29 Amendments of Sven SCHULZE related to 2015/2255(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to its legislative resolution of 2 February 2016 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a European Platform to enhance cooperation in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work, (COM(2014)0221 - C7-0144/2014- 2014/0124(COD)),
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. having regard to the increased trend towardwhereas undeclared work, and bogus self- employment, outsourcing and subcontracting, leading to an increase in precarious jobs and deteriorating levels lead to distortions of competition which result in long-term damage to social insurance systems and to the erosion of worker protection;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Court of Justice of the European Union in its judgment in case C- 341/05, Laval, of 18 December 20073 highlighted the legitimacy of the struggle against social dumping and that it must be viewed together with the fundamental freedoms; __________________ 3 http://curia.europa.eu/juris/showPdf.jsf?te xt=&docid=71925&pageIndex=0&doclang =DE&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1& cid=498309.
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. having regard to the importancewhereas the EU has no regulatory powers under Article 153(5) TFEU in respect of the principle of ‘equal pay and the same social protection for the same work at the same place’ for all European workers, and whereas this principle violates the freedom to provide services;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to increaseconstantly review the staffing levels and resources of their labour inspectorates and their liaison offices, in particular for interpretation and translation;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the creation of a European body of cross-border labour inspectors 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 involvedNotes that the recent decision to establish a European platform to combat undeclared work supports the Member States and their labour inspectorates and therefore reduces the financial burden on them and increases the cross-border effectiveness of the measures to combat the grey economy;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a directive based on ILO Convention No 189 concerning decent work for domestic workersmonitor the working conditions of domestic workers and, if necessary, submit proposals for improvement;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Requests thatCalls for information on postings should not be retroactive and shouldto 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 seriouscalls for an effective mechanism to be developed for checking posting certificates in order to effectively eliminate doubts about whether a posting is genuine;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for a public list to be drawn up of enterprises responsible for serious breaches of EU legislation to be drawn up, after they have received a prior warning;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading II
Subheading II
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that Directive 96/71/EC refers only to Articles 57 and 66 TFEU relating tobecause it regulates the freedom to provide services and freedom of movement; believes that its legal basis must be complemented by Articles 151 and 153 TFEUon the internal market;
Amendment 365 #
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 locEmphasises that Directive 96/71/EC has its legal basis in the internal womarkers in similar positions; stresst rule and that it thus regulates the nfreedom 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 earnprovide services; considers, therefore, that the country-of-origin principle should be retained in order to avoid reverse discrimination and discrimination within the workforce of the postings 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 posting bonuses should be paid on top of remunerationmpany; states that a switch to the country-of-destination principle (“same pay in the same job in the same place”) represents an infringement of the national wage setting system and thus also of the principle of free collective bargaining and that the EU has no powers to take such a measure;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for increased controls on the implementation of working time and rest times in the transport sector; calls, following a thorough analysis of the infrastructure situation and a weighing- up of the costs and administrative burdens, for the introduction of automatic digital records and the development of '“smart tachographs'” for all means of transport, including inland waterway transport; recalls the wish expressed in its resolution from 3 July 2012 that “until 2020 (...) all vehicles that are not exempt from Paragraphs 2 and 3 of this regulation (must) be equipped with a smart tachograph”12 ; __________________ 12 www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do? type=TA&reference=P7-TA-2012- 0271&language=DE&ring=A7-2012- 0195#BKMD-7.
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the creation of a European transport agency bringingan ongoing review tog dether existing agencies; takes the view that, at the very least, a specific road transport agency is needmine how cooperation between the existing transport agencies can be improved;
Amendment 471 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the CommissionEmphasises that the Member States are competent, if necessary, to clarify the provisions so that a distinction can be drawn between employees and self- employed workers to combat '“bogus self employment'”; emphasises that airline pilots and train drivers cannot be considered to be independent of the companies for which they work;
Amendment 494 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that the rules on cabotage are not sufficiently precise, which facilitates the practice of some road operators of engaging in permanent cabotage; wishes cabotage operations to be subject to mandatory prior notifications to their practicability and effectiveness, and improved where necessary;
Amendment 534 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on Member States, where necessary, to review their laws so that instead of “zero-hour-contracts”, agreement can be reached on a set number of working hours which the employer can ask a worker to perform as required, provided that he meets the voluntary or mandatory deadlines for doing so; or to eliminate precarious employment relationships called 'zero-hour-“pay-to- fly” contracts' for 'pay-to-fly” contracts; points out that precarious working conditionsthe purpose of evading social security contributions; points out that such contract designs might represent an additional safety risk in aviation;
Amendment 546 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to shortly submit a proposal for a directive on requirements with regard to the crews of vessels providing regular cargo, passenger and ferry services operating between Member States so that the conditions applicable on board a vessel are those of the State applying the most favourable standards for workersexamine whether an additional regulatory proposal governing working conditions in the shipping industry which goes beyond the existing agreement concluded by the social partners at EU level;
Amendment 558 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 567 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to rapidly draw up proposals to combat unfair competition in the digital and sharing economyobserve new phenomena in the digital world of work and, where necessary, to make proposals to rectify cases of abuse;
Amendment 595 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the view that a social protocol is necessary to ensure the primacy ofNotes that fundamental rights overmake economic freedoms possible;
Amendment 630 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. WishUrges that wage floors be establishedthe introduction of wage floors be examined by Member States, possibly in the form of a minimum wage; emphasises that this instrument should be set up by Member States 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 social partners with a view to introducing, where appropriate, a minimum wage in certain cross-border sectors which are characterised by highly mobile worktakes the view that the level of the wage floor should be determined by the social partners;
Amendment 652 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Supports the further development of unemployment benefit arrangements as a mechanism for absorbing asymmetric social shocks withinexisting support mechanisms such as the eEuro areapean Globalisation Fund;
Amendment 668 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 681 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to also propose an appropriate legislative instrument providing that companies have a duty of care for which they may be held liable, inexamine how companies can be required to have a greater duty of care with respect tof both their subsidiaries and their sub-contractors operating in third countries in order to prevent the risk of violations of human rights, corruption, severe physical injury or environmental damage and the violation of ILO Conventions;
Amendment 698 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that Directive 96/71/EC and the rules coordinating social security systems must be revised before any trade agreement including provisions relating to 'Mode 4' can be concludedthe social security systems must not be subverted by concluding trade agreements;