Activities of Idoia MENDIA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 s (new)

– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/1263 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2024 on the effective coordination of economic policies and on multilateral budgetary surveillance and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97,

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~progress has been made towards achieving the EU’s employment target~~, according to the Commission’s 2025 autumn economic forecast, the EU employment rate has reached a rate of 75.3% ; whereas value must be placed in the economic return of social welfare investments that not only improve living standards but result in economic growth and higher employment rates; whereas some Member States are reaching unprecedented levels of employment , and experiencing growth in employment rates despite the uncertainty created by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the impacts of high inflation~~, and whereas growth in employment in the EU remained robust in 2023, although~~; however significant challenges remain prominent in the EU, including high unemployment rates, in ~~particular youth unemployment rates, persist in some Member States, as do significant inequalities between~~youth, women, older people, low- and medium-qualified, migrants and persons with disabilities, together with precarious working conditions, structural inequalities and gaps in social protection across sectors ~~and~~, regions, and social groups which could negatively affect social cohesion and the well-being of European citizens in the long term;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the European Semester combines different instruments in an integrated framework for multilateral coordination and surveillance of economic, employment, social and environmental policies within the EU and it must become a key tool for fostering upward social convergence, ensuring that economic and fiscal policies not only drive growth but also contribute to an social and sustainable EU; whereas, as part of the integrated analysis of employment and social developments in the context of the European Semester, the risks to upward social convergence in Member States should be assessed and the progress on the implementation of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights should be monitored, on the basis of the Social Scoreboard and of the principles of the Social Convergence Framework;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPRS) must be the compass for leading EU social and economic policies, ensuring that the Union takes a leading role in promoting social progress; whereas the European Commission must assess risks to upward social convergence in Member States and monitor progress on the implementation of the EPRS using the Social Scoreboard and the Social Convergence Framework;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

A c. whereas the Social Convergence Framework offers a key tool for assessing social challenges and upward convergence within the European Semester and for monitoring social disparities across Member States;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

A d. whereas addressing the challenges identified in the Joint Employment Report (JER) will contribute to achieving upward social convergence, supporting fair green and digital transitions, tackling demographic change, and contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)

A e. Whereas the rate of self- employment is declining, including among young people, and poor quality jobs among the self-employed are disproportionally wide-spread;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas demographic ~~challenges, including an ageing population, low birth rates~~developments , increased longetivity and rural depopulation~~, profoundly~~ affect the sustainability of ~~welfare~~social protection and social services systems and hence represent a structural challenge for the EU in terms of economy, and whereas, as underlined in the Draghi report, sustainable growth in Europe depends to a large extent on the ~~inclusion of the active populat~~effective and fair inclusion in the labour market ands well as on a robust welfare system;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas, as highlighted in the Draghi report, migrant workers have been an important factor in reducing labour shortages and are more likely to work in occupations with persistent shortages than workers born in the EU;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

B b. whereas 70% of workers in Europe are in good quality jobs, 30% are in strained jobs where demands are more numerous than resources available to balance them leading to overall poor job quality. In many occupations suffering from persistent labour shortages the share of low quality jobs is higher than 30%;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the Letta report deplores the decline in the birth rate , noting the importance of creating a framework to improve gender equality and support all types of families and individuals, including single parents, as part of a strategy of inclusive growth and stressing the need to promote ~~family and work-~~work-life balance policies ensuring accessible and professional care systems as well as public quality education, family-related leave and flexible working arrangements in lifne ~~balance policies~~with the European Care Strategy; whereas Eurostat stresses the increase of EU population due to migration and the necessity of dedicating more efforts to their integration;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas high inflation ~~has~~rates have increased the ~~burden on households, and housing costs and energy poverty remain major problems~~cost of living and the burden on households, housing costs ,energy poverty and social exclusion remain critical challenges in the EU, particularly affecting women, young people, children, persons with disabilities, LGTBI, people with migrant background, and Roma, with significant disparities both between and within Member States and population groups; whereas housing is becoming unaffordable for many Europeans live in households where housing cost represent 40% of their total disposable income; whereas decent, good-quality and affordable housing, including through social housing, is a fundamental condition for ensuring equal opportunities and fighting poverty and/or social exclusion;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas despite a minimal reduction in the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU in 2023, approximately 1 in 5 still faces this challenge, with notable disparities for children, young and older people, persons with disabilities, LGTBI, non-EU born individuals, and Roma communities;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas la~~bour and skills shortag~~ck of attractiveness and investment into quality public services, bad working conditions and low salaries remain a problem at all levels, exacerbated by a lack of candidates to fill critical positions in ~~key~~some sectors such as ~~education, health and construction, especially in areas affected by depopulation~~science and technology , especially in areas affected by depopulation; whereas EU’s capacity to deal with future shocks, crises and polycrises while navigating the demographic, digital and green transitions will depend greatly on the conditions under which critical workers will be able to perform their work; whereas addressing the shortages and retaining all type of talents requires decent working conditions, access to social protection systems, and opportunities for skills development tailored to the needs; and whereas addressing skills shortages is crucial to achieve the digital and green transition, inclusive and sustainable growth and to boost the EU´s competitiveness;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas promoting mobility within the EU and consider attracting skilled third country national workers, in addition, ensure respect and enforcement of labour and social rights and channel third country nationals entering the EU through legal migration pathways towards occupations experiencing shortages, supported by an effective integration policy, in full complementarity to harnessing talents from within the Union;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

E b. whereas gender pay gaps remain considerable in most EU Members States and whereas care responsibilities are an important factor that continues to constrain women into part-time employment or leads to their exclusion from the labour market, resulting in a wider gender employment gap;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)

E c. whereas the green and digital transitions must be socially just and inclusive for all, seizing the opportunity to create quality jobs, tackle discrimination at work, protect workers’ rights and raise labour standards; whereas it is essential to promote good-quality job creation, robust social protection, and targeted investments in skills that match emerging labour opportunities in the green and digital sectors combined with adult education allowances to ensure access to quality upskilling and reskilling for all;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)

E d. whereas the Joint Employment Report (JER) highlights the right to disconnect in particular in the context of telework, acknowledging the critical role of this right in ensuring work-life balance in a context of increasing digitalization and remote work;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)

E e. whereas challenges to several sectors such as automotive manufacturing and energy intensive industries became evident in 2024, and large-scale restructuring announcements were made by companies;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E f (new)

E f. whereas currently there is no EU- wide regular data collection on social services investment and coverage. Collecting such data is key for an evidence-based analysis of national social policies in the EU Semester analysis. This should be addressed though jointly agreed criteria and data collection standards for social services investment and coverage in EU Member States. The European Social Network’s Social Services Index is an example of how such data collection can contribute to the EU Semester Analysis,

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E g (new)

E g. whereas there are disparities in the coverage of social services, including long-term care, child protection, domestic violence support, and homelessness aid, that need to be addressed though the EU Semester,

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas ~~the crisis in generational renewal and poor access to~~economic and social inequalities, as well as limited access to funding and public services have ~~led to an~~ increased the risk of poverty and social exclusion, particularly affecting children ~~and elderly people;~~, single parents households, young and older people and other vulnerable groups such as migrants, Roma, people living in depopulated areas and persons with disabilities,

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. wWhereas social progress in the EU must advance in a manner consistent with the stability objectives of the Maastricht criteria, ensuring that economic integration does not exacerbate inequalities between generations and regionsaccording to article 3 TEU, social progress in the EU is one of the aims of a highly competitive social market economy, together with full employment, a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment; whereas article 3 also states that the EU shall combat social exclusion and discrimination and shall promote social justice and protection, equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and protection of the rights of the child;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. whereas structural reforms must prioritize social progress, ensuring access to adequate social protection, affordable and decent housing, and essential services for all type of families, including vulnerable groups such as single parent households and persons with disabilities;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

G b. whereas, EU policies such as NextGenerationEU and SURE have secured growth and economic resilience, reducing inequalities;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)

G c. whereas social dialogue and collective bargaining are essential for the EU’s competitiveness, labour productivity and social cohesion;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)

G d. whereas social partners are essential for designing and implementing policies that promote sustainable and inclusive growth, decent and quality work, and fair transitions and must be involved at all levels of governance in accordance with the TFEU;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G e (new)

G e. whereas Member States should implement the Directive on adequate minimum wages without delay and prepare action plans that increase collective bargaining coverage in line with the directive, where applicable;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G f (new)

