Activities of Milan BRGLEZ related to 2021/2165(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A new EU strategic framework on health and safety at work post 2020 (continuation of debate)
Amendments (54)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons (UN CRPD) with Disabilities to which the EU and all its Member States are parties,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas cancer is the leading cause of work-related deaths, accounting for 52 % of all work-related deaths in the EU; whereas carcinogens contribute to an estimated 100 000 occupational cancer deaths in the workplace every year5 ; whereas between 50 and 70 substances or group of substances have been identified by different agencies, stakeholders, and the World Health Organization in priority lists of workplace carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances for which binding limit values are needed; __________________ 5 ‘An international comparison of the cost of work-related accidents and illnesses’, EU-OSHA, 2017.
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas skin-cancer is one of the most spread occupational disease, which incidences are expected to grow due to factors such as climate change; whereas factors such as radiation, stress, work organisation and working conditions have all been linked to work-related cancer; whereas there currently is a lack of reliable and comparable EU-level data on workplace exposure to cancer risk factors5a; __________________ 5aEU-OSHA: https://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/wo rker-survey-exposure-cancer-risk- factors/view
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas exposure to asbestos claims around 88 000 lives in Europe annually, accounting for 55-75 % of lung cancers developed at work, and whereas asbestos is the main cause of lung cancer, responsible for 45 % of cases6 ; whereas it is estimated that mortality rates from this exposure will continue to increase into the late 2020s and the 2030s7 ; whereas 2 % of the European cancer burden can be attributed to ionizing radiation and that indoor exposure to radon and its decay products is the second leading cause of lung cancer in Europe; __________________ 6Takala, J., Working paper – ‘Eliminating occupational cancer in Europe and globally’, 2015, p. 6. 7‘Global Asbestos Disaster’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018).
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas scientific knowledge about the exposure to various substances, physical agents or other hazards and its specific effects on human beings and the related occurrence of specific diseases has remarkably grown of the last years; whereas the European list of occupational diseases has not been revised in order to acknowledge this scientific findings;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the Commission Recommendation of 19 September 2003 on Occupational Diseases recommends Member States to introduce as soon as possible into their national laws, regulations or administrative provisions concerning occupational diseases for compensation8a; whereas the existing lack of harmonisation on the recognition of occupational diseases may lead to discrimination of some companies and workers in the EU, whose countries have either higher or lower recognition of occupational diseases; __________________ 8ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:3200 3H0670&from=EN
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas a changing labour market with demographic developments, new technologies and generations of existing tools or machinery, new substances and chemical products and new types of jobs have potential impacts on occupational health and safety; whereas more workers are moving into platform work, non- traditional work or atypical employment;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas over a quarter of workers in Europe experience excessive work- related stress; whereas 51 % of EU workers say stress is common in their workplace and nearly 80 % of managers are concerned about work-related stress8 ; whereas over half of all working days lost in the EU are caused by work-related stress; whereas there are significant variations between the Member States’ legislation on psychosocial risks; whereas work-related stress can significantly increase the risk of triggering and exacerbating musculoskeletal disorders and rheumatic/chronic inflammatory diseases; __________________ 8‘Psychosocial risks in Europe: Prevalence and strategies for prevention’, Eurofound and EU-OSHA, 2014, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas people who regularly work from home are more than twice as likely to work in excess of the requisite maximum 48 hours per week and are at risk of resting for less than the requisite 11 hours between working days; whereas almost 30 % of teleworkers report working in their free time every day or several times a week11 compared to below 5 % of ‘office’-based workers; whereas teleworkers are more likely to work irregular hours11a; __________________ 11‘Telework and ICT-based mobile work: Flexible working in the digital age’, New forms of employment series, Eurofound, 2020, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. 11aEurofound (2020), Telework and ICT- based mobile work: Flexible working in the digital age, New forms of employment series, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas work-related cardiovascular and respiratory disease are the second highest contributor to work- related deaths; whereas high psychological demands, job strain, long working hours, mental disorders, job insecurity and physical inactivity are all associated with cardiovascular diseases11b; __________________ 11b Niedhammer I, Bertrais S, Witt K (2021), Psychosocial work exposures and health outcomes: a meta-review of 72 literature reviews with meta-analysis, Scand J Work Environ Health 2021;47(7):489-508
