20 Amendments of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2016/2095(INI)
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union needs a paradigm shift towards a strong European social model based on solidarity, social justice, a fair distribution of wealth, gender equality, a high-quality public education system, quality employment and sustainable growth - a model that ensures good social protection for all ages, empowers vulnerable groups, enhances participation in civil and political life, and improves the living standards for all citizens, delivering on the objectives and rights set out in the EU Treaties, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the EPSR should equip European citizens with stronger means to keep control over their lives, become more self-reliant and make markets work for wellbeing and sustainable development;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the enactstablishment of a directive onn instrument to increase fair working conditions for all forms of employment, ensuring for every worker a core set of enforceable rights, including equal treatment, social protection, protection in case of dismissal, health and safety protection, provisions on working time and rest time, in particular with regard to a common weekly day of rest recognized by tradition and custom in the country or region1a , freedom of association and representation, collective bargaining, collective action, access to training, and adequate information and consultation rights; underlines that this directiveinstrument should apply to employees as well as to all workers in non-standardall forms of employment, such as fixed-term work, part-time work, on-demand work, self-employment, crowd-working, internship or traineeship; requests that the EU acquis be updated accordingly so as to apply to all workers;; requests that the EU acquis be updated accordingly so as to apply to all workers; __________________ 1a This notion refers to the Social Charter of the Council of Europe: ‘to ensure a weekly rest period which shall, as far as possible, coincide with the day recognised by tradition or custom in the country or region concerned as a day of rest’ (Council of Europe, Social Charter, Art 2. 5, 1961 as well as in the revised version 1996).
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that elements of individual responsibility for a positive living situation are a basic requirements for individual social security and that this can be expected and claimed by all; whereas an active willingness to work and preparedness for lifelong learning are essential in order to claim social services;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Calls for decisive steps towards legal certainty on what constitutes ‘employment’, also for work intermediated by digital platforms; underlines that open- ended contracts should remain the norm given their importance for socio-economic security; calls for the directive oncalls for fair working conditions to includeand relevant minimum standards to be ensured in more precarious forms of employment, in particular:
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point a
Paragraph 4 – point a
a. decent working conditions for internships, traineeships and apprenticeships, prohibiting those that are unpaid or paid so little that they do not enable workers to make ends meet;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point b
Paragraph 4 – point b
b. for work intermediated by digital platforms, a definition of employment that is less dependent on full cumulation of the relevant criteriaa specific definition of employment that is associated with work intermediated by digital platforms;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c
Paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need for renewed upward convergence in wages throughout the EU; calls on the Commission to actively support a wider coverage for collective bargaining; considers that to ensure decent living wages, minimum wages set at a decent level are necessary; recommends the establishment of national wage floors through legislation or collective bargaining, with the objective of attaining at least 60 % of the respective national average wage;
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the right to healthy and safe working conditions also involves limitations on working time and provisions on minimum rest periods, in particular with regard to a common weekly day of rest recognised by tradition and custom in the country or region and annual leave; awaits Commission proposals for legislation and other concrete measures to uphold this right for all workers, reflecting all current knowledge about health and safety risks;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the importance of social and solidarity based enterprises in Europe; calls therefore for an European definition for social and solidarity based enterprises as well as for greater use of the EFSI to support their entrepreneurial activities;
Amendment 471 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Agrees with the importance of universal access to timely, good-quality and affordable preventative and curative health care; emphasises that all workers must be covered by health insurance; highlights the growing need of long-term care provided by adequately qualified professionals; points out that more effort needs to be put in the development of home care und care services that cater for all needs including the most complex, to support palliative care as a form of care that enhances quality of life and to support informal carers by quality care infrastructure, services and assistance in form of training and skills validation as well as by facilitating work-life balance for informal carers;
Amendment 480 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to promote the concept of "Design For All" and of age-friendly environments to support independence of people with care needs for as long as possible; calls for support to ensure that necessary housing adoptions for independent living in old age are accessible; calls for support of the European Covenant on Demographic Change to gather regional and local stakeholders around these concepts to exchange best practices examples;
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Emphasises the importance of life- time healthy ageing starting in childhood as the main principle of prevention in the health systems in order to strengthen health and independency in old age; calls on the Commission to establish a lifetime healthy ageing concept in cooperation with experts and by exchanging best practice examples;
Amendment 520 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that all workers should be covered by insurance against involuntary unemployment or involuntary part-time employment, coupled with job-search assistance and investment in (re)-training;
Amendment 661 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Supports a Skills Guarantee as a new right for everyone to acquire fundamental skills for the 21st century, including digital literacy; highlights this as an important social investment, requiring adequate financing; points out that for increasing the overall employment rate it is urgently required to improve the digital skills of all workers and job seekers in Europe;
Amendment 681 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
19. Is alarmed atby the spread of precariousness arising from the excesabusive use of ‘atypical’ contracts; stresses the importance of ensuring sufficient institutional and budgetary capacities to provideand adequate protection for people in non- standard forms of employment; considers in particular that:
Amendment 723 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that secure professional transitions require adequate investment, both in the institutional capacity of public employment services and to assist individual job-search and upskilling; emphasises the importance of intensifying training and placement assistance for those being made redundant in restructuring cases regardless of age;
Amendment 739 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to create a specific employment strategy and job search services for older workers, to take into account the needs of older workers and job seekers and to fight ageism on the workplace by embracing the advantages of cooperation between younger and older workers;
Amendment 974 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Highlights that today’s phenomenaon of capital-intensive production, high rates of inequality and the continuing rise in ’atypical’ work implyimplies a need to increase the role of general tax revenue in cofinancing social insurance schemes in order to provide decent social protection for all;