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Activity report

EMPL main achievements during the 8th legislature (2014-2019)

Introduction by the Chair

The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) is responsible for employment and social policy, workers’ rights, health and safety at work, the European Social Fund, vocational training, the free movement of workers and pensioners, social dialogue, discrimination at the workplace, and relations with the four agencies working within its remit[footnoteRef:1]. During the eight legislative term, the Committee had 55 full and 55 substitute members representing the Chamber’s eight political groups. [1: The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound), the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and the European Training Foundation (ETF). ]

Over the five past years, the Committee has been engaged in an important number of legislative and non-legislative activities with the aim to put employment and social policy at the centre of EU policy making and to modernise EU legislation in this area. We were in charge of 20 files under the ordinary legislative procedure (codecision) and adopted in total over 60 reports, 130 opinions to other Committees and 15 questions for oral answer and motions for resolution. While most of the procedures have been completed, some of them are still ongoing and will be carried over to the forthcoming legislature.

One of our core legislative files was the revision of the posting of workers directive, which will make the free movement of workers within the Union fairer and guarantee equal pay for equal work in the same place. Other important achievements were the improvements of the rules to protect workers from carcinogens and mutagens, the increased focus on skills and qualifications, the establishment of the network of European Employment Services and of the platform to fight against undeclared work, and the ongoing revision of the rules on social security coordination and preparation of the next Multiannual Financial Framework.

The Committee has intensely contributed to formulating the principles and rights defined under the European Pillar of Social Rights aiming to ensure equal opportunities and access to the labour market, fair working conditions and social protection and inclusion. We have also been very active in contributing to translate the Pillar into concrete results through the adoption of various pieces of legislation such as on work-life balance, on transparent and predictable working conditions or on the European Labour Authority.

It is important that we continue to deliver on the Pillar of Social Rights and engage for a fairer and more social Europe in order to improve the living and working conditions of our citizens and help tackle the EU’s economic, social and political challenges.

I wish you a pleasant read.

Thomas Händel, Chair

Legislative files

· European Social Fund Plus (ESF+)

Rapporteur: LOPE FONTAGNÉ Verónica (EPP)

File to be completed during the forthcoming legislative term.

In preparation of the upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027, Parliament adopted its position on the Commission proposal for a regulation on the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) on 16 January 2019. It proposes increasing ESF+ funding for the period 2021-2027 by approximately 19% compared to the European Commission proposal. It also suggests increasing resources devoted to youth employability and ensuring equal opportunities for children at risk of poverty or social exclusion.

The ESF+ aims to merge the existing European Social Fund (ESF), the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the Fund for European Aid to the most Deprived (FEAD), the Employment and Social Innovation Programme (EaSI) and the EU Health Programme. This merger should help streamline and simplify existing rules across the different funds and increase synergies between the components of the new European Social Fund+. This should make it easier for beneficiaries to access funding, help them combine different types of measures, and simplify funding management. The new fund will concentrate its investment in three main areas: education, employment and social inclusion. More information

· European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) 2021-2027

Rapporteur: ARENA Maria (S&D)

File to be completed during the forthcoming legislative term

The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was created in 2006 and aims to finance active labour market policies targeting workers who have lost their jobs because of trade adjustments. Since its creation, it has mobilised €611 million targeting 147,000 dismissed workers and young people not in employment, education or training. The Fund is currently under revision.

The Commission proposal introduces modifications to the eligibility criteria (especially regarding digitalisation and environmental changes), the co-financing rules and the mobilisation procedure. It is also proposed to maintain the EGF as a special instrument outside the MFF ceiling.

Parliament held its first reading on 16 January 2019. Among other things, MEPs propose to change the fund’s name to “European Fund for Transition”, to make it easier for the fund to help workers who were employed by small and medium-sized enterprises, and to speed up the application procedure. More information

· Work-life balance for parents and carers

Rapporteur: CASA David (EPP)

The new Directive on work-life balance for parents and carers aims to boost women’s participation in the labour market and to improve the access for working parents and carers to work-life balance arrangements. In particular, the Directive introduces at least ten working days of paternity leave for fathers and equivalent second parents paid at not less than the level of sick pay. It also foresees two months of non-transferable paid parental leave, aiming to creating the appropriate conditions for a more balanced distribution of caring responsibilities. Moreover, it allows for 5 days of carer’s leave per year for workers providing personal care to a relative or a person living in the same household and with a serious medical condition or age-related impairment. Finally, working parents and carers will be able to request an adjustment to their working patterns including, where feasible, through remote working or flexible schedules. More information

· Establishing a European Labour Authority

Rapporteur: LENAERS Jeroen (EPP)

