5 Amendments of David CASA related to 2020/0310(COD)
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) While strong collective bargaining at sector or cross-industry level, where it is the national law or practice, contributes to ensuring adequate and fair minimum wage protection, traditional collective bargaining structures have been eroding during the last decades, in part due to structural shifts in the economy towards less unionised sectors and to the decline in trade union membership related to the increase of atypical and new forms of workand employer association membership. In addition, sectoral and cross-industry level collective bargaining came under severe pressure due to political decisions taken in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. With the aim of achieving fair minimum wages, however, sectoral and cross-industry level collective bargaining, where it is the national law or practice, is essential and thus needs to be promoted and strengthened.
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In a context of declining collective bargaining coverage, it is essential that the Member States promote collective bargaining to enhance workers’ access to minimum wage protection provided by collective agreements. Member States with a high collective bargaining coverage tend to have a low share of low-wage workers and high minimum wages. Member States with a small share of low wage earners have a collective bargaining coverage rate above 70%. Similarly, the majority of the Member States with high levels of minimum wages relative to the median wage have a collective bargaining coverage above 70%. While all Member States should be encouraged to promote collective bargaining, those who do not reach this level of coverage should, in consultation and/or agreement with the social partners, provide for or, where it already exists, strengthen a framework of facilitative procedures and institutional arrangements enabling the conditions for collective bargaining. Such framework should be established by law or by tripartite agreement.in accordance with national law and practice.
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Minimum wages are considered to be adequate if they are fair in relation to thand fair if they improve wage distribution in the country and if they provide a decent standard of living for workers and their families on the basis of a full time employment contract.. The adequacy of statutory minimum wages is determined in view of the national socio- economic conditions, including employment growth, competitiveness as well as regional and sectoral developments. Their adequacy should be assessed at least in relation to their purchasing power, to the productivity developments and to their relation to the gross wage levels, distribution and growth. The use of indicators commonly used at international level, such asinternationally recognised level of 60% of the gross median wage and 50% of the gross average wage, can help guide the assessment of minimum wage adequacy in relation to the gross level of wages.
Amendment 499 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) where it is the national law or practice, promote the building and strengthening of the capacity of the social partners to engage in collective bargaining on wage setting at sector or cross-industry level;
Amendment 529 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States where collective bargaining coverage is less than 70% of the workers defined within the meaning of Article 2, and where it is the national law or practice, shall, in addition provide for a framework of enabling conditions forto promote collective bargaining, either by law after consultation ofing the social partners or byin agreement with them, and shall. Those Member States shall, after consulting social partners or in agreement with them, establish an action plan to promote, setting out a clear timeline and concrete measures to ensure respect for the right to collective bargaining. The action plan shall be updated at least every three years, made public and shall be notified to the European Commission.