will also support the transnational mobility of students, young peopleadult learners and staff to and from third countries as regards higher education, vocational education and training and adult learning, including mobility organised on the basis of joint, double or multiple degrees of high quality or joint calls, as well as non-formal learning.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 205 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Cooperation for innovation and good practices actionThe sub-programmes covered in this Chapter shall support:
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 206 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) transnational strategic partnerships between institutions, social partners and/or organisations involved in education, and training and/or youth activities or other relevant sectorswith the aim of developing and implementing joint initiatives and promoting exchanges of experience and know-how;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 208 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) IT support platforms, including eTwinning, covering educational sectors allowing peer learning, virtual mobility and exchanges of best practices and opening access for participants from neighbourhood countries.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 209 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) transnational partnerships between enterprises and education institutions in the form of: – Knowledge Alliances between higher education institutions and enterprises promoting creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship by offering relevant learning opportunities, including developing new curricula; – Sector Skills Alliances between education and training providers and enterprises promoting employability, creating new sector-specific curricula, developing innovative ways of vocational teaching and training and putting the Union wide recognition tools in practice.deleted
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 212 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The cooperation for innovation and good practices action shall support transnational partnerships between enterprises and education institutions in the form of: – Knowledge Alliances between higher education institutions and enterprises promoting creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship by offering relevant learning opportunities, including developing new curricula; – Sector Skills Alliances between education and training providers and enterprises promoting employability, creating new sector-specific curricula, developing innovative ways of vocational teaching and training and putting the Union wide recognition tools in practice.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 213 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. This action shall also support development, capacity building, regional integration, knowledge exchanges and modernisation processes through partnerships between educational establishments and organisations in the EU and third countries, notably for peer learning, joint educational projects and promoting regional cooperation, in particular with neighbourhood countries.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 214 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. This action shall also support development, capacity building, regional integration, knowledge exchanges and modernisation processes through partnerships between Union and third countries' higher education institutions as well as in the youth sector, notably for peer learning and joint educational projects, promoting regional cooperation, in particular with neighbourhood countries.deleted
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 216 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Support for policy reform actionThe sub-programmes covered in this Chapter shall include the activities initiated at Union level related to:
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 218 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the activities related to the implementation of the Union policy agenda on education, training and youth (Open Method of Coordination), as well as the Bologna and Copenhagen processes and the structured dialogue with young peoplepromotion of the structured dialogue and the Bologna and Copenhagen processes;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 220 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the implementation in participating countries of Union recognition and transparency tools, in particular Europass, the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS), European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET) and the support to EU-wide networks; of the European Quality Assurance Reference Framework for Vocational Education and Training (EQAVET), the European Quality Assurance Register (EQAR) and the European Association for Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) and the support to EU-wide networks;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 222 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the policy dialogue with relevant European stakeholders in the area of education, and training and youth;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 225 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the European Youth Forum, the European Civil Society Platform on Lifelong Learning, the National Academic Recognition Centres (NARIC), the Eurydice, Euroguidance and Eurodesk networks, as well as the eTwinning National Support Centres, the Europass National Centres, and the National Information Offices in the neighbourhood countries and acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates not fully participating in the programme.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 227 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point c – point ii a (new)
(iia) the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) in Maastricht;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 230 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point c – point ii b (new)
(iib) the Academy of European Law in Trier;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 231 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point c – point ii c (new)
(iic) the European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education in Odense;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 233 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point c – point ii d (new)
(iid) the International Centre for European Training (CIFE) in Nice;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 235 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 a (new)
Chapter IIa Youth
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 237 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10a Specific objectives 1. In accordance with the general aim, the youth programme shall pursue the following specific objectives, particularly by means of the recognition of informal learning through youth work and voluntary work, these being indispensable building blocks for a European civil society: (a) to improve the level of key competences and skills of young people, including those with fewer opportunities, as well as to promote their participation in democratic life in Europe and the labour market, their active citizenship, social inclusion and solidarity, notably through increased learning mobility opportunities for young people (both individually and collectively), those active in youth work or youth organisations and youth leaders, and through strengthened links between the youth field and the labour market; (b) to foster improvements in the quality of youth work, notably through enhanced cooperation between organisations in the youth field and/or other stakeholders; (c) to support European cooperation and complement policy reforms at local, regional and national level in the youth field, the development of knowledge- and evidence-based youth policy and the recognition of non-formal and informal learning, notably through enhanced policy cooperation, better use of Union transparency and recognition tools and the dissemination of good practices; (d) to enhance the international dimension of activities in the youth field in complementarity with the Union's external action, notably through the promotion of mobility and cooperation between Union stakeholders and third- country stakeholders and international organisations in the youth field, and through targeted capacity-building in third countries. 2. For the purpose of evaluating the Programme, measurable and relevant indicators in relation to the specific objectives shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 30(2). The Commission shall take into account the indicators already established in the youth field.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 240 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 b (new)
Article 10b Actions of the Programme In the field of youth, the Programme shall pursue its objectives through the following types of action: (a) informal, individual and collective promotion of learning mobility; (b) cooperation for innovation and good practices; (c) support for policy reform.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 243 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 c (new)
Article 10c Learning mobility of individuals 1. ‘Learning mobility of individuals’ shall support: (a) the mobility of young people in non- formal and informal learning activities to one of the participating countries as referred to in Article 18. Such mobility may entail youth exchanges and voluntary work under the auspices of the European Voluntary Service, including preparatory visits and debriefing meetings; (b) the mobility of those active in youth work or youth organisations and youth leaders. Such mobility may involve seminars, training measures, networking and seminars for the purpose of acquiring the requisite key qualifications; 2. This action shall also support the international mobility of young people, those active in youth work or youth organisations and youth leaders, to and from third countries.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 245 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 d (new)
Article 10d Cooperation for innovation and good practices 1. ‘Cooperation for innovation and good practices’ shall support: (a) strategic partnerships between organisations involved in the youth field, aimed at developing and implementing joint initiatives, including youth initiatives and citizenship projects, and aimed at developing active citizenship, participation in democratic life and entrepreneurship, through peer learning and exchanges of experience; (b) projects to develop and implement innovative approaches in the field of youth work; (c) interactive and mutual learning opportunities in the form of exchange programmes, seminars, and conferences for youth work and voluntary work to exchange experience and best practices; (d) transnational partnerships between businesses and institutions in the youth sector; (e) IT support platforms in the youth field and allowing peer-learning, knowledge- based youth work and exchanges of best practices. 2. This action shall also support development, capacity-building and knowledge exchanges in the youth field through partnerships between the Union and third countries, in particular with neighbourhood countries and notably through peer-learning.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 247 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 e (new)
Article 10e Support for policy reform 1. ‘Support for policy reform’ shall include activities relating to: (a) implementation of the Union policy agenda in the youth field, using the Open Method of Coordination; (b) implementation in the participating countries of Union transparency and recognition tools, notably the Youthpass, and support for Union-wide networks and European non-governmental youth organisations; (c) policy dialogue with relevant European stakeholders in the youth field, including structured dialogue with young people; (d) the European Youth Forum, resource centres for the development of youth work (SALTO) and the Eurodesk network. 2. The action shall also support policy dialogue with third countries and international organisations.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 252 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) EUR 16 741 738 000 for actions in the field of education, and training and, including at least EUR [xxx] for youth, as referred to under Article 6(1) and Article 10b;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 254 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. In addition to the financial envelope as indicated in paragraph 1, and in order to promote the international dimension of higher education and training, an indicative amount of EUR 1 812 100 00029 from the different external instruments (Development Cooperation Instrument, European Neighbourhood Instrument, Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance, Partnership Instrument and the European development Fund), will be allocated to actions of learning mobility to or from countries other than those as referred to in Article 18(1) and to cooperation and policy dialogue with authorities/institutions/organisations from these countries. The provisions of this Regulation will apply to the use of those funds.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 255 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. In accordance with the expected value added of the three types of actions as referred to in Article 6(1) and Article 10b, and with the principles of critical mass, concentration, efficiency and performance, the amount indicated in Article 13(1.a) will be indicatively allocated as follows:
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 258 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Subject to point (a) of paragraph 1, the implementation of the Programme shall not result in an allocation to the main education and training sectors of less than: Higher education: [30 %]; Vocational education and training: [20 %]; School education: [12 %]; Adult education: [7 %]; Youth: [12 %].
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 262 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6
6. The funds for the learning mobility of individuals referred to in Article 6(1.a) and point (a) of Article 10b that are to be managed by a National Agency shall be allocated on the basis of population and cost of living in the Member State, distance between capitals of Member States and performance. The parameter of performance accounts for 25% of the total funds according to the criteria as referred to in paragraphs 7 and 8.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 264 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) The distribution of funds associated with the main educational and training, youth and sport sectors, aiming to ensure, by the end of the Programme, an allocation of funding which guarantees significant systemic impact.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 266 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. A final evaluation of the Programme shall be submitted by the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions no later than 30 June 2022.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 268 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – indent 1
– "Erasmus "Higher Education", associated with all types of higher education, in Europe and internationally;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 270 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – indent 2
– "Erasmus‘Vocational Education and Training", associated with vocational education and training and adult learning;
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 272 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – indent 2 a (new)
‘Adult Education’ associated with adult learning.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 273 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – indent 3
– "Erasmus "Schools", associated with school education
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 275 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – indent 4
– "Erasmus "Youth Participation", associated with youth non formal learning.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 277 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – indent 4 a (new)
‘Sport’, associated with activities in the field of sport.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 282 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. When implementing the Programme, the Commission and the Member States shall ensure particular efforts to facilitatepromote social inclusion and the participation of people with special needs, fewer opportunities or difficulties for educational, social, gender, physical, psychological, geographical, economic and cultural reasons.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 284 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The accessibility and transparency of administrative procedures shall be regarded as crucial indicators for the quality and performance of the Programme.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 285 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The Programme shall support the cooperation with partners from third countries, notably partners from neighbourhood countries, in actions and activities as referred to in Articles 6, 10 and 10b.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 286 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. For the purpose of this Regulation, the term "National Authority" may refer to one or more national authorities in accordance with national legislation and practice.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 287 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. The Member States shall take all appropriate measures to remove legal and administrative obstacles to the proper functioning of the Programme, including thesimplifying administration ofve processes relating to visas.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 288 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. Within three months of the entry into force of this Regulation, the National Authority shall designate a single coordinating body or more than one thereof called hereafter "National Agency". The National Authority shall provide the Commission with an appropriate ex ante Compliance Assessment that the National Agency complies with the provisions of Article 55(1)(b)(vi) and Article 57(1), (2) and (3) of the Regulation No XX/2012, and Article X of its Delegated Regulation NoXX/2012, as well as with the Union requirements for internal control standards for National Agencies and rules for their management of Programme funds for grant support.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 289 #