The creation of the European Labour Authority (ELA) aims to ensure that EU rules on labour mobility are enforced in a fair, simple and effective way. To do so, ELA shall assist Member States and the European Commission in applying and enforcing the relevant EU legal acts in the field of labour mobility and social security coordination. ELA also aims to provide information for employees and employers to take full advantage of the principle of free movement and to ensure fair labour mobility. It will support cooperation between national authorities in cross-border situations by helping them ensure that the EU rules on mobility are easily and effectively followed. Moreover, ELA shall provide mediation and facilitate solutions in case of cross-border disputes on how to apply EU law on labour mobility issues. The Authority will start working in 2019 and become fully operational by 2023. More information

· Transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union

Rapporteur: CALVET CHAMBON Enrique (ALDE)

The new Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions in the EU complements and modernises existing obligations to inform each worker of his working conditions. It takes developments such as demographic change and digitalisation into account and creates new minimum standards to ensure that all workers, including those on atypical contracts (for instance domestic workers, platform workers or paid trainees) benefit from the increased predictability and clarity. Once entered into force, all workers need to be informed from day one, and no later than seven days where justified, of the essential aspects of their employment contract, such as a description of duties, a starting date, the duration, remuneration, standard working day or reference hours for those with unpredictable work schedules. There will also be more predictability regarding working hours and deadlines for cancellations for new forms of employment such as on-demand contracts. Furthermore, workers will be allowed to take up a job in parallel with another employer, the probationary period will be limited to a maximum of 6 months, and mandatory training foreseen in European and national legislation should be provided free of charge by the employer and count as working time. More information

· Establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples

Rapporteur: MESZERICS Tamás (Greens/EFA)

Social indicators play an essential role in informing and supporting the Union's key priorities for growth and job creation, the reduction of poverty and social exclusion, skills, mobility and the digital economy. In the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy and the reinforcement of the social dimension of the EU, a new Framework Regulation on the modernisation of social statistics relating to persons and households has been adopted. It encompasses and streamlines seven existing social surveys[footnoteRef:2] to make the data collection process more efficient and the statistical output more relevant. This will help to better support policy making in general and social policy in particular. More information [2: (1) labour market, (2) income and living conditions, (3) health, (4) education and training, (5) use of information and communication technologies, (6) time use, (7) consumption]

Protection of workers from carcinogens or mutagens at work

To better protect workers from the exposure to carcinogens and mutagens at the workplace and to increase the effectiveness of the EU framework and promote clarity for economic operators, three pieces of legislation were adopted, which amend a Directive of 2004. Thanks to this, working conditions of millions of workers across the Unions will be improved and thousands of cases of work-related cancer can be prevented.

· Amendment to Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work: exposure limit values

Rapporteur: ULVSKOG Marita (S&D)

The first directive adds 11 carcinogenic substances to the already existing list of dangerous substances and revises the limit values for two substances that were already listed. There will also be minimum requirements for eliminating and reducing all carcinogens and mutagens. Moreover, employers will have to identify and assess risks to workers who are associated with exposure to specific carcinogens and mutagens, and must prevent exposure where risks exist. More information

· Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work: limit values and skin notations

Rapporteur: ROLIN Claude (EPP)

The second revision of the Directive sets exposure limits on eight additional carcinogens or mutagens, including diesel fumes and used engine oil. It also includes skin notations for these substances, which are used to warn against the potential health effects associated with skin penetration. More information

· Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work: limit values

Rapporteur: AGEA Laura (EFFD)

The third Directive sets exposure limits on another five carcinogenic chemical agents, namely cadmium, beryllium, arsenic acid, formaldehyde and 4,4'-Methylene-bis (2-chloroaniline) (MOCA). More information

· Better services for skills and qualifications (Europass)

Co-Rapporteurs: MALINOV Svetoslav Hristov (EPP) and MANN Thomas (EPP)

The legislation on the Europass portal, one of the EU’s most used websites, has been updated in order to simplify and modernise it. Europass provides a transparent framework for professional documents such as CVs and standardises them so that people's skills and competences can be used and understood in any EU country. That makes educational and working mobility in Europe much easier. Thanks to the update, Europass became more accessible, including to people with a disability, and protects personal data more effectively. Moreover, the recruitment process has been made easier through a data system that makes the recognition of skills and qualifications more transparent across the EU. Finally, the new electronic tool “e-portfolio” allows gathering all the information about a person in one place. More information

Revision of the founding regulations of the tripartite agencies:

· European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)

Rapporteur: SANDER Anne (EPP)

· European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound)

Rapporteur: CALVET CHAMBON Enrique (ALDE)

· European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)

Rapporteur: HOC Czesław (ECR)

There are three tripartite agencies which provide the EU institutions and Member States with data and research in the field of employment and social policies: the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound), the European Agency for safety and health at work (EU-OSHA) and the European Centre for the development of vocational training (Cedefop).

