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Activities of Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS related to 2018/2053(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on the role of employee financial participation in creating jobs and reactivating the unemployed PDF (300 KB) DOC (65 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2018/2053(INI)
Documents: PDF(300 KB) DOC(65 KB)

Amendments (9)

Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas EFP, especially ESOPs or similar schemes could act as a shock absorber, allowing bonuses or other rewards to be managed in trusts by third parties, spreading the investment risk among the company’s principal shareholders and ensuring that workers have a portfolio of saved shares; whereas in EFP models that use an intermediate entity in listed companies, this entity can exercise voting rights or other forms of governance on behalf of employees allowing for collective representation;
2018/06/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas participation in the EFP should remain voluntary for employees, while not affecting their mobility, their remuneration or their social security allowances;
2018/06/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, which supports re- skilling and EFP, is an avenue for continuously training workers, maintaining their employability and reducing the risks of getting laid offshould remain a complementary instrument on training workers;
2018/06/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that EFP should always provide additional income and not be a substitute for fair and decent pay; stresses that EFP should equally not be an alternative to public pensions or to collectively agreed pension schemes;
2018/06/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that EFP has to be embedded in a whole system of workers’ involvement at all levels, and schemes should include the possibility of employee representatives in company decision making through seats on the board;
2018/06/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the transnational obstacles that are faced by both companies offering such schemes in several Member States, and employees, namely discrepancies in legislation and taxation which may impinge on the freedom of movement of workers, which plays an important role in enhancing convergence and integration among Member States;deleted
2018/06/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote financial education with respect to retail and equities investment in order to empower EU citizens;deleted
2018/06/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to engage with social partners, employee ownership organisations and other stakeholders to design the most appropriate EFP schemes, negotiated on a ‘plant-by-plant’ basis and considering the type of company, its workforce and financial situation, but also the national legislation and practices; underlines, that any design and introduction of EFP should be subject of prior consultation and agreement with worker representatives and trade unions;
2018/06/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider the rapid evolution and change of the labour market and the consequent challenges regarding skills, digitalisation, automation and, potentially, wealth inequalities, and therefore continuously create new opportunities for the labour force to adapt in order to be financially sustainable and independentsocial security cuts;
2018/06/14
Committee: EMPL