Activities of Thomas HÄNDEL related to 2009/2220(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on atypical contracts, secured professional paths, flexicurity and new forms of social dialogue PDF (211 KB) DOC (128 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the conclusions of the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Employment and Social Affairs in Berlin, 18–20 January 2007, on “good work”,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. Whereas recent empirical studies on EU labour markets found out that employment flexibility has the strongest negative effect on employability, as flexible employment contracts (marginal part-time employment, temporary and agency work, fixed-term employment, project-based work etc.) are not only linked with lower levels of social protection and income but also with a lack of opportunities for training, professional development and lifelong learning, and that the more flexible employment is, the more it is precarious,
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Recital N b (new)
Nb. Whereas flexicurity strategies implemented within the EU did not deliver on its promises to improve also security; whereas empirical studies on flexicurity reforms found out that relatively few flexibly employed gained little from significant losses in protection of the much more numerous normally employed, so that the general average trend of flexicurity reforms is essentially negative for the majority of employees,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N c (new)
Recital N c (new)
Nc. Whereas the Informal Meeting of EU Ministers for Employment and Social Affairs in Berlin on 19 January 2007 concluded that 'Europe needs more and joint efforts to promote GOOD WORK. GOOD WORK means employee rights and participation, fair wages, protection of safety and health at work as well as a family friendly work organisation. Good and fair working conditions as well as an appropriate social protection are indispensable for the acceptance of the European Union by its citizens,
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N d (new)
Recital N d (new)
Nd. Whereas the concept of GOOD WORK should provide the fundamental guidance for the next phase of the European Employment Strategy,
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls upon the Union and the Member States to eradicatefight illicit employment and believes that implementation of flexicurity strategiin particular through fiscal measures for low earners and craft services can help in fighting illicit employment and in making ‘very atypical’ fd through more intensive monitoring by factory inspectorms of work less precariouand social insurance institutions;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need to create high-quality jobs geared towards sustainable, full-time employment, including green jobs, and to ensure social cohesion; considers, therefore, that people are more likely to accept the efforts required of them if those efforts are perceived to be fair and to facilitate employment and social integration;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Highlights that not all forms of atypical employment necessarily lead to unstable, insecure, casual labour with lower levels of social security protection, lower wages and lower access to further training and lifelong learning; points out, however, that such precarious forms of employment are in the big majority of cases linked to atypical contractual arrangements;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Points out that high unemployment and labour market segmentation need to be overcome by giving all workers equal rights and investing in job creation, skills and lifelong learning; calls on the Member States, therefore, to phase out all forms of precarious employment;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Points out that phasing out precarious employment needs a strong commitment from Member States to provide adequate 'stepping stones' through their labour market policies for the transition from precarious employment to regular permanent employment with enhanced workers' rights and social protection;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Highlights that the European Union committed itself to the goal of reconciliation of work life and private life; criticises, however, that the Commission and the Member States have lacked any meaningful and effective action to put this commitment into practice;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13e. Points out that a better reconciliation of work life and private life can be best achieved by renewing the model of standard employment: permanent contracts with shorter full-time employment as the general norm, and also establishing norms for part-time employment, so that only substantiated and socially protected part-time work (15 - 25 hours weekly) will be offered to those who wish to work part-time, stresses the need to put full-time and part-time employment on an equal footing as far as hourly wages, entitlements to education and life-long learning, career opportunities and social protection are concerned;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that flexicurity should be defined as combining flexibility and security on the labour market, so as to help increase both productivity and the quality of jobs by guaranteeing security, while allowing firms the flexibility needed to create jobs in response to the changing needs of the market; is of the opinion that flexibility and security requirements are not contradictory and are mutually reinforcing; is also of the opinion that those requirements have not been adequately reflected in Europe’s employment growth results in recent years;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that, especially in the context of the present economic situation, implementing flexicurity is even more necessary, recalls that application of flexibility principles requires ambitious structural reforms based on a solid consensus and more extensive social security;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Regrets the Council's and the Commission's narrow approach towards flexicurity; calls on the Commission and the Council to commit themselves to the GOOD WORK agenda and to enshrine it into the next generation of the Integrated Guidelines and the European Employment Strategy: promoting job and employment security for workers, a rights based approach to active labour market policies and lifelong learning, comprehensive health and safety at work, universal and equal social and workers' rights for everyone, a work/life balance and reconciliation of work and non-work life, improving the quality of employment and well being at work;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls upon the nationalCommission, the national governments and the social partners to overcome reservations against ‘outsiders’ (employees with atypical or ‘very atypical’ contracts) and to balance their rights and social-protection requirements with those of ‘insiders’;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Believes that collective bargaining hasand reductions in working hours with wage compensation arrangements under social security schemes, among other things, have proven to be an effective instrument for maintaining employment and that it allows companies to find flexible solutions to deal with the economic downturn;