In order to update their respective objectives, tasks and structures and to take into account recent societal, institutional and economic developments, their founding regulations have been revised. While each regulation contains agency-specific parts linked to the specific tasks and remits of each agency, most of the provisions of the founding regulations were aligned to the so-called Common Approach on Decentralised Agencies, a comprehensive set of guiding principles to make the agencies more coherent, effective and accountable. More information: Eurofound, EU-OSHA and Cedefop

· Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services

Co-rapporteurs: MORIN-CHARTIER Elisabeth (EPP), JONGERIUS Agnes (S&D)

The posting of workers plays an important role in the internal market, particularly in the cross-border provision of services. While the number of posted workers continues to increase significantly, problems such as unfair practices and unequal remuneration have arisen, and a better protection of the social rights of workers became necessary.

These and other challenges have been taken into account when revising the existing Directive on the posting of workers, which dated back to 1996. The new rules facilitate the transnational provision of services while ensuring better protection for posted workers and fair competition for companies. In particular, workers sent temporarily to another EU country will from now on get equal pay for equal work in the same place. More information

· Amending Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 on the European Social Fund, as regards an increase of the initial pre-financing amount paid to operational programmes supported by the Youth Employment Initiative

Rapporteur: MORIN-CHARTIER Elisabeth (EPP)

In order to address the high levels of youth unemployment in the EU, the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) provides support to young persons not in employment, education or training in the most affected regions. To ensure a quick response to fight youth unemployment, certain provisions have been laid down, foreseeing, among other things, the commitment of all the resources in the first two years of the programming period. However, the budgetary constraints faced by Member States and the lack of available funding at the initial stage of the programming period have caused significant delays in the implementation of the YEI. Therefore, the co-legislators amended Regulation 1304/2013 on the European Social Fund so that substantial funding could be released to Member States in the form of pre-financing, which in 2015 was exceptionally increased from 1-1,5% to 30% of the special YEI budget line. More information

· Establishment of a European Platform to enhance cooperation in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work

Rapporteur: PIRINSKI Georgi (S&D)

The European Platform tackling undeclared work was launched in 2016 to enhance cooperation among competent actors to combat undeclared work more effectively. There was no EU-level cooperation in this area prior to this since the responsibility to fight undeclared work is with the Member States. The platform brings together EU national authorities, social partners and the European Commission who regularly come together to exchange information and good practices, learn from each other and engage in closer cross-border activities. More information

· European network of Employment Services, workers' access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets

Rapporteur: BECKER Heinz K. (EPP)

The network of European Employment Services EURES provides information, advice and recruitment services to workers and employers and thus helps to enhance intra-EU labour mobility. In 2016, the new EURES Regulation has been adopted to better reflect new mobility patterns, technological changes and recruitment channels. Through improved tools, the inclusion of new service providers and increased transparency, EURES shall become a true European placement and recruitment tool. It improves coordination and information exchange on national labour shortages and surpluses among EU countries and provides candidates and employers support services such as language courses as well as information about social security, healthcare, taxation and labour law to facilitate recruitment and integrate workers in the new post abroad. More information

· Directive (EU) 2015/1794 on seafarers amending Directives 2008/94/EC, 2009/38/EC, 2002/14/EC, 98/59/EC and 2001/23/EC

Rapporteur: MORIN-CHARTIER Elisabeth (EPP)

In order to improve the rights of seafarers, the co-legislators amended the scope of several European labour law Directives. As a result, seafarers now enjoy the same rights as employees on-shore, and their living and working conditions have been improved. As the number of EU seafarers has been steadily decreasing over the last years, this amended legislation also aims to increase the attractiveness of working in the maritime sector and avoid labour shortages. More information

· Contingency measures in the field of social security coordination following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU

Co-Rapporteurs: HARKIN Marian (ALDE), LAMBERT Jean (Greens/EFA)

The Regulation on establishing contingency measures in the field of social security coordination following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the EU aims to ensure that in case the UK leaves the EU on 30 March this year without a deal, the entitlements of those people who exercised their right to free movement before the UK's withdrawal are safeguarded. These rights include periods of insurance, (self) employment or residence in the UK prior to its withdrawal. In concrete terms, this means that if, for example, an EU27 citizen worked for several years in the UK before Brexit, this period should be taken into account when this person’s pension rights are calculated in the EU Member State where he/she retires. The measures will enter into force only if the UK leaves the EU with no withdrawal agreement in place. More information

· Coordination of social security systems

Rapporteur: BALAS Guillaume (S&D)

