Activities of Terry REINTKE related to 2021/2005(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European framework for employees' participation rights and the revision of the European Works Council Directive (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on democracy at work: a European framework for employees’ participation rights and the revision of the European Works Council Directive
Amendments (14)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the voice of workers is a key element of the European Social Model, whose shared legacy of social dialogue, workers’ participation, collective bargaining, employee representation on boards, health and safety representation, and tripartism are the building blocks of a diverse and socially and environmentally sustainable future;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas labour market de- regulation and austerity measures have resulted in a decline of workers’ participation, collective bargaining coverage and unionisation are declining across the EU;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas trade unions and workers’ representatives have played a key role in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the workplace, from the introduction of measures to protect the health and safety of workers, notably essential workers, particularly in highly feminised sectors with low pay and poor working conditions, such as the care sector, in highly exposed workplaces, to the implementation of job retention schemes such as short-time work and new forms of work organisation like working from home;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas sustainable corporate governance can only be achieved with employee involvement; whereas the economic model based on the short-term ‘shareholder value’ principle has failed to encourage long-term investment and proper respect for human rights andthe environment, human rights and workers' rights, in particular, for the participation rights of trade unions and workers during past crises20 ; __________________ 20Rapp, M. S., Wolff, M., Udoieva, I., Hennig, J. C., ‘Mitbestimmung im Aufsichtsrat und ihre Wirkung auf die Unternehmensführung’, Hans-Böckler- Stiftung, No 424, June 2019; Ernst and Young, Study on directors’ duties and sustainable corporate governance, July 2020.
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas studies have shown that worker participation enhances productivity, innovation, work organisation, supports the transition to a carbon-neutral, climate-neutral, resource-efficient and circular economy, gender equality, decision-making and alternatives to crisis- induced employment reduction22 ; __________________ 22 FitzRoy, F., Kraft, K., ‘Co- determination, Efficiency and Productivity’, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 43, Issue 2, June 2005, pp. 233-247; Kraft K., Stank J., Dewenter R., ‘Co-determination and innovation’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol 35, Issue 1, 2011, pp. 145-172.
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is convinced that the workers’ voice must be a key component of EU initiatives to ensure sustainable corporate governance and due diligence on humanthe environment, on human rights and workers' rights;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to deliver on its commitment to put forward without further delay a directive on binding environment and human rights due diligence and responsible business conduct, including workers’ rights such as the right to organise and collectively bargain, health and safety, social protection and working conditions; stresses that this directive should establish mandatory due diligence requirements covering companies’ operations, activities and their business relationships, including supply and subcontracting chains, and should ensure the full involvement of trade unions and workers’ representatives throughout the whole due diligence process, including the development and implementation process;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is convinced that introducing and monitoring new digital technologies in the workplace successfully and in a trustworthy manner will require timely and meaningful information for and consultation with trade unions and workers’ representatives to ensure full respect for their health, safety, data protection, equal treatment, employment protection and well-being at work and prevent undue exploitation and surveillance of workers, as well as discrimination and stigmatisation, in particular via management by algorithms; underlines the fact that trade unions and workers’ representatives should have the necessary access and means to assess and evaluate digital technology prior to their introduction;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
Is concerned about the increased number of workers in precarious and non- standard forms of employment, bogus self-employed and workers with zero-hour contracts, who do not enjoy effective representation and participation rights in the workplace; deplores that this is particularly the case for sectors where the majority of workers are women; reiterates the call on the Commission and the Member States to eliminate forms of employment relationship that impede on workers’ right to freedom of association and participation in the workplace;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the need to strengthen, enforce and consolidate all the relevant EU laws to ensure that information and consultation is an integral part of company decision-making at all levels within companies; particularly when it comes to fostering equality in the workplace;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for the EU to ensure that employees are also represented on boards in European-scale companies, above all when those companies make use of EU legislation for the purposes of cross-border company restructuring and mobility, stresses the need for gender balanced boards both in terms of employees’ seats and the board overall; reiterates its call on the Council to end the blockade of the Women on Boards Directive reflecting the fact that in order to achieve a participatory workplaces gender equality must be ensured at all levels;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. States that much remains to be done to ensure gender equality in all aspects of worker participation across the EU; notes that persistent gender inequality is also reflected in women’s limited access to leadership and representative positions in the workplace; calls for the introduction of increased measures, in consultation with the social partners, to ensure balanced representation and gender equality; notes that gender quotas contribute to the achievement of more diversity, and gender equality and equitability throughout all decision- making bodies;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new framework directive on workers’ information, consultation and participation for the various kinds of European companies, including subcontracting chains and franchises, and for companies that use EU company mobility instruments, in order to establish minimum standards on issues such as anticipating change, including with regard to measures concerning climate change, and restructuring, in particular at company level;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to guarantee information and consultation rights to ensure that the European Works Council can deliver its opinion before consultation is completed at the respective level; calls on the Commission, moreover, to ensure effective access to justice, to put an end to exemptions for old, so-called ‘voluntary’ pre-directive agreements after more than 20 years, to introduce sanctiondissuasive sanctions, including but not limited to fines, to consolidate the concept of the ‘transnational character of a matter’ and incorporate it into the European Works Council Directive, to prevent the abuse of confidentiality rules as a means to limit access to information and effective participation, and to ensure the efficient coordination of information, consultation and participation at local, national and EU levels;