13 Amendments of Chiara GEMMA related to 2019/0000(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas austerity policies and curtailments of labour rights implemented over the years led, inter alia, to increasing precariousness and labour instability;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas effective policies are needed to encompass the various forms of employment and adequately protect workers from abuse, discrimination and poverty;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the in-work poor represent a significant share of people at work; whereas in 2017, 9.4% of employed people were at risk of poverty; whereas nearly 20.5 million workers lived in households at risk of poverty; whereas for certain categories of the population, notably people working part-time, the self- employed, temporary workers, younger people, less educated persons and single households, the in-work poverty risk is substantially higher and has in some cases been increasing significantly in recent years;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the total number of hours worked has been increasing steadily but slowly since 2013; whereas the rate of permanent and full-time employment continues to rise while the rate of part-time employment is in decline; whereas real wage growth is still moderate and lower than productivity developments; whereas labour underutilisation, in terms of abusive approaches against workers and mismatch between labour demand and supply, and unemployment remain high in some Member States, while in other Member States labour supply is scarce;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the unemployment rate in the euro area fell for all age groups and for both men and women; whereas 15.613 million men and women in the EU-28, of whom 12.322 million were in the euro area, were still unemployed in July 2019; whereas large differences in rates remain between Member States; whereas youth unemployment remains very high; whereas long-term unemployment, while in decline, remains high;;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the social situation continues to improve; whereas poverty and the risk of poverty, and gaps in coverage of social protection systems and access to services, persist;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the EU Youth Guarantee must be improved with a view to solving all its current problems, as also highlighted by the European Court of Auditors in its report, in order to meet its initial expectations, namely to provide help to all young people without jobs, training or education;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that while the economic conditions in the EU are currently favourable and overall employment is steadily growing, there is still a need for major improvement in terms ofto effectively address precarious employment, youth unemployment, labour market segmentation and inequalities, in-work poverty and productivityadequate social protection, in-work poverty and labour underutilisation;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note of the Commission’s 2019 country-specific recommendations (CSRs) and welcomes the stronger focus on investment; notes that almost one third of the CSRs issued until 2018 have not been implemented; welcomes the fact that considerable progress has been achieved in legislation governing labour relations and employment protection; is concerned that progress on the 2018 CSRs is worse than performance in previous years and urges the Commission to put the necessary pressure on Member States to implementregrets that the Commission did not prioritise the need to guarantee decent wages, decent working condition and adequate social protection levels in all Member States in order to ensure decent standard of living for all workers, irrespective of the employment relationship or the type of contract; welcomes the stronger focus on investment; highlights the fact that progress has been achieved in legislation governing labour relations and employment protection; believes that major improvements must be made to fully comply with the premise on which EU legislation on fixed-term work is grounded, namely that employment contracts of indefinite duration are the general form of employment relationship, while fixed-term employment contracts are only a feature of employment in certain sectors or of certain occupations and activities and cannot be used to cover needs which are not temporary in nature but fixed and permanent; underlines that the adoption of an integrated multi-level policy package is required in order to solve the rdecommendations; believes that strong reform ient-work deficit and implement a rights-based approach aimed at ensuring full empleoymentation is crucial to strengthen the growth, qualitative, secure and well-paid jobs, social progress and the effective protenctialon of EU economies; workers from abuses, discrimination and poverty;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Strongly believes that the introduction and strengthening of statutory minimum wages in all Member States, consisting of a financial amount able to ensure decent living conditions to all workers, is of paramount importance to effectively address poverty, abuse and discrimination suffered by workers and support social integration and access to the labour market;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need for well- designed labour market policies and reforms that create quality and stable employment, promoteensure decent incomes, equal opportunities and the equal treatment of workers, facilitate equal access to the labour market and social protection, facilitate labour mobilityincluding the adoption of effective and proportionate remedies aimed at preventing and sanctioning the abuse and discrimination suffered by workers, guarantee equal access to the labour market and to the highest levels of social protection, reintegrate the unemployed and tackle inequalities and gender imbalances;
Amendment 144 #
7 d. Stresses that austerity measures adopted at EU level and by Member States aggravated social inequalities and employment problems, severely undermining citizens’ fundamental rights and freedoms;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7 e. Underlines that the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with disabilities noted with deep concern the disproportionately adverse and retrogressive effect that austerity measures in the EU had on the adequate standard of living of persons with disabilities; stresses the urgent need to stop austerity measures and ensure adequate standard of living of persons with disabilities, including by setting a social protection floor that fully complies with the core content of the right to an adequate standard of living and to social protection;