Activities of Radan KANEV related to 2019/2186(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Fair working conditions, rights and social protection for platform workers - New forms of employment linked to digital development (debate)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas platform work has also raised concerns about precariousness or poor working conditions, lack of access to adequate social protection, fragmented and unstable income, rise of undeclared work and tax evasion, and a lack of occupational health and safety measures, especially for lower-skilled on-location platform workers and workers performing micro-tasks, as highlighted during the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, if not tackled accordingly, the above mentioned risks might put in jeopardy the whole European model of Social Market Economy and the goals of the European Pillar of Social Rights; whereas, the technological progress might also provide the solutions for adaptation of the European Social model to the realities of the 21st century.
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas people working in the platform economy are generally classified as formally self-employed and yet usually don't possess the levels of professional independence, characteristic for free- lancers and liberal professions; whereas, as such, these people do not benefit from the equivalent social, labour, health and safety protection that are connected to an employment contract or a registered liberal profession in most countries;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the blurred distinction between workers and the self-employed often seen in platform work causes uncertainty as regards their rights, entitlements, and applicable rules: whereas more and more sectors are likely to be impacted by this in the future, as well as their professional responsibility, including responsibility for damages, suffered by clients and third parties;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas more and more sectors are likely to be impacted by platform work or similar employment patterns, thus further blurring the distinction between platform work, self-employment and traditional employment; whereas the trend towards remote working in many sectors, and especially online-based trade and services is unavoidable and favourable for many companies and workers; whereas the booming development of digital technologies predetermines many new and unpredictable opportunities for so-called non-standard forms of work and employment;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Member States have developed different approaches or are not addressing the problems at all, leading to fragmented rules and initiatives; whereas there is a need for European level action to overcome the resulting legal uncertainty and improvguarantee platform workers’ rights;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas attempts to simply impose the rules, regulating traditional employment, on platform work could be ineffective and harmful for both companies and workers;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas platform work is a result of technological progress, providing workers, customers and employers with new opportunities and choices when it comes to place, time flexibility and frequency of their relations, including work and provision of services, it requires a respective technological adaptability and flexibility on behalf of the social security and health systems and taxation mechanisms, providing for the workers’ spare rights and public income interest.
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Expresses the concern, that many platform workers have limited or no social security coverage and subsequently - no retirement plan under the existing pension systems, which is endangering both their future prospects, the public pension systems of the Member States, and our Social model in general;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses, furthermore, that platform workers, working in different Member-States or combining regular employment with platform work in different Member-States might be subject to entirely different regulations for the same work;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that this legal uncertainty must be urgently addressed, while acknowledging that it cannot be easily solved by a one-size-fits-all approach; believes that any proposal must recognise the heterogeneity of platforms and of platform workers, as well as the different national labour legislation, social security and health systems, and take into account the current digital labour platforms model, where some platform workers are genuinely self-employed and wish to remain so;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes, however, that, especially bearing in mind the freedom of movement of workers and provision of services in the Singe market, certain common rules on working conditions, social security, healthcare rights, hourly minimum income guarantee and basic calculation of working time, income and taxation base shall apply throughout the Union, preferably as a result of successful social dialogue;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines, that platform work allows workers to provide their professional services throughout the Union for different and short periods in different Member-States; expresses the concern, that such a working model remains largely uncovered by existing rules on social security coordination and the portability of social rights of platform workers is especially unsecure;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a legislative initiative to improve the working conditions of platform workers; calls on the Commission, if the social partners do not express the wish to initiate the process provided for in Article 155 of the TFEU, to put forward a new directive on platform workers in order to guarantee them a minimum set of rights and procedures to ensure their portability, regardless of their employment status, and to address the specificities of platform work;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls in particular the importance of extending social protection rights to self-employed platform workers, including people transitioning from one status to another or who have both statuses, for schemes covering maternity and equivalent parental benefits, and unemployment, sickness, healthcare and old-age benefits; benefits, acknowledging the specifics of their working time, but not using working-time limitations as a reason of exemption from social coverage ;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission, when preparing regulation proposals, to consider the general trends on the labour market and especially the trend towards working time flexibility, characteristic for platform work, but not limited to it, and address the social protection issues, arising from these trends, and especially the portability of accumulated social rights and entitlements; Underlines the need to regulate the use of advanced technologies in order to guarantee the cumulating and portability of social rights and entitlements.
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission, that platform workers and any similar form of employment, made possible by technological innovation, are included in the proposals for establishment of a European social security number (ESSN) and that fair mobility rules are applied to platform work in a non-discriminatory manner.