15 Amendments of Marianne VIND related to 2020/2079(INI)
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that financial assistance is only provided to undertakings that respect the applicable collective agreements and refrain from making share buy backs or paying dividends to shareholders or bonuses to executives, and that these undertakings are not registered in tax havens;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to improve the scoreboard by integrating further indicators and clear targets reflecting all 20 principles of the EPSR, and to develop mandatory social targets;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned about the increased rate of unemployment, which will especially affect youth and workers in low- skilled positions and precarious employment; calls on the Commission to propose a permanent EU unemployment reinsurance scheme for EMU countries and a more effective and inclusive Youth Guarantee; calls on the Member States to adequately invest in effective active labour market policies to prevent long-term unemployment;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the successful implementation of the EU Recovery Plan requires a proper social dialogue and effective involvement of the social partners; calls on the Commission and Member States to support capacity building of the social partners in order to strengthen social dialogue and collective bargaining; Calls on the Commission to promote the use of ESF+ for capacity building of social partners with the aim of strengthening collective bargaining in Europe; Calls on Member States to consult and involve national social partners in law making that is of relevance to them;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. WelcomNotes the Commission’s second phase consultation of the social partners on an EU framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission to present a European framework for minimum wages to eliminate in-work poverty by ensuring decent living wagesfor adequate minimum wage levels to be set in Member States well above the poverty threshold for all workers through collective agreements or through national law; calls for EU-level safeguards for decent old-age pensions for all workers; where applicable; Stresses the need for a clear distinction between labour markets with existing statutory minimum wages and those where wage levels are established exclusively by collective agreements; Stresses that any initiative must not harm the autonomy of social partners and wage-setting in collective-bargaining systems; stresses that a framework must not require implementation of instruments that makes collective agreements universally applicable;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the Commission to propose legal instruments to ensure decent working conditions for all workers, strengthen collective bargaining coverage, ban zero- hour contracts, end bogus self- employment, set strict limits on subcontracting practices, and improve social protection standards; calls on the Commission to present a legal EU framework similar to the Californian ‘AB5’-law to establish a test on the employment status of independent contractors; Stresses that an EU framework of such kind must not lead to any new types of employment status but exclusively function as a test of employment status and to combat false self-employment; calls on the Commission to present a European directive on decent working conditions for platform workers and non-standard workers;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for an EU teleworking agenda, including a legislative proposal to ensure decent working conditions including respect for working hours, leave and the right to disconnect; calls on the Commission and Member States in strong cooperation with social partners to propose a directive on work-related stress and in this regard to require all companies to form a company policy towards work-related stress;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. AsksCalls on the Commission to put forwardromptly introduce a proposal for a digital EU Social Security Number; believes that a European Social Security Number has a strong potential of establishing a control mechanism for both individuals as relevant authorities to secure that social security is paid in accordance to the obligations and to combat social fraud;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to present an EU child guarantee in 2020, a rights- based, comprehensive and integrated anti- poverty strategy, an EU framework on national homelessness strategies, to conduct a comparative study on the different minimum income schemes in the Member States, and to highlight best practice cases with a view to presenting a framework in this regard;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to introduce binding pay transparency measures, and urges their swift adoption in order to avoid further gender-based inequalities; Believes the proposal is essential to tackle the gender pay gap and the following causes of pension gap; Calls on Member States in strong corporation with national social partners to address the gender gap challenge in pay and pensions;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls foron Member States to provide accessible and affordable quality childcare and early education services, as well as short- and long-term care services, including for the elderly and people with disabilities;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to put forward a comprehensive and long-term post-2020 EU Disability Strategy; Calls on the Commission to present a strong and comprehensive legal framework to secure full accessibility for persons with disabilities to the labour market;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to update the Skills Agenda for Europe in order to meet the skills requirements of the EU labour market and of the ecological and digital transition; Stresses the urgent need to establish a skills-guarantee in line with the principles of the youth guarantee; believes that all Europeans should be guaranteed to receive good quality upskilling and reskilling opportunities within a period of four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education; agrees that a strong focus on digital skills are necessary;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. States that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in increased health and safety risks for millions of workers; Calls for an urgent revision of the Biological Agents Directive 2000/54/EC with the purpose to adapt it to global pandemics and other extraordinary circumstances in order to secure the full protection of workers against the risks of exposure; calls on the Commission to present as soon as possible a new Strategic Framework for Health and Safety post- 2020, a directive on work-related stress and musculoskeletal disorders, a directive on mental well-being at the workplace, and an EU mental health strategy;