File to be completed during the forthcoming legislative term

Making the coordination of social security systems across the EU clearer, fairer and simpler and taking into account recent social, economic and political developments is the aim of the ongoing revision of the regulations in this area. Coordination of social security systems is of vital importance in order to guarantee that EU citizens do not lose their social security protection when moving to another Member State. The revision aims to facilitate the free movement of workers and protect their rights. It shall also reinforce the tools for national authorities to fight abuse or fraud and make a closer link between the place where contributions are paid and where benefits are claimed, ensuring a fair financial distribution of burden between Member States. The amending regulation focuses on five areas: unemployment benefits, long-term care benefits, access to benefits for economically inactive persons, family benefits and applicable legislation for posted workers and persons working in two or more Member States. More information

On 10 April 2019, the Council Presidency informed the EP that it has not succeeded to secure a qualified majority in Council to approve the provisional political agreement, found on 19 March 2019 between the EP, the Council Presidency and the Commission after 8 trilogue negotiations.

On 18 April 2019, the EP plenary decided to adjourn the vote on the EMPL report. This means that the EMPL report of 20 November 2018 falls under the category of “unfinished business”, i.e. it is deemed to have lapsed unless the next Parliament decides to continue based on this report.

Annexe I

Consent and consultation procedures

1. Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States for 2019

Rapporteur: Greens/EFA: Mitrofanovs


Rapporteur: Greens/EFA: Mitrofanovs


Rapporteur: EFDD: Agea



5. Decision establishing the Social Protection Committee and repealing Decision 2004/689/EC

Rapporteur: S&D: Ulvskog

6. Decision establishing the Employment Committee and repealing Decision 2000/98/EC


7. Authorisation for Member States to ratify the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention of the ILO with regard to matters related to social policy

Rapporteur: GUE/NGL: Le Hyaric

8. International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel, 1995, of the IMO

Rapporteur: EPP: Ribeiro

9. Protocol to the EC/ Switzerland Agreement on the free movement of persons, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the EU

Rapporteur: EPP: Jazłowiecka

10. Tripartite Social Summit for Growth and Employment

Rapporteur: EPP: Sógor

Legislative opinions

1. Activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (recast) Rapporteur: EPP: Lenaers

2. Personal protective equipment


3. European Fund for Strategic Investments


4. Common provisions on the European Funds as regards specific measures for Greece

Rapporteur: GUE/NGL: Händel

5. Establishment of the Structural Reform Support Programme for the period 2017 to 2020 Rapporteur: EPP: Sógor

6. Approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services*

Rapporteur: EPP: Kósa

7. Recognition of professional qualifications in inland navigation*

Rapporteur: GUE/NGL: Boylan

8. Conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly skilled employment*

Rapporteur: Greens/EFA: Lambert

9. Standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted and amending Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents

Rapporteur: S&D: Benifei

10. Standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast) Rapporteur: S&D: Benifei

11. Amending Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European statistical programme 2013-17, by extending it to 2018-2020 Rapporteur: S&D: Arena

12. Financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union*

Rapporteur: EPP: Lavrilleux

13. Extension of the duration of the European Fund for Strategic Investments as well as the introduction of technical enhancements for that Fund and the European Investment Advisory Hub

Rapporteur: EPP: Hetman

14. Cross-border exchange between the Union and third countries of accessible format copies of certain works and other subject-matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled

Rapporteur: ECR: Stevens

15. Permitted uses of works and other subject-matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled and amending Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society


16. Preventive restructuring frameworks, second chance and measures to increase the efficiency of restructuring, insolvency and discharge procedures

Rapporteur: S&D: Martin

17. Legal and operational framework of the European services e-card

Rapporteur: EPP: Šojdrová

18. Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing a European services e-card and related administrative facilities

Rapporteur: ALDE: Harkin

19. European Solidarity Corps*


20. Pursuing the occupation of road transport operator and access to the international road haulage market

Rapporteur: EPP: Lope Fontagné

21. Amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 as regards on minimum requirements on maximum daily and weekly driving times, minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods and Regulation (EU) 165/2014 as regards positioning by means of tachographs*

Rapporteur: EPP: Bach

22. Enforcement requirements and specific rules for posting drivers in the road transport sector*

Rapporteur: ALDE: Dlabajová

23. Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP)

Rapporteur: EPP: Becker

24. Increase of the financial envelope of the Structural Reform Support Programme and adapt its general objective

Rapporteur: EPP: Sógor

25. Protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law

Rapporteur: GUE/NGL: Sylikiotis

26. Cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions*

Rapporteur: ECR: McIntyre

27. Minimum level of training of seafarers


28. 'Erasmus': the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport

Rapporteur: S&D: Pavel

29. Establishing the Rights and Values programme


30. Common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum and Migration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Border Management and Visa Instrument

Rapporteur: S&D: Jongerius

31. Establishment of a European Investment Stabilisation Function

Rapporteur: ALDE: Calvet Chambon

32. Establishing the European Solidarity Corps programme*

Rapporteur: EPP: Clune

Non-legislative reports

1. European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and Social Aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2015

