2022/2026(INI) Towards equal rights for people with disabilities
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Awaiting committee decision
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | LIBE |
PELLETIER Anne-Sophie ( GUE/NGL)
|
SKYTTEDAL Sara ( EPP),
CHINNICI Caterina ( S&D),
AL-SAHLANI Abir ( Renew),
SPUREK Sylwia ( Verts/ALE),
VANDENDRIESSCHE Tom ( ID),
BRUDZIŃSKI Joachim Stanisław ( ECR)
|
| Committee Opinion | PETI |
MÜLLER Ulrike ( Renew)
|
Ryszard CZARNECKI ( ECR),
Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS ( PPE),
Alexis GEORGOULIS ( GUE/NGL),
Stefania ZAMBELLI ( ID),
Alviina ALAMETSÄ ( Verts/ALE)
|
| Committee Opinion | EMPL |
CAÑAS Jordi ( Renew)
|
Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT ( PPE),
José GUSMÃO ( GUE/NGL),
Katrin LANGENSIEPEN ( Verts/ALE),
Beata MAZUREK ( ECR),
Elena LIZZI ( ID),
Marc ANGEL ( S&D)
|
| Committee Opinion | CULT |
VERHEYEN Sabine ( EPP)
|
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54, RoP 57
Legal Basis:
RoP 54, RoP 57Subjects
Events
2022/06/27
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2022/05/18
EP - Specific opinion
Documents
2022/03/22
EP - MÜLLER Ulrike (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in PETI
2022/03/10
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2022/03/10
EP - Referral to associated committees announced in Parliament
2022/02/16
EP - CAÑAS Jordi (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2022/01/31
EP - PELLETIER Anne-Sophie (GUE/NGL) appointed as rapporteur in LIBE
2022/01/26
EP - VERHEYEN Sabine (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in CULT
Documents
Activities
- Clara AGUILERA
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Maria GRAPINI
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Lívia JÁRÓKA
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Ádám KÓSA
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Ulrike MÜLLER
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Evelyn REGNER
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Sandra PEREIRA
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Jordi CAÑAS
Plenary Speeches (0)
- José GUSMÃO
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Mislav KOLAKUŠIĆ
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Katrin LANGENSIEPEN
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Grace O'SULLIVAN
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Anne-Sophie PELLETIER
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Mick WALLACE
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZ
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Radan KANEV
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Antonio Maria RINALDI
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Abir AL-SAHLANI
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Beata MAZUREK
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Rosanna CONTE
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Stefania ZAMBELLI
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Milan BRGLEZ
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Sara SKYTTEDAL
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Monica SEMEDO
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Eugen TOMAC
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Marc ANGEL
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Miriam LEXMANN
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Salvatore DE MEO
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Theresa BIELOWSKI
Plenary Speeches (0)
| Amendments | Dossier |
| 383 |
2022/2026(INI)
2022/06/02
PETI
124 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. having regard to the Commission proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008)0426, ‘the Anti- Discrimination Directive’); whereas this directive would provide greater protection against discrimination of all kinds but still remains blocked in the European Council;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 g (new) 1 g. whereas equal and effective access to affordable quality care and support services is an essential prerequisite for independent living of people with disabilities, their participation in the community life and social inclusion so as leave no one behind;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Stresses the need to harmonise the recognition of disability status among the Member States; calls on the Commission to extend the scope of the EU disability card to secure freedom of movement for people with disabilities;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Stresses that the Member States should take measures to strengthen the protection of persons with disabilities against discrimination;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Highlights the importance of ongoing legislative processes to regulate digital platforms and services and artificial Intelligence as they pertain to the rights of PwD; underlines the paramount importance to better ensure that these legislations comply with CRPD and improve the accessibility of digital technologies for PwD;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Recalls that the obligations under the CRPD and the recommendations of the CRPD Committee are also binding on all EU institutions, which are responsible for ensuring accessibility and non- discrimination, including for EU staff with disabilities and carers of PwD. Urges thus the European institutions to improve the accessibilities' level and quality in all of their buildings, as well as to remove the existing barriers to the European institutions' websites, debates and documentation, i.e. the accessibility barriers to the communication of the information produced, by e.g. providing translation into the Sign Language of the different Member States, documents in Braille, documents in easy language, among others;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Recalls that the obligations under the CRPD and the recommendations of the CRPD Committee are also binding on all EU institutions, which are responsible for ensuring accessibility and non- discrimination, including for EU staff with disabilities and carers of PwD
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 – point 1 (new) (1) Acknowledges the Commission’s call for all EU institutions, bodies, agencies and delegations to designate ‘disability coordinators’; reiterates its call for focal points to be established in all EU institutions and agencies, including Parliament and the Council, with the central focal point within the Commission’s General Secretariat and supported by an appropriate interinstitutional mechanism; calls on the EU institutions to prioritise the appointment of PwD to the role of disability coordinators;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 – point 2 (new) (2) Stresses that the right to petition and the petition process should be more visible and accessible to all individuals and organisations in the EU, including PwD; recalls the Committee on Petitions should ensure better visibility and sufficient information in this respect through targeted information and awareness-raising campaigns, with a special focus on vulnerable groups, including PwD; stresses that the Parliament has not yet developed an index of effectiveness for its petition system nor has it collected statistical data on the processing of petitions;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 – point 3 (new) (3) Encourages the relevant Parliament services to continue their efforts and finalise the project on the inter-service working group on sign language in the shortest possible time frame in order to meet the requests of petition1056/2016 to allow for the tabling of petitions in international and national sign languages used in the EU and thereby make the fundamental right to petition more accessible for sign language users;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 – point 4 (new) (4) Highlights the importance of swiftly addressing accessibility concerns in all relevant policies and instruments, including concerns about public procurement rules and the accessibility of petitions to Parliament;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 h (new) 1 h. whereas children with disabilities in the EU are disproportionately more likely to be placed in institutional care than children without disabilities, and appear far less likely to benefit from efforts to enable a transition from institutional to family-based care;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 – point 5 (new) (5) Highlights the need to provide sign language interpretation services and easy- to-read language translations for committee meetings, plenary meetings and all other Parliament meetings, in order to make them accessible for PwD;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Stresses that in the context of projected demographic changes, in particular an ageing population, the Member States should take measures to develop care services for persons with disabilities; underlines that the negative demographic trend requires an increase in the range of services and the introduction of new standards, including standards on training of staff, standards for personal assistance services, care personal assistance and care services; notes that in order to increase the level of services provided it is necessary to create standards for their provision, as well as standards of education of persons responsible for their implementation1h. _________________ 1h Petitions Nos 0544/2005, 0434/2008, 1162/2020, 1255/2020
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a comprehensive update of EU disability strategy and funding programmes with a view to complying fully with the CRPD by constructively involving disability organisations; calls on the Commission and the Member States to involve disability organisations in the dialogue and in all stages of the implementation of the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021- 2030;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Recognises the many areas of application concerning the EU Disability Card, as adopted in some Member States, in terms of both discrimination-free access to many services and of safety in times of danger and emergency; hopes, therefore, with a view to mutual recognition of disability status, that it is swiftly introduced in every Member State.
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Believes that the EU must fully ratify without further delay the Optional Protocol to the CRPD, thus ensuring that citizens can denounce alleged violations of the CRPD's provisions by a State Party and allowing the CRPD Committee to initiate related confidential inquiries; urges those Member States that have not yet ratified the Optional Protocol to the CRPD to do so as a matter of priority;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Underlines that UN Disability Rights Committee found very recently that persons with disabilities in Hungary do not have a mechanism to make decision out of autonomy because of their disabilities and recommended Hungary to amend its legislation to ensure that the country’s supported decision-making mechanisms respect the dignity, autonomy and will and preferences of persons with disabilities in exercising their legal capacity; highlights that the UN Committee also stressed the importance of providing support to persons with disabilities to live independently and equally with others in the community, regardless of their type of impairment, suggesting Hungary to redesign its measures and redirect its effort and budgets into community-based support services; is firmly convinced that the Hungarian authorities must fully, consistently and swiftly implement the recommendations of the UN Disability Rights Committee;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Reminds the Member States of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11.7, whose aim is to provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible green and public spaces, in particular for children and women, persons with disabilities and older persons, by 2030;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new) 9 c. Urges the Member States to ensure that persons with disabilities are involved in the policy-making process without any restrictions; notes that the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires full involvement in policy making, which means allowing people with disabilities to participate and be represented in policy formulation and decision making in all areas at European, national and local level, in line with the principle of disability mainstreaming;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 d (new) 9 d. Urges a swift revision of the Employment Equality Directive with a view to fully harmonising it with the provisions of the UNCRPD and implementing a participatory process aimed at ensuring the direct and full involvement of representative organisations, full representation of the Civil Society of the organisations of people with disabilities in the overall decision making process;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 e (new) 9 e. Stresses the need to step up research and innovation in the field of accessible technology in order to strengthen the inclusiveness for people with disabilities;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the CRPD Committee’s 2015 recommendations1 oblige the EU as a signatory of the CRPD to end discrimination for all persons with disabilities (PwD) and to become a role model in its implementation to ensure their equal enjoyment of all human rights and full participation in all areas of society2 ; Takes note of the CRPD Committee decision at its twenty-sixth session on the list of issues in relation to the European Union and calls for appropriate follow-up by the EU and its Member States; _________________ 1
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 f (new) 9 f. Regrets for the inequity of access to assessment for hidden disabilities such as specific learning disabilities like dyslexia and dyscalculia; Calls the Commission and Member States to develop common European assessment criteria on learning disabilities and implement inclusive educational policies ensuring equal access of students with disabilities;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 g (new) 9 g. Calls the Commission and Member States to invest in public educational infrastructures as well as in education workforce’s training and professional learning in order to ensure that children’s and students’ with disabilities learning and development needs are met.
