15 Amendments of Olle LUDVIGSSON related to 2013/2176(INI)
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes Member States should be encouraged to promote the retention of older workers on the labour market by encouraging the extension of working lives, by measures to enhance knowledge about health and safety at work and by developing flexible labour markets and valuing experience;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that the main barriers facing start-ups and affecting the development of high-growth SMEs are access to and cost of finance, burdensomelack of knowledge about regulations, indirect labour costs, access to export markets, average payment times and skills shortages;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the introduction of the ‘SME test’; believes that mitigating measures must be introduced, e.g. longer implementation time, fewer inspections or lighterbetter and more effective inspections and guidelines to simplify firms’ paperwork, but without creating a two-tier labour market;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that Member States must be encouraged to share best practice on innovative ways to reduce bureaucracy and red tape and improve mutual communication, particularly for SMEs and micro- enterprises;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the need for efficient regulation that canand clearly worded regulation with guidelines that enable it to be implemented in a simple manner and can help entrepreneurs operate within the rule of law and benefit from the opportunities and protection afforded by employment and health and safety legislation;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the Commission’s review of the ‘Top 10’ most burdensome laws for SMEs; believes there is a need to ensure that the EU takes account of the specific needs of, and considers support measures for. businesses, in particular SMEs and micro-enterprises, in the policy process;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes the new health and safety strategy; hopes it willconsiders that it should take account of the present and future development and needs of working life and focus on simplclarification, prevention and better implementation of existing legislation instead of additional regulationto ensure workers’ health and safety;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that one response to the top ten consultation conclusion is that the Working Time Directive is complex and inflexible and in many cases requires SMEs to obtain costly specialised legal assistance; calls on the Commission to produce its detailed impact assessment as a matter of urgency; and at the same time to consider what short- and long-term effects an amendment to the directive would have for European workers;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Notes that the Temporary Agency Workers Directive has also been identified as hampering businesses’ ability to work across borders by creating administrative burdens and disproportionate requirementCalls for better guidelines to enhance businesses’ knowledge of current European and national rules on temporary agency workers;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to act with speed and ambition to reduce the regulatory burden on SMEs, while ensuring that any proposed solutions are evidence- based and take into account social rights including health and safety;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on MEPs to make full use of the Impact Assessment and European Added Value Directorate in order to scrutinise the cost and other consequences of proposals on draft policy;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to address the negative effects that the accumulation ofEU legislation has on businesses, particularly with regard to the aspects of lack of knowledge and overall perception of EU legislof EU legislation and lack of support for its practical application, especially in the area of employment and health and safety legislation;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission, in the context of the REFIT programme, to ensure that all legislation is doing what it was intended to do and to identify areas where there are excessive burdens, inconsistencies or ineffective measures, particularly in the area of employment and social affairs;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Commission and the co- legislators, in the context of the Posting of Workers Directive, to ensure that any measures adopted are proportionate and to limit the burdens on businesses seeking to benefit from the freedom to provide services without reducing worker protection or limiting Member States’ ability to adopt controls on compliance;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the EU to work with Member States and universities to coordinate and make full use of EU funding sources such as ESF, ERDF and Horizon 2020, in order to allocate funding for long-term research into working life and promote an entrepreneurial culture, particularly among young people;