Translation of "Job sharing " (English → French) :

whereas EU companies in the renewable energy sector, many of which are SMEs, employ 1,15 million people in Europe and have a 40 % share of all world patents for renewable technologies, making the EU a global leader; whereas, according to the Commission, 20 million jobs could be created between now and 2020 in the green economy, which is also a major opportunity for job creation in rural areas; whereas projects owned by SMEs, cooperatives and individuals play an important role in innovating and developing the renewable energy sector.

76. Emphasises the importance of creating appropriate conditions to ensure that older workers can stay longer in the labour market and of mainstreaming intergenerational solidarity and cooperation within the employment context and the implementation of initiatives promoting longer working lives such as job sharing, skills and career re-appraisal, employee volunteering and phased retirement, including among those who are freelancers;

76. Emphasises the importance of creating appropriate conditions to ensure that older workers can stay longer in the labour market and of mainstreaming intergenerational solidarity and cooperation within the employment context and the implementation of initiatives promoting longer working lives such as job sharing, skills and career re-appraisal, employee volunteering and phased retirement, including among those who are freelancers;

13. Calls on Member States to introduce new types of leave that make it possible to take paid leave for caring duties other than parental leave, and promote a more equal division of unpaid care between women and men, because informal care in the home restricts a carer's possibilities of working outside the home; takes the view that in this context one way to reduce poverty amongst older women is to support arrangements, such as part-time work and job-sharing, that provide the option of flexible working; stresses in this context, however, that the employment rights of flexible workers must be equal to those of full-time workers; points ...[+++] out that unemployment among older women must be tackled in order to achieve the employment objectives of the EU 2020 Strategy;

7. Recalls that boosting the number of jobs is a high priority; invites the Commission and the Member States to propose incentives and favourable conditions for the easy entry of young people into the labour market by supporting, for example, mentoring between workers having reached retirement age and young workers through job-sharing and part-time schemes, more intensive participation in extra-mural training, more part-time jobs and distance working for young people and for people with care responsibilities;

40. Suggests, on the basis of free collective bargaining or in consultation with works councils - in accordance with traditions of Member States - a cutback as soon as possible in companies resorting to early retirement, and calls on the Member States to promote the role of senior workers and encourage their employment; acknowledges, however, that for older workers who may no longer wish for a full-time occupation owing to the physical demands of their job, the possibilities of part-time work, flexible working hours, distance working or job-sharing may be explored, as an innovative form of gradual retirement limiting the stressful effec ...[+++]ts of retirement;