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 h (new) 9 h. Calls on the commission and the Member states to ensure and promote, according to the Article 30 of CRPD, the right of persons with disabilities to participate in cultural life, including access to cultural materials in accessible formats, television programmes, films, theatre and other cultural activities in accessible formats; Highlights the importance of improving accessibility to cultural heritage sites for people with disabilities;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 i (new) 9 i. Highlights the health benefits of culture and arts on the mental health, wellbeing and overall health of people with disabilities; therefore, calls on member states and the Commission to take measures to publicly provide for free culture and art activities for people with disabilities, as well as to ensure the inclusion of all forms of culture and art;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 j (new) 9 j. Recalls that the lessons learnt by the pandemic as to how culture benefited people with disabilities, as well as our overall society, should lead to further supporting culture for people with disabilities with securing specific relevant funds and expanding access to funding for cultural activities for people with disabilities horizontally in as many European funding programmes as possible, while safeguarding that in possible future crises there will already be in place mechanisms to secure adequate access to culture and people with disabilities, as needed;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new) (1) Calls on the Member States to carry out national disability awareness- raising campaigns promoting the CRPD and the European Disability Strategy 2021-2030 that area accessible for all and involve PwD and the family members and organisations that represent them; calls on the Member States to adopt ambitious timelines for the implementation of the strategy; calls on the Commission to develop a set of detailed indicators in the forthcoming delegated act on the revised social score board to measure the progress toward the goals and objectives of the strategy and to ensure compliance by all those involved with the commitments outlined in these documents;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 2 (new) (2) Takes note of the progress made by the Member States in effectively implementing and monitoring the CRPD and in adapting accessibility measures to comply with the standards of the CRPD; calls on the Member States to designate, without further delay, responsible authorities to serve as focal points, and to establish coordinating mechanisms at all administrative levels, in accordance with Article 33 of the CRPD, for its implementation and monitoring; stresses that the Member States should ensure that a significant number of persons with disabilities are involved in the work of these authorities;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Underlines that 37 % of the EU population aged 15 and over reported (moderate or severe) physical or sensory limitations1b; recalls that the range and level of services provided to persons with disabilities is insufficient and thus underlines that support should be tailored to individual needs; calls on the Member States to step up their efforts in providing support for persons with disabilities in the following priority areas: health, education, accessibility, employment and working conditions, independent living, coordination, living conditions, social protection and raising awareness; _________________ 1b https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Functional_and_acti vity_limitations_statistics#Functional_an d_activity_limitations
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Calls on the Member States to designate responsible authorities to serve as focal points, and to establish coordinating mechanisms at all administrative levels, in accordance with Article 33 of the CRPD, for its implementation and monitoring, while ensuring the significant participation of disabled persons in these authorities;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Regrets that EU has not taken enough measures to address equality and non-discrimination in its legislation and policies, and in particular to address intersectional and multiple forms of discrimination;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1 a. having regard to the revised European Social Charter, in particular its articles 15, on the right of persons with disabilities to independence, social integration, and participation;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Urges the Commission to conduct a cross-cutting and comprehensive review of the EU legislation in order to ensure its full harmonization with the provisions of the CRPD, including by adopting, without further delay, a plan detailing the overall strategy to achieve this goal;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Stresses the vital importance to enhance actions aimed at fully upholding human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons with disabilities, removing any obstacle preventing them from having a full and equal participation in society; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that all measures to implement at national and EU levels the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 are in full compliance with the CRPD;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Strongly condemns violence against women stressing its life-long implications for their physical and mental health; is highly alarmed that violence against women threatens the security of over 250 million women in the EU, with women with disabilities facing 2 to 5 times higher risks to be victims of violence; calls on the Council to conclude, as a matter of priority, its work on the EU’s ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) in order to strengthen the overall action to combat violence faced by all women and support all victims, thereby also contributing to the adequate implementation of the CRPD and of the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW);
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Urges the Commission to step up its efforts to meet the needs of PwD, such as those expressed in Parliament’s resolutions of 7 October 2021 entitled ‘Protection of PwD with disabilities
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Urges the Commission to step up its efforts to meet the needs of PwD, such as those expressed in Parliament’s resolutions of 7 October 2021 entitled ‘Protection of PwD with disabilities through petitions: lessons learnt’3 and of 8 July 2020 on the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in the COVID-19 crisis4; whereas, in particular, the pandemic has exacerbated inequalities between people with and without disabilities; _________________ 3 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0414.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new) (1) Considers the Optional Protocol to be an indivisible part of the CRPD; points to the fact that the Optional Protocol provides citizens with a forum to communicate alleged violations of the provisions of the convention by a State Party, and allows the CRPD Committee to initiate confidential inquiries when they receive information indicating that a State Party has committed a grave or systematic violation;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 – point 2 (new) (2) Stresses that the Optional Protocol to the CRPD has not been ratified by the EU and five Member States; calls on all Member States that have not yet ratified the Optional Protocol to the CRPD to do so without further delay, and for the EU to fully ratify it; calls on the Council to take the necessary steps to ensure the accession of the EU to the Optional Protocol;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 – point 3 (new) (3) Notes that there is no mutual recognition of disability status between Member States; calls on the Member States to work together in a spirit of mutual trust to recognise the status assigned in another Member State; emphasises the Commission’s goal of working with Member States to expand the scope of the mutual recognition of disability status in areas such as labour mobility and the benefits related to the conditions of service provision; highlights the need to extend the benefits of the EU disability card so that mutually recognised health access benefits are also included; underlines, in this context, the importance of swift action in terms of implementation of the European Disability Card; reiterates the need for mutual understanding of deinstitutionalisation, its implementation and independent living in the community, with a view to better aligning the Member States’ strategies and the EU funds with the CRPD;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 – point 4 (new) (4) Welcomes the Commission’s initiative, by the end of 2023, for the creation of an EU disability card to be recognised in all Member States, with a view to scaling up the pilot projects for the EU disability card and the EU parking card for PwD; is of the opinion that the EU disability card, which should be adopted and recognised in all Member States, and cover all areas of life, including transport, will be an important instrument to help PwD to exercise their right to free movement in a barrier-free EU;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 – point 5 (new) (5) Notes the Commission’s proposal for the creation of the ‘AccessibleEU’ resource centre by 2022; calls on the Commission to create an EU agency on accessibility (EU Access Board) that would be in charge of developing technical specifications on accessibility in support of specific EU policies and legislation, carrying out consultations with rights-holders, stakeholders and non- governmental organisations, helping Member States and EU institutions to implement accessibility in a harmonised way for the benefit of the single market, and raising awareness of the importance of accessibility for equal societies;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 b (new) -1 b. having regard to the European's Parliament resolution of 29 November 2018 on the situation of women with disabilities,
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Is extremely concerned that persons with disabilities are still disproportionately affected by unemployment, leave labour markets earlier and that the employment gap between persons with and without disabilities remains high, contributing in the result of persons with disabilities having a very high risk of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Points out that petitioners’ most common concerns regarding the equality of people with disabilities centre around accessibility and social protection, along with employment rights and the right to live independently in the community;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Reiterates its request to the Commission to structurally integrate the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 within the European Semester process with a view to enhancing employment and social protection of persons with disabilities in all related policies adopted by Member States; believes that the Commission should carry out a detailed annual review of disability mainstreaming under the European Semester process;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that independent living goes hand in hand with the freedom to choose one’s place of residence5 , inclusive education6 , a guarantee of democratic rights7 such as the right to vote8 , and access to the open labour market with an adequate
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that independent living goes hand in hand with the freedom to choose one’s place of residence5, inclusive education6, a guarantee of democratic rights7 such as the right to vote8, and access to the open labour market with an adequate salary9; access to public infrastructure, services and goods, particularly healthcare, information and communication, as well as transport and banking services; _________________ 5 Petition No 0988/2020.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that independent living goes hand in hand with the freedom to choose one’s place of residence5 , inclusive education6 , a guarantee of democratic rights7 such as the right to vote8
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that independent living goes hand in hand with the freedom to choose one’s place of residence5 , inclusive education6 , lifelong learning, a guarantee of democratic rights7 such as the right to vote8 , and access to the open labour market with an adequate salary9 ; _________________ 5 Petition No 0988/2020.
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – point 1 (new) (1) Stresses that Article 19 of the CRPD sets out the right to live independently and be included in the community; calls on the Member States to ensure a process that provides for a shift in living arrangements for PwD, from institutional settings to a system enabling social participation and in which services are provided in the community according to individual will and preference; calls on the Member States to include specific targets with clear deadlines in their deinstitutionalisation strategies and to adequately finance the implementation of these strategies;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – point 2 (new) (2) Recalls that in order to develop appropriate and effective policies and find solutions tailored to the needs of PwD in all their diversity in the EU, there is a need for comparable and reliable EU data; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to intensify their efforts for a common framework for European statistics on individuals and households to collect reliable data on the participation of PwD, also disaggregated by gender, in the various levels and types of education and labour and in social life;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. having regard to the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), in particular principle 17 on inclusion of persons with disabilities and principle18 on the right to long-term care,
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – point 3 (new) (3) Stresses that there is an urgent need to conduct a study and a research to collect data disaggregated by different types of disability and different barriers faced by the different groups of PwD, in particular when trying to access the labour market, which would greatly improve understanding of how unemployment impacts PwD and help the European Commission and Member States in their aim and efforts to improve labour market outcomes for PwD in the EU;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – point 4 (new) (4) Stresses that cost of living with a disability is one of the greatest challenges faced by PwD; underlines, in this respect, an urgent need to collect data to further analyse the issue of living costs for PwD; stresses that this data will help to understand why it is that PwD are so disproportionately affected by poverty, and why the issue of losing one’s disability allowance when a person starts earning a wage can be so problematic and dangerous; underlines that the loss of disability allowance following the take-up of paid work is one of the principle reasons that PwD cannot easily transfer to the labour market, and that puts them at the greatest risk of in-work poverty;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – point 5 (new) (5) Stresses that the Article 27 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities clearly calls for every effort to be made to allow PwD to find employment in the open labour market; underlines the key importance to monitor the developments in the EU Member States on fulfilling their obligations under the UNCRPD, or in employing people in sheltered forms of work that lead to in-work poverty; underlines, in this regards, an urgent need to conduct a research on sheltered workshops and insight into how many PwD, including women with disabilities, are in employment in the open labour market; stresses that the Eurostat figures show what percentage of PwD are employed in each Member State, but the quality of employment that each person finds themselves in remains unknown;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – point 6 (new) (6) Recalls the high number of EU citizens deprived of their right to participate in elections, including European Parliament elections, because of their disabilities or mental health problems; calls on the Commission and Member States to guarantee the political rights of PwD by ensuring voting and eligibility rights to all PwD and right to stand for election, without exemptions, and by implementing ad hoc measures aiming at making the next European elections more accessible to PwD and respectful of the right to vote autonomously and in secrecy, or otherwise with the choice of one’s assistant;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Welcomes the fact that as part of the Strategy for the Rights of People with Disabilities 2021-2030, an EU-wide Disability Card will be available by the end of 2023; Calls the commission and Member states to developing a system of mutual recognition with common criteria in all Member States of disability status and associate benefits based on an EU disability card with a strong scope harmonising the status and definition of disability and making the Card mandatory for all Member States in order to really safeguard equal opportunities for all across the EU leaving noone behind;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. urges the Commission, especially in view of the next European elections in 2024, to work with Member States in the European Cooperation Network on Elections to guarantee the democratic rights of people with disabilities, including people with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities, by ensuring that voting procedures, materials and facilities are easy to access and participation in public and political life are actively promoted;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Reiterates the need for mutual recognition of deinstitutionalization and its implementation and ''independent living in the community'', towards better aligning Member States' strategies and the EU funds to the UNCRPD;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on the Member States to ensure equal opportunities to access adequate support for persons with disabilities living in different regions, both in urban as well as in rural and remote areas;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Underlines that the reform of the EU electoral law would provide an initial response to the need to guarantee the right to vote for PwD in all the Member States;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Urges the Commission and Member States to introduce public and private sector workplace quotas for people with disabilities in order to foster an inclusive workplace;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. having regard to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11.7
