Activities of Sofia RIBEIRO related to 2015/2255(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Social dumping in the EU (A8-0255/2016 - Guillaume Balas) PT
Amendments (22)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. having regard to the increased trend towards undeclared work, bogus self- employment, outsourcing and subhe need to fight against undeclared work at all its forms in many sectors such as constraucting, leading to an increase in precarious jobs and deteriorating levels of worker protectionon, industry and agriculture,
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. having regard to the importance of the principle of 'equal pay and social protection for the same work at the same place' for all European woequal treatment of workers within the European Union and the essential social convergence in the single markerst,
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to increase the staffing levels and resources of their labour inspectorates and their liaison offices, in particularcluding for interpretation and translation;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the creation of a European bodenhancement of the cooperation between Member States entities responsible for labour inspections, especially ofn cross-border labour inspectorsions, to carry out on-the-spot checks in suspected cases of social dumping, including by identifying '"letterbox companies', which body would work in coordination with the platform against undeclared work in order to limit the financial burden involved;" and by helping other countries transmitting its national information.
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls for means of effective cooperation between labour inspections via standards documents.
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Requests that information on postings should not be retroactive and should be entered in a European electronic register; stresses that the competent authorities of the host Member State should be able to revise form A1 in the event of serious doubts about whether a posting is genuinef proved an illegal posting;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls its appeal for the creation of 'a forgery-proofan European social security card (...)network managed by the European Union on which could be stored all the data needed to verify the bearer’'s employment relationship'11 ; wishes all the information associated with the worker's postings to feature on this card; __________________ 11 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDo c.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA- 2014-0012+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Invite the Commission to promote an European social labelling system for services providers;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Calls for reasoned procedures, efficient and safe, and non-carriers of unnecessary administrative burdens.
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading II
Subheading II
II. Addressing regulatory gaps in order to implementImproving the fight against the fraud in posting and in particular addressing the principle of 'equal pay and equal social protection for the same work'treatment
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the notion of 'minimum wage' contained in Directive 96/71/EC should be revised to ensure equal pay for posted workers and local workers in similar positions; stresses the need to respect the collective agreements of the host country and to ensure, through the revision of Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009, the payment of gross earnings corresponding to the remuneration paid by the employer before the deduction of taxes and social security contributions payable by employees and withheld by the employer; recalls that specific postings bonuses should be paid on top of remuneratRegulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009 need to be analysed in order to know how to improve them in terms of understanding and clarification of their provision;s.
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Wishes periods of postings to be limited in Directive 96/71/EC and temporary employment agencies to be excluded from the scope of the directiveCalls for better cooperation between competent authorities in each Member State involved in case of posting situations, as exchanges of information are essential to fight against posting frauds;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for an ex-post evaluation on the implementation of the Directive 96/71/EC and an ex-ante evaluation on the "Labour Mobility package";
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Notes that the isolated increment of sanctions is not enough and that it's necessary to develop accompanying policies ahead.
Amendment 582 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Believes that in sectors, such as in agriculture, social dumping is not so much connected to abusive practices in posting of workers, but rather on undeclared work, with national or transnational relevance/significance (characterized of both national and transnational dimension); therefore calls on Member States for integrated approaches both of preventive nature, meant at providing simpler administrative burdens for managing employment relations and/or favouring the recourse to electronic means of salary payment, and of repressive nature, reinforcing labour inspections;
Amendment 584 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Recalls that in some economic sectors, like agriculture, the working hours system varies according with its seasonal constrains;
Amendment 586 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading III a (new)
Subheading III a (new)
IIIa. Combating social dumping in agriculture
Amendment 637 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Desires that wage floors be established, possibly in the form of a minimum wage; emphasises that this instrument should be set up on the basis of legislation or convention, in accordance with national practices, with due respect for the role of the social partners; believes that these wage floors should represent at least 60% of the average national wage; calls on the Commission to consult the social partners with a view to introducing, where appropriate, a minimum wage in some border areas associated with highly mobile workersn important part of the average national wage;
Amendment 669 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 692 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 703 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Stresses the need for a better coordination of the different European policies;
Amendment 704 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Calls for a strengthened European coordination to move towards a social convergence, for the creation of a renewed European social model.