Activities of Klaus-Heiner LEHNE related to 2013/2023(INI)
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Amendments (8)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas a number of high-profile European court cases on jurisdiction and applicable law in relation to individual employment contracts and industrial action have led to fears that national provisions on employment law could be undermined by European rules which can lead, in certain cases, to the law of one Member State being applied by the court of another Member State; whereas, however, the question of the location of financial damage will be satisfactorily solved by the Court of Justice of the European Union, and a guideline is necessary not only for industrial action but for all torts involving financial damage;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. RegretBelieves that employment law issues were not sufficiently taken into account in the context of the recast procedure;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to propose an amendment to the Brussels I Regulation making the following urgent improvements in the field of employment relations: (a) there should be an exclusive forum for disputes concerning industrial action, in line with the Rome II Regulation, in the place where the industrial action is to be or has been taken; (b) in cases where an employee sues an employer, the fall-back clause which applies where there is no habitual place of work should be reworded so as to refer to the place of business from which the employee receives or received day-to-daBelieves that, concerning the liability of a worker or an employer, or of an organisation representing the professional interests of workers or employers, for damages caused by industructions rather than to the engaging place of business; (c) in cases where an employee sues an employer, provision should be made for an additional forum in the Member State from which the employee was recruited if the employer specifically took action to recruit from that Member State and the employment contract recognises continuing connections between the employee and that Member State; (d) in cases where an employer sues an employee, an additional forum of the courts for the habitual place of work should also be available, without any fall- back clause;ial action, Article 5(3) of the Brussels I Regulation should be considered to refer to the place where the industrial action is to be or has been taken.