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Urges the Member States to improve the accessibility of buildings, transport and communication, including web accessibility,
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Urges the Member States to improve the accessibility of buildings, transport and communication, including web accessibility, in order to remove physical, digital, logistical and social barriers in all areas, and recalls that the Member States must speed up the transposition of the European Accessibility Act10 ; Calls on the Commission to use the New European Bauhaus initiative to promote and support housing solutions, based on a design for all approach, enabling people with disabilities to live at home and to remain active in society; _________________ 10 Petitions Nos 0954/2019,
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Urges the Member States to improve the accessibility of buildings, transport and communication, including web accessibility, in order to remove
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 – point 1 (new) (1) Regrets the fact that the European Accessibility Act fails to address accessibility of the built environment and of the physical world in general; calls on the Commission to use the European Accessibility Act as a basis for adopting a robust EU framework for an accessible and inclusive environment with fully accessible public spaces, services, including public transport, communication, administrative and financial services, and the built environment; welcomes the Commission’s ‘Access City Award’ initiative;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 – point 2 (new) (2) Outlines that petitioners’ most common concerns regarding the equality of PwD centre around accessibility and social protection, along with employment rights and the right to live independently in the community; calls, therefore, on the Member States to fully implement and continuously monitor all accessibility- related legislation, including Directive (EU) 2019/882 (the European Accessibility Act) in order to effectively and definitively remove and prevent barriers for workers with disabilities, and to improve and ensure the availability of accessible services and the suitability of the conditions under which these services are provided; calls, in this context, on the Member States to consider, when transposing the European Accessibility Act into national legislation, the interconnectivity between the accessibility of services and the accessibility of the built environment;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 – point 3 (new) (3) Calls on the Member States to ensure the swift and efficient implementation at all levels of Directive2016/2102 on the accessibility of public sector bodies’ websites and mobile applications, in order to guarantee that PwD are able to access all information they require in an accessible format, including national sign languages; welcomes the Commission’s initiative for an action plan on web accessibility for all EU institutions, bodies and agencies with a view to ensuring the compliance of EU websites, and the documents published on these websites and online platforms, with European accessibility standards, which need to be broadened; urges all EU institutions, bodies and agencies to comply with the European accessibility standards in 2022 at the latest; calls the Commission to pay particular attention, as a matter of priority, to the accessibility of its public consultations, especially where they target PWD and their organisations;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 – point 4 (new) (4) Urges the EU institutions to improve the level and quality of accessibility in all of their buildings and remove the existing barriers to their websites, debates and documentation, i.e.to make the information produced accessible by, for example, providing translation into the sign languages of the different Member States and producing documents in Braille and in easy-to-read language;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that architectural barriers inside and outside buildings and in all public and private spaces are removed; recommends, further, that they ensure that no new barriers to accessibility for people with disabilities are created anywhere;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Reminds the Member States that independent living, quality social and employment services, adequate social protection and a strengthened social economy are indispensable for decent living for all persons with disabilities, as highlighted in the EU strategy on the rights of people with disabilities;
Amendment 6 #
1 c. whereas through its role, the Committee on Petitions has a special duty to protect the rights of peoples with disabilities in the EU, with the exercise of their fundamental freedoms and rights being guaranteed by EU law and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD);
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Recalls that accessibility should go hand in hand with adequate infrastructure; encourages the Member States to increase spending from the ESF+, the ERDF and the Just Transition Fund for adapting public infrastructure, including transport, and public spaces for all;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Stresses that legislation in most EU countries promotes independent living, but there is a serious implementation gap, especially in rural areas;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls, in this respect, that the COVID-19 crisis has fostered remote work, which could provide for wider access to employment for PwD, and
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 64 #
5. Recalls, in this respect, that the COVID-19 crisis has fostered remote work, which could provide for wider access to employment for PwD, and urges the Member States to take serious measures to tackle unemployment and the payment gap11; recalls, further, the low employment and occupation levels for persons with disabilities, standing at 50.6% in comparison with 74.8% for those without disabilities; condemns all forms of discrimination against persons with disabilities in the workplace; calls on the Member States and the Commission to enforce policies designed to prevent cases of disability-based harassment; calls, further, on the Member States, in cooperation with employers, to enforce polices to prevent cyberbullying of persons with disabilities in the workplace; _________________ 11 Petitions Nos 0608/2020, 1139/2021,
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls, in this respect, that the COVID-19 crisis has fostered remote work, which could provide for wider access to employment for PwD, and urges the Member States to take serious measures to tackle unemployment and the payment gap11 while making sure that this will not reduce the opportunities for disabled persons to work in their place of employment, as it would, otherwise, deprive them from their freedom of choosing, and potentially lead to reduced accessibility of the building environment and transportation;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that petitioners have repeatedly highlighted the limitations regarding the employment opportunities of persons with disabilities1c; recalls that 50.8% of persons with disabilities are in employment compared to 75% without disabilities1d; underlines, in this respect, that the COVID-19 crisis has fostered remote work, which could provide for wider access to employment for PwD, and urges the Member States to take serious measures to tackle unemployment and the payment gap11 ; _________________
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls, in this respect, that the COVID-19 crisis has fostered remote work, which could provide for wider access to employment for PwD, and urges the Member States to take serious measures to tackle unemployment and the payment gap in particular for women with disabilities11 ; _________________ 11 Petitions Nos 0608/2020, 1139/2021,
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new) (1) Calls on the EU institutions and the Member States to reaffirm their commitment to realising equality and inclusion for PwD and to fully implement the CRPD, including its Article 27on work and employment;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 – point 2 (new) (2) Highlights that sheltered workshops should aim to ensure inclusion, rehabilitation and transition to the open labour market, but are often segregated environments in which workers with disabilities do not have employee status or enjoy labour rights, which clearly constitutes a violation of the CRPD; stresses that inclusive models of supported employment can, if they are rights-based and recognised as employment, respect the rights of PwD and serve inclusion in and transition to the open labour market;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. whereas the right to petition, the petition process and the Peti portal should be more visible and accessible to persons with disabilities; whereas the Committee on Petitions should ensure better visibility and sufficient information in this respect through targeted information and awareness-raising campaigns, with a special focus on vulnerable groups, especially persons with disabilities;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls for the collection of EU-wide disability-related data with a human rights-based approach and of data related to the impact of the so- called COVID-19 crisis on persons with disabilities in order to provide the evidence needed to scale up rapid assessments and urgently develop strategies and prepare interventions together with the Member States to revert the backlash in terms of rights and development observed due to the implementation of containment measures of the COVID-19;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Highlights that children with disabilities continue to be disproportionately represented in institutional care, remain in institutions on a long-term or permanent basis, and face high levels of discrimination and neglect;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Underlines the need to earmark adequate funding for resources enabling people with disabilities to make use of the best available technology and equipment in their everyday lives, at the workplace and for social intercourse; calls on the Member States to make the necessary investment and give people with disabilities easier access to assistive devices and connectivity, such as special tools for the workplace, mobility solutions or intelligent sensor systems, with a view to facilitating their social inclusion and helping them secure a decent standard of living;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Recalls that the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 proposes creating a European Disability Card by end of 2023 with a view to be recognised in all Member States; underlines the importance of swift action in terms of implementation of the European Disability Card1g; is convinced that the European Disability Card will be a key instrument to help persons with disabilities to exercise their right to free movement in a barrier-free Europe, therefore it should be mandatory in all Member States; _________________ 1g Petition no 1249/2014
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Is deeply concerned about the high unemployment rates of persons with disabilities, especially women, compared to other groups in the European Union;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines that children with disabilities, including those with intellectual disabilities, have the right to inclusive education on the same footing as
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines that children with disabilities, including those with intellectual disabilities, have the right to inclusive education on the same footing as other children, including the possibility to access mainstream schools, as stipulated in Article 24 CRPD, and considers that accessible digital tools should be designed and used
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines that children with disabilities, including those with intellectual disabilities, have the right to inclusive education on the same footing as other children, including the possibility to access mainstream schools, as stipulated in Article 24 CRPD, recalls, in this context, the need to make reasonable adjustments, to provide an adequate number of teachers and educators, and the importance of ensuring that teachers and educators have access to continuous training and professional development, and considers that accessible digital tools should be designed and used where possible12; _________________ 12 Petitions Nos 0956/2018 and 1340/2020.
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines that children with disabilities, including those with intellectual disabilities, have the right to inclusive education on the same footing as other children, including the possibility to access mainstream schools, as stipulated in Article 24 CRPD, and considers that accessible digital tools should be designed and used where possible12; laments, what is more, the fact that, during the pandemic, remote learning has deprived them of those fundamental activities; hopes that priority will be given to their education in the reopening policies in the Member States; _________________ 12 Petition
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – point 1 (new) (1) Welcomes the fact that Member States are willing to implement inclusive educational policies; calls on the Member States to further increase their education systems’ capacity to provide high-quality accessible education for all learners by promoting specific measures and personalised support, such as accessible and tailored curricula and learning materials, accessible ICTs and appropriate digital education calls on the Commission to strengthen the role of the Child Guarantee, giving consideration to an accessible school award scheme, in ensuring the equal treatment of children with disabilities;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – point 2 (new) (2) Calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in training professionals regarding the needs of PwD; reiterates that the implementation and allocation of the relevant EU funding programmes should contribute to the transition towards inclusive education; stresses that PwD should be guaranteed access to education, including during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic and others, and that Member States should tackle all forms of discrimination and exclusion in this area;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. calls on those Member States which still segregate students to provide sufficient financial and specialized support for inclusive education in schools, third level education and in programmes (including Erasmus+, Discover EU & European Solidarity Corps);
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Calls on the Commission and Member states to remove any physical, legal and pedagogical barriers that impede equal access to learning and teaching environments for teachers and students with disabilities and special needs;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Reiterates that PwD, including those with
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Reiterates that PwD, including those with mental disabilities, should have the right to the highest attainable state of health and access to healthcare, free from discrimination, of the same scope and
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Reiterates that PwD, including those with mental disabilities, should have the right to the highest attainable state of health and access to healthcare, free from discrimination, of the same scope and quality as other EU citizens13 and calls on the Member States to consider shifting from intellectually impaired persons' legal capacity deprivation to supported decision making schemes; _________________ 13 Petitions Nos 0687/2020 and 0470/2020.
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Reiterates that PwD, including those with mental disabilities, should have the right to the highest attainable state of both physical and mental health and access to healthcare, free from discrimination, of the same scope and quality as other EU citizens13 ; _________________ 13 Petitions Nos 0687/2020 and 0470/2020.
