2020/0030(NLE) Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Awaiting committee decision
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | EMPL |
GUSMÃO José ( GUE/NGL)
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ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš ( EPP),
DOBREV Klára ( S&D),
VEDRENNE Marie-Pierre ( Renew),
ŽDANOKA Tatjana ( Verts/ALE),
REIL Guido ( ID),
SZYDŁO Beata ( ECR)
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Lead committee dossier:
Events
2020/05/07
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2020/05/07
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2020/04/03
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2020/03/18
EP - GUSMÃO José (GUE/NGL) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2020/03/11
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2020/02/26
EC - Legislative proposal published
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PURPOSE: to adopt guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States, in conjunction with the broad guidelines of the economic policies of the Member States and of the Union.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council adopts the act after consulting the European Parliament but without being obliged to follow its opinion.
BACKGROUND: the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines and the Employment Policy Guidelines were adopted jointly for the first time in 2010 to support the Europe 2020 strategy.
The Integrated Guidelines remained stable until 2014, after which revised guidelines were adopted in 2015. In 2018, they were aligned with the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed in November 2017 by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, with the aim of stimulating a process of reform at national level and pointing the way towards renewed convergence in Europe. In 2019, they remained unchanged.
Alongside the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines, the Employment Guidelines are presented in the form of a Council Decision and serve as a basis for country-specific recommendations in the different areas concerned.
CONTENT: the Commission proposes to amend the Guidelines for the Employment Policies of the Member States in order to integrate the four dimensions of the Annual Strategy for Sustainable Growth (ASGS) and, in particular, the dimension of environmental sustainability, to reflect the vision of a strong social Europe for just transitions and to take into account the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The revised ‘Employment Guidelines’ are as follows:
Guideline 5: Boosting the demand for labour
- promote a sustainable social market economy and support investment in the creation of quality jobs (reducing barriers to employment, promoting responsible entrepreneurship and genuine self-employment, supporting the creation and growth of SMEs, including through access to finance);
- promoting the development of the social economy, stimulating social innovation and social enterprises and encouraging those innovative forms of work, which create quality employment opportunities and have positive social impacts at local level;
- ensure, in association with the social partners, that all workers have the right to adequate and fair pay through collective agreements or appropriate statutory minimum wages, taking into account their impact on competitiveness, job creation and working poverty;
- taxation should weigh less on labour and more on other sources to create more favourable conditions for employment and inclusive growth and be aligned with climate and environmental objectives.
Guideline 6: Enhancing labour supply and improving access to employment, skills and competences
- encouraging citizens to acquire knowledge, skills and competences throughout their lives, addressing structural weaknesses in education and training systems and increasing their relevance to labour market needs, also with a view to enabling environmental transition;
- equipping all learners with key competences, including basic skills, e-skills and transversal competences, in order to lay the foundations for their future adaptability;
- ensuring the transfer of training entitlements during career changes, including through individual learning accounts, and enabling individuals to anticipate and better adapt to labour market needs through continuous retraining and development to support fair and equitable transitions for all;
- promoting equal opportunities for all, including by ensuring access to quality early childhood education, raising overall educational attainment and reducing the number of early school leavers;
- increasing the number of graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics;
- improving the provision and use of flexible forms of continuing vocational education and training and helping low-skilled adults to maintain or develop their long-term employability;
- provide timely, effective, coordinated and individualised support to unemployed and inactive persons, based on job search assistance, training and retraining, and access to other support services;
- ensuring gender equality, increasing women's participation in the labour market and
Guideline 7: Enhancing the functioning of labour markets and the effectiveness of social dialogue
- reduce and prevent segmentation within labour markets, fight undeclared work and promote the transition to permanent forms of employment;
- avoiding employment relationships that make working conditions more precarious, including in the case of platform workers and combating the abuse of atypical contracts;
- make public employment services more effective by ensuring that they provide timely and personalised assistance to job seekers, support labour market demand and introduce results-based management;
- provide unemployed people with adequate unemployment benefits for a reasonable period of time. These benefits should not discourage a rapid return to employment and should be accompanied by active labour market policies.
Guideline 8: Promoting equal opportunities for all, fostering social inclusion and fighting poverty
- ensure equal treatment as regards employment, social protection, health and long-term care, education and access to goods and services, irrespective of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation;
- develop and integrate the three strands of active inclusion: adequate income support, inclusive labour markets and access to quality support services, responding to individual needs;
- ensuring the availability of affordable, accessible and quality services and the universal provision of essential services, including for children, specifically addressing homelessness, ensuring rapid access to affordable and good quality health and long-term care;
- ensure the adequacy and sustainability of pension systems for employed and self-employed workers, ensuring equal opportunities for women and men in the acquisition of pension rights.
Documents
Documents
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE650.650
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE650.691
- Committee draft report: PE648.625
- Legislative proposal published: COM(2020)0070
- Legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Committee draft report: PE648.625
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE650.650
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE650.691
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2020/0030(NLE)
2020/05/07
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209 amendments...
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 8 (8) Reforms to the labour market, including the national wage-setting mechanisms, should follow national practices of social dialogue and allow the necessary opportunity for a broad consideration of socioeconomic issues, including improvements in
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 8 (8) The principle of subsidiarity as defined in the Treaty on European Union should be upheld. Reforms to the labour market, including the national wage-setting mechanisms, should follow national
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 8 (8) Reforms to the labour market, including the national wage-setting mechanisms, should follow national practices of social dialogue and allow the necessary opportunity for a broad consideration of socioeconomic issues, including improvements in sustainability, competitiveness, innovation, job creation, inclusion of persons with disabilities and otherwise disadvantaged groups, lifelong learning and training policies, working conditions, education and skills, public health and inclusion and real incomes.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 9 (9) Member States and the Union should ensure that the crisis response and future transformations are fair and socially just, strengthening the drive towards a
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 9 (9) Member States and the Union should ensure that the transformations are fair and socially just, strengthening the drive towards an inclusive and resilient society in which people are protected and empowered to anticipate and manage change, and in which they can actively participate in society and the economy. Discrimination in all its forms should be tackled. Access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion (including that of children) should be reduced, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and of social protection systems and by removing barriers to education, training and labour-market participation, including through investments in early childhood education and care. Timely and equal access to affordable healthcare services, including prevention and health promotion are particularly relevant in a context of ageing societies. The potential of people with disabilities to contribute to economic growth and social development should be further realised. As new
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 9 (9) Member States and the Union should ensure that the transformations are fair and socially just, strengthening the drive towards an inclusive and resilient society in which people are protected and empowered to anticipate and manage change, and in which they can actively participate in society and the economy. Discrimination in all its forms should be tackled. Access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion (including that of children) should be reduced, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and of social protection systems and by removing barriers to education, training and labour-market participation, including through investments in early childhood education and care. Member States should ensure that cross-border mobility of learners and workers is adequately supported and that (administrative)barriers are removed in order to make it easier to take up employment in another Member State. Timely and equal access to affordable healthcare services, including prevention and health promotion are particularly relevant in a context of ageing societies. The potential
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 9 (9) Member States and the Union should ensure that the transformations are fair, balanced and socially just, strengthening the drive towards an inclusive and resilient society in which people are protected and empowered to anticipate and manage change, and in which they can actively participate in society and the economy. Discrimination in all its forms should be tackled and reconciliation of the needs of private and professional life should be respected and aimed by the Union and Member States’ policies. Access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion (including that of children) should be reduced, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and of social protection systems and by removing barriers to education, training and labour-market participation, including through investments in early childhood education and care. Timely and equal access to affordable healthcare
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 9 (9) Member States and the Union should ensure that the transformations are fair and socially just, strengthening the drive towards an inclusive and resilient society in which people are protected and empowered to anticipate and manage change, and in which they can actively participate in society and the economy. Discrimination in all its forms should be tackled. Access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion (including that of children and persons with disabilities) should be
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 9 (9) Member States and the Union should ensure that the transformations are fair and socially just, strengthening the drive towards an inclusive and resilient society in which people are protected and empowered to anticipate and manage change, and in which they can actively participate in society and the economy. Discrimination in all its forms should be tackled. Access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion (including that of children, persons with disabilities and other highly disadvantaged groups, including groups facing multiple forms of discrimination) should be reduced, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of inclusive labour markets and of social protection systems and by removing barriers to education, training and labour- market participation,
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 9 (9) Member States and the Union should ensure that the transformations are fair and socially just, strengthening the drive towards an inclusive and resilient society in which people are protected and empowered to anticipate and manage change, and in which they can actively participate in society and the economy. Discrimination in all its forms should be tackled. Access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion (including that of children, persons with disabilities and disadvantaged groups) should be reduced, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and of social protection systems and by removing barriers to education,
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 9 (9) Member States and the Union should ensure that the transformations are fair and socially just, strengthening the drive towards an inclusive and resilient society in which people are protected and empowered to anticipate and manage change, and in which they can actively participate in society and the economy. Discrimination in all its forms should be tackled. Access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion (including that of children) should be reduced, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and of social protection systems and by removing barriers to education, training and labour-market participation,
