12 Amendments of Mara BIZZOTTO related to 2009/2220(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a substantial and complementary EU approach, focusing strongly on a mutually supportive mix of policy measures in the fields of economic, environmental, employment and social policies, should be developed, consistent with the principles of the European Employment Strategy (EES), the purpose of which is to impel Member States to pursue common objectives based on the four pillars of employability, entrepreneurship, adaptability and equal opportunities,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas labour turnover is higher among women than men (five percentage points difference) and among younger workers (aged under 24), and decreases with rising levels of education, and young people often fail to find employment commensurate with their academic qualifications,
Amendment 66 #
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; and recommends the adoption of a bottom-up approach in developing new employment strategies so as to facilitate dialogue and the involvement of political and social administration at all levels;
Amendment 91 #
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; further calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that recourse to such contracts does not serve to conceal illicit employment but rather to promote, via the exchange of skills, the passage of young people and the unemployed towards effective integration in the world of labour by providing European companies with a context of flexibility and security that strengthens their competitiveness;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Believes that, because of the economic and financial crisis, companies are not managing to find on the labour market the forms of contract that would best enable them to meet their requirements for the flexibility needed to respond to unpredictable fluctuations in market demand, for cost containment, and for the protection of workers’ security;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
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 ofabuses impede constrauct violateion of the European social model;
Amendment 186 #
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 sustainable employment; therefore calls upon the Member States to invest in people by vigorously implementing and financing lifelong learning strategies geared to market requirements;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls upon the Member States to implement policies that enable all people to balance flexible work and family life better, ensuring that the opening hours of childcare facilities are tailored to working hours, including the weakest and most disadvantaged, to have effective access to the world of labour and to balance flexible work and family life better, ensuring extensive support for equal opportunities and for all the services needed for that purpose;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls upon the Commission and the Member States to eliminate administrative burdens in order to facilitate the business environment, especially for SMEs; , which, by reason of their large number, are the main agents in the struggle against unemployment in the EU; stresses the importance of taking account, when formulating the employment policies that concern them, of their specific requirements and those of the territory in which they are located;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls upon the social partners at European and national level to support investment in lifelong learning strategies geared to market requirements;
Amendment 241 #
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 companies to find flexible solutions to deal with the economic downturn; in this particular time of crisis, calls for consideration also of the possible benefits of decentralised bargaining in attuning employment strategies to specific workplaces and to the daily problems of companies and the territories in which they are located;