Rapporteur: S&D: Gutiérrez Prieto

2. Green Employment Initiative: Tapping into the job creation potential of the green economy


3. The EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014-2020

Rapporteur: S&D: Christensen

4. Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century: matching skills and qualifications with demand and job opportunities, as a way to recover from the crisis

Rapporteur: ALDE: Dlabajová

5. Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation in combatting unemployment

Rapporteur: EPP: Lope Fontagné

6. Reducing inequalities with a special focus on child poverty

Rapporteur: GUE/NGL: Zuber

7. Skills policies for fighting youth unemployment

Rapporteur: EPP: Plura

8. Workers representation on the supervisory or administrative bodies of undertakings in Europe(procedure to be resumed during the forthcoming parliamentary term)


9. Social dumping in the European Union

Rapporteur: S&D: Balas

10. Meeting the antipoverty target in the light of increasing household costs

Rapporteur: Greens/EFA: Meszerics

11. Refugees: Social inclusion and integration into the labour market


12. How best to harness the job creation potential of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)?

Rapporteur: ECR: Krasnodębski

13. Working conditions and precarious employment




15. Creating Labour Market Conditions Favourable for Work-Life Balance

Co-Rapporteurs: Greens/EFA: Ždanoka, S&D: Blinkevičiūtė

16. A European Pillar of Social Rights

Rapporteur: S&D: Rodrigues

17. Combating inequalities as a lever to boost job creation and growth

Rapporteur: S&D: López

18. Minimum income policies as a tool to tackle poverty



Rapporteur: ALDE: Toom

20. A new skills agenda for Europe

Co-Rapporteurs: ALDE: Dlabajová, S&D: Nekov

21. Pathways for the reintegration of workers recovering from injury and illness into quality employment

Rapporteur: ECR: Žitňanská



23. The role of Employee Financial Participation in creating jobs and reactivating the unemployed

Rapporteur: ALDE: Weber

24. Employment and social policies of the euro area




Implementation reports

1. Report on the implementation, results and overall assessment of the 2012 European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations

Rapporteur: EPP: Kukan

2. Implementation of the European Progress Microfinance Facility

Rapporteur: EPP: Schulze

3. Application of the Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation ("Employment Equality Directive")

Rapporteur: ALDE: Weber

4. Report on the application of Council Directive 2010/18/EU of 8 March 2010 implementing the revised Framework Agreement on parental leave concluded by BUSINESSEUROPE, UEAPME, CEEP and ETUC and repealing Directive 96/34/EC Rapporteur: S&D: Arena

5. Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with special regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN CRPD Committee


6. The implementation of the Youth Employment Initiative in the Member States

Rapporteur: EPP: Tomc

7. Implementation of the European Disability Strategy


8. The activities, impact and added value of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund between 2007 and 2014


Non-legislative opinions

1. European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2014 priorities*


2. General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 - all sections

Rapporteur: S&D: Arena

3. Discharge 2013: European Training Foundation (ETF)


4. Discharge 2013: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP)


5. Discharge 2013: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)


6. Discharge 2013: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND)


7. Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2013 : performance, financial management and control


8. Discharge 2013: EU general budget - European Commission


9. European Central Bank Annual Report for 2013

Rapporteur: EPP: Casa

10. The EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015

Rapporteur: EPP: Kozłowska-Rajewicz

11. European Investment Bank - Annual Report 2013


12. The review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges

Rapporteur: EPP: Sander

13. Report on the application of Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation

Rapporteur: S&D: Blinkevičiūtė

14. Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT): State of Play and Outlook




16. The urban dimension of EU policies

Rapporteur: S&D: Regner

17. Family Businesses in Europe


18. Resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy

Rapporteur: EFDD: Beghin

19. Investment for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in the Union


20. Untapping the potential of Research and Innovation in the Blue Economy to create Jobs and Growth


21. Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality


22. Cohesion policy and marginalised communities


23. Promoting youth entrepreneurship through education and training


24. Gender equality and empowering women in the digital age

Rapporteur: S&D: Steinruck

25. Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)


26. Implementation of the 2010 recommendations of Parliament on social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility

Rapporteur: EFDD: Beghin

27. 2016 Budget - Mandate for the Trilogue


28. The European Structural and Investment Funds and sound economic governance: guidelines for the implementation of Article 23 of the Common Provisions Regulation