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the vulnerability of non-standard workers, including workers via digital labour platforms and self- employed workers; whereas platform work in the labour market is highly likely to continue growing; whereas self-employed workers are excluded from the scope of application of the strategic framework for health and safety at work, as they are not covered by the EU legislation on occupational health and safety;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has placed extraordinary demands on healthcare workers; whereas healthcare workers fighting COVID-19 put themselves and their families at risk to treat patients and contain the spread of this disease; whereas a demanding work environment and fears for personal and family safety has led to a negative psychological impact, causing depression, anxiety, burn-out and stress; whereas healthcare professionals are experiencing higher levels of anxiety and depression compared to professionals from other areas11c; __________________ 11cda Silva FCT, Neto MLR. Psychological effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in health professionals: A systematic review with meta-analysis. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2021 Jan 10
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that businesses and workplaces are also major centres for spreading contagion; whereas disturbing reports regarding breaches of cross-border and seasonal workers’ rights in terms of working and living conditions have surfaced during the pandemic; whereas workers on short-term assignment often live in group accommodation where social distancing is difficult and increases their risk of infection; whereas large outbreaks of COVID-19 infections occurred in industries such as food production;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the objectives of the European Labour Authority (ELA) is to ensure fair labour mobility by assisting Member States and the Commission in the effective application and enforcement of Union law related to labour law as well as health and safety at work; whereas several cases have shown breaches of health and safety and prevention regulation for mobile workers working in the EU;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the ILO recommendation advocates one labour inspector per 10 000 workers; labour inspections play an important role in the implementation of occupational health and safety policies at regional and local level; whereas the ILO recommendation advocates one labour inspector per 10 000 workers; whereas according to EU-OSHA research, 85% of employers state that complying with the legislation is the main reason why they manage occupational health and safety;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas comprehensive worker involvement, participation, and representation at company level and commitment from management is crucial for successful risk prevention in the workplace; whereas trade union organised workplaces have lower accident and illness rates11d; whereas Articles 153 to 155 TFEU establish the scope and authority of social partners to negotiate and enforce agreements relating to occupational health and safety; __________________ 11dWorker representation and consultation on health and safety, EU- OSHA (2012)
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas persons with disabilities, young people and the elderly are particularly susceptible to the COVID-19 crisis; whereas they are likely to suffer disproportionately and to have particular support needs that must be taken into account in an OSH-strategy when responding to the pandemic; whereas research shows that these groups are at high risk of developing mental health problems; whereas lack of provisions for workplace adjustments and reasonable accommodation, particularly for workers with disabilities can result in physical, mental and psychological strains that can put their health and safety at risk;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)
Recital I d (new)
Id. whereas high occupational health and safety standards, work-life balance, an age-appropriate working environment, lower quantitative demands and working time autonomy could enable and encourage older people to voluntarily stay in the labour market; whereas specific attention needs to be paid to the needs of workers in very physically or psychologically demanding jobs;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I e (new)
Recital I e (new)
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s strategic framework and, in particular, the introduction of the Vision Zero approach to work-related accidents and diseases; calls on the Commission to expand the Vision Zero approach to other injuries and accidents, as well as physical and mental attrition; calls on the Commission to significantly increase the focus on prevention strategies to secure that all employees, regardless of type or size of the employer, have a right to the highest level of protection regarding health and safety in the workplace; calls for the ambitious implementation of the 7-year plan, also in the light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and believes that strong legislative action is needed on several aspects of EU policy on occupational health and safety in order to complement the variety of soft measures envisaged in order to make Vision Zero a reality; calls for a clear focus on workers’ participation in the Vision Zero approach; calls for the OSH-summit in 2023 to focus especially on the progress of the "Vision Zero" approach;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to increase its ambitions on work-related cancer in the European Beating Cancer Plan; calls for Directive 2004/37/EC of 29 April 2004 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work to be updated on a continual basis and in an ambitious timeframe, ensuring that occupational exposure limits contained in the directive exist for a minimum of 50 priority substances by 2024; calls for the inclusion of reprotoxic substances and hazardous medicinal products in the scope of the directive; setting occupational exposure limits for at least 25 additional substances or group of substances or process generated substances by 2024; calls for the inclusion of reprotoxic substances and hazardous medicinal products in the scope of the directive, as well as a new coherent, transparent and risk-based system to be established for setting exposure limits and to better take into account workers' exposure to a combination of substances;; stresses the need to establish comprehensive national registers for all Member States, enabling Europe-wide data collection on carcinogen exposure and that these registers should cover all relevant carcinogens; calls for a close cooperation between EU institutions, member states, EU-OSHA and relevant stakeholders, strongly involving social partners in actively using the data collection to follow up