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Stresses that during the COVID-19 pandemic, severe gaps emerged in the capacity and preparedness of healthcare and social care systems of various Member States to adequately support persons with disabilities, including those with mental disabilities, due to lack of resources, weak governance and inadequate involvement of persons with disabilities in planning measures to counter the spread of the virus and provide the necessary assistance; strongly believes that Member States must greatly improve their healthcare and social care systems by addressing all existing shortcomings in order to ensure that, even during a crisis, full support is given to everyone, and notably to the most vulnerable, thereby adequately protecting health and social rights of all;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) 1 f. whereas work-related discrimination against people with disabilities is interrelated with the lack of inclusive education and vocational training, as well as the segregation and discrimination present in the field of housing, healthcare, and the lack of accessibility of transport and other services and products;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that PwD are exposed to discrimination most frequently, in particular those with intellectual, psychosocial and mental disabilities
Amendment 92 #
8. Highlights that all PwD are exposed to discrimination most frequently, in particular those with intellectual, psychosocial and mental
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that PwD are exposed to discrimination most frequently, in particular those with intellectual
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that PwD are exposed to discrimination most frequently, in particular those with intellectual, psychosocial and mental disabilities, and women and girls, migrants and members of the LGBTIQ community with disabilities; calls, in this respect, for improving the anti-discrimination legislation by also effectively covering multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination as well as strengthening equality bodies in order to protect the rights of PwD across the EU and for the horizontal Anti- Discrimination Directive to be unblocked in the Council14
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that PwD are exposed to discrimination most frequently, in particular those with intellectual, psychosocial and mental disabilities, and women and girls, migrants and members of the LGBTIQ community with disabilities;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that PwD are exposed to discrimination most frequently, in particular those with intellectual, psychosocial and mental disabilities, and women and girls, migrants and members of the LGBTIQ community with disabilities
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 – point a (new) (a) Stresses the urgent need for EU legislation aimed at protecting citizens against all forms of discrimination in the EU and considers this to be primordial for the correct implementation of CRPD policies; urges the Member States to adopt the EU horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive tabled by the Commission in 2008; calls on the Commission to present an alternative solution in order to move forward in tackling discrimination across the EU, in all areas of life, as soon as possible;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls on the Commission to put in place the set of measures recommended by the European Ombudsman in her inquiry in case OI/2/2021/MHZ1a aimed at ensuring that the use by Member States of EU Structural and Investment Funds as well as of the funds under the Recovery and Resilience Facility are in line with the EU’s obligations, under the CRPD, to promote the right of persons with disabilities to independent living; _________________ 1a https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/de cision/en/155353
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Underlines that women and girls with disabilities face multiple and intersectional discrimination in all areas of life, including socio-economic disadvantages, social isolation, violence, forced sterilisation and abortion, lack of access to community services, low-quality housing, institutionalisation, inadequate healthcare, and denial of the opportunity to contribute and engage actively in society;
source: 732.747
2022/06/28
EMPL
259 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 — having regard to Article 2 and Article 3 (3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and Articles 2, 9, 10, 19 and 216(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Citation 6 b (new) — having regard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN 2030 Agenda) and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Recital B i (new) Bi. whereas the UNCRPD rejects the medical model of disability and endorses the human and the socio-contextual model of disability instead; whereas the UNCRPD demands inclusive equality for people with disabilities; whereas ableist mindsets and the medical model of disability persist within society and public policy;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Recital B j (new) Bj. whereas political participation does not affect all persons with disabilities equally; whereas those with more severe impairments, as well as persons with particular types of impairment – for example, persons with intellectual disabilities –disproportionately face barriers to their participation in the political life; whereas these individuals are often some of the most isolated and excluded;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Recital B j (new) Bj. whereas a decade after the EU became party to the UNCRPD the level of institutionalisation remains unchanged and that across Europe, at least 1.4 million people are still confined to institutions—a number which has remained unchanged since the adoption of the convention;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Recital B k (new) Bk. whereas the issue of illegal and forced detentions as well as forced treatments in hospitals, especially psychiatric hospitals is closely linked to the problem of the prevailing of institution, deprivations of liberty and detentions against the will are occurring throughout Europe; whereas physical restraints, like straightjackets are commonly used;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Recital B l (new) Bl. whereas access to adequate housing for people with disabilities is often judged to be inadequate; whereas in most countries, disabled people depend on family support to rent an apartment and obtaining housing with one's own means can be impossible;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Recital B m (new) Bm. whereas according to the ENIL Independent Living survey from 2020, 24 out of 43 countries in the Council of Europe area do not have a deinstitutionalization strategy, and for the 18 countries which do have one, 88% of respondents describe the strategy either as inadequate or requiring improvement;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Recital B n (new) Bn. whereas 33 countries in the Council of Europe area provide some kind of personal assistance while 97% of respondents indicate that access is either requiring improvement or inadequate;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Recital B o (new) Bo. whereas only 29.4% of people with disabilities attain a tertiary degree compared to 43.8% of those without disabilities, and 52% of people with disabilities feel discriminated against;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Recital B p (new) Bp. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing obstacles and inequalities for all people with disabilities;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion Recital B q (new) Bq. whereas the current legislative framework establishes no obligation for member states to designate an Equality Body to protect victims of discrimination on the ground of Disability;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Citation 6 c (new) — having regard to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Recital B r (new) Br. whereas in 2008 the Commission presented a proposal to extend beyond employment the protection from discrimination provided by Directive 2000/78 which prohibits discrimination based on disability, age, sexual orientation and religion or belief in the areas of employment and occupation; whereas the new Directive would make the principle of equality applicable to education, to access to goods and services and to social protection, including social security and health care; whereas this proposal has not been adopted yet and has been blocked within the Council for 13 years by now, where unanimity is required for its adoption;
Amendment 111 #
Bs. whereas all EU Members States ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights oft he Child making it binding for them and whereas Article 3(3) of the Treaty of the European Union establishes the objective for the EU to promote protection of Children’s rights; whereas the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights guarantees the protection of the rights of the child by the EU institutions and by EU countries when they implement EU law; whereas the European Parliament with a strong majority voted on its Resolution on a European Child Guarantee strongly asking to ensure that all children have access to inclusive education from early childhood to adolescence, including for Romani children, children with disabilities, stateless and migrant children and those living in humanitarian emergency settings;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Recital B t (new) Bt. whereas it is generally acknowledged that persons with disabilities continue to face multiple and intersectional obstacles and discrimination in everyday life and that they do not enjoy the fundamental freedoms and rights laid down in the applicable EU and UN normative and legal frameworks, such as mutual recognition of disability status between Member States, access to public transport, accessibility of the built environment, use of sign languages, financing of and equal access to education and vocational training, access to personal assistance and community inclusion, equality in opportunity and treatment in employment and occupation;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Emphasises that the human and the socio-contextual model of disability needs to be established as the framework in which society discusses disability and adapts disability support accordingly;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights that persons with disabilities’ exercise of the right to work9 is closely linked to measures to tackle direct and indirect discrimination, poverty and
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights that persons with disabilities’ exercise of the right to work9 is closely linked to measures to tackle discrimination, segregation, institutionalization, poverty and obstacles in education, training, communication, housing, care, personal mobility
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights that the integration of people with disabilities into the labour market is not only essential for social inclusion and equal opportunities, but also offers significant economic opportunities and that persons with disabilities’ exercise of the right to work9 is
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights that persons with disabilities’ exercise of the right to work9 is closely linked to measures to tackle discrimination, poverty and obstacles in education, training, housing, care, personal mobility and the built environment; calls, in this regard, to unblock the Horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive; _________________ 9 Article 27 of the UNCRPD.
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights that persons with disabilities’ exercise of the right to work9 is closely linked to measures to tackle discrimination, poverty and obstacles in education, training, housing, care, support, personal mobility and the built environment; _________________ 9 Article 27 of the UNCRPD.
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new) Notes that promoting the rights of older persons is closely linked to achieving equal rights for people with disabilities, since older people have a higher risk of disability and more than 46 percent of older persons –those aged 60 years and over– have disabilities;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Citation 6 d (new) — having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention),
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new) Asks the European Labour Authority to work with national labour inspectorates to implement existing legislation; recommends that labour inspectors access public and private employers to ensure compliance with occupational rights for people with disabilities;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on Member States to implement good practices to de- institutionalise the mental health sector and encourage respect for all persons with disabilities, including children, to strengthen the transition from institutional care to services that provide support to the community, and to promote and guarantee funding for accessible and inclusive social housing for those with disabilities, including older people with disabilities;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Highlights the importance of a holistic definition and application of accessibility and its value as an indispensable basis for persons with disabilities to have equal opportunities as recognised in the UNCRPD and in line with the UN CRPD General Comment No 2, taking into account the diversity of the needs of persons with disabilities and promoting universal design as a principle of the EU;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Welcomes the recent policy debate on 16 June 2022 among employment and social affairs ministers employment of persons with disabilities and how to remove disincentives to hire persons with disabilities and actions to promote their integration into the labour market and looks forward to concrete follow-up actions by the Member States;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission to start the revision of the Employment Equality Directive as soon as possible with a view to fully harmonising it with the provisions of the UNCRPD and implementing a participatory process aimed at ensuring the direct and full involvement of representative organisations of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to fully implement and mainstream the UNCRPD across all legislative, policy and funding measures, in particular as regards persons with disabilities’ social and labour market inclusion; calls for the EU and the Member States to ratify the Optional Protocol to the UNCRPD;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that Member States should step up their efforts in providing support for persons with disabilities in the following priority areas: health, education, accessibility, employment and working conditions, independent living, coordination, living conditions, social protection and raising awareness;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls for the European Union and Member States to improve their efforts in order to achieve a barrier-free environment including the built environment for persons with disabilities or functional limitations including people with rheumatic/chronic inflammatory and musculoskeletal disease-driven disability.
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. encourages the inclusion of persons with age-related hearing loss in the labour market and consumer market; encourages that devices with alarms have both low and high frequency tone alarms to protect persons with age-related hearing loss for whom the low frequency alarm is more effective;
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines the need to give particular attention to the employment situation of people belonging to ethnic minorities with disabilities such as migrants, refugees, Roma and people of African descent;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Citation 6 d (new) — having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Urges the institutions of the European Union and Member States to work to protect persons with disabilities and their families;
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Urges therefore the Commission to put forward a proposal for a common definition of disability at EU level, as well as mutual recognition of disability status and the associated benefits and social protection rights between the Member States in line with the concluding observations of the UNCPRD Committee on the initial report of the European Union adopted in 2015 with the aim of removing the fundamental obstacle for intra-EU mobility of persons with disabilities and enabling their access to health, care and other services that facilitate independent living, as well as equal education and employment opportunities; calls for the implementation and expansion of the European Disability Card to all Member States, supporting mutual recognition of disability across the EU and paving the way to a European definition of disabilities;
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Highlights that, in order to meet the different needs of people with disabilities in and out of jobs, employment figures of national statistical institutes and Eurostat should be disaggregated by type of disabilities, gender and ethnic minority; therefore, calls on the Commission, its relevant agencies and all Member States, to set up all the necessary actions in this respect;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls on the Commission to conduct a cross-cutting, comprehensive review, and where necessary revise, all relevant EU legislation with a view to ensuring its full CRPD compliance in particular as regards accessibility of the built and digital environment and reasonable accommodation in employment;
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Calls on the Commission and Member states to adopt a holistic life cycle policy approach to support prevention of discrimination and to ensure effective retention and inclusion of PwD in the labour market;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Calls on the Council, in particular its upcoming Presidencies, to unblock negotiations on the horizontal anti- discrimination directive as it is a prerequisite to achieving equality in the EU;
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Stresses the importance of involving persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in the development and implementation of all measures effecting them; stresses the importance of mainstreaming disability considerations in the workplace and the role of social dialogue and trainings for employers in this regard;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Calls on all Member States that have not yet ratified the Optional Protocol to the CRPD to do so without further delay, and for the EU to fully ratify it; calls on the Council to take the necessary steps to ensure the accession of the EU to the Optional Protocol;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1e. Calls on the Member States to take active measures to safeguard non- discrimination for all , and to ensure that PwD can exercise their labour and trade union rights on equal terms with others; urges the EU to ratify the Istanbul Convention that is supposed to have a transversal impact on all EU legislation with a specific focus on women with disabilities who face multiple and intersectional discrimination and are more vulnerable to harassment at the workplace;
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Believes that income support schemes- and disability-related assistance are complementary in promoting the effective participation of persons with disabilities in the labour market; calls, therefore, on Member States to unbundle income- and
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Citation 6 f (new) — having regard to the Europe 2020 target relating to the fight against poverty and social exclusion,
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Believes that personal income
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Believes that income- and disability-related assistance are complementary in promoting the effective participation of persons with disabilities in the labour market; calls, therefore, on Member States to unbundle income- and disability-related assistance10; encourages the Member States to put in place solutions providing carers of persons with disabilities with opportunities to earn an income other than social security benefits, at a level equal to the national minimum wage; _________________ 10 UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Believes that income
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Believes that income- and disability-related assistance are complementary in promoting the effective participation of persons with disabilities in the labour market; calls, therefore, on Member States to unbundle income- and disability-related assistance10 in order to cover additional disability-related costs, combat in-work poverty and ensure their equality, dignity and autonomy; _________________ 10 UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Believes that income shall ensure a decent standard of living and independent living; income- and disability-related assistance are complementary in promoting the effective participation of persons with disabilities in the labour market; calls, therefore, on Member States to unbundle income- and disability-related assistance10
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Believes that income
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Believes that income- and disability-related assistance are complementary in promoting the full and effective participation of persons with disabilities in the labour market; calls, therefore, on Member States to unbundle income- and disability-related assistance10 ; _________________ 10 UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new) Regrets that the lack of accessible and affordable housing is considered to be a large barrier to independent living; recalls that people with disabilities must be permitted to live as independently as everyone else; underlines that segregating people with disabilities whether at work or in other areas of life creates stigmatisation and discrimination;
Amendment 148 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that persons with disabilities should enjoy their right to free movement in the EU on an equal basis with others and calls for a harmonised definition of disability to facilitate their education, training and employment opportunities across borders; calls on Member States to facilitate persons with disabilities’ export of their disability benefits and entitlements, including support services where relevant, to further foster this right; calls on the Commission and Member States to deliver on their commitments under the EU Disability Strategy, in particular the promised European Disability Card ensuring disability status is recognised in all Member States as soon as possible;
Amendment 149 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Member States to assess the effectiveness of existing sheltered workshops in providing PwD with skills to gain employment in the open labour market, to ensure that they are bound by legal frameworks covering social security, minimum wages and non- discrimination and to phase them out; calls on the Commission to monitor this process; further insists that workers with disabilities in sheltered workshops should at least be ensured the legal statute equivalent to labour rights of people working in open working environments based on the application of the respective collective agreement for the economic sector;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Citation 6 g (new) — having regard to Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin,
Amendment 150 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Urges the EU Member states to speed up deinstitutionalisation; calls on the Member States to include specific targets with a defined timeframe in their deinstitutionalisation strategies, to adequately finance them and to develop mechanisms to ensure effective coordination between relevant authorities across different administrative sectors and levels Underlines that community-based, independent, living- must be strengthened and achieved as alternative to institutional frameworks as according to the CRPD General comment No. 5 (2017) on living independently and being included in the community;
Amendment 151 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Recalls that Article19 of the CRPD provides for the equal right of persons with disabilities to live independently and be included in the community; urges Member State, with the support of the Commission, to accelerate the deinstitutionalisation process and foster the transition to community-based care and support; stresses that EU funds should be used to promote inclusivity and accessibility and should be immediately discontinued where they support the institutionalisation of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Encourages the Member States to take steps to increase the labour market participation rate of persons with disabilities and persons caring for those who require assistance with day-to-day activities, by introducing solutions to make the employment of persons with disabilities a more attractive prospect and by reducing the regulatory burdens for businesses employing persons with disabilities;
Amendment 153 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that it is important for people with disabilities to find quality employment that matches their skills and ambitions and that guarantee an adequate remuneration for jobs of equal value with respect at least to the minimum standards as defined in the directive on Minimum wages;
Amendment 154 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to review and revise current models and tools used to assess disability to take proper account of all disabling diseases, including rheumatic/chronic inflammatory and musculoskeletal diseases.