G f. whereas, Eurofound research shows that suicide rates are creeping up since 2021, after decades of decline, more needs to be done to address causes of mental health problems in working and living conditions (importantly social inclusion), and access to support for people with bad mental health remains a problem;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the Commission and the Council should ~~continue~~accelerate the full implement~~ing~~ation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, in line with the action plan of March 2021; calls on the Comission to present a updated Plan for the European Pillar of Social Rights for the period 2025-2029, ensuring the integration of new priorities; Stresses the importance of using the Social Scoreboard and the Social Convergence Framework to identify risks and track progress in reducing inequalities, strengthening social protection systems, and promoting good working conditions;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the JER 2026 analysis the implementation of all the principles of the EPSR in line with Regulation 2024/1263 and to integrate in the JER the analysis of the social dimension of the national medium-term fiscal-structural plans related to social resilience, including the European Pillar of Social Rights;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Regrets the lack of data and analysis of wealth inequality and wealth concentration in the EU as this is one of the main determinants of poverty; points out that according to Distributional Wealth Accounts (DWA), a dataset developed by the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), the share of wealth held by the top 10 percent stood at 56 percent in the fourth quarter of 2023, while the bottom half held just 5 percent; calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess the socio economic impact of wealth inequalities and urgently propose measures that ensure a fairer distribution of wealth and resources in order to allow for progress towards the reduction of poverty by 15 million in 2030 as well as widening the middle class;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1 c. Welcomes the inclusion of analysis on the positive contribution of the SDGs and the European equality strategies in the JER 2025 and calls on the Commission to ensure that the JER 2026 includes both a section analysing the progress towards de SDGs related to employment and social policy, and another on progress towards eliminating social and labour discrimination in line with the Gender Equality Strategy 2020- 2025, the EU Anti-Racism Action Plan 2020-2025, the EU Roma strategic framework for equality, inclusion and participation 2020-2030, the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025, and the Strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1 d. Calls on Member States to implement the updated employment guidelines, with emphasis on education and training for all, new technologies such as artificial intelligence as well as recent policy initiatives on platform work, affordable and decent housing and tackling labour and skills shortages; with a view to strengthening democratic decision-making;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Reiterates the importance of supporting the development of skills ~~in the workforce~~and high quality and occupation related training provided during working hours and financed by the employer to improve competitiveness and ensure inclusive and fair, quality employment; urges the Comission and the Member States to strengthen high quality and inclusive vocational and digital right to training for all while promoting the inclusion of persons with disabilities and young and older workers in the workforce to address labour shortages and support equal opportunities in the labour marke; this must include ensuring access to paid, quality, and inclusive traineeships and apprenticeships for young people, enabling them to gain meaningful first work experiences and facilitating their transition from education to employment and creating working conditions that enable an ageing workforce to remain healthily and voluntarily in the labour market; stresses the need to increase the opportunities of lifelong skills development, considering that, although there is an improvement, persons with disabilities, especially women with disabilities still face significant obstacles in the labour market;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Stresses the need to pay attention to the social and environmental aspects of competitiveness, emphasising the need for investments in education and training for all to ensure universal access to high- quality public education and professional training programs, as well as sustainable practices to foster inclusive growth, underlines that social partners should play a key role in identifying and addressing skills needs across the EU;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission toand the Member States to make housing a cornerstone of European Policies; Stresses that the EU and its Member States have an obligation towards citizens to ensure their universal access to decent, affordable housing and in accordance with fundamental rights such as Articles 16, 30 and 31 of the European Social Charter and the European Pillar of Social Rights; highlights that investments in social and affordable housing are crucial in order to ensure and improve the living quality for all EU citizens; Calls on the Commission to build a social housing policy in the EU and include specific recommendations on housing affordability for all in the European Semester and to promote public housing investment, including through EU funding and European Investment Bank financial instruments; considers that the revision of the EU regulatory framework for the housing sector should facilitate the construction of ~~accessible~~public, good quality, decent and energy- efficient housing that meets the needs of young people, people with reduced mobility and ~~families at risk, as well as protect homeowners from further diminishing suppl~~disabilities, older persons and families at risk: Calls on the Commission and Member States to take decisive actions to provide affordable housing for all by supporting a strong European Housing Strategy;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Considers that homelessness is a dramatic social problem in the EU and one of the most extreme forms of social exclusion, that denies individuals from a dignifying life and their participation in the labour market calls on the Commission to develop an action plan to end homelessness in the EU by promoting access to affordable and decent housing; Calls for a single definition of homelessness in the EU which would enable the systematic comparison and assessment of the extent of homelessness across different EU countries; and would allow homelessness rates to be systematically monitored at EU level via institutions such as Eurostat;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Considers that EU action is urgently needed to address the persistently high levels of poverty and social exclusion in the EU, particularly among children, young and older people, persons with disabilities, non-EU born individuals, LGTBI and Roma communities; access to quality social services should be prioritised, with binding targets to reduce homelessness and ensure energy security for vulnerable households; Calls on the Commission the adoption of the first-ever EU Anti-Poverty Strategy;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the implementation of a European action plan for mental health, in line with the Commission’s recent recommendations2 ; calls for the European Semester to address the socio-economic impact of loneliness on productivity and well-being by promoting an EU strategy addressing undesired loneliness that, in turn, can foster intergenerational solidarity and strengthen emotional support programmes for young people and older adults;an EU level Directive on psychosocial risks to address the increased prevalence of some psychosocial risks in EU workplaces to ensure that the occupational health and safety principles enshrined in the Framework Directive are implemented effectively also regarding psychosocial risks, _________________ 2 Commission communication of 7 June 2023 on a comprehensive approach to mental health (COM(2023)0298).

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls for the European Semester to address the socio-economic challenges and opportunities of demographic change and ageing on loneliness on productivity, well-being and social cohesion by promoting a holistic EU strategy on ageing addressing undesired loneliness, the need for decent, accessible and adapted housing, access to professional and inclusive care and long-term care services and promoting active inclusion and equal opportunities for older workers in the labour market that, in turn, can foster intergenerational solidarity and strengthen emotional support programmes for young people and older persons ; calls for the implementation of the European Care Strategy, in particular regarding the accessibility to high-quality and affordable care services for early childhood and long-term care, and ensuring fair working conditions and training for care staff, including informal care;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Warns that according to ECB reports real wages are still below their pre-pandemic level, while productivity was roughly the same; agrees that this creates some room for a non-inflationary recovery in real wages and warns that if real wages do not recover, this would increase the risk of protracted economic weakness, which could cause scarring effects and it would further dent productivity in the euro area relative to other parts of the world; believes that increasing the bite of minimum wages and strengthening collective bargaining coverage can have a beneficial effect on levels of wage inequality, especially by helping more vulnerable workers at the bottom of the wage distribution who are increasingly left out;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Calls for the Member States to ensure decent working conditions, comprising among others decent wages, access to social protection, lifelong learning opportunities, occupational health and safety, a good work-life balance and the right to disconnect, reasonable working time, worker’s representation, democracy at work and collective agreements. Members States need to foster democracy at work, social dialogue and collective bargaining and protect workers´ rights, particularly in the context of green and digital transitions. They should also ensure equal pay for equal work between men and women, enhance pay transparency and address gender-based inequality to close the gender pay gap in the EU;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4 d. Stresses the role of social dialogue and social partners should be systematically integrated into the design and implementation of employment and social policies, ensuring the involvement of social partners at all levels;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4 e. Highlights the importance of introducing specific measures to address regional inequalities in education and training, ensuring equal access to high- quality and affordable education for all;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4 f. Member States´ social protection schemes should ensure adequate minimum income benefits for everyone lacking sufficient resources and promote social inclusion by supporting and encouraging people in working age to actively participate in the labour market and society, including through targeted provision of social services; Stresses the need for Member States to rapidly and effectively implement the EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages in this regard to achieve a decent standard of living, reduce in-work poverty, and promote social cohesion;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the implementation of policies that promote work-life balance and the right to disconnect , with a particular focus on working time policies and the reduction and increased flexibility of working time and measures encouraging a more equal sharing of paid and unpaid working time between men and women, with the aim of improving the quality of life for all ~~familie~~types of families and individuals; calls on the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal for the creation of a European card for all types or large families and a European action plan for single parents, offering tax, educational, childcare and social advantages; Highlight that in 2023, 24.8% of children under the age of 18 in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion which represents an increase according to the JER ; Stresses the importance of implementing the European Child Guarantee as a cornerstone to tackle the high levels of child poverty in all Member States, including measures to strengthen the Child Guarantee through an increase of its dedicated budget to at least EUR 20 billion;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for demographic challenges to be a top priorit~~ised~~y in the EU’s cohesion policy and for its importance to be equated with the Green Deal and the Digital Strategy; calls on the Commission to declare a ‘European Year of Demography’ and to step up funding for regions with a high rate of depopulation, supporting local development projects and basic infrastructure that favour the ‘right to stay’ of the populationthat this is combined with improving and strengthening policies dedicated to the successful integration of migrants in the labour market and society;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Highlights the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital platforms which will drive profound transformations in technologies in the labour market, affecting the job quality and working conditions, and as a result on workers’ quality of life as recognised in the JER; Calls on the Commission to urgently propose a directive on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) at the workplace that ensures workers rights are protected and respected;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Calls on the Commission to ensure the protection of workers in the digital workplace, presenting a legislative proposal to address the right to disconnect and teleworking;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Calls on the Member States to implement the Social Economy Action Plan to promote quality, decent and inclusive work, sustainability and the circular economy, and to support social economy organisations;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and the Council to prioritise the reduction of bureaucratic and fiscal barriers affecting entrepreneurship, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups, which are essential for the EU’s economic growth and competitiveness, and thus for the financing of social policies; bBelieves that better support for entrepreneurs, especially for SMEs and start-ups, will improve the EU’s competitiveness, boost innovation and create quality jobs; calls urgently for the implementation of specific recommendations to complete the single market and to facilitate access to finance ~~through public-private partnership platforms~~ and the social economy to foster a dynamic business environment;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the need to ~~foster public- private partnerships to improve~~improve quality, coverage, affordability and efficiency in the provision of essential social services, such as education, health and social care, including childcare and long-term care;; urges Member States to continue implementing the Council recommendation on access to affordable, quality long-term care with a view of ensuring access to quality care while ensuring decent working conditions for workers in the care sector, as well as for informal carers;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Is concerned about many national policies that still create gaps in health coverage, increasing inequalities both within and between Member States, such as privatisation of public healthcare systems, co-payments and lack of coverage; highlights that these deepen poverty, erode health and well-being, and increase social inequalities within and across EU countries; warns that this also undermines the implementation of principle 16 of the Pillar and of SDG 3.8 on UHC, as well as the Pillar’s overall objective of promoting upward social convergence in the EU, leaving no one behind; believes that the indicators used in the Social Scoreboard do not provide a comprehensive understanding of healthcare affordability; calls on the Commission to include in the scoreboard the following indicators of financial hardship, such as impoverishing and catastrophic health spending, as well as qualitative analysis of the different dimensions of coverage policy (population coverage, the benefits package and user charges or co-payments) in Member States in order to identify changes needed to improve affordable access to healthcare; calls on the Commission to present an initiative in order to ensure adequate universal health coverage for all so that everyone can access quality healthcare without experiencing financial hardship;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for the Member States, in this year of transition, with the implementation of revised economic governance rules, to be offered an opportunity to align fiscal responsibility with sustainable ~~growth, and notes that~~and inclusive growth, notes that involvement of social partners should be enhanced at all levels to contribute to the goals of the new Economic Governance Framework 2024, specifically, prior consultation with social partners before submitting the medium-term fiscal structural plans should ~~prioritis~~be ensured; notes that medium- term fiscal plans should ensure debt sustainability while investing strategically in quality education, ~~healthcare and housing~~quality training, quality public and social services, health and long term care and affordable housing and social services; recommends using comparative statistics such as the Social Services Index (SSI) findings to identify gaps in social service legislation, funding, and access and to guide strategic investments in areas like child protection, long-term care, and community-based support; stresses that collaboration between public and private entities is kesometimes a good way to optimising resources and ensuring the judicious use of public funds; considers that country- specific recommendations to promote sustainable public pension systems and healthcare should ~~be effectively implemented and foster competitiveness and long-term prosperity for all citizens~~promote pensions that ensure a life in dignity, wellbeing and quality affordable health, health promotion and prevention for all;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Calls on the Commission to monitor data on restructuring and its impact on employment, such as by using the European Restructuring Monitor, to facilitate measures in support of restructuring and labour market transitions, and to consider highlighting national measures supporting a socially responsible way of restructuring in the European Semester;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9 b. Calls on the European Commission to monitor the development of minimum wages in the Member States following the transposition of the Minimum wage Directive to determine whether the goal of ‘adequacy’ of minimum wages is achieved;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Is concerned about the Commission’s revisions to the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure Scoreboard, particularly the reduction in employment and social indicators, which are crucial for assessing the social situation in the Member States and guiding policy decisions; stresses that social resilience and the implementation of the principles of the EPSR shall be part of the MIP scoreboard. Calls on Member States to align fiscal policies with social investment priorities, in line with the new economic governance framework;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Considers that the EU Commission and Member States should ensure fiscal policies under the European Semester support investments aligned with the EPRS, particularly in areas such as decent and affordable housing, quality healthcare, education, and social protection systems, as these are critical for social cohesion and long-term economic sustainability and to address the challenges identified through social indicators;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses the need to address key challenges identified in the Social Scoreboard as ‘critical’ and ‘to be monitored’, including childcare and long term care, the disability employment gap, the impact of social transfers on reducing poverty, and basic digital skills3 ; , especially for vulnerable groups such as young and older persons, persons with disabilities and migrants5a, access to housing, child poverty, access to healthcare; _________________ 3 Proposal for a joint employment report from the Commission and the Council (COM(2023)0904). 5a Proposal for a joint employment report from the Commission and the Council (COM(2023)0904).

