2019/2188(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that the pay gap is a reflection of the greater exploitation of women in the labour market and considers that discrimination between women and men is deliberately promoted in order to facilitate and intensify policies seeking to impose low wages and the deregulation of labour which affect both women and men, albeit in a different manner; considers that the root causes of wage discrimination between men and women result from this broader reality of deregulation and devaluation of labour, but also from the absence of measures enabling a proper balance between women’s professional, family and personal lives, as a result of an ever greater promotion of precarious working conditions which have as a consequence shorter working periods within a lifetime, and impose on women more precarious labour situations such as part-time or temporary work with lower wages and increasingly deregulated working hours;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that the personal and professional objectives of women and men are often different, and that for the majority of posts efforts to achieve equal representation are counterproductive, as women and men do not always have the same aspirations, certain occupations attracting a majority of women or a majority of men;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls for a joint effort to ensure equal access to jobs with rights for women; reaffirms that collective bargaining is a decisive factor in reversing and overcoming inequalities and that equal pay for equal work of equal value should be guaranteed;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Emphasises that the long term effects of the neoliberal policies imposed by the EU have a negative impact on the empowerment of women in all spheres of life, from an economic and social point of view, and in the achievement of equality between men and women, with rising unemployment, labour deregulation, increased precariousness and low pay affecting women in particular, while cuts in public services, especially in health and education, are further exacerbated, with social entitlements and benefits being targeted, thus further increasing the multiple forms of discrimination and inequality that women face;

Amendment 15 #

Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ, Lena DÜPONT, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8 % to 10 %, and that the current unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic will have even greater economic and financial consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing poverty, especially among women and the other most vulnerable groups in society, as its effects will be felt most keenly by workers in the service sector, the self- employed, temporary and seasonal workers, etc., among whom a higher proportion are women; highlights that an increase in female poverty implies a larger increase of poverty among the whole society as women tend to be in charge of the purchase of the main basic goods and are key for the sustenance of the household; shows concern about the impact this will bring in terms of child poverty and alerts that in 2017 children in the EU faced the highest risk of poverty or social exclusion of any age group;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8 % to 10 %, and that the current unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic will have even greater economic and financial consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing poverty, especially among women and the ~~other~~ most vulnerable groups in society, as its effects will be felt most keenly by workers in the service sector, the self- employed, temporary and seasonal workers, etc., among whom a higher proportion are women, this also in various other economic sectors which will be impacted through job losses, wage and/or working time reduction as well as through increased care services needs during the pandemic;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8 % to 10 %, and that the current unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic will have even greater economic and financial consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing poverty, especially among women and the other most vulnerable groups in society, as its effects will be felt most keenly by workers in the service sector, the self- employed, temporary and seasonal workers, etc., among whom a higher proportion are women, and people who, by virtue of their tasks, are more directly exposed to risks, particularly carers and law enforcement officials;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 19 #

Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ, Lena DÜPONT, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8 % to 10 %, and that the current unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic will have even greater economic and financial consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing the rate of unemployment and poverty, especially among ~~women and~~ the other most vulnerable groups in society~~, as its effects will be felt most keenly by workers in the service sect~~. Notes that the effects of the paralysation of economic activity and the uncertainty regarding the reopening will have severe consequences for, the se~~lf- employed, temporary and seasonal workers, etc., among whom a higher proportion are women;~~rvice, hotel, tourism and other sectors, and for workers and the self-employed.

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1 a. whereas equal opportunities deriving from the above need to continue being promoted in order to reduce inequalities;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 21 #

Sylvie BRUNET, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Samira RAFAELA, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8 % to 10 %, and that the current ~~unprecedented~~ global COVID-19 pandemic will have ~~even greater~~ economic and financial consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing poverty, especially among women ~~and the other most vulnerable groups in society~~, as its effects will be felt most keenly by workers in the service sector and tourism and, inter alia, the self- employed, temporary and seasonal workers, etc., a~~mong whom a higher~~ large proportion of whom are women;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Points out that the current Covid- 19 crisis is showing that paid and unpaid care work is essential to the wellbeing and functioning of our societies and planet; stresses that women are leading in the provision of frontline and essential services and represent 70% of EU health care workers and 83% of the professional carers working with people with disabilities or older people, and that a significant proportion have a migrant background; Deplores that workers in this sector have been traditionally over- worked and underpaid, given low social recognition by our economic system and in the case of domestic care workers, often excluded from essential labour law protections; Calls on the EU for the adoption of a Care Deal for Europe, which would entail a massive investment in the care economy, strengthen policies to balance the work and care responsibilities across the life-cycle and fill labour shortages, in particular through training, skills recognition and decent work permit schemes, and provide better working conditions in these sectors;

Amendment 24 #

Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ, Lena DÜPONT, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Urges the Commission to refrain from promoting any political recommendation which promotes precarious employment relationships, the deregulation of working hours, wage reductions, an attack on collective bargaining or the privatisation of public and social security services;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Stresses the importance of gender mainstreaming and tailoring the economic policy response to the COVID- 19pandemic to adapt it to the specific needs of women, to the structure of their economic activities, such as for example by boosting microfinancing for women entrepreneurs;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the EU and its Member States to promote proactive policies for gender equality and major investment in public services; calls on the EU and its Member States to strengthen the provision of sexual and reproductive health care and the protection of motherhood and paternity, notably by increasing periods of leave, taking into account the six-month period recommended by the World Health Organisation for breastfeeding as an exclusive form of nutrition for the child, and ensuring that they are paid at 100 % without loss of pay; ensuring, after the end of maternity leave, the right to a reduction in working hours to allow for breastfeeding the child until it is at least two years of age and taking concrete steps to ensure such protection, alongside investment in the establishment of a free public network of childcare and education services; rejects the promotion of so- called 'flexible' employment relationships which promote the deregulation of labour, pushing women to stay at home, thus feeding the logic of discrimination against women;

Amendment 27 #

Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ, Lena DÜPONT, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Calls on the European Commission to integrate a gender perspective and the different experiences faced by women and the most disadvantaged groups in all initiatives and additional EU funds to combat the COVID-19 crisis and to come forward with a specific funding scheme to support women in precarious and informal work;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, the risk of poverty in the risk groups to which older women, single women and single mothers, homosexual, bisexual and transgender women and women with disabilities belong is the same; high, the average trend being that women are more affected than men by the risk of poverty and social exclusion (22,8% in 2018 in the EU), this combined with other intersectional risk factors such as inactivity, lack of care services provision for children and dependant family, thus observing that some specific categories are more vulnerable to poverty risks;

Amendment 29 #

Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, ~~the risk of poverty in the risk groups to which older w~~women contribute to the economy and to the fight against poverty through their paid and unpaid work at homen, singl the wcom~~en and single mothers, homosexual, bisexual and transgender women and women with disabilities belong is the same~~munity and at the workplace; considers that granting women the necessary means to fulfil their potential is a decisive factor for eradicating poverty;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)

-1 b. whereas gender mainstreaming is an important tool in the integration of gender equality in all EU policies, measures and actions, thus including in labour market and social policies to promote equal opportunities and combat all forms of discrimination against women;

Amendment 30 #

Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 31 #

Sylvie BRUNET, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Samira RAFAELA, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, the risk of poverty and social exclusion in the risk groups to which older women, single women and single mothers, refugee and migrant women, women of colour, homosexual, bisexual and transgender women and women with disabilities belong is the same;

Amendment 32 #

Andżelika Anna MOŻDŻANOWSKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, there is a risk of poverty ~~in the risk groups to which older women, single women and single mothers, homosexual, bisexual and transgender women~~which could affect older women, mothers and women with disabilities ~~belong is the same~~;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, the risk of poverty in the risk groups to which older women, single women and single mothers, ~~homosexual, bisexual and transgender women~~long-term unemployed and inactive women, immigrant women, women from ethnic minorities and women with disabilities belong is the same;

Amendment 34 #

Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pina PICIERNO, Alessandra MORETTI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, the risk of poverty in the risk groups to which older women, single women and women with children, single mothers, homosexual, bisexual and transgender women and women with disabilities belong is the same;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Stresses that one in two people from a non-EU migrant background are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, that levels of precarious work are specially high among migrant and refugee women, and that those with dependent or irregular status face extremely high rates of poverty; Stresses that four out of five members of the Roma communities have incomes below the poverty threshold and that fewer than one in five Roma women (aged 16 and over) are in employment; highlights that discrimination in access and quality of education, training and employment contribute to this reality; calls on the EU to work with Member States to ensure full implementation of EU and national employment standards without discrimination of any kind, including through monitoring, complaints and redress mechanisms that are effective, independent and accessible to all worker;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that, according to Eurostat, there are currently 64.6 million women and 57.6 million men living in poverty in the EU Member States, which shows that the impact of poverty on women and men is different; Stress that women’s exposure to poverty is likely to be understated in avail-able data since current approaches to poverty measurement are typically collected at household level, assuming equal sharing of resources among men and women within households; Calls on the Member States to collect poverty data on an individual basis and not only on a household basis and to include further equality data and gender analysis into poverty statistics;

Amendment 38 #

Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ, Lena DÜPONT, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that, according to Eurostat, which does not indicate whether its data predate Brexit, there are currently 64.6 million women and 57.6 million men living in poverty in the EU Member States, which shows that the impact of poverty on women and men ~~is differ~~could be different and therefore that action by Member States is needed in order to adopt fiscal policies geared to growth and removing the constraints of austerity in order to fight poverty and promote employment;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that, according to Eurostat, there are currently 64.6 million women and 57.6 million men living in poverty in the EU Member States, which shows that the impact of poverty on women and men is different, those numbers show the scale of women affected and have to be examined together with other indicators (such as age, life expectancy, income inequalities, gender pay gap, type of household, social transfers) to understand their full significance and in order to find ways to address them in each of its components;

Amendment 4 #

Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ, Lena DÜPONT, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)

-1 c. whereas recalling the recommendations of the European Pillar of Social Rights on gender equality, equal opportunities and active support to employment;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Points~~ Taking into account th~~at, according to Eurostat, there are currently 64.6 million wom~~e current situation caused by the Coronavirus, we shall have to address a radically different and ~~57.6 million men living in poverty in the EU Member States, which shows that the impact of poverty on women and men is different~~new situation as regards the statistics concerning challenges such as those posed by poverty and the wage gap;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers prostitution a serious form of violence and exploitation affecting mostly women and children; calls on the Member States to adopt specific measures to combat the economic, social and cultural causes of prostitution and support measures for people who are prostituted to allow their social and professional reintegration;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

~~5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining at around 39 %;~~deleted

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining at around 39 %; urges the Member States to implement specific measures to combat the risk of poverty for older women, by increasing pensions and boosting social benefits; considers it imperative to overcome pension inequalities and, at the same time, to improve the level of pensions and, in order for this to be achieved, to maintain public, universal and solidarity- based social security systems, ensuring a redistributive character and a fair and decent income after a lifetime of work, safeguarding the sustainability of public social security systems through the creation of jobs with rights and the improvement of wages;

Amendment 44 #

Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ, Lena DÜPONT, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining at around 39 %; Deplores that many older women are forced to survive on inadequate pensions because pensions systems assume that contributions will be made throughout a working life and are insufficiently flexible to compensate for interrupted, atypical or part-time careers; Calls on Member States and the European Commission to work to ensure the establishment of a minimum income and to adopt a life-course approach to pension policy with specific measures to ensure pension coverage to atypical or non-standard workers that is on par with that of other workers;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining at around 39 %, representing the accumulation of various inequalities experienced throughout work life (job intensity, duration of work, gender pay gap, periods of absence from labour market), this being one of the factors behind the higher poverty faced by women in general; stresses therefore the need for awareness about consequences of women’s choices in the labour market and the importance of their economic independence to prevent from poverty and social exclusion;

Amendment 46 #

Sylvie BRUNET, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, Hilde VAUTMANS, Samira RAFAELA, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age~~, with the gender pension gap remaining at around 39 %~~ mainly as a result of the impact of gendered unpaid care duties, life-long differences in pay and working time with the lower pensions that result, different retirement ages for men and women in some Member States, and the fact that more older women live alone; notes with regret that the gender pension gap stands at around 39 %, more than double the gender pay gap, revealing the gradually accumulating impact of pay inequalities;

Amendment 47 #

Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pina PICIERNO, Alessandra MORETTI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining a~~t a~~round 39 %; calls for the vital role played by mothers in bringing up their children to be accorded greater recognition, particularly in terms of the amount of old age pension they receive;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining at around 39 % and underlines that this is caused by the wage loss of working women with children, called the "motherhood pay gap";

Amendment 49 #

Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ, Lena DÜPONT, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining at around 39 %; calls for surviving spouses to be able to draw the pension previously paid to their spouse;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the gender pay gap in the 28 EU Member States stands at 15.7 %, and the average gender employment gap at 11.5%, that women are more affected by flexible work forms, atypical and flexible contracts (zero-hour contracts, temporary work, part-time work, etc.) than men, and that women are more likely to experience poverty and fall into the category of the poorest workers as a result of these low- security contracts; combined with other intersectional elements such as single family household, carer for dependant parent, women with disabilities, women with low education or insufficient care services provisions;

Amendment 50 #

Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ, Lena DÜPONT, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes with concern that poverty among women - like that among men - increases with age, with the ~~gender~~ pension gap between men and women remaining at around 39 %;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Stresses that in work poverty can be addressed at some of its root causes and components, such as education, training, care services which are determinant and have thus to be considered in policy making;

Amendment 52 #

Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ, Lena DÜPONT, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Points out the importance of promoting women’s empowerment through women’s education, training, life-long learning, which are of vital importance in order to fight stereotypes and combat persisting inequalities together with addressing women’s employment rate and underrepresentation in certain sectors like STEM and AI;

Amendment 53 #

Sylvie BRUNET, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, Hilde VAUTMANS, Samira RAFAELA, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that female poverty is a 6. multifaceted problem directly influenced by unequal access to property, career breaks due to, inter alia, the raising and care of children, caring for sick and dependent persons~~, and segregation in educ~~. Recalls that this responsibility is protected and safeguarded under the fundamental rights set out in the Charter of the United Nations and~~, subsequently, in the labour market, which means that women account for the largest share of low-paid workers;~~ Statute of the International Court of Justice whose preamble establishes the determination 'to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small' as one of the fundamental aims of the United Nations. This protection equally extends to the institution of the family under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed in 1948, Article 16(3) of which establishes that 'the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State'.

