11 Amendments of Elisabeth SCHROEDTER related to 2008/2246(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the current financial crisis will have consequences for the European economy in terms of restructuring, mergers and relocations of undertakings at European level, and whereas, both in such cases and in connection with takeovers by financial investors, such as hedge funds and private equity funds, the procedures for informing and consulting employees must be implemented in full,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the aim of Directive 2002/14/EC was to establish a general framework for informing and consulting employees about their undertaking’s future and for consulting them effectively in anticipation of its economic developments,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that some Member States have not taken ‘atypical’ employees (part-time workers, temporary workers, trainees, apprentices and workers in assisted employment), into account in their measures for the transposition of Directive 2002/14/EC, and calls onfor them to do so actual number of employees – regardless of age or type of employment contract – always to be used when calculating workforce size thresholds;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point (a)
Paragraph 3 – point (a)
(a) rule out any condition based on an employee’s length of service, age or type of employment contract when calculating workforce size thresholds of the undertaking or establishment which have implications for the applicability of rules on informing and consulting employees,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point (b)
Paragraph 3 – point (b)
(b) define precisely the term ‘information’, in such a way that the employer is not allowed complete freedom to interpret it, and in line with the spirit of Directive 2002/14/EC, i.e. by permitting employees’ representatives to examine the subject matter and not simply to acquaint themselves with it; operational decisions which have an immediate impact on the workforce must not be implemented until the information procedure has been completed,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point (d)
Paragraph 3 – point (d)
(d) make the provision of information a prelude to consultation, which must take place in good timedo away with the derogation from Directive 2002/14/EC laid down in Article 3(3), since it is not consistent with the social rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point (e a) (new)
Paragraph 3 – point (e a) (new)
(ea) involve also those trade unions active in the establishment in measures to support the social dialogue;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that regulatory action by the Community is necessary and calls on the Commission to propose a full review of Directive 94/95/EC to Parliament and the Council at the latest during the next parliamentary term;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to take, as soon as possible, measures to ensure the proper transposition of Directive 2002/14/EC by the Member States and, if necessary, to initiate Treaty infringement proceedings;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Urges the Commission, further, to ensure that in the event of mergers and takeovers and takeovers by financial investors, such as hedge funds and private equity funds, the Member States enforce national and Community rules on the information and consultation of employees in connection with decisions on mergers and takeovers; calls on the Commission to support the Member States in this broad interpretation of the scope of the directive;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Commission to initiate a process with a view to improving in future the European directive on workers’ codetermination rights in connection with staff-related and social matters;