Amendment 155 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Underlines that persons with disabilities right to work must not be replaced by institutionalization, occupational activities nor performative training;
Amendment 156 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the Member States to implement comprehensive activation programmes incorporating preventive factors, the early detection of health problems among the labour force and risks of disability, rehabilitation and retraining of workers employed on a long- term basis in conditions that have a negative impact on their health, enabling a return to employment, longer working lives or job changes, psychological support and assistance with professional development;
Amendment 157 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Recalls that persons with disabilities often work in sheltered employment; believes that such workshops should aim to foster skills development and support transitions to the open labour market; insists that persons with disabilities working in such environments should be protected by existing legal frameworks covering social protection and working conditions including minimum wage protection on an equal basis with others in line with Article 27 of the CRPD;
Amendment 158 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Recalls sheltered workshops should be a step, a temporary period for workers with disabilities in their working life cycle; in that respect, calls the Member States to develop inclusive models of sheltered and supported employment, respecting the rights of persons with disabilities, that serve as measures for effective inclusion and later transition to the open labour market;
Amendment 159 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Urges the EU Member States to overcome the inadequacy of legal frameworks and budget allocations aimed at providing personal assistance and individualized support; taking into account standards of decent employment and sufficient funding;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Citation 6 h (new) — having regard to the regulations laying down the rules on the EU funding programmes under the multiannual financial framework, especially the European Social Fund (ESF), the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the Erasmus programme, and the Just Transition Fund, which provide EU financial assistance for improving the situation of persons with disabilities,
Amendment 160 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Highlights that persons with disabilities have the right to an equal and fair payment and not to be exploited neither by companies nor through sheltered workshops;
Amendment 161 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Points out the need to reform social protection systems to ensure social inclusion of people with disabilities; emphasis that social protection needs to be universal, and reminds that social protection systems needs to take into account the diversity of disability as different impairments might entail different support needs and, therefore, asks for adequate financial supports that is provided irrespective of the employment status (or the individual or their household income) and without discrimination on the basis of age, where a person lives or other reasons;
Amendment 162 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Is concerned that in some Member States, persons with disabilities working in sheltered workshops are not formally recognised as workers under the law, are paid less than the minimum wage and are not entitled to the same social protection as regular workers; urges the Commission to ensure that Member States respect the principle of equal treatment and equal pay for work of equal value for all workers;
Amendment 163 #
2c. Highlights that training, upskill and reskill of persons with disabilities must take place in inclusive environments, with appropriate supports that ensure equal rights for all and not in segregated programmes promoted by charities exclusively addressed to persons with disabilities;
Amendment 164 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 d (new) 2d. Welcomes the agreement reached for the Directive on Minimum Wages, which will ensure a decent standard of living for workers, including those with disabilities. Recalls that the principle of equal pay for work of equal value should be respected, and that intersectional discrimination for women with disabilities is a reality in the work place. Welcomes the Directive proposal on Pay Transparency and calls on the Member States to ensure no-discrimination for women with Disabilities;
Amendment 165 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 d (new) 2d. Funding for training, upskill and reskill of persons with disabilities shall be allocated to universal professional programmes that ensure priority to persons with disabilities and grant real competencies, in order to tackle personal needs, and not to segregated initiatives of training that are not chosen by persons with disabilities, do not grant the same level of qualifications and therefore are not recognized equally by the labour market;
Amendment 166 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 167 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that equal access to education and training for people with disabilities and the acquisition of digital skills are needed to benefit from the new employment opportunities created by digitalisation so that teleworking could help increase the employment of persons with disabilities as a form of disability accommodation and a tool to achieve greater work-life balance and reduce pain- and fatigue-related barriers to the labour market; cautions, however, against the use of teleworking by employers to avoid making reasonable accommodations or creating inclusive workplace cultures for workers with disabilities11
Amendment 168 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that teleworking could help increase the employment of persons with disabilities as a form of disability accommodation and a tool to achieve greater work-life balance and reduce pain- and fatigue-related barriers to the labour market; cautions, however, against the use of teleworking by employers to avoid making reasonable accommodations or creating inclusive workplace cultures for workers with disabilities11 ; taking positive measures to enhance the employment of people with disabilities is essential, as it promotes accessibility at the workplace; _________________ 11 Schur, L.A., Ameri, M. & Kruse, D.
Amendment 169 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that teleworking could help increase the employment of persons with disabilities as a form of disability
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Citation 7 a (new) — having regard to the Commission recommendation of 22 June 2018 on standards for equality bodies,
Amendment 170 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that the COVID-19 crisis has fostered remote work and that teleworking could help increase the employment of persons with disabilities as a form of disability accommodation and a tool to achieve greater work-life balance and reduce pain- and fatigue-related barriers to the labour market; cautions, however, against the use of teleworking by employers to avoid making reasonable accommodations or creating inclusive workplace cultures for workers with disabilities
Amendment 171 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that teleworking could help increase the employment of persons with disabilities as a form of disability accommodation and a tool to achieve greater work-life balance and reduce pain- and fatigue-related barriers to the labour market; cautions, however, against the use of teleworking by employers to avoid making reasonable accommodations or creating inclusive workplace cultures for workers with disabilities reinforcing discrimination and exclusion11
Amendment 172 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that teleworking could help increase the employment of persons with disabilities as a form of disability accommodation and a tool to achieve greater work-life balance and reduce pain- and fatigue-related barriers to the labour market;
Amendment 173 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new) Notes that reasonable accommodation literacy should be increased for private and public employers, by public authorities to ensure duty bearers have the tools to employ, support and retain workers with disabilities;
Amendment 174 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Member States to ensure equal opportunities to access adequate support for persons with disabilities living in different regions, both in urban and in rural and remote areas; notes that persons with disabilities face barriers in accessing information, products, services and housing; recalls that accessibility should go hand in hand with adequate infrastructure; encourages the Member States to increase spending from the ESF+, the ERDF, the Just Transition Fund and the national recovery programmes for adapting public infrastructure, including transport, and public spaces for all;
Amendment 175 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that the acceleration in the use of information and communication technologies and remote working as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has created new forms of inclusion/exclusion in the labour market, improving opportunities for work for some but increasing the risk of exclusion for others; calls, therefore, for attention to be paid to the opportunities and, above all, the risks created by remote ways of working and ICT-based mobile working for persons with disabilities, and the digital divide;
Amendment 176 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls that future telework policies should be developed from a disability rights perspective and involve people with disabilities in their design and when new collective agreements are negotiated on telework, or when companies revise their telework policies to ensure they are disability-friendly;
Amendment 177 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases to be recognised as a major cause of disability across all relevant EU and member state policy, legislation, and programmes.
Amendment 178 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on the Member States to monitoring the respect of Principles No 2 and 3 of the European Pillar of Social Rights, providing for equality of treatment and opportunities regarding participation in the labour market, terms and conditions of employment and career progression between men and women, regardless of racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation recalls on monitoring the adoption of the measures established by the UNCRPD;
Amendment 179 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Considers it vital for data to be collected on disabilities at EU level using a human rights-based approach, including employment, education and vocational training, disaggregated by sex, age and type of disability, as these have to date been excluded from the statistics;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Citation 9 a (new) — having regard to the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 6 October 2021, in favour of the inclusion of business initiative special employment centres alongside social initiative special employment centres in terms of access to reserved contracts, in compliance with equal treatment and proportionality,
Amendment 180 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls for Europe-wide monitoring and reporting of disability to be based on quality data and updated disability indicators that recognise the characteristics and symptoms of rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease- driven disability.
Amendment 181 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Welcomes the European Commission objective to set targets on increasing the employment rate for persons with disabilities, including people with rheumatic/chronic inflammatory and musculoskeletal diseases, as well as the participation of adults with disabilities in learning, up-skilling, re-skilling and mobility programmes;
Amendment 182 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Highlights the need to address new challenges related to the higher prevalence of disabilities linked to the ageing of the workforce and higher prevalence of employees with chronic diseases; stresses the importance of developing policies including flexible work schedules to help employees with disabilities to better integrate in the labour market;
Amendment 183 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 184 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Encourages public employment services to roll out personalised measures to improve the employability and retention of persons with disabilities in the labour market using the full potential of digital tools including ethical and human-centric artificial intelligence while exchanging best practices in order to identify successful initiatives on better employability and assistance to persons with disabilities; calls on Member States to provide guidance, training and financial aid to support entrepreneurship and self- employment for persons with disabilities as well as their employability in social economy.