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by the undervaluation of work typically carried out by women, unequal access to property, career breaks due to the raising and care of children~~, caring~~ impacting on promotion and pension advancement, unequal sharing of unpaid caring responsibilities for sick and dependent persons and domestic work, and segregation in education and, subsequently, in the labour market, which means that women account for the largest share of low-paid workers; stresses the need for accessible and affordable childcare; reiterates its call on Member States to ensure the full implementation of the Work-life Balance Directive;

Amendment 55 #

Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ, Lena DÜPONT, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by ~~unequal access to property,~~ career breaks due to the raising and care of children, caring for sick and dependent persons, and segregation in education and, subsequently, in the labour market, which means that women account for the largest share of low-paid workers, therefore in order to reduce persisting inequalities and the feminisation of poverty, actions and policies have to be promoted in various fields and steps, starting from education and training to systematically address labour market segregation;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that female poverty, like male poverty, is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by unequal access to property, ~~career breaks due to the raising and care of children,~~ caring for sick and dependent persons, and segregation in education and, subsequently, in the labour market, which means that women ~~account for the largest share of low-paid worker~~must be protected by promoting a genuine culture of meritocracy which takes account of people's value and capacities, fostering incentives for entrepreneurship and productive activity in order to overcome the existing inequalities;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by unequal access to property, career breaks due to the raising and care of children, caring for sick and dependent persons, and segregation in education and, subsequently, in the labour market, due to the growing influence of Islamic law in political, social and societal terms, which means that women account for the largest share of low-paid workers;

Amendment 58 #

Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by unequal access to property, career breaks due to the raising and care of children, including with disabilities, caring for sick and dependent persons, and segregation in education and, subsequently, in the labour market, which means that women account for the largest share of low-paid workers;

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by unequal access to property, jobs with rights, career breaks due to the raising and care of children, caring for sick and dependent persons, and segregation in education and, subsequently, in the labour market, which means that women account for the largest share of low-paid workers;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the gender pay gap i~~n the 28 EU Member States stands at 15.7 %, that women are more affected by atypical and flexible contracts (zero-hour contracts, temporary work, part-time work, etc.) than~~s calculated as the difference between the mean gross hourly income of men, and ~~that women are more likely to exp~~women, without differien~~ce poverty and fall into the category of the poorest workers as a result of these low-security contracts~~tiating between sectors, rendering a precise comparison of the individual factors difficult;

Amendment 60 #

Andżelika Anna MOŻDŻANOWSKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by unequal access to property, necessary career breaks due to the raising and care of children, but also caring for sick and dependent persons, and segregation in education and, subsequently, in the labour market, which means that women account for the largest share of low-paid workers;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by ~~unequal access to property,~~ career breaks due to the raising and care of children, caring for sick and dependent persons, ~~and segregation in education and, subsequently, in the labour market~~gender pay gap and longer life expectancy of women and occupation of lower paid positions, which means that women account for the largest share of low-paid workers;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Urges the Member States to create the conditions to eradicate and reverse the structural causes of poverty and social exclusion; to promote access to various types of social provisions for children, young people, adults, the elderly, people with disabilities, among other social groups, seeking to provide public responses where they are lacking; to provide better conditions in terms of housing and mobility and to intervene in the various areas in which social inclusion is determined, such as family settings, urban spaces, education and health promotion, leisure time and spaces and access to culture, sport and information and knowledge;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. The Commission is called upon to provide an explicit and lasting acknowledgement of the essential role that this institution of the family has played, in all the Member States, as the primary support and guarantor of the legislative policies adopted as a result of the lockdown in the severe health crisis triggered by the Coronavirus and as the foremost institution affected and in need of support and of being taken into account in policies drawn up after the crisis;

Amendment 64 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Heléne FRITZON, Alessandra MORETTI, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Robert BIEDROŃ, Rovana PLUMB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls on the European Commission to introduce further initiatives that favours women’s job creation, especially for women facing multiple forms of discrimination, with a view not just to reduce poverty but to promote quality of employment and their financial independence, avoiding further flexibilization and precariousness of jobs;

Amendment 65 #

Sylvie BRUNET, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Samira RAFAELA, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure equal participation and opportunities for men and women in the labour market and to introduce initiatives to promote women's access to finance, female entrepreneurship, women's representation in future oriented sectors such as STEM and women's financial independence;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Is concerned that the COVID19 pandemic and the consequent economic downturn will disproportionately affect disadvantaged groups of women, including inter alia single mothers, migrant women and women with low- income, precarious and part-time and will put them at the risk of poverty, unemployment, social exclusion or homelessness;

Amendment 67 #

Rovana PLUMB, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that women are often on the front line in the COVID-19 crisis, which will lead to recognition and appreciation of the crucial role played by women in all segments of our societies;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Highlights the regular dialogue with women facing poverty and decision- makers through forums at national, regional and European level to monitor the effectiveness of current policies/services and suggest solutions;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Calls on the Member States to combat gendered labour market segregation by investing in formal, informal and non-formal education and lifelong learning and vocational training for women and discriminated groups to ensure they have access to high-quality employment and opportunities so as to reskill and upskill for future labour market changes; calls, in particular, for greater promotion of STEM subjects, digital education, artificial intelligence and financial literacy in order to combat existing educational stereotypes and ensure more women entering and contributing to the development of these sectors;

Amendment 7 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Heléne FRITZON, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Robert BIEDROŃ, Rovana PLUMB, Alessandra MORETTI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes, on the basis of pre-Brexit data, that the gender pay gap in the 28 EU Member States stands at 15.7 %, that women - with particular regard to mothers or women who are pregnant - are more affected by atypical and flexible contracts (zero-hour contracts, temporary work, part-time work, etc.) than men, and that women are more likely to experience poverty and fall into the category of the poorest workers as a result of these low- security contracts;

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Notes that 70% of the global health and social workforce like doctors, nurses and care workers are women; calls on the Commission and the Member States to target public investments to meet the needs of women health service providers such as protective gear including sanitary products and to level up significantly wages and working conditions in strongly female-dominated sectors;

Amendment 71 #

Rovana PLUMB, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Calls on the Commission to promote the necessary measures in the preparation of reports or working parties emphasising this protection by society and the Member States of the family institution in order to safeguard its full and complete development;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Underlines the necessity to ensure adequate financing for NGOs and emphasize the need for them to access EU funds in order to deliver innovative and effective services to fight poverty;

Amendment 73 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Heléne FRITZON, Alessandra MORETTI, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Robert BIEDROŃ, Rovana PLUMB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Notes that shopkeepers, their employees and cleaners are in large majority women, often only paid the minimum wage and the COVID19pandemic has put them at even greater risk of poverty ; underlines the urgent need for extended rights to paid leave, teleworking, short time work and improved social protection for women in precarious employment or who have already lost their jobs and establishing socio-economic safety nets for women in precarious employment or with precarious contracts;

Amendment 74 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Alessandra MORETTI, Rovana PLUMB, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Robert BIEDROŃ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. The Commission is asked to include the concept of family as the social entity with the greatest benefits for society in order to reduce inequalities and in particular as a lifeline when workers are facing situations of poverty;

Amendment 75 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6 d. Underlines the need to ensure access to free childcare for all types of parents and family constellations working in essential services and increased support for vulnerable families including those caring for family members with disabilities;

Amendment 76 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Heléne FRITZON, Alessandra MORETTI, Rovana PLUMB, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Robert BIEDROŃ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6 e. Calls on the Commission for a European level response to extend support to small and medium-sized women-led businesses during and after the crisis;

Amendment 77 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Rovana PLUMB, Robert BIEDROŃ, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)

6 f. Highlights the regular dialogue with women facing poverty and decision- makers through forums at national, regional and European level to monitor the effectiveness of current policies/services and suggest solutions;

Amendment 78 #

Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Rovana PLUMB, Robert BIEDROŃ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)

6 g. Underlines the necessity to ensure adequate financing for NGOs and emphasize the need for them to access EU funds in order to deliver innovative and effective services to fight poverty;

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap., more concretely to present a proposal on binding pay transparency measures before 2021 as stated in the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025; calls on the Comission to present a timely revision of the Directive 2006/54/EC in order to strengthen the provisions to fight against the persisting discrimination of women in the labour market and to include the prohibition of any discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or gender reassignment;

Amendment 8 #

Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ, Lena DÜPONT, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the gender pay gap in the 28 EU Member States stands at 15.7 %, that women are more affected by atypical and flexible contracts (zero-hour contracts, bogus self-employment, temporary work, part-time work, etc.) than men, and that women are more likely to ~~experience poverty~~be segregated into less valued and underpaid sectors than men, to experience poverty and precariousness and fall into the category of the poorest workers as a result of these low-security contracts;

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap. by championing the principle of equal pay for equal work for men and women and welcomes its commitment to take action in the recently announced Gender Equality Strategy, awaits for the proposal on a binding framework for pay transparency, with due account to the impact of COVID 19 pandemic, as well as for the other measures to tackle women’s labour market participation and to promote equal opportunities;

Amendment 81 #

Sylvie BRUNET, Irène TOLLERET, Karen MELCHIOR, Samira RAFAELA, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Calls on~~Welcomes the Commission ~~to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap.~~Communication, A Union of Equality : Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025, in particular its commitment to inter alia revise the Barcelona targets to ensure further upwards convergence among Member States of early childhood education and care, to deliver a Child Guarantee, to deliver legislation on pay transparency and to explore pension credits for care-related career breaks all of which will help to address gendered poverty;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to ~~come 7. forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap.~~ support the Member States in their efforts to eliminate the inequalities that exist in work and pay, and to promote access to employment and economic stability for men and women, in order to support households and the birth rate, inter alia in the light of the current health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic;

Amendment 83 #

Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap, while fully respecting the principle of subsidiarity, the Member States' competence with regard to the labour market, and the autonomy of the social partners in all Member States.

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap., without forgetting that subsidiarity makes social policies a matter for the Member States, which enjoy sovereignty in this regard;

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to ~~come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap.~~guarantee compliance with Directive 2006/54/EC to ensure full equality between men and women in practice in their working lives;

Amendment 86 #

Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap., mindful of an intersectional approach to human rights;

Amendment 87 #

Elisabetta GUALMINI, Pina PICIERNO, Alessandra MORETTI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap. in cases where the work done and the skills brought to it are the same;

Amendment 88 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap. and pension gap;

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Calls on the European Commission to come forward as soon as possible with an ambitious post-2020 European Disability Strategy that includes proposals to ensure the awareness of legal rights, including the rights to work and employment, of persons with disabilities and measures to encourage their integration in the labour market and promotion of equal opportunities, with special attention to the situation faced by women with disabilities and the ways to address intersectional forms of discrimination;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the gender pay gap in the 28 EU Member States stands at 15.7 %, that women are more affected by atypical and flexible contracts (zero-hour contracts, temporary work, part-time work, etc.) than men, and that women - particularly unmarried or single mothers - are more likely to experience poverty and fall into the category of the poorest workers as a result of these low-security contracts;

Amendment 90 #

Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ, Lena DÜPONT, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Calls on the Commission to promote appropriate safety nets to prevent social exclusion and neglect, in order to enable women in situations of adverse economic environments to maintain their livelihoods and income in times of crisis;

Amendment 91 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Urges the Commission and Member States to effectively address inequalities women face, tackling their main components thus barriers in the labour market, as well as access to affordable and quality services such as child care and long term care service;

Amendment 92 #

Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ, Lena DÜPONT, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. The pandemic that we are facing has enabled us to successfully deal with new ways of working, such as teleworking, flexible working hours or virtual meetings. These circumstances have shown that there may be alternatives that allow a better reconciliation of professional and family life. Technological developments have provided us with interactive means of communication requiring less travel, allowing people to live further away from large cities, with the possibility of reviving depopulated areas that offer a higher quality of life at a lower cost. These developments need to be strengthened by encouraging companies to maintain such initiatives, to the extent possible, by providing economic support to invest in the upgrade of infrastructure ensuring equal access to technological resources across the EU territory, to level the playing field as regards the opportunities that these new ways of creating employment could generate;

Amendment 93 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the EU legislation on gender equality with a direct impact on women participation in the labour market, such as the directive on work-life balance, is implemented and its progress closely monitored;

Amendment 94 #

Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ, Lena DÜPONT, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to systematically examine and address women’s in-work poverty in all its forms and causes;

Amendment 95 #

Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ, Lena DÜPONT, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)

7 d. Calls on the Commission to prepare an EU strategy for carers, following the social impacts of the changes or loss of employment, particularly for those with caring responsibilities who are disproportionately women;

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Amendment 1 #

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that, in accordance with Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the EU has an obligation to ensure that all workers enjoy working conditions which respect their health, safety and dignity and calls for attention to the fact that poverty and exclusion from the labour market and society exacerbate inequalities and segregation, which can lead to polarisation and instability in society;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor, in particular ~~sectors characterised by a high degree~~, possible cases of job insecurity, in order to prevent the abuse of workers in areas such as temporary work in the agricultural sector, where seasonal workers face abusive employment conditions that in some cases violate not only labour rights, but also workers’ fundamental rightsthat workers can suffer;

Amendment 11 #

Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor in particular sectors characterised by a high degree of job insecurity, in order to prevent the abuse of workers in areas such as temporary work in the agricultural sector, where seasonal workers face abusive employment conditions that in some cases violate not only labour rights, but also workers’ fundamental righsectors with a high degree of job insecurity and emphasises how important labour inspections are in combating precarious and irregular employment and the fraudulent and abusive use of temporary and part-time contracts;