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 9 (9) Member States and the Union should ensure that the transformations are fair and socially just, strengthening the drive towards an inclusive and resilient society in which people are protected and empowered to anticipate and manage change, and in which they can actively participate in society and the economy. Discrimination in all its forms should be tackled. Access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion (including that of children and the elderly) should be reduced, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and of social protection systems and by removing barriers to education, training and labour- market participation, including through investments in early childhood education and care. Timely and equal access to affordable healthcare
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 9 (9) Member States and the Union should ensure that the transformations are fair and socially just, strengthening the drive towards an inclusive and resilient society in which people are protected and empowered to anticipate and manage change, and in which they can actively participate in society and the economy. Discrimination in all its forms should be tackled. Access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion (including that of children) should be reduced, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and of social protection systems and by removing barriers to education, training and labour-market participation, including through investments in early childhood education and care. Timely and equal access to affordable healthcare services, including prevention and health promotion are particularly relevant in a
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 10 Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 10 (10) The Integrated Guidelines should form the basis for country-specific recommendations that the Council may address to the Member States. Member States should make full use of the European Social Fund Plus and other Union funds, including the Just Transition Fund and InvestEU, to foster employment, social investments, social inclusion, accessibility, promote up- and reskilling opportunities of the workforce, lifelong learning and high quality education and training for all, including digital literacy and skills. In view of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of these funds should also play an important role in strengthening services, even when those services are provided by non-profit or charitable organisations. While the Integrated Guidelines are addressed to Member States and the Union, they should be implemented in partnership with all national, regional and local authorities, closely involving parliaments, as well as the social partners and representatives of civil society.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 10 (10) The Integrated Guidelines should form the basis for country-specific
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 10 (10) The Integrated Guidelines should form the basis for country-specific recommendations that the Council may address to the Member States. Member States should make full use of the European Social Fund Plus and other Union funds, including the Just Transition Fund and InvestEU, to foster
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 10 (10) The Integrated Guidelines should form the basis for country-specific recommendations that the Council may address to the Member States. Member States should make full use of the European Social Fund Plus and other Union funds, including the Just Transition Fund and InvestEU, to foster employment, social investments, social inclusion
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 10 (10) The Integrated Guidelines should form the basis for country-specific recommendations that the Council may address to the Member States. Member States should make full use of the European Social Fund Plus, the European Structural and Investment Funds and other Union funds, including the Just Transition Fund and InvestEU, to foster employment, social investments, social inclusion, accessibility, promote up- and reskilling opportunities of the workforce, lifelong learning and high quality education and training for all, including digital literacy and skills. While the Integrated Guidelines are addressed to Member States and the Union, they should be implemented in partnership with all national, regional and local authorities, closely involving parliaments, as well as the social partners and representatives of civil society.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 10 a (new) (10a) The economic and social crisis caused by COVID-19 has undermined European labour and job markets. It is having a major impact on all workers, the European economic fabric and the operations and financial situation of businesses. As a result of this crisis, all economic operators have been weakened: large enterprises, SMEs, VSEs and self- employed workers. Businesses are facing significant financial difficulties, leading to high risks of bankruptcy in all sectors, including agriculture, tourism, transport, etc. These difficulties have had an impact on all supply chains, imperilling millions of jobs across the EU. In this context, the number of unemployed people in Europe has drastically increased, putting a whole section of the workforce in a precarious situation. In this context, particular attention should be paid to the resilience of national unemployment insurance systems. The crisis is putting particular pressure on the principle of the free movement and mobility of cross-border workers, of whom there are 1.3 million in Europe. Measures to reinstate EU internal border controls have hindered mobility of cross-border workers, including many carers and seasonal workers who engage in agricultural work. These measures have had a negative impact on workers and the proper functioning of private and public bodies, paralysing part of the economy.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 10 a (new) (10a) In order to strengthen democratic decision-making, the European Parliament should be involved in defining the Integrated Guidelines on an equal footing with the Council.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 The Member States
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new) These employment guidelines shall be fully revised no later than one year after their adoption to better reflect the effects of the outbreak of COVID-19 to support a swift economic and social recovery and to better respond to future crises.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 a (new) Article 2a The Member States call on the Commission to present as soon as possible a new proposal for a decision on guidelines for employment policies that takes into account the COVID-19 crisis and its social and employment consequences.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 1 Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 1 Member States should actively promote a sustainable social market economy and facilitate and support investment in the creation of quality jobs. To this end, they should reduce the barriers that businesses face in hiring people, foster responsible entrepreneurship, including among women and young people, and genuine self- employment and, in particular, support the creation and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to finance. Representing the backbone of the European economy, SMEs need to be supported in the transition to a more digital and greener economy. When drawing up public policies, Member States must take account of the socio-economic effects of policies on SMEs. Member States should actively promote the development of the social economy, foster social innovation, social enterprises, and encourage those innovative forms of work, creating quality job opportunities, particularly in strategic sectors with strong potential for growth, and generating social benefits at local level.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 1 Member States should actively promote a sustainable social market economy and facilitate and support investment in the creation of quality jobs. To this end, they should reduce the barriers that businesses face in hiring people, foster responsible entrepreneurship and genuine self- employment and, in particular, support the creation and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to finance. Member States should actively promote the development of the social economy, foster social innovation, social enterprises, and encourage those innovative forms of work, creating quality job opportunities and generating social benefits at local level. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Member States should support the transformation of European enterprises towards ensuring self-sufficiency in protective equipment and medical devices, thus improving the European Union's resilience to public health crises.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 1 Member States should actively promote a sustainable social market economy and facilitate and support investment in the creation of quality jobs. To this end, they should
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 1 Member States should actively promote a
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 1 Member States should actively promote a sustainable social market economy and
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 1 Member States should actively promote a sustainable social market economy and facilitate and support investment in the creation of quality jobs. To this end, they should reduce the barriers that businesses face in retaining or hiring people, foster responsible entrepreneurship and genuine self-
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 1 In the context of the COVID-19 crisis, Member States should actively promote a sustainable social market economy and facilitate and support investment in the creation of quality jobs. To this end, they should reduce the barriers that businesses face in hiring people, foster responsible entrepreneurship and genuine self- employment and, in particular, support the creation and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to finance. Member States should actively promote the development of the social economy, foster social innovation, social enterprises, and encourage those innovative forms of work, creating quality job opportunities and generating social benefits at local level.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 1 a (new) The COVID-19 crisis is having, and will have, many social effects and effects on employment policy. In response to this unprecedented crisis, Member States should protect and develop the European labour market and work towards greater European solidarity by protecting the most vulnerable and leaving no one behind. Member States should work towards European coordination to protect European workers and businesses, particularly with the aid of a massive European recovery plan, with the possibility for the Member States to provide direct support to the sectors most affected. Member States should continue and strengthen the establishment of systems to support businesses in difficulty and those suffering from a lack of liquidity, in particular SMEs, as well as to support workers on short-time working schemes to guarantee not only jobs and wages but also working conditions. Support should be given to all workers, particularly those in the most insecure employment, who have been at the forefront of this crisis. Member States should encourage health authorities to introduce measures to address the difficult psychological conditions affecting many workers and reduce general anxiety and the negative impact of social isolation. Member States should provide workers with the best standards of health and safety at work. Member States should facilitate the use of teleworking while guaranteeing workers their working conditions. Member States should ensure the involvement of the social partners in the planning and implementation of such measures. Cross-border workers, who have been hit hard by border closures, must be guaranteed their rights and their jobs. Member States should make use of all the funds at their disposal, such as the European Social Fund and the Fund for European Aid to the Deprived, and should do so extensively to respond to the crisis. The aim must be to ensure safety at work, support for the most deprived and the recovery of economic activity. Member States should also increase their sustainable investment in many sectors such as health, education and the sectors of the future, such as the digital and green economy sectors. Member States should undertake to ensure that the recovery plan contributes to achieving the sustainable development goals, is consistent with the objectives set out by the Green Deal and contributes to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 1 a (new) Member States should actively promote full employment based on quality jobs in a sustainable economy, by making full use of the support under the ESF+ and, where relevant, other Union instruments such as the InvestEU and the Just Transition Fund. These measures should take into account the context of the COVID-19 crisis
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 2 The tax burden
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 2 The tax burden should be shifted away from labour to other sources in order to be more supportive to employment and inclusive sustainable growth and at the same time ensure the full align
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 2 The tax burden should be shifted away from labour to other sources more supportive to employment and inclusive growth and at the same time
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 2 The
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 2 The tax burden should be shifted away from labour to other sources more supportive to employment and inclusive growth and at the same time aligned with climate and environmental objectives, taking account of the redistributive effect of the tax system, while protecting revenue for adequate social protection and growth- enhancing expenditure. The indexation of pension incomes must be guaranteed in the Member States.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 2 The tax burden should be shifted away from labour to other sources more supportive to micro, small and medium- sized enterprises, employment and inclusive growth and at the same time aligned with climate and environmental objectives, taking account of the redistributive effect of the tax system, while protecting revenue for adequate social protection and growth-
