17 Amendments of Phil BENNION related to 2013/2127(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication of 3 October 2012, entitled "Single Market Act II- Together for new growth", (COM(2012) 573 final);
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication "Implementing the Lisbon Community Programme for Growth and Jobs, on the Transfer of Business- Continuity through a new beginning", of 14 March 2006 (COM(2006) 117 final);
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A – indent 1
Recital A – indent 1
– sharing in ownership – for large listed companies with tradable shares, which offers employees the right to enjoy the benefits of the company's success and a sharewhilst participating in the responsibility for and risks attached to strategic decisions,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A – indent 2
Recital A – indent 2
– sharing in profits particularly for SMEs and micro-enterprises or non-listed companies,- which can reward success, supplement workers' incomes and boost their spending power, with a direct economic spill-over into the local economy;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the most appropriate EFP model will often depend on the size and status of the company, notably whether it is listed or unlisted;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas job security is improved by employee buy-out options, which can help workers take over companies in financial difficulty, safeguarding their own jobs and reducing uncertainty from possible buyouts by other companies, and which address company succession problems, that can often result in companies being closed down when succession is not possible; whereas this is helpful in particular for SMEs and micro enterprises;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas employee buy-outs can also address company succession problems which can often result in companies being closed down when succession is not possible; whereas this is helpful in particular for SMEs and micro enterprises;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the ESOP is an example of an effective employee buy-out model for non-listed companies where an intermediate entity is used to acquire the shares on behalf of the employees; whereas the employees are not exposed to additional risk as the acquisition is financed by a profit-share, or a loan which is repaid by profit-shares, which is in addition to the employees' salaries;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas the Spanish Sociedades Laborales concept is a best practice example of an EFP scheme for micro- enterprises; whereas it also allows the unemployed to choose to receive their unemployment benefits as a lump sum in order to start a new sociedad or to recapitalise an existing one;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas in EFP models that use an intermediate entity, this entity can exercise voting rights or other forms of governance on behalf of employees allowing for collective representation;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to engage employee ownership organisations and stakeholders more closely in dialogue between policy makers, employers and workers' representatives, including the social partners where relevant, in order to ensure that existing examples of best practice at national level are taken into account in the development of national policies to facilitate the implementation of EFP by businesses;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Eagerly anticipates the results of the pilot project and, notably the devaluation on setting up ‘European Centres for Employee Ownership’; asks the Commission to consider what can be done to further develop participation in EFP schemes and offer guidance to Member States on possible mechanisms to do so in light of this pilot projectelopment of a Virtual EFP Centre and the CETREPS Effective Tax Rate Calculator;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point a
Paragraph 8 – point a
(a) an optional single legal regulation open to employers throughout the EU, which would respect areas of Member State competence on fiscal and labour law,
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 8 – point a a (new)
(aa) a range of models developed from best practice examples for each type and size of company,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 8 – point c a (new)
(ca) improving transparency and access to information to facilitate equal implementation in different Member States,
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the shift in the attitude of trade unions towards EFP and eEncourages social partners to continue working together to develop new opportunities at the relevant levels7 ; __________________ 7 ‘Employee financial participation in companies’ proceeds' (PE 475.098), p. 35.
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Member States to use existing or to develop, in partnership with the Commission and employee ownership organisations, single information portals – one stop shops – accessible to employers and employees, to explain the benefits and advantages of EFP, national support or incentives available and the different models which exist, in order to allow workers to become more aware and make better use of advantages arising from EFP schemes and to allow employers to better assess the options available to them and the challenges of entering into an EFP scheme;