Activities of Pavel TELIČKA related to 2015/2255(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Social dumping in the EU (A8-0255/2016 - Guillaume Balas)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, in the transport sector, security, safety of passengers and high working conditions are interlinkedcertain working conditions may impact safety of passengers;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas equal work, equal rightdecent working conditions and fair competition must bare at the heart of a well- functioning single market;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to swiftfully implement all relevant social legislation covering the transport sector; strongly urges the Commission to monitor more closely the implementation and proper enforcement of the existing legislation;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the economic growth and thus job-creating potential in the EU transport and tourism sectors; firmly believes that employment in the EU transport sector should be made more attractive for future generations; considers in particular that women’s participation must be boostencouraged;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to enhanceand the Member States to support enhancement of social dialogue in the transport sector as a whole;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to suspend suchfight socially problematic business practices as precarious contracts (bogus self-employment, zero-hour contracts, pay-to-fly-schemes, etc.), letter-box companies and flags of convenience in order to ensure the social protection of workers;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the introduction of appropriate control devices, using modern technology, for all transport modes for professional use so as to monitor working and rest time effectively, with a view to ensuring proper implementation of existing legislation; microcompanies, which have a limited range of operation and for whom this could lead to disproportionate costs, may be exempted;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the need forEncourages the Commission to treat social aspects as a major priority of the road package, including measures to ensure legal clarity and better implementation of rules governing working conditions, social and welfare rights, wages and social responsibility and social rights;
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the EU and the Member States to cooperate across borders in relation to enforcement information, to givfacilitate monitoring authorities access to data registered in the Member States’ national electronic registers and in the European Register of Road Transport Undertaking (ERRU) and to consolidate the list of infringements leading to the loss of good repute of road transport operators by including illegal cabotage and non- compliance with Community social and labour legislation;
Amendment 158 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls foInvites to consider the creation of a European independent administrative authority, which could become a European Road Transport Agency, to ensure proper implementation of EU legislation and promote standardisation across all Member States, including the social dimension, such as working conditions and labour issues in road transportcooperation between all Member States on these issues;
Amendment 175 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the social dimension of the Aviation Package published by the Commission must be strengthened as employment and working conditions are directly linked to the maintenance ofmay impact the safety and security of both passengers and staff; underlines furthermore, in this connection, the need for the Commission and the Member States to monitor and ensure proper enforcement of national social legislation and collective agreements for airlines having operational bases on EU territory;
Amendment 191 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. StressUrges the need for a new groundhandling regulation, that will provideCommission to evaluate as soon as possible the groundhandling services directive and if the need be propose a revision with the aim to provide the necessary social protection for workers; calls for an improved Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 to ensure binding application of national labour legislation for airlines having European operational bases and to improvereview the definition of ‘homebase’ for crew members;
Amendment 207 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that, in the maritime sector, the Commission should ensure the full implementation of social legislation, including the 2006 Maritime Labour Convention, and promote the recruitment and retention of skilled European-based seafarers to stopminimise European officers being replaced by crew from third countries; considers furthermore that the Commission should create provisions enabling EU-controlled tonnage to be returned to flags of EU Member States;
Amendment 220 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that, without prejudice to national and Union law, including collective agreements between social partners, the competent authority should require the designated provider of port and railway services to establish staff working conditions on the basis of binding national, regional or local social standards and to implement the compulsory transfer of staff in the event of a change in service provider;
Amendment 226 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13