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. For the purpose of this Regulation the term "National Agency" may refer to one or more national agencies in accordance with national legislation and practice.
2012/08/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2011/0344(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) Equality and anti-discrimination are not only legal questions but fundamental challenges for society. The Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity – Progress (the Progress Programme) included sections on 'Antidiscrimination and diversity' and 'Gender equality' that are to be continued and further developed under this Programme. Furthermore, the mid-term evaluation of the Progress Programme underlined the need for more efforts and new initiatives with regard to equality and anti-discrimination. It is therefore of the utmost importance to maintain a strong focus on those issues. Moreover the findings of the Progress Mid-Term evaluation of 22 December 2011 in the fields of equality and anti-discrimination need to be taken into account in the implementation of this Programme.
2012/07/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 137 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The Programme should pay particular attention to the territorial dimension of unemployment, poverty and exclusion, especially rising inequalities between and within regions, between rural areas and cities as well as within cities.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 151 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) CSocial partners and civil society organisations active at various levels can play an important role inplay a key role in promoting quality employment and combating social exclusion and poverty as well as in fighting the crisis, and should be closely associated in all actions designed to meeting the objectives of the Programme, by participating in the policy- making process and contributing to social innovation. Therefore, social partners and civil society organisations should participate in the development, evaluation, field testing and dissemination of new policies. High- quality partnerships should be forged at all political levels. The partnership principle should be strengthened and extended as the guiding principle to all sections of the Programme.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 171 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) In order to capitalise on the experience of international financial institutions, and in particular the European Investment Bank Group, action involving microfinance and social entrepreneurship should be implemented by the Commission indirectly by entrusting budget implementations tasks to financial institutions in accordance with the financial regulation. Using Union resources concentrates leverage from international financial institutions and other investors, unifies approaches and thus improves access to finance for micro- enterprises, including the self-employed and social enterprises. The Union contribution thus assists in the development of the emerging social business sector and the microfinance market in the Union and encourages cross- border activities. The Union's actions should be complementary to the Member States' use of financial instruments for microfinance and social entrepreneurship. The entities entrusted with the implementation of the actions should ensure added value and avoid duplication of financing through Union resources.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 175 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) In line with the Europe 2020 strategy, the Programme should tackle the problem of youth unemployment. Despite some positive signs of recovery in 2009, the employment growth was too weak to produce a steady reduction in the high unemployment rate. The average unemployment spells have lengthened, and youth unemployment figures have risen in many Member States, reaching more than 40% in some of them. Although the situation in European countries differs considerably, the average youth unemployment rate in the EU is more than twice as high as the adult unemployment rate. Moreover there are large regional disparities. Especially in rural areas, youth unemployment is raising. Young people aged under 25 years should therefore be given a future and the perspective to play a key role in developing society and economy in Europe, which is of particular importance in this time of crisis.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 176 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 b (new)
(17b) Tackling youth unemployment and the precariousness of young workers would not only reduce societal costs but also promote social inclusion. Therefore, the Programme should put a special focus on youth employment, by introducing a Youth Initiative axis, which aims at improving the transition from education to decent employment as well as working conditions of young people and reduce early school leaving.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 190 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) In order to ensure appropriate response to the changed needs and corresponding policy priorities during the whole duration of the Programme, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the allocation of funds to individual sections within the axes of the Programme and of the adoption of multiannual work plans. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 192 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) With regard to the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Programme, the Commission should be assisted, in a consultative capacity, by a strategic advisory board chaired by the Commission and composed of representatives of Member States and other participating countries, trade unions, employers' organisations, civil society organisations and financing institutions, organised at Union level, which are directly or indirectly involved in the implementation of Programme activities.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 198 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 'Social enterprise' means an enterprise whose primary objective iundertaking that is not listed on a regulated market as defined in point (14) of Article 4 (1) of Directive 2004/39/EC, which either has an annual turnover not exceeding EUR 50 million, or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million, which is not itself a collective investment undertaking and which: (i) in accordance with its articles of association, statutes or any other statutory document establishing the business, has tohe achieve social impactment of measurable, positive social impacts as a primary objective rather thaen generateing profit for its owners, members and stakeholders. It operates in the market through the, where: – the undertaking provides innovative services or goods with a high social return and/or – the undertaking employs an innovative method of production of goods andor services in an entrepreneurial and innovative way, and uses surpluses mainly to achieve social goals. Itthat embodies its social objective; (ii) reinvests its profits in the first place to achieve its primary objective and has in place predefined procedures and rules for any circumstances in which profits are distributed to shareholders and owners, in order to ensure that any distribution of profits does not undermine the primary objective; (iii) is managed in an accountable and, transparent and democratic way, in particular by involving workers, customers and/or stakeholders affected by its business activityies.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 206 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) 'Social innovation' means new interventions that are social both in their ends and their means and provide more effective, efficient, sustainable and/or just responses to social needs that are unmet or insufficiently met in terms of combating poverty and social exclusion, promoting a high level of quality employment and decent work, guaranteeing adequate and poverty preventing social protection, and improving working conditions, thereby contributing to social progress. Social innovation shall improve the quality of life and work. It shall not be judged primarily on the basis of economic criteria but, rather, on the basis of its added value for society as a whole.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 208 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) 'Social policy experimentation' means project-based field testing of social innovations in order to gather evidence on their effectiveness and feasibility, such projects being limited in time and including a variety of actors of all sizes. The results of the experiments shall help to determine whether and under which conditions social innovations can be implemented on a wider scale. Social policy experimentation shall aim at improving the life of beneficiaries by tailored services or products and shall be developed with the direct involvement of stakeholders and beneficiaries. It requires long-term and sustainable financing of pilot projects, monitoring and evaluation and it shall aim at ensuring the scaling-up of effective approaches.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 222 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) The Youth Initiative axis, which shall improve the employment and educational situation of young people, in particular those who are not in education, employment or training (NEET).
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 224 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) Strengthen ownership of the Union objectives in the fields of employment, social and working conditions fields among key Union and national policy-makers, as well as other interested parties in order toprotection and inclusion, combating poverty and improving working conditions among policy-makers at all levels, social partners as well as civil society organisations and public bodies in order to meet the social objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy and bring about concrete and coordinated actions at both Union and Member State level;
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 245 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) Ensure a good transition from education to decent employment, prevent early-school leaving and promote quality of traineeships and apprenticeships.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 255 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The financial appropriations for implementing the Programme over the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 shall amount to [EUR 958.19XXX] million14 .
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 256 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The following indicaOver the entivre percentages shall beiod of the Programme, the financial breakdown allocated to the axes set out in Article 3 (1) (a), (b) and (c) shall be as follows:
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 257 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 60% to the Progress axis, of which at least 17% shall be allocated to promoting social experimentation as a method for testing and evaluating innovative solutions with a view to scaling them up;
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 262 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 158% to the EURES axis;
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 267 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The remaining 52% shall be apportioned among the axes on an annual basis in line with policy priorities jointly set by the European Parliament and the Council on a proposal from the Commission.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 270 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In addition to the financial appropriations mentioned in paragraph 1, funding shall be provided for the Youth Initiative axis set out in Article 3 (1) (ca). Over the Programme period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 financial appropriations dedicated to this axis shall amount to [EUR XXX] million.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 288 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) Fostering the prevention culture in the field of health and safety at work and promotion of both mental and physical health within a work setting;
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 290 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
(b) Capacity-building of national administrations and specialist services responsible for promoting geographical mobility designated by the Member States and microcredit providers,s well as capacity-building of microcredit providers and providers of financing for social enterprises;
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 292 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) Capacity-building of social partner organisations and civil society organisations;
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 310 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, shall ensure that activities carried out under the Programme are consistent with, and complementary to other Union action, in particular under the European Social Fund (ESF) and in such areas as social dialogue, justice and fundamental rights, education, vocational training and youth policy, research and innovation, entrepreneurship, health, enlargement and external relations, and general economic policy, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Horizon 2020 programme for research and innovation, the Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 325 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a Thematic sections and financing 1. The Progress axis shall support actions in one or more of the thematic sections listed in points (a), (b) and (c). Over the entire period of the Programme, the breakdown of the allocation referred to in Article 5(2)(a) between the different sections shall respect the following lower limits: (a) employment, within which at least 10% of the allocation to this section shall be spent to fight youth unemployment; (b) social protection, social inclusion and the reduction and prevention of poverty: 50%; (c) working conditions: 10%. 2. Within the activities in the three thematic sections, at least 25% of the allocation referred to in Article 5(2)(a) shall be spent on social policy experimentation over the entire period of the programme. 3. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred upon the Commission in accordance with Article 26e concerning the allocation of funds to individual sections within the axis. The Commission is entitled to establish the overall allocation to section (a) and to increase or decrease the allocations to sections (b) and (c) referred to in paragraph 1 by up to 5%, taking due account of specific needs and policy priorities in the areas covered by the Progress axis.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 333 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Facilitate effective and inclusive information-sharing, mutual learning and dialogue on Union employment and social policy and working conditions legislation, within the framework of the European Employment Strategy and the Open Method of Coordination in the field of social protection and inclusion and by networking amongst specialised bodies, including the social partners and civil society organisations, on Union policy in the fields of employment, working conditions, social protection, social inclusion and combating poverty as well as legislation in those areas at Union, national and international level in order to assist the Member States and the other participating countries in developing their policies and in implementing Union law;
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 339 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) Provide Union and national organisationorganisations at all levels with financial support to step up their capacity to develop, promote and support the implementation of Union employment and social policy and working conditions legislationpolicy in the fields of employment, working conditions, social protection, social inclusion and combating poverty as well as legislation in those areas.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 344 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 a (new)
Article 19 a Thematic sections and financing 1. The EURES axis shall support actions in one or more of the thematic sections listed in points (a), (b) and (c). Over the entire period of the Programme, the breakdown of the allocation referred to in Article 5(2)(b) between the different sections shall respect the following lower limits: (a) Information services, counselling and job-matching for mobile workers and employers: 15%; (b) Targeted mobility schemes: 20%; (c) Transnational, sectoral and cross- border cooperation: 40%. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred upon the Commission in accordance with Article 26e concerning the allocation of funds to individual sections within the axis. The Commission is entitled to increase or decrease the allocations to sections (a), (b) and (c) referred to in paragraph 1 by up to 5%, taking due account of specific needs and policy priorities in the areas covered by the EURES axis.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 346 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) Ensure that information and advice on job vacancies and applications, and any related information such as living and working conditions including social legislation, labour law and collective agreements in force, as well as opportunities to acquire new skills are transparent for the potential applicants and the employers; this shall be achieved through their exchange and dissemination at transnational, interregional and cross- border level using standard interoperability forms, as well as by individual counselling;
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 352 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a Specific actions In addition to types of actions set out in Article 6, the specific actions under the EURES axis may include: (a) Development of cross-border- partnerships, where requested by services territorially responsible for the border regions; counselling and information possibilities before, during and after the mobility experience for jobseekers, mobile workers, including cross-border workers, seasonal workers, migrant workers, posted workers, and employers in order to promote voluntary geographical mobility on a fair basis; drafting and dissemination of information material to inform jobseekers, mobile workers, employers and EURES advisers on labour law, social security and working conditions in cross-border regions and other Member States; (b) Development and implementation of targeted mobility schemes in cooperation with the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement of Workers; (c) Evaluation of activities and placements facilitated by EURES, taking into account qualitative and quantitative criteria alike, focussing on incoming and outgoing placements in individual Member States as well as aggregated placement figures at Union level, thereby taking the changing labour market situations and related mobility patterns into account; development of indicators in cooperation between the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to evaluate the quality of employment and working conditions with regard to EURES jobs.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 355 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 b (new)
Article 20 b Monitoring of the Brain Drain In order to detect and prevent negative effects of geographical mobility on individual Member States or specific economic sectors the Commission shall, in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation 492/2011, regularly monitor mobility patterns, especially those of skilled workers. In the event of emerging labour market distortions, the Commission shall consider presenting proposals to the European Parliament and Council to counteract such developments.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 359 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 a (new)
Article 21 a Thematic sections and financing 1. The Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis shall support actions in one or more of the sections listed in points (a) and (b). Over the entire period of the Programme, the breakdown of the allocation referred to in Article 5(2)(c) between the different sections shall respect the following lower limits: (a) Microfinance for vulnerable groups and micro-enterprises: 45%; (b) Social entrepreneurship: 45%. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred upon the Commission in accordance with Article 26e concerning the allocation of funds to individual sections within the axis. The Commission is entitled to increase or decrease the allocations to sections (a) and (b) referred to in paragraph 1 by up to 5%, taking due account of specific needs and policy priorities in the areas covered by the Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 363 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
(b) micro-enterprises, especially those which employ persons as referred to in point (a)vulnerable persons who are in a disadvantaged labour market position;
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 366 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
2a. Support the setting up and development of micro-enterprises benefiting from micro-finance, amongst others by ensuring accompanying mentoring and training.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 368 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In order to ensure complementarity, the Commission and the Member States will closely coordinate in their respective area of competence these actions with those undertaken in the framework of cohesion policy and at national level. Such actions shall aim to stimulate the supply of funded risk sharing instruments, such as guarantees and counter-guarantees, equity and debt finance.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 373 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. In order to implement the instruments and grants referred to in Article 6(5), the Commission may conclude agreements with the entities listed in Article 55(1) (b) (iii) and (iv) of Regulation XXX/2012 [New Financial Regulation 2012] on the financial rules applicable to the annual budget of the Union, and in particular with the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund. Such agreements shall set out detailed provisions on implementing the tasks entrusted to those financial institutions, including provisions specifying the need to ensure additionality and coordination with existing Union and national financial instruments and to apportion the resources in a balanced way among the Member States and the other participating countries. Financial instruments, such as funded risk- sharing instruments like guarantees and counter-guarantees, equity instruments and debt instruments, may be delivered through investment in a dedicated investment vehicleby a fund, which can be co-financed by financial institutions, or by direct conversion of the Programme funds into financial instruments such as guarantees.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 374 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The fund shall provide loans, risk- sharing instruments and equity capital for intermediaries and/or direct financing for social enterprises. Equity capital can be provided amongst others in the form of open equity participations, dormant holdings, shareholder loans as well as combinations of different types of equity participations issued to the investors.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 375 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The conditions, such as interest rates, for micro-credits directly or indirectly supported in the framework of this axis shall be reasonable and proportionate with regard to underlying risks and actual costs related to a credit as well as with regard to the attractiveness of loans for borrowers.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 380 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter III a (new)
Chapter III a (new) Youth Initiative Axis
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 381 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 a (new)
Article 26 a Thematic sections and financing 1. The Youth Initiative axis for people aged under 25 years shall support actions in one or more of the thematic sections listed in points (a), (b) and (c). Over the entire period of the Programme, the breakdown of the allocation referred to in Article 5(2a) between the different sections shall respect the following lower limits: a) Preventing early-school leaving especially through reintegration into training: 30%; b) Developing skills that are relevant to the labour market in order to bring together more closely worlds of employment, education and training: 20%; c) Supporting a first work experience and on-the-job training in order to offer the opportunity to young people to acquire both the relevant skills and work experience: 20%; d) quality of traineeships and apprenticeships: 20%. 2. Within the activities in the three thematic sections, at least 25% of the allocation referred to in Article 5(2a) shall be spent on social policy experimentation over the entire period of the programme. 3. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred upon the Commission in accordance with Article 26e concerning the allocation of funds to individual sections within the axis. The Commission is entitled to increase or decrease the allocations to sections (a), (b) and (c) referred to in paragraph 1 by up to 5%, taking due account of specific needs and policy priorities in the areas covered by the Youth Initiative axis.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 382 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 a (new)
Article 26 a Thematic sections and financing 1. The Youth Initiative axis for people aged under 25 years shall support actions in one or more of the thematic sections listed in points (a), (b) and (c). Over the entire period of the Programme, the breakdown of the allocation referred to in Article 5(2a) between the different sections shall respect the following lower limits: a) Preventing early-school leaving especially through reintegration into training: 30%; b) Developing skills that are relevant to the labour market in order to bring together more closely worlds of employment, education and training: 20%; c) Supporting a first work experience and on-the-job training in order to offer the opportunity to young people to acquire both the relevant skills and work experience: 20%; d) quality of traineeships and apprenticeships: 20%.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 384 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 b (new)
Article 26 b Specific objectives In addition to the general objectives set out in Article 4, the specific objectives of the Youth Initiative axis shall be to: (a) Support the creation of specific innovative programmes in order to fight youth unemployment and promote the transition of young people from education to decent employment in particular in deprived areas and regions with exceptionally high youth unemployment; in this context special attention shall be paid to young people with fewer opportunities, including young women, young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) and young people from ethnic minorities, who might all face multiple discrimination; (b) Support the exchange of best practice and mutual learning in the field of fighting youth unemployment, including the possibility of introducing a youth guarantee which would offer every young person in Europe a job, further education or work-focused training at the latest four months after leaving education or after becoming unemployed; improving the quality of traineeships and apprenticeships and reducing early school leaving; (c) Provide policy-makers with financial support to test social and labour market policy approaches designed to fight youth unemployment, to promote the transition of young people from education to decent employment, improve the quality of traineeships and apprenticeships, reduce early school leaving and make the relevant knowledge and expertise accessible; (d) Provide Union, national and regional organisations with financial support to step up their capacity to develop, promote and support activities in order to fight youth unemployment, to promote the transition of young people from education to decent employment, improve the quality of traineeships and apprenticeships, reduce early school leaving and make the relevant knowledge and expertise accessible.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 386 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 c (new)
Article 26 c Participation 1. Participation in the Youth Initiative axis shall be open to the following countries: (a) The Member States; (b) The EFTA and EEA member countries, in accordance with the EEA Agreement; (c) The candidate countries and potential candidates, in accordance with the general principles and the general terms and conditions laid down in the framework agreements concluded with them on their participation in Union programmes. 2. The Youth Initiative axis shall be open to all public and/or private bodies, actors and institutions, and in particular: (a) National, regional and local authorities; (b) Public employment services; (c) The social partners; (d) Youth organisations and other non- governmental organisations at all political levels; (e) Higher education institutions and research institutes; (f) Experts in evaluation and in impact assessment; 3. For the purpose of the implementation of the Youth Initiative axis, the Commission shall establish cooperation with the EU Agencies referred to in Article 16(2a). The Commission may also establish cooperation with international organisations referred to in Article 16(3) and with third countries not participating in the Programme as provided for in Article 16(4).
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 387 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 d (new)
Article 26 d Implementation of the Programme 1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 26e in order to adopt the multiannual work plans for the Programme, laying down medium-term policy and funding priorities. 2. The multiannual work plans shall be implemented through annual work programmes. 3. The multiannual work plans and annual work programmes shall cover all axes of the Programme.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 388 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 e (new)
Article 26 e Delegation of powers to the Commission The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 26f concerning the allocation of funds to individual sections within the axes as stipulated in Articles 14a, 19a, 21a and 26a, and the adopt multiannual work plans as stipulated in Article 26d.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 389 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 f (new)
Article 26 f Exercise of the delegation 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The delegation of power referred to in Article 26e shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of seven years from ...* and for the duration of the Programme. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 26e may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision of revocation shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or on a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 26e shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council. _______________ * OJ please insert the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 390 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 g (new)
Article 26 g Strategic Advisory Board 1. The Commission shall establish a strategic advisory board to advise it, in a consultative capacity, in steering the implementation of the Programme, as well as its monitoring and evaluation. Where necessary the advisory board may set up working groups on specific aspects of the Programme. 2. The strategic advisory board and the working groups shall be chaired by the Commission and composed of representatives of Member States and other participating countries, trade unions, employers' organisations and civil society organisations, organised at Union level, which are directly or indirectly involved in the implementation of Programme activities. 3. The strategic advisory board and the working groups shall: (a) deliver its opinion on the draft multiannual work plans; (b) deliver its opinion on draft annual work programmes; (c) advise the Commission with regard to monitoring and evaluating the Programme, as set out in Articles 13 and 14 respectively. 4. The Commission may consult the strategic advisory board on questions other than those referred to in paragraph 3.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 391 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 h (new)
Article 26 h Implementing powers conferred on the Commission 1. The annual work plans referred to in Article 26d shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 26i(3): 2. All other measures necessary for the implementation of the Programme shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 26i(2).
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 392 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 i (new)
Article 26 i Committee 1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply. 3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 95 #

