10 Amendments of Georges BACH related to 2016/2221(INI)
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. Points out that over the last 10 years standard employment has fallen from 62% to 59%, but that full-time, permanent contracts continue to account for the bulk of employment contracts in the EU; whereas non-standard, atypical forms of employment have been emerging, whereby the number of workers with – often involuntary – fixed termed and part- time contracts has increased considerably in the EU over the past 15 years; whereas standard employment across a number of sectors has shifted to non-standard or atypical forms of employment, and whereas, if this trend continues, it is likely that the risk of precariousness will increase8; __________________ 8Study for the EMPL Committee on precarious employment in Europe, July 2016, http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/et udes/STUD/2016/587285/IPOL_STU%28 2016%29587285_EN.pdf
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the new forms of employment that are emerging, particularly in the context of digitisation and the new technologies, are blurring the boundary between dependent employment and self-employment, leading to a decline in the quality of employment and the rise ofwhich is also leading to a rise in deceptive forms of self- employment, for example, bogus self- employment; __________________ 9 ILO report of 2016 on Building a social pillar for European convergence.
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas increases in, while employment rates mask the insufficient and socially inadequate response to the economic crisis, promotare increasing, there has been a steady increase ing precarious forms of employment such as zero-hour contracts, bogus self-employment and involuntary part-time jobs, which do not provide workers with either a decent living or full labour rights; whereas, during the slow economic recovery, greater emphasis should be placed on quality in job creation;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Understands precarious work to mean, as a minimum definition, a non- standard, atypical form of employment having any of the following characteristics:Notes that some atypical forms of employment entail greater risks of precarious and insecure work, for example, marginal part-time work, temporary agency work, fixed-term contract work, zero-hour contracts and informal or undeclared work; the following characteristics may be indications of precarious work;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that decent work should specifically guarantee coverage by collective agreements, security of collective bargaining, equal pay for equal work in the same place, and protectionsocial security protection for members of the workers’ families as well, while supporting the work-life balance for all workers;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that numerous factors, such as digitalisation, are contributing to a radical transformation of work, with an increase in non-standard forms of employment trends that will intensify unless new regulation is put into place; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that work being transformed through digitalisation, and new employment being created as a result of it, is decent; takes the view that developments in the labour market are placing a burden on social security systems, and steps must be taken to provide lasting protection for those systems;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that social protection, and protection by collective agreements and collective bargaining, should be available to all workers; calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee effective protection for workers who perform work in the context of an employment relationship, and a comprehensive policy response that includes policies towards reducing and ultimately eradicating precarious work; calls for policies that empower workers by strengthening social dialogue and promoting the extension of collective bargaining, ensuring that all workers can access and exercise their right to associate, and to bargain collectively, freely and without fear;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to investigate the phenomenon of bogus self- employment more closely and define it more precisely so that fraudulent forms of self-employment can be tackled more effectively;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat non-standard, atypical and precarious forms of employment, in line with the ILO Decent Work Agenda and the European Social Charter;