Activities of Martin KASTLER related to 2013/2043(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on an integrated parcel delivery market for the growth of e-commerce in the EU
Amendments (5)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to maintain the prescribed driving and resting times and the working hours permitted by law, to reckon all tasks connected with the activity as working time and to monitor compliance with European standards on the protection of health and safety at work, including conditions in vehicles, for all people involved in making deliveries;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is aware that online trade is an important growth market; draws attention to the entrepreneurial and financial pressure on suppliers resulting from investment and measures to adapt to the requirements of which should be promoted throughout Europe by means of a functionline trade as it expands; takes the view that employees must not suffer as a result of competition in online trade; stresses that prices must be set in such a way that enforcement of the rules on employment and labour conditions in force in the Member State concerned, including those governing the minimum and standard wage, is guaranteedg internal market in parcels, without calling into question adequate social standards across borders or putting SMEs and start-ups at a disadvantage;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is critical ofHighlights the extremely high amount of outsourcing which delivery firms undertake outside the regular postal service and the frequently accompanying evasion of legal and remuneration requirements with regard to conditions of work and employment;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expects the Member States to stipulate a minimum wage for parcel service operators and ensure wage cover in all delivery firms and increasedincrease monitoring of subcontractors in terms of compliance with employment-related legal and remuneration requirements; underlines in this context the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same place;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – point 1 (new)
(1) Stresses the importance of online trading and its associated parcel services for SMEs, start-ups and their employees;