Activities of Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI related to 2009/2220(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Atypical contracts, secured professional paths and new forms of social dialogue (short presentation)
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 (40)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights, in particular to Article 30 on protection in the event of unjustified dismissal, Article 31 on fair and just working conditions, and Article 33 on family and professional life,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas non-standard employment, such as part-time, casual or fixed-term work, temporary agency work, self- employment, independent or home working and teleworking, has grown significantly since 1990 while continuing to band the jobs lost as a result of the pregarded as ‘atypical’ employmentsent economic crisis were primarily those in the atypical sector,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the financial and economic crisis may lead to unstable labour markets and rising social exclusion, which has turned into a serious employment crisis with a huge loss of jobs, may lead to unstable labour markets and rising social exclusion, exacerbated by the growing pressure of precarious labour relations on present employment flows,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a substantial and complementary EU approach, focusing strongly on effective governance and a mutually supportive mix of policy measures in the fields of economic, environmental, employment and social policies, should be developed,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the unemployment rate within the EU 27 has risen to 10% (2009), which is the same level as that in the USA, and unemployment is unlikely to peak before the second half of 2010, and in 2009 temporary and atypical jobs were the first to be affected,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the transition rate between unemployment and employment is high, a third of the unemployed and 10% of the inactive population finding jobs within one year, but a large number of workers, especially those in atypical employment, lose their jobs without finding new ones,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas, in the EU 27, 45% of all periods of unemployment last longer than one year, compared with about 10% in the USA,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the assessment of flexicurity is complex and a holistic approach is essential, showespecially ing the combination of and interaction between the four dimensions of contractual arrangements, lifelong learning, actilight of the changes which the present crisis may also induce in the behaviour of companies by inciting them to engage in ever labour market policies and modern social sess protected, highly precuarity systemous labour relations,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas, within employment policies, equal opportunities for women and men, and the reconciliation of professional, educational and family life, need to be actively promoted,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas, while the social dialogue has developed in different ways across Europe, overall the mounting economic and financial difficulties haveshould lead to intensified tripartite dialogue,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls upon the 2010 spring European Council for clear guidance and concrete measures towards safeguarding employment and creating job opportunities in the framework of an ambitious EU2020 Strategy that takes account of the impact of the crisis on the economy, production, society and the labour market;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the wide variety of labour traditions, contractual forms and business models existing in labour markets;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that all working people regardless of their precise employment status should be guaranteed a set of core rights; Recommends that the priorities for labour law reform, where it is needed, should focus, in particular, 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, the facilitation of transitions from atypical contacts of employment to permanent employment contracts;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Encourages the clarification of the situation of dependent employment and calls on the Commission to develop clear guidelines on the scope of the employment relationship as recommended by the ILO in its 2006 Recommendations;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages Member States to develop new modes of access to employment through the framing of new labour law provisions covering, for example, "distance working", "specified-purpose" contracts and "mission" contractpromote transitions into productive and rewarding quality jobs;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
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 imbalance by facilitating the transition towards permanent employment and, in particular, by promoting measures to reconcile work, family and private life both for men and women;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls upon the Member States to ensure better implementation of Directive 97/81/EC and Directive 99/70/EC having regard in particular to the fundamental principle of non discrimination; Stresses the importance of training and life long learning to facilitate job transitions, which is especially important for fixed term workers;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that non-standard forms of workNotes that atypical forms of employment must contractually provide workers with the right to a course of training and stresses that non-standard forms of work can, if they are properly protected and include support for transition to stable protected employment, constitute an opportunity but must go hand in hand with support for workers who find themselves in situations of transition from one job or employment status to another;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Member States to develop active intervention policies giving workers who re-enter the labour market an entitlement to individual support during the period strictly necessary for them to become more employable through training and requalification; unemployed people should be supported both by a solid system of welfare benefits and by an efficient system of active policies, so that they can re-enter the labour market quickly even if their previous contracts awere atypical, the most important consideration being to keep people in the labour market and facilitate their transition to stable, protected, high- quality forms of employment;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls upon the Union and the Member States to eradiccombate illicit employment and believes that implementation of flexicurity strategies can help in fighting illicit employment and in making ‘very atypical’ forms of work less precardefinition of strategies, including at European level, that oppose illicit employment and encourage the emergence and regularisation of illegal workers, can help in fighting illicit employment and in reducing precarious labour relatiouns;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need to create stable, high- quality jobs, 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 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that flexicurity should be defined as combining flexibility and securityit essential that current thinking on flexicurity be updated at European level in the light onf the labour marketpresent crisis, so as to help increase both productivity and the quality of jobs by guaranteeing security and the protection of employment and workers’ rights, while allowing firms the organisational 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 arcan be mutually reinforcing if established through fair confrontation of the views of the social partners, governments and the European institutions;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to pursue its efforts to achieve balanced implementation of flexicurity policies by putting forward an analysis of the situation to date regarding implementation in the various Member States and by checking that flexibility measures have been properly accompanied by security measures for workers, and to assist Member States and social partners in implementing the principles of flexicurity so that they are applied with respect for acquired social rights at European level and in accordance with the specific nature of the various labour markets and the differing traditions with regard to labour policies and collective bargaining and the structure of the social security systems, and points out that reciprocal learning, exchange of good practices and the open coordination method are essential tools for coordinating the varying strategic approaches of the Member States.
