Activities of Anne SANDER 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 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the concept of platform workers is very broad; whereas, accordingly, it may include both self- employed and employed persons, and both highly skilled and low-paid workers;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas platform work has also raised concerns about precariousness or poor working conditions, lack ofdifficult access to adequate social protection, fragmented and unstable income, 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 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, in the light of recent court rulings on the reclassification of contracts for certain platform workers, it should be ensured that they have the appropriate status based on their activities and their link with their platform; whereas those workers must accordingly be able to enjoy in full their rights as self- employed persons or employees on the basis of either status;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, unless a third way is found, the status of those workers should be clear and unambiguous so that, with all due transparency, they are aware of their employment rights and conditions;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas some businesses may also face unfair competition from platforms that fail to pay social security contributions commensurate with the status of their workers;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Member States have developed different approaches, leading to fragmented rules and initiatives; whereas there is a need for European level action could make it possible to overcome the resulting legal uncertainty and improve platform workers’ rights;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas it should be ensured that existing provisions are applied, in particular the Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions and the Regulation on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the meaning of the terms ‘worker’ and ‘self-employed’ are not uniformly defined in all Member States; notes that the boundary between these two terms is less clearsometimes ambiguous for new forms of work, and that some workers are therefore at risk of being misclassified and of not enjoying the rights inherent to their status;
Amendment 166 #
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, and on the basis of the conclusions of public consultations, to put forward a new direcinitiative on platform workers in order to guarantee them a minimum set of rights regardless of their employment status, and to address the specificities of platform work;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to better combat bogus self-employment by means of a directiven initiative taking a form to be determined on the basis of the conclusions of public consultations, 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 workers and the relationship of subordination between them and their platform;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 3
Paragraph 6 – indent 3
– address the current lack of transparency, while observing trade secrets, by ensuring the provision of essential information regarding working conditions, the method of calculating the price or fee, and transparency in the event of a change in the terms, conditions and procedures for temporary or permanent deactivation, if any, which should be preceded by consultation;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
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 atheir rights, such as their right to disconnect, without any adverse consequences;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that platform workers should, in accordance with their status, receive compensation in case of work accidents and occupational diseases, and be offered sickness and invalidity insurance coverage; welcomes, in this respect, the initiatives of some platforms to provide insurance as well as occupational health and safety measures;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly believes that formal and effective coverage, adequacy and transparency of social protection systems should apply to all workers, including the self-employed, in accordance with the relevant status established in the Member States; calls on the Member States to fully and immediately implement the Council Recommendation on access to social protection for workers and self- employed, and to ensure that their national plans set out relevant measures to be taken address the social protection of platform workers;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls in particular the importance of extendnsuring social protection rights tofor 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;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recognises that freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining are fundamental rights for all workers, and believes a direcn initiative on platform workers should ensure that these rights are effective and enforced; notes the potential for imbalanced relationships between digital labour 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;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Believes thatStresses the importance of training, and in particular the need for basic training musto be provided to platform workers by the platform at least on the use of their website or the application; believes further that platform workers, in particular less qualified workers, should be offered training enabling skilling and re-skilling to improve their employability and career paths; calls for the facilitation of the recognition, validation and portability of attainments in the field of non-formal and informal learning; believes in this regard that a ‘certificate of experience’ should be issued for platform workers who have participated in such training, which could be uploaded on individual learning accounts;