26 Amendments of Roberta ANGELILLI related to 2013/2045(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A
Paragraph A
A. whereas youth unemployment among women (below the age of 25) is con the increasetinuing to rise (from 18.8% in 2009 to 22.1% in 2012) and, according to the latest available data, now stands at 22.9%; whereas issues such as discouragement, self-exclusion and disaffection with work are becoming increasingly widespread: some 1.9 million young people are non-active and, though they would like to work, have stopped looking for a job,
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A a (new)
Paragraph A a (new)
Aa. whereas the frequently high costs of child care services, together with their insufficient availability, have a negative impact on the employability of young mothers,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph B
Paragraph B
B. whereas 60% of graduates are women, who are often given inferior tasks and lower salaries, and whereas the pay gap is evident even in the under-25 age groupplaced in roles that are under-qualified or under-paid; whereas the pay gap (currently at 16.2%) is evident even in the young age groups and the gender pay gap produces a pension gap, with pensions that are therefore often lower,
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph C
Paragraph C
C. whereas in 2012 women under the age of 25 accounted for 60% of part-time workers and 64% offlexibility and job insecurity have a greater effect on the employment of women: in the third quarter of 2012, of all part-time workers in the 15-24 age group, some 60% were women; whereas in the same age group, of all temporary workers with a tertiary level of education, (degree and postgraduate level), 64% were women,
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)
Paragraph C a (new)
Ca. whereas, according to the Eurobarometer survey published on 26 February 2013 on Women and Gender Inequalities in the Context of the Crisis, employers are using gender criteria in the selection of personnel to the detriment of the professionalism and skills of women: in the questions asked at job interviews, the major concern of employers is that of maternity (49%), followed by work flexibility (35%) and physical appearance (33%), while for men, experience (40%) and professional qualifications (38%) are deemed to be more important,
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph D
Paragraph D
D. whereas the number of NEET women under1 young people (not in education, employment, or training) has reached 7.5 million, i.e. 12.9% of young Europeans between the ages of 215 attained the level of 13.4% in 2011 and 3nd 24, the costs of this situation amount to 1.42% of women under the age of 25 are at risk of poverty and social exclusionEU GDP and over 30% of unemployed people below the age of 25 in the EU have been out of work for over 12 months; whereas the rate of NEET women aged 15-24 increased from 12.9% in 2009 to 13.4% in 2011 (for men aged 15-24 the figure rose from 12.4% to 12.9%),
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph D a (new)
Paragraph D a (new)
Da. whereas in the EU more than 2 million jobs are unfilled; whereas the exclusion of young women from the labour market represents an under- utilisation of human capital and increasing their participation is an urgent political objective,
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph D b (new)
Paragraph D b (new)
Db. whereas the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy provide for a 75% employment rate for people between the ages of 20 and 64, a school dropout rate below 10% and a removal of at least 20 million people from the risk of poverty,
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph D c (new)
Paragraph D c (new)
Dc. whereas austerity policies and cuts to public services and social benefits are also having long-term effects on women, generating the so-called new discrimination; whereas 31.4% of women aged 18-24 are at risk of poverty and social exclusion (the figure is 28.3% for men in the same age group),
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph D d (new)
Paragraph D d (new)
Dd. calls on the Member States to promote access for young women to the labour market, enabling them to stay there, while focusing on quality employment and professional growth, to close the gaps in entry into the workplace, careers and pay that have always characterised the relationship between women and men in the workplace,
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph D e (new)
Paragraph D e (new)
De. whereas austerity policies and cuts to public services and social benefits are also having long-term effects on women, generating the so-called new discrimination; whereas 31.4% of women aged 18-24 are at risk of poverty and social exclusion (the figure is 28.3% for men in the same age group),
