3 Amendments of Vera TAX related to 2020/0101(COD)
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) For the ESF, Member States should primarily use the additional resources to support job maintenance, including through short-time work schemes and support to self-employed, job creation, in particular for people in vulnerable situations, support to youth employment measures, education and training, skills development and to enhance access to social services of general interest, including for children. It should be clarified that in the present exceptional circumstances support to short-time work schemes for employees and the self- employed in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic can be provided even when that support is not combined with active labour market measures, unless the latter are imposed by national law. Union support to those short-time work schemes should be limited in time. and should be conditional on maintaining the same level of working and employment conditions and rights, including protection against lay-offs and reduction of wages, and no bonuses to managers or dividends to shareholders. As public means are being used to uphold employment levels, recipients of Union support should not be based in tax havens, and should not subvert collective bargaining, workers’ participation or codetermination in company decision- making processes.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) With a view to allow the targeting of these additional resources to the geographic areas where they are most needed, as an exceptional measure and without prejudice to the general rules for allocating Structural Funds resources, the additional resources allocated to the ERDF and the ESF are not to be broken down per category of region. However, Member States are expected to take into account the different regional needs and development levels in order to ensure that focus is maintained on less developed regions, in accordance with the objectives of economic, social and territorial cohesion set out in Article 173 TFEU. Member States should also involve local and regional authorities, as well as relevant bodies representing civil society, in accordance with the partnership principles. Member States should also involve local and regional authorities, as well as relevant bodies representing social partners and civil society, including non- governmental organisations and bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion, gender equality and non- discrimination, in accordance with the partnership principles.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
Article 92 b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
For the ESF, the additional resources shall primarily be used to support job maintenance, including through short-time work schemes and support to self- employed, even when that support is not combined with active labour market measures, unless the latter are imposed by national law. The additional resources shall also support job creation, in particular for people in vulnerable situations, youth employment measures, education and training, skills development, in particular to support the twin green and digital transitions, and to enhance access to social services of general interest, including for children. Union support to those short- time work schemes shall be limited in time and shall be conditional on maintaining the same level of working and employment conditions and rights including protection against lay-offs and reduction of wages. Recipients of Union support shall by no means pay bonuses to managers or dividends to shareholders, be based in tax havens, or subvert collective bargaining, workers’ participation or codetermination in company decision making processes.