Activities of Inês Cristina ZUBER related to 2015/2255(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on social dumping in the European Union
Amendments (10)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the free movement of workers, evoked as a basic principle of the European Union, has essentially served to exploit emigrant workers, since it is a policy tailored to the interests of capital rather than the interests of workers;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas human trafficking, in particular the trafficking of women, not only from third countries to the EU but also between EU countries, is often associated with false employment contracts;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that in certain sectors women are the most affected by social dumping, including housekeeping and the care sector (especially home care), but also in traditional ‘posting’ sectors such as the meat processing or transport sectors; calls on the Commission to evaluate those sectors in which women experience social and wage dumping or undeclared work as the worst form of social dumping, as well as the existing related EU legislation; points out that, bearing in mind its ‘isolated’ and individual nature, domestic work is one of the most unprotected sectors, and domestic workers are frequently employed in precarious conditions, without a contract, their wages are paid late, they are required to work extra hours without due payment, their rights to leave and rest periods and paid public holidays are ignored and their social security contributions go unpaid;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that all workers are guaranteed equal rights, regardless of their country of origin, and that the necessary socio- economic mechanisms are in place to prevent any kind of social dumping;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Member States to combat every aspect of job insecurity, proceeding from the principle that permanent jobs should involve proper employment contracts;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Points out that it is vital to ensure that all posted workers and workers who already have the prospect of employment when they emigrate have a comprehensible legal contract with the employer, written in their own language, before they enter the host country;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends the establishment of a network of information offices and a website, capable of providing information in migrant workers’ own language, and a website with the same capability providing assistance and information on the rights of women workers posted or temporarily transferred to another Member State and employers’ obligations;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that all subcontractors, e.g. temporary agencies that mostly send women to other Member States for the purposes of domestic work and home care, must be made liable for unpaid wages,, in the event of failure to pay wages, be required to pay those wages as well as social security contributions, accident insurance and illness and injury provisions, in addition to any costs of repatriation and other necessary expenses;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to ensurefor thate Member States to reinforce effective control measures and sanctions for employers in sectors in which women are victims of social dumping and introduce a blacklist, paying particular attention to monitoring contracts issued in their countries, particularly by private employment agencies recruiting people from other countries; calls likewise for the activities of public bodies responsible for monitoring compliance with labour standards to be coordinated with those of judicial bodies, and for a blacklist to be introduced for employers that do not comply with EU and Member State legislation.
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for an upgraded role for the social partners, in particular the trade unions, given their importance in providing information on, preventing, reporting and combating working practices which, in addition to being a serious affront to human dignity at the workplace, are harmful practices contrary to corporate social responsibility and to the concept of decent work.