Activities of Siôn SIMON related to 2015/2107(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
EU Strategic framework on health and safety at work 2014-2020 (A8-0312/2015 - Ole Christensen)
EU Strategic framework on health and safety at work 2014-2020 (debate)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
- Having regard to Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000, establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas worker representation and comprehensive worker engagement at company level and commitment from management is important to successful risk prevention at the workplace; recognising that accident and illness rates are dramatically lower in trade union organised workplace15 ; __________________ 15 Worker representation and consultation on health and safety, EU-OSHA (2012) https://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/repo rts/esener_workers-involvement
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas recognising the scope and authority of social partners to negotiate and enforce agreements relating to health and safety is paramount;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas that changes and diversification in forms of employment ("precarisation") is undermining existing structures of occupational safety and health and excluding workers with unstable contracts from training and access to OHS services;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that all employees have a right to the highest level of protection regarding health and safety in the workplace regardless of the size of the employer, the underlying contract or the Member State of employment; calls on the Commission to work out a specific strategy on how to cover all forms of employment under the EU legislation on OHS and how to integrate self-employed and other types of employment not covered into OHS services and related training;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to define and apply quantitative reduction targets at EU level for occupational diseases and accidents at work following the 2016- review of the OSH strategic framework and to rely on the latest peer reviewed research findings when reviewing the framework;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that national OSH strategies are fully transparent and open to input from social partners and health stakeholders;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States and social partners to take initiatives to upgrade the skills of health and safety representatives and managers; calls on the Commission to draw up guidelines for the involvement of employees in implementing preventive OSH measures and ensuring that safety representatives are able to receive training beyond the basic modules;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that no worker shall be blacklisted or suffer any detriment for raising health and safety concerns, including whistle blowing, to regulators;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that a precondition for good OSH management and performance is documented risk assessment, with full workforce participation, which allows for appropriate preventive measures to be put in place;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary steps to monitor the implementation and enforcement of OSH legislation in the Member States; believes that the ex post evaluation of the practical implementation of EU OSH directives in EU Member States provides a good opportunity for this exercise to be carried out and expects that results relating to inadequate implementation of existing legislation will be taken into account as part of the review of the strategic framework; calls on the Commission to promptly review all national implementing legislative text in order to identify and tackle discrepancies in an effective and timely manner;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop and implement a comprehensive approach on terminal illnesses, chronic and long term conditions at work through inter alia, identifying and sharing good practices on accommodations and adjustments at the workplace; awareness raising actions for employers and employees on rights of people with terminal illnesses, chronic and long term conditions at work and existing support mechanisms; and producing guidelines for employers, managers and employees with terminal illnesses, chronic and long term conditions on workplace adjustments and accommodations; to prevent the exacerbation of these conditions and illnesses and provide opportunities for supported self-management, and allowing the employee the right to choose to continue to work with dignity;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes efforts to improve the quality of the regulatory framework; reminds the Commission, however, that the submission of OSH directives to the REFIT exercise and modifications of legislation should be transparent, involve social partners fully, aim to raise the level of health and safety protection, and must under no circumstances result in reducderegulations in occupational health and safety;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that there is no lowering of EU health and safety legislation, standards and protections in the negotiation of any trade agreements involving the EU;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that many workers are still exposed to asbestos in their workplace; refers to the resolution of the European Parliament on asbestos; calls on the EU to work closely with social partners and the Member States to promote and coordinate Member States' efforts to develop national action plans for the management and safe removal of asbestos; calls on the a European campaign on asbestos and specific support for Member States to free all schools and gyms by 2020 from asbestos; calls on the Commission and Member States to design and implement a model for asbestos screening by setting clear targets for the registration of asbestos in buildings, and a realistic timescale for its removal;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Points out that many healthcare workers are exposed to hazardous chemicals in their workplace, in particular during the preparation and administration of cytotoxic medicinal products. Calls on the Commission to take action on chemical risk factors in the healthcare sector and to include specific provisions on healthcare workers' exposure to hazardous drugs in the Health and Safety Strategy;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to further extend the directive on medical sharps injuries, to ensure that all workers directly or indirectly involved in the use or disposal of medical sharps equipment are protected and not just those employed in the conventional hospital and healthcare sectors; also calls on the Member States to ensure that the current directive is properly implemented;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the uncertainty about the distribution and use of nanomaterials and believes that further research on the OSH risks associated with nanotechnology is needed and that areas where developing technology such as RFID and GPS are used, have clear and explicit guidelines; underlines that the precautionary principle should be applied in the protection of workers´ health, at risk of exposure to nanomaterials at work; calls upon the Commission to make EU regulation " nano proof" and to establish a single European registry which contains information of nanomaterials and a link to the products containing them;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop and implement a programme for systematic monitoranaging of psychosocial risks, including stress;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to adopt a targeted approach to improve the health and safety situation of all workers in precarious employment, especially those who may be vulnerable such as young people, and to take into account the negative effects that precarious employment has on occupational health and safety when addressing this issue in general;