18 Amendments of Marek PLURA related to 2017/0305(NLE)
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Member States and the Union are to work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce and labour markets responsive to economic and technological change, with a view to achieving the objectives of a highly competitive social economy, full employment and social progress set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union. Member States, taking into account 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 46 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Union is to combat social exclusion and discrimination and promote social justice and protection, as well as equality between women and men. In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union is to take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against poverty and social exclusion, and a high level of education and training. The Union is to promote active participation of all citizens in economic, social and cultural life.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Union has developed and implemented policy coordination instruments for fiscal, macroeconomic and structural policies which have significant impact on social and economic situation in the European Union. As part of these instruments, the present Guidelines for the Employment Policies of the Member States, together with the Broad Guidelines for the Economic Policies of the Member States and of the Union set out in Council Recommendation (EU) 2015/1184, form the Integrated Guidelines for Implementing the Europe 2020 strategy. They are to guide policy implementation in the Member States and in the Union, reflecting the interdependence between the Member States. The resulting set of coordinated European and national policies and reforms are to constitute an appropriate overall economic and social policy mix which should achieve positive spill-over effects.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) To ensure a more democratic decision-making process on the integrated Guidelines, which affect people and labour markets across the Union, it is important that the Council should take into account the position of the European Parliament.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The European Semester combines the different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral surveillance of economic, budgetary, employment and social policies and aims to achieve the Europe 2020 targets, including those concerning employment, education and poverty reduction, as set out in Council Decision 2010/707/EU5 . Since 2015, the European Semester has been continuously reinforced and streamlined, notably to strengthen its employment and social focus and to facilitate more dialogue with the Member States, social partners and representatives of civil society at the same time keeping strong emphasis on structural reforms and competitiveness. _________________ 5 OJ L 308, 24.11.2010, p. 46–5
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The European Union’s recovery from the economic crisis is supporting positive labour market trends, but important challenges and disparities in economic and social performance remain between and within Member States. The crisis underscored the close interdependence of the Member States' economies and labour markets. Ensuring that the Union progresses to a state of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and job creation is the key challenge faced today. This requires coordinated, ambitious and effective policy action at both Union and national levels, in accordance with the TFEU and the Union's provisions on economic governance including compliance with Stability and Growth Pact. Combining supply- and demand-side measures, such policy action should encompass a boost to investment, a renewed commitment to appropriately sequenced structural reforms that improve productivity, growth performance, social cohesion and economic resilience in the face of shocks and the exercise of fiscal responsibility, while taking into account their employment and social impact.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Reforms to the labour market, including the national wage-setting mechanisms, should follow national practices of social dialogue and allow the necessary opportunity for a broad consideration of socioeconomic issues, including improvements in competitiveness, productivity, job creation, life-long learning and training policies as well as real incomes.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Member States and the Union should also address the social legacy of the economic and financial crisis and aim to build an inclusive society in which people are empowered to anticipate and manage change, and can actively participate in society and the economy, as also outlined in the Commission recommendation on the active inclusion of people excluded from the labour market6 . Inequality should be tackled, access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion (including of children) reduced, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and social protection systems and by removing barriers to education/ training and labour- market participation. As new economic and business models take hold in EU workplaces, employment relationships are also changing. Member States should ensure that new employment relationships maintain and strengthen Europe’s social model. Member States should consider existing potential of people with disabilities to contribute to economic growth and social development. _________________ 6 COM/2008/0639 final
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The Integrated Guidelines should form the basis for well-targeted country- specific recommendations that the Council may address to the Member States. Member States should make full use of the European Social Fund and other Union funds to foster employment, social inclusion, lifelong learning and education and to improve public administration. While the Integrated Guidelines are addressed to Member States and the Union, they should be implemented in partnership with all national, regional and local authorities, closely involving parliaments, as well as social partners and representatives of civil society.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part 1 – paragraph 1
Member States should facilitate the creation of quality, accessible jobs, including by reducing the barriers that businesses face in hiring people, by promoting entrepreneurship and self- employment and, in particular, by supporting the creation and growth of micro and small enterprises i. a. by cutting the red tapes. Member States should actively promote the social economy and foster social innovation.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 1 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part 1 – paragraph 2
