Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States

Tabled by Laurence Trochu, Elena Donazzan, Nikola Bartůšek, Geadis Geadi, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Marion Maréchal, Guillaume Peltier, Nicolas Bay, Chiara Gemma

As a complementary solution to Removed: tapping Added: tapping, as a priority, the potential of the Union domestic workforce, Member States Removed: should Added: may attract talent and skills from outside the Union via legal migration Removed: pathways, Added: pathways strictly targeted at the proven needs of their labour market, while guaranteeing fair recruitment and labour and social rights. Added: In accordance with Article 79(5) TFEU, Member States retain the right to determine volumes of admission of third-country nationals coming to their territory in order to seek work. Admission for employment purposes should be conditional upon a job offer or an employment contract corresponding to a proven labour shortage. Member States should ensure that procedures to recognise qualifications of third-country nationals … legal migration procedures are simple, efficient and facilitate fast access to regulated Removed: professions. Added: professions, while maintaining quality standards. Any cooperation with third countries on labour mobility should be conditional upon their effective cooperation on the readmission of their nationals who are staying illegally. Member States should Removed: further engage in Talent Partnerships to enhance legal migration pathways by launching new mobility schemes and provide for an effective integration policy for workers and their families, encompassing education and training, employment, social protection, health and housing. Added: put in place a demanding integration policy, based on learning the language of the host country and on respect for its laws and for the values of the Union, and should be able to make access to certain support measures conditional upon effective participation in integration programmes. Member States should step up the fight against illegal employment of illegally staying third-country nationals, in particular through the effective application of Directive 2009/52/EC.

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE788.338