3 Amendments of Ole CHRISTENSEN related to 2012/2042(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that health and safety at work and workers' protection cannot be considered burdensome regulations; calls on the Commission to simplify excessive administrative burdens while always ensuring health and safety at work and guaranteeing that SMEs provide adequate knowledge and resources to manage employees' working environment properly; this support could include: disseminating good practices, training employees, developing simple risk- assessment tools and guidelines, providing access to affordable, good-quality prevention services, offering financial incentives, etc.;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Within the framework of fitness checks, calls for the identification of areas in which there are excessive burdens, inconsistencies or ineffective legislation in the field of employment that have an adverse impact on SMEs; calls on the Commission to consider a ‘one in, one out rule’ that allows the objectives of health, safety and equality provisions to be maintained and safeguards the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes and strongly supports the focus onthe introduction of a micro- enterprises in a strengthenedities dimension in a SME test (see COM(2011)0803) through which all available possibilities such as exclusion from the scope, individual provisions, extended transition periods or lighter regimes are systematically assessed.; believes, however, that the SME test should in any case guarantee an appropriate compliance with European legislation on health and safety at work;