C 15/150
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
12.1.2022
Thursday 20 May 2021
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Stresses the need for full digitalisation of procedures regarding labour mobility and the posting of workers in order to improve the provision and exchange of information between national authorities, and to enable the effective enforcement, including via the establishment of a one-stop helpdesk for workers and future employers on applicable Union rules, based both digitally and physically within the ELA; urges the Member States to fully support the digitalisation of public services, in particular social security institutions, in order to facilitate European worker mobility procedures while guaranteeing the portability of rights and compliance with obligations linked to the freedom of movement; stresses the need to create better statistical tools to measure skills mismatches in European labour markets and to assess the needs of labour markets and the differences between them; highlights the importance of EURES, and draws attention in particular to the linking of EURES activities to labour market needs in order to meet priority sectoral and skills needs and to support jobseekers in finding new employment; 39.
Calls on the Commission to proceed, within a reasonable time frame, with the evaluation of the ELA’s mandate, after the Authority has become fully operational for at least two years; urges the Commission to involve stakeholders with profound knowledge of different labour market models in the work and evaluations of the ELA; 40.
Calls on the Commission to propose a legislative framework with a view to regulating teleworking conditions across the EU, and to ensure decent working and employment conditions; 41.
Calls on the Commission, the Member States and local authorities to work together with the social partners and the ELA to formulate specific sectoral strategies to not only promote and facilitate the voluntary mobility of workers, but also to design and implement necessary support structures for upskilling and reskilling of workers, implementing the relevant public policies and providing high-quality job opportunities that match workers’ skills; emphasises the added value of the mutual recognition of the compatibility of skills and qualifications, supported by current recognition mechanisms such as the EURES job mobility portal, the Europass online platform and the ESCO classification system; 42.
Is concerned that access to information for employees and employers on mobility of labour and services still remains a challenge; notes that information on employment conditions and collective agreements which is made available on single official national websites is very often limited in nature and is accessible only in a few languages; calls on the Commission, therefore, to improve access to information by creating a single template for official national websites; 43.
Urges the Member States to ensure adequate social security coordination, including through the ongoing revision of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004, and by strengthening the portability of rights, paying particular attention to the portability of social security benefits for persons with disabilities; stresses that digitalisation provides an unprecedented opportunity to facilitate MSME cross border operability while ensuring strict compliance with fair mobility rules; stresses the importance of prior notification and the application of A1 certificates before the start of the worker’s cross-border assignment; 44.
Stresses that the enforcement of Union rules on labour mobility must ensure the principle of equal treatment, the principle of non-discrimination and the protection of workers, and reduce unnecessary administrative burden; 45.
Calls on the Commission to examine protection gaps and consider the need for a revision of Directive 2008/104/EC on temporary agency work in order to ensure decent working and employment conditions for temporary agency workers; 46.
Stresses that workers with disabilities continue to face multiple obstacles that make it difficult or impossible for them to fully benefit from the free movement of services; calls on the Member States to implement without delay Directive (EU) 2019/882 (the European Accessibility Act) in order to effectively remove barriers for workers with disabilities, and to ensure the availability of accessible services, as well as the suitability of the conditions under which services are provided; highlights the paramount importance of achieving a fully accessible single market that ensures the equal treatment and economic and social integration of workers with disabilities; 47.
Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.