10 Amendments of Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN related to 2015/2222(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas 18 Member States recognise forms of participcodetermination, consultation and information of workers;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas workers’ rights to representation on company boards are recognised by the primary and secondary law of the EU, in the fifth paragraph of the Preamble of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and in Article 153 TFEU, which emphasises the fundamental right for workers on information and consultation within the undertaking set out in Art. 27 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to provide a coherent framework for the political and legislative instruments of company law already in force in the field of workers’ participcodetermination;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is worried about the impact that the proposal for a directive on single-member private limited liability companies could have on workers’ rights, in particular workers’ representation; therefore calls on the Commission to withdraw the proposal for a directive on single- member private limited liability companies;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal on the crossborder transfer of seats, the so called "14th Company Law Directive" as requested by the Committee on Legal Affairs in 2012;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to consider making a proposal on how to introduce permanent forms of workers’ participcodetermination, by ensuring common minimum standards for information, consultation and participcodetermination;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reaffirms the right of workers to elect their own representatives, in accordance with the national representation systems, and supports the idea of presenting gender- balanced lists of candidates, in order to create a legal environment for future legislative initiatives to enhance the gender balance in companies;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to define common minimum criteria for workers’ representation at board level, notably on the size of the company, on balanced gender representation, and on the extension of the right to participateof codetermination in public and semi-public companies;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reaffirms the necessity to create a body of workers representation in order to ensure the balance of opposite parties´ interests; furthermore calls on the Commission to introduce a co- determination scheme of mandatory quotas in relation to the size of the company: - For companies from 50 to 250 employees (also taking into account direct and indirect subsidiaries), two or three workers representatives should be part of the management; - For companies up to 1,000 employees (also taking into account direct and indirect subsidiaries), workers should be represented to the extent of one third of the board; - For large companies with more than 1,000 employees (also taking into account direct and indirect subsidiaries), a strong parity between workers and employers should be established;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to submit legislative proposals and financial instruments aimed at promoting enhanced information, participcodetermination and consultation of workers.