12 Amendments of Tiziana BEGHIN related to 2016/2224(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas recent mass leaks revealing corruption, such as the Panama Papers and SwissLeaks affairs, or the avoidance of rules on labour law leading in certain cases to precarious employment, confirm the importance of the role played by whistle- blowers in defending the public interest;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas concerns have often been raised that whistle-blowers face hostility and exclusion at their place of work, rather than being viewed positively, and are subjected not only to harassment but also to intimidation up to and including threats to their life;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas economic intelligence can be cross-border in scope and whereas whistle-blowers play a major role in bringing to light illegal acts carried out in other countries against national economic interests;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for action, including in school and university programmes, to change the public perception of whistle- blowers by highlighting their positive role as an early warning mechanism to prevent abuses and corruption and to enable public scrutiny of state action;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the introduction of effective arrangements for protecting anyone who reports wrongdoing at the workplace, such as harassment, job blackmail, illegal recruitment and dismissal practices, pay discrimination and any other form of law- breaking;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for measures to protect workers to include arrangements for safeguarding people’s anonymity and the confidentiality of information, where appropriate by means of encryption, and penalties for anyone failing to meet their obligations in this area;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points to the dangers of excluding whistle-blowing workers from career progression and of retaliation by colleagues at their workplace, and the dampening effect this has on those who may come across wrongdoing, and calls for everything possible to be done to put an end to behaviour of this kind;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the Member States to pass legislation encouraging people to report illegal acts and wrongdoing by establishing an awards system including arrangements for paying whistle-blowers a percentage of any sums recovered by the public or private organisation involved;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the importance of devising instruments to ban any form of retaliation, whether this be active dismissal or passive measures such as the blocking of promotion, and of taking action through the courts wherever this is necessary;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that proper and effective legislation is needed; encourages Member States to develop legislative instruments that protect those who report justified and proven breaches of conduct to public authorities;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of urging Member States to implement rules protecting whistle-blowers in both the public and the private sectors;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges the relevant authorities to lay down a best-endeavours obligation in connection with arrangements for receiving and dealing with reports that are put in place by both employers and the authorities themselves.