Motion for a resolution on the need to reduce work-related fatalities

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 2 · Motion for a resolution B10-0244/2026 (EMPL)Adopted

   Recital F

   Tabled by Andrzej Buła · PPE

   … several Member States have reported a significant increase in attacks against public Removed: service workers Added: authority officials performing law enforcement duties, as well as emergency rescue workers; whereas certain professional activities, in particular …

2. Amendment 4 · Motion for a resolution B10-0244/2026 (EMPL)Rejected

   Recital B a (new)

   Tabled by Jonas Sjöstedt, Hanna Gedin, Li Andersson +2 · The Left

   Added: Ba. whereas having clear rules and regulations on subcontracting benefits EU competitiveness and serious actors; whereas a system that lacks rules, regulations and enforcement creates uncertainty and a fertile ground for criminal infiltration, labour exploitation and fraudulent practices;

3. Amendment 5 · Motion for a resolution B10-0244/2026 (EMPL)Rejected

   Paragraph 1

   Tabled by Konstantinos Arvanitis, Marc Botenga · The Left

   … the Protection and Dignity of Workers, to be marked each year on Removed: 8 August, Added: 28 April to coincide with the ILO World Day for Safety and Health at Work, in memory of Added: historic tragedies such as the tragedy at the Bois du Cazier mine in Marcinelle, which, owing …

4. Amendment 6 · Motion for a resolution B10-0244/2026 (EMPL)Rejected

   Paragraph 17

   Tabled by Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure, Leila Chaibi +1 · The Left

   … to be credible and effective, they must be sufficiently dissuasive and proportionate; Added: calls for the strengthening of enforcement mechanisms, and for the possibility of criminal liability – including corporate liability and, where applicable under national law, corporate manslaughter – in cases of serious and deliberate breaches of occupational safety obligations resulting in fatalities, in order to ensure full accountability;

5. Amendment 7 · Motion for a resolution B10-0244/2026 (EMPL)Rejected

   Paragraph 17 a (new)

   Tabled by Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure, Leila Chaibi +1 · The Left

   Added: 17a. Calls, in particular, for labour inspectorate staffing to go beyond the benchmark of one inspector per 10 000 workers and move towards one per 5 000 workers, and for labour inspectorate staffing to be given effective powers, such as the power to order immediate work interruption in cases of serious and imminent danger, including extreme heat; calls on the Commission to support these objectives by publishing a recommendation and through regular reporting on implementation;

6. Amendment 8 · Motion for a resolution B10-0244/2026 (EMPL)Rejected

   Paragraph 21 a (new)

   Tabled by Jonas Sjöstedt, Hanna Gedin, Li Andersson +2 · The Left

   Added: 21a. Urges the Commission to adopt stricter rules on subcontracting, including safeguards for equal treatment of subcontracted workers, the introduction of dissuasive sanctions, and the possibility for Member States to uphold or introduce more protective national measures for workers; calls on the Commission, with the aim of strengthening transparency and accountability throughout the supply chain, to limit subcontracting to two levels, to require mandatory disclosure of subcontractors and the proportion of the contract intended for subcontracting, and to ensure that contractors bear full responsibility for their subcontractors; further calls for the establishment of joint and several liability between economic operators and subcontractors in the event of violations of labour laws or collective agreements;

7. Amendment 9 · Motion for a resolution B10-0244/2026 (EMPL)Rejected

   Paragraph 21 b (new)

   Tabled by Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure, Leila Chaibi +2 · The Left

   Added: 21b. Calls on the Commission to assess and propose EU-level measures to ensure that public procurement does not reward the lowest bid at the expense of occupational health and safety, including by strengthening training for contracting authorities, promoting occupational safety and health training requirements for economic operators and, where relevant, subcontractors, enabling the exclusion of operators convicted of serious breaches, and ensuring effective controls and dissuasive sanctions during contract performance;

8. Amendment 10 · Motion for a resolution B10-0244/2026 (EMPL)Rejected

   Recital E a (new)

   Tabled by Petar Volgin, Christine Anderson · ESN

   Added: Ea. whereas Eurostat data1a consistently show that men represent the overwhelming majority of victims of fatal workplace accidents in the EU, accounting for more than 90 % of such fatalities; whereas workplace health and safety strategies should therefore take proper account of sectoral and sex-specific exposure to physical occupational risks; ______________________ 1a Eurostat, ‘Fatal accidents at work per 100 000 workers, by sex’, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sdg_08_60/default/table?lang=en.

9. Amendment 11 · Motion for a resolution B10-0244/2026 (EMPL)Rejected

   Paragraph 15 a (new)

   Tabled by Petar Volgin, Christine Anderson · ESN

   Added: 15a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to integrate sex-disaggregated occupational mortality statistics more systematically into EU workplace safety policy, taking into account the fact that men account for over 90 % of fatal workplace accidents in the EU and are disproportionately represented in high-risk sectors; considers that uneven gender workplace risk contributes to gender pay disparities;

10. Amendment 15 · Motion for a resolution B10-0244/2026 (EMPL)Rejected

    Paragraph 12 a (new)

    Tabled by Pál Szekeres · PfE

    Added: 12a. Stresses that deliberate acts of violence against public authorities performing law enforcement duties, public service workers and emergency services workers are increasingly committed by illegal migrants;