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 2 The tax burden should be shifted away from labour to other sources more supportive to employment and inclusive growth and
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 3 Member States having in place national mechanisms for the setting of statutory minimum wages should ensure an effective involvement of social partners in a transparent and predictable manner allowing for an adequate responsiveness of wages to productivity developments and providing fair wages for a decent standard of living, paying particular attention to lower and middle income groups with a view to upward convergence. These mechanisms should take into account economic performance across regions and sectors. Member States should promote social dialogue and collective bargaining with a view to wage setting. Respecting national practices, Member States and social partners should ensure that all workers are entitled to adequate and fair
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 3 Member States having in place national mechanisms for the setting of statutory minimum wages should ensure an effective involvement of social partners in a transparent and predictable manner allowing for an adequate responsiveness of wages to productivity developments and providing fair wages for a decent standard of living, paying particular attention to lower and middle income groups with a view to upward convergence, as well as to individuals and families who have lost income as a result of their responsibilities to care for a family member with a disability. These mechanisms should take into account economic performance across regions and sectors. Member States should promote social dialogue and collective bargaining with a view to wage setting. Respecting national practices, Member States and social partners should ensure that all workers are entitled to adequate and fair wages through collective agreements or adequate statutory minimum wages, taking into account their impact on competitiveness, job creation and in-work poverty.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 3 Member States having in place national mechanisms for the setting of statutory minimum wages should ensure an effective involvement of social partners in a transparent and predictable manner allowing for an adequate responsiveness of wages to productivity developments and providing fair wages for a decent standard of living, paying particular attention to lower and middle income groups with a view to upward social convergence. These mechanisms should take into account economic performance across regions and sectors. Member States should promote social dialogue and collective bargaining with a view to wage setting. Respecting national practices, Member States and social partners should ensure that all workers are entitled to adequate and fair wages through collective agreements or adequate statutory minimum wages which can provide a decent standard of living and make it possible to combat job insecurity and in-work poverty, taking into account their impact on competitiveness, job creation and in-work poverty.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 3 Member States having in place national mechanisms for the setting of statutory minimum wages should ensure an effective involvement of social partners in a transparent and predictable manner allowing for an adequate responsiveness of wages
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 3 Member States having in place national mechanisms for the setting of statutory minimum wages should ensure an effective involvement of social partners in a transparent and predictable manner allowing for
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 3 Member States having in place national mechanisms for the setting of statutory minimum wages should ensure an effective involvement of social partners in a transparent and predictable manner allowing for an adequate responsiveness of wages to productivity developments and providing fair wages for a decent standard of living, paying particular attention to lower and middle income groups with a view to upward convergence. These mechanisms should take into account economic performance across regions and sectors. Member States should promote social dialogue and collective bargaining with a view to wage setting. Respecting national practices, and the autonomy of the social partners, Member States and/or social partners should ensure that all workers are entitled to adequate and fair wages through collective agreements or adequate statutory minimum wages, taking into account their impact on competitiveness, job creation and in-work poverty.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 3 a (new) Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 3 a (new) With the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, Member States should introduce all the measures needed to protect wage earners and the self-employed against the risk of unemployment and loss of income. The social partners should be fully involved in the formulation and implementation of such measures, which should include extension of reduced working hours with full pay, increased wage subsidies and income support, family benefits for childcare and care of the elderly, extension of paid leave for sickness and care giving, tax breaks and suspension of layoffs during the crisis. Member States should step up funding and tax breaks for businesses affected by the COVID-19 crisis, with a view to maintaining employment levels and upholding health and safety standards at the workplace. They should adopt specific schemes to maximise the use of smart working and teleworking arrangements governed by collective agreements setting out safeguards and working conditions.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 5 – paragraph 3 a (new) Member States should ensure that financial assistance under the European instrument for temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) is only provided to undertakings that respect the applicable collective agreement. Member States should ensure that recipient undertakings refrain from making share buy backs or paying dividends to shareholders and bonuses to executives. Member States should ensure that no financial assistance is provided to undertakings registered in countries that are listed on the Union’s list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 1 Given the importance of teleworking in the current climate of uncertainty, acquisition of the necessary digital skills should be encouraged. The necessary investments must be made to ensure internet and broadband access throughout Europe, especially in rural areas. Business restructuring and adaptation to the new health and safety requirements must be supported. In the context of technological and environmental transitions
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 1 In the context of technological and environmental transitions, as well as demographic change, Member States should promote sustainability, productivity, employability and human capital, fostering relevant knowledge, skills and competences throughout people's lives, responding to current and future labour market needs. Member States should also adapt and invest in their education and training systems to provide high quality and inclusive education, including vocational education and training and out of or after school training where necessary. Member States should work together with
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 1 In the context of the COVID-19 crisis, technological and environmental transitions, as well as demographic change, Member States should ensure proper and immediate adaptation strategies and adequate support for those worst affected, promote sustainability, productivity, employability and human capital, fostering relevant knowledge, skills and competences throughout people's lives, responding to the current crisis and future labour market needs. In particular, Member States should implement strategies to foster and enhance the participation of women in the labour market and to ensure decent working conditions for people working remotely. Member States should also adapt and invest in their education and
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 1 In the context of technological and environmental transitions, as well as demographic change, Member States should promote sustainability, productivity, employability and human capital, fostering relevant knowledge, skills and competences throughout people's lives, responding to current and future labour market needs. Member States should also adapt and invest in their education and training systems to provide high quality and inclusive education, including vocational education and training. Member States should work together with the social partners, education and training providers, enterprises and other stakeholders to address structural weaknesses in education and training systems and improve their quality and labour market relevance, also with a view to enabling the environmental transition. Particular attention should be paid to challenges of the teaching profession. Education and training systems should equip all learners with key competences, including basic and digital skills as well as transversal competences to lay the foundations for adaptability later in life. Member States should seek to ensure the transfer of training entitlements during professional career changes, including, where appropriate, through individual learning accounts. They should enable everyone to anticipate and better adapt to labour market needs notably through continuous reskilling and upskilling, with a view to supporting fair and just transitions for all, strengthening social outcomes, addressing labour market shortages and improving the overall resilience of the economy to shocks. Member States should also ensure that employers take their responsibility and provide proper time and resources for employees to take part in competence and professional development.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 1 In the context of technological
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 1 In the context of technological and environmental transitions, as well as demographic change, Member States should promote sustainability, productivity, employability and human capital, fostering relevant knowledge, skills and competences throughout people's lives, responding to current and future labour market needs. Member States should also adapt and invest in their education and training systems to provide high quality and inclusive education, including vocational education and training. Member States should work together with the social partners, education and training providers, enterprises and other stakeholders to address structural weaknesses in education and training systems and improve their quality and labour market relevance, also with a view to enabling the environmental transition
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 1 In the context of technological and environmental transitions, as well as demographic change, Member States should promote sustainability, productivity, employability and human capital, fostering relevant knowledge, skills and competences throughout people's lives, responding to current and future labour market needs. Member States should also adapt and invest in their education and training systems to provide high quality and inclusive education, including vocational education and training. Member States should work together with the social partners, education and training providers, enterprises and other stakeholders to address structural weaknesses in education and training systems and improve their quality and labour market relevance, with particular reference to the needs of sectors with a chronic skills shortage, also with a view to enabling the environmental
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 1 Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 1 In the context of technological and environmental transitions,
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 1 In the context of technological and environmental transitions, as well as demographic change, Member States
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 1 In the context of technological and environmental transitions, as well as demographic change, Member States should promote sustainability, productivity, employability and human capital, fostering relevant knowledge, skills and competences throughout people's lives, responding to current and future labour market needs. Member States should also adapt and invest in their education and training systems to provide high quality and inclusive education that is accessible for all, including vocational education and training. Member States should work together with the social partners, education and training providers, enterprises and other stakeholders to address structural weaknesses in education and training systems and improve their quality and labour market relevance, also with a view to enabling the environmental and digital transitions. Particular attention should be paid to challenges of the teaching profession. Education and training systems should equip all learners with key competences, including basic and digital skills as well as transversal competences to lay the foundations for adaptability later in life. Member States should seek to ensure the transfer of training entitlements during professional career changes, including
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 1 a (new) The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for resilient healthcare systems run by well-trained professionals with the necessary personal protection equipment for use at work to ensure their own safety and that of their patients. Similarly, it is necessary to acknowledge the contribution made at the workplace and to society as a whole by health workers and assistants and provide them with specific job-related training, in the care of elderly and dependent patients for example.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 2 Member States should foster equal opportunities for all by
