Activities of Inês Cristina ZUBER related to 2013/0124(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers in the context of freedom of movement for workers
Amendments (8)
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The free movement of workers is also a key element to the development of a genuine Union labour market, allowing workers to move from high unemployment areas to areas where there are labour shortages, helping more people find posts better suited to their skills and overcoming bottlenecks in the labour marketrising unemployment levels caused by the current crisis have led to a huge increase in involuntary movement of workers out of many Member States, brought about by necessity. The only way to combat this trend is to provide and increase proper employment of high quality in all the Member States affected, thereby ensuring that free movement will invariably be based on choice and not on necessity.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) ‘Economic governance’ and its employment policies have encouraged more flexible labour markets aimed at destroying social protection and the Welfare State, workers’ rights, collective bargaining etc., with the result that workers are being pressured into submitting to working conditions that infringe their employment and social rights. The employment policies based on the ‘European Semester’ and ‘economic governance’ are therefore harmful from the point of view of protecting workers’ rights where freedom of movement is concerned.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Equal pay and working conditions for work of equal value at the same workplace, and in every occupational field – whether the workers are men or women – is a principle that has to be strictly observed, and it is therefore essential to be acquainted with, and abide by, collective labour agreements.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Member States should give proper effect to the ILO and UN ‘Decent Work Agenda’ by changing the direction of EU and national employment policies with a view to promoting the ‘decent work’ concept in all its aspects, this being a prerequisite for safeguarding the social rights of workers and their families where freedom of movement is concerned.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) Member States and all stakeholders should make workers more aware of their rights and of the means (labour law, collective agreements, social security provisions, housing, education, childcare, etc.) serving to regulate their employment relationships and working and living conditions.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) The effective safeguards provided by labour inspections are an essential means of guaranteeing equal treatment and combating undeclared work, social dumping, and discrimination based not only on nationality, but also on sex, given that migrant women are often discriminated against twice over. The authorities which conduct labour inspections should therefore be equipped with sufficient resources.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 b (new)
Recital 22 b (new)
(22b) It is, in addition, important to improve cooperation and coordination among labour inspectorates in cross- border regions.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 c (new)
Recital 22 c (new)
(22c) Member States should tackle bogus self-employment among migrant workers by giving them access to social and employment rights and social protection.