2011/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Financial contributions from the EGF should be primarily directed at active labour market measures aimed at reintegrating redundant workers rapidly into employment, either within or outside their initial sector of activity, including the agricultural sector. The inclusion of pecuniary allowances in a coordinated package of personalised services should therefore be restricted.
2012/07/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 129 #

2011/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
The aim of the EGF shall be to contribute to economic growth and employment in the Union by enabling the Union to show solidarity towards workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation, trade agreements affecting agriculture, or an unexpected crisis, and to provide financial support for their rapid reintegration into employment, or for changand to guarantee a job or training and further training for adjusting their agricultural activitieyoung people in Europe who experience problems entering employment due to globalisation and an unexpected crisis.
2012/07/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 189 #

2011/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) For owner-managers of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and self- employed workers (including farmers), the redundancy shall be counted either from the date of cessation of the activities caused by any of the conditions set out in Article 2, and determined in accordance with national law or administrative provisions, or from the date specified by the Commission in the delegated act adopted in accordance with the Article 4(3).
2012/07/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The ESF shouldmust improve employment opportunities, promote education and life- long learning and develop and support active inclusion policies and policies to combat poverty in accordance with the tasks entrusted to the ESF by Article 162 of the Treaty, and thereby contribute to economic, social and territorial cohesion in accordance with Article 174 of the Treaty. In accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty, the ESF shouldmust take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health. All measures should take care to ensure that they help to promote quality employment and do not support precarious employment.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The European Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, technological change and an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions. They have been compounded by the recent economic and financial crisis, which has resulted in increased levels of unemployment, hitting in particular young people and other vulnerable groups, such as migrants. The ESF shouldmust aim to promote employment, create and preserve quality jobs and support voluntary labour mobility, invest in education, skills and life-long learning, promote social inclusion and combat poverty. In promoting the better functioning of labour markets by enhancing the voluntary transnational geographical mobility of workers, the ESF should, in particular, support European Employment Services (EURES activities) in relation to recruitment and the related information, advice and guidance services at national and cross-border level and supplement the financial resources provided in the EURES axis of the Programme for Social Change and Innovation.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 95 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF depends on good governance and partnership between all relevant territorial and socio- economic actors, in particular the local and regional authorities, the social partners and non-governmental organisations. It is therefore necessary that Member States encourage the participation of local and regional authorities, social partners and non-governmental organisations in the implementplanning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the ESF.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Support for social innovation is crucial for making policies more responsive to social change and to encourage and support innovative social enterprises. Social innovation should provide responses to social needs that are unmet or insufficiently met in terms of combating poverty and social exclusion, promoting a high level of quality employment and decent work, guaranteeing adequate and poverty preventing social protection, and improving working conditions, thereby contributing to social progress. In particular, testing and evaluating innovative solutions before scaling them up is instrumental in improving the efficiency of the policies and thus justifies specific support from the ESF. Further, successful social policy experimentations, financed through the Programme for Social Change and Innovation, should be pursued on a wider scale with financial support from the ESF.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 122 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) The ESF shall complement other Union programmes, while acknowledging that each instrument shall work according to its own specific procedures. The same eligible costs shall not receive double funding, and close synergies shall be developed between the ESF, other Union programmes and the Structural Funds, in particular the Programme for Social Change and Innovation.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 135 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF shall promote high levels of employment and jobthe creation and preservation of quality jobs, support the voluntary geographical and occupational mobility of workers, facilitate their adaptation to change, encourage a high level of education and training, promote gender equality, equal opportunities and non- discrimination, enhance social inclusion and combat poverty, thereby contributing to the priorities of the European Union as regards strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 152 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The ESF shall benefit people, including disadvantaged groups such as the long- term unemployed, people with disabilities, migrants, ethnic minorities, marginalised communities and people facing or at risk of social exclusion and poverty. The ESF shall also provide support to enterprises, systems and structures with a view to facilitating their adaptation to new challenges and promoting good governance and the implementation of reforms, in particular in the fields of employment, education and social policies.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 155 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The ESF shall benefit people, including disadvantaged groups such as the long- term unemployed, people with disabilities, migrants, asylum-seekers, ethnic minorities, marginalised communities and people facing social exclusion. The ESF shall also provide support to enterprises, systems and structures with a view to facilitating their adaptation to new challenges and promoting good governance and the implementation of reforms, in particular in the fields of employment, education and social policies.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 168 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) Access to employment for job-seekers and inactive people, including local employment initiatives and support for voluntary labour mobility;
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 174 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) Sustainable integration of young people not in employment, education or training into the labour market or into training;
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 185 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
(iv) Equality between men and women and reconciliation between work and family and private life, including through part- time skills training for single parents;
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 215 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) Enhancing non-discriminatory access to lifelong learning, upgrading the skills and competences of the workforce and increasing the labour market relevance of education and training systems; this should include consideration of, inter alia: - Action to reduce the shortage of skilled workers in the commercial and non- commercial area of the social economy through further training and by attracting young people to enter social economy professions; - Innovative training projects; - Training placement services in all sectors, including the social economy; - Measures to support simplified access to training in the care sector;
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 231 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iiia) Better links between education and training systems and the labour market in order to enhance skills in a more targeted way and identify the modern labour markets' demand for well-qualified workers, and facilitate lifelong learning, in particular through the further development, reform and expansion of a dual training system.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 239 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) Active inclusion; in that connection, the following objectives must be taken into account: (a) social and professional integration of persons who have become accustomed to long-term unemployment and have exceptionally poor job prospects, (b) social and professional integration of personally and socially disadvantaged young people as part of an inclusive approach to preventing and combating poverty, (c) social and professional integration of women who are long-term unemployed, and social and professional integration of excluded persons from all age groups who face particular social problems, such as the homeless, offenders, etc., (d) social and professional integration of unemployed persons with health problems, in particular persons suffering from chronic illnesses, mental illnesses or addictions, (e) measures to promote health, (f) training in everyday life skills.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 264 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vi
(vi) Community-led local development strategies; in that connection, the following should be taken into account: (a) strategies to combat isolation and exclusion; (b) the availability of social amenities which can help to overcome social exclusion; (c) strategies to improve the situation of single parents and carers; (d) support for neighbourhood services;
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 314 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – second subparagraph (new)
Within the operational programmes, Member States shall be granted some leeway to set investment priorities.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 326 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The involvement of the social partners and other stakeholders, in particular non- governmental organisations, in the planning, implementation, monitoring and assessment of operational programmes, as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No […], may take the form of global grants as defined in Article 113(7) of Regulation (EU) No […]. In such a case, the operational programme shall identify the part of the programme concerned by the global grant, including an indicative financial allocation from each priority axis to it.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 333 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. To encourage adequate participation of the social partners in actions supported by the ESF, managing authorities of an operational programme in a region as defined in Article 82(2)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) No […] or in Member States eligible for Cohesion Fund support shall ensure that an appropriate amount of ESF resources is allocated to capacity- building activities, in the form of training, networking measures, and strengthening of the social dialogue, and to activities jointly undertaken by the social partners.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 339 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. To encourage adequate participation of and access by non-governmental organisations to actions supported by the ESF, notably in the fields of social inclusion, gender equality and equal opportunities, the managing authorities of an operational programme in a region as defined in Article 82(2)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) No […] or in Member States eligible for Cohesion Fund support shall ensure that an appropriate amount2 % of ESF resources is allocated to capacity-building for, to training and networking measures and to joint measures taken by non-governmental organisations.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 358 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF shall promote social innovation within all areas falling under the scope of the ESF, as defined in Article 3 of this Regulation, in particular with the aim of testing, assessing and scaling up innovative solutions to address social needs. With a view to achieving the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy in the areas of employment, education and poverty eradication, all stakeholders shall be involved in implementing the solutions, in particular on the basis of close cooperation with the social partners, social organisations and educational establishments.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 359 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. 'Social innovation' means new interventions that are social both in their ends and their means and provide more effective, efficient, sustainable and/or just responses to social needs that are unmet or insufficiently met in terms of combating poverty and social exclusion, promoting a high level of quality employment and decent work, guaranteeing adequate and poverty preventing social protection, and improving working conditions, thereby contributing to social progress. Social innovation shall improve the quality of life and work. It shall not be judged primarily on the basis of economic criteria but, rather, on the basis of its added value for society as a whole.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2011/0254(NLE)


Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
i) practices exposing workers to cosmic radiation, including the operation of aircraft and spacecraft as well as frequent flying;
2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2011/0254(NLE)


Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 24
(24) Occupational exposure means exposure of workers incurred in the course of their work, including employees and self-employed as well as trainees and volunteers, incurred in the course of their work, including work-related frequent flying, or during their presence within the territory of their workplace; persons under the age of 18 shall not be assigned to any work which would make them subject to occupational exposure;
2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2011/0254(NLE)


Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 35
(35) Exposed worker means a person, either self-employed or working under an employer, including a trainee or volunteer, who is subject to exposure at work carried out within a practice regulated by this Directive and who is liable to receive doses exceeding one or other of the dose limits for public exposure; persons under 18 years of age shall not be assigned to any work which would define them as exposed workers.
2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #

2011/0254(NLE)


Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. For occupational exposure, the dose constraint shall be established as an operational tool for optimisation by the undertaking under the generalin consultation with worker representatives. Their decision shall be supervision ofed by the competent authorities. In the case of outside workers the dose constraint shall be established in cooperation between the employer and the undertaking in consultation with worker representatives.
2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2011/0254(NLE)


Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. As soon as a pregnant woman informs the undertaking of her condition, in accordance with national legislation or national practice, the protection of the unborn child shall be comparable withequivalent to that provided for members of the public. The employment conditions for the pregnant woman shall be such that the equivalent dose to the unborn child is as low as reasonably achievable and unlikely to exceed 1 mSv during at least the remainder of the pregnancy. In case of after-effects because of the undertaking's non- compliance with these provisions, the parties concerned shall be entitled to financial compensation by the undertaking.
2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2011/0254(NLE)


Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. As soon as a breastfeeding woman informs the undertaking of her condition, she shall not be employed in work involvingxposed to a significant risk of intake of radionuclides.
2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2011/0254(NLE)


Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall require the undertaking or the employer to inform exposed workers without exception, apprentices and students who are subject to occupational exposure on:
2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2011/0254(NLE)