Amendment 12 #

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Sira REGO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor in particular sectors ~~characterised by~~liable to have a high degree of job insecurity, in order to prevent ~~the abuse of workers~~working conditions that are incompatible with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as can often occur, for instance, in areas such as temporary work in the agricultural sector, where seasonal workers face abusive employment conditions that in some cases violate not only labour rights, but also workers’ fundamental rights;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 14 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM, Jordi CAÑAS, Frédérique RIES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor in particular sectors characterised by a high degree of job insecurity, in order to prevent the abuse of workers in areas such as temporary work in the agricultural sector, where seasonal workers face abusive employment conditions that in some cases violate not only labour rights, but also workers’ fundamental rights; calls on the Member States to take measures, in line with the Council recommendation of 2018, to ensure that all workers and self-employed persons have access to adequate social protection;

Amendment 15 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM, Jordi CAÑAS, Frédérique RIES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Notes that increasing digitalisation, robotisation, use of Artificial Intelligence and the development of the digital platform economy drive profound changes in the labour market, therefore invites Member States to promote life-long learning policies as well as skills and competence development throughout life, provide education and adequate training programmes for low-skilled workers to prepare them for the challenges of the changing labour market, while underlines in this respect that digital technologies can be better exploited to support employers, workers, labour inspectorates and in particular micro and small enterprises, in managing the changes in work organisation in the best interest of workers;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that these new forms of work, including platform work, present not only opportunities in terms of employability and access to the labour market, but also challenges in terms of fair working conditions and access to social protection; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to work to improve the working conditions of these workers;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set a statutory minimum wages to ensure a decent standard of living and fight against precariousness and in-work poverty, paying special attention to lower and middle-income groups;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Calls on the Member States to abolish all forms of precarious work, including zero-hour contracts and bogus self-employment; calls on the Member States to abolish all forms of precarious work, including zero-hour contracts and bogus self-employment;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. NRecalls that on average, despite disparities between and within Member States, people in the Union are more educated, wealthier, healthier and live longer than ever before but notes with concern that, according to the European Social Policy Network, some 9.4 % of workers in the EU are at risk of poverty, representing some 20.5 million people; highlights the important differences between the Member States, and underlines the need to establish policies ~~and law~~ at EU level to reverse this situation, in order to prevent further social polarisation in the EU, invites Member States and the Commission to continue to eradicate poverty, in particular by tackling child poverty and the intergenerational transmission of poverty, including by exploring new measures; warns that this situation will be aggravated as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, and urges the Commission to protect these workers;

Amendment 2 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM, Jordi CAÑAS, Frédérique RIES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that, in accordance with Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the EU has an obligation to ensure that all workers enjoy working conditions which respect their health, safety and dignity and to check that 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;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes with concern that, according to the European Social Policy Network, some 9.4 % of workers in the EU are at risk of poverty, representing some 20.5 million people; highlights the important differences between the Member States, and underlines the need to establish policies and law at EU level to reverse this situation, in order to prevent further social polarisation in the EU; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s consultation with the social partners on a European framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present as soon as possible a legal instrument for upward social convergence in accordance with national traditions, so that every worker in the European Union benefits from a fair minimum wage; warns that this situation will be aggravated as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, and urges the Commission to protect these workers by guaranteeing their jobs and wages and also their working conditions;

Amendment 21 #

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Sira REGO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes with concern that, according to the European Social Policy Network, some 9.4 % of workers in the EU are at risk of poverty, representing some 20.5 million people; highlights the important differences between the Member States and regions, and underlines the need to establish policies and law at EU level to reverse this situation, in order to prevent further social polarisation in the EU; warns that this situation will be aggravated as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, and urges the Commission to protect these workers; calls on the Commission, following the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 24th October 2017, to introduce a binding EU framework that sets an adequate minimum income across Europe, in order to tackle inequalities.

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Agrees with the Commission that income inequality in the EU as a world region is lower than in some other major advanced economies, but it remains a concern; stresses that high inequality raises concerns about fairness, as entrenched inequality may result in inequality of opportunity and reduce potential growth; underlines that relatively high inequality may be associated to a higher risk-of-poverty rate and more pronounced social exclusion as well as a higher incidence of financial distress and, as such, it may reduce social cohesion;3a _________________ 3aEmployment and Social Developments in Europe 2019, https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId =738⟨Id=en&pubId=8219

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Is of the opinion that more emphasis should be placed on values and policies that promote work in relation to improving the quality of life of people themselves, but also to making meaningful contributions to the general wellbeing of the social and physical environment they live in;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls on the Member States to further strengthen Europe's social model by ensuring that all workers have the same rights, decent working conditions, including health and safety at work and receive decent wages;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. In light of events linked to the COVID-19 crisis, strongly emphasizes the need fora guarantee of cross-border seasonal workers’ rights, as well as the urgency of a monitoring mechanism for the implementation of sanitary and health measures, and therefore urges the Commission to protect all EU workers that may be put in any kind of risk conditions, including a form of direct or indirect discrimination;

Amendment 29 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that women continue to earn 16 % less than men in the EU and have the highestr rates of job insecurity; calls on the Member States to put ~~legislation and~~ strategies in place to ensure equality, to take effective measures to reduce gender pay-gap, to promote equal access to quality jobs and to take measures against all forms of discrimination and inequality in education and training, as well as in the labour market and urges the Commission to pay particular attention to compliance with EU labour law;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that, in accordance with Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the EU has an obligation to ensure that all workers enjoy working conditions which respect their health, safety and dignity; recalls, also, that in implementing their policies the Commission and the Member States must take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of a decent standard of living and adequate social protection for all, the fight against poverty and social exclusion and a high level of education and training in accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

Amendment 30 #

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Sira REGO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that women continue to earn 16 % less than men in the EU and have the highest rates of job insecurity; likewise, women suffer higher rates of part-time jobs and are majority in sectors such as care, which are at the same time sectors highly undervalued and unpaid; calls on the Member States to put legislation and strategies in place to ensure equality, and urges the Commission to pay particular attention to compliance with EU labour law;

Amendment 32 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM, Jordi CAÑAS, Frédérique RIES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that women continue to earn 16 % less than men in the EU and have the highest rates of job insecurity; calls on the Member States to put legislation with binding measures and strategies in place to ensure equality, and urges the Commission to pay particular attention to compliance with EU labour law;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that women continue to earn 16 % less than men in the EU and have the highest rates of job insecurity; calls on the Member States to put legislation and strategies in place to ensure equality, and urges the Commission to pay particular attention to compliance with EU labour law; calls on the Member States and the Union to ensure pay transparency, including by introducing a wage equality index comparing women and men;

Amendment 34 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM, Jordi CAÑAS, Frédérique RIES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make fighting unemployment and insecure employment of young people a priority and to make full use of financial instruments such as the Youth Guarantee and European programmes such as Erasmus+ in order to tackle youth unemployment and enhance the employability of young people;

Amendment 35 #

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Stresses that calculations of in- work poverty must take into account additional factors such as housing and childcare costs and urge the Commission to work on further improvement of the social convergence by introducing a fair minimum wage mechanism throughout the Union;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of the existing acquis and to review the relevant EU labour laws in order to improve the ~~quality and working conditions of workers throughout the Un~~m so as to boost opportunities for job creation.

Amendment 37 #

Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Calls on~~Urges the Commission to monitor the implementation of the existing acquis and to review the relevant EU labour laws in order to improve the quality and working conditions of workers throughout the Union.; emphasises the need to focus on the groups that are most vulnerable to job insecurity and that are therefore more likely to experience exclusion or social disadvantage, for example, single-parent families, young people, first- and second- generation immigrants, and others;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of the existing acquis and to consider reviewing the relevant EU labour laws in order to improve the quality and working conditions of workers throughout the Union.

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of the existing acquis and to review the relevant EU labour laws in order to improve the quality and working conditions of workers throughout the Union., noting that the current situation, caused by COVID-19 pandemic, will have a serious and long- lasting impact on EU labour market, social justice and working conditions;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Underlines that early school leavers and low-educated young people are expected to remain vulnerable in a future of work context, where wage disparities between low and medium-high skilled members of the labour force can be expected to increase, thus potentially generating in-work poverty challenges, therefore investment in early childhood education and life-long learning is a key for better employability, notes in this regard that Upskilling Pathways should offer further opportunities to boost the basic skills of adults and to progress towards the qualifications demanded by the labour market;

Amendment 40 #

Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls on the Commission to pay particular attention on job precariousness, especially in the most vulnerable regions, by guarantying a swift and fair allocation of JTF and other available funds, including the ESF+ in order to help with the adaptation to economic transformations, where upskilling, reskilling and investment would be all vital and investments in new activities would be of utmost importance.

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to launch a debate between employers and unions to make it possible for an in-depth analysis to be conducted in all Member States of the possible reforms needed in the European labour market to prevent workers continuing to be at risk of poverty;

Amendment 42 #

Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take special care to ensure that the relevant labour legislation is adhered to with regard to online platform work, and that minimum quality standards apply to such jobs; urges the Commission and the Member States to pay particular attention to sectors with high numbers of contracts that fall into the category known as false self- employment.

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Calls on the Commission to address the aforementioned challenges in social situations, among other things, through measures aimed at employment increase and at more effective and efficient social protection systems. With respect of the competences as per TFEU, there is scope for more effective policy action by the Member States focused on principles of the Pillar of Social Rights.

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Stresses that the TEU sets as basic obligation for the Union to work for the sustainable development of Europe based, among the rest, on a highly competitive social market economy, aiming at full employment and social progress, and a high level of protection; stresses that it should combat social exclusion and discrimination, and should promote social justice and protection, equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and protection of the rights of the child;

Amendment 6 #

Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM, Jordi CAÑAS, Frédérique RIES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines the high number of petitions received by Committee on Petitions alerting it to the ~~precarious nature and~~ abusive use of fixed-term contracts in both the public1 and private2 sectors; and notes in this regard that the most frequently mentioned causes of work stress are job insecurity; _________________ 1These include petitions 0240/18, 0328/18, 0365/18, 0374/18, 0396/18, 0419/18, 0829/2018, 0897/2018, 1161/2018, 0290/19, 0310/2019, 0335/2019, 0579/19, 0624/19, 0652/19, 0683/2019, 0737/2019, 1017/19, 1045/2019, 1241/2019, 1318/2019 and 0036/2020. 2These include petitions 1378/2013, 0019/2016, 0020/2016, 0021/2016, 0099/2017, 1162/2017, 0110/2018 and 0335/2019.

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines the high number of petitions received by Committee on Petitions alerting it to the precarious nature and abusive use of fixed-term contracts in both the public1 and private2 sectors; calls on the Commission to examine these petitions and to provide a better response, in line with its competences and those of the Member States, in order to effectively tackle in-work poverty, social exclusion and precarious work; _________________ 1These include petitions 0240/18, 0328/18, 0365/18, 0374/18, 0396/18, 0419/18, 0829/2018, 0897/2018, 1161/2018, 0290/19, 0310/2019, 0335/2019, 0579/19, 0624/19, 0652/19, 0683/2019, 0737/2019, 1017/19, 1045/2019, 1241/2019, 1318/2019 and 0036/2020. 2These include petitions 1378/2013, 0019/2016, 0020/2016, 0021/2016, 0099/2017, 1162/2017, 0110/2018 and 0335/2019.

Amendment 8 #

Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Underlines~~Takes note of the high number of petitions received by Committee on Petitions alerting it to the precarious nature and abusive use of fixed-term contracts in both the public1 and private2 sectors; _________________ 1These include petitions 0240/18, 0328/18, 0365/18, 0374/18, 0396/18, 0419/18, 0829/2018, 0897/2018, 1161/2018, 0290/19, 0310/2019, 0335/2019, 0579/19, 0624/19, 0652/19, 0683/2019, 0737/2019, 1017/19, 1045/2019, 1241/2019, 1318/2019 and 0036/2020. 2These include petitions 1378/2013, 0019/2016, 0020/2016, 0021/2016, 0099/2017, 1162/2017, 0110/2018 and 0335/2019.

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Takes the view that precarious work must be combated through an integrated, multi-level policy package that promotes inclusive and effective labour standards alongside effective measures to ensure that the principle of equality is upheld;

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2020/09/02 EMPL 180 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

- having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), and its entry into force in the European Union on 21 January 2011, in accordance with Council Decision 2010/48/EC of 26 November 2009 on the conclusion, by the European Community, of the UN CRPD1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 23, 27.1.2010, p. 35.

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 14 January 2014 on effective labour inspections as a strategy to improve working conditions in Europe1a, __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0012.

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)

Ib. whereas 80% of Roma and their children live with an income below the respective national at risk-of-poverty threshold6a regardless of whether they are in employment or not; whereas employment has not proven to be a failsafe route out of poverty yet; __________________ 6a https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra _uploads/fra-2016-eu-minorities-survey- roma-selected-findings_en.pdf

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas old-age poverty continues to increase ~~also in combination with fundamental pension reforms~~: the at-risk- of-poverty rate for people over 65 was on average 16.1% (EU- 28); ~~whereas this figure will continue to grow due to precarious and atypical employment15;~~ __________________ 15 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi012/default/table?lang=en

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas old-age poverty continues to increase also in combination with ~~fundamental pension reforms:~~changes in pension systems, increased healthcare spending, demographic changes and the fact that more and more older people are living in single-person households; whereas the at-risk- of-poverty rate for people over 65 was on average 16.1 % (EU-28); whereas this figure will continue to grow due to precarious and atypical employment15; __________________ 15 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi012/default/table?lang=en

Amendment 103 #

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas old-age poverty continues to increase also in combination with fundamental pension reforms: the at-risk- of-poverty rate for people over 65 was on average 16.1% (EU-28)~~; whereas this figure will continue to grow due to precarious and atypical employment~~15 ; __________________ 15 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi012/default/table?lang=en

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas old-age poverty continues to increase also ~~in combination with fundamental pension reforms~~: the at-risk- of-poverty rate for people over 65 was on average 16.1% (EU-28); whereas this figure will continue to grow due to precarious and atypical employment15 ; whereas women are, due to the gender pension gap, even more endangered; __________________ 15 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi012/default/table?lang=en

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas old-age poverty continues to increase also in combination with fundamental pension reforms: the at-risk- of-poverty rate for people over 65 was on average 16.1 % (EU-28); whereas this figure ~~will~~may continue to grow due to precariousness and ~~atypical employment~~the new uncertainty caused by the COVID 19 pandemic; it is vital that the elderly be guaranteed a decent purchasing power following the end of their working lives15; __________________ 15 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi012/default/table?lang=en

Amendment 106 #

Radan KANEV, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas old-age poverty continues to increase ~~also in combination with fundamental pension reforms~~: the at-risk- of-poverty rate for people over 65 was on average 16.1 % (EU-28); whereas this figure will continue to grow due to precarious and atypical employment15; __________________ 15 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi012/default/table?lang=en

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas old-age poverty continues to increase also ~~in combination w~~despithe fundamental pension reforms: the at-risk- of-poverty rate for people over 65 was on average 16.1% (EU-28); whereas this figure will continue to grow due to precarious and atypical employment15 ; __________________ 15 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi012/default/table?lang=en

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas in-work poverty causes work to lose its basic sense of being able to provide a decent life for employees and their families, preventing them from becoming economically independent;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas Article 4 of the European Social Charter of the Council of Europe stipulates that all workers have the right to a fair remuneration sufficient for a decent standard of living for themselves and their families;

Amendment 11 #

Gabriele BISCHOFF, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marc ANGEL, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Klára DOBREV, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Brando BENIFEI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 26 May 2016 on poverty: a gender perspective3a, 3a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0235.