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Idoia MENDIA, Isilda GOMES, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Marc ANGEL, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Estelle CEULEMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls for improvements to be made to the Social Scoreboard with the introduction of relevant indicators reflecting trends and causes of inequality, such as indicators on equal opportunities, good quality employment, wealth distribution, access to public services, ~~adequate pensions, mental health and unemployment~~coverage of social services, including energy, water and sanitation, care services, adequate pensions, the homelessness rate, mental health and unemployment , benefits as well as indicators measuring the social impact of environmental degradation and climate change; emphasises the need to include indicators on coverage of, and expenditure for social services; recalls that the at-risk-of-poverty-or-social-exclusion (AROPE) indicator fails to reveal the causes of complex inequality;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls on the European Commission and EU Member States to develop a robust European data collection framework on social services to monitor the investment in and coverage of social services;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12 b. Recommends that the European Semester incorporates data on social services regulation, expenditure and coverage to strengthen its reporting on EU Member States’ capability to ensure provision of social services, including their access and availability for the population;

2025/01/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Marit MAIJ, Marc ANGEL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Estelle CEULEMANS, Klára DOBREV, Evelyn REGNER, Romana JERKOVIĆ

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the number of women in poverty is higher than the number of men in poverty and women continue to be more affected by poverty and the risk of social exclusion than men, in particular women who experience intersectional forms of discrimination; whereas almost half of the single mothers live in poverty or at risk of poverty or social exclusion;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Marit MAIJ, Marc ANGEL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Estelle CEULEMANS, Klára DOBREV, Evelyn REGNER, Romana JERKOVIĆ

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the youth unemployment rate in the European Union is nearly 15%; whereas being unemployed in particular in the time of youth can lead to financial problems, as well as less happiness, social isolation and mental health issues;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Marit MAIJ, Marc ANGEL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Estelle CEULEMANS, Klára DOBREV, Evelyn REGNER, Romana JERKOVIĆ

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas the digital and green transitions are much needed and at the same time bring challenges along, such as the need to reskill the workforce, investment in new technologies, the digital skills gap and the digital gender divide; whereas these transitions can only be successful if we do not leave the people and the workers necessary for these transitions out of sight by ensuring a just transition;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Marit MAIJ, Marc ANGEL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Estelle CEULEMANS, Evelyn REGNER, Romana JERKOVIĆ

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)

Cd. whereas the social and economic integration of labour migrants should be improved in order to ensure that they are included in our societies; whereas special attention should be given to labour migrants coming from third countries and undocumented migrants;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Marit MAIJ, Marc ANGEL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Estelle CEULEMANS, Klára DOBREV, Evelyn REGNER, Romana JERKOVIĆ

Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)

Ce. whereas the European Care Strategy aims to ensure quality, affordable and accessible care services with better working conditions and work- life balance for carers across the European Union;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Insists that the objectives of the ESF+ should be to achieve high employment levels with adequate wages, decent working conditions, healthy working environments and social security coverage, in order to develop a skilled, competitive and resilient workforce, ready for the twin transition and the future world of work, and to build fair social protections and inclusive and cohesive societies, with the aims of eradicating poverty, combating inequalities and delivering on the principles and the headline targets set out in the EPSR;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Marit MAIJ, Marc ANGEL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Estelle CEULEMANS, Klára DOBREV, Evelyn REGNER, Romana JERKOVIĆ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Highlights that the availability and equal access to free and quality public services such as early childhood education and care, education, health, as well as access to adequate, affordable and decent housing and essential services such as affordable energy, sanitation, water and healthy nutrition are necessary conditions for ensuring equal opportunities and improving employment levels, for the improvement of living and working conditions and to fight poverty and social exclusion;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Underlines that horizontal principles, such as gender equality, anti- discrimination, and freedom of movement, should be integral to the ESF+; stresses the importance of an intersectional approach throughout the entire development ~~and~~, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the fund;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Insists that the ESF+ should target the most disadvantaged people in our societies, regardless of their sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, or racial or ethnic origin – in particular marginalised communities such as Roma people, people with disabilities or chronic diseases, homeless people, children and elderly people, as well as those living in rural areas, islands or remote regions who face unique socio-economic challenges; underlines that the ESF+ must be inclusive, with special attention given to all kinds of families, including single-parent families, families with more than two parents and rainbow families and families in depopulated areas where access to services and opportunities can be more limited;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Marit MAIJ, Marc ANGEL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Estelle CEULEMANS, Klára DOBREV, Evelyn REGNER, Romana JERKOVIĆ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Stresses the importance of the social inclusion of people with disabilities and insists therefore that the ESF+ supports the employment of people with disabilities through work and training placements, especially in facilitating transitions from sheltered workshops to the open labour market; underlines that the ESF+ should support community- based services and independent living and facilitate home support and personal assistance schemes;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Marit MAIJ, Marc ANGEL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Estelle CEULEMANS, Klára DOBREV, Evelyn REGNER, Romana JERKOVIĆ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Stresses that the ESF+ should invest in projects targeting the employment and social and economic inclusion of women, with special attention to female headed households; insists that the ESF+ supports women who are as a consequence of gender based violence having difficulties to (re)integrate in society and need extra support to be socially included; repeats its call to have an intersectional approach in this matter;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Marit MAIJ, Marc ANGEL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Estelle CEULEMANS, Klára DOBREV, Evelyn REGNER, Romana JERKOVIĆ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11c. Reminds that the ESF+ should also aim to provide a healthy and well- adapted working environment in order to respond to health risks related to changing forms of work, and the needs of the ageing workforce; stresses that the pandemic has accelerated new realities, new forms of work brought by digitalisation, including artificial intelligence (AI), that have affected workers’ occupational safety and health; in this light calls to support and fund sufficiently the Directive on the right to disconnect and teleworking rules, a Directive on AI at workplace and the Directive on psychosocial risks and well- being at work, as well as an increased funding for an effective work on the protection of workers against dangerous and harmful substances;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission, in the light of current challenges, to include in the specific objectives of the ESF+ the promotion of the just transition, the socio- economic integration of migrants, including labour migrants, the social inclusion of women who are victims of gender-based violence and the integration of older people and those in communities facing the risk of demographic decline;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Marit MAIJ, Marc ANGEL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Estelle CEULEMANS, Klára DOBREV, Evelyn REGNER, Romana JERKOVIĆ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission, in the light of current challenges, to include in the specific objectives of the ESF+ the promotion of the just transition, the socio- economic integration of migrants, including labour migrants, the social inclusion of women who are victims of gender-based violence, including economic violence, and the integration of older people;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Shares the ambition to prioritise the tackling of the housing crises, and insists that the ESF+ post-2027 should enhance timely and equal access to affordable, decent, accessible, inclusive, sustainable and high-quality services promoting access to housing; believes that all the Member States must invest at least 5 % of their ESF+ resources into tackling homelessness;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Emphasises the need to ensure sufficient financing of the ESF+ post-2027 for high-quality, accessible and public education for all, skills development, upskilling, reskilling and lifelong learning, and for the addressing of skills shortages, ensuring that individuals can successfully navigate labour market transitions without facing any type of discrimination, particularly workers impacted by the digital and green transitions, and promoting specific actions for older workers to make the most of senior talent and address skills shortages;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Marit MAIJ, Marc ANGEL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Estelle CEULEMANS, Klára DOBREV, Evelyn REGNER, Romana JERKOVIĆ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for a strengthening of efforts to support the implementation of the Youth Guarantee with an increased earmarking for all Member States that dedicate at least 15 % of their ESF+ resources to support the targeted actions and structural reforms to support quality youth employment, vocational education and training, in particular traineeships and apprenticeships, and the transition from school to work, pathways to reintegrate into education or training and second chance education ; repeats in this context its call on the Member States to ban unpaid traineeships;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Underlines the importance of the ESF+ in focusing on different groups with different needs; stresses, therefore, the importance of allocating support to projects on the socio-economic position of migrants, including labour migrants with special attention to migrant women, the social inclusion of people with disabilities, the ageing population in society, women and children, and female-headed households; insists that the ESF+ post- 2027 incorporate other aspects of social inclusion, such as housing, health and family circumstances and the support of public and community- based services;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for the ESF+ to boost the effective implementation of the European care strategy in all Member States by investing in quality early childhood education and care, including long-term care, through community-based, person- centred, high- quality, affordable and accessible public care systems that promote the autonomy of patients;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that the implementation of the EPSR and the reforms needed to comply with the country-specific recommendations in the European Semester are also dependant on the strong support of the ESF+ for certain policy measures, especially those related to strengthening social welfare systems, ensuring inclusive, accessible and high- quality public education and care systems, reducing child poverty and eradicating homelessness;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Warns that not all people are prepared for digitalisation, and that certain groups of people, especially the most vulnerable, such as older people and those living in depopulated areas where access to services and opportunities can be more limited, could miss out on funding opportunities as a result;

