18 Amendments of Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO related to 2014/0124(COD)
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a decision
Title 1
Title 1
on establishing a European Platform to enhance cooperation in the prevention, control and deterrence of undeclared work
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The implemented fiscal consolidation dictated by the EU through both the European Semester and the Troika aggravates the problem of undeclared work. Undeclared work is not a worker’s choice but very often his/her only alternative to receive income
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The financial crisis leading to poor labour market and social conditions: increase of unemployment, reduced salaries, risk of poverty, cuts in social spending, is driving the practice of undeclared work.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The strengthening of active cooperation along with effective controls based on mutual assistance, transparency and confidentiality among Member States at EU level isare necessary to help Member States to prevent, control and deter undeclared work more efficiently and effectively.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) National labour inspection systems need to be organised in an efficient manner, have sufficient qualified staff at their disposal and carry out systematic and frequent controls.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The identification, analysis and solving of practical problems related to the enforcement of Union legislation on working conditions and social protection at work fall mainly within the competence of national labour inspection systems, for which reason they require close and effective cooperation and common principles and practices at Union level.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Three different national enforcement authorities are mainly involved with undeclared work: labour inspectorates, social security inspectorates and tax authorities. In some cases, migration authorities and employment services as well as customs authorities, the police, the public prosecutor’s office and the social partners are also involved.
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
(1) A European Platform to enhance EU cooperation in the prevention, control and deterrence of undeclared work, and in the reinafter referred to agularisation of jobs (‘the Platform’), is hereby established.
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) the European Parliament.
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Platform should be able to follow the latest trends in the evolvement of undeclared work in all its forms in order to effectively control it. The overriding objective of the Platform shall be to provide value-added input at Union level to Member States’ and Union institutions’ efforts, together with the social partners, effectively control and to successfully tackle the complex problem of undeclared work and the regularisation of jobs, and their manifold implications and consequences. The Platform, as set out in Article 1 (1), shall to that end contribute to better enforcement of EU and national law, to the reduction of undeclared work and the emergence of formal jobs, hence avoiding the deterioration of quality of work, and to promote integration in the labour market and social inclusion by:
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) improving cooperation between Member States’ different enforcement authorities at EU level to prevent, control and deter more efficiently and effectively undeclared work, including bogus self- employment, more efficiently and effectively falsely or partly declared work -in terms of working hours, salaries and the true nature of work- ,
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Platform shall also encourage the Member States to: (a) combat non-permanent employment conditions for the performance of tasks corresponding to permanent needs, promoting stable and lasting contractual conditions; (b) combat forms of undeclared and illegal work and labour trafficking; (c) combat practices involving the use of labour without any employment relationship; (d) combat the use of part-time contracts when this is not the choice of the worker concerned; (e) promote the exercise of workers’ individual and collective rights.
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Develop expertise and analysis, to introduce effective control mechanisms.
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
(-a) Define new forms of undeclared work in the light of the given latest developments in the labour market in order to tackle it in all its forms,
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) Examine the relation between the financial situation of the member-states and its effects to undeclared work.
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) Adopt non-binding guidelines for inspectors, handbooks of good practice and common principles of systematic inspections to tackle undeclared work,
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
(2) In appointing their representatives, Member States should involve all public authorities having a role in the prevention and/or deterrence of undeclared work, such as labour inspectorates, social security authorities, tax authorities, and employment services and migration authorities, hereinafter referred to as "enforcement authorities". They may also, in accordance with national law and/or practice, involve the social partners.