Rapporteur: S&D: López

29. Women domestic workers and carers in the EU

Rapporteur: GUE/NGL: González Peñas

30. Implementation of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Korea

Rapporteur: S&D: Simon

31. EEA-Switzerland: Obstacles with regard to the full implementation of the internal market

Rapporteur: EPP: Sander

32. The situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration

Rapporteur: EPP: Morin-Chartier

33. Civil Law Rules on Robotics


34. A new forward-looking and innovative future strategy on trade and investment

Rapporteur: S&D: Schuster

35. Towards a Digital Single Market Act*

Rapporteur: S&D: Steinruck

36. Discharge 2014: EU general budget - European Commission




38. Discharge 2014 : European Training Foundation (ETF)


39. Discharge 2014: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)


40. Discharge 2014: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)


41. Discharge 2014: Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2014: performance, financial management and control


42. Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)


43. New territorial development tools in Cohesion policy 2014-2020: Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) and Community-Led Local Development (CLLD)

Rapporteur: EPP: Šojdrová

44. How can the CAP improve job creation in rural areas?

Rapporteur: GUE/NGL: López Bermejo

45. Poverty: a gender perspective*


46. Erasmus+ and other tools to foster mobility in VET – a lifelong learning approach*

Rapporteur: ALDE: Calvet Chambon

47. Monitoring the application of Union law. 2014 Annual Report


48. An EU strategy for the Alpine region

Rapporteur: EPP: Lavrilleux

49. Implementation report on Erasmus +

Rapporteur: S&D: Pavel

50. Preparation of the post-electoral revision of the MFF 2014-2020: Parliament's input ahead of the Commission's proposal

Rapporteur: S&D: Pirinski

51. Budgetary capacity for the euro area (opinion rejected)


52. New opportunities for small transport businesses, including collaborative business models

Rapporteur: S&D: Gentile

53. Assessment of the EU Youth Strategy 2013-2015

Rapporteur: EPP: Vandenkendelaere

54. The Single Market Strategy

Rapporteur: ECR: Trebesius

55. Report on the application of the Postal Services Directive

Rapporteur: EPP: Bach

56. Interpretation and implementation of the interinstitutional agreement on Better Law-Making




58. EU options for improving access to medicines (opinion rejected)

Rapporteur: ENF: Mélin

59. The need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the Gender Pension Gap*


60. An Aviation Strategy for Europe*

Rapporteur: S&D: Christensen

61. The implementation of the European Fund for Strategic Investments

Rapporteur: EPP: Tomc

62. Investing in jobs and growth - maximising the contribution of European Structural and Investment Funds: an evaluation of the report under Article 16(3) of the CPR*

Rapporteur: S&D: Pirinski

63. Statute for social and solidarity-based enterprises*

Rapporteur: EPP: Becker

64. The status of fish stocks and the socio-economic situation of the fishing sector in the Mediterranean

Rapporteur: GUE/NGL: Pimenta Lopes



66. EU flagship initiative on the garment sector


67. Discharge 2015: General budget of the EU - European Commission




69. Discharge 2015: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)


70. 2015 discharge: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)


71. 2015 discharge: European Training Foundation (ETF)


72. 2015 discharge: Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agencies for the financial year 2015: performance, financial management and control


73. Legitimate measures to protect whistle-blowers acting in the public interest when disclosing the confidential information of companies and public bodies


74. Control of spending and monitoring of EU Youth Guarantee schemes cost-effectiveness


75. The functioning of franchising in the retail sector (opinion rejected)

Rapporteur: ENF: Martin

76. Digitising European industry

Rapporteur: S&D: Lauristin

77. European Agenda for the collaborative economy*

Rapporteur: S&D: Schuster

78. The implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the EU institutional framework

Rapporteur: EPP: Kukan

79. Increasing engagement of partners and visibility in the performance of European Structural and Investment Funds

Rapporteur: EPP: Rolin

80. Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Private and Public Sectors in the EU




82. The next MFF: Preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020


83. Economic policies of the euro area*

Rapporteur: ALDE: Toom

84. 2016 discharge: EU general budget - Commission


85. 2016 discharge: European Centre for the Development of Vocational training (Cedefop)


86. 2016 discharge: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND)


87. 2016 discharge: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)


88. 2016 discharge: European Training Foundation (ETF)


89. 2016 discharge: Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the EU's agencies for the financial year 2016: performance, financial management and control


90. Gender Equality in the Media Sector in the EU


91. Modernisation of Education in the EU*


92. Implementation report on the EU Youth Strategy

Rapporteur: GUE/NGL: Pimenta Lopes

93. Strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion in the European Union: the 7th report of the European Commission


94. Discharge 2017: General budget of the EU - European Commission




96. Discharge 2017: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND)




98. Discharge 2017: European Training Foundation (ETF)


99. Discharge 2017: Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the agencies of the European Union for the financial year 2017: performance, financial management and control


