Activities of Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH related to 2015/2255(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Social dumping in the EU (A8-0255/2016 - Guillaume Balas) DE
Amendments (31)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, in the transport sector, security, safety of passengers and high working conditions are fundamentally interlinked;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to swiftly implement all relevant social legislation covering the transport sector and to step up effective checks, particularly in relation to compliance with driving and rest times and cabotage rules and also in relation to the consistent imposition of dissuasive penalties for serious breaches of the rules; strongly urges the Commission to monitor more closely the implementation and proper enforcement of the existing legislation;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. having regard to the increased trend towards undeclared work, bogus self- employment, outsourcing and subcontracting, leading to an increase in precarious jobs and deteriorating levels of worker protection; atypical and flexible working relationships, deteriorating levels of worker protection and distortions of competition as a result of unfair competition;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to suspend suchillegal and unfair business practices as precarious contracts (bogus self-employment, zero-hour contracts, pay-to-fly-schemes, etc.)such as atypical contracts, letter-box companies and flags of convenience in order to ensure the social protection of workers;
Amendment 94 #
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 Europeanwhereas Directive 96/71/EC guarantees minimum wage rates for posted workers;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that letter-box companies, among others, can be tackled by making a clear distinction between freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services, so that activities of an enterprise in another Member State in which it is not established are clearly temporary in nature;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the introduction of timely and appropriate control devices, using modern technology, for all transport modes for professional use so as to monitor working and rest time effectively, with a view to ensuring proper implementation of existing legislation;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the need for the Commission to treatclarify the social aspects as a major priority of the road package, including measures to ensure legal clarity and better implementation of rules governing working conditions, social and welfare rights, wages and social responsibility;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on those Member States which have a toll system to make the toll data gathered available to the monitoring authorities for evaluation so that cabotage operations can be scrutinised more effectively;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Calls for the stepping-up of checks in relation to compliance with work, standby, driving and rest times in all relevant sectors, such as construction, catering, health and transport, and for the imposition of penalties for serious non- compliance;
Amendment 159 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the creation of a European RUrges the Member States to cooperate more closely with Euro Contrôle Route and TISPOL, in order to improve the execution of the road Ttransport Agency to ensure proper implementation of EU legislation and promote standardisation across all Member States, including the social dimension, such as working condilegislation enforcement in Europe and to build up a strong mechanism to ensure equal and appropriate implementation of the existing acquis, e.g. by supporting Member States with certification, standardisation, technical expertise, data collection, training and inspection tasks and by managing platforms for information exchange between national experts and authorities and understands this close cooperation as and labour issues i forerunner of an authority responsible for European road transport;
Amendment 187 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need for a new ground handling regulation, that will provide social protection for workers; cCalls for an improved Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 to ensure binding application of national labour legislation for airlines having European operational bases and to improve the definition of ‘home base’ for crew members;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the creation of a European body of cross-border labour inspectorson the Commission and the Member States to foster enhanced cooperation and improved and more rapid exchanges of information between their national supervisory authorities and social security institutions in connection with cross-border work, in order to carry out on-the-spot checks in suspected cases of social dumping, including by identifying 'letterbox companies', which body would work in; notes that enhanced coordination with the platform against undeclared work in order to limit the financial burden involveds also necessary;
Amendment 215 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that, without prejudice to national and Union law, including collective agreements between social partners, the competent authority should require the designated provider of port and railway services to establish staff working conditions on the basis of binding national, regional or local social standards and to implement the compulsory transfer of staff in the event of a change in service provider;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading II
Subheading II
II. Addressing regulatory gaps in order to implement the principle of 'equal pay and equal social protection for the same work'
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat the phenomenon of letterbox companies by, applying more generally the principle that each company should have a single corporate headquartersmong other things, making a clear distinction between the right of establishment and the freedom to provide services, so that activities of an enterprise in another Member State in which it is not established are clearly seen as temporary in nature; recalls the rejection by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the proposal for a directive on single-person limited liability companies;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to establish a clear definition of the difference between employees and self-employed persons so that consistent action can be taken against bogus self-employment;
Amendment 367 #
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 toEmphasises the safeguard clause laid down in Directive 96/71/EC according to which Member States must ensure that a posted worker is guaranteed the minimum working and employment conditions provided for in the rMemuneration 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 remunerationber State on whose territory the work will be performed;
Amendment 402 #
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 directive;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 510 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 530 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 545 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 559 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 572 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to rapidlyEmphasises that Member States must adapt their legislation to the digital and sharing economy and calls on the Commission, Member States and social partners to draw up proposals to combat unfair competition in the digital and sharing economy;
Amendment 640 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Wishes 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 workers;
Amendment 659 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Supports the development of unemployment benefit arrangementEmphasises the significance of national unemployment benefit arrangements, and encourages enhanced cooperation between national employment agencies as a mechanism for absorbing asymmetric social shocks within the euro area;