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas Article 4 of the revised European Social Charter stipulates that all workers have the right to a fair wage that ensures them and their families a decent standard of living;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas the number of people living in poverty, also while working, is expected to increase significantly due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic7a; __________________ 7a https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/pover ty/brief/projected-poverty-impacts-of- COVID-19

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas ~~coverage is declining in OECD countries, and in at least 14 EU Member States one in every two employees works without a wage~~the specific situation of each EU Member State must adequately reflect its own socio-economic and employment framework; and should it prove necessary a gre~~ement; whereas only seven Member States have a collective bargaining coverage rate above 80 %16~~ater adherence to collective bargaining agreements; __________________ 16OCDE, Visser(2016) ICTWSS Database.https://www.etuc.org/en/docume nt/etuc-reply-first-phase-consultation- social-partners-under-article-154-tfeu- possible-action, p. 6, n.o 15.

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas coverage i~~s declining in OECD countries, and~~n OECD countries declined from, on average, 46% in 1985 to 32% in 2017, the largest fall taking place in central and eastern European countries, though there was a considerable fall in the United Kingdom and, more recently, in Greece, too, as was also the case in Germany after reunification; whereas in at least 14 EU Member States one in every two employees works without a wage agreement; whereas only seven Member States have a collective bargaining coverage rate above 80 %16; __________________ 16OECD, Visser(2016) ICTWSS Database.https://www.etuc.org/en/docume nt/etuc-reply-first-phase-consultation- social-partners-under-article-154-tfeu- possible-action, p. 6, no 15.

Amendment 114 #

Cindy FRANSSEN, Romana TOMC, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Dennis RADTKE, Loucas FOURLAS, Maria WALSH

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas coverage is declining in OECD countries, and in at least 14 EU Member States one in every two employees works without a wage agreement; whereas only seven Member States have a collective bargaining coverage rate above 80%16 ; whereas the decline was most rapid in those countries where collective bargaining was the target of structural reforms16a; __________________ 16OECD, Visser(2016) ICTWSS Database.https://www.etuc.org/en/docume nt/etuc-reply-first-phase-consultation- social-partners-under-article-154-tfeu- possible-action, p. 6, no 15. 16aEurofound (2020 forthcoming), Industrial Relations Flagship report.

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas coverage is declining in OECD countries, and in at least 14 EU Member States one in every two employees works without a collective wage agreement; whereas only seven Member States have a collective bargaining coverage rate above 80%16 ; __________________ 16OECD, Visser(2016) ICTWSS Database.https://www.etuc.org/en/docume nt/etuc-reply-first-phase-consultation- social-partners-under-article-154-tfeu- possible-action, p. 6, no 15.

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas employers very often exploit the employees, that working without a wage agreement and violating their working hours rights [1]; [1]as defined in the EU’s Working Time Directive (2003/88/EC), https://eur- lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32 003L0088&from=EN

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas the ~~number of countries worldwide in which~~trade unions and ~~workers are subject to repression increased from 92 in 2018 to 107 in 2019; whereas~~business framework must be in equilibrium in order to foster the increa~~se was highest in EU-28, at 40 %, and whereas 68 % of countries violated the right to strike and 50 % the right to collective bargaining17~~tion of jobs and creativity in innovation in situations such as the current serious economic crisis; __________________ 17https://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/2019- 06-ituc-global-rights-index-2019-report- en-2.pdf

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas the number of countries worldwide in which unions and workers are subject to repression increased from 92 in 2018 to 107 in 2019; whereas the increase was highest in EU-28, at 40%, and whereas in 68% of the countries ~~violated~~there was a violation of the right to strike and ~~50%~~in 50% a violation of the right to collective bargaining17; __________________ 17https://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/2019- 06-ituc-global-rights-index-2019-report- en-2.pdf

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas the number of countries worldwide in which unions and workers are subject to repression increased from 92 in 2018 to 107 in 2019; whereas ~~the increase was highest in EU-28, at 40 %~~40 % of European countries do not allow workers to join trade unions, and whereas 68 % of countries violated the right to strike and 50 % the right to collective bargaining; __________________ 17https://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/2019- 06-ituc-global-rights-index-2019-report- en-2.pdf

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 11 November 2018 on the situation of women with disabilities3a, __________________ 3a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0484.

Amendment 120 #

Marianne VIND, Manuel PIZARRO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Brando BENIFEI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Heléne FRITZON, Johan DANIELSSON, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Agnes JONGERIUS, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas the number of countries worldwide in which unions and workers are subject to repression increased from 92 in 2018 to 107 in 2019; whereas the increase was highest in EU-28, at 40 %, ~~and~~ whereas 68 % of countries violated the right to strike and 50 % the right to collective bargaining17, and whereas the opening of borders through free trade has a significant impact in terms of precarious employment for European workers, who have to compete with foreign workers not subject to the same labour regulations; __________________ 17https://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/2019- 06-ituc-global-rights-index-2019-report- en-2.pdf

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)

La. whereas workers in rural areas have more difficulties in exercising their labour rights and do not have access to trade union representation and negotiation of local and sectorial collective agreements;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)

Lb. whereas pay growth for the euro area between 2000 and 2016 was below productivity growth1a; whereas wage increases have not kept pace with the increase in value added, which has deepened existing inequality; __________________ 1aOECD (2019), Negotiating Our Way Up: Collective Bargaining in a Changing World of Work; 2019, OECD publishing, Paris, Figure 3.10, p. 125.

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)

Lb. whereas strong social partners and collective bargaining have a positive impact on the overall wage levels in Europe including both minimum and median wage; whereas collective bargaining secures that workers are heard and respected at their workplace; whereas there is a clear positive correlation between workers’ participation at the workplace and company performance and revenue;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)

Lc. whereas collective bargaining and sectorial collective agreements not only regulate wage levels but also working conditions such as working time, paid leave, vacation and upskilling opportunities;

Amendment 125 #

Cindy FRANSSEN, Romana TOMC, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Dennis RADTKE, Loucas FOURLAS, José Manuel FERNANDES, Maria WALSH

Motion for a resolution
Recital L d (new)

Ld. whereas the contraction of employment during the previous crisis created a dramatic increase in the number of involuntary part-time workers who are most likely to work in basic or lower-level service occupations and sectors and who have amongst the highest in-work poverty risk-levels17a; __________________ 17aEurofound (2017), In-work poverty in the European Union. https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/report/2017/in-work-poverty-in-the- eu

Amendment 126 #

Lukas MANDL

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

~~M. whereas privatisation and outsourcing are reducing job security, and this is also an indicator of the increase in precarious employment;~~deleted

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

~~M. whereas privatisation and outsourcing are reducing job security, and this is also an indicator of the increase in precarious employment;~~deleted

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

~~M. whereas privatisation and outsourcing are reducing job security, and this is also an indicator of the increase in precarious employment;~~deleted

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas ~~privatisation and outsourcing are reducing job security, and this is also an indicator of the increase in precarious employment~~the preconditions for human dignity must be guaranteed in both the public and the private spheres;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 c (new)

- having regard to the Gender Equality Index of the European Institute on Gender Equality,

Amendment 130 #

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas ~~privatisation and outsourcing are reducing job security, and this is also an indicator~~more analysis and researches are needed in order to examine the effects of privatisation and outsourcing ofn the ~~increase in precarious employment~~employment rates, worker’s wellbeing, wages and productivity;

Amendment 131 #

Radan KANEV, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas privatisation and outsourcing ~~are reducing job security, and this is also an indicator of the increase in~~can contribute to increased efficiency and reduced costs in labour, and this could sometimes lead to precarious employment;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas privatisation and outsourcing, arelthough proven economically effective, are sometimes reducing job security, and this ismight also ~~an indicator of the~~lead to an increase in precarious employment;

Amendment 133 #

Dennis RADTKE

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas ~~privatisation and~~ outsourcing ~~are~~is reducing job security, and this is also an indicator of the increase in precarious employment;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas privatisation and outsourcing are, on the one hand, reducing job security, and on the other hand increasing stress and work anxiety, and this is also an indicator of the increase in precarious employment;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

Ma. whereas public administrations have too often relied on temporary workers to replace civil servants, although they usually have more precarious working conditions and are equally exposed to abuse and harassment from third parties;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

Ma. whereas standard full-time open- ended contracts account for only 59% of total employment in the EU, with atypical and precarious employment continually on the rise17a; __________________ 17a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2016/587285/IPOL_STU%2 82016%29587285_EN.pdf

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

Ma. whereas making working time more flexible should protect workers from redundancies during downturns and make it possible to employ more workers;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas the proportion of workers living in a household at risk of poverty ~~ros~~must be fbro~~m 8 % to 9,4 % within ten years – this corresponds to 20.5 million people18~~ught up to date in light of the severe economic situation caused by COVID 19; __________________ 18 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId= 89&furtherNews=yes&langId=en&newsId =9378

Amendment 139 #

Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Ilana CICUREL, Stéphane BIJOUX

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas the proportion of workers living in a household at risk of poverty rose from 8% to 9.4% within ten years – this corresponds to 20.5 million people18; whereas those working part-time and with temporary contracts are more exposed to such risk, i.e. in 2018, 16.2% of the employees with a temporary contract were at risk of poverty, compared to 6.1% of those with a permanent contract; __________________ 18 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId= 89&furtherNews=yes&langId=en&newsId =9378

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 d (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0152),

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas the proportion of workers living in a household at risk of poverty rose from 8% to 9.4% within ten years – this corresponds to 20.5 million people18 ; whereas the numbers are declining in the aftermath of the euro crisis; __________________ 18 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId= 89&furtherNews=yes&langId=en&newsId =9378

Amendment 141 #

Marianne VIND, Manuel PIZARRO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Heléne FRITZON, Johan DANIELSSON, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas ~~minimum wage systems vary widely in size, scope and coverage acros~~the increase in atypical and precarious Member States; whereas the minimum wage is consistently above the defined poverty threshold (60 % gross median) in only three Member States and does not consistently provide protection against poverty in other Member States; whereas some sectors, groups of workers and forms of work are sometimes not included or covered by minimum wage arrangementployment should be addressed by fostering social stability policies in support of business people and entrepreneurs;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas minimum wage systems vary widely in ~~size,~~ scope and coverage across Member States~~; whereas the minimum wage is consistently above the defined poverty threshold (60% gross median) in only three Member States and does not consistently provide protection against poverty in other~~ as well as terms of their absolute and relative levels in relation to median national wages; whereas minimum wage workers are more likely to have difficulties making ends meet than other workers; whereas seven out of ten minimum wage workers in the EU report at least ‘some’ difficulties (versus five out of ten for other workers) with large variance between EU Member States; whereas in some sectors, groups of workers and selected forms of work are sometimes not ~~includ~~covered orby co~~vered by minimum wage arrangemen~~llective agreements or minimum wages where they exists;

Amendment 143 #

Cindy FRANSSEN, Romana TOMC, Dennis RADTKE, Loucas FOURLAS

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas minimum wage systems vary widely in ~~size,~~ scope and coverage across Member States~~; whereas the minimum wage is consistently above the defined poverty threshold (60% gross median) in only three Member States and does not consistently provide protection against poverty in other~~ and minimum wages vary widely in terms of their absolute and relative level versus median national wages; whereas minimum wage workers are more likely to have difficulties to make ends meet than other workers; whereas seven out of ten in the EU report at least ‘some’ difficulties (versus five out of ten for other workers) with large difference between EU Member States19a; whereas moreover, in some sectors, groups of workers and selected forms of work are sometimes not included or covered by minimum wage arrangements; __________________ 19aEurofound (2020), Minimum wages in 2020: Annual review. https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/report/2020/minimum-wages-in- 2020-annual-review

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas minimum wage systems vary widely in size, scope and coverage across Member States; whereas the minimum wage is consistently above the defined poverty threshold (60 % gross median) in only three Member States and does not ~~consistently~~ provide protection against poverty in other Member States; whereas some sectors, groups of workers and forms of work are sometimes not included or covered by minimum wage arrangements;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas minimum wage systems vary widely in size, scope and coverage across Member States; whereas the minimum wage is consistently above the defined poverty threshold (60% gross median) in only three Member States and does not consistently provide protection against poverty risk in other Member States; whereas some sectors, groups of workers and forms of work are sometimes not included or covered by minimum wage arrangements;

Amendment 146 #

Brando BENIFEI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Elisabetta GUALMINI

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)

Oa. whereas precarious employment is particularly prevalent among the young and the elderly;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)

Oa. whereas in-work poverty can also affect young professionals with high educational level, in particular in those Member States with a high level of youth unemployment; whereas studies1a show that the percentage of young people with university degree in in-work poverty is lower than the one of young people with low-education, but remains significant; whereas these young adults often suffer from low wages, unfair working conditions, bogus self-employment, atypical work contracts or even undeclared work; __________________ 1aEurofond, “In-work poverty in EU”, 2017

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)

Ob. whereas short-term employment is not conducive to investment in employee development, training and adaptation to the needs of the changing labour market;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

P. whereas ~~in ten years the~~an increase in atypical employment was significantly higher than the overall increase in jobs; part-time employment rose most, followed by short-term work19; whereas over 1/3 of part-time workers involuntarily work part- time and one in two work in short-term employment only for lack of any alternative20may not necessarily be contrary to the interests of a changing society in need of adaptive forms of employment; __________________ 19Labour market and Social Development (ETUI, 2019) Benchmarking Working Europe, 2019. 20 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId= 89&furtherNews=yes&langId=en&newsId =9378

Amendment 15 #

Marianne VIND, Manuel PIZARRO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Brando BENIFEI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Heléne FRITZON, Johan DANIELSSON, Agnes JONGERIUS, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Gabriele BISCHOFF

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 e (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 24 October 2017 on minimum income policies as a tool for fighting poverty1a, __________________ 1a Texts adopted P8_TA(2017)0403.