Article 33 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. For undertakings operating aircraft where the effective dose to the crew or workers subject to work-related frequent flying from cosmic radiation is liable to exceed 6 mSv per year, the relevant requirements set out in this Chapter shall apply. Where the effective dose to the crew or workers subject to work-related frequent flying is less than or equal to 6 mSv per year and liable to be above 1 mSv per year, the competent authorities shall at least require undertakings to keep exposures under review, taking into account the potential for doses to change over time or as a result of changes in the work arrangements. The undertakings shall take appropriate measures, in particular:
2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2011/0254(NLE)


Article 33 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) to assess the exposure of the crew or workers concerned;
2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2011/0254(NLE)


Article 33 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) to take into account the assessed exposure when organising working schedules with a view to reducing the doses of highly exposed crew or workers subject to work-related frequent flying;
2013/01/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2011/0177(APP)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Recognises the serious challenges that young people in the EU face with the economic crisis; considers that employment, education, training, mobility and the social inclusion of young Europeans are issues of strategic importance for the development of the EU and European society; insists on mainstreaming and prioritising these issues in all relevant policies financed from the EU budget, alongside the concrete youth- related instruments proposed by the Commission.Calls, therefore, for the creation of a ‘Youth Initiative Axis’ within the EU Programme for Social Change and Innovation, with its own funding to support specific innovative programmes as well as the exchange of best practice and mutual learing in order to fight youth unemployment, including the possibility of introducing a legally enforceable youth guarantee to ensure that every young person in Europe is offered a job, further education or work- focused training at the latest four months after leaving education or after becoming unemployed;
2012/10/05
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 172 #

2011/0177(APP)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a (new)
50a. Points to the essential role played by the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in combating the harmful effects of globalisation, industrial restructuring and unexpected crisis; recognises its added value as a crisis intervention instrument to help workers having lost their jobs to re-enter the labour market; stresses that the EGF must be continued and upgraded after 2014 as an instrument available, on equal terms, to all categories of workers; stresses the need to encourage the Member States to use the EGF to deliver on the EU 2020 targets, to manage restructuring and to promote new skills, including in connection with new, sustainable, high-quality jobs; stresses as well the need for a simplified and accelerated procedure regarding the payment of grants;
2012/10/05
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 39 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘adverse health effects’: biological effects that have a detrimental effect on mental, physical and/or general well-being of exposed workers. In this Directive, only short-term effects are considered;
2011/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. For the assessment, measurement and/or calculation of workers' exposure levels to electromagnetic fields likely to be significantly below the action value, simple methods may be used. For the other cases wWhere the exposure level is likely to be close or above the action value, Member States shall give guidance based on available harmonised European standards established by the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC) or on other scientifically- based standards or guidelines.
2011/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 73 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. By way of derogation, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply toSpecific protection measures shall be put in place for medical applications using the magnetic resonance effect and the following related activities: involving integral system testing before release for shipment, installation, cleaning, maintenance, research and development activities. In these particular cases, specific protection measures shall be put in place. For this purpose the Commission shall consult the existing working groups and proceed according to the measures set out in Annex IV.order to guarantee protection for this group of workers, the following protection measures shall apply: – time limit for the maximum permissible daily duration of exposure – interruption in the time of exposure through regulations on breaks or changes in activity – compliance with minimum distances from sources of electromagnetic fields – suitable preventive health monitoring through occupational health examinations
2011/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 87 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 6
6. Without prejudice to paragraphs 4 and 5, workers may not be exposed above the exposure limit values for health effects. For specific situations where these values may temporarily be exceeded, Member States may put in place a system authorising work under controlled conditions and on the basis of a comprehensive risk assessment setting out the actual exposure levels and their likelihood and comparing them to the exposure limit values defined in Annexes II and III. Such specific situations shall be reported to the Commission in the report referred to in Article 17a of Directive 89/391/EEC.
2011/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. In any event, workers shall not be exposed above the exposure limit values for health effects unless the conditions under Article 3(6) are fulfilled. If, despite the measures taken by the employer to comply with this Directive, the exposure limit values for health effects are exceeded, the employer shall take immediate achave a direct obligation to reduce exposure below these exposure limit values. The employer shall identify the reasons why the exposure limit values for health effects have been exceeded, and shall amend the protection and prevention measures accordingly in order to prevent them being exceeded again.
2011/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 153 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Without prejudice to Articles 10 and 12 of Directive 89/391/EEC, the employer shall ensure thathave an obligation to provide workers who are exposed to risks from electromagnetic fields at work and/or their representatives receivewith any necessary information and training relating to the outcome of the risk assessment provided for in Article 4(1) of this Directive, concerning in particular:
2011/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2010/2307(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the objective of all initiatives must be to educate young people for the Europe of the future, which means making it possible for all young people to enjoy schooling, vocational training and higher education that lays stress on meeting the technological requirements of a modern and sustainable society in order to make it easier for them to gain access to the labour market; stresses, in that connection, that no young person who has had problems in his or her educational career for whatever reason must be lost to working life, but that such young people must instead receive targeted support; points out that access to education must not be contingent on the social or financial status of a young person’s parents; emphasises the importance of horizontal mobility at all levels of education, both at school and during vocational training;
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2010/2307(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that youth unemployment – the causes of which the ILO does not consider to lie in income and non-wage labour cost levels, participatory rights and social protection standards – is a problem that must be overcome and that all employment, training and traineeship contracts must provide for unrestricted social rights from the first day on; rejects any proposal to deviate from this principle; stresses that periods of notice must not be shortened, arrangements laid down in collective agreements and statutory provisions must apply as they do to regular employees, and participatory rights and freedom of association must be enjoyed without restriction from the first day on;
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2010/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the crisis must not be used as a reason to cut education costs, since higher-level education for young people is necessary in order to overcome the impact of the crisis; stresses, accordngly, that all young people should have access free of charge to schooling, vocational training and higher education;
2011/03/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 40 #

2010/2307(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates the importance of specific, verifiable objectives for the implementation of the EU 2020 Strategy integrated guidelines to reduce youth unemployment; emphasises, therefore, that the Member States must increase the employment rate for young people between the ages of 15 and 25 by 10% by 2014; takes the view that the target groups and indicators proposed by the Commission in the initiative should be monitored and that the progress made during implementation should be measured by means of clear indicators;
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2010/2307(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that voluntary mobility in the framework of schooling and vocational training and for the purposes of employment should be promoted for all young people, irrespective of their financial situation, with each individual being able to determine the degree of his or her own mobility; emphasises that mobility must not give rise to disadvantages in terms of income and social protection; emphasises the importance for increased mobility of the mutual recognition of school, vocational training and university diplomas and further training qualifications obtained within the EU; makes it clear that this mutual recognition must be granted within 12 months following the date on which the qualification was obtained;
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2010/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses that no young person who has had problems in his or her educational career for whatever reason must be lost to working life, but that such young people must instead receive targeted support; points out that access to education must not be contingent on the social or financial status of a young person’s parents; emphasises the importance of horizontal mobility at all levels of education, both at school and during vocational training;
2011/03/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 100 #

2010/2307(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Takes the view that measures must be taken to reinforce the role of the family and social environment of young people and of their school in guiding them in their career choices and towards finding an occupation; emphasises that vocationally-based teaching in schools, the transfer of vocationally relevant information through the identification and fostering of aptitudes and skills and the provision of training in making job applications have a particularly important role to play in preparing young people for the labour market; points out that in many cases individually tailored support, in the form of advice for young people choosing a career and starting work, is required in order to achieve that objective;
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2010/2307(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that the social partners and youth organisations must take measures to enable parents and schools to act as effective careers advisers long before their children or pupils are faced with the transition to vocational training; points out that, in the case of young people with special needs, support measures must be tailored in terms of language and content to their parents and social environment;
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #

2010/2307(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Emphasises the importance of informal training in peer-to-peer networks, in particular organised youth associations, in helping young people to develop the social skills they need to help them choose a career and cope with the transition to working life, whether through group leisure activities, international meetings or voluntary social work;
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 120 #

2010/2307(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that occupational choices must be less strongly influenced by gender, that measures must be taken to present a comprehensive overview of possible career choices and that the attempt must be made from an early age to interest and support girls, in particular, in mathematical and technical professions; emphasises that, in the light of the future shortage of skilled workers, specific measures must be taken to foster the potential of girls and women; in particular, specific support programmes must be implemented to overcome women’s and girls’ own doubts as to their suitability for scientific and technical professions;
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 130 #

2010/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses the importance of the YoM programme, which is instrumental in involving young people in society, and calls on the Commission to make use of the know-how gained from the Youth in Action programme when implementing YoM;
2011/03/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 146 #

2010/2307(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that young people whose chances of getting started in life are poorer must be supported individually to increase their employability and that publicly funded training places are annd a standardised system of training assistance are effective instruments for integrating particularly disadvantaged young people;
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 157 #

2010/2307(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that training places are an appropriate aid in making the right career choice at all stages of the process of choosing an occupation, but must not be allowed to replace regular jobs, must be strictly limited in duration and must provide sufficient income and social protection; stresses that a European quality framework for traineeships must be introducedcovering all forms of education and training must be introduced as a matter of urgency;
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 169 #

2010/2307(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises that young people must be given access to vocational training during working time and that both lifelong learning and professional development must be supported from the very first job.
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 173 #

2010/2307(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Emphasises that high-quality initial education and vocational training covering all trades and professions increases young people’s job opportunities and guarantees businesses a supply of skilled employees; calls on the Member States to establish appropriate supervisory bodies in order to ensure that such education and training is provided;
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 174 #

2010/2307(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Takes the view that the ‘Your first EURES job’ initiative must be closely linked to the European Vacancy Monitor, must be open to as many people as possible and must enable employers and job seekers to draw up a profile containing their relevant data;
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 176 #

2010/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Emphasises the importance for increased mobility of the mutual recognition of school, vocational training and university diplomas and further training qualifications made possible within the EU; states that recognition procedures must have been completed within 12 months;
2011/03/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 201 #

2010/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the importance of guidance instruments for young people to help them in their educational and professional choices from primary schools to higher levels of education and training in order to better prepare them for a smooth transition to active life; takes the view that measures must be taken to reinforce the role of the family and social environment of young people and of their school in guiding them in their career choices and towards finding an occupation; emphasises that vocationally based teaching in schools, the transfer of vocationally relevant information through the identification and fostering of aptitudes and skills and the provision of training in making job applications have a particularly important role to play in preparing young people for the labour market; points out that in many cases individually tailored support, in the form of advice for young people choosing a career and starting work, is required in order to achieve that objective;
2011/03/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 204 #

2010/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Stresses that the social partners and youth organisations must take measures to enable parents and schools to act as effective careers advisers long before their children or pupils are faced with the transition to vocational training; points out that, in the case of young people with special needs, support measures must be tailored in terms of language and content to their parents and social environment; emphasises the importance of informal training in peer-to-peer networks, in particular organised youth associations, in helping young people to develop the social skills they need to help them choose a career and cope with the transition to working life, whether through group leisure activities, international meetings or voluntary social work;
2011/03/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 205 #

2010/2307(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Takes the view that occupational choices must be less strongly influenced by gender, that measures must be taken to present a comprehensive overview of possible career choices and that the attempt must be made from an early age to interest and support girls, in particular, in mathematical and technical professions; emphasises that, in the light of the future shortage of skilled workers, specific measures must be taken to foster the potential of girls and women; in particular, specific support programmes must be implemented to overcome women’s and girls’ own doubts as to their suitability for scientific and technical professions;
2011/03/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 28 #

2010/2278(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Asks for the inclusion of a Social Progress Clause in the Lisbon Treaty and a binding social clause in all relevant sSingle mMarket legislation, with a view to ensuring that competition rules respect fundamental rights andfundamental rights are not undermined by competition rules and they are protecting and upholding the right to collective action and the right to strike in the context of the four freedoms; demands the establishment of a special social chamber of the ECJ, with judges specialising in labour and social law;
2011/01/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2010/2278(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a revision of the Posting of Workers Directive (96/71/EC1 ) with a view to protecting Member States‘ labour standards and industrial relations systems, including collective bargaining and different forms of collective action, and upholding the principle of equal pay for work of equal valueequal work at the same workplace as laid down in Articles 18 and 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union rather than simply referring to minimum rates;
2011/01/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2010/2278(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. BelievEmphasizes that any reform of second- pillar pension systems should be the competence of the Member States and should be aimed at reinforcing and complementing the first pillar, which guarantees adequate pensions; reminds the Commission that many Member States have a well-functioning first-pillar system in place; urges the Commission to take note of this and to use these examples as benchmarks across the EU;
2011/01/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2010/2278(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to revise the Directives on Public Procurement in order to allow the Member States to adopt and implement higher social and economical standards on national or local level;
2011/01/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that implementation of Directive 2008/104/EC on temporary agency work which is incomplete and does not conform to the law can have a negative impact on employees’ mobility and calls on the Commission to ensure that, starting from December 2011, the same work and employment conditions apply to temporary agency workers and permanent employees;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the right of free movement of workers cannot be viewed in isolation from other rights and basic principles of the EU and that respect for the European social model and the rights guaranteed in the European Convention on Human Rights, as reflected in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, will offer the possibility of decent jobs, adequatejobs with adequate pay, good working conditions, social security rights, equal treatment, respect for family life and the freedom to provide services;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that adequatcomprehensive social protection systems greatly facilitate the geographical and occupational mobility of workers and that the social inclusion of mobile workers and the social reintegration of returned workers must be included in the policy on labour mobility;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Believes that, in the long term, the maxim ‘equal pay for the same work in the same place’ must apply throughout the EU in order to prevent wage dumping;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Underlines in this regard the need to comply with minimum standards for posted workers when the Posting of Workers Directive is revised;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 122 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Emphasises the need for cooperation between employees and employers in the EURES network;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 125 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Emphasises that, in the context of implementing freedom of movement, employers should be obliged to provide foreign workers with information on workers’ rights in the relevant country of employment. In addition, multilingual advisory agencies must be set up for migrant workers in the Member States;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 127 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Stresses the success of cross-border cooperation in border regions and in interregional trade union councils which can contribute to free movement and calls for the introduction of bilateral and trilateral economic and social committees and enhanced promotion of interregional trade union councils;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2010/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for a new efficient approach to disability starting from the creation of a European Disability Committee as a more effective mechanism to coordinate and monitor the implementation of the EDS;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 96 #

