Activities of Ádám KÓSA related to 2020/2086(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD
Amendments (8)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the fact that the Committee on Petitions receives a large number of petitions on the lack of implementation of the principle of equal treatment as regards access to inclusive education, employment, vocational training, promotion, and the working conditions of persons with disabilities, therefore a more complex approach is needed;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Condemns the fact that, according to these petitions, individualpersons with disabilities continue to encounter many challenges and discrimination related to accessibility, participation in employment, education and mobility within the EU, and continue to encounter discrimination; considers it unacceptable that many employers are still not taking appropriate measures to tackle these issues, despite such measures being crucial to the economic and social inclusion of the 100 million persons with disabilities in the EU and despite the fact that artificial intelligence, digital technologies, tools and applications are available to meet the individual needs of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its call on the Member States to take specific measures with a view to ensuring full equality in practice to prevent or compensate for disadvantages linked to disabilities, taking into account the possibilities given by artificial intelligence, digital technologies, tools, softwares and applications and recommends that the Member States ensure the employment of people with disabilities is addressed in their national reform programmes;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to complete the Union’s anti-discrimination legal framework, especially consideringwelcomes in this regard the accession of the EU to the UNCRPD and the need to ensure consistency w; recalls that the UNCRPD is binding upon the EU, its institutions and its Member States, which have a direct obligation to fully implement it, including iths Article 27 thereofon work and employment;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to replace the horizontal anti-discrimination directive with a directive that focuses on PwD, thereby extending protection to PwD outside employment;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that a reasonablmore effort should be made to adapt all workplaces tailored to individual needs of PwD to accommodate special needs with a view to potentially employing persons with all types of disabilities and insists on promoting dialogue between social partners with a view to fostering equal treatment, including through the monitoring of workplace practices, collective agreements, codes of conduct and research on or the exchange of experiences and good practices;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on all Member States to take appropriate action in cooperation with the disabled persons’ organisations and taking into account the notion of reasonable accommodation to achieve the social and economic integration of disabled people, to raise awareness, to share best practices and to combat youth and senior unemployment, as unemployment can lead to poverty, social exclusion and mental health problems;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Insists on updating and renewing the post-2020 European Disability Strategy, with the aim of further reducing inequalities for disadvantaged personof persons with disabilities, and promoting their social and economic inclusion and tailor-made independence, taking into account the challenges and issues relating to disabilities that have arisen from the COVID-19 pandemic; notes that confinement measures taken by governments and teleworking may have negatively affected persons with disabilities, regardless whether they received care at home or in institutions.