Activities of Jan CREMERS related to 2008/2330(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Preparation of the Employment Summit - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - Renewed Social Agenda - Active inclusion of people excluded from the labour market (debate)
Amendments (26)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Green Paper of 22 November 2006 entitled 'Modernising labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century' (COM(2006)0708),
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Green Paper of 18 July 2001 on promoting a European framework on Corporate Social Responsibility (COM (2001)0366) and to the Commission communication of 22 March 2006 on implementing the partnership for growth and jobs: making Europe a pole of excellence on Corporate Social Responsibility (COM(2006)0136); and to Parliament's resolution of 13 March 2007 on corporate social responsibility: a new partnership1, 1 OJ C 301 E, 13.12.2007, p. 45.
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, according to research commissioned by the Russell Sage Foundation, one in four of those working in the most developed economies of the western hemisphere may soon be low paid and find themselves at increased risk of poverty,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas low-wage jobs appear to exhibit much uniformity across Member States as they often take the form of a non-standard employment relationship and studies show that low-skilled workers, part-timers, women, immigrants and young workers are at higher risk,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas, according to several studies, low-wage workers in the EU are significantly better off than in the US, thanks to their social protection due to social insurance, including health care,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas a tendency to low-wage work tends to be passed on from generation to generation and whereas it limits access to good education, good health care and other basic living conditions and thus counteracts the political goal of equal opportunity,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the EU’s more interventionist institutional arrangements, characterised by a certain degree of income redistribution and the common notion of a ‘European social model’, have a positive effect on the quality of the working lives of millions of men and women in the more disadvantaged segment of our labour markets,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas respect for national legal and conventional frameworks, characterised balancing labour law and collective agreements, which regulate those models are a precondition for harmonised values in a diversity of systems;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas collective bargaining, therefore, should be seen as a constitutional right,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)
Recital I d (new)
Id. whereas in the case of non-standard employment relationships the rules and procedures are defined by the partners in collective bargaining no longer apply,
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas in several proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Communities, the notion 'provisions that are crucial for the protection of the political, social and economic order' has been used without clarifying who can decide, in this regard, which provisions are crucial for the protection of the general public policy provisions in a Member State,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas in the Court of Justice held that it is not up to the Member States to define unilaterally the notion of public policy or to impose unilaterally all the mandatory provisions of their employment law on suppliers of services established in another Member State and whereas it is unclear in whose hands that competence lies if not with the Member States,
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas there is no clear distinction between labour-only subcontracting and dubious trafficking and provision of services that is based on lawful contracts with genuine self-employed people; whereas the difference between fraudulent practices and true civil and commercial business relationships should be addressed,
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges the Commission to put forward a coherent policy plan on decent work in line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and in particular with Article 31, which relates to fair and just working conditions and under which every worker has the right both to working conditions which respect to his or her health, safety and dignity and to the right to limitation of maximum working hours, to daily and weekly rest periods and to an annual period of paid leave;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the delineation of what constitutes Member State 'provisions that are crucial for the protection of the political, social and economic order' is a political matter and should be defined in a democratically legitimised process; therefore calls upon the Commission to initiate an open debate in order to clarify the notion of what constitutes those general public policy provisions and propose legislation where necessary;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a more effective prevention and combating of early school leaving under the motto that 'school pays off'; calls for effectively organised education systems and school curricula adapted to tomorrow's economy; calls for the further promotion of and assistance to the concept of Second Chance Schools to lower the drop-out rate in the European Union;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists on the need for more effective lifelong learning actions aiming to better equipping citizens, especially the less qualified, to (re-)enter the job market and contribute to social innovation; suggests emphasising entrepreneurial skills, ICT and communication competences, financial literacy and language skills;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Whereas especially in a time of financial and economic crises, often resulting in redundancy and restructuring, worker participation in the decision-making process within companies that effect their jobs and livelihoods is of the utmost importance; welcomes the recent revision of Council Directive 94/45/EC of 22 September 1994 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees1;reiterates its call for the further strengthening of the functioning of European works councils as laid down in the Menrad report on Information and consultation of employees: works council, application direct. 94/45/EC from 20002; 1 OJ L 254 , 30.9.1994, p. 64. 2 OJ C 72 E, 21.3.2002, p. 68.
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Invites the Commission to take initiatives that will lead to a clear distinction between on the one hand employers, genuine self-employed and small entrepreneurs, and, on the other hand, employees;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the Commission proposal to impose sanctions on employers who employ illegally staying third country nationals; emphasises the importance of combating the exploitation of illegally staying third country nationals whilst respecting the rights of those in vulnerable positions; in this context calls upon the Commission to promote the opportunities for lawful employment of legally staying third country nationals;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Stresses the need to strengthen anti- discrimination laws throughout the EU further; calls on the Commission to stimulate the exchange of best practises between the Member States with regard to promoting of successful integration of migrants further; notes that, especially in times of economic hardship, the most vulnerable in society, amongst whom are often migrants, are disproportionally be affected;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that the EU cshould try to influence the international agenda concerning the decent work agenda and actively promote compliance with International Labour Organisation conventions, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and that this could contribute to achieving world peace and also to the protection of the EU's interests and values; calls upon Member States speedily to ratify ILO conventions where they have not yet done so, in particular with regard to Convention 94 on labour clauses in public contracts;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Emphasises the fact that the development of the Community legal framework, either through primary or secondary legislation should in no way contradict international obligations in the framework of the ILO conventions; in that regard takes particular notice of the Community's obligations with regard to ILO Convention No 87 on the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize and ILO Convention 98 on the Right to organise and collective bargaining; notes in that context that the non-ratification of ILO conventions or the potential contradictions between Community legislation and ILO conventions would undermine the efforts of the EU to promote workers' rights beyond its borders;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that the EU should aim for a globalisation process that is more socially inclusive and economically and environmentally sustainable; notes that the way in which corporations conduct business not only has a large economic impact but also has a significant social impact, within the EU as well as in third countries, in particular in developing countries; therefore urges the Commission actively to promote the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility, either through the promotion of soft law or through legislative proposals where appropriate;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Considers that, as a result of the free movement of persons within the internal market, in some parts of the EU, and, in particular, in larger cities, new problems are emerging in connection with the provision of emergency social protection for people who are unable to support themselves, putting extra pressure on (charitable) private and public services which provide emergency assistance, for example for the homeless or for marginalised population groups in our society; calls on the Commission to take stock of the scope of those problems and provide active support to Member States in dealing with them;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Notes that processes of outsourcing and subcontracting are on the increase; notes that, as a result, the complexity of the links between parent companies and their subsidiaries and between main contractors and their subcontractors or suppliers makes it more difficult to clearly perceive the diverse structures, operations and policies as well as the responsibilities or liability of the various actors in the production chain; calls for the establishment of a clear-cut Community legal instrument introducing joint and several liability at Community level;