6 Amendments of Abir AL-SAHLANI related to 2019/2186(INI)
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
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1. Notes that the current European framework is unsatisfactory, with EU legal instruments which do notre is no harmonized EU framework covering all platform workers in their personal scope and which do not address the new realities of the world of work; regrets that this fragmentation places some platform workers in a legally precarious situation, resulting in some platform workers enjoying fewer or more limited rights than should be guaranteed to all platform workers regardless of their employment statuscompanies and their self-employed partners; Notes that Member States' different enforcement in combination with an growing digital service sector in some cases can put platform companies and self-employed in a precarious situation;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Believes that this legal uncertainty must be urgently addressed, while acknowledging that it cannot be easily solved by a one-size-fits-all approachmeasures aimed at clarifying the legal status should avoid affecting the growth of platform services and be based on comprehensive impact assessments in consultation with relevant actors; while acknowledging that it cannot be easily solved by a one-size-fits-all approach; emphasizes the importance that any initiative must respect national competences while ensuring Member States the opportunity to adapt measures in accordance to their legal tradition; believes that any proposal must recognise the heterogeneity of platforms and of platform workers, and take into account the current digital labour platforms model, where some platform workers are genuinely self-employed and wish to remain so;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
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5. Stresses the need to better combat bogus self-employment by means of a directive, so as to cover platform workers which are fulfilling the conditions characteristic of an employment relationship based on the actual performance of work, and not on the parties’ description of the relationship; is of the opinion that special attention should be given to digital labour platforms that strongly organise conditions and remuneration of online and on-location platform work, which could be used as guidance for determining the degree of responsibility of platforms towards platform workand to provide for legal certainty, so as to provide for clear criteria, stresses that platforms should be allowed to provide protections such as insurance, sick-pay, and holiday pay, to their self-employed partners;.
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Stresses that some platform workers may be subject to increased health and safety risks; is of the opinion that the Commission proposal must address the occupational health and safety of platform workers as well as establish minimum requirements to enable them exercise a right tond if necessary, formulate guidance to give platform workers the opportunity to be disconnected without any adverse consequences;being disadvantaged.
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
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11. Recognises that freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining are fundamental rights for all workers, and believes a directive on platform workers should ensure that these rightin this are effective and enforced; notes the potential for imbalanced relationships between digital labourgard that an initiative on platforms and workers, who may lack the individual bargaining power to negotiate their terms and conditions; notes further that there are also practical issues such as a lack of common means of communication and opportunities to meet online or in person, which can prevent collective representation in practice; calls on the Commission to address such impediments in its proposal; stresses the need for platform workers and platforms to be properly represented in order to facilitate social dialogue should identify measures on how to increase possibilities for self-employed to invoke proper working conditions;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
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12. Regrets tNotes established legal difficulties inaw in regards to collective representation faced by platform workers, and is aware that the solo self- employed are considered ‘undertakings’, and as such are subject to the prohibition on agreements that restrict competition; welcomes in this regard the inception impact assessment published by the Commission16, and the planned initiative to address this obstacle; is convinced that EU competition law must not hinder the improvement of the working conditions (including the setting of remuneration) and social protection of solo self- employed platform workers through collective bargaining; __________________ 16https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/ALL/?uri=PI_COM%3AAres %282021%29102652