Amendment 150 #

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

P. whereas in ten years the increase in atypical employment was significantly higher than the overall increase in jobs; part-time employment rose most, followed by short-term work19 ; whereas over 1/3 of part-time workers involuntarily work part- time and one in two work in short-term employment only for lack of any alternative20 ~~; __________________~~; whereas links have been found between the increase in non- standard forms of employment and the increased proportion of Europeans at risk of in-work poverty1h; __________________ 1hEurofound (2017), In-work poverty in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg 19Labour market and Social Development (ETUI, 2019) Benchmarking Working Europe, 2019. 20 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId= 89&furtherNews=yes&langId=en&newsId =9378

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)

Pa. whereas cross-border and seasonal workers are at high risk of in-work poverty and social exclusion and are often employed in short-term work contracts with little or no job security or social protection; whereas cross-border and seasonal workers often come from vulnerable regions, minorities and disadvantaged social groups, which increases their risk of having their rights violated by recruiters, agencies or employers; whereas numerous cross- border and seasonal workers are exposed to risk from unacceptable working conditions and occupational health and safety risks, which can cause permanent injuries and illnesses that affect their future ability to work and earn an income;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)

Pa. whereas only 20,7% of women with disabilities and 28,6% of men with disabilities are in full-time employment 7a; whereas persons with disabilities are systematically denied their right to work in the open labour market and are employed in sheltered workshops where they often do not have employee status, neither labour rights, nor a guaranteed minimum wage 8a; whereas this is effectively a violation of both the UNCRPD and the Charter of Fundamental Rights; __________________ 7a Gender Equality Index 2019 8a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/ 2014_2019/documents/empl/dv/empl2014 1120-wss-people-disabilities- /empl20141120-wss-people-disabilities- en.pdf

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)

Pa. whereas additional income, more flexibility, gaining experience, attracting clients and lack of opportunity in the traditional labour market seem to be the main motivations to perform platform work; whereas platform work is generally positive for labour market integration12a; whereas platform work is heterogeneous, and, as a result, a one-size-fits-all solution would undermine the emergence of important forms of work13a; __________________ 12a https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/def ault/files/ef_publication/field_ef_docume nt/ef18001en.pdf 13a https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/def ault/files/ef_publication/field_ef_docume nt/ef18001en.pdf

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)

Pa. whereas the greatest fluctuations in the number of workers performing precarious work in the EU occur in wholesale and retail trade, transport, hotels and catering services; whereas in these sectors, the number of precarious jobs in the third quarter of 2019 compared to the second quarter of 2019 increased on average by 30 percent.1a; __________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/-/DDN-20200511-1

Amendment 156 #

Marianne VIND, Manuel PIZARRO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Brando BENIFEI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)

Pa. whereas deindustrialisation in certain EU Member States is contributing to the disappearance of millions of direct and indirect jobs, and whereas no adequate response has been implemented to prevent industries relocating within and outside the European Union;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P b (new)

Pb. whereas the European Labour Authority (ELA) was established in July 2019 with the aim of supporting Member States and the Commission in the effective application and enforcement of Union law related to labour mobility and social security coordination; whereas the ELA is expected to reach its full operational capacity by 2024;

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P c (new)

Pc. whereas the Commission announced its intention to launch a proposal for a European Social Security Number; whereas no concrete proposal has been launched to this day;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P d (new)

Pd. whereas precarious employment affects some groups significantly more than others, with some populations, such as the Roma, being overrepresented in atypical, unstable and low-paid work;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 f (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 17 April 2020 on EU coordinated action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences4a, __________________ 4a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0054.

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P d (new)

Pd. whereas education level has a high impact on the risk of in-work poverty; whereas the risk of in-work poverty is significantly higher for low-skilled workers; whereas there is still a risk of in- work poverty in some Member States for higher-skilled workers1i; __________________ 1i Eurofound (2017), In-work poverty in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P e (new)

Pe. whereas the rate of adult learning in the EU was 11.1% in 2018 while the 2020 target is 15%1j; whereas technology and innovation have a great potential for unlocking opportunities; yet more than 40% of adults in the EU do not have basic digital skills; __________________ 1j https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do ?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode =sdg_04_60&plugin=1

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P f (new)

Pf. whereas Eurofound’s survey found that in the context of COVID-19, 16% of workers in the EU expect that they are likely to lose their jobs in the near future1k; __________________ 1kEurofound (2020), Living, working and COVID-19 dataset, Dublin, http://eurofound.link/covid19data

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P g (new)

Pg. whereas according to Eurofound’s survey, during COVID-19, 50% of the working population across the EU experienced a reduction of their working time; whereas more than one third (34%) of those in employment said their working time decreased ‘a lot’, and 16% said it decreased ‘a little'1l; __________________ 1lEurofound (2020), Living, working and COVID-19 dataset, Dublin, http://eurofound.link/covid19data

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5

~~Crisis~~deleted

Amendment 165 #

Marianne VIND, Manuel PIZARRO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Heléne FRITZON, Johan DANIELSSON, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas ~~unemployment, precarious and atypical employment rose sharply during the 2008 financial crisis, and in the COVID-19 crisis the focus is also on social issues with job losses, short- time work, th~~40% of workers say their financial situation is now worse than before the COVID-19 pandemic, when the European Union was still experiencing strong economic growth; whereats t~~o economic survival, e.g.~~he proportion of self-employed respondents expressing concern ins small craft industries; whereas the middle class is shrinking, the gap between rich and poor is widening and the disparities within and between Member States are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis;ignificantly higher than it is for employees; whereas many workers express concern about the immediate future, with 53% of self- employed respondents and 37% of employed respondents stating that they believe their financial situation will be worse in three months’ time1m; __________________ 1m Eurofound (2020), Living, working and COVID-19 dataset, Dublin, http://eurofound.link/covid19data

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas ~~unemployment, precarious and atypical employm~~financial crisis scenarios have beent r~~ose sharply du~~eoccurring thsince 2008 financial crisis, and in the COVID 19 crisis the focus is also on social issues with job losses, short- time work, threats to economic survival, e.g. in small craft industries; whereas the middle class is shrinking, the gap between rich and poor is widening and the disparities within and between Member States are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisisand real social and market situations are in constant need of adapting to said uncertainty;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas unemployment, precarious and atypical employment rose s~~harp~~ignificantly during the 2008 financial crisis, and in the COVID‑19 crisis the focus is also on social issues with job losses, short-time work, threats to economic survival, e.g. in small craft industries; whereas the middle class is shrinking, ~~the gap between rich and poor is widen~~social stratification is accelerating and the disparities within and between Member States are being exacerbated by the COVID‑19 crisis;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)

- having regard to the reports of the European Anti-Poverty Network, and the relevant reports of the European Disability Forum and European Roma Grassroots Organisations (ERGO) Network,

Amendment 170 #

Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Brando BENIFEI, Marianne VIND, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Gabriele BISCHOFF

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas unemployment, precarious and atypical employment rose sharply during the 2008 financial crisis, and in the COVID-19 crisis the focus is also on social issues with job losses, short-time work, threats to economic survival, e.g. in SMEs and small craft industries and among small traders and cross-border workers; whereas the middle class is shrinking, the gap between rich and poor is widening and the disparities within and between Member States are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas unemployment, precarious and atypical employment rose sharply during the 2008 financial crisis, and in the COVID-19 crisis the focus is also on social issues with job losses, short-time work, threats to economic survival, e.g. in small craft industries; whereas inflation is rising with the same speed as wages; whereas the middle class is shrinking, the gap between rich and poor is widening and the disparities within and between Member States are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas unemployment, precarious and atypical employment rose sharply during the 2008 financial crisis, and in the COVID-19 crisis the focus is also on social issues with job losses, short-time work, threats to economic survival, e.g. in small craft industries; whereas the middle class is shrinking, the gap between rich and poor is widening and the disparities within and between Member States are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis, especially in mountain, rural, insular and dispersedly populated regions;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas unemployment, precarious and atypical employment rose sharply during the 2008 financial crisis, and in the COVID-19 crisis the focus is also on social issues with job losses, short-time work, threats to economic survival, e.g. in small craft industries; whereas the middle class is shrinking, the gap between rich and poor is widening and the disparities within and between Member States are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis; and whereas some groups, such as the Roma, have been disproportionately hit by the pandemic and containments measures 9a; __________________ 9ahttp://ergonetwork.org/2020/04/eu- recovery-plan-the-case-of-roma/

Amendment 174 #

Cindy FRANSSEN, Romana TOMC, Dennis RADTKE, Loucas FOURLAS, José Manuel FERNANDES, Maria WALSH

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)

Qa. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic will have significant social and economic consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing poverty, especially among the most vulnerable groups in society, as its effects will be felt most keenly by workers in precarious positions such as temporary workers, seasonal workers, platform workers, etc. as well as in various economic sectors which will be impacted through job losses, wage and/or working time reduction during and after the pandemic; whereas 16% of workers in the EU consider that they are likely to lose their job in the near future and 40% of workers say their financial situation is now worse than before the pandemic20a; __________________ 20aEurofound (2020), Living, working and COVID-19dataset, Dublin, http://eurofound.link/covid19data

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)

Qa. whereas 75% of respondents in a Eurofound survey say their financial situation is now worse than before the COVID-19 pandemic, while 68% report difficulties making ends meet and 68% are unable to maintain their standard of living for more than three months without an income1n; __________________ 1nEurofound (2020), Living, working and COVID-19 dataset, Dublin, http://eurofound.link/covid19data

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)

Qa. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the world labour market and has, according to the International Labour Organisation, led to a 14% reduction in the number of hours worked, equivalent to 480 million full- time jobs worldwide; whereas in Europe, the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced the number of hours worked by the equivalent of 44 million full-time jobs20a; __________________ 20a ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. Fifth edition, 2020.

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)

Qa. whereas the scale of the current recession and the economic crisis that lies ahead may require urgent responses, which the European Union will be unable to provide within a reasonable period, highlighting once again the divergence of views and the persistence of national interests in the negotiations;

Amendment 178 #

Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Ilana CICUREL, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)

Qa. whereas the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will have serious and lasting consequences for the labour market, particularly for young people, forcing them to accept precarious and atypical jobs, which will considerably increase existing inequalities;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)

Qa. whereas the Covid-19 crisis has demonstrated the need for a more inclusive social protection covering all types of workers, especially self-employed and platform workers;

Amendment 18 #

Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Ilana CICUREL, Stéphane BIJOUX

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 b (new)

- having regard to the objectives laid down in the European Green Deal for the just and fair transition by providing access to reskilling programs and employment opportunities in the economic sectors,

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q b (new)

Qb. whereas low-paying and high- paying jobs continue to grow in numbers, yet the amount of middle-paying occupations is shrinking; whereas low- paying jobs do not imply low qualifications, particularly for platform workers; whereas there is an increasing demand for highly educated workers even in low paying jobs;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 c (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication of 14 January 2020 entitled ‘A Strong Social Europe For Just Transitions’ (COM(2020)14),

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6

— having regard to Article 2 and 3 TEU,

Amendment 20 #

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Irena JOVEVA, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)

-Aa. whereas one of the EU’s strengths is its social model; whereas the technological change and the global trend of rising inequalities require that social model to be reassessed and adapted to the modern, fast-paced, complex and unpredictable global environment;

Amendment 21 #

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)

-A. whereas according to Eurostat’s definition, individuals are at risk of in- work poverty when they work for over half of the year and when their equivalised yearly disposable income is below 60% of the national household median income level (after social transfers); whereas the latest Eurostat figures show that 9.4% of European workers were at risk of poverty in 20181a; __________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/ view/sdg_01_41/default/table?lang=en

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas there is great inequality both within and between Member States and the gap between rich and poor is widening; whereas, while net wealth per household in the Eurogroup countries fell for the bottom 20 %, it increased relatively sharply for the top 20 %6, and the bottom 20 % of households had net debt averaging EUR 4 500, while the top 10 % had net assets of EUR 1 189 700 European Union must guarantee solidarity among its States, irrespective of income inequalities which existed before they became full Member States; whereas measures to reduce inequality will be promoted, fostering policies favouring the family as a key institution for ensuring the well-being and wealth of society; __________________ 6The Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Results from the 2017 wave, ECB Statistics Paper Series No 36, March 2020, p. 25. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpsps/ ecb.sps36~0245ed80c7.en.pdf?bd73411fbe b0a33928ce4c5ef2c5e872 7 The Household Finance and Consumption Survey Wave 2017 Statistical tables, March 2020, p. 5. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/pdf/resea rch/hfcn/HFCS_Statistical_Tables_Wave_ 2017.pdf?656f4e10de45c91c3c882840e91 74eac

