Activities of Thomas HÄNDEL related to 2013/2112(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on effective labour inspections as a strategy to improve working conditions in Europe PDF (226 KB) DOC (115 KB)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 a (new)
Citation 33 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 23 May 2013 on labour conditions and health and safety standards following the recent factory fires and building collapse in Bangladesh1, __________________ 1 P7_TA(2013)0230
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas labour inspections are concerned both with the observance of ordinary laws and regulations, e.g. on working time, breaks etc., and with the whole field of employment and health protection; and whereas inspections also need to focus more effectively, now and in future, on observance of the rules not only in open-ended full-time employment but also in the various types of temporary and atypical employment, such as part- time and short-term work and contract labour as well as cross-border work, including by posted workers, and on curbing the use of self-employed workers in fraudulent situations of bogus self- employment or bogus posting, associated in many cases with letter-box companies and/or contract labour;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas, through contracting and sub-contracting, recourse to external providers and the worldwide relocation of subordinate production processes, companies are delegating to other entities, and in most cases to weaker ones, their responsibility and liability for working conditions and workplace safety and health protection throughout regional, national, European and international output chains;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the responsibility of multinational companies for the working conditions, livelihood and health of the workers who produce goods and provide services does not end at the shop door or the factory gate, nor can it be guaranteed by CSR agreements alone;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas undeclared work has negative consequences for Member States’ economies and for the financial sustainability of the European social model, and undermines the funding and provision of social benefits and public services, and imposes insecurity, vulnerability and poverty on the people concerned, both while they are working and in their old age;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reminds the Member States that they have all signed and ratified International Labour Organisation Convention No 81 on Labour Inspection; calls on them accordingly to respectenforce the Convention’s principles;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Member States, in cases where labour inspections uncover abuse, to protect the workers concerned and enable them to assert their rights at no cost; points out that measures to that end, such as a direct right of complaint for victimspersons affected or a collective right of complaint, are effective means of protecting workers affected;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to criminalise the non-respect of working conditions;make observance of the relevant rules the primary aim of labour inspections and to ensure that action is taken in the following sequence: establishing observance of the rules and putting an end to abuses, inter alia by providing employers with information and advising them; registering undeclared workers retroactively, etc.
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Deplores the marked rise in the incidence of bogus self-employment, particularly in the construction sector and in abattoirs; calls on Member States to introduce appropriate inspection measures to combat bogus self- employment, for example by laying down criteria to determine what constitutes employment; statutory presumptions should be introduced and the law should be simplified, or the burden of proof should be reversed, so as to make cases of bogus self-employment easier to prove;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that national programmes for the further training of labour inspectors should include specific modules on undeclared work and on related topics such as migration and human trafficking; considers that the first concern should be to protect the people affected and that those profiting from exploitation should be held to account;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recognises that there is a growing trend towards self-employment, outsourcing und subcontracting; considers that systems of general contractor liability for the entire subcontracting chain constitute a useful tool for improved monitoring of public procurement, and that they should be introduced in all Member States; considers further that fraud involving sub-contracting, letter-box companies, bogus self-employment, bogus posting and contract labour should not be financially worthwhile, and that the incentive to engage in it will be removed, and a deterrent effect achieved, by making it easier to prove and/or reversing the burden of proof and by relying on statutory presumptions;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on Member States, under mutual recognition arrangements, to deploy national labour inspectors with the requisite authorisation to conduct cross- border inspections in factories, building sites etc. unannounced; calls on the Member States and the Commission to consider whether EU labour inspectors should be appointed to carry out such tasks instead of, in conjunction with or in addition to the national inspectors; calls on Member States to extend the powers of national labour inspectors in the country where a given company has its headquarters, or its European headquarters, so that they can inspect its entire output chain;