RESOLUTION BOOKLET - European Youth Parliament

Rennes, 2008
2. Strongly encourages Member States to simplify the establishment procedure for small
businesses;
3. Further advises the creation of an EU wide website clarifying the above mentioned
procedure specific for each Member State;
4. Encourages Member States to review rates of employment taxes aiming to decrease
them, thus simplifying the process of establishing small businesses;
5. Requires governments to introduce the 'Service Voucher System' as a mean to declare
casual work;
6. Further invites Member States to reduce income tax for employers who use the 'Service
Voucher System';
7. Urges Member States to adopt a system whereby illegal workers can report anonymously
on their employers without the threat of punishment;
8. Endorses harsher punishments for employers who employ illegal workers such as raising
of financial fines and banning them from participation in public projects;
9. Calls upon employers to annually check their non nationalised employee’s immigration
status reporting it to the local employment authorities;
10. Encourages the European Employment Observatory (EEO) to closely monitor the local
employment authorities;
11. Proposes the creation of a programme along the lines of the Blue Card System
addressed to the unskilled workforce;
12. Recommends an public awareness campaigns such as billboard and television
advertising to raise the awareness of the consequences of illegal and unregistered work
targeting the most vulnerable groups.