Activities of Beatrix von STORCH related to 2015/2255(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Social dumping in the EU (A8-0255/2016 - Guillaume Balas) DE
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on social dumping in the European Union
Amendments (13)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Calls on the competent institutions and bodies to review the subcontractors working for the EU institutions as regards full compliance with social standards for all workers;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas persons who devote their time and skills to looking after and bringing up children or caring for the elderly should not be exposed to social dumping or unreported employment but should receive social recognition and this could be done by giving such persons individual rights, particularly regarding social security and pensions;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas a right balance can be struck between family plans and professional ambitions if the people concerned have genuine freedom of choice, in economic and social terms, and are supported by political and economic decisions at the national level without being penalised and without being obliged to social dumping and unreported employment;
Amendment 17 #
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 Commissioninvites the Member States 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 EUnational legislation;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the problem of social dumping and undeclared work also affects men;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends the establishment of a network of information offices and a website providing assistance and information on the rights of women workersand women posted or temporarily transferred to another Member State and employers’ obligations;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to ensureInvites 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 for employers that do not comply with EUnational legislation.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Invites the statistical institutes in the Member States to assess the possibility of including in their national accounting systems the value of invisible work and unreported employment in the field of intergenerational solidarity, and its contribution to national GDP.
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Invites the Member States to consider the adaptability of employment contracts so as to allow for mobility, alternation, life cycles, and career breaks, as regards both employment and work in a self-employed capacity, accounted for by training or caring, to avoid social dumping and unreported employment.
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Invites Eurostat to assess the possibility of developing measures to highlight the value of invisible work and unreported employment in the field of inter-generational solidarity and its contribution to the Union's GDP and, for this purpose, to work closely with the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Labour Office (ILO).
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Invites the Member States to develop specific initiatives to validate the skills acquired in carrying out educational tasks, caring for dependent persons and household management so that these skills are taken into consideration upon re-entry into the labour market.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Invites the Member States to take measures to recognise invisible and informal work in the field of intergenerational solidarity carried out by women/mothers, men/fathers and carers at a legal, social and economic level (particularly as regards social security, professional status, earnings and equal opportunities for men and women).
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Calls on the Member States to address the structural factors contributing to social dumping and unreported employment, inequality in pension schemes including the organisation of care and combining family and work life.