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 2 Member States should foster equal opportunities for all by addressing inequalities in education and training systems, including by providing access to good quality early childhood education. They should raise overall education levels, reduce the number of young people leaving school early, increase access to and completion of tertiary education and increase adult participation in continuing learning, particularly among learners from disadvantaged backgrounds, the least qualified. Taking into account new requirements in digital, green and ageing societies, Member States should strengthen work-based learning in their vocational education and training systems (VET) (including through quality and effective apprenticeships) and increase the number of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) graduates both in medium-level VET and in tertiary education. Furthermore, Member States should enhance the labour-market relevance of tertiary education and research, improve skills monitoring and forecasting, make skills more visible and qualifications comparable, including those acquired abroad, and increase opportunities for recognising and validating skills and competences acquired outside formal education and training. They should upgrade and increase the supply and take- up of flexible continuing vocational education and training. Member States should also support low skilled adults to maintain or develop their long-term employability by boosting access to and take up of quality learning opportunities, through the implementation of Upskilling Pathways, including a skills assessment, an offer of education and training matching labour market opportunities, and the validation and recognition of the skills
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 2 Member States should foster equal opportunities for all by addressing inequalities in education and training systems, including by providing access to good quality and inclusive early childhood education. They should raise overall education levels, reduce the number of young people leaving school early, increase access to and completion of tertiary education and increase adult participation in continuing learning, particularly among learners from disadvantaged backgrounds, the least qualified. Taking into account new requirements in digital, green and ageing societies, Member States should strengthen work-based learning in their vocational education and training systems (VET) (including through quality and effective apprenticeships) and increase the number of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) graduates by promoting interest among women and girls in these fields, both in medium-level VET and in tertiary education. Furthermore, Member States should enhance the labour-market relevance of tertiary education and research, improve skills monitoring and forecasting, make skills more visible and
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 2 Member States should foster equal opportunities for all by addressing inequalities in education and training systems, including by providing access to good quality early childhood education. They should raise overall education levels, reduce the number of young people leaving school early, increase access to and
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 2 Member States should foster equal opportunities for all by addressing inequalities in education and training systems, including by providing access to good quality early childhood education. They should raise overall education levels, reduce the number of young people leaving school early, increase access to and completion of tertiary education and increase adult participation in continuing learning, particularly among learners from disadvantaged backgrounds, the least qualified. Taking into account new requirements in digital, green and ageing societies, Member States should strengthen work-based learning in their vocational education and training systems (VET) (including through quality and effective apprenticeships) and increase the number of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) graduates both in medium-level VET and in tertiary education. Furthermore, Member States should enhance the labour-market relevance of tertiary education and research, improve skills monitoring and forecasting, make skills more visible and qualifications comparable, including those acquired abroad, and increase opportunities for recognising and validating skills and competences acquired outside formal education and training. They should upgrade and increase the supply and take- up of flexible continuing vocational education and training. Member States must promote the learning of several EU official languages. Member States should also support low skilled adults to maintain or develop their long-term employability by boosting access to and take up of quality learning opportunities, through the implementation of Upskilling Pathways, including a skills assessment, an offer of education and training matching labour market opportunities, and the validation and recognition of the skills
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 2 Member States should foster equal opportunities for all by addressing inequalities in education and training systems, including by providing access to good quality early childhood education. They should raise overall education levels, reduce the number of young people leaving school early, increase access to and completion of tertiary education and increase adult participation in continuing learning, particularly among learners from disadvantaged backgrounds
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 2 Member States should foster equal opportunities for all by addressing inequalities in education and training systems, including by providing access to good quality early childhood education. They should raise overall education levels, reduce the number of young people leaving school early, increase access to and completion of tertiary education and increase adult participation in continuing learning, particularly among learners from disadvantaged backgrounds, the least qualified. Taking into account new requirements in digital, green and ageing societies, as well as existing gender stereotypes Member States should strengthen work-based learning in their vocational
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 2 Member States should foster equal opportunities for all by addressing inequalities in education and training systems, including by providing access to
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 2 Member States should foster equal opportunities for all by addressing inequalities in education and training systems, including by providing access to good quality early childhood education. They should raise overall education levels, reduce the number of young people leaving school early, increase access to and completion of tertiary education and increase adult participation in continuing learning, particularly among learners from disadvantaged backgrounds, the least qualified. Taking into account new requirements in digital, green and ageing societies, Member States should strengthen work-based learning in their vocational education and training systems (VET) (including through quality and effective apprenticeships) and increase the number of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) graduates, and graduated women in particular, both in medium-level VET and in tertiary education. Furthermore, Member States should enhance the labour-market relevance of tertiary education and research, improve skills monitoring and forecasting, make skills more visible and qualifications comparable, including those acquired abroad, and increase opportunities for recognising and validating skills and competences acquired outside formal education and training. They should upgrade and increase the supply and take- up of flexible continuing vocational education and training. Member States should also support low skilled adults to maintain or develop their long-term employability by boosting access to and take up of quality learning opportunities, through the implementation of Upskilling Pathways, including a skills assessment, an offer of education and training matching labour market opportunities, and the
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 2 Member States should foster freedom and equal opportunities for all by addressing inequalities in education and training systems, including by providing access to good quality early childhood education. They should raise overall education levels, reduce the number of young people leaving school early, increase access to and completion of tertiary education and increase adult participation in continuing learning, particularly among learners from disadvantaged backgrounds, the least qualified. Taking into account new requirements in digital, green and ageing societies, Member States should strengthen work-based learning in their vocational education and training systems (VET) (including through quality and effective apprenticeships) and increase the number of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) graduates both in medium-level VET and in tertiary education. Furthermore, Member States should enhance the labour-market relevance of tertiary education and research, improve skills monitoring and forecasting, make skills more visible and qualifications comparable, including those acquired abroad, and increase opportunities for recognising and validating skills and competences acquired outside formal education and training. They should upgrade and increase the supply and take-
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 2 Member States should foster equal opportunities for all by addressing inequalities in education and training systems, including by providing access to good quality education, including early childhood education. They should raise overall education levels, reduce the number of young people leaving school early, increase access to and completion of tertiary education and increase adult participation in continuing learning, particularly among learners from disadvantaged backgrounds, the least qualified. Taking into account new requirements in digital, green and ageing societies, Member States should strengthen work-based learning in their vocational education and training systems (VET) (including through quality and effective apprenticeships) and increase the number of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) graduates both in medium-level VET and in tertiary education. Furthermore, Member States should enhance the labour-market
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 3 Member States should provide unemployed and inactive people with effective, timely, coordinated and tailor-made assistance based on support for job-search, training, requalification and access to other enabling services. Comprehensive strategies that include in-depth individual assessment of unemployment should be pursued as soon as possible with a view to significantly reducing and preventing long-term and structural unemployment. Youth unemployment, precarious working conditions among young people and the issue of young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs), should continue to be addressed
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 3 Member States should provide unemployed and inactive people with effective, timely, coordinated and tailor-made assistance based on support for job-search, training, requalification and access to other enabling services. Comprehensive strategies that include in-depth individual assessment of unemployment should be pursued as soon as possible with a view to significantly reducing and preventing long-term and structural unemployment.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 3 Member States should provide unemployed and inactive people with effective, timely, coordinated and tailor-made assistance based on support for job-search, training, requalification and access to other enabling services. Comprehensive strategies that include in-depth individual assessment of unemployment should be pursued as soon as possible with a view to significantly reducing and preventing long-term and structural unemployment. Youth unemployment and the issue of young people not in employment, education or training, should continue to be addressed through prevention of early school leaving and structural improvement in the school- to-work transition, including through the full implementation of the Youth Guarantee (15 ). Special attention should be given to education in the languages of the neighbouring countries in order to better connect to the cross-border labour market. __________________ 15 ()OJ C 120, 26.4.2013, p. 1.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 3 Member States should provide unemployed and inactive people with effective, timely, coordinated and tailor-made assistance based on support for job-search, training, requalification and access to other enabling services. Comprehensive strategies that include in-depth individual assessment of unemployment should be pursued as soon as possible with a view to significantly reducing and preventing long-term and structural unemployment, including strategies to reduce unemployment among persons with disabilities and otherwise disadvantaged persons. Youth unemployment and the issue of young people not in employment, education or training, should continue to be addressed through prevention of early school leaving and structural improvement in the school- to-work transition, including through the full implementation of the Youth Guarantee 15 . __________________ 15 OJ C 120, 26.4.2013, p. 1.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 3 Member States should provide unemployed
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 4 Member States should aim to remove barriers and disincentives to
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 4 Member States should aim to remove barriers and disincentives to, and provide incentives for, participation in the labour market, in particular for low income, second earners, disadvantaged groups and those furthest away from the labour market. Member States should support an adapted work environment for people with disabilities, including through targeted financial support and services that enable them to participate in the labour market and in society.
