11 Amendments of Georges BACH related to 2011/2067(INI)
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that, within the Europe 2020 strategy, Member States agreed on an employment target of 75% for the 20-64 years age group by 2020; recalls that, one of the five headline targets of the Europe 2020 strategy is to reduce the early school leaving rate to 10%; underlines that a drastic reduction of the youth unemployment rate is a precondition to reach the employment target; calls on all stakeholders to intensify their efforts to make the Europe 2020 strategy a success;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that national flexicurity arrangements must be strengthened and adapted to the new socio-economic contexts of each individual Member State, in accordance with its specific needs, in order to ensure a flexible and active labour market, efficient training and secure social security systems; warns againststresses that flexicurity should not be perceived as a one-size- fits- all solutions;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission's initiative to produce an EU Skills Panorama and to reform the European Employment Services EURES network to improve transparency for jobseekers and to promote job mobility in the EU;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that the Commission estimates that by 2020 35 % of all jobs will require high-level qualifications compared to 29% today;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Draws attention to the importance of investing in the right skills and improving the EU's ability to match qualifications to jobs and accurately to forecast future trends so as to offer employment opportunities to all and create a more competitive and sustainable economy;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers it necessary to improvalls for an improvement in the mutual recognition of competences, diplomas and skills at EU level, with the same recognition being extended to workers from third countries;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to stimulate creation of small and medium-sized enterprises, to provide them with a regulatory friendly environment, to reduce the level of bureaucracy to a minimum and to improve their access to finance; recalls that 85% of jobs in the EU are provided by SMEs; urges all relevant stakeholders to remove barriers to business creation and its free movement;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Strongly condemns undeclaredillegal work which endangers bothis seriously damaging to society and endangers workers; calls on the Member States to carry out regular checkmore checks and impose appropriate penalties and to initiate information campaigns in order to raise awareness of long-term disadvantages for workers employed in the black economy;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that the health-care sector has a critical role to play in achieving the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy; furthermore considers that, because of demographic change, the health and social care sector is an important employer, whose significance is likely to growwill grow as a result of demographic change; calls on the Commission to initiate a study on care assistants employed in clients’ homes in order to establish whether EU legislation provides sufficient social protection for this category of workers;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses, however, that flexicurity alone cannot remedy the crisis and encourages all stakeholders to promote the necessary labour market reforms to ensure an improvement of its functioning; calls on the Commission, Member States and the social partners to pay special attention to workers from disadvantaged groups, such as young people, low-skilled workers and workers with disabilities;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Considers that adequate social protection should be at the core of employment quality and thus also of the job quality concept; notes that workers rights and their social protection must be insured in every contractual form;