16 Amendments of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2016/2221(INI)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas non-standard, atypicalew forms of employment have been emerging, whereby the number of workers with – often involuntary – fixed termed and part- time contracts has increased considerably in the EU over the past 15 years; whereas standard employment across a number of sectors has shifted to non-standard or atypical forms of employment, and whereas, if this trend continues, it is likely that the risk of precariousness will increase8 ; __________________ 8 Study for the EMPL Committee on precarious employment in Europe, July 2016, http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/e tudes/STUD/2016/587285/IPOL_STU%28 2016%29587285_EN.pdf and employment in general became more flexible;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the new forms of employment that are emerging are blurrbring a number of advantages, f.e. more flexibility ing the boundary between dependent employment and self-employment9 , leading to a decline in the quality of employment and the rise of bogus self- employment; __________________ 9ILO report of 2016 on Building a social pillar for European convergence.erms of workplace and working hours; calls the Member States to update their social security systems in order to fit the characteristics of the new forms of employment and quasi self-employment;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Understands precarious work to mean, as a minimum definition, a non- standard, atypical form of employment having any of the following characteristics:
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
- little or no job security owing to the non-permanent nature of the work, as in some fixed-term contracts, involuntary and often marginal part-time contracts, contracts containing poor conditions, unwritten contracts, unclear working hours, and duties that change owing to work on demand;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
- low remuneration, which may even be unofficial or unclear remuneration;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
- no or limited social protection rights or employment-related benefits;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 6
Paragraph 2 – indent 6
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that numerous factors, such as digitalisation, are contributing to a radical transformation of work, with an increase in non-standardew forms of employment trends that will intensify unless new regulation is put into place; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that work being transformed through digitalisation, and new employment being created as a result of it, is decent;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of labour inspectorates and the social partners in safeguarding workers’ rights, defining decent wages and incomes in accordance with Member States’ laws and practices, and in providing consultation and guidance to employers; strongly underlines that labour inspectorates should focus on the goal of monitoring and improving working conditions, and should not be used as migration control mechanisms; strongly condemns the practice of companies to employ migrants without securinforming their fullm about their rights and benefits;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat non-standard, atypical and prdevelop appropriate social secauriousty schemes for new forms of employment, in line with the ILO Decent Work Agenda and the European Social Charter;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the need for public investmentsto support start-ups and SMEs in order to promotinge upwards convergence, the social cohesion of the Union and the creation of decent work;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes with concern the decrease in collective bargaining and the coverage of collective agreements; cCalls on the Commission and the Member States to promote strategic policies of universal coverage of workers under collective agreements, safeguarding, at the same time, the role of the trade unions as social partners;