Activities of Evelyn REGNER related to 2014/2210(INI)
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Amendments (3)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas many rights of codetermination, social protection and occupational safety are not respected in family businesses, because of their size;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the work being undertaken on an EU definition of ‘family business’, and calls for the specificities within Member States’ definitions to be taken into account, in particular with regard to guaranteeingit to take account of collective agreements, statutory wage entitlements, social rights, social security, pension entitlements, rules on codetermination and health and safety at work at the highest European level;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern that the financial crisis and subsequent recession have dealt a heavy blow to European SMEs, many of which are family businesses, and highlights the importance of a favourable regulatory framework to support healthy restructuring and thus job retention; stresses at the same time that the legal framework must not permit any restriction of the social rights of employees or their rights under collective agreements;