17 Amendments of Marian HARKIN related to 2015/2222(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Title
Title
on workers representation on boardat corporate level in Europe
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the development of the European Union and the European social model require a strengthening of democracy, including economic democracyrespect for democratic values in all fields;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the scope and intensity of worker participation vary greatly, but it has proved effective, and whereas the countries concerned are essentially economically successful ones16; __________________ 16http://www.worker- participation.eu/About-WP/European- Participation-Index-EPI owing to differences in business and trade union structure and how workers are represented, all of which may have a positive effect on company management;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas future corporate management will only be successful with a long-term, sustainable approach which includes all stakeholders18; __________________ 18http://de.worker-participation.eu/Ueber- WP.eu/Publications/The-Sustainable- Company-a-new-approach-to-corporate- governance;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the existing form of the European Company (SE) is also used to avoid nationalenables different forms of worker participation in companies, in line with the management system in force and the company’s freedom to establish its own statutes;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas company law legislative acts at European level and / or such acts applied cross-border are often drawn up without taking into accounthave to comply with labour law;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas giving priority to the fundamental economic freedoms in the European Union often leads to the erosion of the national worker representation, not only at supervisory board levelthe freedom of businesses to act and the right to worker representation must be respected and brought up to date, so they co-exist in the framework of good corporate governance;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas there do not yet exist at EU level any general standards for employee representation on supervisory boardsat corporate level;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the adoption of any further legislative acts in European company law without tshall whe regulation of pertinent take worker participation will lead to a further erosion of national rulesinto account;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Worker representation on supervisory boards – general requirementat corporate level – general observations
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and its agencies on a regular basis and systematically to gather, evaluate and publish data and good examples relating to worker representation at supervisory boardcorporate level;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to establish permanent joint expert groups of the social partners tasked with gathering over a lengthy period of time information on the development and good examples concerning employee representation on supervisory boardsat corporate level; points out that they should examine in particular corporate level employee representation at enterprise, local, regional and national levels, as well as at transnational and European supervisory board levelslevel, assessing in turn to what extent the working, business and trade union culture of each Member State may affect the efficiency thereof;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Asks the Commission to examine and clarify the existing legal basis for a possible European framework in this area, given the impact it could have on areas of national competence;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recommends that efforts should be made to obtain an effective ratio of communication and action between workers' representatives sitting on supervisory boardcorporate bodies, European Works Councils or other I & C representatives and worker representations at national, regional and local levels;