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REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States PDF (220 KB) DOC (353 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 29 #
Recital 1
(1) Member States and the Union should work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce and labour markets responsive to economic change and with a view to achieving the full employment and, decency of wages, collective bargaining and other social progress objectives set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union. Member States, having regard to national practices related to the responsibilities of management and labour, are to regard promoting employment as a matter of common concern and coordinate their action in this respect within the Council.
Amendment 49 #
Recital 3
Amendment 62 #
Recital 5
(5) In accordance with the Treaty provisions, the Union has developed and implemented policy coordination instruments for fiscal policy and macro- structural policies. The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral economic and budgetary surveillance. The streamlining and strengthening of the European Semester as set out in the Commission's 2015 Annual Growth Survey will further improve its functioning.
Amendment 69 #
Recital 6
(6) The financial and economic crisis revealed and emphasised important weaknesses in the economy of the Union and its Member States. It has also underscored the close interdependence of the Member States' economies and labour markets. Moving the Union to a state of strong, sustainable and inclusive growth and job creation is the key challenge faced today. This requires coordinated and ambitious policy action both on Union and national level, in line with the provisions of the Treaty and the Union economic governance. Combining supply and demand side measures, these actions should encompass a boost to investment, a renewed commitment to structural reforms and exercising fiscal responsibil. Combining economic and social policies which promote social cohesion, combat poverty and unemployment, and protect collective bargaining, should safeguard growth and social security.
Amendment 88 #
Recital 8
(8) Action in line with the guidelines is an important contribution to reaching the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy. The guidelines constitute an integrated set of European and national policies, which Member States and the Union should implement in order to achieve the positive spill-over effects of coordinated structural reforms, an appropriate overall economic policy mix and a more consistent contribution from European policies to thesocial objectives set in Europe 2020 sStrategy’s objectives.
Amendment 96 #
Recital 10
Amendment 103 #
Annex 1 – section 1 – paragraph 1
Member States should facilitate job creation, reduce barriers for business to hire people, promote entrepreneurship which promote sustainable, decent and quality jobs, respecting workers’ rights and collective agreements, and in particular support the creation and growth of small enterprises in order to increase the employment rate of women and men. Member States should also actively promote the social economywelfare state and foster social innovation.
Amendment 114 #
Annex 1 – section 1 – paragraph 2
The tax burden should be shifted away from labour to other sources of taxation that are less detrimental to employment and growth while protecting revenue for adequate social protection and growth enhancing expenditures. Reductions in labour taxation should be aimed at the relevant components of the tax burden and at removing barriers and disincentives to labour market participation, in particular for those furthest away from the labour marketfair and more evenly distributed across labour, profits and consumption, while shifted on to top managerial income, profits and wealth.
Amendment 196 #
Annex 1 – section 3 – paragraph 3
Member States should strengthen active labour market policies by increasing their targeting, outreach, coverage and interplay with passive measures. These policies should aim at improving labour market matchtecting collective bargaining and support sustainable transitions on the labour market, with public employment services delivering individualised support and implementing performance measurement systems. Member States should also ensure that their social protection systems effectively activate and enable those who can participate in the labour market, protect those (temporarily) excluded from the labour markets and/or unable to participate in it, and prepare individuals for potential risks, by investing in human capital Member States should promote inclusive labour markets open to all and also put in place effective anti-discrimination measures.
Amendment 218 #
Annex 1 – section 4 – paragraph 1
Member States should modernisimprove their social protection systems to provide effective, efficient, and adequate protection throughout all stages of an individual’s life, ensuring life in dignity, access to social protection, full respect of social rights, fairness and addressing inequalities. There is a need for simplified and better targeted social policies complemented by affordable quality childcare and education, training and job assistance, housing support and accessible health care, access to basic services such as bank account and Internet and for action to prevent early school leaving and fight social exclusion.