13 Amendments of Sven SCHULZE related to 2015/2349(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas technological advances, new business models and digitalisation have transformed and opened up the transport sector significantly in recent years, with major impacts on traditional business models and working conditions and employment in the sector;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas only 1.7 % of EU enterprises make full use of advanced digital technologies, while 41 % do not use them at all; whereas the digitalisation of all sectors is crucial to maintain and improve the EU’s competitiveness;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas transport services can provide a good way of becoming self- employed and promote a culture of entrepreneurship;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas online platforms for transport services can meet the individual labour requirements of a registered worker immediately and smoothly;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need for a positive regulatory environment that encourages investment and access to financing, and fosters sustainable growth and quality jobs within small transport businesses;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the emergence of the collaborative economy with more flexible forms of work and the new opportunities it offers for workers to earn additional income; notes that the collaborative economy is an important tool in the fight against underemployment and unemployment; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the development of the collaborative economy and to provide a stable legal framework for its further development;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the opportunities of the collaborative economy and the Digital Single Market for job cthe creation of jobs with a relationvely low entry threshold and more inclusive growth within small transport businesses; stresses, however, that the collaborative economy must not lead to an avoidance of tax and social contributions, nor to non-compliance with the high transparency potential of the collaborative economy through the simplified technical traceability of the transport services provided in the collection of tax and social contributions; stresses that the collaborative economy players must not infringe employment and social legislation;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points to the relatively low barriers to beginning a career in the transport sector and its great potential therefore in combating long-term unemployment;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Member States to implement and enforce all national laws and regulations relating to online transport service platforms;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ICalls concerned about the rise of precarious employment, bogus self- employment, undeclared work and social dumping; calls on the Member States to guarantee fair competition and ensure decent w the Member States to guarantee fair competition and ensure decent working conditions and enforce existing social protection for all workers in order to reduce precarious working conditions in a sectork ing conditions and the highest possible level of social protection for all worker transition; calls on the Commission and Member States to fight illegal bogus self-employment through the improved enforcement of existing rules;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned about the misuse of subcontracting in the transport sector to circumvent working and employment standards; calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce and strengthen laws on joint and several liabilityStresses that working and employment standards must not be circumvented through subcontracting in the transport sector;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the development of new working time models that enable workers to improve their work-life balance; stresses, however, the importance of, work part-time and have additional earnings; stresses, however, that the digitalisation of the transport sector will make it easier to monitoring compliance with mandatory driving and resting times as well as working hours;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to gather reliable data on the collaborative economy in the transport sector and to study the impact on working conditions;