Activities of Mojca KLEVA KEKUŠ related to 2013/2127(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the financial participation of employees in companies' proceeds
Amendments (10)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Believes that, in order to promote financial participation aimed at creating a new form of company financing and enabling employees to be morebetter connected to the company that employs them, share capital subscriptions or specific debt securities (bonds) should be one of the possibilities offered; takes the view that the capital subscriptions should be voluntary for the companies and employees, either individually or in a group;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Stresses that further transparency in national employee ownership schemes and especially in calculating the effective tax burden across EU-28 is needed to avoid double taxation and discrimination;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
Points out at the differences between the Member States as regards compulsory social security contributions on income for financial participation; notes also that tax differences in employee ownership schemes constitute barriers to workers’ mobility and free movement of capital; reiterates in this regard the need to guarantee the mutual recognition of employee ownership schemes as a first step towards a common European model;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 c (new)
Calls on the Commission to present a framework for a European model of employee ownership to be developed as an alternative, optional instrument for Member States aimed at deepening the Single Market, improve cross-border activities of companies, especially SMEs, and protect employees of subsidiary companies; notes that such European framework should only serve as a best practice option, be voluntary for companies to use and should not override the national taxation rules;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Calls on Member States to apply best practice principles of providing tax incentives in promoting employee ownership schemes;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that employee ownership fosters much needed social cohesion and serves as an important addition to sustainable corporate governance; stresses, nonetheless, to take precaution in promotion of ownership schemes so as not to substitute wages by profit-sharing systems;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Believes that any measure relating to the financial participation of employees in company income should be sustainable in the long term and be on a voluntary basisbased on the principles of voluntary participation, equality among workers and due diligence, especially for SMEs.
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Acknowledges that business succession, additional funding, staff retaining and other characteristic problems of SMEs, can be alleviated by employee share ownership plans; is of the opinion that employee ownership schemes in small and micro enterprises can be combined with labour market measures, such as unemployment benefits, and thus help to reinstate the unemployed;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Notes the lack of information and education about possible employee ownership schemes, especially among SMEs; calls in this regard, on the Commission and Member States to better organize information campaigns and encourage the cross-border transferability of best practice schemes among Member States;