Activities of Pier Antonio PANZERI related to 2008/2035(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on stepping up the fight against undeclared work PDF (239 KB) DOC (177 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas undeclared work is a complex phenomenon, the extent of which is difficult to determine, since it is influenced by numerous economic, social, institutional, regulatory and cultural factors,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that action to combat undeclared work requires a comprehensive approach which covers matters relating to monitoring and control, the economic and institutional framework and sectoral and territorial development and involves concerted action at several levels and the participation of all stakeholders (public authorities, social partners, firms and workers);
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes the link between delayed economic and productive development and the spread of undeclared work; considers that action to combat undeclared work should be incorporated into the economic and employment policies pursued under the Lisbon strategy; considers, moreover, that, to ensure the strategy to tackle undeclared work is effective and delivers positive results, precise studies should be carried out to analyse the decisive macro- economic factors and the relationship between markets, production models and widespread undeclared working;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls, therefore, for European action to combat undeclared work to be more pro- active and incisive, in order to prevento ensure that the modernisation of labour law in Europe from remaining on ais not confined to the purely theoretical level but is translated into effective and high- quality policies;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that the measures introduced to combat undeclared work will also shed light on irregularities in relation to declared employment relationships based on legal contracts;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to submit proposals with a view to developing a set of generally accepted methods of measuring undeclared work based on a grid of data broken down by gender and sector, given the significantly differing extent to which men and women respectively are engaged in undeclared work in many sectors, and the resulting indirect effect on the pay gap between men and women;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to frame policies to provide for both general measures and sectoral measures in order to prevent and regulate undeclared work with the full involvement of the social partners and with special reference to the most affected sectors, such as the hotel and catering industry, farming, domestic services and the construction industry; draws the attention of the Commission and the Member States to the specific situation of the domestic care sector, where there is a significant concentration of women who are third-country nationals and, in many cases, are not legally resident in the European Union;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to provide strong incentives for those who undertake to put undeclared work on a formal economic footing and to, while limiting any use of atypical contracts for a limitspecified period of time (two years); stresses that these forms of employment must, however, be accompanied by the necessary safeguards to provide security for employees;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for new categories of regularflexible forms of work to be assessed and promoted, in agreement with the social partners at the appropriate level, on the basis of the experience gained in several Member States, to allow those involved in undeclared activities to bring their practices into line with the law, for example by using service vouchers;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for new categories of regular work to be assessed and promoted, on the basis of the experience gained in several Member States, to allow those involved in undeclared activities to bring their practices into line with the law, for example by using service vouchers, in line with the best of the current regulatory practices which have proved effective;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recalls that the underground economy and undeclared work damages the economy, leaves workers unprotected, is detrimental to consumers, reduces tax revenues and leads to unfair competition between firms, therefore calls for a strategy for combating undeclared work based on a strong and efficient coordination and administrative cooperation between government enforcement agencies, labour inspectorates and social partners, social security administrations and tax authorities;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a strong national coordination of the public and private organisations concerned, calling on the Member States to use innovative methods, based on specific indicators and benchmarks forspecific to the different business sectors, in order to combat tax erosionfight against undeclared work and fiscal erosion and calls upon the Commission to support the exchange of best practices between Member States in the fight against undeclared work;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for greater and more effective respect of the right to work and of existing employment rules, in particular those set out in Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services, on the basis of a congruent interpretation of the directive which reverses the current trend towards interpreting it in such a way as to level variations in the treatment of workers downwards towards minimum basic standards;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the European Union to play a greater role in promoting better and increased cooperation and coordination between labour inspectorates, by strengthening the economic and technological resources of inspection services and by providing for the possible establishment of some kind of European ‘social hub’, and calls on the Commission to ensure a study of its feasibility is produced;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls for the financing of research projects on health and safety at work and of promotional activities geared to prevention and to disseminate a culture of health and safety in the workplace, with particular reference to those sectors in which there is the highest risk of accident, in which undeclared labour is more prevalent; considers that the relationship between accidents at work and unlawful work should be investigated on the basis of the data on fatalities;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. NotStresses the significant impact on undeclared working of the above- mentioned proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council providing for sanctions against employers of illegally staying third- country nationals, and expresses its concern that repressive measures are being put in place before any common framework of rules and policies on lawful access to the employment market has been laid down;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Considers that the fight against a growing informal economy and, in particular, against the exploitation of clandestine migrant workers, can be based not only on a policy of prosecution and deportrepatriation but also on instruments and mechanisms to prevent and combat the exploitation of migrant workers, making provision for the recognition of and respect for fundamental human rights and the work of illegal immigrants;