25 Amendments of Terry REINTKE related to 2015/2222(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender equality between women and men is a founding principle of the European Union, enshrined in the Treaty on European Union but far from being achieved, and is ranked among its objectives and tasks, and whereas gender equality and diversity in worker representation at board level of companies is a key democratic principle with positive economic side-effects such as inclusive strategic decision making and a reduction in the gender pay gap as well as the gender pension gap;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas only 21% of European listed companies guarantee workers' representation at board level and there are still 10 Member States with no or very limited participation rights; whereas workers' participation strengthens European democracy and decision- making in diversity in practice, and whereas female workers' participation is one of the key elements that enhances productivity and economic growth;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the development of the European Union and the European social model require a strengthening of democracy towards a socially just, more sustainable and inclusive society, including economic democracy;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas only 21% of European listed companies guarantee workers' representation on board level and there are still 10 Member States with no or very limited participation rights;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas diversity in supervisory and administrative bodies, including through the participation of women and young people, brings along more diversity in experiences and ideas which generates a greater variety of possible answers to different challenges such as fluctuating markets and costumer demands;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas workers' participation strengthens European democracy and decision-making in diversity in practice, and whereas female workers' participation is one of the key elements that enhances productivity and economic growth;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Calls on the Commission to improve the EU company law framework so as to ensure that every company is required not only to respect existing workers' representation at board level but also to adopt the highest level of participation; calls on the Commission to safeguard pre- existing national rights in companies by closing loopholes in the SE Directive1 and the SUP proposal2a ; __________________ 1a Council Directive 2001/86/EC supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees 2a Proposal for a Directive on single-member private limited liability companies
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on all the Members States to implement the concept of workers' representation at board level and introduce legislative measures requiring quotas in order to increase gender balance in worker representation at board level; calls for a monitoring system to be put in place and any non-compliance with quota requirements to result in sanctions consistent with national company laws;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote gender equality in workers' representation at board level and to closely monitor and follow up the progress made;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the scope and intensity of worker participation vary greatly, but it has proved fruitful and effective, and whereas the countries concerned are essentially economically successful ones;16 ; __________________ 16 http://www.worker- participation.eu/About-WP/European- Participation-Index-EPI
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas strong workers' rights contribute verifiably to achieving the Europe 2020 targets 1a and companies with worker participation have tended to weather the crisis better than others17 ; __________________ 1a ETUI (2016) Benchmarking Working Europe 2016 17 Kleinknecht R. (2015) Employee participation in corporate governance: implications for company resilience, http://ejd.sagepub.com/content/21/1/57.abs tract
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the economic model based on the short-term ‘shareholder value’ principle has failed in the financial crisis; while the economic model based on worker ownership has proved a better resilience in terms of enterprises closing, job losses and level of indebtedness;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Commission and the Member States to step up their capacity for collecting gender-segregated statistics about worker board-level representatives and to analyse them in order to monitor the number of women and men in key decision-making positions so as to ensure the promotion of gender equality at board level in Europe.;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas giving priority to the fundamental economic freedoms in the European Union over employment and social rights often leads to the erosion of the national worker representation, not only at supervisory board level;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and its agencies on a regular basis and systematically to gather, evaluate and publish data and good examples relating to worker representation at supervisory board level, and to monitor its overall development in the EU;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote gender equality in workers' representation in supervisory and administrative bodies and to closely monitor and follow up the progress made;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote the participation of young workers in supervisory and administrative bodies by providing information on workers' representation and by working towards their participation proportionate to their share of the company's workforce;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to ensure that provision is made for employee representation at supervisory board level in drafting all new EU legislative acts or revising existing ones in the context of European company law that aim at enhancing information, participation and consultation of workers;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Council, the Member States and the Commission to promote, respect and protect existing national forms of worker representation at supervisory board level in the EU and to counter any attempt to use existing EU law to circumvent or abuse such arrangements by establishing a strong basis for workers' representation at EU level; calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of making appropriate changes in the relevant European Treaties or legislative acts;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the establishment and the development of worker cooperatives since by their own nature and legal requirements defining them they ensure workers participation in supervisory and administrative bodies but also workers' financial participation and control over the enterprise;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission in all legislative acts on European company law to provide that the place of a company’s registered offices must be identical with its actual place of business so as to prevent the circumvention of the requirement regarding employee representation on supervisory boards, such as would be possible under the proposal for single- member private limited liability companies (SUP), and, instead of this proposal, to submit a proposal for a directive on the cross-border transfer of the registered office, as decided by the European Parliament22 ; __________________ 22 Resolution of 10 March2 February 200912 with recommendations to the Commission on a 14th company law directive on the cross- border transfer of the registered office of a company seats.
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Suggests that the nature and scope of decisions requiring approval should be determined in this directive by minimum standardcommon high-level and binding standards for information, consultation and participation applicable to all forms of EU companies, which should be further development by rules in the Member States23 ; __________________ 23 e.g.Article 95 AktG, Austria. e.g.Article 95 AktG, Austria.
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Demands that steps be taken, in appointing the supervisory board, to ensure that the sexes are represented according toan objective of a 40% presence of the geunder ratio in the company's workforce-represented sex among board members; calls on the Council in this connection to expedite the Parliament- backed proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non- executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures24 ; __________________ 24 COM(2012)0614. COM(2012)0614.
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Demands that this Directive ensure that the representatives of the workforce are directly elected by the workforce and may also be from affiliated companies and, in the case of transnational companies, may also originate from another Member State and that trade union representatives may also be put forward and elected as external representatives;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recommends, with respect to the number of worker representatives sitting on the supervisory boards of companies, including direct or indirect subsidiaries and affiliates with more than 50 employees25 , that half the number of seats on the supervisory board should be reserved for workers or their representatives; __________________ 25advises that every workers' representative in supervisory and administrative bodies should be considered a full member with the same rights and duties as the members representing shareholders, including the right to vote; __________________ 25 In Sweden from 50 workers. In Sweden from 50 workers.