Amendment 185 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 186 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Encourages public employment services to roll out personalised measures to improve the employability and retention of persons with disabilities in the labour market; calls on Member States to provide guidance, training and financial aid to support entrepreneurship and self- employment for persons with disabilities
Amendment 187 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Encourages public employment services to roll out new human resources strategies, containing personalised measures to improve the employability and retention of persons with disabilities in the labour market; calls on Member States to provide guidance, training and financial aid to support entrepreneurship and self- employment for persons with disabilities
Amendment 188 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Encourages public employment services to roll out personalised measures to improve the employability and retention of persons with disabilities in the labour market; calls on Member States to provide guidance, training and financial aid to support job creation, recruitment, entrepreneurship and self-
Amendment 189 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Encourages public employment services and the private sector to roll out personalised measures to improve the employability and retention of persons with disabilities in the labour market; calls on Member States to provide guidance, training and financial aid to support entrepreneurship and self-
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Citation 10 Amendment 190 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Encourages public employment services to roll out personalised measures to improve the employability and retention of persons with disabilities in the labour market; calls on Member States to provide guidance, training and financial aid to support
Amendment 191 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on Member States to set targets for the participation of adults with disabilities in learning with a view to increasing their participation and ensuring that national skills strategies cover the specific needs of persons with disabilities, adopting targeted measures and flexible training formats to provide educational and vocational training programmes that are inclusive and accessible for persons with disabilities and to further support cooperation between the relevant social economy stakeholders, the identification of digital skills requirements and the application of assistive technologies for better employability;
Amendment 192 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Highlights that harassment at work, including sexual harassment and retaliation for speaking up, hinders access to work and employment, job retention and equal career paths, in particular for women with disabilities12a, and that specific actions are needed in Member States to prevent, combat and sanction harassment against persons with disabilities; _________________ 12a https://www.disability- europe.net/downloads/1045-europe-2020- data-people-with-disabilities-tables-eu- silc-2017
Amendment 193 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) Amendment 194 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that while supporting and promoting the labour market participation of people with disabilities is crucial, adequate and inclusive social protection mechanisms also need to be put in place to ensure support is available for all people with disabilities, irrespective of their employment status;
Amendment 195 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support research programmes focused on development of assistive technologies including robotics, digital technologies and ethical artificial intelligence enabling full integration of persons with disabilities in all aspects of life including labour market;
Amendment 196 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Asks the Commission to promote awareness-raising actions and programmes on skills and competences of people with disabilities as well as their specific needs in terms of reasonable accommodation, starting from the recruitment phase, so to avoid exclusion in the work place;
Amendment 197 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Welcomes and supports the European Commission legal initiative for binding standards for Equality Bodies that will be published in September 2022 and encourages Member states to extend the mandate of Equality Bodies to protect victims of discrimination based on disability;
Amendment 198 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that persons with disabilities should be guaranteed access to education, including during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and Member States should tackle all forms of discrimination and exclusion in this area;
Amendment 199 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Emphasises the need to protect persons with disabilities from discrimination by the use of artificial intelligence in recruitment, selection, promotion and termination decisions in employment;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Citation 4 — having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights, in particular principles
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Citation 10 a (new) — having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 29 November 2018 on the situation of women with disabilities (2018/2685(RSP)),
Amendment 200 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) Amendment 201 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Believes that labour market support measures must take into account disability and tailor-made policy responses to support the inclusion of persons with disabilities in employment; highlights that people with disabilities, their family , and their representative organisations governments, trade unions and NGOs representing the voices of people with disabilities – play an important role in the provision of support; notes that the active involvement of persons with disabilities, including through their representative organisations, in policy development and law making has not yet been formalised as a requirement or put in practice in all EU Member States. Calls on the Members States to use intersectional disaggregated data in order to monitor the inclusion of pwd in the labour market;
Amendment 202 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Highlights that harassment at work, including sexual harassment and retaliation for speaking up, hinders access to work and employment, job retention and equal career paths, in particular for women with disabilities, and therefore calls Member States to take specific actions to prevent, combat and sanction harassment against persons with disabilities; in this context, welcomes the Proposal for a Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence;
Amendment 203 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) Amendment 204 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls on Member States to boost the capacities of services for the employment of persons with disabilities and to improve work with the social partners and organisations of persons with disabilities to that end and to facilitate self-employment and entrepreneurship, including for persons with intellectual and psycho-social disabilities, providing support on legal and commercial issues, including through the use of EU funds;
Amendment 205 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Underlines the importance of swift action in terms of implementation of the European Disability Card; recollects that the European Disability Card will be a key instrument to help persons with disabilities to exercise their right to free movement in a barrier-free Europe, and therefore it should be mandatory in all Member States;
Amendment 206 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Stresses that the low activity rate of persons with disabilities is, as well, a huge obstacle hindering socioeconomic inclusion which must be improved by European and national programmes aiming at the activation and training of persons left outside the labour market;
Amendment 207 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Stresses that the low activity rate of persons with disabilities is, as well, a huge obstacle hindering socioeconomic inclusion which must be improved by European and national programmes aiming to promote inclusive training of persons left outside the labour market;
Amendment 208 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Strongly supports research, social investments and targeted initiatives at EU level to foster inclusion at work for people with disabilities, with particular attention on people with autism spectrum disorder;
Amendment 209 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Urges Member States to involve persons with disabilities as much as possible in the planning and taking of decisions on their healthcare;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Citation 11 — having regard to the Commission communication of 3 March 2021 entitled ‘Union of Equality: Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030’ (COM(2021)0101), and in particular the six Flagship Initiatives,
Amendment 210 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Stresses that in the context of demographic changes, in particular an ageing population, the Member States should take measures to develop care services for persons with disabilities; underlines that the negative demographic trend requires an increase in the range of services and the introduction of new standards, including standards on training of staff and standards for personal assistance and care services; notes that in order to increase the level of services provided it is necessary to create standards for their provision, as well as standards of education of persons responsible for their implementation.
Amendment 211 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Notes that persons with disabilities are as among the most marginalized and at-risk population in any crisis-affected community; stresses further that as a consequences of war people with disabilities in situations of armed conflict face violent attacks, forced displacement, and ongoing neglect in the humanitarian response to civilians caught up in the fighting, are abandoned in their homes or in deserted villages for days or weeks, with little access to food or water;
Amendment 212 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Notes that the lack of recognition of disabilities and the associated benefits and social protection rights between member states is a barrier for the freedom of movement in relation to employment and education; calls on the Commission and Member States to propose an ambitious European Disability Card that can support mutual recognition of disability across the EU;
Amendment 213 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Reminds that reasonable accommodation is a right for workers with disabilities which is not always covered or understood by employers, who, sometimes, either have stigma about capabilities and necessities of persons with disabilities, or do not have enough support in terms of information and resources regarding its application in the workplace;
Amendment 214 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Calls on Member States to define measures to further tackle gaps in social protection for persons with disabilities to reduce inequalities, including by compensating extra costs linked to disability and eligibility for disability benefits.
Amendment 215 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Calls on the Commission to assess thoroughly the employment and pay gap rate of persons with disabilities in different types of employment, including sheltered employment, by providing data disaggregated by gender and impairment and ensure qualitative analysis;
Amendment 216 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Stresses that the low activity rate of persons with disabilities is, as well, a huge obstacle hindering socioeconomic inclusion which must be improved by European and national programmes aiming at the activation and training of persons left outside the labour market;
Amendment 217 #
4c. Urges the Commission to encourage Member States to promote the creation of training programmes that pay attention to the necessary integration of persons with disabilities into the labour market;
Amendment 218 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Calls on Member States to support on-the-job training and mentoring in the workplace for persons with disabilities; stresses that measures to improve persons with disabilities’ inclusion and employment will not be truly effective without also tackling disability-related stereotypes and stigma in the workplace and wider society; in this regard stresses the importance of awareness raising and training for educators, employers and colleagues as well as the general public to tackle ableism, shift mindsets and ensure truly inclusive societies;
Amendment 219 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Notes that the lack of recognition of disabilities and the associated benefits and social protection rights between member states is a barrier for the freedom of movement in relation to employment and education; calls on the Commission and Member States to propose an ambitious European Disability Card that can support mutual recognition of disability across the EU;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Citation 11 a (new) — having regard to the Commission communication of 15 November 2010 entitled ‘European Disability Strategy 2010-2020: A renewed commitment to a barrier-free Europe’ (COM(2010)0636) (Disability Strategy),
Amendment 220 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Calls on Member States to ensure the participation of persons with disabilities in the electoral process in 2024 and in the law making process; Calls on Member States to eliminate barriers that can exclude persons with disabilities from the opportunity to influence the development and implementation of the laws and policies which shape their daily lives;
Amendment 221 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Notes that the lack of recognition of disabilities and the associated benefits and social protection rights between Member States is a barrier for the freedom of movement in relation to employment and education; calls on the Commission and Member States to propose an ambitious European Disability Card that supports mutual recognition of disability across the EU;
Amendment 222 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Highlights that job-matching, vocational profiling, concurrent employment and training, in-work induction and training support and career development opportunities play an important role in helping persons with disabilities to secure and retain paid employment;
Amendment 223 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Considers it necessary to reduce the red tape that complicates the lives of persons with disabilities and their family members, by simplifying access to services and encouraging the recognition and certification of disability status;
Amendment 224 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Urges the Commission to encourage Member States to pay attention to the specific needs relating to balancing family and work life for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 225 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Calls on the Member States to ensure universal access to high-speed internet connectivity and the development of network infrastructure;
Amendment 226 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 e (new) 4e. Calls on the Member States to ensure that full use is made of the European Social Fund (ESF+), the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the Erasmus programme, and the Just Transition Fund, which provide EU financial assistance for improving the situation of persons with disabilities; Stresses the crucial role of all European funds and programmes in the social area, particularly the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers , the Just Transition Fund, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund; calls on the Member States to ensure that the most vulnerable groups, including young women, women with disabilities, women with migration background, Romani women, women of religious or ethnic minorities as well as LBTIQ women are specifically targeted in the designing and planning of the national plans and the implementation of funded projects; reminds the Members States that all EU- funded projects must comply with EU law, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights, as well as the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD);
Amendment 227 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 e (new) 4e. Underlines the need to build digital skills, and calls on the Member States to improve the reach of training courses in this area for groups of citizens who are affected to a significant extent by the impacts of their limitations and at risk of exclusion, inter alia persons with disabilities and older people, making it possible to overcome social inequalities and, depending on possibilities and needs, promote their integration in social life, labour market opportunities and access to e-services and the administration;
Amendment 228 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 e (new) 4e. Notes that there is no mutual recognition of disability status between EU Member States; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Member States to extend the usage of the EU Disability Card to all the Member States and to widen its scope, allowing it to be used for the recognition of disability status and to access services throughout the EU;
Amendment 229 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 e (new) 4e. Encourages National public authorities to ensure that the requirement to register to vote or for reasonable accommodation does not result in persons with disabilities being excluded from elections;. calls on Member States to include measures ensuring that the registration process is accessible by redesigning relevant websites in line with EU standards;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Citation 11 b (new) — having regard to the Commission staff working document of 2 February 2017 entitled ‘Progress Report on the implementation of the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020’ (SWD(2017)0029),