2024/11/19
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Appreciates the high quality work performed by the agencies working in the area of employment, social affairs and inclusion (Eurofound, EU-OSHA, CEDEFOP, ETF and ELA); recalls the particular mandates of these agencies and the specific composition of their management bodies based on the tripartite principle and thus including representatives of the national authorities and social partners; recognises that trough their members the management bodies ensure the necessary alignment between the agencies’ work and stakeholders’ needs and priorities;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Stresses the importance, autonomy and added value of the five agencies in their field of expertise; reiterates the need to equip the agencies at a level commensurate to the assigned tasks, with a sufficient number of staff, employed in a stable manner and having sufficient material resources;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1 c. Appreciates the five agencies’ key contribution in promoting the European Year of Skills 2023; congratulates in this regard for successfully hosting the event ‘Skills, skills, skills! Skills for people, skills for competitiveness, skills for sustainability’ with the participation of the five agencies at the European Parliament in September 2023;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1 d. Recalls the importance of developing a long term HR policy on work-life balance, ensuring teleworking, right to disconnect and career development, enhancing the geographical balance to have an appropriate representation from all Member States, and recruiting and integrating people with disabilities as well as promoting their equal treatment and their opportunities;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the five agencies’ continued and growing cooperation and sharing of resources among them and with other institutions, including other EU agencies from different policy areas, the Commission and the Parliament;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to ensure better use of the Agencies’ expertise in relevant policy areas regarding for example, elaboration of reports and studies, conducting research and surveys, which can allow for more efficient utilisation of Union budget resources compared to alternative solutions; stresses, in this regard, the unused potential in providing for specific, relevant information and the same quality products as external consultants, when their mandates allow it;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Appreciates the five agencies’ efforts to further develop their digital and online communication in order to increase their visibility and raise awareness of their high-impact work;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Appreciates the Foundation’s high quality work on enhancing and disseminating knowledge, and providing evidence-based expertise to support the development of better informed social, employment and work-related policies in Europe, to analyse policy options to improve working conditions, industrial relations, employment and living, and to produce expertise on right to disconnect, telework, hybrid work and related impacts on work– life balance and quality of working conditions; highly values the Foundation’s work in providing insights on pressing issues, such as poverty, the inaccessibility of affordable housing, labour shortages, and just transition;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Observes some of the Foundation’s most important publications in 2023 on topics as job quality (including of essential workers), hybrid work, right to disconnect, involvement of the social partners in setting and implementing the national resilience and recovery plans, and minimum wages in Europe;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Appreciates the Foundation’s report on right to disconnect published in 2023 which fills an information gap by providing evidence on how the right to disconnect is implemented at company level and what the impact is;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Notes from the Foundation’s report with regard to the follow-up measures taken in light of the discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Foundation for the financial year 2022 that corrective actions have been taken in connection to its procurement templates and traineeship scheme;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Appreciates the Agency’s activities to develop, gather and provide reliable and relevant information, analysis and tools ~~on national and EU priorities in the field of occupational safety and health~~to advance knowledge, raise awareness, and exchange information and good practise on national and EU priorities in the field of occupational safety and health, which contribute to the Union policy aiming to promote healthy and safe work places across the Union;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Notes the prominent role of the Agency in delivering on the priorities and principles identified in the European Pillar of Social Rights and the EU OSH Strategic Framework; appreciates in this regard the Agency’s continued significant contribution, through several actions carried out alone or in collaboration with EU institutions, other agencies and bodies;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15

15. Appreciates the Cedefop’s ~~activities to~~high quality work on provideing research, analyses and technical advice and expertise in vocational education and training (VET), qualifications and skills policies~~, to compile and disseminate research on skills mismatches~~ with the aim of promoting high-quality training tailored to the needs of individuals and of the labour market, and to ensure digital skills are integrated into VET across the Union, as well as, the Cedefop involvement in the 2023 European Year of Skills;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Notes with appreciation the Centre’s commitment to become carbon neutral by 2030; welcomes the adoption of a climate neutrality strategy and roadmap in 2023 and the efforts to become EMAS certified by 2025;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 23

23. Appreciates the Authority’s work to assist Member States and the Commission in ensuring a fair and effective enforcement of Union rules on labour mobility and coordination of social security systems, in facilitating effective labour mobility in Europe through European Employment Services (EURES) activities, making it easier for citizens and businesses to benefit from the internal market, and to raising awareness, through training and information campaigns, about the rights and obligations of workers and employers;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Notes that the year 2023 was a final year of the Authority’s setup and growth phase, resulting in reaching full operational capacity, as regards both operational activities and resources;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2030(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23 b. Welcomes the adoption of the Authority’s business continuity plan in September 2023;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2019(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Recalls the importance to monitor the use of EU funds to ensure the protection of the EU’s financial interests; calls on the Commission to make full use of the tools available to address the clear risk of a serious breach of the EU’s values and the rule of law;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2019(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Recalls that spending under the subheading 2a “Economic, social and territorial cohesion” (Subheading 2a) focuses on reducing disparities between Member States and regions of the EU; stresses the importance of EU cohesion policy in supporting the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the EPSR Action Plan and its headline targets, provide an important contribution to the EU’s employment, social, education and skills policies, including structural reforms in these areas; stresses in this regard especially the importance of ESF+ and expresses the need to provide it with the continued financial and political support of the EU, national and regional institutions in the delivery of its objectives and targets in the years to come;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/2019(DEC)

Klára DOBREV, Marc ANGEL, Estelle CEULEMANS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Isilda GOMES, Romana JERKOVIĆ, Idoia MENDIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1 c. Welcomes the launch of the European Year of Skills on 9 May 2023 with the aim to boost the competitiveness of Union undertakings, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and to contribute to the creation of quality jobs, with a view to realising the full potential of the green and digital transitions in a socially fair, inclusive and just manner, thereby promoting equal access to skills development and reducing inequalities and segregation in education and training and contributing to continuous learning and career progression, empowering people to access quality jobs and to fully participate in the economy and society;

2024/11/21
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Recital 1

(1) Member States and the Union are to work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment and in particular for the promotion of quality employment and improving working conditions, a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce, as well as labour markets that are inclusive, future-oriented and responsive to economic and demographic change, with a view to achieving the objectives of full employment and social progress, balanced growth, a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment laid down in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). Member States are to regard promoting employment as a matter of common concern and are to coordinate their action in that respect within the Council, taking into account national practices related to the responsibilities of management and labour.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Recital 4

(4) In order to enhance economic and social progress and upward convergence, support the green and digital transitions, strengthen the Union industrial base and achieve inclusive, competitive and resilient labour markets in the Union~~, Member States should~~ while avoiding any negative social consequences, Member States should promote good wages, decent working conditions, foster democracy at work, social dialogue and collective bargaining, protect workers´ rights, address labour and skills shortages and promote quality and inclusive education and training, with a particular focus on improving basic skills, especially among disadvantaged students, and on STEM (science, technology, enginerering and mathematiscs) in school and higher education, future-oriented vocational education and training, and lifelong upskilling and reskilling, as well as effective active labour market policies and improved working conditions and career opportunities. This is of particular relevance for the less developed, remote and outermost regions of the EU, where the needs are the greatest. Shortages can be further addressed by improving fair intra- EU mobility for workers and learners and attracting talent from outside the EU. In addition, the links between the education and training systems and the labour market should be strengthened and skills, knowledge and competences acquired through non-formal and informal learning recognised.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Recital 6

