5 Amendments of Simona BALDASSARRE related to 2020/2244(INI)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the youth unemployment rate has increased due to COVID-19 crisis, reaching 17.1 % in September 2020; whereas 11.6 % of young people aged between 15 and 24 are not in employment or in education (NEETs)15 ; whereas the COVID-19 crisis impacted the access to education for disadvantaged social groups such as single-parent, low income and large families, who struggle to afford digital education equipment for their children; whereas increasing inequalities between generations affect the sustainability of our welfare system as well as our democratic health; _________________ 15 JER 2021.
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the pandemic has exacerbated health and social inequalities17 in wide ranging groups including children in low-income families and older people and whereas the poverty rate is predicted to increase as one of the effects of the COVID-19: whereas Eurofound suggests complementing the Social Scoreboard accompanying the EPSR with additional indicators covering job quality, social justice and equal opportunities, robust social welfare systems and fair mobility; _________________ 17EuroHealthNet (2020), Recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuring health equity. The role of the European Semester.
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop a quality employment package, including legislative initiatives aimed at improving wages and protecting decent working conditions for all, with a particular focus on telework, the right to disconnect, family-work balance, mental well-being at work, occupational health and safety, the rights of platform workerparental and care- related leave, the rights of platform workers, a common and synchronised weekly day of rest for all EU citizens, ensuring quality jobs for essential workers, and strengthening democracy at work and the role of the social partners and collective bargaining;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for a quality employment package and notes that macroeconomic policies that guarantee high levels of employment, as well as fair taxation especially for families, are essential for the sustainability of our national pension systems in a demographic context of ageing European populations;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for better coordination between economic and social policies and between the different recovery funds and structural funds, in order to improve synergies and boost social investment resources; in particular toward first respondents to the crisis such as essential workers and families, embedding the principle of leaving no one behind;