Amendment 230 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 e (new) 4e. Reminds that reasonable accommodation is a right for workers with disabilities which is not always covered or understood by employers, who, sometimes, either have stigma about capabilities and needs of persons with disabilities, or do not have enough support in terms of information and resources regarding its application in the workplace;
Amendment 231 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 e (new) 4e. Urges the Commission to encourage Member States to bring about the social integration of persons with disabilities in leisure or recreational activities that promote better communication and psychological, emotional and effective development;
Amendment 232 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 f (new) 4f. Notes that complaints mechanisms, both judicial and non- judicial, should be made more accessible for persons with disabilities; . calls on Member States to lift restrictions on the right of persons deprived of legal capacity to bring complaints independently of their guardian and take effective measures to make sure that information about how and where to complain is accessible to all persons with disabilities through the production of information materials in different and accessible formats distributed through support and advocacy organisations for persons with disabilities, including disabled persons organisations (DPOs);
Amendment 233 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 f (new) 4f. Reiterates its call on the Commission and the Member States to put in place measures to assess the key trends for the future of work from a disability perspective in order to identify and launch specific actions to make the labour market more inclusive and reduce the digital gap; underlines the importance of making better use of innovative technologies to level the playing field and remove barriers to education and employment, and to help persons with disabilities gain access to digital tools and software that are indispensable for their independent living;
Amendment 234 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 f (new) 4f. Calls on Member States to provide legal frameworks and long-term financial support to programmes and services proven to be effective in supporting the long-term labour market integration of persons with disabilities; suggest to commission research into models and programmes where an evidence-base does not yet exist, as well as fund innovation in service provision;
Amendment 235 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 f (new) 4f. Urges Member States to promote the creation and development of business initiative special employment centres with a view to providing appropriate care work in support of and complementing public actions, on equal terms with the latter;
Amendment 236 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 f (new) 4f. Calls on the Member States to adopt measures and flexible training formats to ensure inclusive and accessible vocational education and training programmes, including for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 237 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 g (new) Amendment 238 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 g (new) 4g. Calls on the European Court of Auditors to assess the performance of EU programmes, with special emphasis on education and employment programmes, for example the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and Erasmus+, in a thorough manner; as they often times fail to reach out to the most deprived groups, including persons with disabilities;
Amendment 239 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 g (new) 4g. Reiterates its call on the Commission and the Member States to support research programmes focused on the development of assistive technologies including robotics, digital technologies and artificial intelligence with the aim of enabling the full integration of persons with disabilities in all aspects of life;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Citation 11 c (new) — having regard to the Commission pilot project of 2013 on an EU disability card, and the Study assessing the implementation of the pilot action on the EU Disability Card and associated benefits,
Amendment 240 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 g (new) 4g. Urges Member States to develop the training of teams that care for persons with disabilities, so that they may put in place the adjustments and appropriate conditions to welcome them;
Amendment 241 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 h (new) 4h. Points out that the inclusion of disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities in education and training has been a strong demand by the Parliament in the past years, including through the full integration of the disability-rights perspective in all aspects of Erasmus+ and in synergies with other relevant EU funds such as the Youth Guarantee ; Reminds of the Commitments made at the Porto Social Summit on the reduction of poverty and social exclusion, and on the acquisition of skills and on job creation;
Amendment 242 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 h (new) Amendment 243 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 h (new) 4h. Calls on the Commission to revise the Cross-border health care Directive to bring it in line with the UN CRPD in order to guarantee access to affordable and quality cross-border healthcare for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 244 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 i (new) 4i. Is of the opinion that the European Funds must adhere to the UNCRPD and Structural Funds should continue to foster transition from institutional to community and family- based care, finance support services to realise the right to live independently , and that the ex ante conditionalities must be concrete and quality-assessed; calls on the EU to ensure all funding programmes are accessible and include a dedicated budget for accessibility; furthermore, the Commission shall make sure that all funds are actively invested in research to develop better and more affordable assistive technology for persons with disabilities and towards increasing the participation of persons with disabilities in all EU funded programmes;
Amendment 245 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 i (new) 4i. Calls on the Commission and Member States to include in the final work programmes and national operational programmes clear objectives and measures to improve the living and working conditions of persons with disabilities, while respecting the principles of accessibility and non-discrimination, and investing in equal opportunities and the participation of persons with disabilities in all areas of life, including in supporting the transition from institutional to community-based living; asks the Commission to monitor closely the use of EU funds in line with the CRPD;
Amendment 246 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 j (new) 4j. Highlights that harassment at work, including sexual harassment and retaliation for speaking up, hinders access to work and employment, job retention and equal career paths, in particular for women with disabilities, and that specific actions are needed in Member States to prevent, combat and sanction harassment against persons with disabilities;
Amendment 247 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 j (new) 4j. Calls on the Council to unblock the negotiations on the proposed horizontal anti-discrimination directive without any further delay and move towards an agreement, thereby extending the protection to persons with disabilities in all spheres where EU and national legislation could have a positive influence on persons with disabilities;
Amendment 248 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 k (new) 4k. Calls on the Members States to bring forward strong multi-annual national strategies for tackling child poverty and social exclusion and Child Guarantee national action plans accordingly, that also ensure inclusive education; calls on the Member States to guarantee the right and access to education for every child and to establish structures of inclusive education, face-to- face or digital when needed, from early childhood to adolescence, including for Romani children, children with disabilities, stateless and migrant children and those living in humanitarian emergency settings; and irrespectively of special circumstances such as Pandemics like COVID 19;
Amendment 249 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 k (new) 4k. Stresses that the low activity rate of persons with disabilities is, as well, a huge obstacle hindering socioeconomic inclusion which must be improved by European and national programmes aiming at the activation and training of persons left outside the labour market;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Citation 11 d (new) — having regard to the European Economic and Social Committee opinion of 11 December 2019 ‘Shaping the EU agenda for disability rights 2020-2030’,
Amendment 250 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 l (new) 4l. Reminds that reasonable accommodation is a right for workers with disabilities which is not always covered or understood by employers, who, sometimes, either have stigma about capabilities and necessities of persons with disabilities, or do not have enough support in terms of information and resources regarding its application in the workplace; calls on the Commission to revise Directive 2000/78/EC and propose, among others, the EU harmonised minimum standards for reasonable accommodation for workers with disabilities;
Amendment 251 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 m (new) 4m. Underlines the need to offer specialised protection and care to persons with disabilities coming from Ukraine; recalls the importance of the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child, the Child Guarantee, the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, as well as all existing EU legal instruments, including the Temporary Protection Directive in supporting the Member States to help them address the specific needs of persons with disabilities fleeing the war in Ukraine;
Amendment 252 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 n (new) 4n. Repeats Its call on the Member States to implement the reinforced Youth Guarantee to ensure offers of high quality, including providing fair remuneration and access to social protection, prohibiting the abuse of atypical contracts, and ensuring working environments that are adapted to the needs of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 253 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 o (new) 4o. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the challenges and rights violations experienced by persons with disabilities during the COVID- 19pandemic, and to adopt targeted measures for paths of psychological support and reintegration into the labour market;
Amendment 254 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 p (new) 4p. Recalls the Commission to develop those measures in coordination and communication with persons with disability and all the organisations involved, starting from the European Parliament’s CRPD network;
Amendment 255 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 q (new) 4q. Calls on the Member States to create an independent entity responsible for monitoring all accessibility-related legislation, including the European Accessibility Act, the Audio visual Media Services Directive, the Telecoms Package and the Web Accessibility Directive;
Amendment 256 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 r (new) 4r. Calls on the Members State to implement the Directive on work-life balance for parents and carers that introduces a carers’ leave of five working days per year; insists that special arrangements in terms of carers’ leave, paternity leave, parental leave and flexible working hours should be considered for parents in particularly disadvantaged situations, such as those with disabilities or parents of children with disabilities or long-term illnesses ,without any repercussions from the employer;
Amendment 257 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 s (new) 4s. Calls on the Members States to ensure better working and living conditions, including through adequate minimum wages and pay transparency measures, to reduce the disability pay gap and achieving inclusive and sustainable growth of the labour market; stresses the importance of a swift adoption of the directive on minimum wages and the Pay Transparency fully applying to persons with disabilities;
Amendment 258 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 t (new) 4t. Highlights the importance to consider and treat with equal attention also the persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities, adopting measures for their future after the carers’ death;
Amendment 259 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 u (new) 4u. Calls on the Commission to develop and promote a European legal framework for inclusive enterprises, with the aim to create permanent employment of people with disabilities;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Citation 11 e (new) — having regard to the Commission staff working document of 27 November 2020 ‘Evaluation of the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020’ (SWD(2020)0291),
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Citation 12 a (new) — having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 29 November 2018 on the situation of women with disabilities (2018/2685(RSP)),
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 a (new) — having regard to its report on the implementation of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD (2020/2086(INI)),
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 a (new) — having regard to Eurofound's publication (2021) Disability and labour market integration: Policy trends and support in EU Member States,
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Citation 4 a (new) — having regard to the UN's 2030 agenda and SDGs, in particular Goals 1, 8 and 10,
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 a (new) — having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 29 November 2018 on the situation of women with disabilities (2018/2685(RSP)),
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 a (new) — having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 29 November 2018 on the situation of women with disabilities (2018/2685(RSP)),
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 7 April2022 on the EU’s protection of children and young people fleeing the war in Ukraine,
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 b (new) — having regard to the Report on the implementation of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD (2020/2086(INI)),
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 b (new) Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 b (new) — having regard to the Commission communication of 9 December 2021 "Building an economy that works for people: an action plan for the social economy" COM(2021) 778 final,
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 b (new) — having regard to Eurofound's publication (2022) People with disabilities and the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from the Living, working andCOVID-19 e-survey,
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 b (new) — having regard to UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 c (new) — having regard to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular Sustainable Development Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all1a, _________________ 1a https://www.un.org/development/desa/disa bilities/wp- content/uploads/sites/15/2020/08/Employ ment_Brief.pdf
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 c (new) — having regard to its resolution of 7 October 2021 on the protection of persons with disabilities through petitions: lessons learnt,
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Citation 5 — having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and its Optional Protocol, and its entry into force in the EU on 21 January 2011, in accordance with Council Decision 2010/48/EC of 26 November 2009 on the conclusion, by the European Community, of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 c (new) — having regard to Eurofound's publication (2018) The social and employment situation of people with disabilities,
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 c (new) — having regard to its resolution of 29 November 2018 on the situation of women with disabilities,
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 c (new) — having regard to its resolution of 22 April 2021 on the European Child Guarantee;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 d (new) — having regard to the EP Report on the implementation of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD,
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 d (new) — having regard the Council Recommendation of Establishing a European Child guarantee,
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 e (new) — having regard to the Commission study of 15 September 2017 entitled ‘Inclusive education for learners with disabilities’,
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 f (new) — having regard to the Parliament’s resolutions of 7 October 2021 ‘Protection of PwD with disabilities through petitions: lessons learnt’ and of 8 July 2020 on the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in the COVID-19 crisis,
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas disability results from the interaction between persons who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments and attitudinal and environmental barriers that hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas disability results from the interaction between persons who have a long-term physical,
