Activities of Pascal DURAND related to 2015/2222(INI)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas full respect of the principle of subsidiarity should also be respected in the field of employee relations shall not impede the competence of the EU to set up minimum standards in the field of workers' rights to representation in order to provide a level playing field for EU companies;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of recent EU legal instruments regulating the participation of workers, in particular Council Directive 2001/86/EC of 8 October 2001 supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees1, Council Directive 2003/72/EC of 22 July 2003 supplementing the Statute for a European Cooperative Society with regard to the involvement of employees2, and Directive 2005/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies3; __________________ 1 2 3 and Directive 2009/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community- scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees 3a; __________________ 1 OJ L 294, 10.11.2001, p. 22. OJ L 294, 10.11.2001, p. 22. 2 OJ L 207, 18.8.2003, p. 25. OJ L 207, 18.8.2003, p. 25. 3 OJ L 310, 25.11.2005, p. 1. OJ L 310, 25.11.2005, p. 1. 3a OJ L 122, 16.5.2009, p. 28.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is worriedExpresses its deep concerns about the impact that the proposal for a directive on single-member private limited liability companies could have on workers’ rights, in particular workers’ representation, and the inconsistency of such a proposal with the overall objective to promote workers' rights across the EU;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to consider making a proposal on how to introduce permanent forms of workers’ participation, by ensuring strong and binding common minimum standards for information, consultation and participation applicable to all forms of EU companies, while promoting different forms of board-level representation;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reaffirms the right of workers to elect their own representatives, in accordance with the national representation systems, and supports the idea of presenting gender- balanced lists of candidates; recalls that the respect of human rights by enterprises is to be assessed with due regard to the role of existing governance structures such as corporate boards, as established by the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to define binding common minimum criteria for workers’ representation at board level, notably on the size of the company, - with increased proportions of workers representation for bigger companies - on balanced gender representation, and on the extension of the right to participate in public and semi-public companies;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to submit legislative proposals and financial instruments aimed at promoting enhanced information, participation and consultation of workers; calls on the Commission to improve EU company law to serve these core social aspects;