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to adopt the Youth Guarantee Scheme as a matter of urgency, in particular those with the highest rate of youth unemployment, to implement the measures set out in the Youth Guarantee Scheme as a matter of urgency and to set up employment centres with adequately trained staff, which are able to implement effective awareness-raising policies and provide specific arrangements for women, also to avoid long-term unemployment and the risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the adoption by the Council of the Recommendation on Establishing a Youth Guarantee;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on Member States to pursue polices to encourage the presence of women in sectors where they are under- represented: in the field of science and technology (in 2009, only 33% of researchers in the EU were women) and in the economic and financial sector;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on Member States to identify specific education and training courses and tuition based on continuous follow-up with the aim of preventing early school- leaving to ensure that the skills acquired are sufficient to meet the current and future needs of the labour market;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote exchanges of best practices and models which at European level have yielded positive results in terms of: reduction of the early school-leaving rate; a return to the education system; an effective transition from the world of education to the world of work; reduction of the youth unemployment rate; access to employment for disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of promotingat the creation of new employment opportunities must be accompanied by measures to balance work and family life and to help young mothers to return to the labour market, so as to avert the risk that they do notmay have to give up their careers or, take career breaks; or refrain from, or delay, starting a family;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on Member States to promote business start-ups and self-employment by young women by providing access to credit and micro-credit on favourable terms, particularly for SMEs;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor and disclose anyll data relating to policies to combat youth unemployment, with a particular focus on (including implementation of the Youth Guarantee), devoting particular attention to the gender aspect; calls furthermore for the implementation and monitoring of these policies to be included in the European Semester and in country-specific recommendations;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, when making decisions relating to the 2014-2020 programming period, to lay down more stringent and measurquantifiable criteria concerning the setting, monitoring and evaluation of Structural Funds objectives, with specific targets relating to the fight against youth unemployment, also on the basis of genderwhich should also be measurable in terms of gender (in the period 2007-2011, 52% of ESF beneficiaries were women);
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission's announcement that it is to allocate EUR 6 billion to the Youth Employment Initiative, but points out that, of the EUR 82 billion in unallocated European funding to be reprogrammed to combatfor youth unemployment initiatives announced in January 2012, only 16 billion have been used (March 2013); calls for all appropriations to be coupled with better and faster programming;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on Member States, in agreement with the Commission, to establish a tax incentive scheme to promote youth employment and support under-35 undertakings, by means of incentives for undertakings, particularly SMEs, to recruit young people on permanent contracts; to this end, proposes that, as suggested by the Commission in the employment package, the Member States could use the instrument of employment subsidies and reduction of the tax wedge, particularly to meet the cost to employers of social security and health insurance contributions;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on Member States, in agreement with the Commission, to establish measures and concessions for apprenticeship contracts and bonuses for business start-ups by young people aged under 35; considers, in particular, that Member States should provide greater and better support services for start-ups, organise awareness-raising campaigns concerning the opportunities and prospects involved in self-employment, arrange more cooperation between employment services, and provide support for businesses, including with the aid of (micro-) financing;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make it compulsory to involve and consult youth organisations and the social partners in the decisions, policies and programmes relating to the fight against youth unemployment, as well as in the implementation and, monitoring and further development of the Youth Guarantee Scheme, the Youth Employment Initiative and the European Alliance for Apprenticeships.
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on Member States, in agreement with the Commission, to establish a tax incentive scheme to promote youth employment and support under-35 undertakings, by means of incentives for undertakings, particularly SMEs, to recruit young people on permanent contracts; to that end, proposes that, as suggested by the Commission in the employment package, the Member States could use the instrument of employment subsidies and reduction of the tax wedge, particularly to meet the cost to employers of social security and health insurance contributions;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on Member States, in agreement with the Commission, to establish measures and concessions for apprenticeship contracts and bonuses for business start-ups by young people aged under 35; in particular, Member States should provide greater and better support services for start-ups, organise awareness- raising campaigns concerning the opportunities and prospects involved in self-employment, arrange more cooperation between employment services, and provide support for businesses, including with the aid of (micro-) financing;