14 Amendments of Konstantinos POUPAKIS related to 2009/2220(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas globalisation and rapid technological developments are causing far-reaching economic restructuring, giving rise to changes in employment relationships and in the content of workers’ tasks, creating the need for a redefinition of employment relationships, with the aim of avoiding distortions (such as the phenomenon of ‘false’ self-employed persons),
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Dα. that the basic form of employment should be full-time, stable employment,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls upon the 2010 spring European Council for clear guidance and concrete measures towards safeguarding employment and creating job opportunities that are sustainable in the long term in the framework of an ambitious EU2020 Strategy;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The open method of coordination, in its current form, has been shown to be inadequate and will therefore have to be revised and reorganised, in order to become more effective;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the wide variety of labour traditions, contractual forms and business models existing in labour markets, highlighting the need in this framework of diversity to prioritise protecting the European model and established labour rights;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recommends that the priorities for labour law reform, where it is needed, should focus on: extension of the protection of workers in atypical forms of employment; clarification of the situation of dependent employment; action against undeclared work; and the facilitation of transitions between various situations of employment and unemployment, through the promotion of active and passive forms of employment such as special employment allowances, lifelong learning, retraining and on-the-job training;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that non-standard forms of work must go hand in hand with support for workers who find themselves in situations of transition from one job or employment status to another, through targeted active employment policies;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls upon the Commission, with the help of the social partners, to analyse and monitor the different types of instrument developed within national activation policies;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls upon the Union and the Member States, with the help of the social partners, to eradicate illicit employment and believes that implementation of flexicurity strategies can help in fighting illicit employment and in making ‘very atypical’ forms of work less precarious;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need to create high-quality, sustainable and secure jobs, including green jobs, and to ensure social cohesion; considers, therefore, that people are more likely to accept the efforts required of them if those efforts are perceived to be fair and to facilitate employment and social integration;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that, especially in the context of the present economic situation, implementing flexicurity, within a clear and transparent institutional framework, is even more necessary, recalls that application of flexibility principles requires ambitious structural reforms based on a solid consensus;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Notes that the involvement of the social partners in policymaking and implementation varies widely across the Member States, but that generally the trend is towards the use of a wider mix of instruments to pursue policy objectives; believes that the quality of the social and institutional support which the social partners enjoy should be further enhanced at national level and should be more substantial in nature, since it is probably the major determinant of the quality of their contribution;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Believes that collective bargaining has proven to be an effective instrument for maintaining employment and that it allows companies to find flexible solutions to deal with the economic downturn, and for that reason the system of collective agreements must be supported, both at national and sectoral level, while there must be penalties for employers who infringe them;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Is convinced that the role of governments is decisive in providing the preconditions for inclusive and effective collective bargaining and encompassing tripartite structures to involve the social partners in an institutionally established and substantial way, and on an equal basis, in public policy-making, in accordance with national practice and traditions;