17 Amendments of Sven SCHULZE related to 2016/2221(INI)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas non-standard, atypical forms of employment have been emerging, whereby the number of workers with – often involuntary – fixed termed and part- time contracts has increased considerably in thsome EU Member States over the past 15 years; whereas standard employment across a number of sectors has shifted to non-standard or atypical forms ofin some sectors atypical forms of employment are also to be found alongside standard 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/et udes/STUD/2016/587285/IPOL_STU%28 2016%29587285_EN.pdf
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the new forms of employment that are emerging are blurring the boundary between dependent employment and self-employment, leading to a decline in the quality of employment and the rise of bogus self-employmentand the implementation of existing legislation is therefore of paramount importance; __________________ 9 ILO report of 2016 on Building a social pillar for European convergence.
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas increases in employment rates mask the insufficient and socially inadequate response to the economic crisis, promoting precarious forms of employment such as zero-hour contracts, bogus self-employment and involuntary part-time jobs, which do not provide workers with eiin Europe since the economic crisis are to be welcomed, but less standard employment has emerged and new forms of employment such as zero-hour contracts and part-time jobs have appeared, in which workers have not always obtained ther a decent living or full labour rightsmount of work they desire;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas part-time employment in some EU countries had never declined since the crisis, and full- time employment in some Member States is still below its 2008 pre-crisis level; whereas the number of people working full-time in the second quarter of 2016 remained 2.5 % below the figure for 2008, while part-time employment increased by 11.1 % in the same period10; __________________ 10, and at the same time there was a rise in the number of people working full-time and the lowest unemployment rate since 200910a; __________________ 10 ESDE Quarterly Review autumn 2016. ESDE Quarterly Review autumn 2016. 10a aaO
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Understands standard employment to mean full-time, regular employment on the basis of open-ended contracts, and non-standard oropen-ended, full-time work; and atypical forms of employment to include, i.a., marginal part- time work, temporary agency work, fixed- term contract work, and zero-hour contracts, internships that are not part of an education programme, and informal or undeclared work;
Amendment 112 #
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 ofcritical working conditions to mean employment having any of the following characteristics:
Amendment 119 #
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 demandunclear working hours, and duties that change owing to work on demand; - unreasonable remuneration; - rudimentary protection from dismissal;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 7
Paragraph 2 – indent 7
- a working environment that fails to meet minimum health and safety standards11; __________________ 11European Parliament resolution of 19 October 2010 on precarious women workers, OJ C 70E, 8.3.2012, p. 1.;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that decent work should specifically guarantee coverage by collective agreements, security of collective bargaining, equal pay for equal work in the same place, and protection of the workers’ families, while supporting the work-life balance for all workers;
Amendment 188 #
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-standard 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 decentcomplies with the labour laws in force;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that social protection, and protection by collective agreements and collective bargaining, should be available to all workers; calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee effective protection for workers who perform work in the context of an employment relationship, and a comprehensive policy response that includes policies towards reducing and ultimately eradicating precarious work; calls for policies that empower workers by strengthening social dialogue and promoting the extension of collective bargaining, ensuring that all workers can access and exercise their right to associate, and to bargain collectively, freely and without fear;
Amendment 234 #
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 and workers; 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 securing their full rights and benefits;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat non-standard, atypical and precarious forms ofinhuman employment practices, in line with the ILO Decent Work Agenda and the European Social Charter;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the need for public investmentsstructural reforms in order to create an environment that will boost the economy and in which job-creating enterprises can thrive, promoting upwards convergence, the social cohesion of the Union and the creation of decent work;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes with concern the decrease in collective bargaining and the coverage of collective agreements; calls 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 and employers' organisations as social partners;