12 Amendments of Inês Cristina ZUBER related to 2014/0124(COD)
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) the exact time of working hours, the full salary or remuneration corresponding to the working hours as well as the true nature of work are often not declared; these cases of falsely or partly declared work should equally come under the scope of the Platform.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) Domestic and cross-border undeclared work are two distinctive forms of undeclared work, and cross-border undeclared work can contribute to the phenomena of social dumping, salary reductions in the member states where the services are offered, deregulation of labour relations and individualism in the labour market.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The implemented fiscal consolidation dictated by the EU through both the European Semester and the Troika aggravates the problem of undeclared work. Undeclared work is not a worker’s choice but very often his/her only alternative to receive income
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The financial crisis leading to poor labour market and social conditions: increase of unemployment, reduced salaries, risk of poverty, cuts in social spending, is driving the practice of undeclared work.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Despite the different policy approaches introduced to tackle undeclared work the problem is only fragmentarily treated.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The strengthening of active cooperation along with effective controls based on mutual assistance, transparency and confidentiality among Member States at EU level isare necessary to help Member States to prevent, control and deter undeclared work more efficiently and effectively.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Three different national enforcement authorities are mainly involved with undeclared work: labour inspectorates, social security inspectorates and tax authorities. In some cases, migration authorities and employment services as well as customs authorities, the police, the public prosecutor’s office and the social partners are also involved.
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Platform should be able to follow the latest trends in the evolvement of undeclared work in all its forms in order to effectively control it. The overriding objective of the Platform shall be to provide value-added input at Union level to Member States’ and Union institutions’ efforts, together with the social partners, effectively control and to successfully tackle the complex problem of undeclared work and the regularisation of jobs, and their manifold implications and consequences. The Platform, as set out in Article 1 (1), shall to that end contribute to better enforcement of EU and national law, to the reduction of undeclared work and the emergence of formal jobs, hence avoiding the deterioration of quality of work, and to promote integration in the labour market and social inclusion by:
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Platform shall also encourage the Member States to: (a) combat non-permanent employment conditions for the performance of tasks corresponding to permanent needs, promoting stable and lasting contractual conditions; (b) combat forms of undeclared and illegal work and labour trafficking; (c) combat practices involving the use of labour without any employment relationship; (d) combat the use of part-time contracts when this is not the choice of the worker concerned; (e) promote the exercise of workers’ individual and collective rights.
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) Examine the relation between the financial situation of the member-states and its effects to undeclared work.
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
(2) In appointing their representatives, Member States should involve all public authorities having a role in the prevention and/or deterrence of undeclared work, such as labour inspectorates, social security authorities, tax authorities, and employment services and migration authorities, hereinafter referred to as "enforcement authorities". They may also, in accordance with national law and/or practice, involve the social partners.