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Other Acts P6_TA-PROV (2010)0263 (06/07/2010)

Type: Acts of the European Union: European Parliament resolution on atypical contracts, secured professional paths, and new forms of social dialogue

Authority: European Authorities - European Union: European Parliament

Date: 07/06/2010

Subject: The European Parliament recommends that the priorities for labour law reform should focus on: extension of the protection of workers in atypical forms of employment; grouping atypical contracts together for the purpose of simplification; the sustainable creation of normal employment relationships; clarification of the situation of dependent employment, including preventive action with regard to the health and safety of atypical workers; action against undeclared work; support for the creation of new jobs, including under atypical contracts, and the facilitation of transitions between various types of employment and unemployment, through the promotion of policies such as special employment allowances, lifelong learning, retraining and on-the-job training. It points out that better reconciliation of work and private life can best be achieved by updating the standard employment model: permanent contracts with shorter full-time employment as the general norm, and the introduction of norms for part-time employment, so that only substantiated and socially protected part-time work will be offered to those who wish to work part-time; it stresses the need to put full-time and part-time employment on an equal footing as far as hourly wages, entitlements to education and lifelong learning, career opportunities and social protection are concerned. It believes that flexicurity cannot function properly without strong social protection and support for people re-entering the labour market, and it affirmed that the formal recognition of the role of the social partners in the new Treaty constitutes progress, as it recognises their autonomy and reaffirms the importance of their role in promoting social dialogue.

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 27 Worker’s rights: information - Worker’s rights: consultation - Art. 28 Rights of workers, employers and their organisations: organisation - Rights of workers, employers and their organisations: negotiations - Rights of workers, employers and their organisations: collective agreements - Rights of workers, employers and their organisations: collective actions - Rights of workers, employers and their organisations: strike - Art. 30 Protection against unjustified dismissal - Art. 31 Working conditions: healthy - Working conditions: safe - Working conditions: dignified - Art. 33 Family protection

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