10 Amendments of Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI related to 2010/0210(COD)
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Also as a consequence of the crisis, the high unemployment rate and the great number of long-term unemployed people living in the EU, for whom seasonal work is often an important tool for easing financial difficulties, Member States should have the possibility to apply a test every year demonstrating that a post cannot be filled from within the domestic and the Union labour market.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In the absence of a system for declaring collecaddition to the legislative, agreements of universal application, Member States may base themselves on collective agreements which are generally applicable to all similar undertakings in the geographical area and in the profession or industry concerned,dministrative and regulatory provisions applicable to workers who are nationals of the host Member State, arbitration decisions and/or collective agreements which have been concluded byand contracts concluded at any level, in accordance with the mhost representative employers' and labour organisations at national level and which are applied throughout national territoryMember State’s national law and practice, should also apply to third-country national seasonal workers under the same terms as to nationals of the host Member State.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point c
Article 3 – point c
(c) ‘activity dependent on the passing of the seasons’ means an activity that is tied to a certain time of the year by an event or pattern during which labour levels are required that areof events linked to seasonal conditions during which the required labour levels are regularly and predictably far above those necessary for usually ongoing operations;
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point f
Article 3 – point f
f) ‘universally applicable collective agreements and contracts’ means all collective agreement which must be observed by all undertakings in the geographical area and in the profession or industry concerned. In the absence of a system for declaring collective agreements to be of universal application,s or contracts concluded at any level, in accordance with the host Member State’s may, if they so decide, base themselves on collective agreements which are generally applicable to all similar undertakings in the geographical area and in the profession or industry concerned, and/or collective agreements which have been concluded bynational law and practice, and applicable to workers who are nationals of the mhost representative employers' and labour organisations at national level and which are applied throughout national territoryMember State.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14
Article 14
Member States shall require employers of seasonal workers to provide evidence that the seasonal worker will benefit from adequate accommodation, pursuant to national legislation and practice, that ensures an adequate decent standard of living. If seasonal workers are required to pay rent for such accommodation, its cost shall not be excessive in relation to their remunerationAs a minimum, such accommodation shall provide the inhabitants with adequate space, shall protect them from the elements and other threats to health, shall be safe and well maintained, and shall provide the facilities essential for health, security, comfort and nutrition such as safe drinking water, systems for cooking, heating and lighting, sanitation and washing facilities, means of food storage and refuse disposal. The location of the accommodation and the surrounding transport infrastructure shall allow access to basic services, including basic health and social services.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – point 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – point 1 – subparagraph 1
1. terms of employment – that is, the minimum working age, restrictions on home-working and all other matters regarded as terms of employment according to the host Member State’s law and national practice – and working conditions, including pay and dismissal, working hours and holidays as well as health and safety requirements at the workplace, applicable to seasonal work as laid down by law, regulation or administrative provision and/or universally applicable collective agreements in the Member State to which they have been admitted according to this Directivor by arbitration decisions, collective agreements and contracts concluded at any level, in accordance with the host Member State’s national law and practice and under the same terms as those applicable to nationals of the host Member State.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point c
Article 3 – point c
(c) ‘activity dependent on the passing of the seasons’ means an activity that is tied to a certain time of the year by an event or pattern during which labour levels are required that areof events linked to seasonal conditions during which the required labour levels are regularly and predictably far above those necessary for usually ongoing operations;
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – point 2 – point a
Article 16 – point 2 – point a
(a) freedom of association and affiliation and membership of an organisation representing workers or of any organisation whose members are engaged in a specific occupation, including the rights and benefits conferred by such organisations, inter alia the right to negotiate and conclude collective agreements and the right to strike and take industrial action, in accordance with the host Member State’s national law and practice, without prejudice to the national provisions on public policy and public security;
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14
Article 14
Member States shall require employers of seasonal workers to provide evidence that the seasonal worker will benefit from adequate accommodation that ensures an adequate standard of living. If seasonal workers are required to pay rent for such accommodation, its cost shall not be excessive in relation to their remuneration, pursuant to national legislation and practice, that ensures a decent standard of living.
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 - paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 - paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. As a minimum, such accommodation shall provide the inhabitants with adequate space, shall protect them from the elements and other threats to health, shall be safe and well maintained, and shall provide the facilities essential for health, security, comfort and nutrition, such as safe drinking water, systems for cooking, heating and lighting, sanitation and washing facilities, means of food storage and refuse disposal. The location of the accommodation and the surrounding transport infrastructure shall allow access to basic services, including basic health and social services.