4 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2017/2171(DEC)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes from the Establishment plan that 126 posts (out of 127 posts authorised under the Union budget) were occupied on 31 December 2016, compared to 118 in 2015; notes that the staff or the Authority consists of 50,3 % females and 49,7 % males; observes with satisfaction that the breakdown of the staff by gender is becoming more balancedpractically as balanced as it could be, being an improvement in comparedison to previous years;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern that, on average, each member of the Authority’s staff was on sick leave for 7,45 days in 2016 and recommends that a workplace survey should be carried out to establish if any of this is due to workplace stress; observes with satisfaction that the Authority organised well-being activities, such as health and safety sessions and annual medical examinations;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes with concern that 17 reported cases of conflicts of interest were reported; notes that they concerned two types of situations: either holding of shares, or former employment; notes moreover that in the case of holding of shares in institutions, all staff members who so reported had acquired them before joining the Authority and were asked to disinvest; acknowledges that a screening of those situations has taken place again in 2017 and confirmed that, in all cases, the shares have been sold; notes that in the case of previous employment of staff, three cases were investigated in 2016, and it was decided to put in place measures whereby the concerned staff would not be involved in cases concerning the competent authorities from where they were on unpaid leave;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that the Authority signed a 12-year-lease with an end date of 8 December 2026 and that, under normal contractual conditions, there is a liability to pay the full rent for the entire period; observes, however, that the Authority has negotiated a break-out clause at the midway point of the contract, meaning that if the clause is exercised, the Authority would be relieved of the obligation to pay the rent for the final six years; notes however that the Authority has the obligation to repay half of the incentive (16 months rent) it had received at the beginning of the contract and which was based on the full 12 years term of the contract (32 months rent free) and that the re-instatement of the building to the initial condition has to be performed by the end of the occupancy, regardless of when the tenant leaves; recommends that lessons should be learned from this experience in the negotiation of any and all future rental contracts;