2010/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that people with mental disabilities are particularly exposed to the risk of abuse and violence, and calls on the Member States to adopt a developed control mechanism to guarantee the respect of human rights and freedoms of people in residential institutions, with special regard to disabled women; and take measures to promote the transition from institutional to community-based care;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 114 #

2010/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Expresses disappointment with the limited involvement of persons with lack of transparency and disabilities in data collection and consultation and considers that the Commission should encourage the participation of persons with disabilities to consultation procedures that must be fully accessible, designed in a way to allow articulated comments and supported by effective information campaigns: 336 replies by civil society on the Commission's consultation, which was held on the Commission's central consultation website in 2009, shows that the information campaign did not reach targeted groups;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 151 #

2010/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Observes that a mutually-recognised parking card for people with disabilities and a unified EU charter for travellers’ rights are relevant for the inclusion of people with disabilities in society; calls for the mutual recognition of disability cards between Member States, for example through the introduction of a European Disability Card, in order to ensure that people with disabilities in every EU Member State have access to the benefits and entitlements available there; emphasises that such mutual recognition would make it much easier for people with disabilities in the EU Member States to work, study and travel;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 189 #

2010/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that sheltered workshops ands well as integrated workplaces could be equally valuable solutions to employingaccompany and support people with different disabilities in accordance with applications of reasonable accommodationthe transition toward an open labour market;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 209 #

2010/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. States that the present education and training systems in general do notare not enough to prevent a high drop-out rate of people with disabilities; stresses that this leads to intensifiedmajor social and employment disadvantages among disabled people, especially during the present economic crisis; emphasises, therefore, the need to support education and training programmes geared to the requirements of young people with disabilities in order to ease their transition to working life; calls on the Member States and the Commission to afford people with disabilities better access to information about existing mobility and training programmes;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 247 #

2010/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission and Member States to intensify the general information provided for parentfamilies with disabled children in order to include early recognition and support and open up possible solutions for their needs;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 259 #

2010/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. States that, compared to the average, people with disabilities have more chance of being poor; people with disabilities are particularly at risk of social exclusion and poverty; stresses that around 80 million people with disabilities are poor, including one million deaf people;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2010/2245(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that innovation can play an important role in enhancing social cohesion by improving the quality of the services provided and that specific professional training programmes should therefore be set up;
2011/02/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2010/2245(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that R&D investment tends to drop in periods of economic crisis even though it has been proved that the companies and Member States which invest the most during such periods are the ones that gain the greatest comparative market advantage;
2011/02/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2010/2245(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses the importance of supporting the establishment and development of innovative undertakings, combining public and private funding, supplemented by risk capital mechanisms and technical assistance in implementing projects;
2011/02/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #

2010/2245(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that, despite the increased involvement of women in the fields of research and technology, the latest figures provided by the Commission indicate that only 19% of senior academic posts are held by women, even though women account for more than half of university students; [1] She Figures 2009 - major findings and trends, European Commission, 2009.
2011/02/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2010/2245(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers it particularly important that there should be specific guidelines that take account of gender equality issues in the creation and development of innovative products and services, and that this calls for appropriate training of human resources;
2011/02/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 143 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Does not consider it possible to set an adequate pension at European level, because the amount required is very dependent on specific circumstances in the Member States, but calls for minimum pension levels to be set above the poverty line at European level and for poverty- proof pensions;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Does not consider it possible to set an adequate pension at European level, because the amount required is very dependent on specific circumstances in the Member States; calls, however, on the Union to come up with criteria that make it possible for each Member State to establish a set of criteria to guarantee a minimum level of pensions;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 211 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Observes that budgetary consolidation in the Member States must not result in cuts in social security systems and pensions;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 217 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Observes that budgetary consolidation in the Member States must not result in cuts in social security systems and pensions;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 223 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that, in view of demographic trends and the need to ensure that pensions can be paid for, it is necessary for more people to participate in the labour market and to do so for longer; observes that life expectancy is growing and calls on Member States to consider linking the statutory retirement age to life expectancy;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 226 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that, in view of demographic trends, and the consequent need to ensure that pensions can be paid for, are not uniform throughout the European Union; but believes it is necessary for more people to participate in the labour market and to do so for longer; observes that life expectancy is growing and calls on Member States to consider linking the statutory retirement age to life expectancy, which requires a concerted effort in terms of combating unemployment, achieving a proper work-life balance and addressing immigration;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 252 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that there are major disparities in the statutory retirement age and in the actual age at which older people cease to be employed; calls on Member States and the two sides of industry, therefore, to exchange information about good experiences and to conclude agreements leading to a prolongation of working life, for example by rewarding people who work for longerwhich make provision for retirement on a flexible basis, for example by rewarding people for longer working lives and, in cases where they have performed arduous work, not reducing their pensions if they take early retirement;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 272 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that, for older employees performing physically and/or mentally demanding work, a labour market geared to flexibility and security must offer creative solutions such as greater flexibility in the statutory retirement age, part-time pensions or adapted working conditions, with the emphasis on ability to work, to strike a lasting balance between the requirements of employment and the capacities of workers; considers there to be a need for an active policy to prevent discrimination on grounds of age; observes furthermore that reductions in earned income, breaks in gainful employment, for example for purposes of education or to act as a carer, qualification measures and unemployment arising through no fault of one’s own, must be taken into greater account as prime causes of the risk of poverty in old age;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 273 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that, for older employees performing physically and/or mentally demanding work, a labour market geared to flexibility and security must offer creative solutions such as greater flexibility in the statutory retirement age, part-time pensions or adapted working conditions, with the emphasis on ability to work, to strike a lasting balance between the requirements of employment and the capacities of workers; considers there to be a need for an active policy to prevent discrimination on grounds of age; observes furthermore that reductions in earned income, breaks in gainful employment, for example for purposes of education or to act as a carer, qualification measures and unemployment arising through no fault of one’s own, must be taken into greater account as prime causes of the risk of poverty in old age;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 295 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that, if the 2020 Strategy is successful, this will mean that more people are in work and a strong labour market policy is pursued, this will mean that more people are employed in jobs which entail payment of compulsory social security contributions and are not precarious and that economic growth will benefit from this, thus enhancing the sustainability of pension systems;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 296 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that, if the 2020 Strategy is successful, this will mean that more people are in work and a strong labour market policy is pursued, this will mean that more people are employed in jobs which entail payment of compulsory social security contributions and are not precarious and that economic growth will benefit from this, thus enhancing the sustainability of pension systems;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 326 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the growing importance of labour-market mobility in the EU, as well as the need for such mobility, but considers that it must not have any negative impact on national social security systems;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 353 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Notes that, in the first pillar, pension entitlements are governed by the relevant coordinating Regulation, but that, for second-pillar pensions, simplified arrangements are needed to ensure portability;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 378 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that in many Member States the importance of second-pillar occupational retirement pension provision has been recognised, that responsibility for such provision stills rests with the Member States and that it must also be ensured that such provision meets European conditions and criteria applicable to second-pillar provision; points out that, as a matter of principle, the introduction of a second pillar must not lessen the responsibility of the welfare state for poverty-proof pension provision;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 421 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Supports the establishment of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA); stresses the need to equip it so that it can perform effectively the tasks entrusted to it and, in particular, can take appropriate account of the specificities and characteristics of occupational pensions;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 429 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls, too, for the development of new methods and indicators to gauge the effects of pension reforms on disadvantaged groups;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 456 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Considers that, in the further debate on an adequate, safe and sustainable pension system, it would be helpful, while observing the principle of subsidiarity, to establish a pensions platform on which stakeholders are represented who contribute information about best practices and help to prepare policy initiatives;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 457 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Considers that, in the further debate on an adequate, safe and sustainable pension system, it would be helpful, while observing the principle of subsidiarity, to establish a pensions platform on which stakeholders are represented who contribute information about best practices and help to prepare policy initiatives;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the European social model offers equal opportunities in education, training and the labour market as well as equal access to social services as major pillars of economic success;
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Asks the Commission and the Member States to cooperate with international organizations for improving the social dimension of globalization having as reference the European social model.
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 95 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Further asks the Commission and the Member States to strive for the eradication of discrimination against disabled people and other vulnerable groups in and outside the Union, in particular for people who face multiple disadvantage due to poverty, gender, place of residence, disability and ethno-linguistic affiliation;
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 102 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that the Union's expenditure in the framework of development cooperation, association or stability agreements and trade agreements brings about unique chances to assist the partner countries in putting in place viable education and training systems as well as social assistance structures for greater social security and, consequently, greater welfare;
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13e. Asks the Commission and the Member States to cooperate with partner countries in improving the quality of the skills of citizens, skills that are relevant to new jobs and employment, as a catalyst for stability, prosperity, inclusive societies and good governance, especially in the EU neighbourhood.
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Supports initiatives that enhance the development of social partner dialogue and cooperation within the partner countries and transnational and asks the Commission to further develop the existing programmes, focusing on those aiming at empowering social partners institutional capacity for policy development and implementation;
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the need to reduce the inequalities faced by practitioners in the cultural and creative sector and to fight discrimination in these sectors, especially as regards pay, access to the labour market, jobs that match the level of qualifications, and social security and unemployment and maternity benefits; calls on the Member States to introduce changes to their social security systemsystems of social protection to meet the needs of practitioners in the cultural and creative sectors;
2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to promote joint research between the cultural and creative industries and the education and training sector, so as to facilitate the use of creative techniques and tools in the educational sector;Does not affect the English version.
2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to exchange information and good practice, to step up education and training provision, especially in the fields of computer studies and business management, to foster new skills and to promote lifelong learning, for example by facilitating access to the existing European programmes and funds, thereby making decent jobs more accessible and enhancing and acknowledging the skills of creators and workers in the cultural and creative sector, who feel the impact of economic and technological change particularly strongly;
2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Advocates the mobilisation of, and simplified application for, EU funds and programmes for the development of the cultural and creative sector;
2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that a high level of social protection, and a sufficient minimum level of resources, in particular in terms of unemployment insurance, is and health insurance, are necessary to provide a guaranteed income for those periods without employment natural to the cultural and creative sector, and enable personal and collective emancipation.
2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2010/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the Commission to increase support for small and micro-sized enterprises and to facilitate start-ups, since most enterprises in the cultural and creative industries are of this type, and to ease access to microcredits by these enterprises;
2010/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that in countries where more progress has been made towards equal treatment of men and women in the employment market has been achieved, it has had positive repercussions on economic and social development, and therefore equality policies should not be abandonmust be further developed in times of crisis; and that despite the stated intention of the Member States and the Commission, consistently equal conditions have not yet been achieved – indeed, in some cases the situation has even deteriorated;
2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1a (new)
1a. Stresses that the new forms of organisation of work need to be grounded in a detailed analysis of forms and rhythms of work and leisure, ensuring the sharing of family and work responsibilities among family members;
2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that extending child care and professionalising home help for the elderly represent an important step towards makiimportant steps towards making it possible to combine work and family life include not only improving child care in terms of quality and quantity and professionalising home help for the elderly but also expanding maternity protection in Europe and unreserved social acceptance of the idea of mothers being employed; considers that this also requires a change it possible to combine work and family life; n corporate cultures with regard to the appointment and employment of women;
2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2b (new)
2b. Emphasises that the Commission and the Member States need to promote, support and reinforce the role of women in the social economy, in the light of the high level of female employment in that sector and the importance of the services it offers for the promotion of a fair work- life balance;
2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3b (new)
3b. Believes that, in the light of population trends in the EU, measures are needed to encourage people to have children, and that a fair work-life balance is a key condition for fighting population decline, as well as helping boost women's participation in the labour market;
2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that almost everywhere, in many cases, women are now obtaining a higher level of edubetter final results at school and in higher and vocational qualifieducations than men; regrets, however, that this hais not led to a narrowingimproving their situation ofn the gender- related pay gap that is a factor in women beinglabour market, particularly as regards reducing precarious employment, eliminating wage disparities and reaching management posts, the result of which is at higher risk of unemployment and poverty;
2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses that the objective of the Europe 2020 strategy of achieving a 75% employment rate for the population aged between 20 and 64 will only be met if there is a major input from women in the form of a considerable increase in female employability;
2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Observes that part-time employment can have an adverse impact on the individual concerned, for example placing obstacles in the way of careers and leading to poverty in old age or alternatively, on account of smaller incomes, may require supplementary State assistance for purposes of subsistence or in the event of illness or unemployment;
2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Calls for taxation of employment in the Member States to be reviewed in order to establish the extent to which tax incentives discourage women from taking full-time employment, so that the traditional model of the family continues to disadvantage women;
2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Stresses that equality plans for businesses or sectors should be established, on a statutory basis, to combat gender injustice in employment in the Member States, which should be initiated and their implementation monitored by the two sides of industry; supports the introduction of gender quotas for managerial posts and in the supervisory bodies of businesses;
2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and Member States to introduce strategies and programmes in the field of education and employment and to increase their efforts to interest boys and girls at school in the whole spectrum of possiblechoosing a non-gender-specific occupations, to prevent segregation of job markets by gender and counter the trend for women often to work in worse-paidrelatively unskilled, worse-paid and less secure occupations;
2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to support the Member States in increasing the employment prospects of disadvantaged women and female immigrants and thus increasing their chance of leading an independent life, by improving their access to education and vocational training;
2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission to update equality indicators, extend them to include the dimension of family status and use them to assess gender inequalities regularly;
2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2010/2138(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament to comply with gender budgeting criteria when drawing up budgets; encourages Member States to follow this example when drawing up national public budgets.
2010/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2010/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to adopt a personalised and social approach to assistance for redundant workers, particularly in cases of large-scale redundancies, so as to improve workers' opportunities on a labour market that is undergoing profound restructuring; to this end, recommends that the Member States step up their exchanges of good practice, especially making use of Progress;
2010/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2010/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to use the EGF to implement European objectives, to promote new skills for new 'good' jobs and to promote lifelong learning, so as to allow workers to develop their individual careers and to contribute to improving the competitiveness of the EU in the context of globalisation;
2010/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2010/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Reminds undertakings of their responsibility to do all they can to ensure that workers can, right from the start of their period of unemployment, authenticate their experience acquired, so as to ensure that their retraining is as specific and as rapid as possible and that they obtain new, 'good' stable jobs with a promising future;
2010/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2010/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Hopes that the Services Directive will genuinely have a positive impact by creating quality jobs and improving the quality and safety of services provided;
2010/09/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2010/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the Services Directive must be interpreted in the light of the new treaty provisions, in particular Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union, the horizontal social clause in Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), Article 14 TFEU, Protocol No 26 annexed to the Treaties, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; points out that the right to services in the EU must be counterbalanced by the individual and collective rights of employees; stresses the need to clarify inter alia at the level of primary legislation that general fundamental rights, including social fundamental rights, are not subordinate to the internal market;
2010/09/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2010/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the directive excludes a number of fields from its scope of application, including non-economic services of general interest, healthcare services and most social services; calls on the Commission to exercise its right of initiative and submit, as a matter of urgency, a proposal for a directive on services of general interest and social services of general interest; adds that the directive does not apply to labour law and does not affect Member States' social security legislation either;
2010/09/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2010/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that those circumventing the respective national employment laws, e.g. through undeclared work or false self-employment, must be prosecuted and punished;
2010/09/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2010/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Invites the Employment Committee referred to in Article 150 TFEU to issue regular reports on the effects of the directive's implementation on employment and the quality of jobs, from both a quantitative and a qualitative point of view.
2010/09/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission proposal of 27 April 2010 for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States,
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas, despite the economic prosperity and all the statements on eliminating poverty, social inequalities have worsened and, at the end of 2008, 17% of the population (i.e. around 85 million people) were living below the poverty threshold, even after social transfers11 , while in 2005 the figure was 16% and in 2000 it was 15% in the EU-15,
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the at-risk-of-poverty rate for children and young people up to 17 years is higher than for the total population, reaching 20% in 2008 in the EU-27, with the highest rates being recorded in Romania (33%), Bulgaria (26%), Italy and Latvia (both 25%), Spain (24%), Greece, Portugal, Lithuania and the United Kingdom (all 23%) and Poland (22%) of 33%,
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas elderly people also face a higher risk of poverty than the general population, reaching a rate of around 19% of those aged 65 years and over in 2008 in the EU-27, while in 2005 the figure was 19% and in 2000 it was 17%,
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the proliferationconstantly high level of precarious employment and low wages in certain sectors means that the percentage of workers at risk of poverty is increasingstagnating on a high level; whereas, in 2008, the at-risk- of-poverty rate for those in employment was 8% on average in the EU-27, with the highest rates being recorded in Romania (17%), Greece (14%), Poland and Portugal (both 12%), Spain and Latvia (both 11%)hile in 2005 the figure was 8% and in 2000 it was 7% in the EU-15,
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas account should be taken of the multidimensional nature of poverty and social exclusion, the existence of particularly vulnerable population groups (children, women and elderly people), which also include people with disabilities, immigrants, large or single-parent families, the chronically ill and the homeless, as well as the need to incorporate action to prevent and combat poverty and exclusion in other policies, with a guarantee of universal access to public services, high- qualitydecent jobs with rights and an income allowing people to live with dignity,
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas a global objective needs to be established, prioritising economic and social and territorial cohesion and the protection of fundamental human rights, which implies a balance between economic, employment, social, regional and environmental policies and a fair redistribution of income and wealth,
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need for concrete measures to effectively and significantly reduce poverty and social exclusion, ensuring a fair redistribution of income and wealth and also giving meaning and content to the European Year for Combating Poverty and to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, including guaranteeing an adequate minimum income throughout the European Union: in other words, combating poverty begins with the creation of 'good' jobs - in particular for groups at a disadvantage on the labour market; emphasises that full- time employment must provide workers with a living wage, so that welfare policy is inseparable from an active labour market policy;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the differences in various areas (health, housing, education, income and employment) among the social groups living in poverty, calls the Commission and the Member States to take those differences into consideration in their targeted measures, emphasizes that the most effective way to reduce poverty is to make the labour market accessible to all;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the multidimensional nature of poverty and social exclusion, and highlights the social dimension and social sustainability of macroeconomic policies, as an integral part of the crisis exit strategy and economic and soc, social and territorial cohesion, and the fact this implies changing the monetary priorities and policies, among others, of the Stability and Growth Pact, and also competition policies, internal market policies, and budgetary and fiscal policies;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the promotion of social integration and inclusion, in order to guarantee protection of fundamental human rights, human dignity in particular, and clear commitments to draw up EU and national policies to combat poverty and social exclusion, by ensuring universal access to the labour market, public health services, vocational education and training, housing and social protection, in addition to employment with rights, fair wages, decent pensions and an adequate income for everyone;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the promotion of social integration and inclusion, in order to guarantee protection of fundamental human rights, and clear commitments to draw up EU and national policies to combat poverty and social exclusion, by ensuring universal access to public health services, vocational education and training, housing and social protection, in addition to employment with rights, fair wages, decent pensions and an adequate income for everyone, in which connection access to education - from pre-school education to completion of undergraduate studies - should as far as possible be free;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 127 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the European Commission, in its ‘Europe 2020’ strategy document, announces that removing the risk of poverty for 20 million people is one of the EU’s five headline targets; believes that this target should be at least doubled and made more credible with appropriate measuresis too low and that the objective of a poverty-free Europe must not be abandoned; appropriate measures should be taken to achieve that objective;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the various experiments with minimum incomes, accompanied by social integration measures, show that this is a further essential way of combating poverty and social exclusion; therefore calls on the European Commission to prepare an initiative supporting these experiments in order to provide decent life for all, taking into account best practices and ensuring an adequate minimum income throughout the European Union as a means to prevent poverty and guarantee social justice and equal opportunities for all, without calling into question the specific situations in each Member State;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 164 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the urgent need to define and use appropriate economic and social indicators in various areas (health, housing, education, income and employment), which will allow the progress made in combating poverty and promoting social inclusion to be monitored and measured; states that these indicators should be presented annually on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October), should evolve as necessary and should include gender, age ranges, households, disability situations, immigration, chronic illness and various income levels (60% of median income; 50% of median income; 40% of median income) in order to take account of relative poverty, extreme poverty and the most vulnerable groups; details of these key socioeconomic indicators should be set out in an annual report forwarded to the Member States and the European Parliament for discussion and with a view to determining the scope for further action;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2010/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the promotion of a social, resource-efficient, ecological and competitive economy is one of the focuses of the Europe 2020 strategy,
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2010/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the EU, the Member States and the social partners to fight discrimination and promote gender equality in a sustainable economy, to create work environments that attract and retain women in these sectors, to promote work-life balance through adequate, high-quality childcare and family-friendly workplace arrangements, to reduce gender- based job segmentation and wage gaps and to establish a quota for women on company boards of 40%;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2010/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the Commission overestimates the job potential for highly qualified employees in the sustainable economy, and thus loses sight of the many jobs in the middle and lower qualification bands; calls on the Member States to enhance the status of jobs in the middle and lower training bands and to ensure g‘Good wWorking conditions in those jobs;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 69 #