(6) The European Semester combines different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral coordination and surveillance of economic ~~and employ~~, employment, social and environmental policies within the Union. ~~While pursuing environmental sustainability, productivity, fairness and macroeconomic stability, the European Semester integrates~~As part of its integrated analysis of employment and social developments in the context of the European Semester, the Commission assesses risks to upward social convergence in Member States and monitors progress on the implementation of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights ~~and its monitoring tool,~~on the basis of the Social Scoreboard, a~~lso allowing an analysis of risks and challenges to upward social convergence in the Union, and~~nd of the principles of the Social Convergence Framework. While pursuing environmental sustainability, productivity, fairness and macroeconomic stability, the European Semester provides for strong engagement with social partners, civil society and other stakeholders. It also supports the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG5 on gender equality. Gender equality policies should be anchored and mainstreamed in all phases of the economic governance. The economic and employment policies of the Union and the Member States should go hand in hand with the Union’s fair and just transition to a climate-neutral, socially inclusive, environmentally sustainable and digital economy, improve competitiveness~~, ensure adequate working conditions, foster innovation~~ in a sustainable way, ensure good wages, decent working conditions and resilient social protection systems, foster innovation, democracy at work, social dialogue and collective bargaining, promote social justice, equal opportunities for all and upward socio-economic convergence, ~~and~~support and invest in children and young people, tackle inequalities and regional disparities and reduce poverty.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Recital 6

(6) The European Semester combines different instruments in an overarching framework for integrated multilateral coordination and surveillance of economic ~~and employ~~, employment, social and environmental policies within the Union. ~~While pursuing environmental sustainability, productivity, fairness and macroeconomic stability, the European Semester integrates~~As part of its integrated analysis of employment and social developments in the context of the European Semester, the Commission assesses risks to upward social convergence in Member States and monitors progress on the implementation of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights ~~and its monitoring tool,~~on the basis of the Social Scoreboard, a~~lso allowing an analysis of risks and challenges to upward social convergence in the Union, and~~nd of the principles of the Social Convergence Framework. While pursuing environmental sustainability, productivity, fairness and macroeconomic stability, the European Semester provides for strong engagement with social partners, civil society and other stakeholders. It also supports the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals. The economic and employment policies of the Union and the Member States should go hand in hand with the Union’s fair transition to a climate-neutral, socially inclusive, environmentally sustainable and digital economy, improve competitiveness, ensure ~~adequate~~good wages and decent working conditions, foster innovation, democracy at work, social dialogue and collective bargaining, promote social justice, equal opportunities and upward socio-economic convergence, ~~and~~ tackle inequalities and regional disparities and reduce poverty.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Recital 7 – paragraph 1

Climate change and other environment- related challenges, the need to ensure a fair green transition, energy independence, enhanced competitiveness of net-zero industries and the need to secure Europe’s open strategic autonomy, as well as the development of digitalisation, artificial intelligence and the platform economy, an increase in teleworking and demographic change are deeply transforming Union economies and societies. The Union and its Member States are to work together to effectively and proactively address such structural developments and adapt existing systems as needed, recognising the close interdependence of the Member States’ economies and labour markets, and related policies. This requires coordinated, ambitious and effective policy action at both Union and national levels at Union, national and regional levels involving the social partners while recognising the role of social partners, in accordance with the TFEU and with the Union’s provisions on economic governance, taking into account the European Pillar of Social Rights. Such policy action should encompass a boost in sustainable investment across all EU regions, a renewed commitment to appropriately sequenced reforms and investments that enhance sustainable and inclusive economic growth, the creation of quality jobs, productivity, ade~~quate~~cent working conditions, social and territorial cohesion, upward socio-economic convergence, social justice, equal opportunities and inclusion, fair labour mobility, resilience and the exercise of fiscal and social responsibility.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Recital 7 – paragraph 1

Climate change and other environment- related challenges, the need to ensure a fair green transition, energy independence, enhanced competitiveness of net-zero industries and the need to secure Europe’s open strategic autonomy, as well as the development of digitalisation, artificial intelligence and the platform economy, an increase in teleworking and demographic change are deeply transforming Union economies and societies. The Union and its Member States are to work together to effectively and proactively address such structural developments and adapt existing systems as needed, recognising the close interdependence of the Member States’ economies and labour markets, and related policies. This requires coordinated, ambitious and effective policy action at both Union and national levels while recognising the role of social partners and involving them, in accordance with the TFEU and with the Union’s provisions on economic governance, taking into account the European Pillar of Social Rights. Such policy action should encompass a boost in sustainable investment across all EU regions, a renewed commitment to appropriately sequenced reforms and investments that enhance sustainable and inclusive economic growth, the creation of quality jobs, productivity, ade~~quate~~cent working conditions, social and territorial cohesion, upward socio-economic convergence, social justice, equal opportunities, resilience and the exercise of fiscal and social responsibility.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Recital 8

(8) The European Pillar of Social Rights, proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission in November 2017 (35 ), sets out twenty principles and rights to support well-functioning and fair labour markets and welfare systems, structured around three categories: equal opportunities and access to the labour market, fair working conditions, and social protection and inclusion. Those principles and rights give strategic direction to the Union, ensuring that the transitions to climate-neutrality, environmental sustainability, digitalisation and the impact of demographic change are socially fair and just and preserve territorial cohesion. The European Pillar of Social Rights, with its accompanying Social Scoreboard and the Social Convergence Framework, constitutes a reference framework to monitor the employment and social performance of Member States and upward social convergence in the Union, to drive reforms and investments at national, regional and local levels and to reconcile the ‘social’ and the ‘market’ in today’s modern economy, including by promoting the social economy. On 4 March 2021, the Commission put forward an Action Plan for the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (the ‘Action Plan’), including ambitious yet realistic Union headline targets on employment, skills and poverty reduction and complementary sub- targets for 2030, as well as the revised Social Scoreboard. __________________ 35 Interinstitutional Proclamation on the European Pillar of Social Rights (OJ C 428, 13.12.2017, p. 10).

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Recital 10

(10) The Union headline targets for 2030 on employment (that at least 78 % of the population aged 20-64 should be in employment), skills (that at least 60 % of all adults should participate in training every year) and poverty reduction (that at least 15 million fewer people should be at risk of poverty or social exclusion, including five million children), welcomed by the Heads of State or Government at the Porto Social Summit on 8 May 2021 and by the June 2021 European Council, will help, together with the Social Scoreboard and the Social Convergence Framework, in monitoring progress towards the implementation of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights as part of the policy coordination framework in the European Semester. In addition, the Porto Social Summit called on Member States to set ambitious national targets which, taking due account of the starting position of each country, should constitute an adequate contribution to the achievement of the Union headline targets for 2030. Between September 2021 and June 2022, at the invitation of the Commission, Member States submitted their national targets. At the June 2022 Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO), Ministers stressed the importance of closely following the progress achieved towards the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the EU headline targets for 2030. Against that background, progress on those national targets is monitored in the Joint Employment Report 2024, and is integrated in the monitoring tools for the European Semester. In addition, the Joint Employment Report 2024 integrated the Social Convergence Framework which contained a ‘first-stage country analysis’ on potential risks to upward social convergence, identifying seven countries as experiencing potential risks, which resulted in a deeper ‘second- stage analysis’ for these seven Member States (36 ). __________________ 36 Resulting in a Commission Staff Working Document (https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/docume nts- register/detail?ref=SWD(2024)132&lang= en), drawing on the Key Messages of the EPSCO advisory bodies on a possible framework to strengthen the assessment and monitoring of risks to upward social convergence in the Union, which informed the debate regarding the Semester at the June 2023 EPSCO.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Recital 12 – paragraph 1

Reforms to the labour market, including national wage-setting mechanisms, should respect and strenghten national practices of social dialogue, collective bargaining and the autonomy of the social partners, with a view to providing fair wages that enable a decent standard of living, sustainable growth and upward socio- economic convergence. Such reforms should allow for a broad consideration of socio-economic factors, including improvements in sustainability, competitiveness, innovation, the creation of quality jobs, decent working conditions, democracy at work, gender equality, in- work poverty, education, training and skills, public health, social protection and inclusion, as well as real incomes. Member States should implement the Directive on adequate minimum wages without delay and prepare action plans to increase the collective bargaining coverage in line with the directive, where applicable. The importance of social dialogue in tackling challenges in the world of work, including labour and skills shortages, was reaffirmed at the 2024 Val Duchesse Summit.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Recital 12 – paragraph 1

Reforms to the labour market, including national wage-setting mechanisms, should respect and strengthen national practices of social dialogue, collective bargaining and the autonomy of the social partners, with a view to providing fair wages that enable a decent standard of living, sustainable growth and upward socio- economic and territorial convergence. Such reforms should allow for a broad consideration of socio-economic factors, including improvements in sustainability, competitiveness, innovation, the creation of quality jobs, decent working conditions, democracy at work, gender equality, in- work poverty, education, training and skills, public health, including mental health, social protection and inclusion, as well as real incomes. Member States should implement the Directive on adequate minimum wages without delay and prepare action plans to increase the collective bargaining coverage in line with the directive, where applicable . The importance of social dialogue in tackling challenges in the world of work, including labour and skills shortages, was reaffirmed at the 2024 Val Duchesse Summit.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Recital 12 – paragraph 2

The Recovery and Resilience Facility and other Union funds are supporting Member States in implementing reforms and investments that are in line with the Union’s priorities, making Union economies and societies more sustainable and resilient and better prepared for the green and digital transitions in the changing context following the COVID-19 pandemic. Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has further aggravated pre- existing socio-economic challenges, as higher energy prices particularly affected low-income households. Member States and the Union should continue to ensure that the social, employment and economic impacts are mitigated and that transitions are socially fair and just, also in light of the fact that increased open strategic autonomy and an accelerated green transition will help reduce the dependence on imports of energy and other strategic products and technologies, in particular from Russia. Strengthening resilience and pursuing an inclusive and resilient society in which people are protected and empowered to anticipate and manage change, and in which they can actively participate in society and the economy, are essential. This is why democracy at work has to be strengthened at the union and at national level and the refinancing and continuation of the employment saving measures that the Union initiated to safeguard and foster social cohesion and security in times of change via the SURE programme should be ensured.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Recital 12 – paragraph 2

The Recovery and Resilience Facility and other Union funds are supporting Member States in implementing reforms and investments that are in line with the Union’s priorities, making Union economies and societies more sustainable and resilient and better prepared for the green and digital transitions in the changing context following the COVID-19 pandemic. Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has further aggravated pre- existing socio-economic challenges, as higher energy prices particularly affected low-income households. Member States and the Union should continue to ensure that the social, employment and economic impacts are mitigated and that transitions are socially fair and just, also in light of the fact that increased open strategic autonomy and an accelerated green transition will help reduce the dependence on imports of energy and other strategic products and technologies, in particular from Russia. Strengthening resilience and pursuing an inclusive and resilient society in which people are protected and empowered to anticipate and manage change, and in which they can actively participate in society and the economy, are essential. This is why democracy at work has to be strengthened at the union and at national level.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Recital 12 – paragraph 3

A coherent set of active labour market policies, consisting of temporary and targeted hiring and transition incentives, skills policies including learning for the green transition and sustainable development and targeted, effective and adaptable employment services, is needed to support labour market transitions and make full use of untapped labour market potential, also in line with the active inclusion approach and in light of the green and digital transformationsas highlighted inter alia in the La Hulpe Declaration on the Future of the European Pillar of Social Rights (38 ). Adequate working conditions, including occupational health and safety policies that account for age and gender, and both the physical and mental health of workers should be ensured. __________________ 38 La Hulpe Declaration on the Future of the European Pillar of Social Rights. La Hulpe, Belgium, 16 April 2024.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Recital 13 – paragraph 1

Discrimination in all its forms should be ~~tackl~~eliminated, gender equality ensured and employment of young people ~~suppor~~and people over 50 years old promoted. Equal access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion, ~~in particular that of children, persons with disabilities and the Roma people~~with a special emphasis on vulnerable groups, namely children, young and older persons, persons with disabilities, single parents, ethnic minorities, such as the Roma people, LGBTIQA+ people and people living in remote areas, should be ~~reduc~~eradicated, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and adequate and inclusive social protection systems, as set out in the Council Recommendation of 8 November 2019 and the Council Recommendation of 30 January 2023 (39 ). In addition, barriers to inclusive and future-oriented education, training, retraining, lifelong learning and labour- market participation should be removed, efforts to increase and improve the available services should be made, and Member States should invest in early childhood education and care, in line with the European Child Guarantee and the Council Recommendation on early childhood education and care (the ‘Barcelona targets for 2030’), in making vocational education and training more attractive and inclusive in line with the Council Recommendation on vocational education and training, and in digital and green skills, in line with the Digital Education Action Plan and the Council Recommendation on learning for the green transition and sustainable development and the Council Recommendation on Pathways for School Success. Access to decent and affordable housing, including through social housing, is a necessary condition for ensuring equal opportunities, which is why the European Union and the Member States should take decisive actions to provide affordable housing for all by supporting a strong European Housing Strategy within a just transition framework. Homelessness is one of the most extreme forms of social exclusion, which negatively affects people´s physical and mental health, wellbeing, and quality of life, as well as their access to employment and other economic and social services. To achieve the goal of ending homelessness by 2030, the full implementation of the Housing First principle is crucial. Timely and equal access to affordable, professional and skilled high-quality long-term care, in line with the Council Recommendation on access to affordable high-quality long-term care, and healthcare services, including prevention and healthcare promotion, are particularly relevant, in light of potential future health risks and in a context of ageing societies. __________________ 39 Council Recommendation of 30 January 2023 on adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion (OJ C 41, 3.2.2023, p.1).

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Recital 13 – paragraph 1

Discrimination in all its forms should be ~~tackl~~eliminated, gender equality ensured and employment of young people ~~suppor~~promoted. Equal access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion, ~~in particular that of children, persons with disabilities and the Roma people~~with a special emphasis on vulnerable groups, namely children, young and older persons, persons with disabilities, single parents, ethnic minorities, such as the Roma people, LGBTIQA+ people and people living in remote areas, should be ~~reduc~~eradicated, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and adequate and inclusive social protection systems, as set out in the Council Recommendation of 8 November 2019 and the Council Recommendation of 30 January 2023 (39 ). In addition, barriers to inclusive and future- oriented education, training, retraining, lifelong learning and labour- market participation should be removed and Member States should invest in early childhood education and care, in line with the European Child Guarantee and the Council Recommendation on early childhood education and care (the ‘Barcelona targets for 2030’), in making vocational education and training more attractive and inclusive in line with the Council Recommendation on vocational education and training, and in digital and green skills, in line with the Digital Education Action Plan and the Council Recommendation on learning for the green transition and sustainable development and the Council Recommendation on Pathways for School Success. Access to decent and affordable housing, including through social housing, is a necessary condition for ensuring equal opportunities, which is why the European Union and the Member States should take the necessary actions to provide affordable housing for all. Homelessness is one of the most extreme forms of social exclusion, which negatively affects people´s physical and mental health, wellbeing, and quality of life, as well as their access to employment and other economic and social services. Timely and equal access to affordable high-quality long-term care, in line with the Council Recommendation on access to affordable high-quality long-term care, and healthcare services, including prevention and healthcare promotion, are particularly relevant, in light of potential future health risks and in a context of ageing societies. __________________ 39 Council Recommendation of 30 January 2023 on adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion (OJ C 41, 3.2.2023, p.1).

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Recital 14 – paragraph 2

In addition, for the 2021-2027 programming period, Member States should make full use of the European Social Fund Plus, the European Regional Development Fund, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and other Union funds, including the Just Transition Fund as well as InvestEU established by Regulation (EU) 2021/523 of the European Parliament and of the Council (46 ), as well as the Technical Support Instrument (TSI), to foster quality employment and social investments, to fight poverty and social exclusion, to combat discrimination, to ensure accessibility and inclusion, and to promote upskilling and reskilling opportunities of the workforce, lifelong learning and high-quality education and training for all, including digital literacy and skills in order to empower citizens with the knowledge and qualifications required for a digital and green economy. Member States are also to make full use of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers established by Regulation (EU) 2021/691 of the European Parliament and of the Council (47 ) to support workers made redundant as a result of major restructuring events, such as socioeconomic transformations that are the result of global trends and technological and environmental changes. While the Integrated Guidelines are addressed to Member States and the Union, they should be implemented in partnership with all national, regional and local authorities, closely involving parliaments, as well as the social partners and representatives of civil society. through social and civil dialogue. __________________ 46 Regulation (EU) 2021/523 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 March 2021 establishing the InvestEU Programme and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 (OJ L 107, 26.3.2021, p. 30). 47 Regulation (EU) 2021/691 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 (OJ L 153, 3.5.2021, p. 48).

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Recital 14 – paragraph 2

In addition, for the 2021-2027 programming period, Member States should make full use of the European Social Fund Plus, the European Regional Development Fund, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and other Union funds, including the Just Transition Fund as well as InvestEU established by Regulation (EU) 2021/523 of the European Parliament and of the Council (46 ), as well as the Technical Support Instrument (TSI), to foster quality employment and social investments, to ~~fight~~eradicate poverty and social exclusion, to ~~comb~~eliminate discrimination, to ensure accessibility and inclusion, and to promote upskilling and reskilling opportunities of the workforce, lifelong learning and high-quality education and training for all, including digital literacy and skills in order to empower citizens with the knowledge and qualifications required for a digital and green economy. Member States are also to make full use of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers established by Regulation (EU) 2021/691 of the European Parliament and of the Council (47 ) to support workers made redundant as a result of major restructuring events, such as socioeconomic transformations that are the result of global trends and technological and environmental changes. While the Integrated Guidelines are addressed to Member States and the Union, they should be implemented, monitored and evaluated in partnership with all national, regional and local authorities, ~~clos~~actively involving parliaments, as well as the social partners and representatives of civil society. __________________ 46 Regulation (EU) 2021/523 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 March 2021 establishing the InvestEU Programme and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 (OJ L 107, 26.3.2021, p. 30). 47 Regulation (EU) 2021/691 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 (OJ L 153, 3.5.2021, p. 48).

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Recital 16 a (new)

(16 a) Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for updated employment guidelines for the Member States, in particular its strong focus on education and training as well as new technologies, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management as well as recent policy initiatives such as platform work, affordable housing and tackling labour and skills shortages; with a view to strengthening democratic decision- making, reiterates its call to be involved in setting the Integrated Guidelines at Union level on an equal footing with Council, in line with its legislative resolutions of 8 July 2015, 19 April 2018, 10 July 2020 and 18 October 2022 on the proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States;

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Annex I – paragraph 1

Member States should actively promote a sustainable social market economy and facilitate and support investment in the creation of quality jobs, also taking advantage of the potential linked to the digital and green transitions, in light of the Union and national headline targets for 2030 on employment. To that end, they should reduce the barriers that businesses face in hiring people, foster responsible entrepreneurship and genuine self- employment anincluding among women, young people, older people and other disadvantaged groups. They should, in particular, support the creation and growth of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to finance. Member States should fully implement the Social Economy Action Plan and the Green Deal and actively promote the development of the social, green and digital economy, including social enterprises, and tap into its full potential. They should develop relevant measures and strategies for the social economy, foster social innovation and encourage business models that create quality job opportunities and generate social welfare, notably at local level, including in the circular economy and in territories most affected by the transition to a green and digital economy, including through targeted financial and technical support.

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Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Annex I – paragraph 2

To strengthen resilience in the face of possible economic and/or labour market shocks, well-designed short-time work schemes, like the ones developed in the context of the European instrument for temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE), and similar arrangements play an important role. They can also support structural transformations by facilitating and supporting restructuring processes and the reallocation of labour from declining sectors towards emerging ones, thereby increasing productivity, preserving employment and helping to modernise the economy, including via associated skills development. Well-designed hiring and transition incentives and upskilling and reskilling measures, developed in close cooperation with social partners, should be considered in order to support quality job creation and transitions throughout the working life, and to address labour and skill shortages, also in light of the digital and green transformations, demographic change, as well as of the impact of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

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Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Annex I – paragraph 3

Taxation should be ~~shifted away from labour to other sources more supportive of employment and inclusive growth~~progressive, supportive of job creation, and in line with climate and environmental objectives, taking account of the redistributive effect of the tax system, while protecting revenue for adequate social protection and growth- enhancing expenditure.

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Annex I – paragraph 4

Member States, including those with statutory minimum wages, should promote collective bargaining on wage setting and ensure an effective involvement of social partners in a transparent and predictable manner, allowing for adequate responsiveness of wages to long-term productivity developments, inflation and the cost of living, and fostering fair wages that enable a decent standard of living for all workers, paying particular attention to lower and middle income groups with a view to strengthening upward socio- economic convergence. Wage-setting mechanisms should also take into account socio- economic conditions, including employment growth, competitiveness, purchasing power and regional and sectoral developments. Respecting national practices and the autonomy of the social partners, Member States and social partners should ensure that all workers have adequate wages by benefitting, directly or indirectly, from collective agreements or adequate statutory minimum wages, taking into account their impact on competitiveness, quality job creation, purchasing power and in-work poverty. Without prejudice to the competence of Member States to set the statutory minimum wage and to allow for variations and deductions, it is important to avoid using variations and deductions widely, as they risk to negatively impact the adequacy of wages. They shall ensure that those variations and deductions respect the principles of non- discrimination and proportionality and pursue a legitimate aim in accordance with the Directive on adequate minimum wages in the European Union.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Annex I – paragraph 4

Member States, including those with statutory minimum wages, should promote collective bargaining on wage setting and ensure an effective involvement of social partners in a transparent and predictable manner, allowing for adequate responsiveness of wages to productivity developments, inflation and the cost of living, and fostering fair wages that enable a decent standard of living, paying particular attention to lower and middle income groups with a view to strengthening upward socio-economic convergence. Wage-setting mechanisms should also take into account socio- economic conditions, including employment growth, competitiveness, purchasing power and regional and sectoral developments. Respecting national practices and the autonomy of the social partners, Member States and social partners should ensure that all workers have adequate wages by benefitting, directly or indirectly, from collective agreements or adequate statutory minimum wages, taking into account their impact on competitiveness, quality job creation, purchasing power and in-work poverty.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Annex I – paragraph 5

In the context of the digital and green transitions, demographic change and Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, Member States should promote sustainability, productivity, competitiveness, employability and ~~human capital~~the development~~, fostering~~ and acquisition of skills and competences throughout people’s lives and responding to current and future labour market needs, also in light of the Union and national headline targets for 2030 on skills. Member States should also modernise and invest in their education and training systems to provide high quality and inclusive education and training including vocational education and training, improve educational outcomes and the provision of skills and competences needed for the green and digital transitions, and ensure access to digital learning, language training (e.g. in the case of refugees including from Ukraine or in facilitating labour market access in cross-border regions) and the acquisition of entrepreneurial skills. Member States should work together with the social partners, education and training providers, enterprises and other stakeholders, also in the context of the action plan to tackle labour and skills shortages put forward by the Commission in March 2024, to address structural weaknesses in education and training systems and improve their quality and labour-market relevance, including through targeted financial and technical support. This would also contribute to enabling the green and digital transitions, addressing skills mismatches and labour shortages, including for activities related to net-zero and digital industries, including those relevant for the EU’s economic security, and those related to the green transition, such as renewable energy deployment or buildings’ renovation. Decent working conditions, comprising amongst others good wages, standard employment contracts, access to social protection, lifelong learning opportunities, occupational health and safety, a good work-life balance, reasonable working time, worker’s representation, democracy at work and collective agreements, play a crucial role in attracting and retaining skilled workers.

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Annex I – paragraph 6

Particular attention should be paid to addressing ~~the~~any decline in the educational performance of young people, especially in the area of basic skills. Action is needed to address the challenges faced by the teaching profession, including its attractiveness, tackling teacher shortages, and the need to invest in teachers’ and trainers’ digital skills competences. Moreover, education and training systems should equip all learners with key competences, including basic and digital skills as well as transversal competences, and critical thinking in light of the threat of disinformation, to lay the foundations for adaptability and resilience throughout life, while ensuring that teachers are prepared to foster those competencies in learners. Member States should support working age adults in accessing training and increase individuals’ incentives and motivation to seek training, including, where appropriate, through individual learning accounts and occupation related training provided during working hours and financed by the employer, and ensuring their transferability during professional transitions, as well as through a reliable system of training quality assessment. Member States should explore the use of micro-credentials to support lifelong learning and employability. They should enable everyone to anticipate and better adapt to labour-market needs, in particular through continuous upskilling and reskilling and the provision of integrated guidance and counselling, with a view to supporting fair and just transitions for all, with special attention to workers over 50 years old, strengthening employment and social outcomes and productivity, addressing labour-market shortages and skills mismatches, improving the overall resilience of the economy to shocks and making potential adjustments easier.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Annex I – paragraph 6

Particular attention should be paid to addressing ~~the~~any decline in the educational performance of young people, especially in the area of basic skills. Action is needed to address the challenges faced by the teaching profession, including its attractiveness, tackling teacher shortages, and the need to invest in teachers’ and trainers’ digital skills competences. Moreover, education and training systems should equip all learners with key competences, including basic and digital skills as well as transversal competences, and critical thinking in light of the threat of disinformation, to lay the foundations for adaptability and resilience throughout life, while ensuring that teachers are prepared to foster those competencies in learners. Member States should support working age adults in accessing training and increase individuals’ incentives and motivation to seek training, including, where appropriate, through individual learning accounts and occupation related training provided during working hours and financed by the employer, and ensuring their transferability during professional transitions, as well as through a reliable system of training quality assessment. Member States should explore the use of micro-credentials to support lifelong learning and employability. They should enable everyone to anticipate and better adapt to labour-market needs, in particular through continuous upskilling and reskilling and the provision of integrated guidance and counselling, with a view to supporting fair and just transitions for all, strengthening employment and social outcomes and productivity, addressing labour-market shortages and skills mismatches, improving the overall resilience of the economy to shocks and making potential adjustments easier.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Annex I – paragraph 7

Member States should foster equal opportunities for all by addressing inequalities in education and training systems, including in terms of regional coverage. In particular, children should be provided with access to affordable and high-quality early childhood education and care, in line with the new “Barcelona targets” and the European Child Guarantee Member States should raise overall qualification levels, reduce the number of early leavers from education and training, support equal access to education of children from disadvantaged groups and remote areas, increase the attractiveness of vocational education and training (VET), support access to and completion of tertiary education, and increase the number of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduates both in VET and in tertiary education, especially women. Top performance and excellence in educational outcomes should also be supported, given their role in fostering the future innovation potential of the EU. Mermber States should facilitate the transition from education to employment for young people through paid quality traineeships and apprenticeships, as well as increase adult participation in continuing learning, particularly among learners from disadvantaged backgrounds and the least qualified. Taking into account the new requirements of digital, green and ageing societies, Member States should upgrade and increase the supply and uptake of flexible initial and continuing VET, strengthen work-based learning in their VET systems, including through accessible, quality and effective apprenticeships, and support low-skilled adults maintain their employability. Furthermore, Member States should enhance, where appropriate, the labour- market relevance of tertiary education and~~, where appropriate,~~ research; improve skills monitoring and forecasting; make skills and qualifications more visible and comparable, including those acquired abroad, and ensure a more consistent use of EU-wide classifications (i.e. ESCO); and increase opportunities for recognising and validating skills and competences acquired outside formal education and training, including for refugees and persons under a temporary protection status. Beyond using the untapped potential of the EU domestic workforce, ~~attracting talent and skills from outside the EU via~~opening legal channels for managed migration and preventing exploitative working conditions by offering migrant workers the same working and employment conditions as local workers can also contribute to addressing skills and labour shortages, including those linked to the green and digital transitions such as in STEM sectors ands well as in healthcare and long-term care, education, transport and construction. Member States should likewise ensure that labour migration does not result in a deterioration of existing working conditions for domestic workers.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Annex I – paragraph 8

Member States should provide unemployed and inactive people with effective, timely, coordinated and tailor-made assistance based on support for job searches, training, up- and reskilling and access to other enabling services, paying particular attention to vulnerable groups and people affected by the green and digital transitions or labour market shocks. Comprehensive strategies that include in-depth individual assessments of unemployed people should be pursued as soon as possible, ~~at the latest after 18 months of unemployment,~~ with a view to significantly reducing and preventing long-term and structural unemployment. Youth unemployment and the issue of young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) should continue to be addressed through prevention of early leaving from education and training and structural improvement of the school-to-work transition, including through the full implementation of the reinforced Youth Guarantee, which should also support quality youth employment opportunities. In addition, Member States should boost efforts notably at highlighting how the green and digital transitions offer a renewed perspective for the future and opportunities for young people in the labour market.

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Annex I – paragraph 9

Member States should aim to remove barriers and disincentives to, and provide incentives for, participation in the labour market, in particular for low-income earners, second earners (often women) and those furthest from the labour market, including people with a migrant background and marginalised Roma people. In view of high labour shortages in certain occupations and sectors (notably in STEM sectors, healthcare and long-term care, education, transport and construction), Member States should contribute to fostering labour supply, notably through promoting adequate wages and decent working conditions, ensuring that the design of tax and benefit systems encourages labour market participation, and that active labour market policies are effective and accessible, respecting the role of social partners. Member States should also support a work environment adapted for persons with disabilities, including through targeted financial and technical support, information and awareness raising, and services that enable them to participate in the labour market and in society., where social economy enterprises could play a key role in securing quality jobs for persons with disabilities. The various guidelines developed within the framework of the employment package of the European Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2023-2030 should be fully implemented in the workplace. Particular attention should be paid to the right to reasonable accommodation, the deployment of retention strategies, and the fight against discriminatory practices The gender employment and pay gaps as well as gender stereotypes should be tackled. Member States should ensure gender equality and increased labour market participation of women, including through ensuring equal opportunities and career progression and eliminating barriers to leadership access at all levels of decision making, as well as by tackling violence and harassment at work which is a problem that mainly affects women. Equal pay for equal work, or work of equal value, and pay transparency should be ensured. The reconciliation of work, family and private life for both women and men should be promoted, in particular through access to affordable, quality long-term care and early childhood education and care services, as well as through adequate policies catering to the changes brought to the world of work by digitalisation. Member States should ensure that parents and other people with caring responsibilities have access to suitable family-related leave and flexible working arrangements in order to balance work, family and private life, and promote a balanced use of those entitlements between parents.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Annex I – paragraph 9

Member States should aim to remove barriers and disincentives to, and provide incentives for, participation in the labour market, in particular for low-income earners, second earners (often women) and those furthest from the labour market, including people with a migrant background and ~~marginalised~~ Roma people. In view of high labour shortages in certain occupations and sectors (notably in STEM sectors, healthcare and long-term care, education, transport and construction), Member States should contribute to fostering labour supply, notably through promoting adequate wages and decent working conditions, ensuring that the design of tax and benefit systems encourages labour market participation, and that active labour market policies are effective and accessible, respecting the role of social partners. Member States should also support a work environment adapted for persons with disabilities, including through targeted financial and technical support, information and awareness raising, and services that enable them to participate in the labour market and in society. The various guidelines developed within the framework of the employment package of the European Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2023- 2030 should be fully implemented in the workplace. Particular attention should be paid to the right to reasonable accommodation, the deployment of retention strategies, and the fight against discriminatory practices. The gender employment and pay gaps as well as gender stereotypes should be tackled. Member States should ensure gender equality and increased labour market participation of women, including through ensuring equal opportunities and career progression and eliminating barriers to leadership access at all levels of decision making, as well as by tackling violence and harassment at work which is a problem that mainly affects women. Equal pay for equal work, or work of equal value, and pay transparency should be ensured. The reconciliation of work, family and private life for both women and men should be promoted, in particular through access to affordable, quality long-term care and early childhood education and care services, as well as through adequate policies catering to the changes brought to the world of work by digitalisation. The right of workers to disconnect is essential in this context. Member States should ensure that parents and other people with caring responsibilities have access to suitable family-related leave and flexible working arrangements in order to balance work, family and private life, and promote a balanced use of those entitlements between parents.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Annex I – paragraph 10

In order to benefit from a dynamic and productive workforce and new work patterns and business models, Member States should work together with the social partners on fair, transparent and predictable working conditions, balancing rights and obligations. They should reduce and prevent segmentation within labour markets, fight undeclared work and bogus self-employment, and foster the transition towards open-ended forms of employment. Employment protection rules, labour law and institutions should all provide both a suitable environment for recruitment and the necessary flexibility for employers to adapt swiftly to changes in the economic context, while protecting labour rights and ensuring social protection, an appropriate level of security, and healthy, safe and well-adapted working environments for all workers. Promoting the use of flexible working arrangements such as teleworking can contribute to higher employment levels and more inclusive labour markets. Furthermore, Member States should support workers, businesses, and other actors in the digital transformation, including via promoting the uptake of ethical and trustworthly Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools. This can range from policies, developed in cooperation with social partners, to upskill and reskill workers for new occupations and incentives for companies to develop and deploy technologies that have the potential to increase productivity, complement human labour, and alleviate labour shortages in critical sectors. In general, and in the digital context in particular, it is important to ensure that the workers’ rights in terms of working time, democracy at work, working conditions, mental health at work and work-life balance are respected and equally applied for all workers, regardless of the size of the company or the underlying employment contract. Employment relationships that lead to precarious working conditions, s~~hould~~uch as bogus self-employment or bogus traineeships, must be prevented, including cases involving platform workers~~, by ens~~. It is therefore essential that Member States implement the Directive on improving the working conditions in platform work, ensure people working through digital labour platforms can fully enjoy their rights and social benefits, strengthen labour ingspections and introduce dissuasive sanctions. Member States should ensure fairness, transparency and human accountability in the use of algorithms, and by fight~~ing~~ the abuse of atypical contracts. Access to effective, impartial dispute resolution and a right to redress, including adequate compensation, where applicable, should be ensured in cases of unfair dismissal.

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Annex I – paragraph 11

Policies should aim to improve and support labour-market participation, matching and transitions, also in light of demographic change, and including in disadvantaged regions. Member States should effectively activate and enable those who can participate in the labour market, especially under-represented groups, such as women and youndg people, as well as people in vulnerable situations, such as lower-skilled people and the long-term unemployed, persons with disabilities, people with a migrant background, including persons under a temporary protection status, people from ~~marginalised~~ Roma communities and ~~older~~ workers over 50 years old. Member States should strengthen the scope and effectiveness of active labour-market policies by increasing their targeting, outreach and coverage and by better linking them with social services, training and income support for the unemployed, while they are seeking work and based on their rights and responsibilities. Member States should make the best use of EU funding and technical support as well as national resources to enhance the capacity of public employment services to provide timely and tailor-made assistance to jobseekers, respond to current and future labour- market needs, and implement performance- based management, supporting their capacity to use data and digital technology. PUnder the leadership and strategic guidelines of the Public Employment Services, private employment services could also play a role in this respect.

2024/09/10
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Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Annex I – paragraph 12

Member States should provide the unemployed with adequate unemployment benefits of reasonable duration, in line with their contributions and national eligibility rules and based on the principle of non- discrimination. Unemployment benefits should not disincentivise a prompt return to employment and should be accompanied by active labour market policies, including up- and reskilling measures, also in light of labour and skills shortages.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

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Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Annex I – paragraph 14

The mobility of workers in critical occupations and of cross-border, seasonal and posted workers should be supported in the case of temporary border closures ~~triggered by public health considerations~~. Member States should further engage in talent partnerships to enhance legal migration pathways by launching new mobility schemes and provide for an effective integration policy for workers and their families, encompassing education and training, including language training, employment, health and housing.

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Committee: EMPL

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Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Annex I – paragraph 15

Member States should also strive to create the appropriate conditions for new forms of work, and working methods, delivering on their job-creation potential while ensuring they are compliant with existing social rights as well as Union and national labour law. They should provide advice and guidance on the rights and obligations which apply in the context of atypical contracts and new forms of work, such as work through digital labour platforms and ~~permanent or semi-permanent~~ teleworking arrangements. In this regard, social partners can play an instrumental role and Member States should support them in reaching out and representing people in atypical and new forms of work. Member States should also consider providing support for enforcement – such as strengthening labour inspectorates and issuing guidelines or dedicated trainings for labour inspector~~ate~~s – concerning the challenges stemming from new forms of organising work, including the use of digital technologies and of AI, such as algorithmic management, workers’ surveillance and telework.

2024/09/10
Committee: EMPL

2024/0599(NLE)

Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Annex I – paragraph 16

Member States should foster democracy at work and ensure an enabling environment for bipartite and tripartite social dialogue at all levels, including collective bargaining, in the public and private sectors in accordance with national law and/or practice, after consultation and in close cooperation with social partners, while respecting their autonomy. Member States should involve social partners in a systematic, meaningful and timely manner in the design and implementation of employment, social and, where relevant, economic and other public policies including in the setting and updating of statutory minimum wages. Member States should promote a higher level of covergage of collective bargaining, including by promoting the building and strengthening of capacity of the social partners, enable effective collective bargaining at all appropriate levels and encourage coordination between and across those levels. The social partners should be encouraged to negotiate and conclude collective agreements in matters relevant to them, fully respecting their autonomy and the right to collective action. Member States should implement the Directive on adequate minimum wages without delay and prepare action plans to increase the collective bargaining coverage in line with the directive, where applicable.

2024/09/10
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Klára DOBREV, Estelle CEULEMANS, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Marit MAIJ, Evelyn REGNER, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Idoia MENDIA, Pierfrancesco MARAN

Annex I – paragraph 17

W~~here releva~~ithout prejudice to the competences and autonomy of social partners as well as their right to negotiate and conclude collective agreements, and building on existing national practices, Member States should also take into account the relevant experience of civil society organisations’ in employment and social issues, where relevant.

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