27 Amendments of Renate WEBER related to 2016/2221(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU),
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 10 September 2015 on creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century1a: matching skills and qualifications with demand and job opportunities, as a way to recover from the crisis, __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0321
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas non-standard, atypicalthe variety of forms of employment have been emerging,s increased; wherebyas the number of workers with – oftenshare of involuntary – fixed termed and part- time contracts has increased considerablygrown in thsome EU over the past 15 years; whereas standard employment across a number of sectors has shifted to non-standard or atypical forms of employment, and whereas, if this trend continues, it is likely that the risk of precariousness will increase8 ; __________________ 8 Study for the EMPL Committee on precarious employment in Europe, July 2016, http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/e tudes/STUD/2016/587285/IPOL_STU%28 2016%29587285_EN.pdfMember States; whereas some sectors have moved towards different forms of employment, and whereas, if this trend continues, efficient policies are needed to embrace the variety of different forms of employment , whilst adequately protecting the workers;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the new forms of employment that are emerging are blurring the boundary between dependent employment and self-employment9 , leading to a decline in the quality of employment and the rise of bogus self- employment; __________________ 9 ILO report of 2016 on Building a social pillar for European convergence.
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas competence for social policy is shared by the European Union and the Member States; whereas the EU can only complement and support the Member States in this field;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas part-time employment had never declined since the crisis, and full- time employment is still below its 2008 pre-crisis level; whereas the number of people working full-time in the second quarter of 2016 remained 2.5 % below the figure for 2008, while part-time employment increased by 11.1 % in the same period10 ; __________________ 10 ESDE Quarterly Revthere has been employment growth in the EU over the last two and half years, whereas the employment in the EU is now above the 2008 level; whereas there has been a steady increase in the number of permanent jobs (2.7 million) and full-time employment (3.1 million) over the year; whereas the employment rate is still below its 2020 target of 75% and shows large disparitiews autumn 2016.mong Member States;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas women account for 46% of the EU’s labour force and are particularly vulnerable to job insecurity as a result of discrimination, including in the area of pay, and whereas women earn around 16% less than men in the EU;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
I. Towards a definition of decent workWorking conditions in the EU
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Understands standard employment to mean full-time, regular employmentthat each Member State has their own the basis of open-ended contracts, and non-standard or atypical forms of employment to include, i.a., marginal part-time work, temporary agency work, fixed-term contract work, zero-hour contracts, internships that are not part of an education programme, and informal or undecllaws and practice establishing working conditions applicable to different types of employment contracts and internships, whereas there is no universally accepted definition of “standared workemployment”;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
- little or no job security owing to the non-permanent nature of the work, as in some fixed-term contracts, involuntary and often marginal part-time contracts, contracts containing poor conditions, unwritten contracts, unclear working hours, and duties that change owing to work on demandow certainty over the continuity of employment;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
- low remuneration, which may even be unofficial or unclearinsufficient pay and salary progression;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
- no or limited social protection rights or employment-related benefitslacking or insufficient social protection;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 6
Paragraph 2 – indent 6
- no or limited right to individual or/and collective representation;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. EndorsNotes the ILO definition of decent work which states that: ‘Decent work is work that is productive and delivers a fair income, with a safe workplace and social protection, better prospects for personal development and social integration, freedom for people to express their concerns, organize and participate in the decisions that affect their lives and equality of opportunity and treatment for all women and men’12 ; __________________ 12 ILO report of 14 November 2016 on non-standard employment around the world, http://www.ilo.org/global/publications/boo ks/WCMS_534326/lang--en/index.htm.
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that decent work shoulthe ILO concept of “decent work” is intended specifically to guarantee coverage by collective agreements, security of collective bargaining, equal pay for equal work in the same place, and protection of the workers’ families, while supporting the work-life balance for all workersjob creation, rights at work, social protection and social dialogue, as well as gender equality;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that numerous factors, such as digitalisation, are contributing to a radical transformation of work, with an increase in non-standard forms of employment trends that will intensify unless new regulation is put into place; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that work being transformed through digitalisation, and new employment being created as a result of it, is decentthe nature of work, including the increase of self-employment; underlines the importance of efficient new regulation to embrace digitalization whilst adequately protecting the workers; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that this objective is achieved;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the economic crisis has given rise to migratory flows within the EU that have highlighted existing barriers to the free movement of persons between Member States and discrimination on the basis of nationality, exposing EU citizens to a situation of job insecurity;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. StressNotes that precarious employmentjobs with inadequate working conditions have a long-term effect on social security protection and pensions, and place workers at greater risk of poverty, social exclusion and deterioration of their fundamental rights;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that social protection, and protection by collective agreements and collective bargaining, should be available to all workers; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote and guarantee effective protection for workers who perform work in the context of an employment relationship, and athrough comprehensive policy response that includes policies towards reducing and ultimately eradicating precarious workadequate working conditions; calls for policies that empower workers by strengthening social dialogue and promoting the extension of collective bargaining, ensuring that all workers can access and exercise their right to associate, and to bargain individually and collectively, freely and without fear;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of labour inspectorates and the social partners in safeguarding workers’ rights, defining decent wages and incomes in accordance with Member States’ laws and practices, and in providing consultation and guidance tobeing in dialogue with employers; strongly underlines that labour inspectorates should focus on the goal of monitoring and improving working conditions, and should not be used as migration control mechanismshelping to eradicate illegal work; strongly condemns the practices of companies to employ migrants without securing their full rights and benefitsillegal and undeclared work which do not sufficiently protect the worker;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat non-standard, atypical and precarious forms of employment, in line with the ILO Decent Work Agenda and the European Social Charterpromote adequate working conditions across the Union;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the need for public investments promoting upwardssocial convergence, the social and cohesion of the Union and the creation of decent workemployment;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes with concern the decrease in collective bargaining and the coverage of collective agreements; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote strategic policies of universal coverage of workers under collective agreements, safeguarding, at the same time, the role of the trade unions as social partnercalls on the Commission and the Member States to promote strategic policies to better match skills with jobs at the labour market, to encourage the dialogue between employers, social partners and schools, increasing the employment rates;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure effective protection to workers especially affected by uncertainty and precariousnessvulnerable groups of society, giving special priority to women workers, young workers, older workers, workers in the informal economy, migrant workers and workers with disabilities;