3 Amendments of Nikolaj VILLUMSEN related to 2020/0310(COD)
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive
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The European Parliament rejects [the Commission proposal].
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 b (new)
Recital 16 b (new)
(16 b) In some Member States there are no statutory minimum wages, nor any systems for declaring collective agreements generally binding. Wages, including minimum wage protection, are provided exclusively by collective bargaining between autonomous social partners. Average wages in those Member States are among the highest in the European Union. These collective self- regulatory systems rest on a very high collective bargaining coverage, significantly above 70 %, as well as high levels of membership on both the employer side and the trade union side. Therefore, in those Member States, the national social partners, representing both private and public sector, should have the option to jointly demand that the Member State does not apply this Directive either totally or in part. Member states that have so determined not to apply this Directive have no obligation to implement the directive. The rationale for an opt out for those Member States, on basis of a joint demand from social partners, also follows from the aim of this Directive which is to encourage and promote collective bargaining coverage to reach at least 70%.
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Member States where there are no statutory minimum wages or systems for declaring collective agreements generally binding, where minimum wage protection is provided exclusively by collective bargaining between autonomous social partners and where collective bargaining coverage exceeds 70% of the workforce, shall have the option not to apply this Directive, either totally or in part, provided that the social partners at national level jointly demand this.