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas there ~~is great~~are inequalityies both within and between Member States and the gap between ~~rich and poor~~the wealthiest percentiles and the rest is widening; whereas, while net wealth per household in the Eurogroup countries fell for the bottom 20%, it increased relatively sharply for the top 20%6 , and the bottom 20% of households had net debt averaging EUR 4 500, while the top 10% had net assets of EUR 1 189 7007; whereas the main contributor to the widening of net wealth can be found in changes in house prices; whereas the ratio between the median net wealths of households in the top quintile (80-100%) and the bottom quintile (0-20%) of net wealth distribution was lower in 2017 than in 2014; whereas the 20% with the lowest income have seen a steeper increase in their income than those in the three middle quintiles (20-80%); whereas inequalities are much lower after social transfers within the EU8a; __________________ 6The Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Results from the 2017 wave, ECB Statistics Paper Series No 36, March 2020, p. 25. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpsps/ ecb.sps36~0245ed80c7.en.pdf?bd73411fbe b0a33928ce4c5ef2c5e872 7 The Household Finance and Consumption Survey Wave 2017 Statistical tables, March 2020, p. 5. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/pdf/resea rch/hfcn/HFCS_Statistical_Tables_Wave_ 2017.pdf?656f4e10de45c91c3c882840e91 74eac 8aThe Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Results from the 2017 wave, ECB Statistics Paper Series No 36, March 2020, p. 30. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpsps /ecb.sps36~0245ed80c7.en.pdf?bd73411fb eb0a33928ce4c5ef2c5e872

Amendment 24 #

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Irena JOVEVA, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~there is great~~ inequality exists both within and between Member States and varies significantly; whereas the gap between rich and poor is widening; whereas, while net wealth per household in the Eurogroup countries fell for the bottom 20%, it increased relatively sharply for the top 20%6 , and the bottom 20% of households had net debt averaging EUR 4 500, while the top 10% had net assets of EUR 1 189 7007 ; __________________ 6The Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Results from the 2017 wave, ECB Statistics Paper Series No 36, March 2020, p. 25. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpsps/ ecb.sps36~0245ed80c7.en.pdf?bd73411fbe b0a33928ce4c5ef2c5e872 7 The Household Finance and Consumption Survey Wave 2017 Statistical tables, March 2020, p. 5. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/pdf/resea rch/hfcn/HFCS_Statistical_Tables_Wave_ 2017.pdf?656f4e10de45c91c3c882840e91 74eac

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas there is great inequality both within and between Member States and ~~the gap between rich and poor is widening~~poverty, social exclusion and inequalities are deepening also due to several factors including the coronavirus pandemic; whereas, while net wealth per household in the Eurogroup countries fell for the bottom 20%, it increased relatively sharply for the top 20%6 , and the bottom 20% of households had net debt averaging EUR 4 500, while the top 10% had net assets of EUR 1 189 7007 ; __________________ 6The Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Results from the 2017 wave, ECB Statistics Paper Series No 36, March 2020, p. 25. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpsps/ ecb.sps36~0245ed80c7.en.pdf?bd73411fbe b0a33928ce4c5ef2c5e872 7 The Household Finance and Consumption Survey Wave 2017 Statistical tables, March 2020, p. 5. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/pdf/resea rch/hfcn/HFCS_Statistical_Tables_Wave_ 2017.pdf?656f4e10de45c91c3c882840e91 74eac

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas there is great inequality both within and between Member States ~~and~~, whereas imbalances are becoming increasingly pronounced, with some areas suffering dramatic economic decline which convergence policies are unable to remedy, and whereas the gap between rich and poor is widening; whereas while net wealth per household in the Eurogroup countries has fallen for the lowest 20 %, it has increased relatively sharply for the top 20 %6 and the bottom 20% of households had net debt averaging EUR 4 500, while the richest 10 % had net assets of EUR 1 189 7007; __________________ 6The Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Results from the 2017 wave, ECB Statistics Paper Series n° 36, mars 2020, p. 25. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpsps/ ecb.sps36~0245ed80c7.en.pdf?bd73411fbe b0a33928ce4c5ef2c5e872 7 The Household Finance and Consumption Survey Wave 2017 Statistical tables, mars 2020, p. 5. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/pdf/resea rch/hfcn/HFCS_Statistical_Tables_Wave_ 2017.pdf?656f4e10de45c91c3c882840e91 74eac

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas there is great inequality both within and between Member States and the gap in net wealth between rich and poor is widening; whereas, while net wealth per household in the Eurogroup countries fell for the bottom 20% in 2017, it increased relatively sharply for the top 20%6 , and the bottom 20% of households had net debt averaging EUR 4 500, while the top 10% had net assets of EUR 1 189 7007; __________________ 6The Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Results from the 2017 wave, ECB Statistics Paper Series No 36, March 2020, p. 25. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpsps/ ecb.sps36~0245ed80c7.en.pdf?bd73411fbe b0a33928ce4c5ef2c5e872 7 The Household Finance and Consumption Survey Wave 2017 Statistical tables, March 2020, p. 5. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/pdf/resea rch/hfcn/HFCS_Statistical_Tables_Wave_ 2017.pdf?656f4e10de45c91c3c882840e91 74eac

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the number of people at risk of poverty in the EU27 fell by 8.575 million people between 2008 and 2018;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas poverty should mainly be viewed in absolute, rather than relative, terms;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9

— – having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and, in particular, principles 5 and 6,

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas ~~low wages and, increasingly, wage differentiation are deepening inequality; whereas increasing productivity without corresponding wage increases also exacerbates economic disparities within and~~there is a pay gap, the issue of salary equalisation with regard to productivity should be addressed in connection with the fight against social exclusion, fostering a high level of education, training and health protection as factors prior to seeking the necessary economic balance between the Member States;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas ~~low wages and, increasingly, wage differentiation are deepening inequality~~differences are widening between those with highest wages and the rest; whereas some wage differentiation is an important incentive for the personal economy as well as the economy as a whole; whereas increasing productivity without corresponding wage increases in some Member States also exacerbates economic disparities within and between Member States; whereas decreasing productivity within EU is a real concern, especially for unemployed;

Amendment 32 #

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Radka MAXOVÁ, Irena JOVEVA, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas ~~low wages and, increasingly, wage differentiation are deepening inequality~~the factors contributing to the increase of inequality are very complex and interlinked, among which inequality in wages, technological changes, policy and regulatory reforms; whereas increasing productivity without corresponding wage increases also ~~exacerbates~~may lead to economic disparities within and between Member States;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas low wages and, increasingly, wage differentiation are deepening inequality in net wealth; whereas increasing productivity without corresponding wage increases also exacerbates economic disparities within and between Member States;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas there is enormous variety of minimum wage practices across the EU and considerable gaps in terms of coverage and adequacy to ensure decent living;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the risk of the phenomenon of income exclusion among workers accelerating particularly affects not only low-skilled people, but also graduates (including of universities) entering the labour market; whereas the income gap between the highest and lowest earners is set to widen;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas income distribution spread measured against purchasing power (pps - purchasing power standard) is broad both within and between Member States; whereas median equivalised disposable income in the EU-27 in 2018 was 16 938 pps, varying from less than half the EU-27 figure in Romania (6 241 pps) to nearly double in Luxembourg (31 995 pps); whereas there is a clear geographical divide in that in the Nordic and western Member States, and in Austria and Italy, median equivalised disposable income was above the EU-27 level, while in all the Member States which joined the EU after 2004 (except for Cyprus and Malta), as well as in three southern Member States (Greece, Spain and Portugal), it was below1a; __________________ 1ahttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Quality_of_life _indicators_- _material_living_conditions&oldid=48267 3#Income

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas minimum pay levels in the Member States differ substantially, ranging from EUR 312 to EUR 21426a; whereas the percentage of those on minimum pay varies considerably between Member States; whereas, even if the minimum pay gap between countries is narrowed once price differences are factored in, purchasing power disparities remain wide6b; __________________ 6a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Minimum_wage_stat istics 6b https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Minimum_wage_stat istics#Minimum_wages_expressed_in_pur chasing_power_standards

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas one in six workers in the EU earns a low wage, consisting in a wage lower than two-thirds of the national median wage and this share is constantly rising; whereas low wages have not kept up with other wages in many Member States, thus worsening income inequalities and in-work poverty as well as deteriorating the capacity of low-wage earners to cope with economic difficulties;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas workers affected by in- work poverty often work in jobs with high risk, unacceptable working conditions and occupational health and safety risks; whereas bad working conditions can cause permanent injuries and illnesses that affect the future ability to work and earn an income1a; __________________ 1a Eurofound (2017), In-work poverty in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation2a,, __________________ 2a OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p. 16.

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas the downturn in the labour market during the previous crisis created a dramatic increase in the number of involuntary part-time workers who are most likely to work in basic or lower-level service occupations and sectors at very high risk of in-work poverty;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas ~~women~~ in EU-27 ~~earn 15 % less than men on average8~~ any comparison between the pay of women and men should take account of equality criteria, based on an objective meritocracy, in relation to the social situation and the sectors specific to the economy of each Member State; __________________ 8 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/he adlines/society/20200227STO73519/gende r-pay-gap-in-europe-facts-and-figures- infographic

Amendment 42 #

Cindy FRANSSEN, Romana TOMC, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Dennis RADTKE

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15% less than men on average8, 9.38% when adjusted for different causes9a; whereas the gender pay gap is generally much lower for new labour market entrants; __________________ 8 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/he adlines/society/20200227STO73519/gende r-pay-gap-in-europe-facts-and-figures- infographic 9a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/ai d_development_cooperation_fundamental _rights/report-gender-pay-gap-eu- countries_october2018_en_0.pdf

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15% less than men on average8; whereas the ramifications of the gender pay gap include a 37 % gender gap in pension income, a situation that will persist for decades to come, and that creates an unequal level of economic independence between women and men; __________________ 8 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/he adlines/society/20200227STO73519/gende r-pay-gap-in-europe-facts-and-figures- infographic

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15% less than men on average8; whereas the average gender employment gap stands at 11,5% with women more affected by flexible work forms, atypical and flexible contracts (part-time work, temporary work); __________________ 8 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/he adlines/society/20200227STO73519/gende r-pay-gap-in-europe-facts-and-figures- infographic

Amendment 45 #

Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Ilana CICUREL, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15 % less than men on average8; whereas, in 2017, the risk of poverty and social exclusion was 23.3% for women, greater than for men, for whom the risk was 21.6%8a; __________________ 8 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/he adlines/society/20200227STO73519/gende r-pay-gap-in-europe-facts-and-figures- infographic 8a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/-/EDN-20181017- 1?inheritRedirect=true

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15% less than men on average8; whereas female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by the lack of fair valuation of work typically carried out by women, the impact of career breaks on promotion and pension advancement, and unequal sharing of unpaid caring responsibilities and domestic work; __________________ 8 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/he adlines/society/20200227STO73519/gende r-pay-gap-in-europe-facts-and-figures- infographic

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15% less than men on average8 ~~; __________________ 8~~ ; whereas single women typically face an increased risk of in-work-poverty compared to single men1b; __________________ 1bPena-Casas, R. and Ghailani, D. (2011), ‘Towards individualizing gender in-work poverty risks’, in Fraser, N., Gutierrez, R. and Pena-Casas, R. (eds.), Working poverty in Europe: A comparative approach, Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 202–231 8 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/he adlines/society/20200227STO73519/gende r-pay-gap-in-europe-facts-and-figures- infographic

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas women in EU-27 earn 15% less than men on average8 and whereas they face the greatest job insecurity; __________________ 8 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/he adlines/society/20200227STO73519/gende r-pay-gap-in-europe-facts-and-figures- infographic

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas principle 6 of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) establishes that in-work poverty must be prevented and that adequate minimum wages must be ensured, in a way that provide for the satisfaction of the needs of the workers and their families in the light of national economic and social conditions, whilst safeguarding access to employment and incentives to seek work; whereas under the EPSR, where a principle refers to workers, it concerns all persons in employment, regardless of their employment status, modality and duration;

Amendment 5 #

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)

- having regard to Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin,

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the number of people who are at risk of poverty or social exclusion continues to steadily decline to below pre- crisis levels, helped in particular, by improved labour market conditions and decreases in severe material deprivation and the share of people living in households with very low work intensity;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas there are numerous economic and social consequences of the existence of the ‘precariat’, such as the collapse of fertility, emigration, the spread of the economically dictated model of young people living with their parents, or stress resulting from a precarious existence, the rise in which significantly increases the risk of numerous diseases, crimes and social problems;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas women’s employment is considerably higher in the service sector than in industry, with women being mostly employed in the health and social sector and in retail, manufacturing, education and business activities with an increasing concentration of women working part-time and in casual jobs;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas, in times of economic recession, people living in poverty or at risk of poverty are in a weaker position on the labour market;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the scarcity of affordable housing is turning into the biggest driver of inequalities in many Member States;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the spread of the ‘precariat’ may be associated with a fall in work efficiency due to the associated short-term prospects of an individual's activity and lower loyalty to the employer, as well as low wages, and as a consequence may lead to an increase in the budget deficit due to a fall in revenues going to the pension system and public healthcare, as well as to a simultaneous increase in expenditure related to the implementation of social policy;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas care responsibilities are still unevenly distributed in the EU with an overweight of women as primary care- givers in families; whereas limited access to childcare and elderly care facilities results in periods of absence from the labour market and thus in lower pay and in pension gaps; whereas only 4 in 10 children are in formal types of day care facilities1c; __________________ 1c https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2 995521/8681785/3-20022018-AP- EN.pdf/59fcfaa7-0c72-48a6-8603- 899b5b730773

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas austerity measures increased in-work poverty, multiplied the precarious forms of work, undermined the full enjoyment of workers’ rights and imposed cuts to the funding of the social and healthcare systems;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas young people struggle to find quality and stable jobs with permanent contracts and often experience periods of long-term unemployment; whereas many member states allow employers to pay a lower salary which discriminates based on the employee’s lower age; whereas young people often work in unpaid internships with no job prospects;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas social protection systems are underfunded in many EU Member States and are affected by serious problems of coverage as well as inadequate levels of benefits and income transfers, resulting in a very low impact on poverty and socio-economic inequalities reduction;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

- having regard to Ursula von der Leyen’s political guidelines,

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)

Cd. whereas persons with disabilities are often held back from taking up employment due to the risk of losing social benefits for a certain period of time; whereas persons with disabilities often need flexible and part-time work;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)

Ce. whereas the employment rate of people with disabilities was 50.6 % in 2017 while the total employment rate was 74.8 %1d; whereas persons with disabilities have a significantly lower participation rate on the labour market placing them at higher risk of in-work poverty; __________________ 1d https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/ headlines/society/20200604STO80506/par liament-calls-for-a-new-ambitious-eu- disability-strategy

Amendment 62 #

Cindy FRANSSEN, Romana TOMC, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Dennis RADTKE, Radan KANEV, Loucas FOURLAS, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Maria WALSH

Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)

Cf. whereas research8a shows that the amount a household receives from a minimum wage tends to be sufficient to protect a single adult against the risk of poverty, but it is often not sufficient to support more than one person; __________________ 8aEurofound (2020), Minimum wages in 2020: Annual review. https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/report/2020/minimum-wages-in- 2020-annual-review

Amendment 63 #

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU ~~has clearly missed its~~poverty statistics show large differences between the Member States in meeting the target to reduce poverty and social exclusion by 2020, with some countries moving towards the target, while others have moved away from it; whereas 8.2 million people were lifted out of the risk of poverty or social exclusion compared to the 2008 baseline which is a good progress but still far from the EU target of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million by 20209; __________________ 9Francesca Pepé and Gaia Teresa Sartori Pallotta, Fostering access to services to support people to move out of poverty, Report on poverty and inequalities in Europe, Brussels, November 2019, p. 7 and p. 13 et seq., and COM (2010) 2020 final, 3.3.2010.