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that, especially in the context of the present economic situation, implementupdating thinking on flexicurity at European level and taking stock of its implementation in the Member States is even more necessary, recalls that application of flexibility principles requires ambitious structural reforms based on a solid consensus;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that companies do not trustinvest enough in the labour market and regard it as unreliablestresses the importance, in the context of the current economic crisis, and that they lackof the development of long- term vision by the European production system;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Considers that the right mix of policy measures is necessary, addressing flexibility and security dimensions, and including in particular labour law and contractual arrangements, effective and high quality active labour market policies, lifelong learning policies, efficient and sustainable social security systems, and social dialogue; Considers in addition that flexicurity must also be accompanied by sound macroeconomics policies, favourable business environment, adequate financial resources and the provision of good working conditions;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Recalls the key recommendations of the European Social Partners according to which Member States together with social partners should review and if necessary adjust the design of labour law and job protection systems, with a view to ensuring an optimal balance between flexibility and security for all employment relationships; developing complementary employment security measures promoting transitions into productive and rewording jobs; enhancing legal certainty and transparency for both employers and workers with regard to the scope, coverage and enforcement of labour law; implementing and respecting at national level the principles and rules of European social Directive, as well as the basic principles of equal treatment and non discrimination; promoting stable employment relationships and sustainable labour market practices; putting in place the framework to develop workplace practices improving the work/ life balance;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Emphasises the importance of preventing, detecting and sanctioning illicit employment; calls on the Commission to elaborate a set of concrete initiatives, including specific rules to tackle “letter box companies”, joint and several liability in subcontracting chains and the creation of an EU Agency to prevent and detect illicit employment;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls, in the context of modern work organisation, for the creation of flexible and secure contractual arrangements; nevertheless believes that employment contracts of an indefinite duration should stay the main form of employment, while bearing in mind that some people prefer atypical contracts, especially for students or young people who need a diversity of experienceBelieves that employment contracts of an indefinite duration should stay the main form of employment and considers that, in the context of modern work organisation, provision should be made for contracts that are flexible in terms of working arrangements and secure with regard to job protection and rights;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Firmly believes that, taking into account the different traditions in Member States, any form of employment should be accompanied by a core of rights, which should include: equal treatment in employment, training and career development, workers’ health and safety protection and provisions on working/rest time, pension rights, freedom of association and representation, collective bargaining, collective action and access to training, protection in the event of loss of employment;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the EU and the Member States to step up their efforts to invest in skills and training to support stable and sustainable employment; therefore calls upon the Member States to invest in people by vigorously implementing and financing lifelong learning strategies;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls upon the Member States to implement policies that enable people to balance flexible work and family life better, ensuring, for example, that the opening hours of childcare facilities are tailored to working hours and that, in general, the opening hours of public institutions are structured to meet the requirements of the local population, especially working people, and are organised in such a way as to protect the rights of those who work in those services, of whom women are often the majority;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Strongly recommends that the EU employment initiative should include early intervention in support of the unemployed at the moment when jobs are actually lost, not least in order to reduce the risk of people becoming excluded from the labour market and the loss of the human capital they constitute;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls upon the Commission and the Member States to eliminatminimise administrative burdens in order to facilitate the business environment, especially for SMEs;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls upon the Member States to report on the state of play regarding thinking on and implementation of flexicurity pathways;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Believes that the formal recognition of the role of the social partners in the new Treaty constitutes progress, as it recognises their autonomy and reaffirms the importance of their supportrole in promoting the social dialogue;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Believes that the contribution of the European and national social partners to achieving the EU2020 Strategy is particularly important with regard to reaching the employment targets and updating and implementing the flexicurity agenda;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Believes that collective bargaining has proven to be an effective instrument for maintaining employment and that it allows companiemployers and employees to find flexibleefficient solutions to deal with the economic downturn; notes in this regard the importance of strong consensus between the social partners in national systems where labour law protection is set to a minimum;