Member States should encourage innovative forms of work, which create job opportunities for all in a responsible mannerin line with development of new information and communication technologies which create job opportunities for all in a responsible manner. Member States and the European Commission should promote good practices in this area.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 2 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part 2 – paragraph 1
In the context of technological, environmental and demographic change, Member States, in cooperation with social partners, should promote productivity and employability through an appropriate supply of relevant knowledge, skills and competences throughout people's working lives, responding to current and future labour market needs. Member States should make the necessary investment in both initial and continuing education and training ensuring equal access to those. They should work together with social partners, education and training providers and other stakeholders to address structural weaknesses in education and training systems, to provide quality and inclusive education, training and life-long learning. They should ensure the transfer of training entitlements during professional transitions. This should allow everyone better to anticipate and adapt to labour market needs and successfully manage transitions, thus strengthening the overall resilience of the economy to shocks.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 2 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part 2 – paragraph 2
Member States should foster equal opportunities in education and raise overall education levels, particularly for the least qualified. They should ensure quality learning outcomes, reinforce basic skills, reduce the number of young people leaving school early, enhance the labour-market relevance of tertiary degrees, improve skills monitoring and forecasting, and increase adult participation in continuing education and training. Member States should strengthen work-based learning in their vocational education and training systems, including through quality and effective apprenticeships, make skills more visible and comparable and increase opportunities for recognising and validating skills and competences acquired outside formal education and training. They should upgrade and increase the supply and take-up of flexible continuing vocational training. Member States should also support low skilled adults to maintain or develop their long term employability by boosting access to and take up of quality learning opportunities, through the establishment of Upskilling Pathways, including a skills assessment, a matching offer of education and training and the validation and recognition of the skills acquired in order to eliminate skill mismatches.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 2 – paragraph 4
Annex I – part 2 – paragraph 4
Tax reforms to shift taxes away from labour should aim to remove barriers and disincentives to participation in the labour market, in particular for those furthest away from the labour market. Member States should support an adapted work environment for people with disabilities, including targeted financial support actions and services that enable them to participate in the labour market and in society. Member States and the European Commission should promote supported employment on open labour market.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 2 – paragraph 5
Annex I – part 2 – paragraph 5
Barriers to participation and career progression should be eliminated to ensure gender equality and increased labour market participation of women, including through equal pay for equal work. The reconciliation of work and family life should be promoted, in particular through access to long-term care and affordable quality early childhood education and care. Member States should ensure that parents and other people with caring responsibilities have access to suitable family leaves and flexible working arrangements in order to balance work and private life, and promote a balanced use of these entitlements between women and men. Member States should ensure support for carers who are forced to limit or terminate their professional activity to enable the proper care of persons with disabilities.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 4
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 4
Affordable, accessible and quality services such as childcare, out-of-school care, education, training, housing, health services and long-term care are essential for ensuring equal opportunities, including for children and young people. Particular attention should be given to fighting poverty, social exclusion, including reducing in-work poverty. Member States should ensure that everyone has access to essential services, including water, sanitation, energy, transport, financial services and digital communications. For those in need and vulnerable people, Member States should ensure access to adequate social housing assistance as well as the right to appropriate assistance and protection against forced eviction. Homelessness should be tackled specifically. The specific needs as well as potential of people with disabilities should be taken into account. For this purpose Member States should i. a. review the disability assessment systems to avoid creating barriers in access to the labour market.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Member States should ensure that employers hiring persons with disabilities are provided with adequate counselling. To enable people with disabilities education and employment services providing personal assistance should be promoted and supported.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 6
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 6
In a context of increasing longevity and demographic change, Member States should secure the sustainability and adequacy of pension systems for women and men, providing equal opportunities for workers and the self-employed, of both sexes, to acquire pension rights, including through supplementary schemes to ensure living in dignity. Pension reforms should be supported by measures that extend working lives and raise the effective retirement age, such as limiting early exit from the labour market and increasing the statutory retirement age to reflect life expectancy gains. Members States should establish a constructive dialogue with the relevant stakeholders, and allow an appropriate phasing in of the reforms. Implementation of the Guidelines should be supported by Structural Funds in particular by the European Social Fund.