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Amendments (12)

Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Points out the generally weaker position of women on the labour market, which is often due to their family obligations, as a result of which access to the official labour market is hampered, and underpaid and undeclared work more readily accepted; points also to the resulting serious consequences for the career advancement and retirement of women, but also for the proper functioning of the labour market and the capacity for financing social security schemes;
2008/06/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to propose to the Member States a framework statute for spouses or family members helping in family businesses to guarantee their compulsory membership of a social security scheme.·
2008/06/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to propose to Member States a flexible framework for recognising care services for the young, the elderly, the disabled, etc., and the rights, obligations and professional experience of care providers, whether they are European citizens or citizens of third countries;
2008/06/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission, bearing in mind that running a family is itself a family business, to propose a framework for recognising atypical family work and the compulsory inclusion thereof in a social security scheme;
2008/06/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Strongly advocates the conclusion of 'agreements' at regional, national and local level providing a progressive and sectoral response to illegal labour and encouraging measures producing effective solutions for the benefit of society as a whole;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission, in this regard, to propose to the Member States and the social and economic stakeholders involved in combating undeclared work a ‘pact to declare the undeclared’, geared to allow undeclared activities to gradually come to light; the pact should cover a limited transitional period (two years), without involving any sanctions, at the end of which, however, provision should be made for stronger sanction mechanisms;deleted
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for greater and more effective respect of the right to work and of existing employment rules, of international employment rules as one of the means of promoting the Decent Work Agenda and of Community law, 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 services1; 1OJ L 18, 21.1.1997, p. 1.
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Advocates closer links between national labour inspectorates and measures to encourage exchanges of best practices at Community level in response to undeclared work;·
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 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’;deleted
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Takes the view that there is a need to raise awareness amongst bothemployers, workers and, potential users of undeclared work and all social organisations on the risks and costs relating to undeclared work and on the benefits of declareliminating that work;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Takes the view that in order to combat the phenomenon of undeclared work, there is a need for local and European programming instruments which allow both economic and social support and development policies to be pursued and supervisory and punitive action to be taken;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Advocates combined financial, fiscal and labour inspection procedures to combat undeclared work;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL