73 Amendments of Rovana PLUMB related to 2011/2067(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers it necessary to fight gender stereotypes in education which often leads to a misuse of women’s human capital in Europe and calls on the Commission to increase the scope of EU legislation to gender equality in education;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the agrifood sector is regaining global importance requiring different and higher level skills but strongly reducing low skilled jobs,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas achieving sustainable growth and the transition to low carbon economy, environment protection and development of new green technologies will require availability of appropriate skills,
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines the necessity of investments for education and training programmes, in order to ensure a smooth transition for the workers concerned and to ensure that no region has to suffer from transforming the energy production; calls for a special attention in order to ensure that the transformation to renewable energy also entails a development to decent and high quality work for men and women;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas changing employment patternstechnological change and new patterns of work organisation in sectors naturally influence the employment patterns forin terms of skills needs in occupations and the qualification levels required,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas economies increasingly demand creative, interactive, communication and problem-solving skills in the workplace while low-skilled jobs or workers performing routine functions are at major risk of loss of employment,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas workers with undergraduate educationlow level of education and skills are at major risk of loss of employment,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas in-work poverty is persistent and working poor are increasing due to the deterioration of working conditions and low wages,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the long term sustainabilityeffectiveness of training and higher education depends on various things, such as the state of public finances and individual perceptionguaranteeing high quality in education, equal opportunities and access for all, sustained public investment, as well as better articulation of individual and labour market needs,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the demand and supply for lifelong learning will have to increase to foster the changing skill needs, and whereas the long term sustainability of vocational training and higher education systems depend on the existence of a more flexible provision by responsive and quality assured training and education providers, the availability of qualified teachers and trainers, sustained public investment and increased private contributions, as well as a better articulation of individual and labour market needs,
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for the development of a care economy to meet real needs and to ensure high quality accessible care services for all, good working and pay conditions to avoid resorting to undeclared work;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the number of jobs demanding higher qualifications is expected to rise and 50% of jobs in 2020 will still require intermediate vocational skills,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas migration, within, as well as into and out of, the EUEU demographic trends, mobility and migration, within the EU and with the Neighbourhood countries, will increasingly influence the future size and composition of the working population in Member States and has important implications for skill demand and supply,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas mobile and migrant workers continue to be discriminated and are often exploited due to the lack of knowledge of their labour and social rights, their lack of involvement in workers’ associations and the lack of effective integration policies,
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas a sustainable economyic growth has the potential to increase the number of decent jobs and to contribute to recovery of the European economy,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas austerity measures are having a negative impact on pubic investment, limiting the potential for job creation in Member States,
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas gender gaps still remains in EU labour markets, including gender pay gap, gaps in part-time versus full time rates, gaps in employment rates, gap in the effect on employment rates due to parenthood, gender pension gaps; whereas gender roles and labour market segregation in employment are a major obstacle to the functioning of EU labour market,
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the employment rate is closely linked to economic performance; strongly recommends that the Member States follow the guidelines forEU 2020 Integrated Guidelines aiming at coordinating employment policies together with broad er economic policy guidelines and by focusing on quality employment;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a better coordination of economic policies between Member States in order to foster growth and job creation and to avoid unfair competition and market distortion; urges Member States to respect the rules on budgetary discipline in order to diminish the risk of falling into excessive deficit and calls on the Commission for an effective budgetary surveillance and increasing gender inequalities; calls on the Commission for an effective budgetary surveillance, while allowing at the same time public investment increases in line with the EU’s growth and employment objectives and 2020 strategy within the respective national reform program;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the Commission'’s flagship initiatives within the Europe 2020 strategy to make the change towards a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth economy;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the combination of demographic change and changes in production chains calls for better employment, education and work organisation strategiesactions to tackle the influence of demographic trends, migration and technological changes for better employment, education and work organisation strategies including care services and measures to enable both women and men to reconcile work and family life in order to maximise the competitiveness of the European economy, minimise the loss of human capital and create new job possibilities;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises the need to go on the offensive for ‘smart’ growth, by raising investment in education and training, enabling Europe to become a major science centre of the world, at the leading edge of creative work, combining full employment and strong welfare, as well as sustainable production and lifestyles;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that national flexicurity arrangements must be strengthenedflexicurity is only one of the possible instruments to modernise labour markets and that its feasibility in different Member States still has to be assessed; believes that national flexicurity arrangements could be considered where applicable and adapted to the new socio- economic contexts of each individual Member State, in accordance with its specific needs, in order to ensure a flexible and active labour market, efficient training and secure social security systems; warns against one-size- fits-all solutions; calls on the Member States to accompany their labour market reforms with strengthening social protection and unemployment protection and improving the quality of Public Employment Services;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that flexicurity is not applicable in Member States with low possibilities of strengthening social protection systems due to budget restrictions and macroeconomic imbalances and that perverted discourse on labour market rigidities will lead to labour reforms directed towards the wrong targets; believes that it will not tackle the unemployment caused by structural problems mainly related to failed industrial policies and economic bubbles; underlines that flexicurity has always to be combined with the creation of quality employment;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Emphasises the necessity of a European legislative framework on decent work and precariousness, strengthening workers protection and workers rights;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Considers that state funded pension systems must be strengthened to ensure adequate and sustainable pensions for those with gaps in pension-saving contributions, by effectively fighting exclusion and discrimination in the labour markets, including the proliferation of precarious and a-typical work by means of new European legislation, and by creating new high quality jobs while raising the employment rates; strongly believes that fair pension systems should also include decent minimum pension levels in all Member States as a matter of national solidarity, an essential factor in the fight against poverty and exclusion;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that for many workers the reconciliation of work and family life remains a difficult task; calls on the Member States to give all parents, especially single-parent families, opportunities for integration not only into working life but also into lifelong learning processes, for instance, by sponsoring paid training and making it compatible with family responsibilities;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Draws attention to the fact that labour market reforms are not a goal by itself and that reforms which have not been agreed by social partners have proved to be ineffective and have not helped to increase job creation; calls on the Commission to strengthen social dialogue and to involve social partners in the European Semester process;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls for enhancing the external dimension of EU policies in employment and education and training in neighbouring countries and beyond in order to support stability, prosperity, and better employment opportunities for its partner countries citizens, while developing better instruments for managing and facilitating skilled migration to Europe to balance skill shortages and gaps that are the result of demographic developments in Europe; stresses that this has to be done by guaranteeing at the same time that all third country nationals legally working in Europe enjoy equal treatment with European citizens and residents, in the workplace and beyond, also taking account of the situation of migrant women to avoid precarious and non decent forms of employment, multiple discrimination and violence at work;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission'’s initiative to produce an EU Skills Panorama and to reform the European Employment Services EURES network to improve transparency and access for jobseekers;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for better monitoring of the upcoming skill demand in Europe and for an immediate transposition of the findings into education and the lifelong learning policies of the Member States; considers that a ‘knowledge alliance’ that brings together business and education institutions would be an useful instrument in addressing innovation and skills gaps, contributing significantly to promoting the interests of the economy and society as a whole, especially considering the critical challenge of attaining full employment, poverty eradication, social inclusion and sustained economic growth in the global economy;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to incorporate a ninth key competence relating to the environment, climate change and sustainable development – which is essential in a knowledge society – into the framework for lifelong learning;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Emphasises that the Member States should further improve the education and training systems in order to better match the needs of the individual and those of the labour market, including by tackling the problems of basic skills (literacy and numeracy), promoting vocational education and training and measures to ease the transition between education and the labour market;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to promote access to education, training and lifelong learning for all, especially for people with identified special needs, such as youth, low-skilled people, people with disabilities, migrants, older workers, ethnic minority groups and the socially excluded, and for workers in small and medium-sized enterprises, in the informal economy, in the rural sector and in self-employment;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Emphasises the importance of public education systems accessible to all and in line with the promotion of equal opportunities for all;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10e. Emphasises the importance of developing a European network to support learning organisations, up- skilling in companies and public service strategies for lifelong learning, including tailor-made methods, validation and compensation of the learning outcomes;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Encourages Member States to develop environmental awareness and green skills through their education and training systems so as to facilitate transition into the low carbon