9 Amendments of Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU related to 2013/2112(INI)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that labour inspection can be effective only if the relevant authorities are adequately funded and have enough staff; voices its concern at the understaffing of Member States' inspection authorities; and calls on the Member States to strengthen their inspection systems, as this should be an essential integral part of national plans to respond to the persisting economic crisis;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that there is an important role to be played by the social partners, and particularly by workers' representatives, in ensuring that the existing rules are observed; calls on the Member States to institute the formal involvement of the social partners in both the design and the formulation of national labour inspection plans;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the national labour inspectorates to draw up action plans to combat undeclared work, covering all forms of abuse in relation to employment and self-employment; underlines that undeclared work, if not properly dealt with, threatens to undermine the EU´s ability to meet its employment targets for more and better jobs and stronger growth;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Expresses great concern for the extreme vulnerability of migrant workers with irregular or unauthorized status for being exploited in undeclared work of low standards, low wages and long working hours in unsafe working environments;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that national programmes for the further training of labour inspectors should include specific modules on undeclared work and on related topics such as migration and human trafficking; as there is a strong connection of trafficking and migration in particular, with undeclared work;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recognises that there is a growing trend towards self-employment, outsourcing und subcontracting which may lead into an increase of precarious jobs and into further deterioration of already low protection levels for undeclared workers; warns that such negative developments will certainly necessitate further effort as well as targeted training of labour inspectorates on how to monitor, prevent and react against undeclared work; considers that systems of general contractor liability for the entire subcontracting chain constitute a useful tool for improved monitoring of public procurement, and that they should be introduced in all Member States;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers effective cooperation between national authorities to be important in the effort to end social dumping and ensure that competition in the single market is fair; calls for collaborative action at the EU level, starting with exchange of good practices and know how, as well as sharing of data from national registries; welcomes the Commission's initiative to create a European Platform for labour inspectors;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to introduce a European Agency for cross-border matters concerning the abuse of employment protection rules and undeclared work, with a remit including inter alia the identification of letter-box companies, the control of transnational service providers, the introduction of further-training programmes, the identification of new ways of circumventing the rules, and the organisation of cross-border controls; recommends in addition, occasional joint cross-border inspections between national inspectorates, particularly in areas closed to borders zones;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers that a European database on illegal employment will improve coordination, between labour inspectorates from different countries, and can offer significant European added value in the effort to combat undeclared work;