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 4 a (new) Member States should adopt and enforce strict rules imposing high standards of health and safety at work. This includes reducing to zero the number of fatal accidents at work and cases of occupational cancer, establishing binding occupational exposure limit values, and taking into account occupational psycho- social risks and occupational diseases.
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 5 Member States should ensure gender equality and increased labour market participation of women, including through ensuring equal opportunities and career progression and eliminating barriers to participation in leadership at all levels of decision-making. The gender pay gap should be tackled. Equal pay for equal work, or work of equal value, and pay- transparency should be ensured, including by establishing a wage equality index comparing women and men. Member States should take measures to support entrepreneurship among women and facilitate access to financing for them. Member States should take measures to increase the number of women on company boards. The reconciliation of work, family and private life for both women and men should be promoted, in particular through access to affordable quality long-term care and early childhood education and care services. Member States should ensure that parents and other people with caring responsibilities have access to suitable family leave and flexible working arrangements in order to balance work,
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 5 Member States should ensure
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 5 Member States should ensure gender equality and increased labour market participation of women, including through ensuring equal opportunities and career progression and eliminating barriers to participation in leadership at all levels of decision-making. The Member States must set goals to reduce precarious jobs and involuntary part-time work in order to improve the situation of women in the labour market. Full-time work should be the norm. The gender pay gap should be tackled. Equal pay for equal work, or work of equal value, and pay-
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 5 Member States should ensure gender equality and increased labour market participation of women, including through ensuring equal opportunities and career progression and eliminating barriers to participation in leadership at all levels of decision-making. The gender pay gap should be tackled. Equal pay for equal work, or work of equal value, and pay- transparency should be ensured. Member States should encourage women’s participation in strategic areas, particularly in the digital sector, where men are over-represented. The reconciliation of work, family and private life for both women and men should be promoted, in particular through access to affordable quality long-term care and early childhood education and care services. Member States should ensure that parents and other people with caring responsibilities have access to suitable family leave and flexible working arrangements in order to balance work, family and private life, and promote a balanced use of these entitlements between women and men.
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 5 Member States should ensure gender equality and increased labour market participation of women, including through ensuring equal opportunities and career progression and eliminating barriers to participation in leadership at all levels of decision-making. Member States should take into account the proposed minimum percentage as laid down in the proposed Directive on improving the gender balance on corporate boards. The gender pay gap should be tackled. Equal pay for equal work, or work of equal value, and binding pay-
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 6 – paragraph 5 Member States should ensure gender equality and increased labour market participation of women, including through
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1 Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1 In order to benefit from a dynamic and productive workforce, new work patterns and business models, Member States should work together with the social partners on fair, transparent and predictable working conditions, balancing rights and obligations. They should reduce and prevent segmentation within labour markets, fight undeclared work and foster the transition towards open-ended forms of
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1 In order to benefit from a dynamic and productive workforce, new work patterns and business models, Member States should work together with the social partners on fair, transparent and predictable working conditions, balancing rights and obligations. They should reduce and prevent segmentation within labour markets, fight undeclared work and foster the transition towards open-ended forms of employment. Employment protection rules,
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1 In order to benefit from a dynamic and productive workforce, new work patterns and business models, Member States should work together with the social partners on fair, transparent and predictable working conditions, balancing rights and obligations. They should reduce and prevent segmentation within labour markets, fight undeclared work and foster the transition towards open-ended forms of employment. Employment protection rules, labour law and institutions should all provide both a suitable environment for
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1 In order to benefit from a dynamic and productive workforce, new work patterns and business models, Member States should work together with the social partners on fair, transparent and predictable working conditions, health and safety at work, balancing rights and obligations. They should reduce and prevent segmentation within labour markets, fight undeclared work and bogus self- employment and foster the transition towards open-ended forms of employment. Employment protection rules, labour law and institutions should all provide both a suitable environment for recruitment, and the necessary flexibility
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1 In order to benefit from a dynamic and productive workforce, new work patterns and business models, Member States should work together with the social partners on fair, transparent and predictable working conditions, balancing rights and obligations.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 2 Policies should aim to improve and support labour-market participation, matching and transitions. Member States should effectively activate and enable those who can participate in the labour market. Member States should strengthen the effectiveness of active labour-market policies by increasing their targeting, outreach, coverage and better linking them with income support for the unemployed, whilst they are seeking work and based on their rights and responsibilities. Member States should aim for more effective and efficient public employment services by ensuring timely and tailor-made assistance to support jobseekers, supporting labour- market demand and implementing performance-based management. Member States must draw on the European network of public employment services and European agencies to identify evidence-based best practices, encourage mutual learning and promote greater coordination of employment policies.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 2 Policies should aim to improve and support labour-market participation, matching and transitions and to enhance the employment also in disadvantaged territories. Member States should effectively activate and enable those who can participate in the labour market. Member States should strengthen the effectiveness of active labour-market policies by increasing their targeting, outreach, coverage and better linking them with income support for the unemployed, whilst they are seeking work and based on their rights and responsibilities. Member States should aim for more effective and efficient public employment services by ensuring timely and tailor-made assistance to support jobseekers, supporting labour- market demand and implementing performance-based management.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 2 Policies should aim to improve and support labour-market participation, matching and transitions. Member States should effectively activate and enable those who can participate in the labour market. Member States should strengthen the effectiveness of active labour-market policies by increasing their targeting, outreach, coverage and better linking them with income support for the unemployed, whilst they are seeking work and based on their rights and responsibilities. Member States should aim for more effective and efficient public employment services, also regarding the cross-border labour market, by ensuring timely and tailor-made assistance to support jobseekers, supporting labour-
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 2 Policies should aim to improve and support labour-market participation, matching and transitions, particularly the digital and ecological transitions. Member States should effectively activate and enable those who can participate in the labour market. Member States should strengthen the effectiveness of active labour-market policies by increasing their targeting, outreach, coverage and better linking them with income support for the unemployed, whilst they are seeking work and based on their rights and responsibilities. Member
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 2 Policies should aim to improve and support labour-market participation, matching and transitions. Member States should effectively activate and enable those who can participate in the labour market to find quality employment. Member States should strengthen the effectiveness of active labour-market policies by increasing their targeting, outreach, coverage and better linking them with decent income support for the unemployed, whilst they are seeking work and based on their rights and responsibilities. Member States should aim for more effective and efficient public employment services by ensuring timely and tailor-made assistance to support jobseekers, supporting labour-
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 2 Policies should aim to improve and support labour-market participation, matching and transitions. Member States should effectively activate and enable those who can participate in the labour market. Member States should strengthen the effectiveness of active labour-market policies by increasing their targeting, outreach, coverage and better linking them with income support for the unemployed, whilst they are seeking work and based on their rights and responsibilities. Member States should aim for more effective and efficient public employment services by ensuring timely and tailor-made assistance to support jobseekers
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 3 Member States should provide the unemployed with adequate unemployment benefits of reasonable duration, in line with their contributions and national eligibility rules. Such benefits should ensure decent living conditions for the unemployed. They should not dis-
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 3 Member States should provide the unemployed with adequate unemployment benefits of
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 3 Member States should provide the unemployed with
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 4 Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 4 The mobility of learners and workers should be adequately supported with the aim of enhancing
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 4 The mobility of learners and workers should be adequately supported with the aim of enhancing employability, skills and exploiting the full potential of the European labour market, while also ensuring
