13 Amendments of Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS related to 2016/2271(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the information and communications technology (ICT) sector currently employs six million people in Europe and whereas 40 % of European workers have insufficient digital skills; whereas a large gender gap exists in employment and training in the (ICT) sector, with strong negative implications for equality in the labour market;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas industrial value-added and employment has been declining in its relative weight for decades, also leading to strong imbalances within the European economy that have negatively affected social and regional cohesion; whereas the digitalisation of industry poses both challenges and opportunities for the sector as a whole, which require the active involvement of public authorities and social partners in pursuit of a fair digital transition;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the digitisation of industry represents a major challenge in terms of the organisation of work and therefore requires targeted responses regardingis profoundly transforming work relations by accelerating many of the tendencies (out-sourcing and sub- contracting of industrial production and services, irregular and on-demand working patterns...) that were already becoming prevalent in the past decades; highlights that these transformations require Members States and the Commission, together with the social partners, to review legislation in the fields of employment, social and education policies, as well as the provision of up-to-date infrastructurend to strengthen collective bargaining mechanisms; notes with concern that the lack of appropriate action has already resulted in an increase in precarious and atypical work in the industrial field, including such worrying developments as the use of zero-hour contracts or the spike in "bogus" self- employment and non-paid over-time in many Member States; highlights that the digitalisation of industry must be shaped so that it contributes to improved working conditions, including higher-skilled quality employment and reduced working- times;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the strong regional differences as regards the digitisation of industry, which hareflect overall imbalances in the technical and productive development of the different Member States; highlights that growing divergences have negative consequences on jobs and growth; calls on the EU, therefore, for efforts in developingto take exclude public investments in this field from deficit calculations, and to use European funds in a manner that contributes to the development of digital infrastructure to be stepped up, particularly in regions lagging behind, and for universal access to the open internet to be promoted; believes that public digital innovation and open standards are a way to counter concentration of digital knowledge in a few industrial companies, thus promoting balanced digital development across Member States;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in cooperation with social partners, to regularly assess the impact of digitisation on the quality, numberlevel and types of jobsemployment and to adjustmend related policies accordinglyin order to ensure digitalisation effectively contributes to rising social and labour standards;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the opportunities related to the digitisation of industry; stresses, however, that new forms of work must comply withnot be used to circumvent current labour and social legislation and guarantees regards the protection of worker's’ and consumer rights;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to clarifyregulate the legal situation of platform workers and to guarantee all workersin line with the rights currently recognised to workers in the same line of employment and to guarantee all workers, including the dependent self-employed, the same social rights, including the freedom of association, the right to conclude collective agreements, the right to industrial action and the right to organise;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to ensure universal access to training in digital skills, in order to allow equal participation of all citizens in the digital single market, be it as employees, entrepreneurs or customnot to increase the current digital gap, including basic training on key enabling competences in the digital field, from basic skills to STEM, to life-long learning opportunities and training for all workers;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need to identify together with the social partners potential occupational health and safety risks stemming from the digitisation of industry and to take appropriate measures, including new psychological risks and the effects of robot-human interaction, and to take appropriate measures including the recognition of such rights as the right to disconnect.
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on Member States to launch, together with the social partners, nation- wide consultations on the future of work and digitalisation; believes that the Commission should play a key role in disseminating and coordinating these national initiatives;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Highlights the need to identify the effects of ICT standards and new standards on workers, including the problem of worker's data safety, security and privacy; believes such issues should be tackled through new legislation;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Notes that new forms of crowdworking are likely to extend to industry, given the possibilities for decentralisation and flexibility in industrial production afforded by digitalisation; reiterates its concerns on the way crowdworking is being used to circumvent tax legislation and worker rights, including minimum wages, health and safety obligations, maximum working times and the rights to social security; calls on the Commission and Member States to develop a framework which ensures that crowd-workers enjoy the same rights as workers in standard forms of employment, updating their legislation where appropiate;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Believes that firms should be liable to the same tax and social-security payments for robotized jobposts as for ordinary workers, in order to eliminate any bias in the decision to automate a particular task and to contribute to the long-term sustainability of public finances and social security systems;