27 Amendments of Samira RAFAELA related to 2020/2244(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the COVID-19 outbreak caused significant changes in the practices of the labour market, sending over a third of EU workers to work from home1a; whereas disconnecting from work should constitute an essential principle allowing workers to refrain from work- related tasks and electronic communication outside working hours without facing any repercussions and contributing thus to an adequate work-life balance; _________________ 1aEurofound, Living, working andCOVID-19, p.9,https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites /default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_docu ment/ef20059en.pdfavem un link?
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas global challenges such as digitalisation and the fight against climate change, regardless the COVID-19 crisis, persist and require a just transition so as to leave no one behind;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas social protection systems are under severe pressure to mitigate the social impact of the crisis and ensure decent living conditions for all as well as access to essential services such as health, education and housing;
Amendment 37 #
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 and is expected to continue rising; whereas 11.6 % of young people aged between 15 and 24 are not in employment or in education (NEETs)15 ; whereas increasing inequalities between generations affect the sustainability of our welfare system as well as our democratic health; whereas COVID- 19 could lead to the emergence of a "lockdown generation", as the crisis hit young people’s job prospects; whereas the economic fallout will have long-term negative effects on youth employment; _________________ 15 JER 2021.
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas people living in marginalised conditions and suffering from social exclusion and poverty face particular challenges due to the pandemic; whereas the negative effects of the measures put in place by EU governments have disproportionately affected minorities and disadvantaged groups2a; _________________ 2a FRA (2020), Coronavirus pandemic in the EU – impact on Roma and Travellers - Bulletin 5, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas people with disabilities faced even more limited access to services due to the pandemic; whereas the digital divide, including digital poverty, low digital literacy and difficulties with universal design, increases barriers to social rights for people with disabilities; whereas evidence gathered by the FRA mounted of significant obstacles in access to education for children with disabilities;3a _________________ 3aFRA (2020), Coronavirus pandemic in the EU - fundamental rights implications: focus on social rights - Bulletin 6, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas the labour market faces a rapid shift towards a greener and a more digital environment, creating jobs that require updated competencies; whereas there is a wide need to focus on the skilling, reskilling and upskilling strategy of the employees of all ages; whereas the lifelong learning plan in the EU should create a framework for sustainable competitiveness;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas new forms of employment have emerged or intensified, such as teleworking and non-standard ways of working, and whereas new realities have also emerged and existing trends have intensified during lockdowns, including domestic violence against women and health problems among workers, particularly psychological ones;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas the pandemic heavily affected the educational system in the EU, leading to the closure of schools, universities and colleges; whereas the negative physical, mental health and educational impact of proactive school closures on children would likely outweigh the benefits of the decision to close schools, in particular in areas with population at risk of poverty or social exclusion;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas we face a critical time in our history, with the idea that economic growth automatically trickles down to all sectors of society being widely discredited; whereas we are witnessing a thinning of the middle class, increasingly precarious job conditions for blue collar and platform workers and growing polarisation in terms of income and wealth; whereas the cultural and creative sectors, the tourism sector, alongside SMEs, local and family businesses have been severely affected economically by the measures meant to restrain the spread of the pandemic;
Amendment 123 #
2. States that 10 years after the introduction of the European Semester cycle of economic policy coordination, employment and social imbalances in Europe, such as labour market segmentation, wage dispersion and child poverty, have not been resolved but have worsened in some Member States, demonstrating that public policies at the national level arcould be insufficient for building a fairer European labour market, and that stronger and further-reaching policies at EU level are needed;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need to integrate social progress as an investment priority, together with green and digital transitions, in order to protect vulnerable people against the negative impact of the current crisis; reiterates the importance of projects that generate positive social impact and enhance social inclusion, in particular by encouraging the use of social impact bonds or social outcome contracts; recalls that social progress plans must be included in national recovery and resilience plans, outlining the implementation of the EPSR and of socialvia reforms and investments, with a particular emphasis on social impact investment;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 182 #
