Activities of Guillaume BALAS related to 2015/2255(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Social dumping in the EU (A8-0255/2016 - Guillaume Balas) (vote) FR
Reports (1)
REPORT on social dumping in the European Union PDF (540 KB) DOC (186 KB)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Title
Title
on social dumping in the European Union: ensuring fair competition, equal treatment and convergence between economic and social partners,
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the concept of social dumping, without benefiting from a legally recognised and shared definition, covers a wide scope of abusive practices and situations enabling the development of unfair competition through tree main dimensions: - the economic aspect: the use by certain economic actors of illegal practices such as undeclared work or abusive practices such as bogus self employment can lead to major market distortions which are detrimental to bona fide companies, notably SMEs; agriculture, building, construction and food sectors, transport, care and domestic services are the main sectors concerned; - the social aspect: unfair competition can lead to a situation of inequality of treatment between European workers and deprive them from the effective exercise of their social and labour rights; - the financial aspect : the reduction of social contributions and taxes represent a threat for the financial sustainability of social security systems of Member States;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas the multiplication of abusive practices and exercise of unfair competition weakens support to the principle of the internal market and undermines confidence in European integration;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a directive based on ILO Convention No. 81 on labour inspection in order to ensure the respect of labour standards and the protection of workers, such as provisions relating to working time, safety, and health; recalls the important role ensured by social partners in order to ensure that existing legislations are respected;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the creation of a European body of cross-border labour inspectotask force including respective national competent actors or authorities such as social partners to carry out on-the-spot checks in suspected cases of social dumping, including by identifying 'letterbox companies', which bodytask force would work in coordination with the platform against undeclared work in order to limit the financial burden involved;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to combat the phenomenon of letterbox companies by applying more generally the principle that each company should have a single corporate headquarters; calls for the development of a transparent and accessible business register of all EU- companies and a mandatory use of the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information ; recalls the rejection by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the proposal for a directive on single-person limited liability companies;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls for an effective enforcement of existing legislation, enhanced cross- border cooperation between relevant authorities, a renewed focus on administrative and stakeholder collaboration, and transparency, in order to tackle issues like undeclared work and bogus self-employment;
Amendment 377 #
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 remuneration; considers that the wage of the posted worker should be at least aligned to the gross wage applied in the host Member State; the posting company could then transfer the due social contributions to the competent authority of the home Member State of the posted worker and the outstanding amount could be paid as a an additional complement to him;
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for the creation of an "electronic and integrated operator file" for all operators operating with the Community licence aiming at gathering all relevant data on carrier, vehicle and driver identified during roadside checks;
Amendment 507 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to include a clause on unfair commercial practices within the comprehensive aviation agreements;
Amendment 519 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need for a new regulation on groundhandling at airports to ensure mandatory social and wage protection for workergroundhandling workers at airports in the event of new calls for tenders or the partial loss of work; supports the introduction of rules to ensure the effective implementation of laws with regard to airlines with 'operational bases' on the territory of a Member State; calls for the clarification of the definition of 'home base' to protect the social rights of cabin crews, in particular their rest periods, as well as to improve the definition and concept of 'principal place of business' so that the operating license is granted by a state only if a significant number of crews and airplanes are based in that country;
Amendment 561 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission, drawing on the US Jones Act, to take the necessary measures to ensure that vessels carrying goods between two European ports are built in Europe, fly a European flag and, are owned by a European company and mainly manned by European domiciled seafarers; calls for the law that is applicable to be associated with the country in which the vessel owner is based;
Amendment 564 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
Anticipation of challenges linked to the digitalisation of the economy
Amendment 575 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission rapidly to draw up proposals to combat unfair competition in the digital and, sharing economyand collaborative economy including the field of crowdworking;
Amendment 579 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. notes that digitalization has a crucial impact on European labour markets; highlights that, on the one hand, digitalisation can generate new business models and new jobs, especially for high- skilled but also for low-skilled workers, but on the other hand, it can also lead to precarious forms of employment; regrets, however, that Commission's Digital Single Market Strategy is primarily limited to technical considerations; stresses the need for social considerations to be taken on board in the Digital Single Market Strategy in order to take full advantage of the related employment and growth potential; calls on the Commission to shape the digital single market in a socially just and sustainable way;
Amendment 629 #
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 legislacalls for the respect and promotion orf convention, in accordance with national practices, with dullective bargaining as well as the respect for the role of the social partners; believes that these wage floors should representtablishment of wage floors in the form of, where applicable, decent minimum wages, of at least 60% of the averagrespective national wage; calls on the Commission to consult the social partners with a view to introducing, where appropriate, a minimum wage in some bordaverage wage with a view to end the competitive wage race to the bottom, to support aggregate demand and economic recovery areas associated with highly mobile workernd to reduce wage inequalities;
Amendment 645 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. 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 workers;
Amendment 647 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Stresses the recognised expertise of employees' representatives with regard to a business's strategic choices and decision-making to prevent unfair competition practises;