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 4 The mobility of learners and workers should be adequately supported with the aim of enhancing employability, skills and exploiting the full potential of the European labour market, while also ensuring fair conditions for all those pursuing a cross-border activity, by stepping up the portability of rights and allowances, and stepping up administrative cooperation between national administrations with regard to mobile workers. Barriers to mobility in education and training, in occupational and personal pensions and in the recognition of qualifications should be removed and recognition of qualifications made easier. Member States should take action to ensure that administrative procedures are not an unnecessary obstacle to workers from other Member States taking up employment, including for cross-
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 4 The mobility of learners and workers should be adequately supported as a fundamental right and a free choice with the aim of enhancing employability, skills and exploiting the full potential of the European labour market, while also ensuring fair conditions for all those pursuing a cross-border activity and stepping up administrative cooperation between national administrations with regard to mobile workers. Barriers to mobility in education and training, in occupational and personal pensions and in the recognition of qualifications should be removed and recognition of qualifications made easier. Member States should take action to ensure that administrative procedures are not an unnecessary obstacle to workers from other Member States taking up employment, including for cross- border workers. Member States should also prevent abuse of the existing rules and address underlying causes of ‘brain drain’ from certain regions including through appropriate regional development measures.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 4 The mobility of learners and workers should be adequately supported with the aim of enhancing employability, skills and exploiting the full potential of the European labour market, while also ensuring fair conditions for all those pursuing a cross-border activity and stepping up administrative cooperation between national administrations with regard to mobile workers. Barriers to mobility in education and training, in occupational and personal pensions and in the recognition of qualifications should be removed and recognition of qualifications made easier. Member States should take action to ensure that administrative procedures are not an unnecessary obstacle to workers from other Member States taking up employment, including for cross- border workers and frontier workers. Member States should also prevent abuse of the existing rules and address underlying causes of ‘brain drain’ from certain regions including through appropriate regional development measures.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 4 a (new) In order to cope with major shocks, Member States should adopt common long-term instruments with a view to preserving jobs and skills and reducing pressure on national public finances, in particular by setting up a permanent European unemployment reinsurance scheme.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 5 Building on existing national practices, and in order to achieve more effective social dialogue, and better socioeconomic outcomes, Member States should ensure the timely and meaningful involvement of the social partners in the design and implementation of employment, social and, where relevant, economic reforms and policies, including by supporting increased capacity of the social partners. Member States should
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 5 Building on existing national practices, and in order to achieve more effective social dialogue, and better socioeconomic outcomes, Member States should ensure the timely and meaningful involvement of the social partners in the design and implementation of employment, social and, where relevant, economic reforms and policies, including by supporting increased capacity of the social partners. Member States should
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 5 Building on existing national practices, and in order to promote and achieve more effective and intensive social dialogue, and better socioeconomic outcomes, Member States should ensure the timely and meaningful involvement of the social partners in the design and implementation of employment, social and, where relevant, economic reforms and policies, including by supporting increased capacity of the social partners. Member States should foster social dialogue and collective bargaining. The social partners should be encouraged to negotiate and conclude collective agreements in matters relevant to them, fully respecting their
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 6 Where relevant and building on existing national practices, Member States should take into account the experience on employment and social issues of relevant civil society organisations, including those representing groups facing barriers to quality work.
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 6 a (new) In the context of the COVID-19 outbreak, a healthy and safe workplace is vital in order to combat the risk of getting infected and spreading virus and other diseases. Member States should ensure that employers take their responsibility of the health and safety of workers and provide them and their representatives with adequate information, make risk assessments and take prevention measures. To enhance the functioning of labour markets, Member States should invest in occupational health and safety, and ensure adequate means and provisions for labour inspectorates or trade union health and safety representatives.
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 6 a (new) Member States should work together in providing social protection systems for frontier workers and self-employed workers who work and live in different Member States. The modernisation of social protection system should be conducive to the principles of the European labour market providing for a sustainable social protection that is universal and trans border. This should guarantee the protection and effectiveness of social protection systems that addresses the gaps in protection and guarantee a productive frontier workforce.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 6 a (new) The proper functioning of the internal market must be ensured to safeguard the supply of basic goods. The Commission and the Member States must coordinate their efforts to restore safe conditions for freedom of movement and the continuous flow of goods between Member States, thereby avoiding any disruption of the supply chain.
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 7 – paragraph 6 a (new) Member States should address the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the labour market by supporting workers who are temporarily in “technical unemployment” because the employers were forced to close their services as well as by supporting the self-employed and small businesses to retain staff/maintain activity.
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 1 Member States should
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 1 Member States should promote social rights and inclusive labour markets, open to all, by putting in place effective measures to fight all forms of discrimination and promote equal opportunities for under-represented groups in the labour market, with due attention to the regional and territorial dimension. They should ensure equal pay and equal rights for equal work at the same place, as well as equal treatment regarding
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 1 Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 1 Member States should promote inclusive
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 1 Member States should promote competitiveness, openness and inclusiv
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 1 Member States should promote inclusive labour markets, open to all with legal status, by putting in place effective measures to fight all forms of discrimination and promote equal opportunities
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 2 Member States should
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 2 Member States should
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 2 Member States should modernise social protection systems to provide adequate, effective, efficient, and sustainable social
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 2 Member States should modernise social protection systems to provide adequate, effective, efficient, and sustainable social protection throughout all stages of an individual's life, fostering social inclusion and upward social mobility,
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 3 Member States should develop and integrate the three strands of active inclusion: adequate income support, inclusive labour markets and access to quality enabling services, meeting individual needs. Social protection systems should ensure
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 3 Member States should develop and integrate the three strands of active inclusion: adequate income support, inclusive labour markets and access to quality enabling services, meeting individual needs. Social protection systems should ensure adequate minimum income benefits for everyone lacking sufficient resources and promote social inclusion by
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 3 Member States should develop and integrate the three strands of active inclusion: adequate income support, inclusive labour markets and access to quality
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 4 The availability of affordable, accessible and quality services such as early childhood education and care, out-of- school care, education, training, housing, health and long-term care is a necessary condition for ensuring equal opportunities. Particular attention should be given to fighting poverty and social exclusion, including in-work and child poverty. Member States should ensure that everyone, including children, has access to
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 4 The availability of affordable, accessible and quality services such as early childhood education and care, out-of- school care, education, training, housing, health and long-term care is a necessary condition for ensuring equal opportunities. Particular attention should be given to fighting poverty and social exclusion, including in-work and child poverty. Member States should ensure that everyone, including children, has access to essential services. For those in need or in a vulnerable situation, Member States should ensure access to adequate social housing or housing assistance. The specific needs of people with disabilities including accessibility should be taken into account in relation to these services.
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 4 The availability of affordable, accessible and quality services such as early childhood education and care, out-of- school care, education, training, housing, health and long-term care is a necessary condition for ensuring equal opportunities. Particular attention should be given to fighting poverty and social exclusion,
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 4 The availability of affordable, accessible and quality services such as inclusive early childhood education and care, out-of- school care, education, training, housing, health and long-term care is a necessary condition for ensuring equal opportunities. Particular attention should be given to fighting poverty and social exclusion
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 4 The availability of affordable, accessible and quality services such as early childhood education and care, out-of- school care, education, training, housing, health and long-term care is a necessary condition for ensuring equal opportunities. Particular attention should be given to fighting poverty and social exclusion, including in-work and child poverty. Member States should ensure that
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 4 The availability of affordable, accessible and quality services such as early childhood education and care, out-of- school care, education, training, housing, health and long-term care is a necessary condition for ensuring equal opportunities.