100. Budgetary Control of financing NGOs from the EU Budget

Rapporteur: Greens/EFA: Zdanoka

Questions for oral answer and motions for resolution

1. Employment and social aspects of the EU2020 strategy

2. Promotion of Employee Financial participation

3. Minimum rates of pay applicable for road transport operations

4. The integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market

5. What is Social Triple A?

6. Minimum income

7. Implementing the Agreement concluded between the General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives in the European Union (COGECA), the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) and the Association of National Organisations of Fishing Enterprises (EUROPÊCHE) of 21 May 2012 as amended on 8 May 2013 concerning the implementation of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 of the ILO

8. Youth Guarantee and Youth Employment Initiative

9. Corporate Social Responsibility

10. Establishing a Skills Guarantee

11. European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning

12. European Solidarity Corps

13. European Framework for Quality and Effective Apprenticeships

14. Working conditions and precarious employment

15. Access to social protection for workers and the self-employed

Annexe II

List of EMPL Bureau 1st half of the 8th legislative term

Thomas HÄNDEL (GUE/NGL) - Chair

Marita ULVSKOG (S&D)- Vice-Chair

Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA (EPP) - Vice-Chair

Ulla TØRNÆS (ALDE) - Vice-Chair

Agnes JONGERIUS (S&D) - Vice-Chair

List of EMPL Bureau 2nd half of the 8th legislative term

Thomas HÄNDEL (GUE/NGL) - Chair

Marita ULVSKOG (S&D)- Vice-Chair

Claude ROLIN (EPP)- Vice-Chair

Morten LØKKEGAARD[footnoteRef:3] , replaced by Renate WEBER (ALDE) - Vice-Chair [3: from 16-03-2016 to 18-01-2017]

Agnes JONGERIUS (S&D) - Vice-Chair

List of EMPL Coordinators 1st half of the 8th legislative term

EPP David Casa, Coordinator; Heinz K. Becker, Vice-Coordinator

S&D Jutta Steinruck, Coordinator

ECRAnthea McIntyre, Coordinator; Ulrike Trebesius, Vice-Coordinator

ALDEMarian Harkin, Coordinator; Martina Dlabajova - Vice-Coordinator

GUE/NGL Rina Ronja Kari, Co-Cordinator; Inês Zuber, Co-Coordinator

Greens/EFA Jean Lambert, Coordinator

EFDD Laura Agea, Coordinator

ENF[footnoteRef:4] Dominique Martin, Coordinator [4: as of 15 -06-2015]

List of EMPL Coordinators 2nd half of the 8th legislative term

EPP David Casa, Coordinator; Heinz K. Becker, Vice-Coordinator

S&D Agnes Jongerius, Coordinator

ECRAnthea McIntyre, Coordinator; Ulrike Trebesius, Vice-Coordinator

ALDEEnrique Calvet Chambon, Coordinator; Martina Dlabajova - Vice-Coordinator

GUE/NGLRina Ronja Kari, Co-Cordinator; João Limenta Lopes, Co-Cordinator

Greens/EFA Jean Lambert, Coordinator

EFDD Laura Agea, Coordinator

ENF Dominique Martin, Coordinator

Annexe III

List of full Members of the EMPL Committee during the 1st half of the 8th legislative term:

AGEA Laura

BALAS Guillaume

BEGHIN Tiziana

BENIFEI Brando

BIZZOTTO Mara

BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ Vilija

CALVET CHAMBON Enrique

CASA David

CHRISTENSEN Ole

COLLINS Jane

DLABAJOVÁ Martina

FOUNTOULIS Lampros

GENTILE Elena

GERICKE Arne

HARKIN Marian

HOC Czesław

HÄNDEL Thomas

JAZŁOWIECKA Danuta

JONGERIUS Agnes

KARI Rina Ronja

KELLER Jan

KÓSA Ádám

KOZŁOWSKA-RAJEWICZ Agnieszka

KUNEVA Kostadinka

LAMBERT Jean

LAVRILLEUX Jérôme

LE HYARIC Patrick

LENAERS Jeroen

LOPE FONTAGNÉ Verónica

LÓPEZ Javi

MANN Thomas

MARTIN Dominique

MCINTYRE Anthea

MÉLIN Joëlle

MORIN-CHARTIER Elisabeth

PAVEL Emilian

PIRINSKI Georgi

PLURA Marek

REINTKE Terry

RIBEIRO Sofia

RODRIGUES Maria João

ROLIN Claude

SANDER Anne

SCHULZE Sven

SIMON Siôn

STEINRUCK Jutta

TOMC Romana

TOOM Yana

TREBESIUS Ulrike

TØRNÆS Ulla

ULVSKOG Marita

WEBER Renate

ŽDANOKA Tatjana

ŽITŇANSKÁ Jana

ZUBER Inês Cristina

List of full Members of the EMPL Committee during the 2nd half of the 8th legislative term:

