Activities of Pascale GRUNY related to 2009/2220(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Atypical contracts, secured professional paths and new forms of social dialogue (short presentation)
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on atypical contracts, secured professional paths, flexicurity and new forms of social dialogue PDF (211 KB) DOC (128 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Council Decision 2008/618/EC of 15 July 2008 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States for 2008-2010,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
– having regard to the Commission Recommendation on the active inclusion of people excluded from the labour market (COM(2008) 5737),
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the financial and economic crisis mayhas lead to unstable labour markets and rising poverty and social exclusion, in particular for already vulnerable individuals and disadvantaged groups,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the number of people living in in-work poverty is increasing, having reached 8% of the European workforce, and the number of low-wage earners currently is about 17%,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas, within employment policies, equal opportunities for women and men, as well as non-discrimination principles, need to be actively promoted,
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls upon the 2010 spring European Council for clear guidance and concrete measures towards safeguarding quality work and employment and creating sustainable job opportunities in the framework of an ambitious EU2020 Strategy;
Amendment 71 #
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 situations in which it is possible to use these types of contracts; grouping atypical contracts together for the purpose of simplification; clarification of the situation of dependent employment; action against undeclared work; and the facilitation of transitions between various situations of employment and unemployment;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages Member States to develop new modes of access to employment through the framing of new labour law provisions covering, for example, ‘distance working’, ‘freelance contract work’, ‘specified-purpose’ contracts and ‘mission’ contracts;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the increase in the proportion of non-standard or atypical contracts has a strong gender and intergenerational dimension, as women, older and also younger workers are disproportionately represented in non-standard employment; calls upon the Member States and the Commission to combat and monitor the imbalance, in particular through a greater focus on social dialogue with worker representatives in companies;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the increase in the proportion of non-standard or atypical contracts has a strong gender and intergenerational dimension, as women, older and also younger workers are disproportionately represented in non-standard employment; notes that some sectors are worse off than other as certain sectors experience more rapid an dramatic structural changes; calls upon the Member States and the Commission to combat and monitor the imbalance;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stressed that recurrence to atypical forms of employment should be a personal choice, and not an imposition dictated by increasing barriers to access the labour market on the part of different groups, or the lack of quality jobs available. In particular for multiply disadvantaged workers, individually tailored atypical contracts provided by work integration social enterprises may be a choice as they offer a first stepping stone into employment;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls upon the Union and the Member States to eradicate illicit employment mainly through prevention and deterrent penalties and believes that implementation of flexicurity strategies can help in effectively fighting illicit employment and in making ‘very atypical’ forms of work less precarious;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need to create high-quality jobs, if necessary after a period of training, 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 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Condemns the abusive replacement of regular employment with forms of atypical contracts that are at the expense of the general public, employees and competitors; stresses that such forms of contract violate the European social model calls upon the Member States to impose stricter penalties where the atypical contracts concluded are abusive;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the EU and the Member States to step up their efforts to invest in skills and training to support sustainable employment; therefore calls upon the Member States to invest in people by vigorously implementing and financing lifelong training or learning strategies;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Member States to implement measures to enable workers to return to work after parental leave, after first undergoing refresher training if needed;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls upon the Member States not to allow economic redundancies until every effort has been made to (re)train workers;