Activities of Claude ROLIN related to 2016/2221(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on working conditions and precarious employment PDF (569 KB) DOC (93 KB)
Amendments (33)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 19 January 2017 on a European Pillar of Social Rights1a, __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0010
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
Citation 4 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 25 February 2016 on European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and Social Aspects in the Annual Growth1a, __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0059.
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
– having regard to the Eurofound European Working Conditions Survey and its Sixth European Working Conditions Survey – Overview report1a, __________________ 1a http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/def ault/files/ef_publication/field_ef_docume nt/ef1634en.pdf
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)
Citation 7 c (new)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 d (new)
Citation 7 d (new)
– having regards to the Eurofound report (2014) on the impact of the crisis on industrial and working conditions in Europe1a, __________________ 1a http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/def ault/files/ef_publication/field_ef_docume nt/ef1398en.pdf
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas non-standard, atypical forms of employment have been emergin 2014 the main type of employment relationship in the EU was full-time permanent contract representing 59% of the employment, although the share of non-standard or atypical forms of work is increasing, whereby the number of workers with –- often involuntary –- fixed termed and part- time contracts has increased considerably in the EU over the past 150 years; whereas standard employment across a number of sectors has shifted to non-standard or atypical forms of employment, and whereas, if this trend continues, it is likely that the risk of precariousness will increase, if this trend continues, it may well become the case that standard contracts will only apply to a minority of workers8 ; __________________ 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 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas precarious work is an often-used concept that does not have a definition at the European level and that such a definition should be drawn up in close consultation with the social partners;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the type of contracts cannot, on its own, presage the risk of employment precariousness but, on the contrary, this risk depends on a wide range of factors;
Amendment 51 #
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-employment9 , which can leading to a decline in the quality of employmentterioration of working conditions, a less protective social security and the rise of bogus self- employment; __________________ 9 ILO report of 2016 on Building a social pillar for European convergence.
Amendment 66 #
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,can be partly attributed to an increase in the number of atypical contracting forms following the economic crisis which do not provide workers with either a decent living orf full labour rights;
Amendment 92 #
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-Notes the Eurofound definition of atypical work which refers to employment relationships not conforming to the standard or atypical forms of employment to include, i.a., marginal part-time work, temporary agency work, fixed-term contract work, zero-hour contracts, internships that are not part of an education programme, and informal or undeclared work; model full-time, regular, open-ended employment with a single employer over a long time span1a ; __________________ 1a https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/observa tories/eurwork/industrial-relations- dictionary/atypical-work
Amendment 114 #
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 of employment having any of the following characteristics:Notes that the risk of precariousness depends on the type of contract but also on the following indicators1a : __________________ 1aStudy for the EMPL Committee on precarious employment in Europe, July 2016, http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/e tudes/STUD/2016/587285/IPOL_STU%28 2016%29587285_EN.pdf
Amendment 120 #
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 demand;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 a (new)
- labour rights
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
- low remuneration, which may even be unofficial or unclearin-work poverty and low pay;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
- no or limited social protection rights or employment-related benefitssocial security;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
- limited or no prospects for advancement in the labour marketcareer development and training;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 6
Paragraph 2 – indent 6
- no orlow level of collective right and limited right to collective representation;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that decent work should specifically guarantee coverage by collective agreements, securityrespect 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 190 #
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 inemergence of new non-standard forms of employment trends that will intensify unlesshat require new regulation isbe 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 decent;
Amendment 214 #
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 workaims to limit at the minimum the risk of precariousness and guarantee career paths and proper social security coverage; 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 233 #
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 work conditions, wages and incomes in accordance with Member States’ laws and practices, and in providing consultation and guidance to employers; 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 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Encourages Member states to exchange best practices in order to limit at the minimum the risk of precariousness;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Member States, in close cooperation with the social partners, to shore up career pathways so as to make it easier for people to adapt to the different situations they may face in their lives, in particular via lifelong vocational training, adequate unemployment benefits, the transferability of social rights, and active, effective labour market policies;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to combfurther regulate non- standard, and atypical and precarious forms of employment in order to ensure that all types of work contract constitute decent work with proper social security coverage, in line with the ILO Decent Work Agenda and the European Social Charter;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Encourages the Member States to establish minimum national wages with due respect for the practices of each Member State and after consulting the social partners in a way to allow all European workers to live a decent life;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on Member States to ensure sufficient labour inspectorates in order to improve the enforceability of labour rights and tackle undeclared work and underlines the importance of the European platform tackling undeclared work aiming to enhance cooperation between Member States’ relevant authorities and other actors involved to fight undeclared work effectively and efficiently;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the need for publican investments policy promoting upwards convergence, the social cohesion of the Union and the creation of decent work;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes with concern the decrease inweakening of collective bargaining and of 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 asthe role of social partners;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that the policies of the Member States should be formulated and implemented in accordance with national law and practice, in consultation with, and without prejudice, the most representative organisations oflose cooperation with employers and workers’ organisation;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recognises the major role played by social partners regarding the EU Directives on part-time work, fixed-term contracts and temporary agency work and encourages the European Commission, together with social partners, to act in a way to regulate new forms of employment;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on Eurofound to study how social partners develop strategies to ensure job quality and limit as much as possible the risk of precariousness;