13 Amendments of Csaba ŐRY related to 2008/2085(INI)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas temporary work is often used as a permanent solution, which is to say to meet the long-term labour needs of some enterprises, which was not the original intention of the legislator,
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. RegretsIs pleased to note that all conditions imposed on foreign employers above minimum levels are seen as obstacles to free movement, if employees do not already receive more favourable conditions in the country of origin;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets the factIs pleased to note that even though the PWD was formulated as a minimum standard directive, the ECJ has determinesd that those minimum standards must be regarded as the maximum in the context of the Laval judgement; this approach causes great concerns as to whether any directives decided on the basis of a minimum approach are regarded as valid; if all directi and that any requirements above the minimum levels in the social dimension were to be reformulated as maximum directives, as in the case of the PWD, the consequences would be enormousmust be seen as obstacles to free movement;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. RegretNotes that the social considerations referred to in Articles 26 and 27 in Directive 2004/18, do not include terms and conditions of employment which go beyond the mandatory rules for minimum protection;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises that the current situation couldmust be prevented from leading to a situation where workers in host countries will be pressured by low wage competition; this, in turn, could lead to xenophobia and counterproductive anger against the EUis of the opinion that Member States have an undeniable responsibility to combat xenophobia in respect of both European and third country workers;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines that the ECJ has interpreted EU legislation in a way that was not the intenit is by no means question ofing the legislators; calls on the Commission, the Council and the EP to take immediate action to ensure the necessary changes in EU legislation to change the new practise of the ECJway in which the ECJ interprets EU legislation;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Therefore welcomNotes the Commission's statement ofrom 3 April 2008 which clearly states that ithey will continue to fight social dumping and that the freedom to provide services is not superior to the fundamental rights of trade unions;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Therefore calls on the Commission to review the PWD and consider the following issues: - a new legal basis for the PWD to better protect workers; workers posted within the framework of services should be regarded as using the right of freedom of movement of workers and not the free movement of services; - a possibility in the Directive for Member States to refer in law or collective agreements to the 'habitual wages' applicable in the place of work in the host country as defined in the ILO 94 and not only ‘minimum’ rates of pay; - a limit to the period of time during which workers can be considered as being 'posted' to a Member State other than the Member State of their ordinary place of work in the framework of services; after that period the rules on free movement of workers should apply, i.e. host country rules with regard to wages and working conditions have full application; - an even clearer expression that the Directive and other EU legislation do not prohibit Member States and trade unions from demanding more favourable conditions for the worker; and - the recognition of a wider range of methods of organizing labour markets than those currently covered by Article 3(8)use the means at its disposal to promote a better implementation of the PWD;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. CallIs onf the Council to adopt immediately the Temporary Agency Directive in which it is clarified that the same rules should immediately apply to temporary agency workers as if they were employed directly by the enterpriseopinion that temporary work is in many cases used as a permanent staffing tool, not least to satisfy some enterprises’ continuous need for labour over a long period, which was not the original intention of the legislator; calls on the Commission to address this problem and to identify possible solutions to it;