6 Amendments of Jordi CAÑAS related to 2021/2005(INI)
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that through loopholes, the EU Statute for a European Company (Societas Europeae – SE) is inadvertently enabling companies to circumvent national regulations, particularly on board-level employee representation; regrets the fact that the 2019 Company Law Package24 is serving to perpetuate these shortcomings rather than resolve them; notes that cross- border mergers are also used to avoid representation rights; stresses that companiesletterbox companies and companies that use complex corporate structures and supply or subcontracting chains to circumvent social standards; __________________ 24Directive (EU) 2019/2121 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 as regards cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions (OJ L 321 12.12.2019, p. 1).
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Notes that European Works Council engagement can develop and promote corporate culture and cohesion; however, the country of origin, sector and legal underpinning can influence the extent to which management uses European Works Councils to support that goal;1a __________________ 1a Pulignano V. and Turk J., KU Leuven, European Works Councils on the Move: Management Perspectives on the Development of a Transnational Institution for Social Dialogue, 2016, p. 24.
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Highlights the need to address the short and medium-term thinking, and the differences in industrial relations traditions among European Works Council representatives to strengthen European Works Councils;2a __________________ 2aPulignano V. and Turk J., KU Leuven, European Works Councils on the Move: Management Perspectives on the Development of a Transnational Institution for Social Dialogue, 2016.
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. States that much remains to be done to ensure gender equality and proper representation of employees with disabilities and chronically ill employees in all aspects of worker participation across the EU;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Regrets that the financial and material resources needed to enable the European Works Councils to perform their duties in an appropriate manner are not always provided by the central management, as per Annex I of the European Works Council Directive;3a __________________ 3aEuropean Commission (2018), Evaluation accompanying the Report on the implementation of the Works Council Directive.
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Notes that the common understanding of a European Works Council's role as a transnational body and the application of legal restructuring practices vary greatly depending on the level or intensity of industrial relations, the size of the company and policy frameworks;4a __________________ 4a https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId =738&langId=en&pubId=8153&furtherP ubs=yes