With a view to preserving social peace and justice through
“more and better jobs”, the Assembly recommends that member States:
7.1 consolidate national strategies
for securing decent work conditions for their entire population
and promote intra-European convergence in this area;
7.2 ensure that work-related rights, conditions and protection,
as well as binding social and environmental clauses with accompanying
control mechanisms, are systematically built into bilateral and multilateral
free trade and investment agreements and into the new sustainable
development framework replacing MDGs after 2015;
7.3 guarantee coherent implementation of global core labour
norms and relevant provisions of the European Social Charter, in
particular those concerning freedom of association and collective bargaining,
fair remuneration and social coverage, non-discrimination and employment
services, protection of minors and a healthy and safe work environment;
7.4 adhere to the European Social Charter’s collective complaints
procedure, if they have not yet done so;
7.5 use contacts with employers’ associations and trade unions
with a view to enhancing corporate commitments to social dialogue;
job creation, preservation and sharing; adequate remuneration of capital
and labour; healthy workplace organisation and skills development;
7.6 ensure a level playing field for small, medium and large
enterprises, promote fair competition through national taxation
instruments and reinforce measures against tax avoidance;
7.7 secure a national living wage and social protection floors
at a level that corresponds to domestic development needs;
7.8 facilitate the mission of labour inspectorates and dialogue
between social partners to tackle irregular employment and abuses
in working conditions (notably as regards minimum and maximum working
hours, workplace safety and special protection for vulnerable population
groups);
7.9 use the funding and project opportunities available through
the Council of Europe Development Bank for targeted support to improve
employment offers for young people, minorities and the disabled;
7.10 put in place new communication channels (including social
media and networks) for reporting abuses of labour norms to public
authorities;
7.11 provide for safeguards and tough sanctions against irregular
employment and improve contractual social guarantees for posted,
young, migrant and domestic workers;
7.12 eliminate the pay gap between women and men;
7.13 address effectively youth unemployment and especially
the NEET category, by making interventions in the labour market
and education through training and employment programmes.