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 5 Member States should ensure timely access to affordable preventive and curative health care and long-term care of good quality, while safeguarding the sustainability o
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 5 Member States should ensure universal and timely access to affordable preventive and curative health care and long-term care of good quality
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 5 Member States should invest more in and ensure timely access to
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 5 a (new) Member States must protect the health of the elderly, providing them with necessary hospital treatment and healthcare and avoiding any age-based discrimination.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 6 In a context of increasing longevity and demographic change, Member States should secure the adequacy
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 6 In a context of increasing longevity and demographic change, Member States should secure the adequacy and sustainability of pension systems for workers and self-employed, providing equal opportunities for women and men to acquire pension rights, including through supplementary schemes to ensure a
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – Guideline 8 – paragraph 6 In a context of increasing longevity and demographic change, Member States should secure the adequacy and sustainability of pension systems for workers and self-employed, providing equal opportunities for women and men to acquire pension rights
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 (1)
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 (1) Member States and the Union are to work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce, as well as labour markets that are responsive to economic change, with a view to achieving the objectives of full employment and social progress, balanced growth and a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union. Member States shall regard promoting employment as a matter of common concern and shall coordinate their action in this respect within the Council, taking into account national practices related to the responsibilities of management and labour. In order to cope with major shocks, Member States and the Union should adopt long-term instruments with a view to preserving jobs and skills and reducing pressure on national public finances, in particular by setting up a permanent European unemployment reinsurance scheme.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 (1) Member States and the Union are to
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 (1) Member States and the Union are to work towards developing an effective and coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 (1) Member States and the Union are to work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for promoting a skilled
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 (1) Member States and the Union are to work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce, as well as labour markets that are responsive to economic change, with a view to achieving the objectives of full employment and social progress, balanced growth and a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union. Member States shall regard promoting employment as a matter of common concern and shall coordinate their action in this respect within the Council, taking into account national practices related to the responsibilities of management and labour. In this context, the current COVID-19 crisis, which will have a serious and long- lasting impact on EU labour markets, requires coordinated action to support employment and to stimulate the economy and labour demand.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 (1) Member States and the Union are to work towards developing a coordinated strategy, in accordance with the distribution of powers between the EU and the Member States and the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, for employment and particularly for promoting a skilled, trained and
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 (1) Member States and the Union are to work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce, as well as labour markets that are dynamic, future-oriented and responsive to economic change, with a view to achieving the objectives of full employment and social progress, balanced growth and a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union. Member States shall regard promoting employment based on equality of opportunity and social justice as a matter of common concern and shall coordinate their action in this respect within the Council, taking into
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 (1) Member States and the Union are to work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce, as well as labour markets that are responsive to economic change, with a view to achieving the objectives of full employment and social progress, balanced growth and a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union. Member States shall regard promoting employment as a matter of common concern and shall coordinate their action in this respect within the Council,
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 (1) Member States and the Union are to work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for promoting entrepreneurship and a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce, as well as labour markets that are responsive to economic change, with a view to achieving the objectives of full employment and social progress, balanced growth and a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union. Member States shall regard promoting employment as a matter of common concern and shall coordinate their action in this respect within the Council, taking into account national practices related to the responsibilities of management and labour.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 (1) Member States and the Union are to work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce, as well as labour markets that are responsive to economic change, with a view to achieving the objectives of full employment and social progress, inclusiveness, balanced growth and a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union. Member States shall regard promoting employment as a matter of common
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 a (new) (1a) The COVID-19 crisis is having, and will have, many effects on employment, social justice and working conditions. As a result of the cessation of economic activity, many workers are on short-time working and businesses, in particular SMEs, face liquidity problems. Workers in insecure employment and those of them who are the most deprived have often been frontline workers whose working conditions have entailed high risks to health. Many workers and businesses have resorted to teleworking and extensive use of digital tools. To respond to this unprecedented crisis in terms of employment and social justice policies, the Union and the Member States must commit to a massive European recovery plan to support businesses by providing them with the support they need to gain access to liquidity and workers, in particular by financing their short-time working and guaranteeing jobs. The aim must be to protect and develop the European labour market in order to guarantee not only jobs and wages but also working conditions. At the time of this crisis and in response to it, the Union and the Member States must undertake to uphold their commitments. Social and employment policies must contribute to achieving the sustainable development goals, be consistent with the objectives set out by the Green Deal and contribute to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 a (new) (1a) Europe is facing an unprecedented crisis with unforeseen consequences on people's lives, on society and the economy. The Union and the Member States have to do their outmost to contain the economic and social shock of the crisis, prevent massive job losses, and a deep recession, and to develop a sustainable and fair recovery plan with robust investment to strengthen social security and healthcare systems and make society and the economy more resilient while respecting workers’ rights and decent working and employment conditions. The European Green Deal and the European Pillar of Social Rights should be the guidelines for the economic and social recovery strategy to be monitored by the European Semester.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 a (new) (1a) The Union should respect each Member State’s unique model of regulating the labour market The limits of Union competences and the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality must be respected. Member States should decide on their own goals and pace of development and ensure that this is aligned with their economic conditions. Sweden should have a permanent opt out from all labour market regulation that could interfere with the Swedish model of regulating the same.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 a (new) (1a) The Commission and the Member States should coordinate their efforts to ensure the smooth functioning of the internal market through the safe and continuous movement of goods between Member States and prevent any disruption of supply or production.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2) The Union is to combat social exclusion and discrimination and promote social justice and protection, as well as equality between women and men, solidarity between generations
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2)
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2) The Union is to combat social exclusion and discrimination and promote social justice and protection, as well as
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2) The Union is to combat poverty, social exclusion and discrimination and promote social justice and protection, as well as equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and the protection of the rights of the child. In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union is to take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment and an inclusive, quality labour market, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against poverty and social exclusion and a high level of education and training throughout people’s lives, as set out in Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2) The Union is to combat social exclusion and discrimination and promote social justice and protection, as well as equality between women and men, solidarity between generations, the inclusion of persons with disabilities and the protection of the rights of the child and other vulnerable groups. In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union is to take into account requirements linked to the promotion of
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2) The Union is to combat social exclusion and discrimination and promote social justice and protection, as well as
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2) The Union is to combat all forms of poverty, social exclusion and discrimination and
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2) The Union is to combat social exclusion and discrimination and promote social justice and protection, as well as equality between women and men, solidarity between generations, inclusion of persons with disabilities and the protection of the rights of the child. In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union is to take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against poverty and social exclusion and a high level of education and training as set out in Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2) The Union is to combat social exclusion, poverty, material deprivation and discrimination and promote social justice and protection, as well as equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and the protection of the rights of the child. In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union is to take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2) The Union is to combat social exclusion and discrimination, including age-based discrimination, and promote social justice and protection, as well as equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and the protection of the rights of the child. In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union is to take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against poverty and social exclusion and a high level of education and training as set out in Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2) The Union is to combat social exclusion, poverty and discrimination and promote
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 (3) In accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Union has developed and implemented policy coordination instruments for economic and employment policies. As part of these instruments, the present Guidelines for the Employment Policies of the Member States, together with the Broad Guidelines for the Economic Policies of the Member States and of the Union set out in Council Recommendation (EU) 2015/1184(5), form the Integrated Guidelines.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 (3) In accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Union has developed and implemented policy coordination instruments for economic and employment policies. As part of these instruments, the present Guidelines for the Employment Policies of the Member States, together with the Broad Guidelines for the Economic Policies of the Member States and of the Union set out in Council Recommendation (EU) 2015/1184 (), form the Integrated Guidelines. They
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 (3) In accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Union has developed and implemented policy coordination instruments for economic and employment policies. As part of these instruments, the present Guidelines for the Employment Policies of the Member States, together with the Broad Guidelines for the Economic Policies of the Member States and of the Union set out in Council Recommendation (EU) 2015/1184 (5), form the Integrated Guidelines. They are to guide policy implementation in the Member States and in the Union, reflecting the interdependence between the Member States. The resulting set of coordinated European and national policies and reforms are to constitute an appropriate overall sustainable economic and employment policy mix, which should achieve positive spill-over effects, as well as an effective response to the impact of COVID-19 on the labour markets and economies of Member States.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 (3) In accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Union has developed and implemented policy coordination instruments for economic and employment policies. As part of these instruments, the present Guidelines for the Employment Policies of the Member States, together with the Broad Guidelines for the Economic Policies of the Member States and of the Union set out in Council Recommendation (EU) 2015/1184 (5 ), form the Integrated Guidelines. They are to guide policy implementation in the Member States and in the Union, reflecting the interdependence between the Member States. The resulting set of coordinated European and national policies and reforms are to constitute an appropriate overall sustainable economic and employment policy mix in line with the relevant Sustainable Development Goals, which should achieve positive spill-over effects. __________________ 5Council Recommendation (EU) 2015/1184 of 14 July 2015 on broad guidelines for the economic policies of the