2010/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that, owing to the low level of organisation of employees and of employers in new sectors, the risk of precarious employment relationships and bad working conditions is great; calls on the EU and Member States to create framework conditions for establishing representative bodies in new sectors; invites the Commission, to strengthen further the procedures for information and consultation of workers, and to promote EU- wide exchange of best practice exampleand the establishment of European Works Councils;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2010/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the EU to develop a framework for anticipating change and restructuring, providing the bindingly guaranteed right for all affected workers to take part in training and lifelong learning schemes; calls on the Member States, employers and employees to recognise skills management, training and lifelong learning as a shared responsibility, as acknowledged in the social partners’ 2002 framework agreement on lifelong learning;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 97 #

2010/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States and social partners to establish quotas, targeted recruitment schemes, specialised apprenticeships and training initiatives for women, migrants, the long-term unemployed and other groups discriminated against by the employment market;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 100 #

2010/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Recommends that the objective of the Globalisation Adjustment Fund be redirected towards promoting a social, sustainable economy;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2010/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The diversity and evolution of the conditions under which professional activities are pursued make it necessary to take into account the situation of highly mobile workers. New labour supply structures have become evident amongst others in the air transport sector. Linking the applicable legislation for aircrew members to the Member State where the registered office or place of business of the undertaking or employer employing him/her is situated only is effective if there is a sufficiently close connection to the registered office or place of business. For aircrew members it is considered appropriate to refThe legislation applicable to aircrew members should be that of the Member State where the employee has his home base. Annex III to Council Regulation (EEC) 3922/91 on the harmonisation of technical requirements and administrative procedures for the field of civil aviation1 defines the concept of a home base for aircrew members as the location nominated by the operator to the crew member from where to "home base" as specification of the notion of "registered office or place of business"he crew member normally starts and ends a duty period, or a series of duty periods, and where the operator is not responsible for the applicccommodation of Regulation (EC) No 883/200the crew member concerned. _____________ 1 OJ L 373, 31.12.1991, p. 4.
2012/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2010/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
2a. The following paragraph shall be added to Article 11: "(4a) Aircrew members regularly performing air passenger or freight services in two or more Member States shall be subject to the legislation of the Member State where they have their ‘home base’ as defined in Annex III to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 on the harmonisation of technical requirements and administrative procedures for the field of civil aviation1. _____________ 1 OJ L 373, 31.12.1991, p. 4."
2012/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Citation 1 a (new)
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and in particular Article 153 thereof,
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Citation 1 b (new)
Having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights and in particular Articles 31 and 35 thereof,
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) Article 2(b) of the Euratom Treaty provides for the establishment of uniform safety standards to protect the health of workers and of the general public.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
(2) Article 30 of the Euratom Treaty provides for the establishment of basic standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionizing radiations.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty requires Member States to provide the Commission with general data relating to any plan for the disposal of radioactive waste.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Article 153 TFEU provides for the establishment of minimum standards for the health and safety of workers.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights provides the basic right for everyone to working conditions which respect his or her health, safety and dignity.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 c (new)
(3c) Article 35 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights provides the basic right for everyone to high level of health protection.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) The ILO adopted a Convention[1] and a Recommendation[2] on Radiation Protection to all activities involving exposure of workers to ionizing radiation in the course of work and requires appropriate steps to be taken to ensure the effective protection of workers in the light of knowledge available at the time. [1] C115 Convention concerning the Protection of Workers against Ionising Radiations, 22. 6. 1960 [2] C114 Recommendation concerning the Protection of Workers against Ionising Radiations, 22. 6. 1960
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
(3) It maintains and promotes a high level of public information and participation with regard to spent fuel and radioactive waste management.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4 a (new)
(4a) This Directive sets minimum standards for the Member States, but Member States are free to impose higher standards on management of spent fuel and radioactive waste.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5a) 'exposed worker' means any person involved in activities along the chain of the management of waste fuel or radioactive waste management, regardless their activity or status;
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – point 2 – subpoint d
(d) spent fuel and radioactive waste are safely managed, including in the long term for a minimum of 250 years or even longer, so long as they are hazardous to people and the environment.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 80 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – point 2 – subpoint d a (new)
(da) there is a legal framework on joint and several liability so as to protect all actors involved in the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – point 3
(3) Radioactive waste shall be disposed of in the Member State in which it was generated, unless agreements are concluded between Member States to use disposal facilities in one of them.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) The transfer of radioactive waste and spent fuel to outside of the Union shall be prohibited.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – point 1 – subpoint b a (new)
(ba) national requirements for the health and safety, education and training of workers;
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 86 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) Member States shall ensure that the regulatory authority is democratically controlled and that practical workers, scientists and elected parliamentarians are part of that regulatory authority.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) Member States shall ensure that the competent regulatory authority is given the powers and resources to regularly carry out nuclear safety assessments, investigations and controls, and where necessary enforcement actions in the facilities even during decommissioning. The health and safety of workers, including any sub-contractors, as well as staff levels and training shall be part of these assessments.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – point 3 b (new)
(3b) The assessment on the health and safety of the workers referred to in paragraph 3a shall be carried out in cooperation with the authorities responsible for safety and health of workers.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8a Recording and tracking (1) Member States shall establish a recording and tracking system in the field of management of the spent fuel and radioactive waste. (2) Member States shall ensure that the recording and tracking system is capable of defining the location and the conditions of the spent fuel and radioactive waste in their production, use, transport, storage or disposal. (3) Member States shall ensure that information on workers that have been exposed to spent fuel and radioactive waste during their work is stored, either by the licence holder or a state body, so as to ensure follow-up for work-related diseases in the long term.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 102 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 b (new)
Article 8b Procedures and Sanctions In accordance with general principles, Member States shall ensure that administrative or judicial procedures, as well as sanctions that are effective, dissuasive and proportionate in relation to the seriousness of the offence, should be applicable in the event of infringement of the obligations arising from this Directive.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9
Member States shall ensure that the national framework includes arrangements for education andof the knowledge available at the time and regular and preventive training covering the needs of all parties with responsibilities for spent fuel and radioactive waste management in order to maintain and to further develop necessary expertise and skills. Member States shall ensure that licence holders cover the cost of the education and training.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall ensure that the licence holders provide adequate financial resources to fulfil their obligations with respect to the education and training laid down in paragraph 1.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – point 1
(1) Member States shall ensure that all information on the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste is made available to workers and the general publicwhich is necessary for preserving health, safety and security of workers and the general public, shall be available on a regular basis. This obligation includes ensuring that the competent regulatory authority informs the public in the fields of its competence. Information shall be made available to the public in accordance with national legislation and international obligations, provided that this does not jeopardise other interests recognised in national legislation or international obligations such as, inter alia, security.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 112 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) Member States shall ensure that information on the Financial Resources reserved for the management of the spent fuel and radioactive waste referred to in Article 10 is available to the general public, with due regard to the share of the costs between the Member States and the Producers.
2011/02/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 175 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) spent fuel and radioactive waste are safely managed, including in the long term for a minimum of 250 years or even longer, so long as they are hazardous to people and the environment.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 200 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) The transfer of radioactive waste and spent fuel to places outside the Union shall be prohibited.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 239 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8a Recording and tracking (1) Member States shall establish a recording and tracking system in the field of spent fuel and radioactive waste management. (2) Member States shall ensure that the recording and tracking system is capable of defining the location and the condition of the spent fuel and radioactive waste in the course of their production, use, transport, storage or disposal.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 240 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 b (new)
Article 8b Procedures and Sanctions In accordance with general principles, Member States shall ensure that administrative or judicial procedures, as well as sanctions that are effective, dissuasive and proportionate in relation to the seriousness of the offence, should be applicable in the event of infringement of the obligations arising from this Directive.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 263 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Member States shall ensure that information is made available to the public concerning the financial resources for the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste referred to in Article 10, taking due account of the proportion of the costs incurred by producers.
2011/04/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 28 #

