Activities of Evelyn REGNER related to 2015/2222(INI)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas 18 Member States recognise forms of participcodetermination, consultation and information of workers;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas workers’ rights to representation on company boards are recognised by the primary and secondary law of the EU, in the fifth paragraph of the Preamble of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and in Article 153 TFEU, which emphasises the fundamental right for workers on information and consultation within the undertaking set out in Art. 27 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to provide a coherent framework for the political and legislative instruments of company law already in force in the field of workers’ participcodetermination;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is worried about the impact that the proposal for a directive on single-member private limited liability companies could have on workers’ rights, in particular workers’ representation; therefore calls on the Commission to withdraw the proposal for a directive on single- member private limited liability companies;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal on the crossborder transfer of seats, the so called "14th Company Law Directive" as requested by the Committee on Legal Affairs in 2012;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to consider making a proposal on how to introduce permanent forms of workers’ participcodetermination, by ensuring common minimum standards for information, consultation and participcodetermination;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reaffirms the right of workers to elect their own representatives, in accordance with the national representation systems, and supports the idea of presenting gender- balanced lists of candidates, in order to create a legal environment for future legislative initiatives to enhance the gender balance in companies;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to define common minimum criteria for workers’ representation at board level, notably on the size of the company, on balanced gender representation, and on the extension of the right to participateof codetermination in public and semi-public companies;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reaffirms the necessity to create a body of workers representation in order to ensure the balance of opposite parties´ interests; furthermore calls on the Commission to introduce a co- determination scheme of mandatory quotas in relation to the size of the company: - For companies from 50 to 250 employees (also taking into account direct and indirect subsidiaries), two or three workers representatives should be part of the management; - For companies up to 1,000 employees (also taking into account direct and indirect subsidiaries), workers should be represented to the extent of one third of the board; - For large companies with more than 1,000 employees (also taking into account direct and indirect subsidiaries), a strong parity between workers and employers should be established;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to submit legislative proposals and financial instruments aimed at promoting enhanced information, participcodetermination and consultation of workers.
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to introduce in the Directive on the European Company (SE) minimum EU rules governing employee representation on supervisory boards, rather than referring to national law or revising the Directive so that the involvement of workers in supervisory boards is not solely determined by conditions when a company is established, but account is also taken of subsequent developments and, in particular, changes in the number of employees;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to introduce in the Directive on mergers of limited liability companies minimum European rules for employee representation on supervisory boards, rather than referring to national legislation;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission in all legislative acts on European company law to provide that the place of a company’s registered offices must be identical with its actual place of business so as to prevent the circumvention of the requirement regarding employee representation on supervisory boards, such as would be possible under the proposal for single- member private limited liability companies (SUP), and, instead ofto withdraw thise proposal, and to submit a proposal for a directive on the cross-border transfer of the registered office, as decided by the European Parliament22 ; __________________ 22Resolution of 10 March 2009 with recommendations to the Commission on the cross-border transfer of the registered office of a company.company seats, the so called "14th Company Law Directive" as decided by the European Parliament ;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission in all legislative acts on European company law to provide that the place of a company’s registered offices must be identical with its actual place of business so as to prevent the circumvention of the requirement regarding employee representation on supervisory boards, such as would be possible under the proposal for single- member private limited liability companies (SUP), and, instead of this proposal, to submit a proposal for a directive on the cross-border transfer of the registered office, as decided by the European Parliament22 ; __________________ 22 REuropean Parliament resolution of 10 March2 February 200912 with recommendations to the Commission on the cross-border transfer of the registered office of a companya 14th company law directive on the cross-border transfer of company seats (2011/2046(INI)).
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recommends, with respect to the number of worker representatives sitting on the supervisory boards of companies, including direct or indirect subsidiaries and affiliates with more than 50 employees25 , that half the number of seats , the introduction of a "workers board-level representation-escalator" increasing parity depending on the size of the company in the following manner: a low proportion of workers board-level representation (2 or 3 representatives) would be applied to small companies with 50 to 250 employees; a higher proportion (one the supervisory board should be reserved for workers ird) of participation for companies with 250 to 1,000 employees; a robust parity (half of the seats) for big companies with more their representatives; __________________ 25an 1000 employees; In Sweden from 50 workers.