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 (3) In accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Union has developed and implemented policy coordination instruments for economic and employment policies. As part of these instruments, the present Guidelines for the Employment Policies of the Member States, together with the Broad Guidelines for the Economic Policies of the Member States and of the Union set out in Council Recommendation (EU) 2015/1184 (), form the Integrated Guidelines. They are to guide policy implementation in the Member States and in the Union, reflecting the interdependence between the Member States. The resulting set of coordinated European and national policies and reforms are to
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 a (new) 3a. The employment policy guidelines for the Member States are consistent with the new provisions adopted at EU level to help Member States address the unprecedented health, economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and enable Member States to take all the measures needed to guarantee full protection for all citizens, as regards employment and pay, and for businesses and health and safety at the workplace.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 4 (4) The Guidelines for the Employment Policies
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 4 (4) The Guidelines for the Employment Policies
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral coordination and surveillance of economic
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5)
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral coordination and surveillance of economic
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral coordination and surveillance of economic and employment policies. While pursuing environmental sustainability, productivity, fairness and stability, the European
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral coordination and surveillance of economic and employment policies. While pursuing environmental sustainability, productivity, fairness and stability, the European Semester integrates the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, including strong engagement with social partners, civil society and other stakeholders. It supports the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (13). The Union and Member States’ employment and economic
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral coordination and surveillance of economic and employment policies. While pursuing environmental sustainability, productivity, fairness and stability, the European Semester integrates the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, including strong engagement with social partners, civil society and other stakeholders. It supports the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (13). The Union and Member States’ employment and economic policies should go hand in hand with Europe’s transition to a climate neutral, environmentally sustainable and digital economy which exploits innovation and technology, while improving competitiveness, supporting SMEs, fostering innovation, promoting social justice and equal
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral coordination and surveillance of economic and employment policies. While pursuing environmental sustainability, productivity, fairness and stability, the European Semester integrates the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, including strong engagement with social partners, civil society and other stakeholders. It supports the delivery of wellbeing of economy in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (13 ). The Union and Member States’ employment and
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral coordination and surveillance of economic and employment policies. While pursuing environmental sustainability, productivity, fairness and stability, the European Semester integrates the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, including strong engagement with social partners, civil society and other stakeholders. It supports the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals13. The Union and Member States’ employment and economic policies should
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral coordination and surveillance of economic and employment policies. While pursuing environmental sustainability, productivity, fairness and stability, the European Semester integrates the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, including strong engagement with social partners, civil society and other stakeholders. It supports the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (13). The Union and Member States’ employment and economic policies should go hand in hand with Europe’s transition to a climate neutral, inclusive, environmentally sustainable and digital economy, ensuring upward social convergence while improving competitiveness, fostering innovation, promoting social justice and equal opportunities as well as tackling inequalities and regional disparities. __________________ 13 UN Resolution A/RES/70/1
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral coordination and surveillance of economic and employment policies. While pursuing environmental sustainability, productivity, fairness and stability, the European
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 6 (6) Climate change and environmental
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 6 (6) Climate change and environmental related challenges and those linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, globalisation, digitalisation and demographic change will transform European economies and societies. The Union and its Member States should work together to effectively address these structural factors and adapt existing systems as needed
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 6 (6) Climate change and environmental related challenges, globalisation, digitalisation and demographic change will transform European economies and societies. The Union and its Member States should work together to effectively address these structural factors and adapt existing systems as needed, recognising the close interdependence of the Member States’ economies and labour markets and related
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 6 (6) Climate change and environmental related challenges, globalisation, digitalisation and demographic change
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 6 (6)
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 6 (6) Climate change and environmental related challenges, globalisation, digitalisation and demographic change, as well as the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, will transform European economies and societies. The Union and its Member States should work together to effectively address these structural factors and adapt existing systems as needed, recognising the close interdependence of the Member States' economies and labour markets and related policies. This requires a coordinated, ambitious and effective policy action at both Union and national levels, in accordance with the TFEU and the Union’s provisions on economic governance. Such policy action should encompass a boost in sustainable investment, a renewed commitment to appropriately sequenced structural reforms that improve productivity, economic growth, social and territorial cohesion, upward convergence, resilience and the exercise of fiscal
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 6 (6) Climate change and environmental related challenges, globalisation, digitalisation and demographic change will transform European economies and societies. The Union and its Member States should work together to effectively address these structural factors and adapt existing systems as needed, recognising the close interdependence of the Member States' economies and labour markets and related policies. This requires a coordinated, ambitious and effective policy action at both Union and national levels, in accordance with the TFEU and the Union’s provisions on economic governance. Such policy action should encompass a boost in sustainable investment, a renewed commitment to appropriately sequenced structural reforms that improve productivity, economic growth, the creation of sustainable jobs, social and territorial cohesion, upward social convergence, measures to combat poverty and insecure employment, resilience and the exercise of fiscal responsibility. It should combine supply- and demand side measures, while taking into account their environmental, employment and social impact.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 6 (6) Climate change and environmental related challenges, globalisation, digitalisation and demographic change
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 6 (6)
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 7 Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 7 (7) The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission signed an inter-institutional proclamation for a European Pillar of Social Rights (14 ). The Pillar sets out twenty principles and rights to support well-functioning and fair labour
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 7 (7) The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission signed an inter-institutional proclamation for a European Pillar of Social Rights (14 ). The Pillar sets out twenty principles and rights to support well-functioning and fair labour markets and welfare systems, structured around three categories: equal opportunities and access to the labour market, fair working conditions and social protection and inclusion. The principles and rights give direction to our strategy
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 7 (7) The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission signed an inter-institutional proclamation for a European Pillar of Social Rights (14). The Pillar sets out twenty principles and rights to support well-functioning and fair labour markets and welfare systems, structured around three categories: equal opportunities and access to the labour market, fair working conditions and social protection and inclusion. The principles and rights give direction to our strategy making sure that the transitions to climate- neutrality and environmental sustainability, digitalisation and demographic change are socially fair and just. The Pillar constitutes
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 7 (7) The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission signed an inter-institutional proclamation for a European Pillar of Social Rights (14 ). The Pillar sets out twenty principles and rights to support well-functioning and fair labour markets and welfare systems, structured around three categories: equal opportunities and access to the labour market, fair working conditions and social protection and inclusion. The principles and rights give direction to our strategy making sure that the transitions to climate- neutrality and environmental sustainability, digitalisation and demographic change are socially fair and just. The Pillar constitutes a reference framework to monitor the employment and social performance of Member States, to drive reforms at national, regional and local level and to reconcile the “social” and the “market” in today’s modern economy, including by promoting the social economy
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 7 (7) The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission signed an inter-institutional proclamation for a European Pillar of Social Rights (14). The Pillar sets out twenty principles and rights to support well-functioning and fair labour markets and welfare systems, structured around three categories: equal opportunities and access to the labour market, fair working conditions and social protection and inclusion. The principles and rights give direction to our strategy
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 8 (8)
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 8 (8) Reforms to the labour market, including the national wage-setting mechanisms, should follow national practices of social dialogue and allow the
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 8 (8) Reforms to the labour market, including the national wage-setting mechanisms, should follow national practices of social dialogue and allow the necessary opportunity for a broad consideration of socioeconomic issues, including improvements in sustainability, competitiveness, growth, innovation, job creation, lifelong learning and training policies, working conditions, education and skills, public health and inclusion and real incomes. These reforms must ensure a certain flexibility in the labour market, as well as guaranteeing fair wages for European workers, a decent standard of living and an adequate social protection system for all.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 8 (8) Reforms to the labour market, including the national wage-setting mechanisms, should follow national practices of social dialogue and allow the necessary opportunity for a broad consideration of socioeconomic issues, including improvements in sustainability, competitiveness, innovation, job creation, lifelong learning and training policies, working conditions, education and skills, public health and inclusion and real incomes. Member States and the Union should take actions to promote high trade union and employers’ organization density as a way of strengthening the social dialogue.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 8 (8) Reforms to the labour market, including the national wage-setting mechanisms, should follow national practices of social dialogue, focusing on negotiation at company level to allow businesses, in particular SMEs and the self-employed, to adapt to the situation in each case, and allow the necessary opportunity for a broad consideration of socioeconomic issues, including improvements in sustainability, competitiveness, innovation, job creation, lifelong learning and training policies, working conditions, education and skills,
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