4 Amendments of Martina DLABAJOVÁ related to 2015/0000(INI)
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
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4. Takes note of the recommendations on the need to move forward within new labour reforms, and calls for such reforms, if carried out, to guarantee social dialogue and to ensure necessary political consensus in order to be sustainable and effectiveensure better anticipation and matching of skills and jobs at labour markets; considers it regrettable that many labour reforms have not ensured the required balance between flexibility and security, resulting in, for example, the exclusion of millions of workers from collective bargainingthe labour market ; calls for labour reforms capable of reducing fragmentation, putting an end to insecurity and increasing the productivity and competitiveness of our economy while ensuring decentmore jobs and livingdecent wages throughand investment in human capital;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
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5. Points out that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have warned of the social (in-work poverty) and economic (depressed internal demand) problems caused by the wage devaluation that has occurred in recent years; considers it regrettable that there is no reference to the importance of increasing wages, especially in those countries where wages are below the poverty thresholdpointed out social and economic problems that have occurred in recent years; recalls that minimum wages differ substantially between Member States (Bulgaria EUR 184/month, Luxembourg EUR 1 923/month), and reiterates its request for a study4 on this issue; __________________ 4 Resolution of 11 March 2015 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0068), paragraph 47.
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
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6. Notes that some labour reforms have introduced new contractual formulas that, according to the Commission, have increased precariousness in the labour markets; of particular concern are some Member States whose rates of temporary employment are over 90 % for new contracts, which particularly affects young people and women and which, according to the OECD1, is one of the direct causes of increasing inequality; __________________ 1 OECD inequality benefits all’, 21 May 2015. help to integrate more workers at labour markets; report ‘In it together: Why less
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
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7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take note of the IMF2 report on the causes and consequences of inequality, which states that the increase in the income gap ismay negatively affecting economic growth and the potential for job creation; calls for effective action on labour taxation, labour markets and redistributive policies to facilitate greater and upward economic and social convergence and calls for labour market reforms to boost economic growth, competitiveness and productivity; __________________ 2 IMF report ‘Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality: A Global Perspective’, June 2015.