2010/0242(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Pursuant to Article 34 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Union recognises and respects the entitlement to social security benefits and social services providing protection.
2011/02/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2010/0242(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) Pursuant to Article 35 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Union recognises the right for everyone to a high level of health protection.
2011/02/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2010/0242(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1
The year 2012 shall be designated as the European Year for Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity (hereafter referred to as ‘the European Year’).
2011/02/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 99 #

2010/0242(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The overall purpose of the European Year shall be to encourage and support the efforts of Member States, their regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society to promote active ageing and intergenerational solidarity and to do more to mobilise the potential of the rapidly growing population in their late 50s and above, thereby preserving solidarity between generations. Active ageing means creating better opportunities and, working conditions and lifelong learning possibilities in order to enable older workers to play their part in the labour market, including, in particular, institutionalised retraining of employees in jobs which are physically very demanding in order to enable them to be employed in appropriate jobs according to their age, combating social exclusion by fostering active participation in society, and encouraging healthy ageing and fighting poverty by guaranteeing an adequate income, full and affordable access to social services and a high level of health care for those who are retired. On this basis, the objectives shall be:
2011/02/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 109 #

2010/0242(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) to raise general awareness of the value of active ageing in order to highlight the useful contribution older persons make to society and the economy, to promote active ageing and intergenerational solidarity and to do more to mobilise the potential of older persons, paying special attention to concrete plans to combat poverty in old age, particularly that of women;
2011/02/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 127 #

2010/0242(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) to stimulate the development of comprehensive age management strategies at national and company level, by developing new forms of work-life balance provisions adapted to the specific needs of older workers and by rewarding people who work longer.
2011/02/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 159 #

2010/0242(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
By the 31 December 2013, the Member States shall submit a country report to the Commission on the implementation and on the results, along with their overall assessment of the initiatives provided for in this Decision.
2011/02/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) Considering the specially vulnerable situation of third-country national seasonal workers and the temporary nature of their assignment, there is a need to define clearly the working conditions applicable to such workers in order to ensure legal certainty by referring such conditions to generally binding instruments providing effective protecprovide effective protection of the rights of third- country seasonal workers and to fully guarantee respect for the principle of equal treatment with workers who are nationals of the rights of third- country seasonal workers, such as law or universally applicable collective agreementshost Member State, in order to guarantee the principle of same pay for the same work in the same place.
2011/09/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2010/0209(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) Intra-corporate transferees should benefit from the same working conditions as postedlocal workers whose employer is established on the territory. Intra-corporate transferees should be given equal treatment with nationals of the host Member State ofr the European Union, as defined by Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of servipermanent staff not only in terms of pay but with regard to all terms and conditions of employment. This equality should not be restricted to generally applicable collective agreements, but should apply to any law, regulation or administrative provisions, arbitration awards and collective agreements, including company agreements, in order to guarantee the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same places. That requirement is intended to protect workers and guarantee fair competition between undertakings established in a Member State and those established in a third country, as it ensures that the latter will not be able to benefit from lower labour standards to take any competitive advantage.
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2010/0209(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) activities in the field of building work listed in the Annex 3 of Directive 96/71/EC;
2011/07/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 29 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
(2) The Treaty on European Union stipulates in Article 3.3 that the Union shall seek to achieve full employment and social progress, combat social exclusion and discrimination, and shall promote social justice and protection and provides for the Union’s initiatives to ensure coordination of Member States' social policies. Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides that in defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union shall take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection and the fight against social exclusion.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
(2) The Treaty on European Union stipulates in Article 3.3 that the Union shall combat social exclusion and discrimination, and shall promote social justice and protection and provides for the Union's initiatives to ensure coordination of Member States' social policies. Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides that in defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union shall take into account requirements linked to the promotion of full and decent employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection and the fight against social exclusion and all Member States should follow the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same workplace.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
(4) The Lisbon Strategy, launched in 2000, was based on an acknowledgement of the EU’s need to increase its knowledge-based productivity and competitiveness and recreate the conditions for full employment, while enhancing social and regional cohesion, in the face of global competition, technological change and an ageing population. The Lisbon Strategy was re- launched in 2005, after a mid-term review which led to greater focus on growth, more and better jobs.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
(6) The financial and economic crisis that started in 2008 resulted in a significant loss in jobs and potential output and has led to a dramatic deterioration in public finances. The European Economic Recovery Plan has nevertheless helped Member States to deal with the crisis, partly through a coordinated fiscal stimulus, with the euro providing an anchor for macroeconomic stability. The crisis therefore showed that coordination of Union's policies can deliver significant results if it is strengthened and rendered effective. The crisis, which is still developing, also underscoreds the close interdependence of the Member States’ economies and labour markets and makes it necessary to carry out a major review of mechanisms for which achievement of employment and social targets will continue to be the underwritten objectives.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
(8) As part of comprehensive "exit strategies" for the economic crisis, Member States should carry out ambitious reforms to ensure macroeconomic stability, the promotion of more and better jobs, as promoted by the ILO in its Decent Work Agenda, and the sustainability of public finance, improve competitiveness, reduce macroeconomic imbalances and enhance labour market performance. The withdrawal of the fiscal stimulus should be implemented and coordinated within the framework of the Stability and Growth Pact.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Europe 2020 should be a strategy leading to a way out of the crisis and which will prevent a fresh economic and social collapse, be closely coordinated with structural and cohesion policy and in the medium term reinvigorate Europe's economies.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 86 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
(10) Member States should also, through their reform programmes and based on decent jobs, aim at "sustainable growth". Sustainable growth means building a resource-efficient, sustainable and competitive economy, a fair distribution of the cost and benefits and exploiting Europe's leadership in the race to develop new processes and technologies, including green technologies. Member States should implement the necessary reforms to reduce greenhouse gases emissions and use resources efficiently. They should also improve the business environment, stimulate creation of green jobs and modernise their industrial base.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 95 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
(11) Member States" reform programmes should also aim at "inclusive growth". Inclusive growth means building a cohesive society in which people are empowered to anticipate and manage change, thus to actively participate in society and economy. Member States" reforms should therefore ensure access and opportunities for all throughout the lifecycle, thus reducing poverty and social exclusion, through removing barriers to labour market participation especially for women, older workers, young people, disabled and legal migrants whilst taking into account decent working conditions and those unable to participate in the labour market. They should also make sure that the benefits of economic growth reach all citizens and all regions. Ensuring effective functioning of the labour markets through investing in successful transitions, appropriate skills development, rising job quality and fighting segmentgender equality and fighting segmentation, by providing security for workers under all forms of employment, discrimination, structural unemployment and inactivity while ensuring adequate, sustainable social protection and active inclusion to reduce poverty should therefore be at the heart of Member States" reform programmes.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) In the context of the 'inclusive growth' objective Member States should set an appropriate legislative framework for the new forms of work whilst paying attention both to ensuring adequate social security and flexible forms of employment for workers in order to guarantee the compatibility of family and work life.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) Member States should take into account the Europe 2020 strategy, and, in particular, its employment and social aspects, when programming and implementing EU funding, including that from the European Social Fund, the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund. The use of the European Funding has to reduce the number of bureaucratic hurdles and facilitate longer-term measures.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 133 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a When designing and implementing their national reform programmes taking account of the guidelines in the Annex, Member States shall ensure effective governance of employment and social policies. Stakeholders, including those at regional and local level and including those affected by the different aspects of EU2020, parliamentary bodies and social partners shall be closely involved throughout the design and implementation of those programmes. The EU headline targets, as set out in the Annex, shall be followed up with appropriate sub-targets and indicators, including outcome and result indicators, as well as national targets, indicators and scoreboards. Member States shall take those targets and indicators into account, along with the guidelines and any country-specific recommendations addressed to them by the Council. Member States shall closely monitor the employment and social impact of reforms implemented under respective national reform programmes. When reporting on the application of the guidelines in the Annex, Member States shall follow the structure to be agreed at EU level and shall include the same elements in order to ensure clarity, transparency and comparability among the Member States.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 138 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – title
Guideline 7: IncCreasting labour market participation andmore and better jobs, reducing structural unemployment and increasing labour market participation
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph -1 (new)
While increasing the employment rate Member States will observe decent work conditions. Furthermore, Member States will set their national targets so that the proportion of 20 to 24 year-old women and men in training or work is increased to 90%. Labour market participation has to be ensured for all people, particularly certain groups who are disadvantaged in the labour market such as young people, disabled persons and people with migration backgrounds. Member States are requested to increase the employment rate by 10%, focussing on particular groups, by 2014: - young people aged between 15 and 25 years; - older workers aged between 50 and 64 years; - women; - unskilled workers; - people with disabilities; - people with migrant backgrounds; The rate of people who are long-term unemployed should be reduced by 10%.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 148 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1
To reach this goal, the Member States should inpromote grate the flexicurity principles endorsed by the European Council into their labour market policies and apply them, making full use of European Social Fund support with a view to increasing labour market participation and combating segmentation and inactivity, gender inequality, whilst reducing structural unemployment. Measures to enhance flexibility and security should be both baowth creating new decent jobs through an active labour market policy, increase the innovative potential of the economy, in particular of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). To ensure sustainability of created jobs, companies should be supported which invest in future orientated technologies, science and research. SMEs ensure job growth and deserve particular support. In order to improve women’s and young people’s access to the labour market, conditions should be created for adequate child care facilities, so that every child of pre-school age can be provided with child care outside the family. A specific target for child care facilities has to be established to facilitate labour participation of women. Every young person is provided with a job or a planced and mutually reinforcing. Member States should therefore introduce a combination of flexible and reliable employment contracts, active labour market policies, effective lifelong learning, policies to promote labour mobility, in training or further education within six months after finishing school, in close cooperation with the social partners. Governments should ensure that young people up to 25 years who have been unemployed for four months are offered a place in either employment or education. The long-term unemployed should receive offers for employability measures for which quantitative goals should be set up to strengthen preventive labour market politics. Every unemployed adult should be offered a job, an apprenticeship, additional training or other employability measures within no more than 12 months of becoming unemployed. Therefore, 25% of all long-term unemployed in 2014 should participate in and adequate social security systemsctive labour market measure in the form of advanced training, education and/or an occupational redeployment. Member States have to secure professional transitions accompanied by clear rights and responsibilities for the unemployed to actively seek work.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 158 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1
Member States should integrate the flexicurity principles endorsed by the European Council into their labour market policies and apply them, making full use of European Social Fund support with a view to increasing labour market participation and combating segmentation and inactivity, gender inequality, whilst reducing structural unemployment and precariousness by providing adequate security for workers under all forms of employment. Measures to enhance flexibility and security should be both balanced and mutually reinforcing. Member States should therefore introduce a combination of flexible and reliable employment contracts, active labour market policies, effective lifelong learning, policies to promote labour mobility, and adequate social security systems to secure professional transitions accompanied by clear rights and responsibilities for the unemployed to actively seek work. Social partnership is a crucial element of the European model, therefore a balanced codetermination is necessary. The Social Dialogue has to be strengthened.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 164 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Job centres must provide training and mentoring programmes particularly in the field of information and communication technologies and as well as access to high-speed internet to job seekers in order to optimally facilitate the job search.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 166 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Member States should also implement and respect the basic principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination as well as the principles of European social directives, including those deriving from a framework agreement among European social partners.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 180 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 2
Member States should step up social dialogue and tackle labour market segmentation with measures addressing temporary and precarious employment, underemployment and undeclared work. Professional mobility should be rewarded. The quality of jobs and employment conditions should be addressed by fighting low-wages and by ensuring adequate social security also for those on fixed contracts and the self-employed. Employment services should be strengthened and open to all, including young people and those threatened by unemployment with personalised services targeting those furthest away from the labour market. Open ended contracts are to remain the rule, and labour law is to promote stable contracts.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 201 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
In order to achieve full employment and address the problems encountered by unskilled workers in a difficult labour market, Member States should refocus active labour market policies on training/retraining and direct job offers while also reviewing tax and benefit systems and the capacity of public services to provide the necessary support and incentives for job-creation, ensuring at the same time financial sustainability. Member States have to ensure that changes of the tax- and social system favour companies and working contracts which are indefinite and provide for agreed wages related to collective negotiations and ensure at the same time financial sustainability.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 202 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 3 b (new)
The implementation of EU legislation on anti-discrimination and work-life - balance must be improved as well as information and consultation of workers and a better implementation of European Works Councils.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 203 #