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU has ~~clearly miss~~not attained its target of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million by 20209; __________________ 9Francesca Pepé and Gaia Teresa Sartori Pallotta, Fostering access to services to support people to move out of poverty, Report on poverty and inequalities in Europe, Brussels, November 2019, p. 7 and p. 13 et seq., and COM (2010) 2020 final, 3.3.2010.

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU has ~~clearly miss~~not reached its target of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million by 20209 ; __________________ 9Francesca Pepé and Gaia Teresa Sartori Pallotta, Fostering access to services to support people to move out of poverty, Report on poverty and inequalities in Europe, Brussels, November 2019, p. 7 and p. 13 et seq., and COM (2010) 2020 final, 3.3.2010.

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU has ~~clearly~~ missed its target of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million by 20209; __________________ 9Francesca Pepé and Gaia Teresa Sartori Pallotta, Fostering access to services to support people to move out of poverty, Report on poverty and inequalities in Europe, Brussels, November 2019, p. 7 and p. 13 et seq., and COM (2010) 2020 final, 3.3.2010.

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU has clearly missed its target of reducing the absolute number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million by 20209 compared to 2008; __________________ 9Francesca Pepé and Gaia Teresa Sartori Pallotta, Fostering access to services to support people to move out of poverty, Report on poverty and inequalities in Europe, Brussels, November 2019, p. 7 and p. 13 et seq., and COM (2010) 2020 final, 3.3.2010.

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU has clearly missed its target set by the Europe 2020 Strategy of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million by 20209 ; __________________ 9Francesca Pepé and Gaia Teresa Sartori Pallotta, Fostering access to services to support people to move out of poverty, Report on poverty and inequalities in Europe, Brussels, November 2019, p. 7 and p. 13 et seq., and COM (2010) 2020 final, 3.3.2010.

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas 95 million people (21.7%) are affected by or at risk of poverty or social exclusion, which means that the economic survival and place in society of one in five people in the world's third largest economic area (EU-27) are at risk10; __________________ 10 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/29 95521/10163468/3-16102019-CP- EN.pdf/edc3178f-ae3e-9973-f147- b839ee522578

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)

- having regard to the Commission’s adjusted work programme for 2020,

Amendment 70 #

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas 95 million people (21.7%) are affected by poverty or social exclusion, which means that the economic survival and ~~place in society~~wellbeing of one in five people in the world's third largest economic area (EU- 27) are at risk10 ; __________________ 10 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/29 95521/10163468/3-16102019-CP- EN.pdf/edc3178f-ae3e-9973-f147- b839ee522578

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas 95 million people (21.7%) are affected by poverty or social exclusion, which means that the decent economic survival and place in society of one in five people in the world's third largest economic area (EU-27) are at risk10 ; __________________ 10 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/29 95521/10163468/3-16102019-CP- EN.pdf/edc3178f-ae3e-9973-f147- b839ee522578

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas 95 million people (21.7%) are affected by poverty or social exclusion, which means that the economic survival and place in society of one in five people in the world's third largest economic area (EU-27) are at risk10 ; whereas 85.3 million people (16.9%) are affected by poverty or social exclusion after social transfers; __________________ 10 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/29 95521/10163468/3-16102019-CP- EN.pdf/edc3178f-ae3e-9973-f147- b839ee522578

Amendment 73 #

Marianne VIND, Manuel PIZARRO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Brando BENIFEI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Heléne FRITZON, Johan DANIELSSON

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas in 2017, 36.0 % of the EU population aged 16 or more who had severe activity limitations were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, compared with 26.3 % with some activity limitations and 19.9 % of those with no activity limitations; whereas, despite large country differences, the risk-of-poverty-and- social-exclusion rate among people with activity limitations was higher compared to the overall population in all Member States; whereas the integration of people with disabilities into the labour market has proven to be especially difficult in the wake of the financial crisis 1; 1 Europe 2020 indicators - poverty and social exclusion, Statistics Explained (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statisticsexp lained/), 11/06/2020, p. 6

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas workers affected by in- work poverty face significantly more social problems than the population as a whole; whereas in-work poverty is associated with lower levels of subjective and mental well-being, problems with accommodation, as well as poorer relationships with other people and feelings of social exclusion1f; __________________ 1f Eurofound (2017), In-work poverty in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas overall part-timers, and in particular involuntary part-timers, have a higher poverty risk when combining different risk factors, including a low wage, unstable jobs, being single earners and having dependent household members1g; __________________ 1g Eurofound (2017), In-work poverty in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas 6.1% of the population of EU-28 were suaffe~~ring from~~cted by / living in severe material deprivation in 201811 ; __________________ 11 Severe material deprivation: inability to afford less than 4 out of 11: mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, hire purchase instalments or other loan payments, one week annual holidays, meals involving meat/fish/protein every second day, unexpected financial expenses, a telephone (including mobile), a colour TV, a washing machine, a car, heating; (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Quality_of_life_indic ators_- _material_living_conditions#General_over view)

Amendment 77 #

Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Ilana CICUREL, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas 6,1 % of the population of EU-28 were suffering from severe material deprivation in 201811; and whereas the increasing presence in Europe of millions of illegal immigrants is exacerbating the problem; whereas, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, there are between 3.9 and 4.8 million unauthorised immigrants living in Europe; __________________ 11 Severe material deprivation: inability to afford less than 4 out of 11: mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, hire purchase instalments or other loan payments, one week annual holidays, meals involving meat/fish/protein every second day, unexpected financial expenses, a telephone (including mobile), a colour TV, a washing machine, a car, heating; (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Quality_of_life_indic ators_- _material_living_conditions#General_over view)

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas 6.1% of the population of EU-28 were suffering from severe material deprivation in 201811 ; whereas energy poverty is a widespread problem across Europe, as between 50 and 125 million people are unable to afford proper indoor thermal comfort11a; whereas 11% of the European households have no internet access11b; __________________ 11 Severe material deprivation: inability to afford less than 4 out of 11: mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, hire purchase instalments or other loan payments, one week annual holidays, meals involving meat/fish/protein every second day, unexpected financial expenses, a telephone (including mobile), a colour TV, a washing machine, a car, heating; (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Quality_of_life_indic ators_- _material_living_conditions#General_over view) 11a https://ec.europa.eu/energy/content/introd uction-5_en 11bhttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Digital_economy_an d_society_statistics_- _households_and_individuals

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas 6.1% of the population of EU-28 were suffering from severe material deprivation in 201811; whereas this share is likely to increase significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic; __________________ 11Severe material deprivation: inability to afford less than 4 out of 11: mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, hire purchase instalments or other loan payments, one week annual holidays, meals involving meat/fish/protein every second day, unexpected financial expenses, a telephone (including mobile), a colour TV, a washing machine, a car, heating; (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Quality_of_life_indic ators_- _material_living_conditions#General_over view)

Amendment 8 #

Radan KANEV, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

- having regard to the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies,

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas 6.1% of the population of EU-28 were suffering from severe material deprivation in 201811 and extreme poverty exists in numerous regions and communities; __________________ 11 Severe material deprivation: inability to afford less than 4 out of 11: mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, hire purchase instalments or other loan payments, one week annual holidays, meals involving meat/fish/protein every second day, unexpected financial expenses, a telephone (including mobile), a colour TV, a washing machine, a car, heating; (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Quality_of_life_indic ators_- _material_living_conditions#General_over view)

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas 6.1% of the population of EU-28 were suffering from severe material deprivation in 201811 ; whereas this problem is the most pressing; __________________ 11 Severe material deprivation: inability to afford less than 4 out of 11: mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, hire purchase instalments or other loan payments, one week annual holidays, meals involving meat/fish/protein every second day, unexpected financial expenses, a telephone (including mobile), a colour TV, a washing machine, a car, heating; (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Quality_of_life_indic ators_- _material_living_conditions#General_over view)

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas material poverty is not the only poverty affecting European citizens;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas the level of wage is an important factor explaining the risk of poverty; whereas however, relevant other factors also come into play - specific household features, the institutional framework, and other policies such as housing and childcare;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas family poverty is indecreasing:10a: still, every fourth child under the age of 18 is at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas single parents (34.2%) and large families are particularly affected12 ~~; __________________~~ , down 3.1 percentage points since 201011a; __________________ 10a http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/sh ow.do?dataset=ilc_li03〈=en 11a http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/sh ow.do?dataset=ilc_li03〈=en 12https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Quality_of_life_indic ators_- _material_living_conditions#General_over view

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas family poverty is inonly decreasing slowly: every fourth child under the age of 18 is at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas single parents (34.2%) and large families are particularly affected12 ; __________________ 12https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Quality_of_life_indic ators_- _material_living_conditions#General_over view

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas family poverty is increasing: every fourth child under the age of 18 is at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas single p~~arents (34,2 %)~~eople who have children in their care and large families are particularly affected12; __________________ 12https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Quality_of_life_indic ators_- _material_living_conditions#General_over view

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas family poverty is increasing: every fourth child under the age of 18 is at risk of poverty or social exclusion and thus trapped in an intergenerational cycle of disadvantage; whereas single parents (34.2%) and large families are particularly affected12 ; __________________ 12https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Quality_of_life_indic ators_- _material_living_conditions#General_over view

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas family poverty is increasing: every fourth child under the age of 18 is at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas single parents (34.2%) and large families are particularly affected12 ; whereas families with a child or other relatives with disabilities are at a particular risk of poverty; __________________ 12https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Quality_of_life_indic ators_- _material_living_conditions#General_over view

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the family is an agent of child poverty, social exclusion and extreme poverty;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 15 June 2020 on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-194a crisis, __________________ 4a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0176.

Amendment 90 #

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas rents are constantly rising and people on or below the poverty line have to spend 38% of their disposable income on accommodation, and in some Member States this rate is as much as 50- 90%13; __________________ in the majority of the Member States rents are constantly rising and housing cost burdens vary considerably across the income distribution; whereas in the EU, low- income tenant households face median housing costs between 20 to 45% of disposable income; whereas in 2018, 9.6 % of the EU-27 population lived in households that spent 40 % or more of their equivalised disposable income on housing2a; __________________ 2ahttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Housing_statistics#H ousing_affordability 13 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi163/default/table?lang=en

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas rents are constantly rising and people on or below the poverty line have to spend approximately 38 % of their disposable income on accommodation, and in some Member States this rate ismay be as much as 50- 90 %~~13;~~ __________________ 13 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi163/default/table?lang=en

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas rents are constantly rising, generally nominally, and people on or below the poverty line have to spend 38% of their disposable income on accommodation, and in some Member States this rate is as much as 50- 90%13 ; __________________ 13 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi163/default/table?lang=en

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas rents are constantly rising and people on or below the poverty line have to spend 38% of their disposable income on accommodation, and in some Member States this rate is as much as 50- 90 %13, as is the case in Denmark (68.7%), Germany (49.5%) and Greece (90.7%); __________________ 13 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi163/default/table?lang=en

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas homelessness is increasing ~~everywhere, with the exception of Finland~~throughout Europe, and around 700 000 people are homeless14; __________________ 14 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/ag enda/briefing/2020-01-13/11/housing- urgent-action-needed-to-address- homelessness-in-europe

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas homelessness is increasing ~~everywhere~~in the EU, with the exception of Finland, and around 700 000 people awere homeless14 in 2019; __________________ 14 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/ag enda/briefing/2020-01-13/11/housing- urgent-action-needed-to-address- homelessness-in-europe

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas homelessness is increasing everywhere, with the exception of Finland, and around 700 000 people awere homeless14 in 2019 according to estimates; __________________ 14 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/ag enda/briefing/2020-01-13/11/housing- urgent-action-needed-to-address- homelessness-in-europe

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas homelessness is increasing everywhere, with the exception of Finland, and around 700 000 people are homeless each night in the EU, 70% more than a decade ago14; __________________ 14 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/ag enda/briefing/2020-01-13/11/housing- urgent-action-needed-to-address- homelessness-in-europe

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas 28.7% of persons with disabilities are at risk of poverty and social exclusion in the EU; whereas 29.5% of women with disabilities are at risk of poverty and social exclusion in the EU compared to 27.5% of men with disabilities5a; whereas persons with disabilities are more likely to face in-work poverty than those without disabilities (11% versus 9.1% on average in the EU)5b; __________________ 5a https://mcusercontent.com/865a5bbea108 6c57a41cc876d/files/ad60807b-a923- 4a7e-ac84- 559c4a5212a8/EDF_HR_Report_final_ta gged_interactive_v2_accessible.pdf 5bhttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/pdfscache/34425.pdf