with necessary legislative and non- legislative measures to combat work- related cancers; calls on the Commission to ensure involvement of social partners when setting occupational exposure limit values;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the commitment by the Commission to add endocrine disruptors as a category of substance of very high concern under the Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH regulation) as well as to classify them under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (CLP Regulation); stresses however that workers should also be protected under Directive 2004/37/EC against exposure to all endocrine disruptors meeting the criteria for classification as a Category 1A or 1B carcinogen or mutagen in accordance with the CLP Regulation;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to present in 2022 a legislative proposal to further reduce workers’ exposure to asbestos; calls on the Commission to be ambitious in its endeavours to achieve the total ban of asbestos and with regard to its zero accidents at work vision, and to update the exposure limit for asbestos to 0.001 fibres/cm3 (1 000 fibres/m3); stresses the need for an EU framework directive for national asbestos removal strategies, including public asbestos registers; notes that optical microscopy is not the latest available technology to count asbestos fibres in the breathing air and that Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy(ATEM) is more sensitive and makes it possible to distinguish and count asbestos fibres; calls for the use, where possible, of ATEM or similarly advanced methods for fibre counting; calls on the Commission to prohibit the practice of encapsulation and sealing of asbestos and to put forward technical minimum requirements to lower the concentration of asbestos fibres in the air to the lowest level that is technically possible, making asbestos screening mandatory prior to the start of construction work, guarantee the representativeness of samples to measure the exposure of the worker, provide for medical follow-up and post-professional health surveillance by a qualified occupational physician, specialist in asbestos-related diseases, to all exposed workers and recognising and compensate asbestos related diseases;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for the strengthening of protection against exposure to UV radiation, and calls on the Commission to revise the directive 2006/25/EC on the exposure of workers to risks from physical agents (artificial optical radiation) and to include solar radiation in its scope of application;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to introduce legislative measures to protect workers exposed to ionising radiation such as airline crews, nuclear power plant workers and healthcare and veterinarian professionals working in the radiology, radiotherapy or nuclear medicine sectors, and to secure that healthcare professionals and veterinarians working in radiology uses lead apron, lead gloves and thyroid protector as a minimum of protection when present nearby the patient;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to review the Directive 2013/35 to take into account the long-term effects of electromagnetic fields;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Stresses the importance of ensuring proper compensation claim options for workers in cases of occupational diseases; calls on the Commission to revise the European List of Occupational Diseases with significant additions such as work-related musculoskeletal disorders, work-related psychosocial disorders, asbestos-related diseases and occupational cancer; calls on the Commission to transform the recommendation on occupational diseases into a directive and create a minimum list of occupational diseases with comparable recognition criteria across the EU to ensure that proper compensation claim options exists for workers;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that the Commission is strengthening the gender focus on occupational safety and health; calls on the Commission to propose a legal act based on the framework agreement on harassment and violence at work, and to ensure that the fight against workplace violence and harassment applies regardless of the reason forand the cause of the harassment and that it is not limited to cases based on discriminatory grounds; calls on the Commission to secure that legislation on the employers’ obligation to prevent work-related violence and harassment includes an obligation to prevent third party violence and harassment (i.e. customers, clients, visitors or patients); calls on the Member States’ governments to ratify ILO Convention No 190 and Recommendation R206 to put in place the necessary laws and policy measures to prevent and address violence and harassment in the world of work;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission, in the framework of the EU Disability Strategy 2021-2030, to offer clear and ambitious guidelines to Member States and employers on the provision of reasonable accommodation and workplace adjustments for persons with disabilities; calls on the Commission for an ambitious revision of the Equal Treatment Directive 2000/78/EC to secure minimum standards for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop strategies to prepare for an ageing workforce; underlines that such strategies should include the promotion of education, training and lifelong learning for persons of all ages, healthy workplaces that provide reasonable accommodation for employees with health difficulties or disabilities, a better work-life balance and the promotion of intergenerational exchanges in the workplace;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on the Commission to improve the functioning of the existing regulatory EU Health and Safety framework, in order to adapt it to work situations and to the new risks and challenges of green transition; calls on the Commission to take into account the impact of climate change on working conditions, such as working at high temperatures outdoors, air-pollution and UV-exposure;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to pay particular attention to young workers in the OSH-strategies, with special focus to under-18-year-old workers; recalls that statistics show that 18 to 24-year-olds are more likely to have a serious accident at work than older adults due to the lack of adequate