2010/0115(NLE)


Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Member States shall promote the European Microfinance facility as an example of how to combine economic and social measures in order to boost economic and employment growth. National and European microfinance facilities shall be accompanied by specific training and mentoring programmes and social benefits schemes ensuring minimum income in the first year after opening of the business in order to make entrepreneurship a real option.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 204 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 3 d (new)
Member States should also promote and invest in social services of general interest including employment, health and housing services which have to be funded sufficiently.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 205 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 4
The EU headline target, on the basis of which Member States will set their national targets, is of aiming to bring by 2020 to 75% the employment rateweak growth prospects in the coming years coupled with the decision of the Member States for early budgetary consolidation could have devastating effects on employment in Europe with the possibility of the loss of up to five million extra jobs. Member States should guide their economic policies and the EU 2020 strategy with the aim of achieving a mid- term job creation target of at least four women and men aged 20-64 including through the greatemillion net new (decent and predominantly green) jobs by 2014. Member States should therefore strengthen the demand side on the labour pmarticipation of youth, older workers and low skilled workers and the better integration of legal migrantsket and increase growth investment by raising the revenue side of European and national budgets via instruments such as eurobonds or the vigorous fight against undeclared employment and tax fraud.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 217 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 8 – title
Guideline 8: Developing a skilled workforce responding to labour market needs, pPromoting job quality and lifelong learning, developing a skilled workforce
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 226 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 8 – paragraph 1
Member States should promote productivity and employability through an adequate supply of knowledge and skills to match current and future demand in the labour market. Quality initial education and attractive vocational training must be complemented with effective incentives for lifelong learning, and second-chance opportunities. Member States should offer a "second chance" for young people aged between 25 and 35 which include an obligatory offer of educational and vocational training. Further, ensuring every adult the chance to move one step up in their qualification, and by targeted migration and integration policies. Member States should develop systems for recognising acquired competencies, remove barriers to occupational and geographical mobility of workers, promote the acquisition of transversal competences and creativity, and focus their efforts particularly on supporting those with low skills and increasing the employability of older workers, while at the same time enhance the training, skills and experience of highly skilled workers, including researchers.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 229 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The geographic and cross-border mobility which is wanted by employers must not lead to a deterioration of working conditions and a reduction of pensions and unemployment benefits. Geographic mobility should never lead to lowering of social standards.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 243 #

2010/0115(NLE)


Annex – Guideline 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Member States should invest more in transport, energy, telecommunication and IT infrastructure and make full use of the European Structural Funds, the rules of which should be made transparent and the procedures of which should be simplified in order to encourage the participation of potential beneficiaries in EU-funded programmes. To achieve this, Member States should create synergies between their cohesion policies and other existing sectoral policies, in accordance with an integrated approach, since cohesion gives strength, taps unused potential, reduces structural differences between countries and regions, expands growth and improves the competitiveness of EU regions in a globalised world, counterbalances the effects of the global economic crisis and generates Union social capital.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 244 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
All educational professions starting with nursery teachers have to be better recognized by decent working conditions, continuous advanced training and an implementation of a gender quota.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 247 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 8 – paragraph 2 b (new)
To support young people and in particular those not in employment, education or training, Member States in cooperation with the social partners and civil society, should enact schemes to help recent graduates find initial employment or further education and training opportunities, including apprenticeships, and intervene rapidly when young people become unemployed.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 248 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 8 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Regular monitoring of the performance of up-skilling and anticipation policies should help to identify areas for improvement and to increase the responsiveness of education and training systems to labour market needs. EU funds should be fully mobilised by Member States to support these objectives.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 249 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 8 – paragraph 2 d (new)
Efficient lifelong learning strategies open to all in schools, businesses, public authorities and households according to European agreements should be promoted, including appropriate incentives and cost-sharing mechanisms, with a view to enhancing participation in continuous and workplace training throughout the life-cycle, especially for the low-skilled and older workers. Better cooperation between education, training and life long learning is necessary based on the increased dependency of innovation and equal opportunities. This cooperation has to be financed with at least 7 % of the GDP. Education and training should lead to qualifications and competencies people need to have a long-term perspective on the labour market. New occupational needs, key competences and future skill requirements should be addressed by improving the anticipation and transparency of qualifications, their effective and cross-border recognition and the validation of non-formal and informal learning. All human resources, skills and knowledge should be made use of by giving women equal opportunities in ongoing training and life-long learning. By 2014, an additional 15 % of adults should participate in lifelong learning. Employers have to be obliged to grant and to support advanced training in the context of lifelong learning and foster the creation of age-based working places. Professional education has to improve the employability in the case of closing down a company. In this regard education should be free of charge.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 250 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 8 – paragraph 2 e (new)
Member States should commit themselves to complementing and coordinating their national targets in order to reduce social and economic imbalances between regions.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 265 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 9 – paragraph 2
The EU headline target, on the basis of which Member States will set their national targets, is to at reduceing the drop out rate to 10% by 2014, whilst increasing the share of the population aged 30-34 having completed tertiary or equivalent education to at least 40% in 2020by 2014. Appropriate actions have to be taken to ensure that in the medium- and long term a participation in the society is possible for all and that the International Standard Classification of Education 3 (ISCED3) can be reached by everyone.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 267 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 9 – paragraph 2
The EU headline target, on the basis of which Member States will set their national targets, is to reduce the drop out rate to 10%, whilst increasing the share of the population aged 30-34 having completed tertiary or equivalent education to at least 40% in 202014.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 269 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 10 – title
Guideline 10: PCombating Poverty and promoting social inclusion and combating povertyprotection
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 275 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 10 – paragraph 1
Member States’ efforts to reduce poverty should be aimed at promoting full participation in society and economy and extending employment opportunities, making full use of the European Social Fund. Efforts should also concentrate on ensuring equal opportunities, including through access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services and public services (including online services, in line with guideline 4) and in particular health care. Member States should put in place effective anti-discrimination measures. Equally, to fight social exclusion, empower people and promote labour market participation, social protection systems, lifelong learning and active inclusion policies should be enhanced to create opportunities at different stages of people’s lives and shield them from the risk of exclusion. Social security and pension systems must be modernised to ensure that they can be fully deployed to ensure adequate income support and access to healthcare — thus providing social cohesion — whilst at the same time remaining financially sustainable. Benefit systems should focus on ensuring income security during transitions and reducing poverty, in particular among groups most at risk from social exclusion, such as one- parent families, minorities, people with disabilities, children and young people, elderly women and men, legal migrants and the homeless. In order to strengthen income security at various stages of life, the Member States should ensure adequate minimum incomes that should at least be above the poverty line, in accordance with the various practices, collective agreements and legislation in the Member States. Member States should also actively promote the social economy and social innovation in support of the most vulnerable.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 276 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 10 – paragraph 1
Member States" efforts to reduce poverty should be aimed at promoting full participation in society and economy and extending employment opportunities, making full use of the European Social Fund. Efforts should also concentrate on ensuring equal opportunities, including through access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services and public services (including online services, in line with guideline 4) and in particular health care. Member States should put in place effective anti-discrimination measures. Equally, to fight social exclusion, empower people and promote labour market participation, social protection systems, lifelong learning and active inclusion policies should be enhanced to create opportunities at different stages of people's lives and shield them from the risk of exclusion and provide support, in particular for those furthest from the labour market, into decent work. Therefore, minimum income schemes in accordance with different practices, collective bargaining and national law in the Member States are necessary representing 60% of the national median income and social minimum standards as well as clear targets for a reduction of poverty in particular regarding child poverty and concrete targets related to decent work and the social security systems. Unemployment insurance schemes should evolve towards employment insurance schemes, by ensuring a job, re-training or a socially useful activity to each unemployed person. Social security and pension systems must be modernised to ensure that they can be fully deployed to ensure adequate income support and access to healthcare thus providing social cohesion whilst at the same time remaining financially sustainable. Benefit systems should focus on ensuring income security during transitions and reducing poverty, in particular among groups most at risk from social exclusion, such as one- parent families, minorities, people with disabilities, children and young people, elderly women and men, legal migrants and the homeless. Member States should also actively promote the social economy and social innovation in support of the most vulnerable.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 280 #

2010/0115(NLE)


Annex – Guideline 10 – paragraph 1
To achieve this goal, Member States should make efforts to reduce poverty should be aimed at, including in-work poverty, promotinge full participation in society and the economy and extending employment opportunities, making full use of the European Social Fund. Efforts should also concentrate on ensuring; equal opportunities, including throughas well as access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services and public services (including online services, in line with guideline 4) and in particular health care, should be ensured. Member States should put in place effective anti-discrimination measures. Equally, to fight social exclusion, empower people and promote labour market participation, social protection systems, lifelong learning and active inclusion policies should be enhanced to create opportunities at different stages of people’s lives and shield them from the risk of exclusion. Social security and pension systems must be modernised to ensure that they can be fully deployed to ensure adequate income support and access to healthcare — thus providing social cohesion — whilst at the same time remaining financially sustainable. Benefit systems should focus on ensuring income security during transitions and reducing poverty, in particular among groups most at risk from social exclusion, such as one- parent families, minorities, people with disabilities, children and young people, elderly women and men, legal migrants and the homeless. Member States should also actively promote the social economy and social innovation in support of the most vulnerable.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 287 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 10 – paragraph 1
Member States" efforts to reduce poverty should be aimed at promoting full participation in society and economy and extending employment opportunities, making full use of the European Social Fund. The calculation of the equity ratio has to respect the principle that the consolidation of households does not preclude the use of ESF-funds. Efforts should also concentrate on ensuring equal opportunities, including through access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services and public services (including online services, in line with guideline 4) and in particular health care. Member States should put in place effective anti- discrimination measures. Equally, to fight social exclusion, empower people and promote labour market participation, social protection systems, lifelong learning and active inclusion policies should be enhanced to create opportunities at different stages of people's lives and shield them from the risk of exclusion. Social security and pension systems must be modernised to ensure that they can be fully deployed to ensure adequate income support and access to healthcare thus providing social cohesion whilst at the same time remaining financially sustainable. Benefit systems should focus on ensuring income security during transitions and reducing poverty, in particular among groups most at risk from social exclusion, such as one- parent families, minorities, people with disabilities, children and young people, elderly women and men, legal migrants and the homeless. Member States should also actively promote the social economy and social innovation in support of the most vulnerable.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 290 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Social systems must not be reduced only to fight poverty. They have to keep their capacity for social protection, inclusion and support. Provision of necessary social services to support the inclusion of not able to participate in the labour market should be ensured, contributing to the eradication of poverty, whilst ensuring adequate levels of minimum income.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2009/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Determines that the national, regional and local public authorities play a significant role regarding the organisation, financing and arrangement of SSGI within the framework of the social protection systems of the relevant Member States;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 175 #

2009/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the 2005 Monti-Kroes response to the Altmark case to be broadened so as to simplify the rules, improve flexibility in their application, and expand the derogations. The de minimis threshold should be raised at least for the SSGI to at least EUR 500 000 over a three- year cycle;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2009/2221(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for more and better traineeships; calls on the Commission and the Council to set up a European Quality Charter on Traineeships to ensure their educational value and avoid exploitation, so that trainees are insured in the area of their work and receive adequate remuneration;
2010/04/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2009/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Recommends that the priorities for labour law reform, where it is needed, should focus on: extension of the protection of workers in atypical forms of employment; clarification of the situation of dependent employment; action against undeclared work; and the facilitation of transitions between various situations of employment and unemployment; and strengthening standard employment relationships;
2010/03/31
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 96 #

2009/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the increase in the proportion of non-standard or atypical contracts has a strong gender and intergenerational dimension, as women, older and also younger workers are disproportionately represented in non-standard employment; calls upon the Member States and the Commission to combat and monitor the imbalancetake practical steps to combat the imbalance. The results should be regularly monitored and published;
2010/03/31
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 178 #

2009/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Condemns the abusive replacement of regular employment with forms of atypical contracts that are at the expense of the general public, employees and competitors; stresses that such forms of contract violate the European social model;
2010/03/31
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 195 #

2009/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls upon the Member States to implement policies that enable people to balance flexible work and family life better, ensuring that the opening hours of childcare facilities are tailored to working hours and that workers primarily need regular working hours in order to organise daily family life;
2010/03/31
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 209 #

2009/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls upon the Commission and the Member States to eliminate administrative burdens, where they do not serve to protect workers’ interests, in order to facilitate the business environment, especially for SMEs;
2010/03/31
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2008/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive– amending act
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2010/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #

2008/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive– amending act
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Mobile workers who do not fall under the scope of application of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport1 should fall under the scope of application of this Directive. 1 OJ L 102, 11.4.2006, p.1.
2010/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2008/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) In the light of the Commission report and the impact assessment, self-employed drivers should be exincluded fromin the scope of Directive 2002/15/EC.
2010/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #

2008/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 a (new)
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 11 b (new)
(6a) The following Article 11b is inserted Article 11b Infringements Not complying with the definitions in article 3(d) and article 3(e) of this Regulation shall be considered as a ‘most serious infringement’ and shall therefore be subject to all the provisions set out under Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 with regard to this type of infringement; Undertakings, consignors, freight forwarders, tour operators, principal contractors, subcontractors and driver employment agencies not complying with the definitions in Article 3(d) and Article 3(e) of this Regulation shall also be considered as a ‘most serious infringement’, and shall therefore be subject to all the provisions set out under Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 with regard to this type of infringement;
2010/02/09
Committee: EMPL