Activities of Laura AGEA related to 2017/2003(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a European agenda for the collaborative economy
Amendments (9)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas most global companies which are valued at more than USD 1 billion are listed platform companies;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas all collaborative economies are identified by resource sharing, the active empowerment of citizens, innovation and the intensive use of information and communication technologies (ICTs);
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes the need to ensure that self- employed workers and professionals who work for platform companies receive professional-level pay and certain time frames for payment;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission and on Member States to open up non-exclusive, experimentation-oriented spaces for collaborative economies while fostering digital connectivity and literacy;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to ensure adequate social security for self-employed workers, who are key players in the digital labour market; stresses, safety guarantees for the customers of collaborative economies and cohabitation synergies with traditional business models; stresses, in addition, that freedom of association and collective action are fundamental rights which must apply to all workers;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for, with particular reference to working conditions and labour costs, regarding both employees and the self- employed, the adoption and immediate implementation of rules which ensure a level playing field, including anti- dumping measures, between platform companies based in non-EU countries and traditional companies based in the Member States;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses the importance of teleworking and smartworking in connection with the collaborative economy and advocates, in this regard, the need to place these ways of working on an equal footing with traditional ones;
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need to adopt and implement specific, more effective anti tax avoidance rules for platform companies which provide services and/or sell goods on the territory of the European Union;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that constant accessibility represents a serious health and safety risk in the platform economin the platform economy, ‘value is produced by interaction rather than hours of presence’ and constant accessibility represents a serious risk to ‘well-being’ and to health and safety; advocates the establishment of a ‘right to log off’.