training and supervision, the lack of physical and psychological maturity and the exposure to precarious working conditions, thereby leading to the development of occupational illnesses while still young or later in life;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present by the end of 2021 a legislative initiative to improve the working conditions of platform workers; calls on the Commission to tackle the misclassification of platform workers as self-employed and to ensure that the proposal guarantees rights for all platform workers for a healthy and safe working environment;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that all workers, including non- standard workers, workers in platform companies and the self-employed are covered by occupational safety and health (OSH) legislation and policies; calls to include workers on digital platforms in the framework directive on health and safety despite their status as workers or self- employed;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to include health and safety in all EU strategies and policies on the green and digital transitions, including on artificial intelligence (AI); stresses that AI solutions in the workplace must be transparent, fair and avoid any negative implications for the workers’ health and safety; calls on the Commission to present a regulatory framework to clarify OSH liabilities and responsibilities in relation to AI systems and new ways of working; stresses that education and training for workers and securing effective OSH services is necessary for the introduction and use of AI at the workplace;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to set clear targets on road death reduction for work-related crashes and ensure that this target is included in national road safety strategies; calls on the Commission to ensure that reporting and statistics on work-related accidents on the road are streamlined across Member States; calls on Member States to increase road control, secure compliance with regulation on resting periods for drivers and to ensure that employers guarantees drivers proper schedules, preventing high workloads and thereby increase road safety;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strongly prioritise and adequately fund the strengthening of research and data collection at both EU and national level on occupational health and safety, in particular occupational circulatory diseases, work-related cancer, musculoskeletal disorders and psychosocial risks, as well as the impact of changing world of work including telework and the right to disconnect; calls on the Commission to follow up on the research with both legislative and non- legislative measures to protect workers’ health and safety; calls on Commission to establish an early alert mechanism with a strong inclusion of social partners to detect needed adjustment in occupational health and safety legislation;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Calls on the Commission to promote the broader issue of decent work in future EU trade agreements and to ensure that occupational health and safety standards are properly taken into account as part of binding commitments on labour and social standards; calls on the Commission to support candidate countries to align their legal frameworks with the EU acquis on OSH; calls on the Commission and the Member States to closely cooperate with the ILO and the WHO to promote the right to safe and healthy working conditions within the framework of ILO core labour principles and rights and in safeguarding respect for these principles by global supply chains; welcomes the Commissions intension to propose a EU-wide ban on products made by forced labour;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Welcomes the aim of strengthening engagement with the EU’s partner countries, regional and international organisations and other international fora to raise occupational health and safety standards globally; calls for the Commission’s active engagement in supporting the integration of the right to safe and healthy working conditions into the ILO framework of fundamental principles and rights at work;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls the commitment by the Commission to assess the need for further actions to improve the functioning of the existing EU regulatory framework for health and safety and the need to amend the Biological Agents Directive, inter alia, in pandemic situations; calls on the Commission to conduct, without delay, a targeted revision of the Biological Agents Directive, drawing on the lessons learned from the unprecedented crisis with a view to better preparedness and response planning in all workplaces;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that it is essential to draw the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and to increase preparedness for potential future health crises; calls on the Commission to include COVID-19 in the Recommendation concerning the European schedule of occupational diseases;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to propose a legislative framework in consultation with social partners with a view to establishing minimum requirements for remote work across the Union; stresses that such a framework should clarify working conditions, including the provision, use and liability of equipment, including as regards existing and new digital tools, and that it should ensure that such work is carried out on a voluntary basis and that the rights, workload and performance standards of teleworkers are equivalent to those of comparable workers; stresses that such legislative initiative should be based on a comprehensive assessment of the psychosocial risks associated with digital work practises and permeable work environments;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive on minimum standards and conditions to ensure that workers are able to exercise effectively their right to disconnect and to regulate the use of existing and new digital tools for work purposes; stresses that such a proposal must apply to all workers, irrespective of their employment status, their activities and the sector, and that right to disconnect is not only linked to working time but also to the workload and workload assessment;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to revise Directive 90/270/EEC laying down minimum safety and health requirements for work with display screen