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, mental well-being at work, occupational health and safety, the rights of platform workers, ensuring quality jobs for essential workers, and strengthening democracy at work and the role of the social partners and collective bargaining; calls for a coordinated approach at EU level in order to avoid unfair and unhealthy labour cost competition and increase upward social convergence for all;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Is concerned about the devastating social and employment effects of the COVID-19 crisis; highlights that the new European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for displaced workers could be mobilised in response to the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis on employment; calls therefore on the Member States to rapidly submit to the Commission applications for funding to support European workers who have lost their jobs as a result of COVID-19 in their retraining, requalification and reintegration into the labour market;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that social dialogue and collective bargaining are key instruments for employers and trade unions to establish fair wages and working conditions, and that strong collective bargaining systems increase Member States’ resilience in times of economic crisis; welcomes in this regard the Commission's proposal for a directive on adequate minimum wages in the Union aiming to increase the collective bargaining coverage and ensure that workers in the European Union are protected by minimum wages set at adequate levels;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. calls on the Member States to take measures to remedy the lack of access to social protection systems, in particular by following the Council Recommendation of 8 November 2019 on access to social protection for workers and the self- employed; welcomes, once again, the adoption of this recommendation as a first measure and the Commission’s commitment to strengthening social protection systems in Europe, but stresses the need to make universal access to social protection a reality, especially in the current difficult situation;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Commission to effectively implement the Youth Employment Support, in order to ensure that all young people under the age of 25 receive a good quality offer of employment, continued education, vocational education and training, access to skills needed to enable employment opportunities in a wide range of sectors, apprenticeship or traineeship within a period of four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Calls on the Commission to develop at the earliest opportunity a robust European Child Guarantee to ensure that every child in Europe at risk of poverty or social exclusion has access to free healthcare, education, early childhood education and care, decent housing and adequate nutrition;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Calls on the Commission to give priority to the publication of its Strategy on the rights of people with disabilities and urges Member States to keep in mind and work on compensating the disproportionate negative effects that measures adopted in the context of the pandemic have on vulnerable groups;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to ensure access to high-quality healthcare and to refocus health systems on, including preventive care, notably by implementing relevant country-specific recommendations;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that implementing the EU skills agenda equitably is critical for promoting health systems and tackling skills shortages for people in new fields of work; warns, however, that a skills agenda is not enough to tackle the increasing precariousness and in-work poverty in the EU labour marketcalls on the Commission and the Member States to maximise their efforts to invest in affordable, accessible, inclusive and high-quality vocational education and training, to reinforce upskilling and reskilling measures, including digital and transferable skills, and to promote lifelong learning to prepare workers for the needs of the labour market affected by the green and digital transformations; takes the view that the mutual recognition of qualifications will be beneficial for overcoming skills shortages and skills mismatches; warns, however, that a skills agenda is not enough to tackle the increasing precariousness and in-work poverty in the EU labour market; emphasizes the need to combat the risk of social exclusion and poverty of women and girls by allowing equal access to education and training through the fight against gender stereotypes and the closing of the digital gender gap;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that implementing the EU skills agenda equitably is critical for promoting health systems and tackling skills shortages for people in new fields of work; warns, however, that a skills agenda is not enough to tackle the increasing precariousness and in-work poverty in the EU labour market; emphasizes the need to encourage lifelong learning practices across the Union, as it will prove an essential element for the transition towards a digital, green, competitive and resilient EU economy;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU framework for national homelessness strategies, by adopting the Housing First principle; stresses, moreover, the need to collect better and more harmonised data on homeless people in the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to come up with specific proposals to adequately address the problem of energy poverty in the context of the Green Deal;
Amendment 228 #
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; insists that the recovery plan must contribute to achieving the UN SDGs, implementing our growth strategy as set out in the Green Deal, and fulfilling the principles of the EPSR; calls on the Member States to make full use of the potential offered by the general escape clause to support companies which are in difficulty and lack liquidity, particularly SMEs, safeguard the jobs, wages and working conditions of European workers and invest in people and social welfare systems;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to analyse brain drains in certain regions and sectors, and to support mobile workers by ensuring fair mobility and strengthening the portability of rights and entitlements; calls on the Member States to commit fully to the digitalisation of public services in order to facilitate fair labour mobility, particularly with regard to the coordination of social security systems; therefore asks the Commission to put forward a proposal for a digital EU Social Security Number;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. stresses that small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in sustainable and inclusive development, economic growth and job creation in the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen their support for SMEs and their workers in the resumption of economic activity and in the transition towards a more digital and greener economy;