economy;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages Member States to implement a dual system ofdevelop and implement more approaches to blend education/ and training in order to introduce young people to the labour market from the earliest stageschools and the workplace ; furthermore, calls on relevant stakeholders to ensure that traineeships and apprenticeships lead to the provision of new jobs; underlines the necessity of decent conditions for internships and rules to prevent the abuse so that internships correspond to their objective and are not used to replace regular employment;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers it necessary to improve mutual recognition of competences, diplomas and skills at EU level, with the same recognition being extendedand extend the mechanisms for recognition to workers from third countries;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to stimulate creation and growth of small and medium-sized enterprises, to provide them with a regulatory friendly environment and to improve their access to finance; recalls that 85% of jobs in the EU are provided by SMEs; urges all relevant stakeholders to remove barriers to business creation and its free movement;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to support job creation through SMEs start ups and growth by promoting entrepreneurial skills, coaching for new entrepreneurs and supporting effective skill development for SME staff;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Considers that employers, and particularly SMEs, should support lifelong learning initiatives by making learning more accessible during working hours, and better suited to workers' needs, either through the individualisation of learning plans, the shift to competence- based training, the move to modularisation or the use of distance learning;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Considers that social economy plays an important role to contribute to creating new jobs, retaining jobs in sectors and businesses in crisis and/or threatened by closure, increasing job stability levels, keeping skills alive, such as crafts, and exploring new occupations and developing routes into work for groups that are especially disadvantaged and falling into social exclusion;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Emphasises the necessity to further develop the social economy as a source of employment possibilities with decent conditions for many workers, often falling under the risk of social exclusion, contributing to social inclusive wealth creation and helping to develop inclusive labour markets;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that a barrier-free and competitive single market has to be completed in order to facilitate free movement of workers; in this regard, calls on the Commission and Member States to work closely with social partners and to encourage sharing of best practice and experience in this area and to ensure the portability of social rights for all workers;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission, in order to put an end to social dumping and undercutting labour conditions in the EU, to implement the necessary legal provisions to make economic freedoms in the single market compatible with the respect of the most advanced labour law and industrial relations standards and practices, respect of the rights of collective representation and bargaining, collective action including the right to strike and equal pay for work of equal value;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Believes that delocalization of production due to industrial restructurings and lack of regulation of multinational behaviour on this matter are having a negative effect in terms of employment rate and job creation in Europe; calls on the Commission to put in place a set of rules and policies to create a framework for socially decent restructurings;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Strongly condemns undeclared work which endangers both society and workers; calls on the Member States to carry out regular checks and to initiate information campaigns in order to raise awareness of long-term disadvantages for workers employed in the black economy; calls for the development of a care economy to meet real needs and to ensure high quality accessible care services for all, good working and pay conditions to avoid resorting to undeclared work;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers that, in order to be used profitably, the European Social Fund must focus on investing in skills, ongoing training, taking into account new skills relating to the sustainable development and retraining, the proper functioning of the labour market, creating job opportunities and social conditions, research and innovation to facilitate the transition towards a sustainable economy, with a view to promoting employability, productivity, growth, adequate pay, quality of life and employment in Europe, and also measures to combat poverty and achieve social inclusion;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Emphasises the necessity of additional revenues to finance the instruments of the European Employment and Social Progress Pact which could be generated by introducing green / carbon tax and by tightening the European Emission Trading Scheme in order to encourage the creation of green jobs, especially in the renewable energy, energy efficiency and recycling sector which must be actively supported;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Believes that flexicurity also has serious financial implications and that income security and a high-level of social protection are preconditions to successful negotiations on flexicurity; believes furthermore that negotiated solutions can only exist if there is a strong and reliable system to secure income and social protection, and that this has implications in terms of macroeconomic policy and public spending constraints;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Encourages the Commission and Member States to accompany the shift towards a socially and environmentally sustainable, low-carbon economy by active labour market policies including comprehensive training and re-skilling programmes for greening jobs; considers that special initiatives must be taken towards initial and life-long learning of workers as a driver of growth able to stimulate European competitiveness;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses, however, that flexicurity alone cannot remedy the crisis and calls on the Commission, Member States and the social partners to pay special attention to labour market integration and ascending labour mobility of workers from disadvantaged groups, such as young people, low-skilled workers and workers with disabilities;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Underlines the necessity of investments for education and training programmes, in order to ensure a smooth transition for the workers concerned and to ensure that no region has to suffer from transforming the energy production; calls for a special attention in order to ensure that the transformation to renewable energy also entails a development to decent and high quality work for men and women;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that, under the new momentum of social and economic changes, the four components of flexicurity – flexible and reliable contractual arrangements, active labour market policies, lifelong learning, and modern social security systems – and the balance between them should be reviewed and reinforced, ensuring that the security side of flexicurity is reinforced, through agreements with social partners in order to create decent jobs, adequate social protection and modern labour markets;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Raises attention to the fact that Member States have different industrial relation systems and that sectoral collective agreements normally establish minimum condition which can be improved by collective bargaining at company level and that these minimum conditions are essential to protect workers from being exploited; calls on the Commission to consider that decentralization of collective bargaining in labour markets with a high presence of SMEs and where workers often lack from proper representation at company level might not be feasible and might lead to deterioration of working conditions;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls for facilitating access to labour market information for all actors in the labour market, for increased cooperation and support in building information systems and improved dissemination of labour market intelligence, including through improved lifelong guidance and counselling on career and learning opportunities for citizens;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines that, in order to emerge stronger from the economic crisis, to become more competitive and convergent, with higher levels of growth and employment, and to secure our welfare systems in the long term, Europe needs to invest in and make full use of its labour force potential;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Believes that Labour law should cover all the workers, particularly atypical, temporary agency, economically dependant and freelance workers and that individual rights to training and life-long learning should be available for all workers regardless of their type of contract;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasises in this context the importance of reducing segmentation andat reducing labour market segmentation has to be achieved by providing adequate security for workers under all forms of contracts, especially the vulnerable groups, improving labour market inclusion in order to increase disadvantaged groups'’ opportunities to enter and make progress in the labour market;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Believes that the increase in precarious employment has been exacerbated by new management methods and that the quality of contracts must be improved in order to avoid further segmentation of the labour market; stresses that a high degree of flexibility is already available and that the over- flexible workforce must be made more secure; strongly considers that a core of labour rights for all workers, regardless of contract, including the right to organise, negotiate collective agreements and the right to take industrial action should be created;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses that the single open-ended contract proposed by the Commission is not new and different versions of it have been implemented in the past in different Member States with few or no success and in some case with negative effects; rejects the idea of opening a door for discrimination in labour conditions based on age or social situation and ask for the respect of anti-discrimination legislation and the principle of equal rights for all workers and equal social and legal protection; believes that reducing segmentation by undercutting labour protection and rights is in no case in the interest of workers and will not help to create employment with decent conditions;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Stresses that EU anti-discrimination laws have considerably raised the level of protection across the EU, but equality in employment has not yet been reached; believes that more needs to be done to tackle discrimination of women, youth, elderly workers, people with disabilities, minorities and third-country nationals, as well as multiple discrimination, with regard to access to employment, pay gaps, career progression, training, or working conditions;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Asks the Commission to review the EU Directive 2000/78 in order to make mandatory the establishment of equal opportunities and non discrimination plans, equality plans or equality measures at sector and company level to tackle discrimination in access to employment, pay gap, career progression, training, promotion, or working conditions;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)
Paragraph 27 c (new)
27c. Calls on the Member States to modernise and strengthen the unemployment services, offering a range of support and re-skilling programmes, developing closer relationships with local employers and providing information on access to entrepreneurship opportunities;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Welcomes the Commission proposal of reviewing health and safety legislation and warns that insecure working environment, constant changes from one job to the next, and increasing stress have negative effects on workers physical and metal health; asks the Commission to address the problem of lack of recognition of job related hazards and illnesses;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Considers that adequate social protection should be at the core of employment quality and thus also of the job quality concept; stresses the necessity to put an end the working poor;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Believes that all workers in all Member States must be legally protected against excessive working hours which undermine the quality of private and family life, and threaten health and safety; calls on the Commission to take measures needed to support families and to encourage family solidarity;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32b. Calls on the European Commission to set up European sector skills councils within the context of the ‘An Agenda for new skills and jobs’ as a means of support for European Social Dialogue;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 c (new)
Paragraph 32 c (new)