Activities of Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA related to 2012/0061(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) For the purpose of ensuring that a posted worker receives the correct pay and provided allowances specific to posting can be considered part of minimum rates of pay, such allowances should only be deducted from wages if national law, collective agreements and/or practice of the host Member State provide for this. It is up to the national law of the Member State of establishment if the employer is obliged to provide or reimburse the costs of travel, board, lodging/accommodation. It is however up to the national law of the host Member State if it is included in the minimum wage.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Member States shall take appropriate measures in order to prevent the misuse and/or circumvention of the Directive 96/71/EC and this Directive by the undertakings for the purpose of depriving posted workers of their rights or the withholding of such rights.
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
1. For the purpose of implementing, applying and enforcing Directive 96/71/EC the competent authorities shall take into account factual elements characterising the activities carried out by an undertaking in the State in which it is established in order to determine whether it genuinely performs substantial activities, other than purely internal management and/or administrative activities. Such elements mayshall include only:
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Such elements may include only:
Amendment 434 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) make the information available to workers and service providers in, free of charge, in English and in other most relevant languages other than the national language(s) of the country in which the services are provided, if possible in summarised leaflet form indicating the main labour conditions applicable and upon requests in formats accessible to persons with disabilities;
Amendment 456 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The undertaking shall inform in writing its workers about their rights during the period of their posting. Analogously, the contractor present in the host Member State shall inform in writing its foreign subcontractors about the terms and conditions of employment in force in the host Member State.
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Member States are encouraged to establish points of information and practical help for the posted workers in order to ensure that they dispose of a proper knowledge about their rights. The place of the information points and the language coverage shall be decided upon an estimation of the presence of posted workers in the territory of the Member State concerned. This applies to both the Member State of establishment and the host Member State, since it is equally important to provide the worker with the information before his/her departure and during his/her period of posting.
Amendment 536 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States may only impose the following administrative requirements and control measures:
Amendment 598 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) Any additional national control measures or document referred to in point 1 b) may only by imposed subject to prior approval of the European Commission and being limited to the aim of verifying if the terms and conditions of employment referred to in Article 3 of the Directive 96/71/EC are met.