Amendment 99 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas, in 2017, the percentage of young people aged 18-24 who, although in employment, were at risk of poverty in the European Union was estimated at 11% and as much as 28.2% in Romania13a; __________________ 13a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/-/DDN-20190122- 1?inheritRedirect=true

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Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 182 #

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Reminds the Commission and the Member States t~~o achieve the goal of comparable living conditions through upward convergence and to counter the increasing inequality and de- solidarisation within and between Member States~~hat preventing in-work poverty must be part of the overall goal to reduce poverty in the EU; stresses the need to tackle in-work poverty through upward social and economic convergence and through appropriate and dedicated measures, such as ~~the strengthening of collective systems and a coordinated approach to minimum security systems for all age groups, a minimum income, minimum wages and minimum pensions;~~ fostering equal opportunities in education and training from early ages, ensuring access to affordable and quality services including childcare, promoting gender equality, addressing regional disparities, ensuring robust social protection systems and supporting social dialogue;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Reminds the Commission and the Member States to achieve the goal of comparable living conditions through upward convergence and to counter the increasing inequality and de-solidarisation within and between Member States through appropriate measures, such as ~~the strengthening of collective systems and a coordinated approach to minimum security systems for all age groups, a minimum income, minimum wages and minimum pension~~closing the gender pay gap and gender pension gap including by an appropriate financial benefit for the childcare provided during maternity and parental leave as well as by a just and adequate translation of the value of the contribution of raising children during these periods into the pension schemes, by providing an appropriate social security systems for all age groups, providing quality care systems for children and dependant relatives or providing a system of fair wages;

Amendment 184 #

Nicolaus FEST, Guido REIL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Reminds~~Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ~~achieve the goal of comparable~~create decent living conditions through upward convergence and to counter the increasing inequality ~~and de-solidarisation~~ within and between Member States through appropriate measures, such as the strengthening of collective systems ~~and a coordinated approach to minimum security systems for all age groups, a minimum income, minimum wages and minimum pensions~~;

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Reminds the Commission and the Member States to achieve the goal of comparable living conditions through upward convergence and to counter the increasing inequality and de- solidarisation within and between Member States through appropriate measures, such as the strengthening of collective sysStresses that the Member States are solely responsible for implementing policies to improve standards of living and to counter inequality within their nation; believes that the Commission should refrain from further interference into the social affairs of Member Statems and ~~a coord~~should inastead ~~approach to minimum security systems for all age groups, a minimum income, minimum wages and minimum pens~~focus its priorities towards improving the flawed common market without relentlessly pursuing further harmonisations;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Reminds the Commission and the Member States to achieve the goal of comparable living conditions through upward convergence and to counter the increasing inequality and de-solidarisation within and between Member States through appropriate measures, such as the strengthening of collective systems and a coordinated approach to minimum security systems for all age groups~~, a minimum income, minimum wages and minimum pensions~~; stresses that these objectives can be achieved through the establishment of instruments such as a national minimum income, minimum wages and minimum pensions, in accordance with the competences and laws of each Member State;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 188 #

Marianne VIND, Manuel PIZARRO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Heléne FRITZON, Johan DANIELSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 190 #

Elisabetta GUALMINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 191 #

Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Brando BENIFEI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Gabriele BISCHOFF

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Reminds the Commission and the Member States to achieve the goal of comparable living conditions particularly through upward social convergence and to counter the increasing inequality and de- solidarisation within and between Member States through appropriate measures, such as the strengthening of collective systems and a coordinated approach to minimum security systems for all age groups, a minimum income, minimum wages and minimum pensions;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 194 #

Cindy FRANSSEN, Romana TOMC, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Dennis RADTKE, Radan KANEV, Loucas FOURLAS, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, José Manuel FERNANDES, Maria WALSH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that in-work poverty needs to be addressed at its root causes, such as but not limited to education and training; calls on the Commission to urge Member States to invest in qualitative education and training, to share good practices and to have specific attention for life-long learning;

Amendment 195 #

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that the digital transformation and the growing number of high-skilled professions require targeted investment in lifelong learning to help people adapt to the changes or move into better-paid jobs which will reduce in- work poverty in the EU in the long term; calls on the Commission and the Member States to offer coherent and comprehensive support for building up the needed digital skills ensuring fast and successful digital transformation;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers that a legislative framework with a view to regulating telework conditions across the EU is necessary to ensure decent working and employment conditions in the digital economy, thereby contributing to reducing inequalities and addressing the issue of in-work poverty;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is convinced that the axiom that ‘work is the best remedy for poverty’ no longer applies today in the face of low- wage sectors, atypical and precarious working conditions and the dismantling of social security systems and that a poverty- free life can only be secured by effective collective agreements and minimum wage systemswork dignifies man and gives him his own scope for self- fulfilment and personal development, and that in the current crisis, priority should be given to promoting a labour market where creating decent jobs ought to be the Member States’ top priority;

Amendment 200 #

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is convinced that ~~the axiom that ‘work is the best remedy for poverty’ no longer app~~a focus on employment and wages alone is not sufficient to address the issue of in-work for poverty; believes today in the face of low- wage sectors, atypical and precarious working conditions and the dismantling of social security systems and that a poverty- free life can only be secured by effective collective agreementhat a holistic approach combining both direct and indirect measures targeted towards household as well as aind ~~minimum wage systems~~ividual incomes should be fostered;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is convinced that the axiom that ‘work is the best remedy for poverty’ ~~no longer applies today in the face of low- wage sectors,~~must remain a key part of policies with a view to ensuring that everyone lives a decent life, including people working in sectors in which wages continue to be low, and people employed under atypical and precarious working conditions ~~and~~. Owing to the dismantling of social security systems ~~and that~~, market laws shaped by unfair competition and free trade, a poverty- free life can only be secured by effective collective agreements and minimum wage systems, but above all by market protection policies that prevent social dumping, which is seriously undermining many European economic sectors;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is convinced that the axiom that ‘work is the best remedy for poverty’ no longer applies today in the face of low- wage sectors, atypical and precarious working conditions and ~~the dismantling of social security systems and~~ that a poverty- free life ~~can only be secured by effectiv~~must become a political priority with the intense effort to find appropriate csol~~lective agreements and minimum wage systems~~utions to this complex phenomenon;

Amendment 204 #

Cindy FRANSSEN, Romana TOMC, Dennis RADTKE, Radan KANEV, Loucas FOURLAS, Maria WALSH, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 205 #

Marianne VIND, Manuel PIZARRO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Heléne FRITZON, Johan DANIELSSON, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is convinced that the axiom that ‘work is the best remedy for poverty’ ~~no longer applies~~is to a lesser extent applicable today in the face of low- wage sectors, atypical and precarious working conditions and the dismantling of social security systems and that a poverty- free life can only be secured by effective collective agreements and minimum wage systems;

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is convinced that the axiom that ‘work is the best remedy for poverty’ no longer applies today in many cases in the face of low- wage sectors, atypical and precarious working conditions and the dismantling of social security systems and that a poverty- free life can only be secured by effective collective agreements and minimum wage systems;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. points out that growth is essential to tackling precariousness and poverty; is convinced that entrepreneurship needs to be fostered, including among women and young people; points out that small and medium-sized enterprises, which create jobs and wealth and are the backbone of the European economy, must be supported; points out that they bring vitality to territories and contribute to innovation and the construction of a competitive, diversified and sustainable labour market; stresses that EU legislation must benefit businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises;

Amendment 210 #

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Underlines that high quality education, including vocational education and training, is essential for the reduction of inequalities, improving the employability and adaptability of the workers and facilitating their successful transition into employment; calls on the Member States to guarantee equal access to inclusive education and training and to strength their efforts to reduce early school leaving;

Amendment 211 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Brando BENIFEI, Elisabetta GUALMINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that those in precarious or atypical employment are protected and covered by legislation requiring decent working conditions and adequate social protection; calls on the Commission and the Member States, to limit precarious and atypical employment in sectors where this is possible and beneficial;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Believes that the availability of accessible and high-quality public services is essential for the reduction of inequalities and poverty levels; considers it essential to define ambitious minimum levels that guarantee full dignity through full access to health, education, housing, energy supply and social protection;

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to present an EU framework directive on minimum income as well as on national basic security systems;

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU framework for income benefit systems which protect against poverty;

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, on the basis of their obligations under the ILO Conventions, the revised European Social Charter and the European Pillar of Social Rights, to promote cpol~~lective bargaining, as well as the right to associate, negotiate and conclude collective agreements, and to respect and enforce the right to fair minimum wages~~icies that foster entrepreneurship and support business owners with a view to creating the decent jobs that all workers and self-employed persons deserve;

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, on the basis of their obligations under the ILO Conventions, the revised European Social Charter ~~and~~, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the SDGs, to promote collective bargaining, as well as the right to associate, negotiate and conclude collective agreements, and to respect and enforce the right to fair minimum wages; calls on Member States to safeguard that persons with disabilities are able to exercise their labour and trade union rights on an equal basis with others;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, on the basis of their obligations under the ILO Conventions, the revised European Social Charter and the European Pillar of Social Rights, to promote collective bargaining, as well as the right to associate, negotiate and conclude collective agreements, and to respect and enforce the right to fair ~~minimum~~ wages;

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, on the basis of their obligations under the ILO Conventions, the revised European Social Charter and the European Pillar of Social Rights, to promote collective bargaining, as well as the right to associate, negotiate and conclude collective agreements, and to respect and enforce the right to fair ~~minimum~~ wages;

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, on the basis of their obligations under the ILO Conventions, the revised European Social Charter and the European Pillar of Social Rights, to promote collective bargaining, and to remove national legislation which hampers collective bargaining as well as the right to associate, negotiate and conclude collective agreements, and to respect and enforce the right to fair ~~minimum wages~~remuneration, including through effective statutory minimum wages; where they exist;

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, on the basis of their obligations under the ILO Conventions, the revised European Social Charter and on the basis of their commitment to Action Plan of the European Pillar of Social Rights, to promote collective bargaining, as well as the right to associate, negotiate and conclude collective agreements, and to respect and enforce the right to fair minimum wages;

Amendment 221 #

Marianne VIND, Manuel PIZARRO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Heléne FRITZON, Johan DANIELSSON, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, on the basis of their obligations under the ILO Conventions, the revised European Social Charter and the European Pillar of Social Rights, to promote collective bargaining, as well as the right to associate, negotiate and conclude collective agreements at company level, and to respect and enforce the right to fair minimum wages when applicable;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, on the basis of their obligations under the ILO Conventions, the revised European Social Charter and the European Pillar of Social Rights, to promote collective bargaining, as well as the right to associate, negotiate and conclude collective agreements, and to respect and enforce the right to fair minimum wages where these are applicable;

Amendment 223 #

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Reiterates that one of the essential step towards reducing inequalities is eliminating the persistent gender-based wage gap; calls on Member States to continue their efforts to eliminate the gender pay gap by enforcing the principle of equal pay for equal work;

Amendment 224 #

Sylvie BRUNET, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Ilana CICUREL, Stéphane BIJOUX, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure equal participation and opportunities for men and women in the labour market and to introduce initiatives to promote women access to finance, female entrepreneurship and women’s financial independence;

Amendment 225 #

Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Irena JOVEVA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Sylvie BRUNET, Monica SEMEDO, Jana TOOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses that changes in technology and the structure of the economy are concentrating more economic activity and high-skilled jobs in metropolitan areas, which increases social and geographical inequalities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen investments in digital technology in the rural areas in order to enhance public services, improve their quality and efficiency and create new modes of service delivery for the remote and underserved regions, in order to address inequalities and create better job opportunities;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Reminds the Commission and the Member States of the need for a social progress protocol in the European Treaties that, in the event of conflicts between fundamental economic freedoms and collective social rights, accords priority to the latter;deleted

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 229 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Brando BENIFEI, Elisabetta GUALMINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Reminds the Commission and the Member States of the need for a social progress ~~protocol~~recommendations in the European Treaties with~~at,~~ in the ~~event of conflicts between fundamental economic freedoms and collective social rights, accords priority to the latter~~framework of the principle of subsidiarity, which is the principle which can be adapted most fairly to each Member State’s needs;

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Reminds the Commission and the Member States of the urgent need for a social progress protocol in the European Treaties that, in the event of conflicts between fundamental economic freedoms and ~~collective~~ social rights, wages and working conditions in collective agreements or national legislation, accords priority to the latter;

Amendment 231 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for an overarching European anti-poverty strategy, with ambitious targets for reducing poverty and ending extreme poverty in Europe by2030, in respect of the principles laid down in the European Pillar of Social Rights and taking into account the Sustainable Development Goals;

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that part-time workers and workers in non-standard types of work face difficulties such as exclusion from social benefits by the limited eligibility based on number of hours worked or employment status; calls on Member States to support part-time workers and workers in non-standard types of work with adequate social support such as reduced child care expenses and housing support to combat in-work- poverty;

Amendment 233 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make use of financial instruments such as the Youth Guarantee and European programmes in order to tackle youth unemployment, boost young people’s employability and encourage them to take up stable and non-precarious jobs;

Amendment 234 #

Marianne VIND, Manuel PIZARRO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Elisabetta GUALMINI, Brando BENIFEI, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Heléne FRITZON, Johan DANIELSSON, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Agnes JONGERIUS, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Reminds the Commission and the Member States of their obligation to fight discrimination in the field of employment and occupation10a, and to provide equal opportunities to all groups of society, including persons with disabilities 11a; __________________ 10aIn line with Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation 11a In line with UN CRPD, article 24.

Amendment 235 #

Elisabetta GUALMINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in active labour policies so as to render European workers and economies more resilient and to endow workers with valuable skills;

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to undertake real actions against tax avoidance and tax fraud, as an important means of reducing economic inequalities and improving the collection of tax revenues in the Member States;

Amendment 237 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to update its framework for the establishment and development of cooperatives and social economy enterprises, which by nature place a stronger emphasis on fair working conditions and empowerment of workers;

Amendment 238 #