equipment; calls on the Commission to be more ambitious in this regard and to propose a directive on work- related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and Rheumatic diseases and calls on the Commission to ensure that all work- related risks which may result in Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases are covered in the directive, such as heavy lifts, repetitive movements, vibration or standing/sitting for long periods of time; reminds that female workers are more affected by MSDs and reminds the Commission that a proposal on work- related musculoskeletal disorders must include a strong gender dimension in the assessment, prevention and treatment of these diseases;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reminds of the several cases of breaches of workers’ rights, especially for mobile and cross-border workers, including seasonal, migrant and precarious workers, during the pandemic who were exposed to unhealthy or unsafe living and working conditions, such as poor or overcrowded accommodation or lack of information on their rights; repeats its call on the Commission to undertake an urgent study ofaction to improve the situation of the employment, working and health and safety conditions of mobile and migrant workers, such as cross-border, posted and seasonal workers, including the role of temporary work agencies, recruiting agencies, other intermediaries and subcontractors, with a view to identifying protection gaps andin the light of the principle of equal treatment and the particular health and safety challenges faced by mobile and migrant workers such as access to adequate equipment and facilities, quality accommodation, safe transport and decent meals, and addressing the need to revise the existing legislative framework as well as pandemic- proofing; calls on the Commission to present a legislative initiative to establish minimum standards for accommodation arranged by the employer and calls on Member States to enforce that worker accommodation, which is arranged by the employer, is safe, decent and meets the minimum standards; calls on the EU- OSHA and the European Labour Authority to work together to support the Commission and the Member States in improving the occupational health and safety of mobile and migrant workers;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. CUnderlines the essential role of labour inspectorates in securing compliance with health and safety legislation and prevention of work-related cancer; calls on Member States to take initiatives to address the downward trend in the number of labour inspections and to enhance and secure their adequate funding; calls on the Member States to implement the ILO recommendation of one labour inspector per 10 000 workers; calls on the Commission to conduct a survey on how labour inspectorates conduct the inspections and on their scope and content; calls on the Commission and Member States to secure greater coordination, cooperation and training at European level;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a survey on how labour inspectorates conduct the inspections as well as the scope and content of the inspections; calls on the Commission to establish a dedicated tripartite working party on enforcement in the remit of the Advisory Committee of health and safety at work to follow the survey;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Reminds of the need to promote cooperation at EU and Member State level to ensure consistent enforcement of health and safety legislation; calls for the fastest possible implementation and operation of the European Labour Authority (ELA), and for the ELA to have real labour inspection power in cross boarder cases and to monitor compliance with health and safety legislation; calls on the Commission and Member States to involve the ELA in cross-border situations to secure proper enforcement of health and safety legislation;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. SCalls on the Commission to require Member States to report back on the targets set in the national OSH- strategies and to secure adequate funding to support its implementation; reminds that social partners have not sufficiently been involved in the implementation or following up process of national OSH- plans in several Member States; stresses the need to recognise and involve social partners in the implementation and enforcement of the OSH legislative framework; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the involvement of social partners in the formulation of all EU and national policies and in measures taken at all levels; calls on the European Commission to start research on concepts and practises of better participation of workers and their representatives in all phases of risk assessment and OSH-policies on company level, and launch funded programmes for the improvement of workers participation in companies OSH activities;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to secure adequate funding and access for all workers to health and safety training and learning facilities to combat accidents and illnesses at work; stresses the need for a close cooperation with social partners in this regard;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive guaranteeing trade unions access to workplaces for the purpose of organising, information sharing and consultation, strengthening worker’s representation and thereby securing proper health and safety standards at the workplace;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the Commission to introduce without a delay a legislative proposal for a European Social Security Pass for mobile workers and third country nationals with the possibility to provide national authorities and trade unions with an instrument to effectively enforce health and safety regulation, compliance with cancer-prevention and to combat unsafe working environments;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Welcomes the Mobility Package and its initiatives on improving health and safety; welcomes the Commissions guidelines on driving and rest time rules and calls on the Commission to secure the necessary follow up on the implementation of the Mobility Package; calls on Member States to ensure compliance and increase road control; calls on the Commission to present similar legislative initiatives as the mobility package to improve health and safety for workers in the aviation and maritime industry;