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas persons with disabilities face challenges posed by the discrimination including multiple discrimination in many areas of life; whereas these challenges vary across Member States; whereas persons with disabilities face major difficulties in achieving their equal access and equal conditions in the labour market;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Citation 5 a (new) Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the UNCRPD recognizes the right of persons with disabilities to work on an equal basis with others, choose freely, be accepted and work in open, inclusive and accessible work environment;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas an equal access of persons with disabilities to the employment is often hindered both by barriers to the workplace and the barriers to the built environment which impedes the possibilities of persons with disabilities to find the employment outside sheltered workshops;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas approximately 1 in 6 people in the EU live with some kind of disability; whereas rheumatic and musculoskeletal are associated with high levels of disability, comprise the biggest cause of physical disability in the EU, and account for over 50% percent of Years Lived with Disabilities (YLDs) in Europe;1a; whereas 50.6 % of persons with disabilities are employed and 28.4 % are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, compared to 74.8 %7 and 18.4 % respectively of persons without disabilities8 ; _________________ 7
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas there are approximately 87 million persons with disabilities in Europe1a; whereas approximately 1 in 6 people in the EU live with some kind of disability; whereas 50.6 % of persons with disabilities are employed and 28.4 % are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, compared to 74.8 %7 and 18.4 %8 respectively of persons without disabilities;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas approximately 1 in 6 people in the EU live with some kind of disability; whereas 50.6 % of persons with disabilities are employed and 28.4 % are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, compared to 74.8 %7 and 18.4 % respectively of persons without disabilities8
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas approximately 1 in 6 people in the EU live with some kind of disability; whereas 50.6 % of persons with disabilities are employed and 28.4 % are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, compared to 74.8 %7 and 18.4 % respectively of persons without disabilities8 ; whereas the U activity rate of persons with disabilities is only 61.0 % compared to 82.3 % of non-disabled people9a; _________________ 7
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas approximately 1 in 6 people in the EU live with some kind of disability; whereas 50.6 % of persons with disabilities are employed and 28.4 % are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, compared to 74.8 %7 and 18.4 % respectively of persons without disabilities8 ; whereas the activity rate of disable persons is 61.0 % compared to 82.3% of persons without disabilities; _________________ 7
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas women with disabilities are at higher risk of unemployment and poverty or social exclusion comparing to men with disabilities and women without disabilities, with only 20% of women with disabilities in full-time employment, comparing to 29% of men with disabilities and 48% of women without disabilities9a; _________________ 9a EIGE Gender Equality Index 2022
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas women with disabilities are at higher risk of unemployment and poverty or social exclusion comparing to men with disabilities and women without disabilities, with only 20% of women with disabilities in full-time employment, comparing to 29% of men with disabilities and 48% of women without disabilities10a; _________________ 10a EIGE Gender Equality Index 2022
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas women with disabilities are at higher risk of unemployment and poverty or social exclusion comparing to men with disabilities and women without disabilities, with only 20% of women with disabilities in full-time employment, comparing to 29% of men with disabilities and 48% of women without disabilities;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Citation 6 — having regard to the concluding observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee) of 2 October 2015 on the initial report of the European Union, , and the list of issues submitted by the UN CRPD Committee of 20 April 2022, prior to submission of the second and third periodic reports of the European Union,
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the importance of innovation and technological development in ensuring accessibility shall be better emphasised and innovation should not be restricted, as it often leads to faster progress on accessibility than legislation, however, key expectations must always be clearly set out for equal access;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas women with disabilities are at higher risk of unemployment and social exclusion comparing to men with disabilities and women without disabilities, with only 20% of women with disabilities in full-time employment, comparing to 29% of men with disabilities and 48% of women without disabilities;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas people with disabilities continue to face multiple and intersectional discrimination and disadvantage based on their disability and their gender, race, ethnicity, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, migration status or socioeconomic background, including their education level;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas some people with disabilities, especially people with intellectual, psychosocial disabilities and those on the autism spectrum, are disproportionally affected by higher unemployment rates;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the nations of the European Union have made considerable progress for persons with disabilities in the area of medicine and high-quality care;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas 37% of the EU-28 population aged 15 and over reported (moderate or severe) physical or sensory limitations1b; _________________ 1b https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Functional_and_acti vity_limitations_statistics#Functional_an d_activity_limitations
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. Whereas the negative impact of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases on disability in Europe is set to increase as Europe’s population ages;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas between 70 and 90% of adults with autism are unemployed1a; _________________ 1a Autism-Europe’s presentation to the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs on 5 November 2019, retrieved here: https://www.autismeurope.org/wp- content/uploads/2019/11/presentation_em ployment_autism_final2.pptx.pdf
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas people with disabilities have the right to full participation in the labour market and society but their fundamental rights are often withheld in the EU; whereas they are overwhelmingly excluded from the open labour market and denied their right to engage in work on an equal basis with others or face major difficulties in achieving equal access to and equal conditions of participating in the labour market;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the EU, its institutions and its Member States are party to the UNCRPD and are obliged to fully implement the fundamental rights therein, including Article 27 on work and employment; whereas the rights enshrined in the UNCRPD are far from a reality for millions of persons with disabilities in the EU;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Citation 6 a (new) — having regard to the pontifical messages of Pope Francis for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities of 3 December 2019 and 3 November 2021,
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas everyone has the rights to timely and tailor-made assistance to improve employment or self-employment prospects, including the right to receive support for job search, training and re- qualification, as laid down in Principle 4 of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the involvement of civil society, data-driven decision-making and the potential of artificial intelligence, as well as the urgent need for an inclusive education and employment environment shall be better emphasized;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the range and standard of services for persons with disabilities is inadequate; whereas support should be tailored to individual needs;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas between 2011 and 2016 the gap in tertiary attainment between persons with and without disabilities widened – from 7% to 9%;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. A b. whereas persons with disabilities or chronic diseases, request individualised support and adaptation of the workplace;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas people with disabilities have the right to income support that ensures living in dignity, services that enable them to patriciate in the labour market and in society, and a work environment adapted to their needs, as laid down in Principle 17 of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas in the report on the Equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD, the European Parliament revealed the shortcomings of the Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas the employment rate of persons with disabilities remains significantly lower than that of persons without disabilities;. whereas the latest data from the EU-SILC, shows that the disability employment gap was 24.5 % in 2020;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021- 2030 proposes creating a European Disability Card by the end of 2023 with a view to being recognised in all Member States;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas Eurofound research shows that between 2011 and 2016 the gap in third-level education between persons with and without disabilities widened – from 7% to 9%;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Citation 6 a (new) — having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Recital B d (new) Bd. whereas social protection policies are vital elements of national development strategies to reduce poverty and vulnerability across the life cycle and to support inclusive and sustainable growth; whereas targeted strategies to support the most vulnerable and marginalised persons with disabilities in our societies in order to leave no one behind, must be put in place; whereas social protection schemes often exclude people with disabilities from access to minimum income schemes and do not cover disability related costs;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Recital B d (new) Bd. whereas Eurofound research reveals that key obstacles to the employment of people with disabilities include disability-related stereotypes, bureaucratic difficulties in accessing available services, lack of strategic vision in governance, insufficient monitoring of policy implementation, limited training resources for employers and lack of specialist support;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Recital B d (new) Bd. whereas the key obstacles to the employment of persons with disabilities include disability-related stereotypes, bureaucratic difficulties in accessing the available services, lack of strategic vision in governance, insufficient monitoring of policy implementation, limited training resources for employers and lack of specialist support;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Recital B d (new) Bd. whereas access to quality employment, education and training, healthcare, social protection, including across borders, adequate housing, support for independent living and equal opportunities to participate in leisure activities and community life are essential to the quality of life of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Recital B d (new) Bd. whereas persons with disabilities may also face difficulties in accessing health care, sports, culture and physical rehabilitation centres and have to contend with financial constraints and also with the lack or inadequacy of activities adapted to their individual conditions;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Recital B e (new) Be. whereas new technologies, notably AI systems, have the potential to develop efficient, accessible and non- discriminatory hiring processes, but non- inclusive technological developments could represent a risk of adding new barriers and forms of discrimination; whereas Article 9 of the UNCRPD requires accessible information as well as access to communication technologies and systems on an equal basis with others;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Recital B e (new) Be. whereas Eurofound research shows that entrepreneurship and self- employment support in the form of guidance, training and financial aid can provide opportunities for people with disabilities to be active in the open labour market, disincentivising their sole reliance on disability benefits, but emphasises that such support needs to be well targeted and adequately resourced;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Recital B e (new) Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Recital B e (new) Be. whereas entrepreneurship and self-employment support in the form of guidance, training and financial aid can provide opportunities for persons with disabilities to be active in the open labour market, disincentivising their reliance on disability benefits and pensions, but such support needs to be well targeted and adequately resourced;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Recital B e (new) Be. whereas 60% of the population of persons with disabilities are women and women with disabilities are two to five times more likely to be victims of violence than other women and face higher rates of unemployment, with only 20.7% being in full time employment (against to 28.6% of men with disabilities, and 48% of women without disabilities;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Citation 6 b (new) — having regard to the document of the Pontifical Academy for Life entitled ‘Friendship with persons with disabilities: the beginning of a new world. Learning from Experiences of Persons with Disabilities and their Caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic’ of 14 June 2021,
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Recital B f (new) Bf. whereas Eurofound's research shows that during the pandemic on average 71% of respondents with disabilities were at risk of depression and 25% of respondents with disabilities indicated that they could not access mental healthcare, which was twice as high as compared to those without disabilities; whereas return-to-work plans are critical for workers suffering from mental ill-health;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Recital B f (new) Bf. whereas poverty increases the risks of violence against women; whereas women faced with risks of poverty are more vulnerable and violence increases the risks of social exclusion; whereas the lack of economic resources creates dependency and deters women from leaving their abusers; whereas violence is one of the key reasons for women’s homelessness;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Recital B f (new) Bf. whereas the disadvantage experienced by persons with disabilities extends far beyond the realm of employment;. whereas the social and financial situation of persons with disabilities in the EU is significantly worse than that of persons without disabilities;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Recital B f (new) Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Recital B g (new) Bg. whereas women, in particular those in vulnerable situation and with a disability, such as young women, women with migration background, Romani women, women of religious or ethnic minorities as well as LBTIQ women, are at higher risks of poverty than men and other women; whereas they face additional and intersecting forms of discrimination when accessing education, healthcare, employment and social services and are thus exposed to a higher risk of poverty;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Recital B g (new) Bg. whereas Eurofound shows that lockdowns and restrictions of the COVID- 19 pandemic particularly affected young persons with disabilities aged 18 to 29, as 57% of respondents reported feeling lonely, 23% more than young people without disabilities;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Recital B g (new) Bg. whereas during the pandemic on average, 71% of persons with disabilities were at risk of depression;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Recital B h (new) Bh. whereas fewer women are in full time employment than men (48% of women comparing to 64% of men) and marginalised women are even more excluded from full time employment, whereas only 20,7% of women with disabilities and 28,6% of men with disabilities are in full-time employment; whereas people with disabilities are systematically denied their right to work in the open labour market and are employed in sheltered workshops where they often do not have employee status, neither labour rights, nor a guaranteed minimum wage; whereas this is effectively a violation of both the UNCRPD and the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Recital B h (new) Bh. whereas lockdowns and restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic particularly affected young people;. whereas 57% of persons with disabilities aged 18 to 29 reported feeling lonely - 23% more than young people without disabilities;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Recital B i (new) Bi. whereas having a disability is synonymous with structural or educational disadvantage and discrimination; .whereas support measures focusing on aspects other than employment – for instance, poverty reduction, access to housing and childcare, accessible public transport, and personal assistance – also play a key role in providing opportunities for people with disabilities to access and remain in the workforce;
source: 732.795
|
History
(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)
2022-07-14Show (1) Changes | Timetravel
| docs/2 |
|
2022-07-05Show (1) Changes | Timetravel
| docs/1/docs/0/url |
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-PR-734200_EN.html
|
2022-06-28Show (1) Changes | Timetravel
| docs/1/date |
Old
2022-06-21T00:00:00New
2022-06-27T00:00:00 |
2022-06-21Show (1) Changes | Timetravel
| docs/1 |
|
2022-06-03Show (2) Changes | Timetravel
| docs/0 |
|
| docs/0 |
|
2022-04-08Show (2) Changes | Timetravel
| commission |
|
| docs |
|
2022-03-23Show (1) Changes | Timetravel
| committees/3/rapporteur |
|
2022-03-18Show (1) Changes
| committees/0/shadows/4 |
|