3 Amendments of Thomas MANN related to 2008/2330(INI)
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
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10. Believes that the development of microcredit can play an important role in supporting (long-term) unemployed people to move into self employment; points out that microcredit has already helped in many such situations with reintegration into working life and that this is in line with the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
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12. Insists on the removal of bureaucratic obstacles for small and medium enterprises (SMEs); calls for special protection, on the model of the Civil Rights Act in the USA, to be provided for SMEs because of the excessive demands made on them;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
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13. Suggests to social partners that they could discuss new methodologies for wage policies which could include higher incorporation of companies' proceeds in employees' earnings through the use of schemes that mitigate the impact of inflation; considers that such schemes could allow for channelling employees' extra earnings to special capital funds created by companies; calls for a debate regarding incentives for companies to engage in those methodologies, and furthermore calls for a debate regarding a legal framework that regulates the access of employees to those funds in a gradual way over time; calls for the payment of fair salaries based on the performance level of various branches and regions with the aid of a differentiated pay policy; also calls for possibilities for taking greater account of the specific characteristics and needs of firms in the framework of collective agreements and company agreements;