AGEA Laura

AKER Tim

BALAS Guillaume

BEGHIN Tiziana

BENIFEI Brando

BIZZOTTO Mara

BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ Vilija

CALVET CHAMBON Enrique

CASA David

CHRISTENSEN Ole

DETJEN Michael

DIDIER Geoffroy

DLABAJOVÁ Martina

FOUNTOULIS Lampros

GENTILE Elena

GERICKE Arne

HÄNDEL Thomas

HARKIN Marian

HOC Czesław

JAZŁOWIECKA Danuta

JONGERIUS Agnes

KARI Rina Ronja

KELLER Jan

KÓSA Ádám

KOZŁOWSKA-RAJEWICZ Agnieszka

KUNEVA Kostadinka

LAMBERT Jean

LAVRILLEUX Jérôme

LE HYARIC Patrick

LENAERS Jeroen

LOPE FONTAGNÉ Verónica

LÓPEZ Javi

MCINTYRE Anthea

MANN Thomas

MARTIN Dominique

MÉLIN Joëlle

MITROFANOVS Miroslavs

MORIN-CHARTIER Elisabeth

PAVEL Emilian

PIMENTA LOPES João

PIRINSKI Georgi

PLURA Marek

RADTKE Dennis

REINTKE Terry

RIBEIRO Sofia

ROCHEFORT Robert

RODRIGUES Maria João

ROLIN Claude

SIMON Siôn

TOMC Romana

TOOM Yana

TREBESIUS Ulrike

ULVSKOG Marita

WEBER Renate

ŽITŇANSKÁ Jana

List of substitute Members of the EMPL Committee during the 1st half of the 8th legislative term:

AIUTO Daniela

AKER Tim

ALLIOT-MARIE Michèle

ARENA Maria

ARNAUTU Marie-Christine

BACH Georges

BASHIR Amjad

BECKER Heinz K.

BOYLAN Lynn

BRIOIS Steeve

BROK Elmar

CAVADA Jean-Marie

CLUNE Deirdre

COSTA Silvia

DELLI Karima

DIACONU Mircea

ESTARÀS FERRAGUT Rosa

GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS Tania

GRÄßLE Ingeborg

GRIESBECK Nathalie

GUOGA Antanas

GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO Sergio

HETMAN Krzysztof

JALKH Jean-François

KAILI Eva

KOCH Dieter-Lebrecht

KRASNODĘBSKI Zdzisław

KUKAN Eduard

KUMPULA-NATRI Miapetra

LAURISTIN Marju

LÓPEZ BERMEJO Paloma

MARINHO E PINTO António

MARTIN Edouard

MESZERICS Tamás

REGNER Evelyn

SCHUSTER Joachim

SIPPEL Birgit

SÓGOR Csaba

ŠOJDROVÁ Michaela

STARBATTY Joachim

STEVENS Helga

SYLIKIOTIS Neoklis

TĂNĂSESCU Claudiu Ciprian

VAJGL Ivo

VANA Monika

VANDENKENDELAERE Tom

WILLMOTT Glenis

ZANONATO Flavio

ZARIANOPOULOS Sotirios

ZIMMER Gabriele

ZŁOTOWSKI Kosma

List of substitute Members of the EMPL Committee during the 2nd half of the 8th legislative term:

ARENA Maria

ARNAUTU Marie-Christine

BACH Georges

BASHIR Amjad

BECKER Heinz K.

BOURS Louise

BOYLAN Lynn

BRIOIS Steeve

BROK Elmar

CAVADA Jean-Marie

CLUNE Deirdre

COSTA Silvia

D'AMATO Rosa

DELLI Karima

DIACONU Mircea

ESTARÀS FERRAGUT Rosa

GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS Tania

GRIESBECK Nathalie

GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO Sergio

HETMAN Krzysztof

KAILI Eva

KOCH Dieter-Lebrecht

KRASNODĘBSKI Zdzisław

KUKAN Eduard

KUMPULA-NATRI Miapetra

LECHEVALIER Christelle

LÓPEZ BERMEJO Paloma

MARINHO E PINTO António

MARTIN Edouard

MAYER Alex

MESZERICS Tamás

MUSSOLINI Alessandra

PALMER Rory

REGNER Evelyn

SANDER Anne

SCHULZE Sven

SCHUSTER Joachim

SELIMOVIC Jasenko

SIPPEL Birgit

SÓGOR Csaba

ŠOJDROVÁ Michaela

STEVENS Helga

SYLIKIOTIS Neoklis

TĂNĂSESCU Claudiu Ciprian

VAJGL Ivo

VANA Monika

VANDENKENDELAERE Tom

VISTISEN Anders Primdahl

ZAGORAKIS Theodoros

ZANONATO Flavio

ZARIANOPOULOS Sotirios

ZIMMER Gabriele

ZŁOTOWSKI Kosma

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